Marshall Crenshaw – Miracle of Science (Razor & Tie) In the five years since Crenshaw’s last album the music world has completely changed. It’s changed even more since he released his spectacular first album in 1982. He’s spent most of his career on the outside looking in, and Miracle of Science won’t change anything. Too bad because it’s … Continue reading
Dogstar – Our Little Visionary (Zoo) Okay, even though as bassist he’s really the least important cog in this machine, let’s face it, all of us are thinking of Dogstar as movie star Keanu Reeves’ band. Dogstar ends up being a pretty good band, not revolutionary – in fact, they’re a little derivative – but not … Continue reading
Squeeze – Ridiculous (I.R.S.) While Squeeze has put together a lot of great songs over the years, many of their later albums were overshadowed by the band’s superlative early albums like Cool for Cats and Argybargy. This may be the band’s best overall album since 1981’s East Side Story. Also, their style of ironic Beatle-derived pop is making a comeback … Continue reading
Bryan Adams – 18 ‘Til I Die (A&M) Okay, it was kind of funny a few months ago when Metallica tried to trick us into thinking they were grunge. But I have to draw the line if Bryan Adams thinks that he can pull it off. Being grunge is more than losing twenty pounds and not … Continue reading
Passengers – Original Soundtracks 1 (Island) Remember when U2 actually recorded songs? I do, but it’s becoming hazy. Calling themselves Passengers and giving producer Brian Eno full band member status, this album eases further down the bumpy musical road that led to Zooropa. Soundtracks is a group of techno songs that were supposedly used as background music in … Continue reading
Melissa Etheridge by Jay S. Jacobs POP ENTERTAINMENT.COM ARCHIVES – June 1994 – This interview took place soon after Melissa Etheridge released what was soon to be her biggest album ever, Yes I Am. The idea of the guitar God is one that has always seemed fall on the right side of the Y chromosome. Men … Continue reading
