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: Dead Kennedys | Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 2022 Mix
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys arrived onto the post-punk scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s with something to say and an urgent, razor sharp...
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...
Muse | Simulation Theory
Can not having a concept be a concept? It can if you're Muse. Or at least you can pretend it is. After painstakingly crafting a trio of grandly ambitious...
Classic Album Review: Garth Brooks | Scarecrow
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Looks like Garth Brooks...
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...
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...
Sleaford Mods | Sleaford Mods EP
Everybody loves an angry young man. Nobody loves an angry old coot. But something tells me that if and when Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson well and truly reaches...
Classic Album Review: Aaliyah | Aaliyah
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This self-titled disc is...
Rewinding February | My Top 10 Albums Of The Month
From where I sit, February was not the greatest month for new music. In fact, next to January — which gave us memorable titles from Andy Shauf, Black Lips,...
Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Vanilla Sky Soundtrack
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Cameron Crowe leads a...
Next Week in Music | May 24-30 • New Books
Indie-rock survivors, trans-punk icons, be-bop pioneers, hair-metal heroes and plenty more: It's a surprisingly busy week for new books. Here are all the upcoming titles (along with a couple...
Bart Budwig | Another Burn On The AstroTurf
THE PRESS RELEASE
Another Burn On The AstroTurf was recorded over five days by a seven-piece band inside the OK Theater. It’s a melancholy rhapsody that recalls the uncorked rock...
Soul Asylum | Hurry Up and Wait
THE PRESS RELEASE: "According to vocalist/guitarist Dave Pirner, making Soul Asylum’s twelfth studio full-length, Hurry Up And Wait, was a completely seamless, enjoyable and productive experience. Co-produced with John...
20 Questions With Wreche
"Where black metal and classical music vie for privilege, hope, and death in a smog-laden basin of sunt,” is how California’s John Steven Morgan of Wreche describes his music....
