Classic Album Review: Audioslave | Audioslave

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 read somewhere that...

Classic Album Review: The Pretenders | Loose Screw

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):   Chrissie Hynde stopped pretending...

Classic Album Review: Ja Rule | The Last Temptation

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):   What with his steely...

Classic Album Review: David Gray | A New Day At Midnight

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):   You can’t be a...

Classic Album Review: Matchbox Twenty | More Than You Think You Are

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):   Lessee, there’s Santana’s Supernatural,...

Classic Album Review: Shania Twain | Up!

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):   Up? She’s gotta be...

Classic Album Reviews: Pavement | Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe / Slow Century...

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):   Anybody can name the...

 Buffy Sainte-Marie Joins The Ranks Of American Masters

Following a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year and in honour of Native American Heritage Month, the American Masters episode Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • The Short List: 8 Titles You...

Thanks to the one-two retail punch of American Black Friday and Record Store Day, there are approximately 70 bajillion box sets, live albums, tribute discs and vinyl reissues arriving...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • The Long List: 435+ Releases On...

It doesn't get any better (or bigger) than this: A whopping 435-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, tributes, vinyl reissues and cassettes heading to your...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • New Books

You load 16 tons of books and whaddaya get? Another day older and more well-read — thanks to memoirs from Merle Travis and Simon Napier-Bell, bios of Albert Ayler...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • On TV

Your week comes in like a lion and goes out like … well, a turkey, thanks to American Thanksgiving on Thursday. But it still includes appearances by Franz Ferdinand, Paolo...

Thunder Pie | Slightly Blue Comets Up for Anything

“Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

We're celebrating my 50th early. Actually, I won't reach that milestone until April 1 — but Stylus Counsel is celebrating its 50th instalment today. I'm pretty proud of the...

Albums Of The Week: Bothers | II

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Portland, Oregon’s Bothers have just released  their sophomore LP II. The band’s self-titled debut album was a concise and raging lesson in relentless punk ’n’...

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