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Something Else! Reviews · 12h ago

David Daniell and Douglas McCombs – Versions (2012)

Seven hours. Versions, the new recording from David Daniell and Douglas McCombs, is all about seven hours. The pair’s previous release, Sycamore, sprang out of seven hours of improvisation, looping and fiddling. Versions is culled from the same seven hours, but this time the selecting comes from for
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Something Else! Reviews · 13h ago

Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo – I’m Not Me (1983; 2012 reissue)

This home-recorded Mick Fleetwood project, never before issued on compact disc, is neither a solo effort nor a Fleetwood Mac knockoff — though, admittedly, there are moments when I’m Not Me can sound like his main group. Instead, more often than not, this short-lived quartet has its very own feel —
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Something Else! Reviews · 13h ago

Half Notes: Richard Bona – Bona Makes You Sweat (2008)

In the Pat Metheny Group, there is always one musician who plays the role of “utility man.” The basic instrumentation is guitar, piano/keys, acoustic and electric bass, drums, trumpet, and (sometimes) harmonica. The extra player is responsible for filling in on any number of instruments including vi
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Something Else! Reviews · 13h ago

Darryl Gregory – Big Texas Sky (2012)

Boasting a Americana twang but also a rough moral sensibility and a cutting way with an image, Darryl Gregory’s Big Texas Sky is probably too edgy for country radio. It’s a shame. Tracks like “Anywhere But Here,” “How Do I Tell Her” and “Working Man” pair swooning country laments with these hard-eye
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Something Else! Reviews · 1d ago

Steve Smith and Vital Information – Live! One Great Night (2012)

Steve Smith, like Paul McCartney, has a solo career that’s way more extensive than the higher profile rock band he belonged to for a relatively short period of time, but he’ll always be known as that Journey drummer (or, to a Jean-Luc Ponty fan like me, that guy who drummed on Enigmatic Ocean). Thir
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Something Else! Reviews · 1d ago

Foreigner – Alive and Rockin’ (2012)

Foreigner’s new live album is neither all that bad, nor all that good — probably worth the ticket price at the original concert venue, if you don’t pay too much attention, but instantly forgettable as a home listening experience. Alive and Rockin’ — due May, 29, 2012 from Eagle Rock — attempts to ro
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Something Else! Reviews · 1d ago

Gonzalo Rubalcaba – XXI Century (2012)

A gutsy blend of contemplative Evans/Tristano-informed piano excursions and these grease-popping Cuban jams, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s XXI Century takes us on a journey across time and cultures. Along the way, Rubalcaba breaks down barrier after barrier — the ones standing between our concepts of
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Something Else! Reviews · 1d ago

The Friday Morning Listen: Bee Gees – Here At Last Bee Gees…Live (1977)

So I’ve been spending some time recently filtering through “stuff.” That is, combing through piles, boxes, and closets full of belongings in the attempt to get our house ready for sale. One thing that’ll wreck our chance of a sale, even more so than walls painted in disturbing (read: not beige) colo
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Something Else! Reviews · 2d ago

Something Else! sneak peek: Aerosmith, “Legendary Child” (2012)

We waited eight years for this? A retread of a throw-away track from the Get a Grip album, which for the most part should have been a throw-away itself? A friend of mine, knowing my deep and abiding love for most things Aerosmith, forwarded me a clip of the band’s performance of the song from “Ameri
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Something Else! Reviews · 2d ago

Joe Walsh – Analog Man (2012)

We all know the Joe Walsh from 1978′s “Life’s Been Good,” his biggest-ever solo hit. The guy with the mansion he’s never seen. The guy at parties sometimes until four, with gold records on the wall. Leave a message, right? Maybe he’ll call. Lodged inside that No. 12 hit was plenty of humor, a series
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