Mike Doughty – “Haughty Melodic” (2005)

Somehow I’ve wound up listening to records by characters from deep in my past.  On this episode we have M. Continue reading →

Gogol Bordello – “Trans-Continental Hustle” (2010)

I’m not happy to say it, but Trans-Continental Hustle defeated me. I made three separate good-faith efforts to get through it, Continue reading →

Pussy Riot – “Ubei Sexista” (2012)

I had initially thought to do this specific review a few weeks ago, when Pussy Riot were in the news Continue reading →

SPC ECO, “3D” (2009)

Somewhere around a million years ago (OK, 20-ish) a most excellent friend of mine forever known only as Big Sushi Continue reading →

The Dear Hunter, “Act I: The Lake South, the River North” (2006)

Rhode Island doesn’t have a huge history of producing popular bands.  Sure, Talking Heads met there (at RISD) and Kristen Continue reading →

The Bird and the Bee, “Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates” (2010)

My love of cover songs is well documented among those who know me; I currently have over 700 covers on Continue reading →

3 Inches of Blood, “Long Live Heavy Metal” (2012)

This is going to be a long way to go for a metaphor, so bear with me. Do you remember Continue reading →

Black Flag, “Slip It In” (1984)

If you only know Black Flag from the reference in the Ataris’ cover of “Boys of Summer” then you’re probably Continue reading →