For all the good things that Pusha T's Daytona has going for it, even with its short length, it is not a perfect record. However, With each subsequent listen, I find more things to appreciate about Daytona, so in the end, maybe this, for right now, is what we needed.
Resistance is Futile is a beautiful, regretful album that would sound brilliant if you had not heard of the Manic Street Preachers beforehand. I hope they don’t end this way.
The new Jimi Hendrix collection Both Sides of the Sky is yet another look into where his music was headed circa 1970. With tracks featuring Johnny Winter, Stephen Stills and Buddy Miles it sounds exciting, but as B.G.M.'s M Milner writes, it promises more than it delivers.
To Deadheads, 1990 was a special year for Jerry Garcia, and volume 10 of the GarciaLive series shows why. It's a rollicking show in Hawaii with plenty of covers, guitar solos, and good vibes.
William Matheny of William Matheny and Strange Constellations sat down with me for an interview at Huntington, WV's own brewery and restaurant, The Peddler.