Yesterday, while Oregon burned, I took a gander south of my backyard at the haunting smoke enveloping the sky. An unprecedented sight. I walked back in the house and my wife had popped on the […]
Category: Album Reviews
Album Review: Metallica – S&M2
Metallica continues to push boundaries and expand their musical horizons, nearly 40 years after these pioneers of heavy metal got their start, with the August 28 release of S&M2, their second live collaboration with the […]
Album Review: Rush – Roll the Bones
September 3, 1991. I left 29 years ago today, far from home, with no way to get Rush’s new album Roll The Bones. Listening to local rock radio 95.5 KLOS throughout the previous month, DJs […]
Album Review: Erasure – The Neon
Erasure was one of a number of synth-heavy bands, riding that mostly awesome keyboard wave in the 1980s, that everyone seemingly listened to back then. Especially the girls! Erasure, OMD, Electronic, New Order, and Pet […]
Album Review: Semisonic – Great Divide
Prior to becoming the band of 1998, Semisonic was a small outfit relatively unknown outside Minneapolis, MN, and maybe movie buffs. Semisonic began in 1995 from the ashes of Trip Shakespeare as singer/guitarist Dan Wilson […]
Rush Live Albums Ranked Worst to First
Not all live albums are created equal. Even from the same band. And, with a bit of a heavy heart (and some procrastination) tackling all of the live Rush albums to determine the worst to […]
Album Review: Alanis Morrissette – Such Pretty Forks in the Road
When an artist or band hits it big, whether on their debut album or after releasing a few records, several impediments often prevent a follow-up rise to the top. Remaking that big album or catching […]
Album Review: Neon Trees – I Can Feel You Forgetting Me
Rarely does an opening band impress but when Neon Trees opened for Duran Duran in 2011 on the All You Need Is Now tour they were hard not to notice. A tireless frontman in Tyler […]
Album Review: Kansas – The Absence of Presence
Mere days away from seeing Kansas for the first time… …and the country shuts down because of coronavirus. Dang. The show was postponed until after Thanksgiving then postponed again to 2021. Kansas might just get […]
Album Review: Bush – The Kingdom
What a band doth a hiatus make. Since returning from an eight year break in 2010, Bush has responded more like a younger act than a group nearing its 30 year anniversary. Like clockwork, Bush […]
