Next Week in Music | April 8-14 • The Short List: 13 Titles You...
Mark Knopfler, Meshell Ndegeocello and Metz. Girl In Red and Gospel Beach. Blue Öyster Cult, Bend Sinister, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Bodega and Elliott BROOD. Put ’em all together and...
Next Week in Music | April 8-14 • The Long List: 340+ Releases On...
When you get as many press releases as I do, you start to notice shit. Like the way certain phrases suddenly pop up everywhere. A few years ago, every...
Next Week in Music | April 8-14 • 12 New Books
The Beatles have their say; Yoko Ono gets framed; Jah Wobble expands his viewpoint; Chapel Hill, Black country and electronica go under the microscope; rap goes to prison and...
Next Week in Music | April 8-14 • On TV
Today in stupid: My favourite morning-TV dimwit followed up a story on the New York earthquake by reminding people to “stop, drop and roll.” Um, not quite, honey. But...
Next Week in Music | April 1-7 • The Short List: 13 Titles You...
The Black Keys come to play, Vampire Weekend go above and beyond, Marcus King takes a swing, The Libertines keep it down, Bartees Strange makes magic, Old 97’s get...
Next Week in Music | April 1-7 • The Long List: 430+ Releases On...
Today in musical birthdays: Star producer and Bleachers king Jack Antonoff turns 40, Angus Young of AC/DC is 69 years… young, Babys drummer Tony Brock hits 70, Mick Ralphs...
Next Week in Music | April 1-7 • 19 New Books
Welcome to an April shower of musical books — including tomes on The Beach Boys, Skip Spence, The Everly Brothers, David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust days, Jelly Roll Morton, Pulp,...
Next Week in Music | April 1-7 • On TV
Kim Gordon rocks her collective fans, Raye shines on Saturday night, Marcus King swings into Kelly's world, X marks not one but two spots, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson...
Next Week in Music | March 25-31 • The Short List: 18 New Releases...
I can't remember how March came in, and I'm way too lazy to go back and look. But I know this: It's going out like a gawddam lion —...
Next Week in Music | March 25-31 • The Long List: 380+ Releases On...
Bassists are in the birthday spotlight on March 24: Nick Lowe hits 75, Supertramp’s Dougie Thompson is 73, Can’s Holger Czukay would have turned 84, and legendary session musician...
Next Week in Music | March 25-31 • New Books
You got your Blues Brothers. You got your White Stripes. You got your jazzed-up punks. You got your easy listening. You got your musical crimes. You got your quickie...
Next Week in Music | March 25-31 • On TV
Beth Ditto and Gossip give Seth Meyers a taste of Real Power, Pete Townshend gets fawned over by Jimmy Fallon, Mel B does her best to sell her new...
Billy Talent, Tokyo Police Club & Pup Are Playing In Hamilton. Why? Because Beer.
Sonic Unyon just announced Billy Talent, Tokyo Police Club and Pup as the headliners for this summer's three-day Because Beer Craft Beer Festival in Hamilton this summer. They'll be...
Hunter Snow Has The Write Stuff With Rock Crush And Roll
If you had to assign the music business to a literary category, you’d have lots of options: Horror, true crime, maybe science fiction. But none of those possibilities has...
Art During Wartime Podcast Launches Second Season
Art During Wartime, a podcast that examines the beauty and richness of Ukrainian culture, kicks off its second season with an interview with rapper OTOY, one of the most...
