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HASIDIC NEW WAVE | KabalogyMATT DARRIAUPARADOX TRIO | SourceZOHAR | KeterVARIOUS ARTISTS | Klezmer Festival 1998(Knitting Factory)
Nobody’s ever actually specified th...
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Shouting with the Isleys
THE ISLEY BROTHERSIt’s Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers (Epic AssociatedT-NeckLegacy)
Clocking in at three hours and 40-som...
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CARAVANA CUBANA
Late Night Sessions (Dreamer Music)
Caravana Cubana: Late Night Sessions could be viewed as how the recent Buena Vista Social Club phenom might have...
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KOOL KEITH Black Elvis/Lost in Space (Ruffhouse/Columbia) Imagine a world where a rap album didn't come chock-full o' stereotypical skits, 187 "special guest" appearances --...
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KID LOCO
Prelude to a Grande Love Story (Atlantic)
Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches
(Yellow Productions)
It's easy to have a crush on Kid Loco. As a French...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS New Groove 3: Deconstruire le Groove Esoterique (REV) Having researched the subject thoroughly, I'm gonna save you the trouble of figuring out what in Topeka...
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Photo by Michael Angelo ChesterPUBLIC ENEMY
There's a Poison Goin On (Atomic Pop)
If any pop group wants to commit career suicide, there's no better blueprint than Sly &...
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The Flaming LipsFLAMING LIPS
The Soft Bulletin (Warner Bros.)
"They're just humans/with wife and children," sings Flaming Lips leader Wayne Coyne on The Soft Bulletin's...
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LOS TRAFICANTES
Matan Mi Gente (Dogday)
Ever since pistol-packing L.A. norteño bad boy Chalino Sanchez was killed in Culiacán in 1992, the comparisons between drug...
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Photo by Autumn DewildeLILYSThe 3 Way (Sire)
One of the joys of '99's front half has been this unfortunately neglected gem of a '60s-pop-style album. Sure, the stuff is...
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Photo by Nickolai WesolowskiLOUIS PHILIPPE
A Kiss in the Funhouse (Le Grand Magistery)
Louis Philippe is, as the English like to say, rather on the "wet" side. A...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
Suck It and See (Palm Pictures/Pussyfoot Records CD, video, DVD)
This double CD is "a musical tribute to pornography" as interpreted by the U.K.-based...
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Photo by Elliot HolcekerALICE COOPER
The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (Warner Archives/Rhino)
When "I'm Eighteen" hit the airwaves at the end of 1970, I was 19, but I...
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THE KINKSMuswell HillbilliesEverybody's in ShowbizPreservation Act 1Preservation Act 2(Konk/Velvel)Ask any Kinks fan about the band's records between 1970's Lola vs. Powerman...