Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Aug. 4, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from Rancid, The Dandy Warhols, Sum 41 and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Albums Of The Week: Foxy Shazam | Burn
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Most of us run towards comfort at full tilt. There are only a select few individuals among us who, through natural inclination or learned behavior,...
Mattiel | Satis Factory
WHO IS SHE? Mattiel Brown, a Georgia-born indie singer-songwriter who toiled until recently as art designer for the mass-marketing email company Mailchimp.
WHAT IS THIS? Her sophomore collection of songs...
Classic Album Review: Danko Jones | Born A Lion
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):
“If you wanna know...
Banding Together | 3 New EPs To Score From Bandcamp Today
If you didn't already know, Bandcamp is waiving its fees again today, putting more money directly in the pockets of artists — or the charities they're choosing to support....
Albums Of The Week: Khruangbin & Leon Bridges | Texas Moon
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Two of the acts boldly leading Texas music into the future have now delivered a second chapter of their groundbreaking collaboration, further extending the region’s...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 7-13 • The Long List: 475+ Releases On...
Only 475 new albums, EPs, singles, anthologies, compilations, box sets and vinyl reissues this week? What am I going to do with all that free time? If this keeps...
Classic DVD Review: Madonna | The Drowned World Tour
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):
The Main Course: A...
Eagles of Death Metal | EODM Presents Boots Electric Performing The Best Songs We...
WHO IS HE? Singer-guitarist Jesse Hughes a.k.a. Boots Electric, the handlebar-moustached, aviator-shaded frontdude of retro-rock revivalists Eagles of Death Metal.
WHAT IS THIS? An irreverent collection of 13 classic-rock covers...
Albums Of The Week: Tunic | Quitter
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Quitter is a record about quitting. Modelled after Tunic’s live attack, an ugly and unhinged blast of catharsis that can comfortably live beside the tuneful...
School of Language | 45
WHO ARE THEY? Actually, they're a him: British indie singer-songwriter David Brewis, who may be better known as a member of Field Music, the long-running, Mercury Prize-nominated pop-rock duo...
Classic Album Review: John Mellencamp | Cuttin’ Heads
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):
The first three songs...
Twin Flames Storm the Battlefields With Revolutionary Single & Video
Twin Flames light a fire with their slow-burning single and lyric video for Battlefields — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
The husband-and-wife duo of Chelsey June and Jaaji are celebrated for...
Back Stories | My 2011 Interview With Gang of Four Guitarist Andy Gill
The world is a little quieter and far worse off today: Gang of Four’s Andy Gill has died. The influential and iconic guitarist passed away in a London hospital...
20 Questions With Celestine Liu
Celestine Liu is one of those artists who can do pretty much anything and everything — and do it all well. On her new debut EP Liunique, the multi-talented...
