Next Week in Music | May 10-16 • The Short List: 6 Titles You...
St. Vincent celebrates Father's Day early, The Black Keys get the blues, Paul Weller pops up for the second time in a year, Juliana Hatfield sees red, Sons Of...
Now Hear This: Fullminator | Omniplasm
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Fullminator are a crossover thrash-metal band from the future (and also San Juan, Puerto Rico) that take all the excitement of party music and elevate...
Indie Roundup | 21 Tracks To Improve Your Thursday
Black Ink River look to the sky, Figure Walking share their last dollar, Jimkata come and go, Crystal Spiders get caught in their own web and more in your...
Rewinding 2020 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top 20 Albums
Delayed albums. Cancelled tours. The untimely deaths of beloved artists. You don't need me to tell you how messed-up the music world has been this year. And it's probably...
Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers | Bought to Rot
You know what they say: Wherever you go, there you are. But if you're Laura Jane Grace, you're not there alone. Quite the opposite, in fact: You're constantly hounded...
Albums Of The Week: Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers | Ramble In Music...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After 15 years of touring with the beloved Hot Band, Emmylou Harris formed The Nash Ramblers, a new acoustic all-star group, in 1990, featuring Sam...
Albums Of The Week: Neil Young | After The Gold Rush 50th Anniversary Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Originally released on Sept. 19, 1970, Neil Young’s seminal album After The Gold Rush has rightly been acknowledged as one of the finest albums ever...
Late-Night TV Music | Dec. 6, 2018
It's the same every year: The music business gradually shuts down for the year after U.S. Thanksgiving. And the late-night shows follow suit. If this week is any sign,...
Now Hear This: Hallelujah Chicken Run Band | Take One
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "In 1972, the country of Rhodesia — as Zimbabwe was then known — was in the middle of a long-simmering struggle for independence from British...
Now Hear This: Teen Creeps | Forever
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "If you’ve heard anything about Teen Creeps, it’s that the Belgian trio love the 1990s. Their sound is reminiscent of bands that era, like Dinosaur...
Indie Roundup (Two-Bit Edition) | 25 Songs To Change Up Your Midweek
Micah Erenberg plays outside, Dearly Beloved come of age, Crossed Keys can't catch a break, Kadavar and The Cosmic Riders of the Black Sun bring out the best in...
Now Hear This: The Bad Day Blues Band | Table By The Wall
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "These self-confessed bad boys of the blues exploded onto the scene in 2017, opening up for Grammy Award winner Delbert McClinton in New York’s Times...
The Allergies | Say the Word
Nobody seems to love old-school soul, funk and R&B quite as much as the Brits. And nobody puts it all together — along with dashes of disco, rap, hip-hop,...
Classic Album Review: Dropkick Murphys | Sing Loud, Sing Proud
This album came out back in 2001. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Several years back, Boston’s Dropkick Murphys ignited a near-riot among fans...
Classic Album Review: George Jones | The Rock
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):
“George Jones does not...
