Next Week in Music | April 24-30 • New Books
Lucinda and Madison share their stories, Miranda feeds your hunger, Lizzo gets animated, Van Halen and Eagles are put under the microscope, Dylan is brought back home, the roots...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Aug. 6, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Macy Gray, Kristin Hersh, Basement Jaxx and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Marc Jordan Will Be Waiting For The Sun To Rise In April
A new day is dawning for Marc Jordan — the singer-songwriter has just announced that his next solo album Waiting For The Sun To Rise will be released April...
In the Swing | Five Jazz Albums To Jam With This Week
I disagree with Roy Ayers (and Frank Zappa, for that matter). Jazz is not dead. Nor does it smell funny. It lives and breathes and evolves, as some of...
Classic Album Review: Black Label Society | 1919*Eternal
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):
If Ozzy Osbourne’s latest...
Classic Album Review: Across 110th Street Soundtrack | MGM Soul Cinema Series
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):
Who’s the cat who...
Pearl Jam’s Gigaton Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Mondays are pretty much always a bitch. But Pearl Jam have made this one a little easier to get through by announcing that their 11th studio album Gigaton will...
Albums Of The Week: The Jaded Hearts Club | You’ve Always Been Here
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The Jaded Hearts Club are a new band featuring frontmen Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets) and Nic Cester (Jet), guitarists Graham Coxon (Blur) and...
Down ’n’ Outz | This Is How We Roll
WHO ARE THEY? A supergroup side-project from Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, Quireboys guitarists Paul Guerin and Guy Griffin, Vixen bassist Share Ross, keyboard player Keith Weir and Wayward...
Bad Cop Bad Cop | The Ride
Anger is an energy. But so is hope. And the latter is the one that powers L.A. punk foursome Bad Cop Bad Cop’s third studio album The Ride. But...
Ryte | Ryte
THE PRESS RELEASE
"Ryte’s debut album is basically the result of an intense one-and-a-half-year writing process (late 2016 - early 2018), which was definitely fueled by a very creative and...
Albums Of The Week: The Confusions | Black Silhouettes / The Nuclear Ghosts
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The mischievous minds of this Swedish four-piece indie band have yet to experience a dull moment in their 30-year career.
The Confusions have done it all...
Drive-By Truckers | The Unraveling
WHO ARE THEY? The venerable, dependable and commendable southern-fried indie-rock stalwarts fronted by singer-songwriter guitarists, longtime musical partners and onetime roommates Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. And the band...
The Pretenders | Hate for Sale
I would gladly pay to hear Chrissie Hynde sing the weather forecast. But I'd rather pay to hear her sing Pretenders songs. Especially with the actual Pretenders. Which is...
Classic Album Reviews: Elvis Costello | This Year’s Model / Blood & Chocolate /...
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 year, Rhino kicked...
