Here is another not-terribly positive album review I recently wrote for Filter. This one criticizes Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk – a record that should instead be attributed to “Campbell and Friends” or simply “Campbell.”
Archive for the Reviews Category
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk: Filter Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckJarrod Gorbel’s Devil’s Made A New Friend: Filter Album Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Jarrod Gorbel, the Honorary Title on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere is my less-than-favorable Filter review of Devil’s Made a New Friend, the new album from singer/ songwriter/ ex-Honorary Title frontman Jarrod Gorbel.
FYF Fest 2010: Sleep Are Reawakened, Growlers Are Scary-Good, Titus Andronicus Prove Weak
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags Abe Vigoda, Ariel Pink, Bastard, Best Coast, Ceremony, Cold Cave, Davila 666, Dead Man's Bones, Huntress, Let's Wrestle, Man Man, Saviours, Screaming Females, Sleep, the Cults, the Growlers, the Magic Kids, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Vetiver, Warpaint, Washed Out, Wavves, Zach Hill on 09/05/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
There’s no shortage of gripes being voiced in the aftermath of yesterday’s FYF Fest 2010 at Los Angeles’ Historic State Park. Continue reading
Apocalyptica’s 7th Symphony: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Apocalyptica, Gojira, Metallica, the Breeders, Trivium on 09/05/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Holy Fuck’s Latin: Filter Album Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews on 07/22/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
My Filter review of Holy Fuck’s Latin is here.
The Dylan-ification Of Bright Eyes?
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Bright Eyes on 07/22/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere’s another vaulty thingy: me blabbing with a red face about Bright Eyes some years back on NPR.
Tool Take The Wiltern: 8.13.01
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags Tool on 07/21/2010 by Kurt OrzeckJust unearthed my old review of Tool’s August 13, 2001, show at Los Angeles’ relatively intimate Wiltern Theatre (years before it became the Wiltern LG):
“The invincible act proved its robustness once again …”
Chambers’ Old Love: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Chambers on 06/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
What, Dark Tranquillity Not Worthy? An Open Letter To L.A. Metalheads
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags Dark Tranquillity, In Flames on 06/02/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Hey man, missed you at the Dark Tranquillity show last night. What happened? Thought you were a troo metalhead. Continue reading
