Music Review Archive


Artcane: Odyssée (1976 one-off release by this French quartet. King Crimson was rather obviously their main influence.)

Kiki Dee (Artist Profile): (Remember all those jokes you've heard about how bad Kiki Dee's albums are? Bloody lies, all of them. Get yourself an edjumication about Kiki here.) (Posted June 2003)

Flashman (A piano-based, Welsh prog/pop/glam oddity from 1977) (Posted July 2003)

Rupert Hine: Pick up a bone and Unfinished Picture (Curious folk-rock and odd experimentalism from a future hotshot producer) (Posted May 2004)

Joy Unlimited: Butterflies (A rock-ballet featuring, among other delights, Soft Machine-like proto-fusion, a Rashaan Roland Kirk-style freakout on flute and a pornographic blues number sung by the German soul-kin to Janis Joplin? Count me in!) (Posted April 2003)

Shona Laing: Whispering Afraid and Shooting Stars (are only seen at night) (Very early albums by this underrated New Zealand singer-songwriter) (Posted March 2003)

Magma: Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (Led by Franco-gypsy weirdo Christian Vander, this Euro-avant-rock troupe turned 70's music on its ear with a genre-blasting mix of modern classical, jazz, rock and funk. And all in a made-up "alien" language, no less...) (Posted February 2003)

Gayle Moran: I Loved You Then...I Love You Now (Chick Corea's wife's 1979 solo album. What hath Scientology wrought?) (Posted September 2003)

The Movies: Double "A" and Bullets Through the Barrier (1977 and 1978 albums by this underrated British rock & roll sextet.) (Posted December of 2003)

Judie Tzuke: Welcome To The Cruise and Sportscar (Terrific debut album and its estimable follow-up by this supremely talented British lady. From 1979 and 1980.) (Posted January of 2003)

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