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March 2023 REVIEWS by Mike Baron RANSOM AND THE SUBSET: Perfect Crimes Ransom and the Subset is a trio, but they sound like a rock symphony, sleekly sophisticated and relentlessly melodic. Brian Wilson/Burt Bacharach level genius. RanDair wrote the songs and sings like a straight-faced joker on “Perfect Crime,” the opener. Each hook comes as a […]

JANGLE ON! LATE SUMMER –  2020 by Eric Sorensen Another month of “social distancing” and another month without live music (I’m not counting the neighborhood bands that rehearse in nearby backyards).  Thankfully, the Pandemic is providing musicians with lots of time to record and release new material.  There continues to be no shortage of chiming, […]

LOCAL REGGAE MASTERS Solace Meds on Smokey Street holds a party every 4/20. This year featured music by reggae masters Solpride, Carlton Pride’s band. Carlton Pride has a voice the sound of Montana and unerring rhythmic instincts. You can hear him from blocks away. Playing rapid-fire guitar, Solpride soared through “Rub a Dub,” “Meaning of […]

A “Just Because”/”Why Not!?” SURPRISE! [linebreak style=”simple”] Just a bit of random awesomness for you…and THANK YOU for your pre-order of “POWER POP PLANET – Volume 3”.   (I told you I take over-delivering seriously) Hope that is okay. ;-P Now, let’s get to it:  I uploaded a few songs from the Not Lame catalog that […]

LATE MAY – “WHAT’S NEW:   I”m easily a solid 10 days behind with posting an update here.  Ideally , these appear every two weeks but this one has pushed beyond that.  Sometimes there’s so much info to share, that I get overwhelmed with just starting, instead of just chunking ’em down into shorter updates.   […]