Next Week in Music | March 25-31 • On TV
Beth Ditto and Gossip give Seth Meyers a taste of Real Power, Pete Townshend gets fawned over by Jimmy Fallon, Mel B does her best to sell her new...
Now Hear This: Yankee Bluff | Everybody Hits
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Yankee Bluff is Peter Helmis (Algernon Cadwallader) and Nate Dionne (Snowing,Glocca Morra), both members of the short-lived but wholly loved Dogs on Acid. Together again as...
The O’Jays | The Last Word
The O’Jays’ Love Train has come to the end of the line. But even on the final run, it's staying right on track. After nearly 60 years and 30...
Albums Of The Week: Halsey | If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Halsey penned the songs for If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power herself — but recorded the career-defining album with Trent Reznor and Atticus...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 11-17 • The Long List: 200 Releases On...
Need some new tunes to blow away the January blues? You should be able to find some here:
Nicki & Patrick Adams | Lynx
The Album Leaf | Synchronic Soundtrack
Allred &...
Classic Album Review: Solomon Burke | Don’t Give Up on Me
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):
It isn’t often that...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 28 – Sept. 3 • New Books
The Monkees have it made, Amy Winehouse shares a few words, The Ramones go back to school, Pepper Adams blazes a trail, and more last-minute additions to your summer...
Czarface & Ghostface Killah | Czarface Meets Ghostface
The latter is arguably The Wu-Tang Clan’s most colourfully creative, unstoppably prolific and collaboratively daring member. The former is an underappreciated hip-hop supergroup co-starring producer 7L, rapper Esoteric and...
Classic Album Review: Roadsaw | Rawk N’ Roll
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):
When you kick off...
Short Subjects | Three EPs That Won’t Waste Your Time
You're busy. I'm busy. Everybody's busy. So we don't always have time to sit down and take in a whole album of new songs. That's where a good EP...
20 Questions With Weird Tales
A great album title is worth its weight in gold. And Polish psychedelic doom metal trio Weird Tales have one of the best I've come across lately: Y'all Motherfuckers...
Now Hear This: I Don’t Know How But They Found Me | Razzmatazz
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "I Don't Know How But They Found Me (or iDKHOW) is the new project led by frontman, multi-instrumentalist, and mastermind Dallon Weekes. Even before they...
Classic Album Review: Brute | Co-Balt
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):
I didn’t know it...
Lamb Of God | Lamb Of God
They may have run out of album titles. They are not even remotely short on outrage, passion and ideas. Metal stalwarts Lamb Of God are firing on all cylinders...
Rewinding 2019 | The Tightest Rap Releases
Let's be honest: I am way too old and way too lame to be the target demographic for most of today's rap. As a result, I don't end up...
