I became rather lax in my new release duties during the music doldrums of December/January, but I’m ready to get myself back on the wagon (even if it is Wednesday). This week there are 3 new LPs of interest coming out, though I have to admit the only one I’ve heard in its entirety is [...]

One way I can measure how effectively I’m communicating my musical tastes via the blog is by the music people send me in the hopes I’ll like it. A lot of recommendations I receive are incredibly generic, and I’m pretty sure they’re just form emails disguised as personal emails. But sometimes there are people who [...]

Cover songs are a tricky business. By default, they’re forced into endless comparisons with the original and it’s a very rare artist that can actually improve upon and surpass a track that’s presumably pretty darn popular/iconic to begin with. There are obviously a few who have managed it – I’d say Jimi Hendrix had a [...]