Brief Encounters
Brief Encounters: New Albums 11-24-23 – 11-30-23
merseybeat visiting John and Paul IRL
Brief Encounters: New Albums 11-17-23 – 11-23-23 Reviewed
music for theatre and for cinema, for chamber and for symphony orchestra
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 11-10-23 – 11-16-23 Reviewed
Kodak is magic when you put a mic in front of him
Brief Encounters: New Albums 11-3-23 – 11-9-23 Reviewed
a who’s who of post punk
Brief Encounters: New Albums 10-28-23 – 11-2-23 Reviewed
Consider it Driving Through England
Brief Encounters: New Albums 10-20-23 – 10-26-23 Reviewed
way too long with no real lapse in quality
Brief Encounters: New Albums 10-6-23 – 10-12-23 Reviewed
the melodies are the hooks
Brief Encounters: New Albums 9-29-23 – 10-5-23 Reviewed
don’t let the greenbacks fool ya
Brief Encounters: New Albums 9-22-23 – 9-28-23 Reviewed
Straight ahead old school early 70s rock
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 9-15-23 – 9-21-23 Reviewed
amazing creativity
Brief Encounters: New Albums 9-8-23 – 9-14-23 Reviewed
a Grand Guignol goth work of extended genius
Brief Encounters: New Albums 8-25-23 – 8-31-23 Reviewed
her absolute peak
Brief Encounters: New Albums 8-18-23 – 8-24-23 Reviewed
purely gorgeous
Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-11-23 – 7-17-23 Reviewed
somewhere between slam poetry, ambient jazz, agitprop USA 2023 and pop
Brief Encounters New Albums 8-4-23 – 8-10-23 Reviewed
the next generation of African musicians
Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-21-23 – 7-27-23 Reviewed
an eleven track taster
Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-14-23 – 7-20-23 Reviewed
Americana ode to booze more that pot
The Early Bird: Top New Singles 7-14-23 – 7-20-23 Reviewed
a fantastic, loud, Slash slashing barn burning version
Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-7-23 – 7-13-23 Reviewed
longing and need
The Early Bird: Top New Albums 7-7-23 – 7-13-23 Reviewed
from a New Romantic offshoot to funk masters
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 6-30-23 – 7-6-23 Reviewed
he recorded this with producer Metro Boomin from jail over two weeks and it is the best rap album of the year
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 6-23-23 – 6-29-23 Reviewed
the best new rep since Bad Bunny
Brief Encounters; New Albums 6-16-23 – 6-22-23 Reviewed
dreamlike pleasure
Brief Encounters: New Albums 6-9-23 – 6-15-23 Reviewed
a brisk and pleasurable half an hour of electronic if Prince were Monae
Brief Encounters: New Albums 6-2-23 – 6-8-23 Reviewed
nightclub excellence and a sweet surprise
Brief Encounters: New Albums 5-26-23 – 6-1-23 Reviewed
I couldn’t find peace without all the violence
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 5-19-23 – 5-25-23 Reviewed
off the rack rock
Brief Encounters: New Albums 5-12-23 – 5-18-23 Reviewed
a fine set of songs
Brief Encounters: New Albums 5-5-23 – 5-11-22 Reviewed
embrace their LGBTQIA+ identity
Brief Encounters: New Albums Reviewed 4-28-23 – 5-4-23
physical well being
Brief Encounters: New Albums 4-21-23 – 4-27-23 Reviewed
the power of a woman who knows what she is talking about though we don’t
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 4-14-23 – 4-20-23 Reviewed
great faces of hyperpop
Brief Encounters: New Albums 4-7-23 – 4-13-23 Reviewed
still noisy, still politically astute, still with an ear for hardcore
Brief Encounters: New Albums 3-31-23 -4-6-22 Reviewed
actually improving
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 3-24-23 – 3-30-23 Reviewed
Gospel was in her blood
Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 3-17-23 – 3-23-22
a coming of age for modern Arabic pop and not Arabic Sahara garage
Brief Encounters: New Albums 3-10-23 – 3-16-23 Reviewed
“Oh Lonesome Me” is classic but so is everything
Brief Encounters: New Albums 3-3-23 – 3-9-23 Reviewed
a superb little album
Going Steady: New Singles 3-3-23 – 3-9-23 Reviewed
taphophilia though not thanatology
Brief Encounters: New Albums 2-24-23 -3-2-23 Reviewed
an accidental protest
Brief Encounters: Top New Albums 2-17-23 – 2-23-23 Reviewed
their best since that 2009 – 2012 three album highlight
Brief Encounters: New Albums 2-3-22 – 2-9-22 Reviewed
wonderful, big, and colorful
Brief Encounters: New Albums 2-3-23- 2-9-23 Reviewed
terrific and adventurous
Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-27-23 – 2-2-23 Reviewed
Sam’s best to date
Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-20-23 – 1-26-23 Reviewed
dip yourself deep in sonic hellaciousness and disquiet
Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-13-23 – 1-19-23 Reviewed
Price and her husband nail down an explosive Americana
The Early Bird And Sneak Peaks Return Next Week!
why review five in a hurry?
Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-6-22 – 1-12-13 Reviewed
plays with form and self awareness