Reviews
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Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam – Review by Joshua Reedy. (2007) My copy: 2007 press by Domino. Following praise for their new take on indie-pop with Feels, complete with a full band embracing more traditional melodies, Animal Collective carried this momentum into the frigid, dynamic synth landscapes of Strawberry Jam. There are a few bumps […]
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells – Album Review by Joshua Reedy. (1973) My copy: 1979 stereo reissue by Virgin. Mike Oldfield’s ambitious 1973 album is most famous for the melody that became the main theme to the widely popular horror film The Exorcist. While the anxious piano composition is a core motif of the first […]
Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick – Album review by Joshua Reedy. (1972) My copy: 2015 reissue by Chrysalis. Jethro Tull’s 1972 jab at conceptual progressive-rock records consists of the first ever full-LP-spanning song; that is, both 20+ minute sides are technically one long song (which suits their controversial sense of humor quite nicely). […]
Troy Victorian Stroll kicks off the holiday season – by Dean Giagni. Holiday outfits with reindeer antlers, and Santa hats were joined by raincoats and umbrellas Sunday at the 2023 Troy Victorian stroll. Even though a good portion of the day was shrouded in gray clouds and sometimes heavy rain, the dreary weather did not […]
Modest Mouse – Night On The Sun – Joshua Reedy Reviews, by Joshua Reedy. Modest Mouse – Night On The Sun (1999) My copy: 2016 reissue by Glacial Pace. This is a reissue of the original Japan-only EP that was released in 1999 ahead of Moon & Antarctica. Only two tracks are exclusive to this […]
Dreamend – Maybe We’re Making God Sad And Lonely – Review by Joshua Reedy. (2005) My copy: 2010 reissue on peach with blue haze vinyl by Graveface Records. Dreamend is the work primarily of Ryan Manon (AKA Ryan Graveface) who is known both for running the Georgia based record label Graveface records and for contributing […]
Charles Mingus – Mingus – Review by Joshua Reedy. (1972) My copy: 1972 stereo compilation by Prestige. This 1972 double album collects two live shows recorded in 1955 at the Bohemia Cafe in New York (Mingus At The Bohemia and Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach). Mingus and his crew tackle a variety of styles […]
Brian Fallon @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall 11-15-23 – by Ed Conway. It was singer/songwriter night at the venerable Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. I generally think of a solo performer as a small venue act, as a large venue generally lacks the intimacy of the audience being up close and personal. Like every […]
The Pop Group – Citizen Zombie, album review by Joshua Reedy. (2015) My copy: 2015 press by Freaks R Us. Over 30 years had passed since The Pop Group’s dark, primitive and engrossing debut – a record so bold and distinctly paranoid that it still stands as a beacon of influence in the realm of […]
Pinkshinyultrablast – Grandfeathered. Review by Joshua Reedy. (2016) My copies: Limited 2016 press on pink and purple vinyl and limited 2016 press on “acid lollypop” vinyl, both by Club AC30. trailing their full-length debut by only a year, Granfeathered takes Pinkshinyultrablast’s signature shoegaze style and stretches it thin through prog-influenced songwriting labyrinths – while this […]
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