Cage the Elephant | Social Cues
Cage the Elephant have always been chameleons. And uncontainable. Over the course of their four previous studio albums — including the 2015 Best Rock Album Grammy winner Tell Me...
Classic Album Review: Jason & the Scorchers | Wildfires & Misfires
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):
Last time I saw...
Classic Album Review: Radio Birdman | The Essential (1974-1978)
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):
Their name comes from...
Albums Of The Week: The Casual Dots | Sanguine Truth + Casual Dots
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Casual Dots are a trio formed in Washington, D.C., in 2002, featuring Christina Billotte (Slant 6, Quixotic, Autoclave) on vocals and guitar, Kathi Wilcox...
Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Faithful: A Tribute To Marianne Faithfull is a benefit album featuring Iggy Pop, Cat Power, Shirley Manson, Tanya Donelly, Joan As Police Woman, Donita...
Frank Zappa | Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary
WHO IS HE? The late, great musical icon and iconoclast. The father of the Mothers of Invention. The childhood pal of Captain Beefheart. The owner-operator of the most recognizable...
Albums Of The Week: The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever 10th Anniversary Super...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "I’ve always had a hard time thinking about Heaven is Whenever, as it wasn’t a ton of fun to make. But 10 years later, going...
Albums Of The Week: Guided By Voices | It’s Not Them. It Couldn’t Be...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “It’s been just a few months since Guided By Voices’ faux rock opera Earth Man Blues garnered four-star and five-star reviews, with one outlet proclaiming...
Classic Album Review: Mark Eitzel | The Ugly American
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):
Call it Eitzel Goes...
Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The Ecstasy of the Agony
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):
Punk rock, spoken-word and...
Rickie Lee Jones | Kicks
WHO IS SHE? The veteran singer-songwriter and former Tom Waits paramour who immortalized fellow L.A. troubadour Chuck E. Weiss in the 1979 boho-jazz chart-topper Chuck E.'s in Love.
WHAT IS...
Albums Of The Week: Gustaf | Package, Pt. 2
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Gustaf began without a name or, for that matter, many official members. In 2018, after someone’s tour bound for SXSW collapsed, Brooklyn musician Tarra Thiessen...
Albums Of The Week: Amyl And The Sniffers | Comfort to Me
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Comfort To Me is the second album from Amyl And The Sniffers, the Melbourne, Australia rock band fronted by Amy Taylor. She and her bandmates...
Award To The Wise | Revisiting My Snarky Juno Predictions
I see they finally handed out the Juno Awards online on Monday night. I didn't watch. Party because I generally don't care about award shows — especially the Junos,...
Now Hear This: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Axiom
THE PRESS RELEASE: "From March 10t to March 15th, as the world was becoming aware of the full implications of a global pandemic, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and his...
