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...