Nine Inch Nails Bad Witch (The Null Corporation) Upon first listen, one almost expects to see promo photos of Trent Reznor with […]

What might just be the very last music we get from David Bowie, his No Plan EP, is from stuff he was planning to have heard in a big musical he had been readying. Whether or not that musical would have happened even if The Thin White Duke hadn’t died, is anybody’s guess, but this EP has been released coinciding with what would have been Bowie’s 70th birthday.

David Bowie Blackstar (Columbia) David Bowie’s 25th and final studio album, Blackstar, is akin to a creative goodbye to his dedicated audience […]

“Not Alone” is a big guitar, straight ahead blues rock number, with “Yeah yeah” call and response vocal from J.C. but truly this is the Uptown Sound’s tune. “River” is a big torchy ballad, showing off J.C.’s Sam Cook-sims, some superb backing vocals from Tina M. Howell, but here Rosenstein steels the show with his expert ivory tinkling. And “Control” is another thickly layered piece of funk with a David Bowie in his Station-to-Station period vibe to it.

David Bowie Nothing Has Changed (Columbia) Few musicians can maintain a level of success and innovation over a decade, let alone a […]

Musician Adrian Belew might be best known as one of the world’s great guitar players but fans also know he’s a great […]

John Vanderslice John Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs (Dead Oceans) An album whose very existence poses questions and offers a few answers, John […]

BowieBall was back with a bang this year at Le Poisson Rouge, due to overwhelming demand – mostly from Bowie fanatics and […]

Queen Hot Space (Island Records) As far as records go, Hot Space is far too harshly judged in the pages of history […]