Next Week in Music | Aug. 1-7 • New Books
Someday, there will be a week that doesn't include yet another new book about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley. Next week, however, is not that week....
Camp It Up | Five Recent Must-Hear Releases From Bandcamp
I follow hundreds of artists and labels on Bandcamp, and find more to keep track of every damn day. Here are five recent discoveries that I'm digging right now....
Alejandro Escovedo’s Echo Dancing Tops A Massive List Of Upcoming Albums
Sometimes this gig can give you whiplash. We all just spent the better part of a month looking back at everything that happened in 2023. Now, less than two...
Next Week in Music | March 27 – April 2 • The Short List:...
Whatever it looks like outside your window, allow me to assure you that spring has definitely sprung in the music world. Between the 400-plus albums arriving next week and...
Next Week in Music | May 1-7 • The Short List: 11 Titles You...
A certain ginger superstar and a well-known trio of grown-up pop bros have new albums out next week. We shall not speak of them further here. But we shall...
Next Week in Music | July 4-10 • The Long List: 200-Plus Releases On...
July 3 is not a great day for music: Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool on this date in 1969, Jim Morrison slipped away in his bathtub in...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 25-31 • The Short List: 8 Titles You...
I have nothing against Ed Sheeran. In fact, after seeing him in concert, I think he's pretty talented. Even so, I'm not particularly interested in hearing his new album....
Next Week in Music | Nov. 22-28 • New Books
Classic rock and classical music dominate the proceedings next week. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Here are the latest additions to your reading list:
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
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Next Week in Music | July 4-10 • On TV
Hope you like Black Keys and Goo Goo Dolls — ’cause when it comes to music on the small screen next week, they're all you got. Aside from a slew...
Next Week in Music | April 20-26 • The Long List: 320 Releases On...
Even a global pandemic can't stop the tsunami of new releases. There are more than 320 albums, EPs and singles on the way this week. Mark your calendars and...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 19-25 • The Short List: 7 Releases You...
Any week that includes a new Bruce Springsteen album should be pretty good. And any week when a new Springsteen album has to compete with releases from Jeff Tweedy,...
Next Week in Music | February 20-26 • On TV
Welcome to your first long weekend of 2023. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the televised chitter-chatterers are making the most of it by taking the rest of the week off....
Indie Roundup | Seven Songs Suitable For Sampling Today
Matt Jaffe gets his just desert, Real Friends make an unreal enemy, The Silver Field stay home, Living Hour take the stairs, Balthazar drive on and more in today's...
Nick Cave’s Ghosteen Tops Today’s Album Announcements
It's always a good day when Nick Cave announces a new album. Ghosteen, the latest disc from the grim balladeer and his long-serving band of Bad Seeds, will apparently...
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,...
