Notable Reviews Archives

October 26, 2023

Record review: The Rolling Stones, "Hackney Diamonds" (Geffen, 2023)

October 19, 2023

Angel City review: Vernacular Intergenerational Improvisational Night at ArtShare L.A., October 16, 2023.

May 25, 2023

Record review: Metallica, "72 Seasons" (Blackened, 2023)

May 16, 2023

Live review: William Parker-William Hooker-Isaiah Collier Trio at 2220 Arts & Archives, May 13, 2023.

March 23, 2023

Record review: Xochi Cuicatl, "Resiliencia" (Christopher Garcia Music Projects, 2023)

December 19, 2022

Metal cinema ponderillo: "Violent Night" (2022)

December 6, 2022

Virtual live review: "Celebrating Anthony Braxton" at REDCAT, Dec. 4, 2022.

October 27, 2022

Live review: David Murray Trio at the World Stage, October 23, 2022 (Angel City Jazz Fest).

September 22, 2022

Record review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Patient Number 9" (Epic, 2022)

June 9, 2022

Metal movie review: "Crimes of the Future" (2022)

November 2, 2021

Cosmic overview: Ten hours of Vinny Golia vs. an earthworm and a Beverly Hills cop (2021)..

October 10, 2021

Movie review: Todd Haynes' "The Velvet Underground" (2021)

July 20, 2021

Webcast review: Bob Dylan, "Shadow Kingdom" (2021)

October 22, 2020

Book review: "Confess: The Autobiography" by Rob Halford (Hachette, 2020)

September 17, 2020

List: Five things about Black Sabbath's 1970 first album (2020).

June 12, 2020

Virtual live review: Shining at the Vemork Norsk Hydro Plant, June 6, 2020.

April 2, 2020

Record review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Ordinary Man" (Epic, 2020)

January 28, 2020

Scene & music: Johanna Went, "Passion Container" exhibit at The Box, "Hyena" album reissue (2020).

January 7, 2020

Cinema preview: "Billie" (2020).

December 26, 2019

Live re-review: Bennie Maupin Sextet at the Blue Whale, December 21, 2019.

December 12, 2019

Record review: Lee "Scratch" Perry, "Rainford" and "Heavy Rain" (On-U Sound, 2019)

September 30, 2019

List: Eight things I learned from Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck at the Hollywood Bowl, September 27, 2019.

September 24, 2019

Live review: Broken Shadows at Zebulon, September 20, 2019.

September 10, 2019

Live review: Deep Purple, Joyous Wolf at the Wiltern, September 4, 2019.

September 4, 2019

Live review: Bennie Maupin Sextet at the Blue Whale, August 31, 2019.

July 17, 2019

Cinema colloquy: "Leonard and Marianne (2019)." Leonard Cohen, poet or dick?

April 18, 2019

Live review: Shen Yun at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, April 13, 2018.

March 1, 2019

Chronicle: Charles Lloyd at Club Los Globos, February 28, 2019.

September 25, 2018

Live review: Meshell Ndegeocello at the Blue Whale, September 24, 2018.

September 18, 2018

Live review: James Chance & the Contortions at Zebulon, September 14, 2018.

January 16, 2018

Live review: Alex Cline & Nels Cline at Moss Theater, January 13, 2018.

October 19, 2017

Ponderation: Marilyn Manson, "Heaven Upside Down" (Loma Vista, 2017)

September 5, 2017

Live ponderation: Double Naught Spy Car at Taix, September 2, 2017.

August 29, 2017

Record review: Double Naught Spy Car & Friends, "Moof" (11 Foot Pole, 2017)

November 9, 2016

Live review: Kamasi Washington, Ron McCurdy Quartet at Disney Hall, November 6, 2016.

October 18, 2016

Live review: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls, Joshua White's Codes at LACC's Clausen Hall, October 15, 2016.

October 6, 2016

Live review: Pharoah Sanders, Gurrisonic Orchestra, Ornette Coleman's "Skies of America" at John Anson Ford Amphitheater, October 2, 2016.

July 22, 2016

Live review: Leni Stern & Adam Levy at the Baked Potato, July 21, 2016.

November 27, 2015

Record review: Pope Francis, "Wake Up!" (Believe Digital, 2015)

October 28, 2015

Record review: WASP's "Golgotha" -- Blackie Lawless, re-reborn (2015).

October 21, 2015

Live review: Charles Lloyd Quartet at Zipper Hall, October 18, 2015.

September 24, 2015

Record and movie ponderation: Keith Richards, "Crosseyed Heart" (Mindless/Republic) and "Under the Influence" documentary (2015).

