After 30 years Jim Dickinson releases another solo record. After 7 producer Grammies, Big Star's Third and playing on Rolling Stones and Dylan sessions you'd think he'd be satisfied. But nope, he's back with some of the strangest swamped-out groove and skronk this side of Tom Waits. Very cool. (www.artemisrecords.com)
Music Reviews | No. 32
Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 1 and 2
by Larry Crane
Despite all my warnings in the end of this issue about recording crazy people, I'm really glad someone made these recordings. Irwin Chusid is the author of a book of the same name, and he compiled...