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 …
Compact Capsules for 02/08/07 by Dan Ferguson The week marks our first Compact Capsules of the year featuring 2007 releases. We’ve got a terrific, roots-leaning pair of recording to kick the year off in rousing fashion what with new wax …
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Compact Capsules for 01/29/07 by Dan Ferguson We’ve spent the month of January playing catch-up on some 2006 releases which caught the ears and eyes of this cat, but circumstances did not permit a timely review. This week wraps things …
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Compact Capsules for 01/19/07 by Dan Ferguson For the next few weeks we catch up on some 2006 releases which caught the ear of this cat, but time did not permit a timely review. As usual, independent releases continue to …
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Compact Capsules for 01/12/07 by Dan Ferguson For the next few weeks we catch up on some 2006 releases which caught the ear of this cat, but time did not permit a timely review. As usual, independent releases continue to …
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Compact Capsules Best of 2006 by Dan Ferguson If I had to pick a common thread running through the Compact Capsules favorite releases of 2006, it’s the soul factor. Maybe it was relocating my kid 2000-plus miles to Austin. Memphis …
Compact Capsules for 12/15/06 by Dan Ferguson Tom Waits Orphans Anti Records 86677 During a recent interview for NPR’s Weekend Edition to talk about his latest release called Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, Tom Waits more or less said he …
Compact Capsules for 12/08/06 by Dan Ferguson Here at Compact Capsules Central we gets lots of CDs in the mail. Few incoming packages excite as much as those with the Norton Records return address. The year 2006 marks 20 years …
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