album reviews
Album Review: ‘Rock River’ by Deena
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase on iTunes or CDBaby Back in 1987, before I’d been to Maxwell’s, before I’d been to Hoboken, there were the Cucumbers. I remember hanging out in my buddy Jeff’s room in central Jersey, listening to their song “My Boyfriend” on the radio. It was on MTV too. […]
Album Review: ‘Twee Blues, Vol. 1’ by Colin Clary
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase (or download two tracks) I like the indie pop, and I like record stores. Some years back, there were Mittens, and there were Smittens, as I’d flip through the racks. Smittens had the better band name, but a woman I found intriguing was friends with Mittens. So […]
Album Review: “We Already Have Birds That Sing” by Life in a Blender
4 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Last summer, when I did a 4th-of-July-themed episode of my wildly unpopular internet-radio show, my buddy Dave asked if I’d play “In the USA” from Life in a Blender’s 1988 debut album. Now hold on a cotton-picking second: Sure, Dave’s a buddy, but A) we […]
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