Subrosacafe Classic Album: Layla & Other Assorted Lovesongs, Derek & The...
The Allman Brothers are currently wrapping up their annual New York City Beacon Theatre run of concerts which have been highly regarded as a return to form for the band. I happened to read one of my...
View ArticleSubrosacafe Classic Album: Buckingham Nicks (1973)
Now that Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are back out on the road again this year with Fleetwood Mac, we really should shine a light on the criminally overlooked Buckingham Nicks album, released...
View ArticleAll Shook Down, The Replacements
Hey I’ll probably get derided by the Twin Tone era Replacements purists out there but I’ll put a strong argument in to say that All Shook Down is indeed worthy of classic ‘Replacements’ status. Yes,...
View ArticleNew Wave Gent
It’s true that good music can take you back to a certain time and place. Nick Lowe’s album, The Convincer, brings back the autumn of 2001 in Munich for me; an unsettling time that became slightly...
View ArticleWorkbook, Bob Mould, 1989
Bob Mould’s first solo album, was composed during the year following the dissolution of Hüsker Dü back in 1988. Released in the spring of 1989, Workbook presented a clear departure for Bob Mould after...
View ArticleNeil Young finds Le Noise through Daniel Lanois
Neil Young’s latest is one of his very best. Le Noise, recorded & engineered by sound magician Daniel Lanois, is a landmark piece of art in Neil’s ever expanding oeuvre. Young played two of the...
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