Next Week in Music | June 24-30 • The Short List: 21 Titles You...

Kee-rist on a cracker, here we go again. Another week, another 20-something albums fighting to be at the top of the hit list. Either the music industry has been...

Next Week in Music | June 24-30 • The Long List: 400+ Releases On...

To quote Jon Bon Jovi: “Whoa-ho, we're halfway there.” Welcome to the last week of June, folks. The eternal firehose of new releases will probably slow down — at...

Next Week in Music | June 24-30 • New Books

Peep Kurt and Courtney's snapshots, learn about Josef K’s life and times, dive deep into The Boss and Blondie’s back catalogs, meet the women of punk and Afrobeat —...

Next Week in Music | June 24-30 • On TV

Sammy Hagar and Sebastian Bach. Celine Dion and Carly Pearce. Lake Street Dive, Lainey Wilson and Laufey. David Archuleta and Dolly Parton. Raye and Randy Travis. Your upcoming TV...

Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • The Not-Too-Short List: 21 Titles You...

The hits just keep on comin’. In bunches. Just like last week, you've got more than 20 names to add to your playlist. Some you probably know — like...

Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • The Long List: 410+ Releases On...

Today in rock ’n’ roll beginnings: Bob Dylan recorded Like A Rolling Stone in New York City in 1965; the Monterey Pop Festival kicked off in California in 1967;...

Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • 8 New Books

Everybody loves Joni Mitchell. Everybody should love Alan Vega. And next week, everybody can love them both a little more, thanks to a pair of new biographies. Also on...

Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • On TV

Here's the long and short of it: Your upcoming televised music comes in two varieties. On this side of the dial: Rockumentaries on Little Steven / Miami Steve Van...

Next Week in Music | June 10-16 • The Not-So-Short List: 23 Titles You...

Yep, 23. Yep, I know that's a lot. Nope, I don't know what the hell is going on either. Maybe it's a Father's Day thing — a handful of...

Next Week in Music | June 10-16 • The Long List: 415+ Releases On...

June 9 is a big day in rock ’n’ roll. Let us count the ways: 1 | In 1964, Bob Dylan recorded Mr. Tambourine Man in a New York City studio. 2...

Next Week in Music | June 10-16 • 4 New Books

More proof that I know nothing: I expected there to be a flood of music memoirs and other rock/roll tomes dropping for Father's Day. But no. Either publishers planned...

Next Week in Music | June 10-16 • On TV

R.E.M.? Talking Heads? Eminem? Cyndi Lauper? Melissa Etheridge? Crowded House? Celine Dion? Bret Friggin’ Michaels? WTF, TV gods? Did you borrow Stewie Griffin’s time machine to book next week's...

Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • The Short List: 13 Titles You...

Holy crap, it's June already? Man, this year is flying by. On the plus side, as we all know, June is full of good things — Pride Month, Fathers’...

Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • The Long List: 430 Releases On...

Let's share a moment of silence today for late, great Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who would have been 83 years old today. Then, after the silence, crank up...

Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • New Books

Hang out with Billy Gibbons in Texas, meet up with country outlaws in Nashville, cruise the Blues Highway down to New Orleans, catch some classic shows at The Stone...

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