Albums Of The Week: Brian Jonestown Massacre | The Future Is Your Past
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Anton Newcombe – frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, father, force of nature – returns with the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s 20th full-length studio...
Albums Of The Week: Jad Fair & Samuel Locke Ward | Happy Hearts
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Singer-songwriters Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward have recorded a collaborative album titled Happy Hearts — a collection of clever, catchy love songs that are...
Albums Of The Week: Quasi | Breaking The Balls Of History
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Breaking The Balls Of History is Quasi’s 10th record, landing 10 years after their last record, on Feb. 10. That’s three 10s — which equals...
Albums Of The Week: The Academic | Sitting Pretty
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sitting Pretty is an album about navigating life in your 20s; the uncertainties and the ever-shifting sense of self. “It’s about the entrance into true...
Albums Of The Week: Yo La Tengo | This Stupid World
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Time keeps moving and things keep changing, but that doesn’t mean we can't fight back. Yo La Tengo have raced time for nearly four decades...
Albums Of The Week: The Rolling Stones | GRRR Live!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The World’s Greatest Rock ’N’ Roll Band deserve the ultimate live greatest hits album — and GRRR Live! quite rightly captures The Rolling Stones at...
Albums Of The Week: Andy Shauf | Norm
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hailed as a gifted storyteller for 2016’s The Party and 2020’s The Neon Skyline, Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Shauf writes albums that unfold like...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: Artists At The End Of The Road
“So I went to the doctor, see what he could give me
He said, ‘Son, son, you've gone too far.’ ”
— Black Sabbath, Fairies Wear Boots
It was a little heartbreaking...
Now Hear This: Buen Destino | Buen Destino
THE TRANSLATED & EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If you don't like twisted, loud and intelligent hardcore, you don't need to continue reading this note because what Buen Destino offer on...
Now Hear This: Moonpedro & Sinking Ship | Kin
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Kin is the new solo album from multi-instrumentalist, poet, novelist and translator Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, the Norwegian artist who releases his music under the name Moonpedro And...
Now Hear This: Freeroad | Do What You Feel!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, Freeroad formed in 2018 with one goal: Making music for the love of making music. Their name was chosen to symbolize...
Now Hear This: Oozing Wound | We Cater To Cowards
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Oozing Wound are both a subversive force in heavy music and key players in Chicago’s vibrant DIY warehouse scene. Their albums gleefully defy categorisation, delighting...
Now Hear This: The Dust Collectors | Filtered Gems
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A band grown from casual Friday night jams with friends that quickly evolved into something more substantial, Calgary's Dust Collectors are proof that sometimes what...
Elliott Landy Shares More Vintage Band Photos
When you picture The Band, you have Elliott Landy’s photographs in your mind. He took the legendary photos in their 1968 album, Music From Big Pink and The Band,...
The Less You Know, The Better | Four Mysterious New Releases Worth Hearing
A little mystery can be a good thing. Especially these days.
Sprinkled amid the hundreds of gushing press releases, oversharing bios and TMI missives that assault my email on a...
