Marc A. Price

  • LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER: SONG

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    Lissa Schneckenburger’s Song is a cheerful array of old school folk tunes with the emphasis on the fiddle and quality vocal performance — a mixture of self-composed work and traditional songs…

  • VARIOUS ARTISTS: BEAUTIFUL ESCAPE… IS COMING RIGHT ALONG EP

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    The Posies were a power-pop outfit from Washington State that didn’t so much set the world on fire as give it a nasty Chinese burn. They did, however, produce…

  • NINE INCH NAILS: GHOSTS I-IV

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    Recorded over ten weeks in the autumn of 2007, Ghosts I-IV is a departure in many ways for Nine Inch Nails mainstay Trent Reznor. No song titles, no record label, no…

  • PAUL STANLEY: LIVE TO WIN

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    Some people have been waiting since 1978 for a new Paul Stanley solo album. The last effort was the second best out of a batch of four solo albums…

  • OPTIMO: PSYCH OUT

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    Optimo is a Scottish DJ duo: Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes. Or, perhaps more accurately, Optimo is a club in Glasgow, Scotland that seems to pride itself on its musical…

  • HELLO STRANGER: HELLO STRANGER

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    When you are the son of such famous musician as Ry Cooder, it must be really difficult to strike out on your own and make your own mark in…

  • THE HOLY FIRE: IN THE NAME OF THE WORLD

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    The thumping opener “Raised on Planes” prepares the way for the coming of a great six-track mini album. You hold on to you seat for a white-knuckle ride of…

  • ROBIN GUTHRIE: CONTINENTAL

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    There is a certain tension coming from within this latest Robin Guthrie release. It seems on the face of it that Continental is just another ambient, collection of haunting melodies. The…

  • HEZIKIAH JONES: HEZEKIAH SAYS YOURE A-OK

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    There is something gorgeously brittle about Hezekiah Says You’re A-OK. In around 30 minutes we are taken on a melancholy ride through a world that is constructed completely from harmonies….

  • UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA: ACTIVE INGREDIENT

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    I could wax lyrical about how these ten instrumental pieces are so well crafted, and how the musicianship of the band is beyond reproach. These two statements might be…