Buy Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures are a modern hard rock power trio that is widely considered a “super group” due to the impressive resumes of its members. Formed in early 2009, the group consists of Queens of the Stone Age vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, Led Zeppelin bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones … Read more
August 9, 2011 by Leah Della Croce Introduction A Man Called E Beautiful Freak Electroshock Blues Brighter Days Blinking Lights The Holy Trinity What’s Next for Mr. E Hombre Lobo, End Times, & Tomorrow Morning E’s primary focus, after the 2005 release of Blinking Lights, was writing his memoirs. Released in 2007, Things the Grandchildren … Read more
NOTE: This review was originally published at BigBlueBullfrog.com on May 11, 2010. Buy Imaginary Lines 33 Ric Albano‘s Imaginary Lines 33 is an epic. Thirty-three songs packed on to two discs are not for the faint of heart, but if you have the courage the experience is rich and rewarding, although far from easy listening. … Read more
March 3, 2011 by Ric Albano How unseemly for one to tell his own story. Is it propaganda or just frustration that no one other has come come forth to say it before, in this expanding swath of time since I unleashed on the world my own heart and soul. Let’s look first, at what … Read more
Review of Love Is Rain by The Badlees If you are looking for a fluffy, happy review of the new CD by The Badlees stop reading now. The band’s new release, Love Is Rain, is flawed. The first of these flaws are right up front and immediate. Now, we realize that the art of song … Read more
Buy Loneliness Anonymous Darcie Miner is an extraordinarily talented musician and her work in the past has certainly been good. But with her latest album, Loneliness Anonymous, she has taken that next step and delivered something that is truly great as this latest album ventures into sounds and themes previously unexplored and she pairs her … Read more
Buy Imaginary Lines 33 NOTE: This review was originally published at DAMESOfPA.com on December 10, 2010. While Disc One starts with the most recent work and then suddenly jumps back to the earliest, Disc Two provided the glue in-between those two extremes that holds the album all together. There are less dramatic highs and lows … Read more
Buy Imaginary Lines 33 NOTE: This review was originally published at DAMESOfPA.com. Sometimes you have to admit when something is just too darn big to tackle all at once. Such is the case with reviewing the goliath album Imaginary Lines 33. So this month I begin with disc one of the two disc set, while … Read more
July 2, 2009 by DAMES of PA NOTE: This interview was originally published at DAMESofPA.com on July 2, 2009. Ric Albano is the primary songwriter and performer for Imaginary Lines, which to date has release two full-length albums – Imaginary Lines I and Imaginary Lines II. Due out later this summer is Imaginary Lines 33, … Read more