Classic Album Review: Boz Scaggs | Dig
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Sure, you could take...
Albums Of The Week: Country Westerns | Forgive The City
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Work harder, not smarter: classically bad advice, but when it works, it works. And it works for Country Westerns. They are more than a band....
Bonus Discs | Six New Punk & Garage Releases
Gino and the Goons let it rip, King Salami and the Cumberland Three are looking for a kiss, Menzingers go into exile and more this week. I didn't have...
Classic Album Review: Days Of The New | Days Of The New
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Three self-titled albums in...
Albums Of The Week: Bomba Estéreo | Deja
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bomba Estéreo’s new album Deja is the band's long-awaited first album in four years. Deja is about leaving behind the unnecessary baggage in our lives...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Oct. 1, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Garth Brooks, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sting and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them...
Albums Of The Week: Drive-By Truckers | Live @ Plan 9
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On July 13, 2006, Drive-By Truckers set up shop at Plan 9 Records in Richmond, VA. To mark the 25th anniversary of the store, the...
The Beasts | Still Here
Make that Back Here. Mostly. Featuring members of legendary Australian indie-rock rebels The Beasts of Bourbon, this quintet decided to reunite after the funeral of another former bandmate —...
Classic Album Review: Sisqo | Return of Dragon
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If ever there was...
Classic Album Review: John Hammond | Wicked Grin
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There have been plenty...
Taylor Swift | Lover
WHO IS SHE? You gotta be kidding. OK, I'll play along. She's the squad leader. The pop-chart Queen Midas. The woman who dances like nobody's watching at every awards...
Albums Of The Week: The No Ones | My Best Evil Friend
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "No one is defined as nobody. An example of no one is how you would describe who is in an empty house. Not one person,...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 4-10 • New Books
Grohl and Guthrie, Shaun and Shane, B.B. and Bob, Cohen and The Clash, The Stranglers and The Stones, King and Kelly, Van Halen and more Van Halen — next...
Motörhead | 1979
WHO ARE THEY? The groundbreaking, roof-shaking, amp-breaking, speed-taking, history-making hard-rockers fronted by maverick singer-bassist, songwriter and sole permanent member Lemmy Kilmister — flanked here by guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke...
Albums Of The Week: Afton Wolfe | Kings For Sale
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Afton Wolfe is Mississippi. Born in McComb, and growing up in Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Greenville, Mississippi, the roots of American music are in his DNA....
