Bargain Bin Babylon: Earth, Wind & Fire: All ‘n All All 'n All is heady and positive, ancient and futuristic, thoroughly modern technically and completely out-of-step with ‘70s hedonism, yet immensely pleasurable. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Henry “Buzz” Glass: Square Dance Variations Volume I Square dancing as collage art and history lesson could be all yours for the price of one dollar. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Robert Cray: Strong Persuader Despite its radio-friendly hooks, this isn’t soul music as celebration but the blues as fatalism, the genre’s signature torment dressed up in skinny ties and ‘80s production values. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Lemon Jelly: Lost Horizons Semi-serious, semi-silly, Deakin and Franglen are never less than totally intriguing, charging their soundscapes with a sense of naturalistic color often lacking from the dance floor. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: The Very Best of Mrs Mills Thankfully, while Mrs Mills might be gone, we still have Morrissey to hold the torch for myopic visions of history and nationhood. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Dory Previn: On My Way to Where On My Way to Where looks on the surface like typical early 70’s folk-pop, but it reflects a fascinating, tortured life. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Bohannon: Bohannon Fever You’ve heard Bohannon even if you don’t know it. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Throwing Muses: The Fat Skier EP Hersh’s voice and songwriting simultaneously embody that pain and vulnerability and hold it at arm’s length Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Captain Sky: The Adventures of Captain Sky A bass-heavy affair with plenty of slapping and popping, discofied drum grooves, absurdist vocals and lyrics. Read More
Bargain Bin Babylon: Accountants’ Fees Somewhere behind even the most vanilla snoozefest, there’s a beautiful tale we may never know. Read More