The latest reissues in the award-winning Archive Collection series cover Paul McCartney's uneven early-'80s period: one's a classic, the other is a decidedly mixed bag.
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Music Review: Elessar Thiessen – ‘A Rainy Week in Paradise’
A rainy day can be either miserable or wonderful according to your attitude; Thiessen goes for the latter.
Read More »Music Review: Sonic Disorder – ‘Human Kind’
Armed with a new singer, Boston hard rock band Sonic Disorder brings the usual heavy goods along with some new sounds to their long-awaited new and second album.
Read More »Music Review: Samuel Claiborne – ‘Love, Lust and Genocide’
‘Love, Lust and Genocide’ comes off as a meditation on America’s current condition.
Read More »Music Review: William Schimmel – ‘Theater of the Accordion’
William Schimmel’s latest, 'Theater of the Accordion,' takes the instrument to heights that demand respect.
Read More »Music Review: Public Image Limited – ‘What the World Needs Now’
'What The World Needs Now' from PiL is the perfect antidote for those grown sick of the pablum of the pop music industry.
Read More »Music Review: Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble – ‘The Whistle Blower’
Song, melody, and laughter are the soul of this album.
Read More »Interview: John Lydon – Truth and Integrity in Life and Music
John Lydon is one of those rare figures in public life who isn't afraid to speak his mind.
Read More »Music Review: Ben Folds – ‘So There’
Classical crossover is big right now, and Ben Folds proves an uncommon master on these eight fascinating songs.
Read More »Music Review: Lucas Richman and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – ‘In Truth’
Cellist Inbal Segev, oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, and pianist Jeffrey Biegel help make this collection an appealing album of modern classical music with a good balance of accessibility and sophistication.
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