Classic Album Review: Serial Joe | (Last Chance) At the Romance Dance

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):   Um, didn’t these guys...

20 Questions With Ori Dagan

My Canada Day celebration of homegrown talent carries on with jazz crooner Ori Dagan. You might already know him from his video for Non Dimenticar, which he premiered HERE,...

Albums Of The Week: Sleigh Bells | Texis

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Texis is the sixth album from Sleigh Bells — producer/guitarist Derek Miller and singer Alexis Krauss — and delivers more of the controlled chaos that...

Classic Album Review: Pearl Jam | Lost Dogs

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You can already purchase...

King Buzzo | Gift Of Sacrifice

You can take the Buzz out of Melvins, but you can't yadda yadda yadda, For his latest solo acoustic outing, Krusty-topped singer-guitarist Buzz Osborne keeps it dark, weird and...

Now Hear This: Red City Radio | Paradise

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We took the album title from the song of the same name,” Red City Radio singer-guitarist Garrett Dale says of their latest album Paradise. “(It's)...

Classic Album Review: The Catheters | Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days

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 Catheters seem to...

Albums Of The Week: John Braheny | Some Kind Of Change

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “John Braheny’s rare Some Kind Of Change LP — issued on the small Pete label out of Los Angeles in 1968 — has the unusual...

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Today in celebrity anniversaries: Slide guitar master Duane Allman died in a motorcycle crash in 1971 at the age of 24 in Macon, Georgia; Bob Dylan accepted the Nobel...

Albums Of The Week: Sweat | Who Do They Think They Are?

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Who Do They Think They Are? is the debut album from Pittsburgh-based Swiss-American quartet Sweat. The backstory: After leaving her home in Basel with a hungry...

Jodie Weston Wants You To Think About Her In The New Year

Multi-talented DJ, producer and model Jodie Weston will celebrate the new year by dropping her hot new house track Think About Me on Blue Monday, Jan. 17 2022. The...

Classic Album Review: Katy Rose | Because I Can

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):   She’s sweet 16. She...

Book Review | My Effin’ Life by Geddy Lee

When I'm not listening, watching or posting about music, I'm probably reading about it in a memoir or biography. Like this one:   My Effin' Life By Geddy Lee This is why you...

Box Sets Of The Week: Motörhead | Ace of Spades 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Ace Of Spades — the title track of Motörhead’s 1980 iconic, game-changing album — isn’t just one of the greatest hard rock songs ever written:...

Albums Of The Week: The Afghan Whigs | How Do You Burn?

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “How Do You Burn? the ninth studio album from The Afghan Whigs, finds the band in peak form, making the most vaulting and thrilling music...

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