Golden Era - Larry Adler

Advantages: Hard hitting, fast, fun, and loud music.
Disadvantages: 50 Foot Wave is not music that everyone will dig.

...and fun. Their first full length album is Golden Ocean. The Album The crew headed to LA to record Golden Ocean under the production of Ethan Allen (no, not that one, this one, Fun Fact #3). The album itself was recorded in the summer of 2004 and released earlier this year. All the members of the band share equal credit on songwriting, unusual but honorable in today's music industry. I will tell you straight up that to really get into this album you must like raw, punky music with lots of energy. Golden Ocean is pure energy. 50 Foot Wave as a sound will not suit everyone's taste. The first run through the album you might find something that catches your ear and next thing you know you are listening to it over and over. Golden Ocean is infectious as athlete's foot in the YMCA shower. The energy and vibe put off by 50 Foot Wave... Read review

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Advantages: Great jazz tunes from the Golden Age
Disadvantages: None

...This is real jazz, from the real Golden Age of Jazz. It's got the pace, the rhythm, the fluid trumpet playing, the relentlessly enthusiastic, rolling piano playing and the clear diction of some excellent singing of vocalists who could not only hold a tune, but who could capture your heart and soul, too… There's musicians with such great names as Muggsy Spanier, Meade Lux Lewis, King Oliver and Sidney Bechet. You do not get musicians called Muggsy nowadays. I wonder why? As well as straight out jazz such as the Dippermouth blues, there's also the dreamy and melodic April in Paris from Charlie Parker. Some jazz aficionados reckon that Charlie Parker eventually sold out. Well, perhaps he did. But some of his earlier work still stands the test of time. Jack Teagarden is on this CD, with So Many Times, a rather nice, well... Read review

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Advantages: Great rock n' roll
Disadvantages: Mini album

...If you're searching for genuine old skool rock n' roll, look no further. Weathered accomplished musicians on the rock n' roll scene, the group include Jizzy Pearl (Love/Hate) supplying vocals, Keri Kelly (Slash's Snakepit) on guitar, Robbie Crane (Ratt) on bass who has played with the likes of Vince Neil, and, of course, ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Alder. With Kelly's ball-busting riffs and Pearl's wailing vocals backed up with reformed and rejuvenated Alder, this makes for a rollercoaster ride of a rock album. Consisting of six tracks and four new original material plus two great attacks on the songs Drawn the Line (Aerosmith) and Hollywood (Thin Lizzy), Adler's Appetite is the perfect blend of the two. The only downfall is that it seems it would appeal to the aged rockers opposed to the young kids out... Read review

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