Leonard Cohen | Thanks For the Dance
WHO IS HE? Field Commander Cohen. Your man. A ladies man — hell, THE ladies' man. Not to mention the Buddhist who dressed like one of The Blues Brothers....
Albums Of The Week: Johnny Marr | Fever Dreams Pt 2 EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Fever Dreams Pt 2 EP preview four brand-new tracks — Sensory Street, Tenement Time, Lightning People and Hideaway Girl — that make up the...
Classic Album Review: Blue Rodeo | Greatest Hits
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):
Blue Rodeo are so...
Zolle | Macello
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Macello, the fourth record of the duo Zolle, wants to symbolize the human condition of living in ambivalence, contradiction, paradox. Macello (Italian word for Slaughterhouse, but...
Classic Album Review: The Black Crowes | Live
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):
Given that the band...
Classic Album Review: Paul McCartney | Driving Rain
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):
Some people want to...
Albums Of The Week: Johnny Marr | Fever Dreams, Pt. 1
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Informed by a powerful, anthemic and direct approach, the songs on Johnny Marr's Fever Dreams Pt 1 EP arrive with an emotional potency. Fusing the...
Now Hear This: Kreisky | Atlantis
THE TRANSLATED PRESS RELEASE: "There is no sea on the new Kreisky album, no sunken island kingdom and no Indiana Jones diving for it. And yet the title Atlantis...
Metz | Automat
WHO ARE THEY? The rightfully respected, long-serving noise-punk trio from Toronto.
WHAT IS THIS? Their fourth full-length release and first anthology is a chronologically sequenced compilation of singles, demos and...
Now Hear This: TV Priest | Uppers
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “It’s tempting to think that you have all the answers, screaming your gospel every day with certainty and anger. Life isn’t quite like that though,...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 6-12 • The Short List: 15 Titles You...
And so it begins. The 2021 fall music lineup officially kicks off right here, right now, with these 15 releases. And if they're a sign of things to come,...
Jesse Dayton | Mixtape Vol. 1
WHO IS HE? The Austin Americana singer-guitarist who has lent his tremendous six-string skills to everyone from Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash to X and Supersuckers — when he...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 14-20 • The Long List: 330+ Releases On...
When I started writing about music back in the previous millennium, this time of year was a dead zone. Not any more — as you can see from this...
Albums Of The Week: The Wild Feathers | Alvarado
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Wild Feathers’ Alvarado was produced by the band and follows their 2020 career-spanning odds-and-ends collection Medium Rarities. Formed in 2010, The Wild Feathers have...
Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real | Turn Off The News (Build a...
WHO ARE THEY? Willie Nelson’s singer-guitarist son and his California country-rock jammers — who have been moonlighting as Neil Young’s band on recent tours and albums.
WHAT IS THIS? Their...
