Category: nanoReviews

  • Moanin’

    Album: Moanin’ Artist: Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Year: 1959 Genre: Hard Bop Run Time: 41m Rating: 82.36% Review: Originally released as Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, this is a fine jazz album, featuring some tight playing and excellent tune writing. Only a series of extended drum passages spoil the flow a little.…

  • Doolittle

    Album: Doolittle Artist: Pixies Year: 1989 Genre: Alternative Rock Run Time: 39m Rating: 83.60% Review: One of the most highly-regarded alternative rock albums in the canon, Doolittle proves its worth at every turn, with strolling basslines and squalling guitars. There’s a surprising amount of slowness, but it never feels this way, thanks to Black Francis’s…