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Beau Jennings: Holy Tulsa Thunder | PopMatters Review
I had forgotten that I had done this little review. It is a very cool CD tapping the Wilco vein. I say CD but I seem to be able to find it available for MP3 download. Well worth $9 for hot August night listening…
The frontman of Cheyenne, Beau Jennings, has released this crop of tunes [...]
Lisa Cerbone: We Were All Together | PopMatters Review
This stark little record is nothing really very new in musical terms but it does give goosebumps. Any recording that provokes some kind of physical response has to be worth the investment of a few dollars. It doesn’t look like this album is available in the UK yet but I guess that you could [...]
Mud: Yearbook | Music | PopMatters
This record disturbed me, I wanted to know when it was going to do something other than what was established during the first track. When it finally did, it was something so completely different and off the wall that the rest of the album paled into insignificance. Not a good album but I would recommend [...]
Cedric Gervais: Space Miami Terrace - PopMatters Music Review
This collection of dance tunes bemused me. I had some trouble getting in to it. After listening to what appeared to be two hours of a 4/4 drum beat augmented by samples I realised what it was about. The album was an historical record of an event, a means by which the listeners can [...]
The French Kicks: Swimming - PopMatters Music Review
The French Kicks were a band that I got into 7 or 8 years ago by accident when I saw them play a really small hall in Peterborough. They really lit up the room for me, which led me to get hold of everything that I could by them. They had an edgy post punk [...]
