Dec
13
Review: Gong – Camembert Electrique (1971)
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For those who know French or even have a basic knowledge of cheese, I know what you are thinking. How can an album titled “electric cheese” be anything but laughably bad?Well this just is. This light-hearted release comes from Gong, one of the many bands that came from Canterbury, England in the late sixties and [...]
Feb
22
Duke Ellington. Charles Mingus. Max Roach. Could you ask for a better trio, not at all. In 1962, Duke Ellington’s period with Columbia Records was at an end and this allowed Duke to work with musicians on a multitude of labels. This includes great sessions with John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins, both which were released [...]
Feb
18
Review: No New York (1978)
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Two years after the year punk rock broke into the public consciousness (1976) with the release of the Ramones’ self-titled album, musicians were taking the then young genre to many different places. In England, many artists like Public Image Ltd., Bauhaus. Wire, and Joy Division, were taking punk towards darker, more atmospheric areas whereas in [...]
Jan
18
Review: Lucifer – Black Mass (1971)
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People die, but music doesn’t though I would be a happy man if I could murder Good Charlotte’s entire catalog. Though I am forever damned by “Boys and Girls”, I will be able to listen to the work of Mort Garson even though he passed away earlier this month. Mort Garson was an innovator when [...]
Jan
16
Review: The Zig Zag People – The Zig Zag People Take Bubble Gum Music Underground (1969)
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In the end everything you love and cherish will be bastardized for the sake of profit. Just take a look at all the cartoons you adored as a child; the Chipmunks have been hip-hopified, the Transformers have been used as a tool to sell General Motors vehicles, and soon the studios will put out Thundercats, [...]