55th Anniversary Super Deluxe Double LP (Don Giovanni Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Oriental Beat (SVART). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.

More than two decades into their career, Bad Religion have delivered their most focused critique of an American presidency. The Empire Strikes First pulls aside the curtain of Christianity and “homeland security” to reveal the men at the controls. Eric J. Iannelli hopes it hasn’t come too late.

The last three Traffic reissues show why a great band is not held in greater esteem.

The anticipation preceding each Radiohead release has only been outdone by their label’s antics to prevent people from getting an advance listen. Daniel Mitchell steals a listen and gives us a rundown on Hail To The Thief, to be released tomorrow.

In Perspective :: Rory Gallagher and the Ghost of World Music Past :: Tuesday, May 13th, 2003

In Perspective :: Who’s Who’s Best is Who’s Better? :: Sunday, December 1st, 2002

In Perspective :: Hi, We’re The Replacements :: Friday, October 11th, 2002

In Perspective :: Detroit Box City :: Wednesday, June 26th, 2002

In Perspective :: Uncle John’s Box Set :: Monday, March 18th, 2002

In Perspective :: Digging Up Indie Rock Fossils :: Thursday, November 15th, 2001

In Perspective :: A Flood of Fela :: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2001

In Perspective :: On Flame Again :: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2001

In Perspective :: Love Kills :: Tuesday, August 14th, 2001

In Perspective :: Shocking Arachnids? :: Monday, August 6th, 2001

Though they went unheralded nationally, The Swimming Pool Q’s were one of Atlanta’s most beloved and acclaimed bands 20 years ago. Now their debut album, The Deep End, has been reissued, and James Mann puts the expanded album – and the Atlanta “scene” – “In Perspective.”

A legion of death metallers pay tribute to one of their progenitors with Requiems Of Revulsion: A Tribute to Carcass. Matthew Moyer puts the band’s career and the tribute album “In Perspective.”

In Perspective :: Wild-Eyed Southern Boys :: Sunday, July 29th, 2001

In the midst of legal battles with the artists themselves, Polydor has reissued the first solo efforts from members of The Allman Brothers Band: Gregg Allman’s Laid Back, The Gregg Allman Tour, and Playin’ Up a Storm, and Richard “Dickie” Betts’ Highway Call, Hal Horowitz takes an in-depth look to put these reissues “In Perspective.”