THE LOVE OF IVY

Hey y’all, I was without Internet access during the same week I pulled double duty for the CityLife music section with not just, but two CD reviews: Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest and The Meat Puppets’ Sewn Together. Enjoy, I did.

We spend a lot of our lifetime searching; trying to locate our misplaced keys and wallets, and seeking spiritual guidance.
With his latest album, The Rebirth of Venus, Australian singer/songwriter Ben Lee is also still searching, but he seems to have landed on a path that works for him. The first three tracks are devastatingly beautiful [...]

I guess I’ve been in a country frame of mind lately, here’s the link to the new album, Hillbilly Goddess, from rising Bluegrass star, Alecia Nugent.

If you know me, you understand how much I respect and adore musician and actor, John Doe (X, Knitters). He truly is an inspiration and a hero, although I’m pretty sure he doesn’t  care for idol worship. This week I reviewed his new collaboration with The Sadies, titled Country Club.
The  short interview/review below ran [...]

The way this review reads, you might mistakenly think I’m not a fan of Tinted Windows (comprised of Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, Cheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos, Smashing Pumpkins guitar slinger James Iha and MMMBopper Taylor Hanson), but just as every wine has a time and place, so does this album. Sadly, I’ve hear [...]

Ahhh, it’s been quite a long time since I’ve gotten to tackle a writing assignment that’s both fun and raunchy; Pansy Division’s new album, That’s So Gay, delivers on so many levels.

I love Bob Mould. I think he is one of America’s best songwriters; no one can put into words the pain of heartbreak the way he can. I recently reviewed his outstanding new album, Life and Times for Las Vegas CityLife and below are my three favorite lyrics from this release:
What kicked up all this [...]

Anyone else catch Kiefer Sutherland’s hard-drinkin’, Christmas tree tacklin’, cell phone losin’ antics in the documentary I Trust You To Kill Me? He may have been the worst road manager (while simultaneously being the biggest cheerleader) for Rocco Deluca during an overseas tour, but did you know the star of 24 co-owns a recording studio [...]

It’s time once again for a CityLife CD review:
J.J. Cale’s Roll On,
an extraordinary exploration of American music.

It’s time for another CityLife CD review, this time it’s the Von Bondies’
Love, Hate and Then There’s You.