by Sean Passmore | Dec 4, 2016 | Album of the Week
2016 is best summed up in the words to John Lennon’s all too often overlooked mid ’70’s white plastic funk classic “What You Got” (“you don’t know what you got until you loose it”). As we all painfully aware of by now...
by Sean Passmore | Nov 20, 2016 | Album of the Week
Highlighted by smooth swagger and swinging arrangements Lou Rawls’ 1967 Capitol Records “Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho!” includes several songs written specifically for the project by J.W. Alexander, a former member of the gospel group The Pilgrim...
by Sean Passmore | Nov 13, 2016 | Album of the Week
Pianist Cedar Walton’s jazz arrangements of twelve standard holiday songs with lengthy solos by Walton himself as well as George Bohanon on trombone and Red Holloway on tenor saxophone. Following its release on October 13, 1998 the album was given 3 and a half...
by Sean Passmore | Dec 31, 2015 | Album of the Week
Who: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard What: “Paper Mache Dream Balloon” Where: Recorded mainly at frontman Stu Mackenzie’s family farm. Why: This time around the undisputed Aussie kings of global psychedelia had a clear goal; to make an all...
by Sean Passmore | Dec 30, 2015 | Album of the Week
Who: Wilco What: “Star Wars” Where: Recorded at The Loft Why: Jeff Tweedy remained unmoved by his lawyers who, due to the heavily protected trademark issues involved with the name “Star Wars”, advised against it’s use as a title for...
by Sean Passmore | Dec 29, 2015 | Album of the Week
Who: Blur What: “Magic Whip” Where: Recorded in Avon Studios, Hong Kong & Studio 13, London Why: With the release of Magic Whip, Blur’s first album of new material in 12 years and first in 16 years with their original lineup, the band has proven...
