Ryan Adams vs. Taylor Swift, And Why It Matters Suck it up, audiophile. Let’s face it, Taylor Swift deserves our respect. Even if her brand of pop [...] 2015/10/08 /// 3 Comments
Haunting the Metropolis: “Hand. Cannot. Erase.” by Steven Wilson (Kscope, 2015) Album review by Neil Hobkirk The drama unfolds in Metropolis, a major Montreal venue. After ninety minutes’ [...] 2015/08/31 /// 0 Comments
Ornette Coleman, avant garde jazz pioneer, dead at 85 Sad news this morning. Less than a year after his longtime bassist Charlie Haden passed away, jazz giant [...] 2015/06/11 /// 0 Comments
Science Fiction Double Feature: “Black Noise” (reissue) and “Transformation” by FM (2014, 2015; Convexe) Album review by Neil Hobkirk Part One: Maple Leaf Escape Craft For me, Part One of the FM story unfolded over [...] 2015/06/02 /// 0 Comments
Tyran Grillo completes ECM Reviews site with 1330th disc review This is too remarkable not to report. Cast your eyes on ecmreviews.com With several years effort, a [...] 2015/05/28 /// 0 Comments
Marco Polo’s Film Music Discoveries Album review by Neil Hobkirk We all have favourite film music. Whether absorbed during a movie or savoured [...] 2015/04/09 /// 0 Comments
New Tricks Revisited: Deep Purple’s “Purpendicular” (reissue; HNE, 2014) Album review by Neil Hobkirk Purpendicular opens with a sound unfamiliar from previous Deep Purple albums: a [...] 2015/02/28 /// 0 Comments
Serene Footfalls: “La vie commence ici” by Marianne Trudel (Justin Time, 2014) Album review by Neil Hobkirk The three times I’ve seen Marianne Trudel perform in person, she’s radiated [...] 2014/12/31 /// 0 Comments
Music Server Part II: Two great budget DAC’s go head to head Part II: The DAC shoot-out (Cambridge Audio Azur DAC Magic Plus vs. Musical Paradise MP-D1) by Mark Morris [...] 2014/12/27 /// 1 Comment
Putting together a Music Server, Part I by Mark Morris Equipment used: Home-built PC Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus ACER T232HL 23” touch-screen [...] 2014/12/27 /// 0 Comments