Nine years after 'Jagged Little Pill,' Alanis Morissette could not be contained to the “alt angst” label. With her sixth LP, 'So-Called Chaos,' she continued her journey into her own womanhood.
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Music Review: Neil Young – ‘A Letter Home’
Is this Neil Young's Nebraska or his most ridiculous blunder since the Shocking Pinks?
Read More »Music Review: Theo Croker – ‘AfroPhysicist’
Good music is good music, no matter what you call it, and what you have on AfroPhysicist is good music.
Read More »Music Review: Rage to Love – Kim Wilde’s ‘Teases & Dares’ Turns 30
It was the year of Prince, the dawn of the 12” mix and rising dance-pop dolls when Wilde premiered her fourth LP, 'Teases & Dares' (MCA), in the fall of 1984.
Read More »An Interview with Brent Bourgeois
I speak with Brent Bourgeois, who returns to the recording scene with a new album in June.
Read More »Music Review: Hank Williams – ‘The Garden Spot Programs, 1950’
Four of Hank Williams Garden Spot programs, unheard for 64 years, will be released on May 19.
Read More »Music Review: Amanda Martinez – ‘Mañana’
If you like Latin pop, 'Mañana' is filled with music to make you happy.
Read More »Music Review: Donna Summer’s Pop Domino: ‘Lady of the Night’ Turns 40
Summer’s debut, 'Lady of the Night,' is still obscured in her discography, as music historians often confine the singer to her output from 1975 through 1979.
Read More »Music Review: no:carrier – ‘Wisdom & Failure’
If there is one thing no:carrier has in spades, it is style.
Read More »Music Review: Yanni – ‘Inspirato’
There is some great music performed with passion and artistry; there is some that seems merely mechanical.
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