Classic Album Review: Muggs | Dust

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If anybody ever wanted...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The American Song-Poem Anthology

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You’ve seen those ads...

Classic Album Review: The Minus 5 | Down With Wilco

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Don’t let the title...

Classic Album Review: Train | My Private Nation

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You could say —...

Classic Album Review: John Mellencamp | Trouble No More

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   John Mellencamp can’t lay...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | 2 Fast 2 Furious Soundtrack

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Expect to hear this...

Classic Album Review: Sugar Ray | In The Pursuit Of Leisure

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   For a band that...

Classic Album Review: Jewel | 0304

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I know artists love...

Classic Album Review: Live | The Birds of Pray

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I will say this...

Classic Album Review: Radiohead | Hail To The Thief

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   After you’ve reinvented the...

Classic Album Review: Metallica | St. Anger

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “Metallica is dead to...

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It's good to be the king. Or at least a king. Especially next week, when King Krule, King Howl and King Size all have music on the way. And...

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Glory days, indeed: On June 4, 1984, Bruce Springsteen released his landmark album Born In The U.S.A., the LP that catapulted him from a beloved arena-rocker into a stadium-filling...

Next Week in Music | June 5-11 • New Books

Geezer Butler does it, Cidny Bullens goes through changes, Alvin Lee flies high — and more new additions to your summer reading list:   Into the Void: From Birth to Black...

Next Week in Music | June 5-11 • On TV

We have been here before. Yes, thanks to the ongoing writers' strike, it's deja vu all over again next week on TV, with another slate of reruns — with...

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