Month: March 2008

Even though I am more than semi-retired from this scribbling biz I still get a steady stream of emailed press releases and the odd disc in the post. When I find myself needing a break […]

Comparing the works of The Long Ryders and the The Coal Porters might be quite a tricky task for those not in the know. However, being aware of Sid Griffin’s background, as well as his […]

Of interest to both Greenwich Village scene, as well as Nuggets completists, Andrea “Bunky” Skinner and Allan “Jake” Jacobs, started out in the early’60s as coffee house folkies, but recorded their ’68 debut, only after […]

Ranging from stripped-down “screetching” Beefheart-ish blues, through Jake Holmes-like free-form experimentations, to Eastern-tinged hippy mantras, referred to as “raga-ronies”, the sole ’66 Elektra album by this west coast folkie remains as one of the long […]

Making a perfect sequel to their Modern Music For Modern Times EP from a year and a half ago (reviewed elsewhere around these pages), this is where you get not only twice, but thrice as […]

In spite of being described as a proto alternative blues band, predating the likes of Jon Spencer or The Black Keys, an even more precise definition of Harem Scarem, as put in the liners, is […]

While other local late ’60s Ann Arbor acts such as MC5, The Stooges, The Rationals or Scot Richard Case were doing their best at building walls of noise within psychedelic haze, these two pairs of […]

With renowned Scottish all round pop guys such as Pearlfisher David Scott (production + various instruments and backing vocals) and Duncan Cameron (mastering) both still involved after Ally’s solo debut from 2005, one thing you’re […]