July 28, 2015

Ponderation: Kamasi Washington at Grand Performances, July 25, 2015.

May 20, 2015

Kamasi Washington, "The Epic" (Brainfeeder, 2015)

May 5, 2015

Live review: John Zorn Triple Threat at Royce Hall, May 2, 2015.

December 2, 2014

Notebook: Spot at Café NELA, November 30, 2014.

October 8, 2014

Live review: Angel City Jazz Festival featuring Arthur Blythe tribute at Barnsdall Park, September 28, 2014.

October 2, 2014

Live review: Anthony Braxton Trio, Wadada Leo Smith Silver Orchestra at Zipper Hall, September 27, 2014 (with Vinny Golia's 2004 comments on Braxton).

July 29, 2014

Live review: Jimmy Cliff, Shaggy, Don Carlos & the Dub Vision Band at Hollywood Bowl, July 20, 2014.

May 4, 2014

Live review: Black Sabbath, Reignwolf at Hollywood Bowl, April 26, 2014.

December 11, 2013

Review: Charlie Haden's CalArts Liberation Music Orchestra at REDCAT, December 10, 2013.

September 3, 2013

Live review: Danzig, Doyle, Scar the Martyr, Cherie Currie, Huntress at Gibson Amphitheater, August 30, 2013.

August 14, 2013

Scene: Fourth annual Craft Beer Crawl, downtown L.A., August 11, 2013.

October 3, 2012

Live review: The L.A. Philharmonic rocking Stravinsky, Stucky and Ravel at Disney Hall, September 28, 2012.

September 14, 2012

Review: Dodgers vs. Cardinals at Dodger Stadium, September 13, 2012.

August 11, 2012

Live review: Rock 'n' Blues Fest featuring Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer and Kim Simmonds at the Grove of Anaheim, August 4, 2012.

March 28, 2012

Live review: Morton Subotnick with California EAR Unit at REDCAT, March 24, 2012.

December 17, 2011

Live review: Jason Moran at the Hammer Museum, December 15, 2011.

October 29, 2011

Live review: Wadada Leo Smith's "Ten Freedom Summers" at REDCAT, October 28-30, 2011.

October 13, 2011

Live review: Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson at the Greek Theater, October 7, 2011.

July 26, 2011

Live review: Kim Fowley hosts Slumgum; Ted Byrnes & Han-Earl Park; Stinson-Fjellestad-Ma at ResBox, July 21, 2011.

June 9, 2011

Record review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Blizzard of Ozz" & "Diary of a Madman" remasters (Epic/Legacy, 2011)

November 24, 2010

Review: Randy Weston autobiography and record (2010).

November 4, 2010

Live review: Ornette Coleman at Royce Hall, November 3, 2010.

October 12, 2010

DVD review: "Ladies & Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones" (Eagle Vision, 2010)

August 19, 2010

Review and addenda: Ozzfest 2010 at San Manuel Amphitheater, August 14.

January 22, 2009

Observation: Aretha Franklin at the inauguration (2009).

November 26, 2008

Record review: Axl Rose, "Chinese Democracy" (2008)

September 17, 2008

Record review: Metallica, "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros., 2008)

September 4, 2008

Live review: Judas Priest, Heaven & Hell, Motorhead, Testament at Glen Helen Pavilion, August 30, 2008.

July 25, 2008

Record review: Augustus Pablo box, 2008.

April 4, 2008

Live review: Charles Lloyd Quartet at Catalina's, March 30, 2008.

March 14, 2008

Live review: WASP at the Key Club, March 8, 2008.

March 7, 2008

Live review: Joshua Redman Trio at Catalina's, March 1, 2008.

February 29, 2008

Live review: Rickie Lee Jones at EchoPlex, February 25, 2008.

February 22, 2008

Live review: Aretha Franklin at the Nokia, February 14, 2008.

February 1, 2008

Live review: The Mars Volta at Bren Center, Irvine, 2008.

January 3, 2008

Live review: The Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy at the Wiltern, December 27, 2007.

November 23, 2007

Live review: Van Halen at Staples Center, November 20, 2007.

November 16, 2007

Live nostalgia revue: Masque reunion at Echoplex, November 11, 2007.

November 2, 2007

Live review: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25, 2007.

October 5, 2007

Observation and DVD review: Eric Dolphy's missing third eye and Charles Mingus, "Live in '64" (Jazz Icons).

September 28, 2007

Live review: Ornette Coleman Quintet at Royce Hall, September 26, 2007.