Classic Album Review: Paper Moon | One Thousand Reasons To Stay … One Reason...
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):
American lives might not...
Classic Album Review: Guitaro | Futura Black
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):
Open the pod bay...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 8-14 • The Short List: 10 Titles You...
Japanese avant-metal experimenters. Australian boogie monsters. California psyche-rock heroes. Carolina indie-punk upstarts. Canadian and British pop-rockers. A pair of odd couplings. Some star-studded remixes. And a truly magic comeback....
Next Week in Music | Aug. 8-14 • The Long List: 200+ Releases On...
Today in music birthdays: Throwing Muses and 50FootWave leader Kristin Hersh is 56, Mavericks singer-guitarist Raul Malo turns 57, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is 64, and Nashville veteran...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 8-14 • New Books
A is for Angel. B is for Bowie. C is for Creedence. D is for Deep Purple. And E is for everyone else on your latest musical reading list....
Next Week in Music | Aug. 8-14 • On TV
Joe Walsh spends the week hanging out with Stephen Colbert, Run The Jewels join them for a night, Fantastic Cat wake you up on Saturday, Lauren Spencer-Smith and Jon...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
As a musician, I use Spotify for marketing — no reasonable indie artist like me would ever expect to get rich and famous on such a platform. As a...
Thunder Pie | We Don’t Even Try
“The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.”
— Bruce Springsteen
In the darkness of Ridge Avenue, I would stand there like a...
Albums Of The Week: Bones Shake | Bleed
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bones Shake are a scuzzy, fuzz-enthused garage-rock trio formed in Manchester in 2011. They play everything to the extreme: Violent bottle-neck blues riffs, drums kicked,...
Albums of The Week: The Movers | Vol. 1: 1970-1976
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The story of The Movers began in 1967 when two unknown musicians – the brothers Norman and Oupa Hlongwane – approached Kenneth Siphayi a stylish...
Albums Of The Week: Andy McCoy | Jukebox Junkie
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Famed Hanoi Rocks guitarist and songwriter Andy McCoy taps into the rich musical history that inspired him on his loose and freewheeling covers album Jukebox...
Albums of The Week: Meridian Brothers | Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento reanimates the forgotten sounds of the fantastical 1970s salsa dura group El Grupo Renacimiento. The group identifies as “B-class”...
Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Jem Records Celebrates Pete Townshend
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The third in the series of Jem Records Celebrates series focuses on The Who’s Pete Townshend. With contributions from the Jem roster, the album —...
Albums Of The Week: James Taylor Quartet | Man In The Hot Seat
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A bona fide legend of the acid jazz / jazz funk scene, James Taylor returns with the stunning new James Taylor Quartet record Man In The...
Albums Of The Week: Mickey Jupp | Up Snakes, Down Ladders
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Mickey Jupp is a critically acclaimed British singer-songwriter, widely credited as a major influence on the pub rock scene that then led to the punk...
