Ubiquitous Memphis wunderkind Jay Reatard released his debut full-length on In the Red Records in 2006. BLOOD VISIONS contains 15 songs, yet it clocks in at just under 30 minutes; it is packed so full of indelible hooks and choruses it give...
While Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar have had their share of differences since the acrimonious breakup of Uncle Tupelo, at least they now have one rather remarkable thing in common -- they've both had the opportunity to collaborate with a noted...
Personnel: K. Briscoe, Luke Steele (vocals); Kevin Randolph, Jeff Bhasker (keyboards).Audio Mixer: Chris Godbey.Recording information: Avex Honolulu Studio, HI; Kingdom Studios; Lava Studios, Cleveland, OH; Midnight Blue Studios, Miam...
Personnel: K. Briscoe, Luke Steele (vocals); Kevin Randolph, Jeff Bhasker (keyboards).Audio Mixer: Chris Godbey.Recording information: Avex Honolulu Studio, HI; Kingdom Studios; Lava Studios, Cleveland, OH; Midnight Blue Studios, Miam...
On THE BLUEPRINT 3, still unretired Jay-Z announces "the only rapper to rewrite history without a pen." It's a standard Jigga boast, but the Brooklyn icon has earned the bragging by backing it up, particularly on his gold-label, top-shelf B...
Personnel: Jay Soto (guitar, keyboards, drum programming).Audio Remixer: Jay Soto.Long Time Coming, the debut solo album from guitarist Jay Soto, takes aspects of a relatively wide array of training and puts them together for a somewh...
Personnel: Jay Bolotin (vocals, guitar); David Mowry (guitar); Mark Taber (piano, celesta, harpsichord); Bobby Mason (drums, percussion); Bobby Mason (percussion).Audio Remasterer: Carl Saff.Liner Note Author: Jay Bolotin.Recording...
With the sheer volume of posthumously released material staking its claim to the musical legacy of late hip-hop producer J Dilla, one can take a cynical view that this is just another symptom of labels cannibalizing an outstanding music tal...
Jay Reatard opens his second full-length, WATCH ME FALL, with a classic bit of Buzzcocks-style frantic, sexually pent-up punk pop. The record continues on the same pepped-up, neurotic pace, supremely self-flagellating, deliriously confused,...
Jay Reatard opens his second full-length, WATCH ME FALL, with a classic bit of Buzzcocks-style frantic, sexually pent-up punk pop. The record continues on the same pepped-up, neurotic pace, supremely self-flagellating, deliriously confused,...
Jay Brannan dives into his iPod collection with IN LIVING COVER, a collection of cover songs and original material. The two original tunes featured here -- "Beautifully" and "Drowning" -- take their cues from the Lilith Fair school of songw...
Personnel: Sugar Ray Norcia (vocals); J. Geils (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vibraphone); Billy Novick (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Doug James (baritone saxophone); Jeff Stout, Jeff Stout (trumpet); John Pierce , John P...