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CriticClash: Duncan Sheik’s Whisper House
The recent arrival of Duncan Sheik’s new studio album, his sixth, called The Whisper House offers an occasion to thank heavens, once again, that Duncan Sheik and musical theater have found each other. In another bygone era, Duncan Sheik might have been a world class superstar for his sophisticated pop melodies, the elegant orchestrations they’re often set to, the mysterious melancholy and dark humor of his lyrics, and the mordant understatement of his singing. Even […]
FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #23: Pimp Who’s Talking
IAN GOMMÂ “Hold On” b/w “Another Year” (Stiff/Epic Records #50747, Fall 1979)
September ’79. School was back in session, and everyone but me had grown a foot taller. I didn’t care.  I was the only kid in class with tickets to the Dire Straits concert, thee hottest bill in town. I’d gladly sacrifice a foot of height to have Knopfler & Co. melt my face off from the 3rd row, hands down. What’s that you say? […]