Shouting Across the Void

Jeff Tweedy in mono

"...lot of mono mixes of Sixties records now, like Phil Spector records, obviously. And like [Pink Floyd's] Piper at..."

Oct. 1, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...love: the Beatles, the Beach Boys, even some great Phil Spector and Roy Orbison. One of the things I..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...8:45pm, Vice Like the Buzzcocks helmed by Phil Spector, New Zealand's Cut Off Your Hands carves crystallized..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Naked Willie

Less is more

"...“They took off the strings that Phil Spector put on," he explains from his home in..."

March 11, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Run Rudolph Run

Revisiting Keith Richards' “Run Rudolph Run”

"...minute Darlene Love and Bruce Springsteen’s E Streeters ring Phil Spector sleigh bells on soul storm “All Alone on..."

Dec. 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...if "wall of sound" was something to do with Phil Spector. Maybe it was. But when "the walls came..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...opening bars of "Sister Lost Soul," which is blatant Phil Spector, find Hector Muñoz getting closer to the heart..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Tony Visconti Part 1

"...Soul,” it seemed like you were going for a Phil Spector-ish thing...."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Ruby Suns

Friday

"..."Kenya Dig It?" glides into a second and gorgeous Phil Spector-esque arrangement; swelling closer "Morning Sun" ends up on..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Spotlight: The Explorers Club

Brian Wilson approved: the Explorers Club

"...record-collecting neighbor. Drawing heavily from the Beach Boys and Phil Spector, as well as the Association and even the..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Sons & Daughters

"...oscillate wildly, but "The Nest" reveals partial siring from Phil Spector, in sound if not psyche, while clammy, nervous..."

March 7, 2008 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Ike & Tina Turner

"...version of "River Deep, Mountain High" wins out over Phil Spector's, the right choice for this collection, yet by..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons

"...short of their West Coast rivals. Their variation on Phil Spector fails to match the Beach Boys' sonic resplendence,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Off the Record

James White goes on location at the Broken Spoke, Marky Ramone defends his namesake and Phil Spector's innocence, and the Summer Wardrobe gives Roky Erickson a makeover

"...Punk Rock Blitzkrieg recently took the stand to defend Phil Spector, helmsman for the Ramones' pop spectacle End of..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: Brain Wash

Coming to terms with conspiracy theorists, with some help from Loudon Wainwright III

"...One letter that covered all the bases went, "[Y]ou philosophize on 9/11, but never engage in the facts which..."

June 29, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...group has taken the States by storm with their Phil Spector pop. Ontario, Canada's Tokyo Police Club puts the..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Perfect Liberty

To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound

"...separation between a band, a club, and their political philosophies, then you'll probably see the club as a beacon..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Shins

"...on Me," straight out of Greenwich and Barry and Phil Spector's "Then He Kissed Me." Its observation that "so..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mutantes

Reissues

"...begin the everything-but-the-kitchen-Cuisinart aesthetic of the debut. The crooning Phil Spector homage of "Baby" and canticle "Le Premier Bonheur..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Showcase Showdown

The Austin Museum of Digital Art's programming challenges our notions of creativity

"...age. Like D.W. Griffith with his moving camera or Phil Spector with his recording studio, past and future AMODA..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Mondays Redux

"...Phil Spector: He's a Rebel..."

July 7, 2006 Music Feature

Bruce Springsteen

Gift guide

"...Boss finally shook off the new-Zimmy comparisons with a Phil Spector-inspired wall of sound and a revamped songwriting approach..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

Michael Baldwin Fun Facts

"...these days as the woman Beatles and Ramones producer Phil Spector allegedly murdered. Says Baldwin, "She was a piece..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature

Doves

"...breakneck single "Black and White Town," the greatest hit Phil Spector never produced. "Snowden"s gossamer vocals and glistening guitar..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Marc Savlov

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...sensibility betrays hours of listening and relistening to classic Phil Spector sides, to the Seventies rock of David Bowie..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Greatest Hits

"...tenor, Yoakam the hillbilly rabble-rouser who grew enamored of Phil Spector. For both, Rhino's elegant single-disc Very Best ofs..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Going Oneiric

Dick Blackburn brings 'Lemora' to the Drafthouse.

"...as a UCLA film student to hanging out at Phil Spector's to dubbing foreign films to running with some..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Those Peabodys

Texas Platters

"..."Bustin' Up Your Complex," and a full-throttle cover of Phil Spector's "River Deep, Mountain High" that stocks enough metallic..."

July 11, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Beatles

DVDisc

"...As a documentary, Anthology glosses over and/or omits plenty (Phil Spector ruining Let It Be, hello?), the group members'..."

April 18, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

SXSW looms on the horizon, and "TCB" is already neck-deep in it.

"...Although not nearly as bad as NASA or Phil Spector, Tish Hinojosa's week was certainly no picnic. Somewhat..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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