Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels Reopening For 50th Anniversary
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Released in October 1971, Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels was a miraculous feat, a cinematic collision of the venerated musician and composer’s kaleidoscopic musical and visual worlds...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 20-26 • The Short List: 6 Titles You...
Any week that includes new music from Jesse Malin, Ringo Starr, Poppy and members of Morphine — not to mention vintage cuts from Jakob Dylan and Luther Russell, plus...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 20-26 • The Long List: 450+ Releases On...
As Frank Zappa taught us: There's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day. Similarly, there's no way to escape the 450-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations,...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 20-26 • New Books
The Beatles and Bowie. Led Zeppelin and LCD Soundsystem. Ska and The Sweet. It's another jam-packed week for new music books — and I haven't even mentioned Peter Gabriel, The...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 20-26 • On TV
Slowly but surely, the big names are coming out of the woodwork with new music — and coming back to late-night TV to hawk their wares. Next week's lineup includes...
Sonic Reducers | RIP Norm Macdonald
Some days, life isn't all about music. Today is one of those days — chiefly due to the sad news that Canadian comic giant Norm Macdonald has died from...
The Allman Family Revival Unveils 18-City Tour
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The fifth annual Allman Family Revival — a celebration of the life, spirit, and music of Gregg Allman — will take to the road once again...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 13-19 • The Short List: 10 Titles You...
Welcome to Week 2 of the fall music calendar. Things aren't quite as insanely busy as last week, but there are still plenty of interesting new (and old) titles...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 13-19 • The Long List: 400+ Releases On...
How many music critics does it take to screw in a light bulb? Twenty — one to hold the bulb, one to turn the ladder and 18 on the...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 13-19 • New Books
Mellencamp, Motörhead and Matt Sorum. Fripp, folk music and Finnish icons. Guitar pedals and grunge. Hiatt and heavy rock. Dylan and more Dylan. There's a whole lottta publishing goin'...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 13-19 • On TV
Buckingham and Bazzi and Blake and Billie and Big Boi and a bunch of Broadway blockbusters — the B team are definitely dominating the airwaves next week. Be there...
Trews, Corey Hart & Gord Sinclair Help Make Music Matter
Mark your calendars and set your reminders for Thursday, Sept. 9. That's the day The Trews Acoustic Trio, Corey Hart and Gord Sinclair take part in Make Music Matter’s...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 6-12 • The Short List: 15 Titles You...
And so it begins. The 2021 fall music lineup officially kicks off right here, right now, with these 15 releases. And if they're a sign of things to come,...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 6-12 • The Long List: 375+ Releases On...
Wait a second. What's that coming over the horizon? Uh-oh — it's 375-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks and vinyl reissues. And they're heading right...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 6-12 • New Books
Bonzo, Buzzcocks and Britpop. Sam Cooke, southern rockers and Stompin' Tom. Gearheads, grunge and graphic novels. Toss in Josh Ritter, Janelle Monae and just about anything else you can...
