Next Week in Music | April 10-16 • The Long List: 400 Releases On...
Today in rock ’n’ roll birthdays: Matthew Healy of The 1975 is 34, Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend turns 39, Julian Lennon and L7’s Donita Sparks both hit 60, Izzy...
Next Week in Music | April 10-16 • New Books
The creation of No Alternative, the art of heavy metal, the lives of BSB and Dua Lipa, and the lysergic history of Detroit — there are only a handful...
Next Week in Music | April 10-16 • On TV
Metallica take over Jimmy Kimmel Live — and late-night TV in general — while most of the TV talking heads take it easy for Easter and/or Passover. Not into...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Tombstone Blues
“Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it, we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.”
— Epitaph...
Albums Of The Week: Susanna Hoffs | The Deep End
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Susanna Hoffs, cofounder of the multi platinum-selling Bangles, career solo artist, and one of pop music's premier interpreters, has partnered with legendary producer Peter Asher...
Albums Of The Week: Mike Matteson | I’m A Sketchy Freak
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Mike Matteson is like if God was cooler.
Like God, Mike can do everything. He plays all the instruments and writes all the music on his...
Albums Of The Week: The Len Price 3 | Chinese Burn Deluxe Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Weaned on the raw, passionate, two-minute tunes of The Who, The Kinks, and The Clash, The Len Price 3 are a high-energy garage combo from...
Albums Of The Week: Titus Andronicus | Basement Brainstorm
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Revered rock institution Titus Andronicus have released Basement Brainstorm, a compilation album of essential rarities intended to illuminate the painstaking creative process which resulted in...
Albums Of The Week: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | Heaven’s Off EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Well folks, A little bit all over the place, but I worked very hard to get some new songs finished for this one,” says singer-songwriter...
Albums Of The Week: Chickasaw Mudd Puppies | Fall Line
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Georgia's Fall Line is a geologic boundary marking the prehistoric shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean as well as the division between the Piedmont and Coastal...
Albums Of The Week: Crocodiles | Upside Down In Heaven
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell of Crocodiles got together nearly 25 years ago. After becoming acquainted at a local anti-racism meeting, the two found their...
Albums Of The Week: Afflecks Palace | The Only Light In This Tunnel Is...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This album is an ode to escapism from the modern-day obsession with superficial status, wealth and success — propelled by social media FOMO,” says J....
Albums Of The Week: Desire Marea | On The Romance Of Being
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Desire Marea’s voice is a culmination of many South African voices; a mouthpiece for a choir of spirits and entities. His second album On The...
Albums Of The Week: Ian Jones | Results Not Typical
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On his debut full-length Results Not Typical, seasoned Seattle singer-songwriter Ian Jones defines Northwest Americana with melodic, timeless songcraft coupled to universally relatable storytelling and...
Albums Of The Week: Golden Grass | Life Is Much Stranger
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Life Is Much Stranger is the mind-blowing fourth studio album from N.Y.C. heavy rock trio The Golden Grass — and it stands tall and wild,...
