Authors: Dean O Hillis
Review: Never Sol – Under Quiet
Never Sol = Fiona Apple – Cat Power + Ennio Morricone … read more
Review: MS MR – Secondhand Rapture
It is something of a small miracle that the New York based duo of Lizzy Plapinger (she being the ‘ms’) and Max Hershenow (and he the ‘mr’) have made a rarity in today’s music world— a consistently solid debut record. … read more
Review: Morrissey – World Peace Is None Of Your Business
Morrissey = Anthony Newley + Frank Sinatra … read more
Review: Magic Man – Before The Waves
Magic Man = When In Rome + Howard Jones – B-52’s … read more
Review: Marianne Faithfull – Give My Love To London
Marianne Faithfull = Grace Jones + Tom Waits … read more
Review: Marshall Holland – And The Etceteras
One-man band Holland (this Bay–Area based maestro writes, produces, plays and sings everything himself) returns with a catchy, frequently funny and even poignant new record. … read more
Review: Manicanparty – The District EP
Manicanparty = The Cardigans + Phantogram … read more
Review: Line & Circle – Split Figure
Line & Circle = R.E.M. + Crowded House … read more
Review: Lisa Papineau – Blood Noise
Often using the softer register of her varied instrument, songs like “Dream The Wild,” “Early Spring” and “Rainmaker” partially sound whispered and ghostly. … read more
Review: Jeffrey Novak – Lemon Kid
One assumes that the unintentionally yet appropriately titled opener, “Endless Repetition,” sounds like a first-stage demo on purpose, or that the title track is really dreadful, despite the briefly creative drumming that it starts with. … read more
Review: Erasure – The Neon
Erasure = ’80s Sparks + OMD + Debbie Harry … read more
Single Review: The Go-Go’s – “Club Zero”
Green Day fronted by Marianne Faithfull – Bangles … read more
