I grabbed The Folks Below‘s debut album as a blind (or is it deaf?) purchase to support my good friend/ridiculously talented photographer, Ray Larose, who did the cover and liner photography for the album. I ordered the CD version, in order to have my very own copy of said photography, which generously came with a more »

I didn’t get to see Prince at the DNA lounge here in San Francisco. I could have. I mean, if I wanted to spend $250 a ticket, that is… And yeah, I heard some tickets were made available on the day of the show for $100 each. But still, I couldn’t justify it. Maybe I’m more »

It’s like a treasure hunt trying to locate lost vinyl LPs made in very limited quantities in the early 1990s — you see, CDs were the king of music listening formats then. The other day I went into Amoeba Records looking for a few things and heard some music on their PA system that caught more »

Welcome to a semi-regular* column here at HomeTechTell called simply: Now Playing. Think of it as a stream-of-consciousness forum to highlight the albums that are in current heavy rotation at home, at work, or in my car. Some albums might be new. Some might be old. Others might be remastered or re-released. Or not. And more »

Details on the Limited Deluxe Edition of Hans Zimmer’s Man of Steel Sountrack where a little limited when first announced this week, but the disc’s  has been updated to include a few juicy tidbits, including the fact that the cover — which we’re seeing for the first time — will be an embossed steel case. Also, more »

The day my review of the new Paramore album went live, a friend of mine tipped me off to the fact that The Material also had a new release out. One with the same release date, in fact. Since I was already in a girl-rock sort of place, I went ahead and picked it up. more »

I have a small confession to make before I dig into this review: there is a part of my psyche that is a 12-year-old girl.  It may not be a big part, but it’s there. Before you go screaming for my man-card, I think that a lot of you men — if you’re really honest more »

Music for Hi-Fi Bugs is perhaps the ultimate audiophile purist recording made with one strategically placed microphone in live mono takes. The album anticipates the (a) desired, (b) emerging, or (c) inevitable ascension of mass-market high-fidelity audio playback devices in homes ready to rock the rafters in postwar 1950s America. I picked up a copy of this more »

The ad on eBay was typical enough — it featured a group of old records spread out on the floor.  But, I noticed some curious items in the pack of 11 picture disc records dating back to the 1940s that intrigued me: amidst the typical children’s fare of  pretty kitties and Jack Sprat fairy tale more »

Those of you who read my columns regularly know by now that when listening to music, I hate more than anything a warbly recording — be it caused by a tape machine with inconsistent motor speed issues or a vinyl record that has been pressed off-center. The latter is the biggest insult, I feel, to more »