Next Week in Music | Oct. 17-23 • The Long List: 350+ Releases On...
It's a big day for milestone birthdays: John Mayer turns 45, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea hits the big 6-0, and Mayer's Dead & Co. bandmate Bob Weir...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 17-23 • On TV
The late-night talkers are off this week — I presume some criminally rich thugs, rapists, drug abusers and wife beaters are doing vitally important things with a ball somewhere...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 17-23 • New Books
Kid Congo Powers, The Standells, Duane Allman and Paul Weller would make one helluvan interesting supergroup, doncha think? Too bad we'll never hear them. But you can read about...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Yesterday I picked up an $8 copy of the last Pretty Things album — well, the last one before their modern attempt at a comeback/reunion. The bass player in...
Thunder Pie | The Dash-Fire Days of Private Deviney (Part II)
“A prison taint was on everything there. The imprisoned air, the imprisoned light, the imprisoned damps, the imprisoned men, were all deteriorated by confinement.” — Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
Sitting...
Albums Of The Week: Brian Eno | Foreverandevernomore
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Foreverandevernomore is the 22nd solo studio album from Brian Eno and the first since January 2017’s Reflection. The 10-track album was recorded and produced by Eno his...
Albums Of The Week: The 1975 | Being Funny In A Foreign Language
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The 1975's fifth studio album Being Funny In A Foreign Language was written by Matthew Healy and George Daniel, and recorded at Real World Studios...
Albums Of The Week: Gilla Band | Most Normal
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “For their first album as Gilla Band, the foursome fka Girl Band have redrawn their own paradigm. Most Normal is like little you’ve heard before, a...
Albums Of The Week: Todd Rundgren | Space Force
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Todd Rundgren’s Space Force is a new album of original collaborations with artists whose work spans wide-ranging corners of the musical universe.
Expanding on the duets...
Albums Of The Week: M.I.A. | Mata
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “With the release of her highly anticipated sixth album Mata, groundbreaking, global trailblazer and visionary M.I.A. continues her reign as one of the most important...
Albums Of The Week: Plains | I Walked With You A Ways
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hitting play on the debut album from Plains, the duo composed of Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson, we're immediately teleported into a world of...
Albums Of The Week: Mightmare | Cruel Liars
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sonically, there are a few things we got right in the ’90s: Stompy, rage-fueled queer bands; hazy, uber-pedaled guitar; poeticism to be yelled full-chested towards...
Albums Of The Week: Can | Live In Cuxhaven 1976
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Live In Cuxhaven 1976 is the third album of the curated Can live concert series that also includes Live In Brighton 1975 and Live In...
Albums Of The Week: Sweet Teeth | High Anxiety
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sweet Teeth, perfect smile and raw beauty. Behind it all we find a bittersweet blend of catchy, punky, fuzzy power pop and ’90s inspired alternative...
Albums Of The Week: Black Lips | Apocalypse Love
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Black Lips’ 10th studio effort Apocalypse Love arrives scorched with their trademark menace. It cryogenically mutates all recognised musical bases; it spins yarns about...
