Following its antecedent by less than a year, World Beyond is a track-by-track orchestrated version of Erasure’s 2017 album, World Be Gone. The band last did something like this in 1987 on a handful of tracks from The Two Ring Circus, a companion LP to their second album, The Circus. A re-recording more than a […]
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Officially his tenth studio album counting releases as Sonny & the Sunsets, Rod for Your Love comes advertised as a back-to-basics sort of album for Sonny Smith. That rings especially true considering that his two prior LPs were an original monologue set to music (2016’s Sees All Knows All) and a vibrant Sonny & the […]
This Vaughan Williams recital makes an unusually satisfying impression, and it may not be immediately clear why. There’s quite a bit of unfamiliar material, some of it in unusual versions for which there was no pressing need. But the whole thing hangs together, creates a mood of intimacy, and draws you into the composer’s world. […]
Both Sides of the Sky is another collection of high-quality studio recordings, dating from 1968-1970. It might surprise some that, 45-plus years after his death, there’s still good material that hasn’t been previously released, but Hendrix was recording nearly all the time at this point, whether they were demos done in his apartment, late-night jamming […]
Joan Baez has as estimable a legacy as anyone who emerged in American folk music from 1960 onward, but sometimes a powerful legacy can be as much a burden as an asset. While she’s enjoyed a long and eclectic career that’s spanned six decades, to many Baez will always be the earnest, crystal-voiced activist she […]
After leaving Glass Records and moving to Creation Records in the late ’80s, the Jazz Butcher recorded a brace of fine albums, four of which are collected on 2018’s The Violent Years. The band’s leader, Pat Fish, embarked on this new venture without recently-gone-solo guitarist Max Eider, but with a vision for big pop songs, […]
“Is this meant ironically? Is it a joke? Do I mean this seriously? In what way?” David Byrne seems to be simultaneously inviting and acknowledging some likely reactions to his 2018 album, American Utopia, in his own liner notes. At a time when America has been thrown into a state of chaos — something Byrne […]
Fascinating insight into a Stills live performance in the mid 90’s. Stunning versions of classics “Love The One You’re With”, “Long Time Gone”, “For What It’s Worth” and an explosive eight minute “Dark Star”. Joined by Joe Vitale on drams, Gerald Johnson on bass and Mike Finnegan on keyboards. Broadcast by WHCN-FM from The Joint […]
As far as album concepts go, Francis Trouble’s is one of a kind. For his fourth solo effort, Albert Hammond, Jr. took inspiration from the fact that a small part of his stillborn twin Francis — a fingernail, to be exact — remained in the womb with him until his birth six months later. This […]
5 classic studio albums packaged together in a new slim line slipcase from one of the biggest female artists of the 70s & 80s, commonly referred to the ‘British Queen Of Blues’. In 2012, Elkie had released more albums that had reached the top 75 of the UK album chart than any other British female […]
Judas Priest’s 18th studio album, FIREPOWER began under inauspicious circumstances. First, guitarist Glenn Tipton, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease a decade ago, found it necessary to retire from the road; second, they lost out to Bon Jovi for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and finally, former drummer Dave Holland passed on before […]
Rare live recording re-mastered specifically for vinyl and audio restored during classic Dolls period featuring the line-up that recorded the two seminal albums. Radio broadcast recorded at My Fathers Place, NY, 14th April 1974. Liner notes by Dolls biographer Nina Antonia. Presented in coloured vinyl as a limited edition pressing of 700 with an insert. […]
First published in 2014 France may be the most militantly secular country in Europe, but Paris’s gospel scene is flourishing. The choir sways and their orange robes sway with them. The conductor, packed in an ice-cream-white suit, urging them on, while out front the Reverend Jean Carpenter – moving quite possibly like nobody has ever […]
Music touches us in many different ways and for every person there is a certain element that hits the spot more than others and that usually drives us to search out types of music with this as its main requisite. It could be tone, rhythm, lyrics, music complexity or simplicity, certain people love female vocalists […]
“I have a Mac tube amp and grado phones. Would I benefit from a headphone amp? How are they hooked up? Thanks for any thoughts.” 21 enthusiasts express their opinions MORE EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. […]
We are told: “I always find it odd that people call us post-punk. I know that punk and New Wave started at the same time because I was there.” (Ganesh Seshadri aka Bid, singer, guitarist and main songwriter)Emerging at the end of punk era, The Monochrome Set’s estrangement from society came from a more arty […]
What Hi-Fi? write: So what is Apple CarPlay? Think of it as a way of mirroring some of the key features and functions of your iPhone on an in-car display. In theory it’s a marriage of convenience and safety: you can tuck the device away, but still use a decent selection of key apps from […]
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The Even Dozen Jug Band – The Even Dozen Jug Band (CD1) Take Your Fingers Off It Come On In Mandolin King Rag Overseas Stomp Evolution Mama The Even Dozens I Don’t Love Nobody Rag Mama France Blues On The Road Again Original Colossal Drag Rag All Worn Out Lonely One In This Town Sadie […]
We are told: As two of the UK’s finest exponents of traditional song, Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy’s rich, distinctive and authentic voices have engaged new audiences and admirers across two generations. Between them, they have three prestigious Mercury Prize nominations, an MBE each for services to English music and have both been presented with […]
Originally published in 2010 in The Daily Telegraph Ever since the first MP3 player emerged – sometime around 1996 – the enticing prospect of putting all your music, audio and video on one small system has been dangled in front of consumers Continues HERE EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not […]
What Hi-Fi? tell us: We take a short-ish stroll down memory lane and revisit the best pound-for-pound stereo amplifiers we’ve tested since the turn of the century. Continues HERE EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil McCauley […]
http://stereogum.com/1190201/bob-mou…es/lead-story/ 1. Sugar – Copper Blue 2. H|sker D| – Flip Your Wig 3. H|sker D| – New Day Rising 4. Bob Mould – Workbook 5. Bob Mould – Silver Age 6. Sugar – File Under Easy Listening 7. H|sker D| – Zen Arcade 8. Sugar – Beaster 9. H|sker D| – Candy Apple […]