Read An Exclusive Excerpt From Adam Steiner’s Darker With The Dawn: Nick Cave’s Songs...
Too much music, not enough time. That's the story of my life. Even though I spend an absurd number of hours every day listening, watching, reading and writing about...
20 Questions With Malena Cadiz
Malena Cadiz is no stranger to moving between worlds. In the last seven years, the internationally raised singer-songwriter uprooted her life, left New York for L.A., became a mother,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Waste Not, Want Not
Arguably the most famous creator of legendary album cover artwork was the design collective known as Hipgnosis. Begun in the ’60s by Cambridge, U.K. duo Aubrey “Po” Powell and...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 27 – Dec. 3 • The Short List:...
If it's big new releases you're after, you've got one option: Peter Gabriel’s much-previewed comeback i/o, the former Genesis frontman's first album of new original material in 20 years....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Someone Shut That Kid Up!
One of the times I really enjoy putting a record on is while I'm folding laundry. It's kind of anything-goes time, because it's just for me. I always seem...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Big Bottom
There are so many bands with multiple drummers. Most of my own Area Resident music these days has multiple drum tracks, even if we've never performed live that way....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | My Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 Want List
It just so happens I have Friday off. This Friday. Black Friday. Truthfully, I booked it off months ago — not because I wanted to go shopping, but because...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Beatles’ Red & Blue Remixes
A week after The Beatles threw the world into a debate about the legitimacy and quality of their “last song” Now And Then, we’re finally treated to the most...
Thunder Pie | Kid Breath Blues
“I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.”
— Charles Bukowski
The passing years have left me with more memories than...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What’s That You’re Saying?
Last year, my sweetie cued up a new, promotional Spotify playlist by New York pseudo-punks Bodega. The nine-track playlist is actually just one song — Statuette On The Console,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Raunchy Ladies
If you were to encounter my partner in traffic, you'd likely hear her before you spot her vehicle. These days, the song at the top of this column is...
Thunder Pie | Running For My Life Tonight
“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Let’s Fight!
When I was a kid I saw an animated short about a violin duel with the devil. I was fascinated by this idea — having to beat the devil...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Frankenstein Albums
I don't have a problem with The Beatles’ "last song" Now & Then being made and released, Sure, it's a ‘Frankenstein’ track — one cobbled together and brought to...
Thunder Pie | Caught In The Attacks
The wildflowers we grew out back this summer died overnight. I pulled up this morning after I took Milla to school and I could see it had happened when...
