Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Dec. 3, 1999

Two decades ago, new albums from Third Eye Blind, Dave Matthews and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them...

Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • The Long List: 220 Releases On...

Life is full of coincidences. Case in point: Frank Zappa died of cancer on Dec. 4, 1993 — 22 years to the day after the Montreux Casino burned down...

The Microphones | Microphones In 2020

THE PRESS RELEASE: "The Microphones​ — the hibernating moniker of ​Phil Elverum​ — returns with ​​​his first new album for The Microphones since 2003’s ​Mount Eerie.​ ​The album is...

Daniel Romano | Finally Free

Some artists are all about quantity, churning out album after album like so many musical sausages. Others are all about quality, releasing nothing that feels half-baked or unfinished. Then...

Indie Roundup | 18 Tracks For A Pretty Relaxed Monday

Crystal Spiders take you to hell, Mickey Leigh introduces Cristine, Incantation sift some entrails, Fvlcrvm goes to the dogs, Sons of Butcher brave quarantine, Lufeh open doors, Roots of...

Albums Of The Week: Nikki Lane | Denim & Diamonds

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “From the first bass note within the driving drum beat, you can tell something is different about the new record from Nikki Lane. The backbeat...

Albums Of The Week: Joe Strummer | 002: The Mescaleros Years

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “2022 marks 20 years since the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer. While best known as the frontman for The Clash, between 1999-2002 Strummer produced...

T Bone Burnett | The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space

Everybody loves a big finish. But they don't come much bigger than T Bone Burnett’s The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space. Or much stranger, to be honest. The superstar producer...

Albums Of The Week: Jackson Browne | Downhill From Everywhere

Running on empty? Not by a long shot. On his 15th studio album in nearly 50 years, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne continues to be one of the most dependable and durable...

20 Questions With Ori Dagan

My Canada Day celebration of homegrown talent carries on with jazz crooner Ori Dagan. You might already know him from his video for Non Dimenticar, which he premiered HERE,...

Submission Accomplished: Intercontinen7al | Intercontinen7al Volume I

Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page, I always have a digital backlog of albums, EPs, singles and videos awaiting my perusal. Here's a recent must-hear...

Back Stories | My 2012 Interview With Jakob Dylan

A lot can change in nine years. Just ask Jakob Dylan. His latest album Exit Wounds — his first Wallflowers album since 2012’s comeback disc Glad All Over —...

Various Artists | The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus: Expanded Edition

WHO ARE THEY? The World's Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Band, joined by friends and contemporaries like John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal...

Albums Of The Week: Chuck Berry | Live From Blueberry Hill

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Live From Blueberry Hill is an indelible document of rock ’n’ roll icon Chuck Berry’s legendary hometown shows at St. Louis’ Blueberry Hill. Taken from...

Now Hear This: Mudhoney | Real Low Vibe The Reprise Recordings 1992-1998

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Having emerged in 1989 and become a mainstay of the American alternative scene, Mudhoney moved from Sub Pop to Reprise Records and produced three outstanding...

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