Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Mighty Fine: An Austin City Limits Tribute...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Uncle Walt’s Band (David Ball, Champ Hood and Walter Hyatt) were one of the most popular acts in late ’70s/early ’80s Austin, Texas, where the South...
Classic Album Review: NOFX / Rancid | BYO Split Series Vol. III
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For punk fans, the...
Waylon Payne | Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me Act...
The world oughta know Waylon Payne by now. His mama was outlaw country queen Sammi Smith. His daddy was Willie Nelson’s longtime guitarist Jody Payne. One guess who he's...
Now Hear This: Malcolm Holcombe | Tricks of the Trade
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “To know Malcolm is to know stories — the stories he tells in his songs and the stories people love to tell about Malcolm Holcombe....
Willie Nelson | My Way
Better make that Mostly His Way. Not that there's anything wrong with that. On Willie Nelson’s new Frank Sinatra tribute disc — which also just happens to be his 68th...
Albums Of The Week: Ellis Nodar | 12
Even a pig with no sense of smell finds a truffle now and again. Which is to say: I stumbled across this little gem while rooting around online the...
Goat Girl | Goat Girl
Poise, personality, intelligence and individuality are impressive qualities to possess at any age. Discovering them in a bunch of teenagers and young twentysomethings — well, that shoots way beyond...
20 Questions With Pollux King
Pollux King is on the rise. Especially around these parts. Born in Wisconsin but now living in L.A., the up-and-coming, genre-fluid singer-songwriter premiered her intensely personal single Anybody right...
Next Week in Music | July 26 – Aug. 1 • The Long List:...
Monday is Coffee Milkshake Day. Tuesday is Scotch Day. Wednesday is Milk Chocolate Day. Thursday is Chicken Wing Day, Lasagne Day and Chili Dog Day. Friday is Cheesecake Day....
Next Week in Music | Oct. 10-16 • The Short List: 10 Titles You...
Compared to the past couple of weeks, things are actually kind of slow this time around — at least when it comes to big-name releases. Still, when your short list...
Jenny Lewis | On the Line
Jenny Lewis is in good company. For her fourth solo album On The Line, the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman is backed by a VIP roster of talent that includes...
Delicate Steve | The Christmas Album
This is one of those times when there are simply no words. Because you don't need them. If you're sick of sitting through the umpteenth overwrought, oversung or overtreacled...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From May 26, 2000
Two decades ago, it was a busy week for new music — albums from Don Henley, Eminem, Sonic Youth, Bad Religion, Matchbox Twenty, A Perfect Circle and others were...
Albums Of The Week: Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “we wrote it on the road mostly. when that was still a place.
and then recorded it in masks later, distanced at the beginning of the...
The Mavericks | Hey! Merry Christmas!
One year I spent Christmas in Texas. When I got up on the big day, the sun was shining, the grass was green and the mercury was already climbing...
