Albums Of The Week: Explorer Tapes | Explorer Tapes Expanded Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The story of Explorer Tapes is a classic tale of popular music. Two guys from the Dallas/Fort Worth area take a lifelong friendship and decide...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 28 – Oct. 4 • The Short List:...
We are the thick of it now: Of the 500-plus titles arriving this week, a few dozen are from big-name major-label acts and prominent indie artists. Here are the...
Blink-182 | Nine
WHO ARE THEY? The long-running, infamously sophomoric pop-punk power trio co-starring singer-bassist Mark Hoppus, hyperkinetic drummer Travis Barker and Alkaline Trio guitarist Matt Skiba, who replaced original member (and...
Classic Album Review: Nine Inch Nails | And All That Could Have Been
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):
Rock musicians are a...
Paul McCartney Talks Flaming Pie In New Q&A
No, I did not talk to Paul McCartney. His record label sent me this Q&A about his new Flaming Pie Archive Collection box set, which comes out on July...
Late Night TV-Music | Nov. 5, 2018
Have you ever noticed how things just seem to work themselves out on their own sometimes? Case in point: Monday night's talk shows, A couple of the big players...
Classic Album Review: Dimitri From Paris | After the Playboy Mansion
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):
The French remix master...
Next Week in Music | August 17-23 • On TV
Orville and Shania double date, Lemon Twigs sweeten the deal, Bright Eyes gets you up on Saturday morning and more: It's a good week for music on the tube....
Submission Accomplished: Tricia Fitz | Epic Penguin Sharks
Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page (not to mention sites like HumanHuman, Groover and Share Pros), I always have a massive digital backlog of albums,...
Bullrider Grab Life By The Horns With New Single & Video Dying
“Turns out, I didn’t just want to sing about it, I wanted to scream about it.” That’s Bullrider frontman Bobby Desjarlais on his approach to the band’s newest single...
Various Artists | For The Throne: Music Inspired by Game of Thrones
Winter is here. At least in the Seven Kingdoms of Game of Thrones. But it won't be here for long: HBO’s massively popular medieval fantasy epic will finally wrap...
Albums Of The Week: Son Volt | Electro Melodier
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt’s Trace, the groundbreaking debut from the band he started...
Cloud Nothings | Last Building Burning
Fast and loud and hard are good. Fast and loud and hard and creative and smart are way better. And better is exactly what you get on Last Building...
Back Stories | My 2000 Interview With Spencer Davis (RIP)
Various sources are reporting that classic rocker Spencer Davis has died at age 81, following complications from pneumonia. That's a shame. I was fortunate enough to interview him about...
F—ed Up | Dose Your Dreams
Hey, remember when F—ed Up were just a punk band? Those were the days. Except they weren't. Because really, F—ed Up were never just a punk band. From Day...
