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: Stephen Inglis – ‘Learning You By Heart’
‘Learning You By Heart’ is a simply built album filled with complex sounds and textures.
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: Fiona Boyes – ‘Box and Dice’
This Australian import demonstrates how delightful and innovative stripped-down blues can be.
Read More »Music Review: Chris Pasin – ‘Random Acts of Kindness’
Trumpeter Chris Pasin and his band take inspiration from eastern music, traditional western tunesmithing, and free-form jazz to craft an original sound that pushes intellectual and emotional buttons alike.
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: Debris of Titan – ‘On the Home Slope’
The well-crafted tracks on ‘On the Home Slope’ were built on a good creation story.
Read More »Music Review: Brad Allen Williams – ‘Lamar’
What distinguishes Lamar is its return to older recording techniques.
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