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...
Next Week in Music | June 5-11 • The Short List: 13 Titles You...
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...
Next Week in Music | June 5-11 • The Long List: 400+ Releases On...
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...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Billion Dollar Babies
It's the ultimate "where are they now?" Rock ’n’ roll album cover babies — who are they, and whatever became of them?
I was wondering about this as I gathered...
Thunder Pie | A Dark Hole In The Forest Full Of Bluegills
“I have liked remembering almost as much as I have liked living.”
— William Maxwell
The blue is backed by blue then backed by blue. Above the mountain lake another mountain...
Albums Of The Week: W.I.T.C.H. | Zango
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “W.I.T.C.H. were the first band in Zambia to release a commercial album — 1973’s Introduction. Blending the rock ’n’ roll of The Rolling Stones together...
Albums Of The Week: Hard-Ons | Ripper ’23
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On the back of the crazy success of their last album — 2021's chart-climbing I'm Sorry Sir, That Riff's Been Taken — Australia punk icons Hard-Ons...
Albums Of The Week: Bully | Lucky For You
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Lucky For You is Bully’s most close-to-the-bone album yet. It’s an album that’s searing and unmistakably marked by its creator’s experiences, while still retaining the...
Albums Of The Week: Beach Fossils | Bunny
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bedroom-pop trailblazers Beach Fossils’ new album Bunny, is a triumphant return for one of the 2010s’ most influential N.Y.C. bands. Bunny delivers us 11 new...
Albums Of The Week: Rival Sons | Darkfighter
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rival Sons’ new album Darkfighter was produced by longtime collaborator and Grammy winner Dave Cobb and is the California band's first music since 2019’s Feral...
Albums Of The Week: Avenged Sevenfold | Life Is But A Dream…
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Avenged Sevenfold’s new album Life Is But A Dream… is best served as a whole and consumed en masse to truly appreciate its musical breadth...
