Classic Album Review: Bardo Pond | Dilate
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):
In the liner notes...
Classic Album Review: Kelly Joe Phelps | Sky Like a Broken Clock
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):
Country-blues guitarist Kelly Joe...
Next Week in Music | June 27-July 3 • The Short List: 4 Titles...
Q: What does next week have in common with John Entwistle, Bill Wyman and George Harrison? A: It's a quiet one. How quiet? Well, there are only four new...
2018 in Review | Tinnitist’s Top Videos
When musicians ask me what they should do to get more people to check out their work, I always say the same thing: Make a video. Because if there's...
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...
Richard Davies & The Dissidents | Human Traffic
Every sideman has his day eventually. Today it's Richard Davies’ turn. The singer-guitarist — not to be confused with his Supertramp namesake — has worked with the likes of...
Classic Album Review: Björk | Vespertine
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):
Trust Björk to send...
Thunder Pie | Gridlock
Slappy sunlight coming down, collapsed trusses of 3pm light breaking in through the miasma, we would run down the valley, me and the kids, in the Honda at Christmastime....
Albums Of The Week: King Creosote | I Des
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “They say long live the king and all, but nothing’s ever set in stone. Unless you're King Creosote.
A quarter of a century since his self-inflicted...
Classic DVD Review: Linkin Park | Live in Texas
This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
I know Linkin Park...
The Lovely Eggs | I Am Moron
THE PRESS RELEASE: "For the last two years, The Lovely Eggs have watched England and the rest of the world slowly crumble. Their new album I am Moron contains...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 12-18 • On TV
Hope you like Jimmy Kimmel — he's the only late-night mouthpiece working this week. Good thing SNL and ACL are back; otherwise we'd really be in trouble.
Monday
Rufus Wainwright |...
Albums Of The Week: Ringo Starr | Change The World EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ringo Starr’s four-track EP Change The World was recorded at his Roccabella West studio — the same place he made March's Zoom In EP —and...
Albums Of The Week: Chris Stapleton | Higher
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Co-produced by Dave Cobb and Morgane Stapleton, newly crowned CMA Male Vocalist of the Year award winner Chris Stapleton’s fourth album Higher was recorded at...
Classic Album Review: Leftöver Crack | Mediocre Generica
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):
Whether it’s self-deprecation or...
