Albums Of The Week: Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Fittingly for a record named for a homecoming event, Natural Brown Prom Queen is all about home — both Sudan Archives’ adopted hometown of L.A....
Albums Of The Week: Santigold | Spirituals
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Spirituals is Santigold’s first full-length album since 2016’s 99¢, and was mostly recorded during the 2020 lockdown. “All of a sudden there I was with...
Albums Of The Week: Sampa The Great | As Above, So Below
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Relocating home to Zambia during the pandemic, Sampa The Great sought to reconnect with a different side of herself, a side that is freer and...
Albums Of The Week: Daniel Romano’s Outfit | La Luna
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Come poet, contemplate the moon, here at the end of day, in this timeless moment be timely, awaken the spirit, and sing …
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Albums Of The Week: GA-20 | Crackdown
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “GA-20 are clearly on to something big. It’s a movement, a new traditional blues revival. The dynamic, throwback blues trio are disciples of the place...
Albums Of The Week: Built To Spill | When The Wind Forgets Your Name
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Since Built To Spill’s inception in 1992, founder Doug Martsch intended his beloved band to be a collaborative project, an ever-evolving group of incredible musicians...
Albums Of The Week: The Afghan Whigs | How Do You Burn?
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “How Do You Burn? the ninth studio album from The Afghan Whigs, finds the band in peak form, making the most vaulting and thrilling music...
Albums Of The Week: Ozzy Osbourne | Patient Number 9
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Patient Number 9 is the 13th solo album from Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne and the first since...
Taurey Butler Gets Personal With One Of The Others
Pianist Taurey Butler teams up with Montreal label Justin Time again for his next album One Of The Others, set for release on Oct. 7. The trio recording is...
Now Hear This: Perennial | In The Midnight Hour
This came out back in February, but the band just sent it to me a couple of weeks ago — and I finally listened to it this morning. Then...
Now Hear This: The Veldt | Entropy Is The Mainline To God
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Performing since they were children, the musical roots of the Chavis twins — singer-guitarist Daniel and his guitarist brother Danny (yes, really) — lead back...
Beatles Reloading Revolver With Extras For Expanded Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: Revolver was The Beatles’ 1966 album that changed everything. Spinning popular music off its axis and ushering in a vibrant new era of experimental, avant-garde...
Steven Page Has One Word For You: Excelsior
Steven Page has just announced Excelsior, his first solo album since 2018. Arriving digitally Sept. 30 on his own Fresh Baked Goods imprint, the album will be available on...
The Damn Truth Announce El Mocambo Show
The Damn Truth, the celebrated Montreal rock ’n’ roll band, have just announced a Sept. 10 show in Toronto at the storied venue El Mocambo before launching a U.K....
Classic Album Review: Meshuggah | Nothing
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):
There are louder bands....
