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Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains
WHO IS HE? Indie-rock singer-songwriter David Berman, the former Silver Jews leader who retreated from music in 2009, saying he wanted to a) "stop before (he) got bad," and...
Ada Lea | What We Say in Private
WHO IS SHE? A Montreal indie-rock singer-songwriter who is also a painter and visual artist.
WHAT IS THIS? Her outstanding and distinctive debut album, which grew out of a tortuous...
Chinatown Slalom | Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
WHO ARE THEY? An up-and-coming Liverpool quartet who reportedly reside in a raucous party house down the street from where one of The Beatles grew up — which is...
Throwaway | What?
WHO ARE THEY? Remember The Gong Show? Remember The Unknown Comic? The guy who told jokes with a paper bag over his head? This is sorta like that. Except...
Wild Billy Childish & CTMF | Last Punk Standing
WHO ARE THEY? The ridiculously prolific English singer-guitarist — who is also a painter, writer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, rabble-rouser, iconoclast and all-around shit-disturber when he isn't making music with...
Indie Roundup (Barely Legal Edition) | 18 New Tracks For Your Weekend
Welcome to another Friday afternoon — and another onslaught of press releases from publicists trying to clear their desks before the weekend. All I can do is rake them...
Violent Femmes | Hotel Last Resort
WHO ARE THEY? The Milwaukee folk-punk oddballs who debuted more than 35 years ago with the immortal cuts Blister in the Sun and Gone Daddy Gone — and who...
Brian Eno | Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks Extended Edition
WHO IS HE? The onetime Roxy Music keyboardist, longtime ambient soundscapist and visionary superstar producer of U2, Talking Heads, Devo and others — accompanied here by his multi-instrumentalist brother...
Mike Love | 12 Sides of Summer
WHO IS HE? The Beach Boys’ co-founding vocalist, longtime live frontman, frequently overlooked songwriting contributor and more outspoken yang to the introverted yin of cousin, collaborator and sometime competitor...
Replacements, Blink, Goo Goos & More Announce Upcoming Releases
It's another big day on the fall album calendar — assuming you care about new releases from pop-punk vets, singer-songwriter supergroups, Canadian country stars, classic rockers and pretty much...
Beyonce | The Lion King: The Gift
WHO IS SHE? The queen of all she surveys. And — more pointedly — the voice of leonine love interest Nala in this critically panned but commercially successful computer-animated...
Nas | The Lost Tapes 2
WHO IS HE? Nasir Jones, the Queensbridge rap legend who kicked off his recording career 25 years ago with the groundbreaking debut Illmatic — and went on to deliver...
Iggy Azalea | In My Defense
WHO IS SHE? Well, no wonder you've forgotten. It's been more than five years since provocative, swaggering Australian rapper Iggy Azalea released her debut The New Classic. Even in...
Late-Night TV Music (2/3 Edition) | July 18, 2019
As the one and only Meat Loaf taught us so many years ago, two out of three ain't bad. That was certainly true of Thursday's late-night TV musical lineup....
Troy Fernandes Serves Up a Summer Anthem With Sizzling Single Darling
Troy Fernandes is heating up the summer with the hip-swivelling groovefest Darling — available now!
The latest sonic celebration of the Montreal singer-songwriter's Trinidadian and Portuguese roots, Darling serves up an...
Indie Roundup | A Dozen Cuts To Complete Your Thursday
500 Miles to Memphis have their hands full, 18th & Addison are their own worst enemies, Jack West stages a revival, Temptress huff some Pam and more in today's...
Iggy Pop’s Free Tops This Morning’s New Album Announcements
Your bout of post-Pop depression is officially over. Three years after Iggy Pop announced he was going to retire from recording, he's returning to active duty with a new...
Late-Night TV Music (Coincidence Edition) | July 17, 2019
Some people believe there are no coincidences in life. I don't know what they would make of Wednesday's late-night musical lineup, which featured three very different female performers. First...
Indie Roundup (Immortality Edition) | 15 Tracks To Liven Up Your Midweek
Alice Gray is bedeviled, Sixteen Scandals are all thumbs, Calcedon sees the future, Micah Erenberg drops the chicken and more in today's Roundup. I had lunch today with an...
Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day Tops Today’s Album Announcements
When is a debut album not really a debut album? When it's Chance the Rapper’s disc The Big Day. Sure, the disc (pictured above) will be the Chicago artist's...
Back Stories | My 2016 Interview With David Crosby
With the David Crosby documentary Remember My Name opening this week, it seems like a good time to revisit my fall 2016 interview with the folk-rock legend. I had...
Random Number | Gil Scott-Heron: Whitey on the Moon
Amid all the moon-related musical performances and playlists you're sure to encounter during this week's 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, here's a number that I suspect...
Late-Night TV Music (No-Brainer Edition) | July 16, 2019
Some mornings, choosing a clip to top this post is easier than others. Today it's a no-brainer. There's only one option: David Crosby’s killer rendition of his 1969 classic...
Girl Pow-R Say This Is Us in New Single
Canadian popsters Girl Pow-R aim to inspire once again with their latest release This Is Us.
Hot on the heels of this year’s Never Let Go, This Is Us comes...
Indie Roundup | Eight New Songs You Need This Tuesday
Robert Ellis spaces, Boy Scout parties, Whitney cruise, THC finger you and more in today's Roundup. Does anybody else have a craving for birthday cake? 1 Space is truly the...
