Listening Report: Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels 180 Gram Vinyl Reissue
Mark Smotroff reconnects with an oft-overlooked masterwork…
Looking Back: More Of 2021’s Albums I Didn’t Quite Review… Yet! (Part 2)
Mark Smotroff offers up some rock-leaning mini listening reports…...
Looking Back: 2021’s Albums I Didn’t Quite Review… Yet! (Part 1)
Mark Smotroff offers up a series of mini listening reports…...
Listening Report: Guided By Voices’ Hot Freaks Subscription USB
Mark Smotroff gets more than he dreamed of from a fanclub download series…
Listening Report: Marshall Crenshaw’s #447
Mark Smotroff is reminded that its all about the rock…...
Listening Report: Brian Wilson’s At My Piano On CD, Vinyl & Streaming
Mark Smotroff tunes into the magic of one of his musical heroes…...
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, A Listening Report & Appreciation (Part 2)
Mark Smotroff gets his head around six discs of Zappa brilliance and mayhem…...
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, A Listening Report & Appreciation (Part 1)
Mark Smotroff pauses to think about an overlooked soundtrack…...
Mark’s Picks For 2021
Mark Smotroff saves his best of list for last… ...
Listening Report: Pink Floyd’s Momentary Lapse Of Reason Remixed & Updated
Mark Smotroff re-examines an ‘80s Floyd fave…...
Listening Report: Dion DiMucci, 21st Century Bluesman, Returns To His Stomping Grounds
Mark Smotroff grooves on the blues roots of an iconic doo wop rock ’n roll legend…...
Bird In LA: Record Store Day Vinyl Boxed Set Listening Report
Mark Smotroff finds good reason to dig back into Charlie Parker's underground recordings…...
Listening Report: Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album, Verve/Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Reissue
Mark Smotroff discovers a holiday record he missed along the way…...
Listening Report: How To Appreciate Hassan Ibn Ali’s Stunning New Archival Recordings
Mark Smotroff gets his head around a lost pianist’s perhaps most lost works… ...
Listening Report: Muddy Waters’ The Montreux Years on Vinyl, CD, Streaming.
Mark Smotroff knows the real thing when he hears it…...
Listening Report: David Crosby’s Solo Debut On Vinyl Vs. Plangent Processes Streams
Mark Smotroff hears something going on here and what it is actually is pretty clear…...