Freshly Unwrapped »
Freshly Unwrapped: 2/20/09
Do not be alarmed! Do not adjust your set! Chartburn hasn’t gone away — it’s just sharing space with some more Friday features, including the new and improved Freshly Unwrapped, in which your intrepid
Read More »Freshly Unwrapped: New Releases for September 30, 2008
The Archies: The Archies Christmas Album featuring Betty & Veronica (Fuel) I took a lot of shit a couple of Fridays ago for saying some negative things about the Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” in a
Read More »Freshly Unwrapped: New Music Releases, 6/30/08
Alkaline Trio, Agony & Irony (Epic) purchase this album (Amazon) These Chicago-bred emo pioneers have been gradually sanding down the rough edges of their sound for years — and with their Epic debut, a
Read More »Freshly Unwrapped: New Music Releases, 6/24/08
Gerald Albright, Sax for Stax (Peak) purchase this album (Amazon) He’s become known mainly for his smooth jazz sides, but Albright’s chops are too big for any single genre — and this collection, which
Read More »Freshly Unwrapped: New Music Releases, 6/17/08
Chicago – Stone of Sisyphus (Rhino) Fifteen years after Warner Bros. rejected Stone of Sisyphus, leading to Chicago’s departure from the label and kicking off over a decade of crass, fan-bilking compilations, the band’s
Read More »