Geese is the band everyone is talking about. I couldn't get into them at first - but I did try Cameron Winter's solo album Heavy Metal and immediately loved it. Since then - I've had the last two Geese albums on heavy rotation....
On the Turntable: “Electric” by Pet Shop Boys, x2 Records, 2013. Rating: 8/10
The first (and best) of their three albums with producer Stuart Price caused a welcome bit of whiplash....
Men Without Hats have a new album out today called Men Without Hats On the Moon. More than 40 years after “The Safety Dance”, the band are still touring and recording. Earlier this year, they released the single “I Love the 80’s”, a song which I found a little embarrassing....
On the Turntable: “Revelations” by New Colony Six, Mercury Records, 1968. Rating: 6/10
Along with the Buckinghams, the Ides of March and the Cryan Shames, the New Colony Six were one of the bigger high school/garage rock bands in Chicago in the mid-60s....
On the Turntable: “Buckingham Nicks” by Buckingham Nicks, Polydor Records, 1973. Rating 8/10.
Long the stuff of myth and legend, this album appeared and disappeared in 1973 before anyone knew or cared about who Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham were....