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"I break bricks with my heart," claims Jeff Tweedy a couple of songs into his album Warm. "Only a fool would call it art." Well, it ain't the first...

As Steven Wright says: It's a small world. But I wouldn't want to paint it. I am, however, always happy to hear some something unexpected by  someone I've never...

We all have to start somewhere. And if this is your starting point with veteran Texas garage superstars The Marked Men, you've come to the right place. On The...

Suicide never goes out of style — the band, I mean, not the practice. But in the wake of the tragic death of frontman Alan Vega back in 2016,...

Psychedelia from Cyprus? Who knew? Not me. Thankfully, patriotically handled Limassol quartet Arcadian Child know exactly what they're doing. And on their second full-length, they do it with no...

Rodney Crowell decks the halls, Jeff Tweedy gets warmer, The Darcys fall, Sharon Van Etten creeps, Entrepreneurs party down and more in today's Roundup. All aboard for funtime! 1 |...

Two decades ago, new albums from RZA, Less Than Jake and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them back...

Aruba Red makes family time, White Lies head south, Renee Landry gets bossy, a double serving of Danish and more in today's roundup. Does anybody else smell burning toast? 1...

WHAT I SAY: Sharing a record label with The 1975 and Wolf Alice has already put these young British guns in good company. And up against some stiff competition....

WHAT I SAY: This young London rapper is turning countless heads — and earning waves of rapturous ink — in her homeland. And while there has never been a...

WHAT I SAY: Screw imitation; authenticity is really the sincerest form of flattery. And blues-rock bands don't come much more authentic-sounding than Bullfrog, this long-serving power trio from Italy....

WHAT I SAY: These boots were made for surfin'. Reportedly unearthed from the back of Lee Hazlewood's tape archive, these dozen gently twangin' instrumentals find the underground icon hitting...

WHAT I SAY: It's a magic bullet, all right. Fearsome French post-everything unit Zapruder's self-titled sophomore album — their first release since their singer relocated to Canada — zigs...

Here are the major album releases, TV appearances, anniversaries and other events coming up in the next seven days. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t...

U.N. Jefferson get down, Daniel Romano gets his freak on (again), Bad Animal get destructive, Jean-Michel Blais gets kicked out and more in today's Roundup. A man, a plan,...