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Author: Dave Basham

Waxed - Record Review from Issue #9 May-June 1997

Indigo Girls – Shaming of the Sun

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Despite the occasional political prattle that earned this Marietta, Ga. duo the well-deserved “Indignant Girls” tag, the Indigo Girls continue to produce genuinely compelling music, complete with an intellectual spine. After expanding the group dynamics on the electric guitar-laden Swamp Ophelia, troubadours Amy Ray and Emily Sailers return on Shaming of the Sun with an [...]

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Waxed - Record Review from Issue #8 March-April 1997

Rock*a*teens – Cry

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Last year’s debut album by the Rock*a*teens was a veritable blast of supernatural radio, AM-style. The Georgia band (featuring members of such acts as DQE, Dirt, Opal Foxx Quartet and the Jody Grind) managed to convincingly conjure up the spirit of the marvelous mono days of Phil Spector’s do-wop “Wall of Sound” via the voodoo [...]

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Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #7 Jan-Feb 1997

Vigilantes Of Love – Mercury Lounge (New York City, NY)

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Framed against a backdrop of heavy steel duct work and red brick and mortar that recalled their late, great hometown club the Flying Buffalo, the Athens, Ga. trio Vigilantes of Love seemed eerily at home at the New York date of a monthlong tour. Frontman Bill Mallonee opened the show with a pair of solo [...]

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From the Blogs

  • CD Review - I See Hawks in L.A. "Mystery Drug"
    Cinematic and atmospheric Alt-Country After nearly 50 years as a music fan and 15 as a reviewer I still get excited about discovering new bands and having my breath taken away by songs and tunes that I’ve not heard before. I was aware of I See Hawks in L.A. but only owned 3 tracks on VA compilations when this album arrived, so was only mildly interested at t […]
  • CD Review - John Reischman "Walk Along John"
    As a west coast Canadian, bluegrass has always seemed like an exotic musical form.  When I hear it, I think of mountains, forests, rivers, and a rural lifestyle that has long past and gone.  Artists like Ralph Stanley and the Monroe Brothers loom like Biblical characters in my imagination, leathery, rugged and indisputably American. In the same way that I al […]
  • CD/DVD Review - Leonard Cohen "Live At The Isle Of Wight"
    Good new for those awaiting the release of more old Leonard Cohen from the days when he was still depressed and very much on the edge. In 2009, a CD/DVD package was released on Columbia of a concert that took place on The Isle Of Wight for the English version of Woodstock in 1970. Both the CD & DVD are complete with many charming Leonard songs from his s […]
  • An Interview with Bahhaj Taherzadeh of We/Or/Me
    We/Or/Me is Bahhaj Taherzadeh, a Chicago-based, Irish-born artist whose music has quietly and gradually been attracting the attention of critics over recent years. Jon Martin calls it “the soundtrack to your most quiet moments”, Sean Michaels says, it's a salve and a peace, and Robin Hilton at NPR has been a consistent advocate of the “wise and slightly […]
  • A Double Shot of Southern Comfort With Tom Petty and the Tontons
    The Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama, isn’t all about the headlining acts such as Kings of Leon and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The pride of Gainesville, Florida, Petty had sort of the home-field advantage Saturday night on the Hangout Stage, playing just one state over and practically a direct Interstate-10 shot from Heartbreakers… […]
  • CD Review - Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters "Just For Today"
    Just For Today Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters It's Ronnie Earl's band, but he doesn't dominate it. Recorded live at a couple of venues in his home state of Massachusetts,the Stony Plains release is a seamless blend of jazz, soul and r&b by a band of seasoned vets comfortable enough with one another to have an intense musical conversation […]

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