Joe Walsh was and is a genius - that much is clear.  That being said, he's a tired old genius. ...

Promising Promises is a pleasant album to play at an unhealthily high volume while you clean your house or your apartment or what-have-you. ...

Train is a band that may not, under any circumstances, be discounted or disrespected. ...

From over-used and badly shaped lyrical concepts to corny guitar lines with grossly average tone, Johnny-boy has spared not one single aspect of his latest project from tastelessness. ...

It's not a Santana album.  It's a jazz album.  Don't let anybody tell you different. ...

As it was originally conceived and manifested, country music is dead. For this reason, that Willie Nelson is still alive and releasing an album is a great thing. ...

As soon as the sound of Dan Vickrey's telecaster pipes in through the speakers in the form of the opening chords of Underwater Sunshine's first track, any fears about the album being a bad one are immediately suspended. ...

Elvis Costello and The Impostors' 'Spectacular Spinning Songbook' returns. ...