Compact Capsules for 05/01/07 by Dan Ferguson Graham Parker Don’t Tell Columbus Bloodshot Records BS-140 While he may not be the angry pub rocker of ’70s yore, Graham Parker on his superb new release called Don’t Tell Columbus confidently struts …
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Compact Capsules for 04/24/07 by Dan Ferguson Border Radio DVD Criterion Collection 362 By virtue of flicks like Mi Vida Loca and cult classic Gas Food Lodging, filmmaker/director Allison Anders has done good. Her celluloid roots go back to a …
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Compact Capsules for 04/17/07 by Dan Ferguson Patty Griffin Children Running Through ATO Records ATO0036 By virtue of the performance given on her last two albums (this latest and 2004’s Impossible Dream), here’s thinking that if Patty Griffin ever decides …
Compact Capsules for 04/10/07 by Dan Ferguson Lucinda Williams West Lost Highway Records On her new release called West, Lucinda Williams opts for a slow groove of a record, with big time production value. To get there, she enlisted the …
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Compact Capsules for 03/27/07 by Dan Ferguson The common thread with this week’s reviews is the comeback trail, namely the return of former original lead singer of the Shangri-Las Mary Weiss and Cleveland one hit garage wonder The Alarm Clocks. …
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Compact Capsules for 03/15/07 by Dan Ferguson Jon Rauhouse Steel Guitar Heart Attack Bloodshot Records BS-133 Go back to the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s and solo albums from steel guitarists were released with some regularity. Speedy West, Lloyd Green, Jerry …
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Compact Capsules for 03/081/07 by Dan Ferguson Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul Barsuk Records With Providence roots for a spell (she degreed in photography at RISD in the mid-1990s), …
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Compact Capsules for 03/01/07 by Dan Ferguson The Silos Come On Like the Fast Lane Bloodshot Records BS137 An art rock collective on the trendy New York City scene that had much wallop as it did groove was the quick …
Compact Capsules for 02/22/07 by Dan Ferguson Southern Culture On the Skids Countrypolitan Favorites Yep Roc Records YEP2124 Reaching its zenith in the late 1960s and early 1970s, countrypolitan was the smoothed-over, more pop leaning mainstream country successor to the …
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Compact Capsules for 02/15/07 by Dan Ferguson Amy Allison Everything and Nothing Too Shoeshine Records SPIT027 Sad songs, flat out heart smashers, all popped up with somewhere to go lay the groundwork for the latest release from NYC sad girl …
