Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • The Long List: 410 Releases On...
It's all downhill from here, folks. Take that however you want. Here's the deal: We are heading into the final Bandcamp Friday of 2024 — which is why there...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • 5 New Books
I already have way too many books waiting to be read. But that's not going to stop me from seeking out these new titles on RTJ and guitarist Marty...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • On TV
Attention! Attention! The Christmas specials have officially arrived! Repeat: The Christmas specials have arrived! Expect your watchlists and feeds to be clogged with saccharine holiday music, idiotic banter and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | You Might Like To Hear My Organ
Someone in my family needs an organ transplant, and we're worried they may not be well enough to receive one. I've found myself going down research rabbit holes about...
Quick Hits: Top 40 Trivia Abounds in Tom Locke’s Moments in Time 2.0 Book
The attic of 20th-century pop music is packed to the rafters with exotic ephemera — a one-hit wonder that launched a nationwide dance craze here, a chart-topping classic from...
Albums Of The Week: The Last Poets and Tony Allen ft. Egypt 80 |...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This is the time that we who have benefited from The Last Poets should be able to say, ‘It’s The Last Poets. It’s them we...
Albums Of The Week: Reckoners | Reckoners
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Reckoners are an all-star music group featuring some of the top players in the Boston music scene who have worked with and alongside some of...
Albums Of The Week: Sakura Murakami | Hot Liquor
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Now based in the hills of Southern Spain, the enigmatic project from Sakura Murakami was born during the height of the summer in 2020. Multi-instrumentalist...
Albums Of The Week: Blinker The Star | Occult Classic
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Blinker The Star's 13th album, Occult Classic is a short, taut album of shoegaze-tinged indie rock that continues Jordon Zadorozny’s trend of layering tracks alone...
Albums Of The Week: Des Demonas | Apocalyptic Boom! Boom!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Washington, D.C.’s Des Demonas have been hailed as a favorite of Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Marc Riley (The Fall) and Iggy Pop (The Stooges) since...
Albums Of The Week: Jazz Sabbath | The 1968 Tapes
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Although never released until recently, Jazz Sabbath’s music has been finding its way to millions for over 50 years. Through a vicious cycle of personal...
Albums Of The Week: Good Morning | The Accident
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The duo of Liam Parsons and Stefan Blair, Good Morning began their eighth album by booking studio time without pre-prepared songs. The result: They ended...
Now Hear This: The Circulators | Insufficient Fun
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Meet the new kings of Saturday night! The Circulators have proudly taken on the mantle of San Francisco's only rock ’n’ roll band, sharing the...
Albums Of The Week: Al-Qasar | Uncovered
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Cover albums are a tricky business. They say nothing beats the original. But when international psychedelic collective Al-Qasar tackle songs from the Western pop to...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Singing The Song Of That Song That They Sang
It must be some kind of record (no pun intended). Steve Miller manages to slip four self-references into the first verse of his big 1973 hit, The Joker. Here's...
