rock
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THE INVISIBLE : RISPAH
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Most other reviews of Rispah mention the death of Dave Okumu’s mother as the album’s defining feature. Of course, Rispah was written and recorded in the immediate aftermath of this event, so it would be difficult to ignore the impact: Indeed, Okumu has described the album as a “love letter to grief.” However, there is a risk that all…
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FIREWATER: THE GOLDEN HOUR
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The Golden Hour stands tall as a flawed but remarkably good experiment in mixing up influences from all over the globe. Firewater’s main man Tod A. went to the source…
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THE AMAZING WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN: THE VOICE OF LOVE
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What can be said about Arthur Brown that hasn’t been said a million times already? He is the archetype of the one-hit wonder. He is the rocker with wild…
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APOCALYPTICA: WORLDS COLLIDE
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When Apocalyptica appeared on the music scene in 1996 with Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, they were busting the lid off a new can. Their unique blend of heavy metal…
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WHITESNAKE: GOOD TO BE BAD
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“It’s very butch. Very muscular…” says David Coverdale about the first Whitesnake album in 11 years. Pause for a while and take that in. The endless 25th anniversary reunion…
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ASIA: PHOENIX
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It is 25 years since Asia released the follow up to their successful eponymous debut album. Their sophomore effort Alpha didn’t especially set cash registers singing and was largely considered to…
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LISA CERBONE: WE WERE ALL TOGETHER
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Lisa Cerbone has a gentle, childlike voice and with We Were All Together she has created an album that is somewhat evocative of Tanya Donelly or Kristin Hersh. Every aspect of…
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MUD: YEARBOOK
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It is a sad day when you have to consider the possibility that you are old and no longer understand young people’s music. To this reviewer Mud’s Yearbook contains 13 songs…
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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…
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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…