Next Week in Music | Dec. 7-13 • New Books

The tale of a pioneering Memphis producer, a stroll through a Beatle’s garden, a chronicle of pop’s greatest year, another biography of pop's newest superstar, a portrait of a...

Next Week in Music | March 2-8 • On TV

Iggy visits Fallon, James Taylor makes the rounds, Justin Bieber takes over Ellen’s show, The Weeknd parties on Saturday night and more — all on your flatscreen this week....

Emil Bulls | Mixtape

WHO ARE THEY? A veteran crew of German alt-metal rockers — none of whom is named Emil Bulls (supposedly, the handle actually comes from a children's movie). WHAT IS THIS?...

Noise-Pop Rockers STAR Explode On Sophomore Album Violence Against STAR

STAR deliver a big bang on their sophomore offering Violence Against STAR — showcasing today on Tinnitist. STAR formed in Chicago’s dark dreamy noise-pop rock scene, with Theodore Beck (Gun...

Albums Of The Week: Daniel Romano’s Outfit | Too Hot To Sleep

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In order to bring about the good song, there is a certain amount of magic to be summoned,” says Daniel Romano. “Though there are a...

Next Week in Music | Feb. 26 – March 3 • On TV

On one of the morning shows I watch — it doesn't matter which; they're all the same — there's a host who always has three mugs in front of...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 29 – Feb. 4 • The Short List:...

Britti and Brittany. J Mascis and J. Robbins. Paul and the Party. Slope and Scratch. It truly takes two to make a thing go right next week. See (and...

Thunder Pie | The Ballad of Parking Lot Bronchitis

I like the dirty world after the holidays. When the new year winter is grime/filth, I like to get off on the melancholia. Here, I spot the leftover signs of...

Bat! | Bat Music For Bat People

WHO ARE THEY? A high-concept "crime -fighting supergroup" from L.A. whose masked, black-clad, fedora-topped members go by colourful handles like Red Bat, Blue Bat and Green Bat, although they're...

Albums Of The Week: Deep Purple | Turning To Crime

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Turning To Crime arrives only 15 months after Deep Purple’s latest studio album Whoosh!, an album saluted by prestigious chart achievements and acclaimed by critics...

Next Week in Music | March 30 – April 5 • The Short List:...

The bad news: It's a particularly quiet week for big-name album releases. The good news: That gives you more time to sample some smaller artists and titles that might...

Classic Album Review: London Quireboys | This is Rock ’N’ Roll

This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Surprise No. 1: 1980s...

Thunder Pie | Dame’s Rocket

In my part of Pennsylvania, the Dame’s Rocket is out. On various roads/ I zip by small waves of it on rolling hillsides/ the whites and the pinks and...

Classic Album Review: Evan Dando | Baby I’m Bored

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Every party has to...

Taylor Swift | Folklore

WHO IS SHE? You gotta be kidding. OK, I'll play along. She's the squad leader. The pop-chart Queen Midas. The woman who dances like nobody's watching at every awards...

Now Playing | Best New Music

The Shuffle Button