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Music Review: Holly Bowling – ‘Better Left Unsung’ (Solo Piano Tribute to the Grateful Dead)
On the surface, you might think that limiting the songs of a band that thrived on the interplay between various parts – most importantly the lead and rhythm guitars of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir – wouldn't work, but you’d be mistaken. There is power and subtlety in these reinterpretations that I think Garcia would have admired, as his own personal tastes seemed to range to the more subdued and authentic soul of acoustic performances.
Read More »Music Review: Frank Zappa – ‘ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks’
From the sonic exuberance of “Dancin’ Fool” and “Tell Me You Love Me” to the funky dissonance of “You Are What You Is” and “Joe’s Garage” to the bathroom-humor excellence of “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” and “Titties and Beer,” this album will give you just as much of a “taste” for Frank Zappa’s music as his son’s "Zappa Plays Zappa" did for me some eight years ago.
Read More »Music Review: My Chemical Romance – ‘The Black Parade / Living With Ghosts’ [10th Anniversary Edition]
If you’re not a fan of the band but want to experience one of the more potent albums to come from the wave of bands labeled as “emo” during the last decade, then you should definitely consider this landmark release from My Chemical Romance.
Read More »Music Review: The Grand Undoing – ‘Sparks Rain Down from the Lights of Love’
The slightly prepubescent vocals work well in giving the entire set an almost innocent and hopeful feel.
Read More »Concert Review: City of Trees Summer Concert Event in Sacramento, CA, September 10, 2016
Phantogram, Weezer, and Panic! at the Disco headlined the 2nd annual City of Trees Summer Concert Event in Sacramento, CA on September 10, 2016.
Read More »Music Review: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – ‘Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel’
'Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel' is a dream of an album. Continuing much of the spacey jam-rock of the band’s previous three albums, it also breaks rank from those other releases and manages to forge along in a new and seemingly less restrained path.
Read More »Music Review: Scott Smith – ‘The Sum of Life’
Scott Smith’s tendency of combining catchy melodies with thoughtful lyrics makes for some solid tracks.
Read More »Music Review: Post Death Soundtrack – ‘The Unlearning Curve’
‘The Unlearning Curve’ features nine genre-twisting tracks about healing and venturing into the unknown.
Read More »Music Review: Revolushn – ‘The Freshman’
The range of auditory flavours explored in ‘The Freshman’ make it a difficult album to categorize.
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