Bentley’s Bandstand: September 2024 By Bill Bentley Milo Binder, The Unspeakable. Milo Binder, surely a spin-off of Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22 character Milo Minderbinder, is one of the great American solo artists of the past half-century. Binder’s most recent album was 33 years ago, and this follow-up is more than worth the wait. It is such […]
A Joe Meek Anthology Focuses on 1962 Recordings Most music producers remain relatively unknown and must content themselves with credit lines on the CDs they oversee. A few, though, develop styles so distinctive and results so impressive that they become as famous as the performers they record. As a result, their work is collected in […]
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Michael McDermott – Lighthouse on the Shore/East Jesus (Pauper Sky Records) When Michael McDermott first released 620 W. Surf in 1990, he was cruelly slagged off as just another Springsteen Wannabe – in the same harsh fashion which hobbled so many promising singer-songwriters tagged as the new Dylans in the same era. Vicious and unusual […]
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Mary Gauthier Finds a Hopeful Place When Nashville-based Mary Gauthier appeared on Hulu’s I Love You, America a few years ago, host Sarah Silverman noted that one of her staffers found the folk singer-songwriter’s music so depressing “she had to listen to Morrissey to cheer up.” It’s true that Gauthier’s albums have reflected her difficult life experiences—including abandonment by her mother when she was a child, struggles related to being gay, […]
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