by morristown@scotticd.com | Dec 13, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Concert Reviews, Music Reviews, New Releases
* * * * (four stars out of five) Can you say “Treasure Trove?” This box set fits the bill – a career-spanning retrospective from one of rock’s steadiest of Eddies, Tom Petty, and his stalwart band, the ever-reliable Heartbreakers. I purchased the working man’s four...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Dec 1, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Concert Reviews
Life gets in the way of even the best-laid plans. The members of North Jersey trio Flatus know this all too well. After 15 years of touring and four full-length CDs, the band was forced to restrict its performance schedule to a mere dozen or so shows a year in 2003...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 30, 2009 | *** Three Stars, Music Reviews
* * *1/2 (three and ½ stars out of five) If you’ve ever wondered what would have happened if June Carter and Loretta Lynn had been inspired by the Ramones to form a punk band, the answer has arrived with a Murfreesboro, TN postmark. In their eponymous debut album,...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 27, 2009 | *****Five Stars, Five Star Rating, Music Reviews
* * * * * (five stars out of five) The Greatest “Greatest Hits” Album Ever? There I was – Fourth of July weekend. I had just mounted (oh, behave) the elliptical machine at my fitness center and I was looking for something on my ipod to motivate me. Most times I just...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 27, 2009 | **** Four Stars, Music Reviews, New Releases, Other News, Promotions
* * * *1/2 (four and ½ stars out of five) Let me begin by saying “Wow.” I’ve been saying “Wow” about Brandi Carlile ever since her self-titled debut appeared in 2005. “Wow” because the first thing I expected from a singer named Brandi Carlile was the next...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 27, 2009 | *** Three Stars, Music Reviews
Word has it that Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder had the deceptively simple pop songs of indie legend Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices, countless other solo and band projects) in mind when trying to write the latest PJ record, itself an 11-song, 37 minutes standard...
