Albums Of The Week: Sweat | Who Do They Think They Are?
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Who Do They Think They Are? is the debut album from Pittsburgh-based Swiss-American quartet Sweat.
The backstory: After leaving her home in Basel with a hungry...
Albums Of The Week: Kevin Morby | More Photographs (A Continuum)
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Kevin Morby writes (and records, and imagines) at an almost incomparable clip, and his most recent album, This Is A Photograph, studies life, time and...
Albums Of The Week: Live Skull | Party Zero
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Insurrections. Global pandemics. The return of fascism. Climate crises. These are some serious times. But if you’ve got angst in your pants and you need...
Albums Of The Week: The Barnestormers | The Barnestormers
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “What you have right here is rockabilly royalty. They’re global all-stars who swing like a gate. They make the finest finger-poppin’ grooves to shake your...
Albums Of The Week: Arlo Parks | My Soft Machine
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winning artist Arlo Parks is returning with her second album My Soft Machine, a deeply personal body of work about...
Albums Of The Week: Joe Perry | Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Grammy winner Joe Perry — the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-producer of Aerosmith and Hollywood Vampires —...
Albums Of The Week: The Dirty Nil | Free Rein To Passions
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If there’s one rule people should follow when approaching The Dirty Nil, it’s this: Never tell them how to rock ’‘n’ roll. Ontario’s Juno-winning trio...
Albums Of The Week: Sparks | The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte marks Sparks’ first release on the venerable Island Records label in close to five decades, following such classics...
Getting Hip To The Hip Is Easier Than Ever
“First thing we'd climb a tree. And maybe then we'd talk. Or sit silently. And listen to our thoughts. With illusions of someday. Cast in a golden light. No...
Indie Night In Canada Will Play To Win During CMW
Indie Night In Canada will host its annual artist showcase on June 6, 2023, featuring a lineup of 18 independent artists on two amazing stages during Canadian Music Week in Toronto.
The...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: The Big Nope List
I hate lots of things. Pretty much every single day I find something new to be miserable about — people with their mouths open, shows with constant and manipulative...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Electric Light Orchestra | ELO 2
I don't understand why the vocals sound so damn bad. Everything else is fine. The vocals on every other record are fine. This was recorded at George Martin’s AIR...
Classic Album Review: Charlie Hunter | Right Now Move
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):
Sometimes, too much skill...
Classic Album Review: Black Label Society | The Blessed Hellride
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):
Ozzy Osbourne might have...
Classic Album Review: Whirlwind Heat | Do Rabbits Wonder?
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):
When it comes to...
