Author Archive for Nick Blakey
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES Communion 2 x CD/LP
“I’m the only one left alive.” – Scott Walker, 2006. In these times of constant uncertainty, rapid and sudden technological changes, and the new world of 5-10 years ago already so obsolete, what does the present time and space hold for the state of rock and roll? This evokes three questions: Where are we going [...]
Grails CD reviewed by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews Grails CD reviewed by Nick Blakey By Nov 2, 2009, 04:05 –> GRAILS Doomsdayer’s Holiday CD/LP There is a well known quote, attributed variously to Frank Zappa, Thelonious Monk, Martin Mull, and Elvis Costello, that states “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” While this neglects several certain modern ballets, it also [...]
THROBBING GRISTLE: Live in New York
Music Features THROBBING GRISTLE: Live in New York By May 15, 2009, 08:18 All photos by Tim Bugbee © 2009 –> THROBBING GRISTLE / EMERALDS Live @ Masonic Temple, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY; April 28th, 2009 In the last handful of decades, it would certainly seem that in terms of musical reunions anything is possible. [...]
Lights CD reviewed by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews Lights CD reviewed by Nick Blakey May 15, 2009, 15:26 –> LIGHTS CD I think I’m getting too old for this shit. My immediate reaction to this music is that this is what happens when the stoners lace the refreshments at the Womyn’s Collective meeting with PCP, and in the ensuing melee someone [...]
Six Finger Satellite CD reviewed by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews Six Finger Satellite CD reviewed by Nick Blakey By Mar 6, 2009, 19:28 –> SIX FINGER SATELLITE Half Control CD There are certain times in rock and roll when pretty awesome things happen with band configurations. A certain combination of players is achieved, either deliberately or by accident, and the results can be [...]
Rick Berlin CD reviewed by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews Rick Berlin CD reviewed by Nick Blakey By Jan 16, 2009, 05:32 –> RICK BERLIN Old Stag CD Where to begin with the one and only Rick Berlin? A Boston music legend who first recorded with Orchestra Luna for Epic Records in 1974 (produced by Rupert “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” Holmes no [...]
17 Pygmies CD reviewed by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews 17 Pygmies CD reviewed by Nick Blakey By Nov 30, 2008, 19:07 –> 17 PYGMIES 13 Blackbirds/13 Lotus CD The 17 Pygmies initially formed as a side project in the early 1980s by Jackson Del Rey (aka Philip Drucker) and Robert Loveless who at the time were both members of the Eastern/African-influenced punk/industrial [...]
The Vocokesh CD review by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews The Vocokesh CD review by Nick Blakey By Jun 26, 2008, 02:29 –> THE VOCOKESH …all this and Hieronymous Bosch CD Now don’t get me wrong—I like psychedelic music, be it from the 60′s or the 80′s or the 21st Century. Done right, it can alter your consciousness, blow your mind, and lift [...]
Robert Forster CD review by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews Robert Forster CD review by Nick Blakey By Mar 25, 2008, 17:42 –> ROBERT FORSTER Intermission: The Best of Solo Recordings 1990-1997 CD Even if you’re not a fan of Australia’s The Go-Betweens, of whom Robert Forster was a member throughout the band’s entire existence, this partially comprehensive collection of solo recordings is [...]
Psychic TV CD review by Nick Blakey
Music Reviews Psychic TV CD review by Nick Blakey By Mar 25, 2008, 17:50 –> PSYCHIC TV / PTV3 Hell Is Invisible…Heaven Is Her/e CD How do you describe the indescribable, namely this album by PTV3, the latest incarnation of Psychic TV? Throwing back more to the “hyperdelic” sound of the mid-to-late 80′s period of [...]