The New Tom Waits Album is Really Good. Go Figure.
Tom Waits: Real GoneAnti Records By Graham Isaac As I’m sure is the case with most reviewer types, there are a few artists I have a hard time rating, since…
Tom Waits: Real GoneAnti Records By Graham Isaac As I’m sure is the case with most reviewer types, there are a few artists I have a hard time rating, since…
Album Review – Monster MagnetMonolithic Baby!SPV/Steamhammer Records By Matt Brown I was first introduced to the profane cosmic genius of Monster Magnet in early 1991 by a Southern gentleman going…
Adam Lawrence – What a difference three years make.We last heard from the Old 97’s in 2001, when the Kinks-inspired Satellite Rides hit shelves. Most saw it as a solid record, but it was a pronounced step further from the cow-punk leanings that fueled their first three albums.
In the last installment of my column showcasing the Tucson, Arizona music community, I devoted an entire feature to I Like Red Recordings, giving a high rating (8/10) to Vikas Pawa’s solo project, Nowhere Man, and his first release, Considered To Tears. Since that column ran, I’ve seen Nowhere Man grow from an introspective songwriter’s labor of love, lust and midlife malaise to, simply and honestly put, my favorite Southwest band.
Classic Nada is a series wherein we share lost articles from our first ten years, 1997-2007, so that we may simultaneous recall and mock our former selves. This one had…