Next Week in Music | May 8-14 • New Books
Ramsey's jazzy life, the meaning of Sinead, The Ramones in their own words, The Bee Gees and Alice Cooper’s glory days, Green Day's catalog, Metal Blade memories and more...
Next Week in Music | May 8-14 • On TV
Thanks to the writers’ strike, the talk shows are all reruns, all the time. So now's your chance to play catchup on all the performances you missed. Including these:
Monday
Cannons...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Catchphrase Jukebox
Fame is fleeting, so make the most of your "15 minutes" — even if they aren't exactly yours. Once upon a time — in my salad days — It...
Thunder Pie | Jet Pack Solitude: Mini Essays
Puny Runts
Kids around Piper and Charlie’s age of 8 or 9, they fascinate me. A lot of times they have, like, chicken legs for arms. It’s as if they...
Albums Of The Week: Stoner Bud’s | Vampires
THE TRANSLATED & EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We left Stoner Bud’s in 2021 with their excellent EP Yeah-Yeah, which let us know with enthusiasm that the suburban band from Bordeaux...
Albums Of The Week: Crossed Keys | Believes In You
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Chances are, if you've been paying attention to the Philadelphia underground music scene in the past two decades, you've seen one or two members of...
Albums Of The Week: The Ringo Jets | Radio Ringo
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Turkish trio The Ringo Jets are back with their most versatile and sophisticated, career-defining album. Aptly titled Radio Ringo, the album runs in vein of...
Albums Of The Week: Eilen Jewell | Get Behind The Wheel
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “They say things have to get worse before they can get better,” Eilen Jewell reflects. “And for a while there, everything got worse.”
Indeed, in the...
Albums Of The Week: Dex Romweber | Good Thing Goin’
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Good Thing Goin’ is the first new studio album in seven years from the punkabilly guitar legend. On this album, Dex Romweber finds a balance...
Albums Of The Week: The Bomboras | Songs From Beyond!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Glamorous go-go girls, looming tiki heads, and Farfisa organs ablaze (literally) are just some of the lasting impressions left by cult '90s L.A. neo-surf band...
Albums Of The Week: Buck 65 | Super Dope
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Alright, y’all. Things are happening. Let’s get right to it,” says Canadian hip-hop veteran Buck 65. “Having found my place and loving how it feels,...
Albums Of The Week: Combustible Edison | Forbidden Isle Of Demos
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “It's a sonic apéritif! Specifically, this is the apéritif that started the album that helped start the cocktail and exotica rebirth of the ’90s! It’s...
Albums Of The Week: Shit Present | What Still Gets Me
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “For almost three years, Shit Present frontperson Iona Cairns struggled to write a song. It was the result of a hospitalisation and coming to terms...
Albums Of The Week: Intercourse | Halo Castration Institute
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In a nod to the iconic line from the film Stand By Me, the album's opening track and first single Where Losers Go To Die kicks...
Albums Of The Week: The Bohannons | Night Construction
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Headed by brothers Marty and Matt Bohannon, The Bohannons are one of America's undiscovered musical treasures — a massively underappreciated band that has been doing...
