Iggy Azalea | In My Defense
WHO IS SHE? Well, no wonder you've forgotten. It's been more than five years since provocative, swaggering Australian rapper Iggy Azalea released her debut The New Classic. Even in...
Crooked Heart | Perpetual Twilight
As soon as I punched play on this sucker, the first thought that popped into my noggin was: 'I'll bet my left one that these mofos are a power...
Now Hear This: Graham Parker | 5 Old Souls (Live)
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Recorded at a Southampton gig on Graham Parker’s 2018 tour, 5 Old Souls features the Cloud Symbols backing band The Goldtops alongside the long-awaited return...
Now Hear This: The Vacant Lots | Damage Control
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Damage Control combines both EPs released by The Vacant Lots on Anton Newcombe’s label A Recordings — 2016's Berlin and 2017's Exit. This is the...
Now Hear This: Vestland Sound Machine | VSM
THE TRANSLATED AND EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Vestland Sound Machine are a Ghanaian folk-techno band from Bergen, Norway. While some are inspired by sun and white beaches, others must be...
Back Stories (Legalization Edition) | My 2011 Chat With Ziggy Marley
I can think of no better day than today to revisit my 2011 interview with Ziggy Marley. Here it is, slightly edited (but not blunted):
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Ziggy Marley is...
Submission Accomplished: Nouhi’s Nomad | Nouhi’s Nomad
Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page, I always have a digital backlog of albums, EPs, singles and videos awaiting my perusal. Here's a recent must-hear...
Thunder Pie | Pink Wasp
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and...
Classic Album Review: Jimmy Buffett | Far Side Of The World
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):
The title is one...
Albums Of The Week: Jon Batiste | World Music Radio
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “World Music Radio is the new musical transmission from Grammy and Oscar winner Jon Batiste, following his historic and acclaimed hit record We Are.
This concept...
Album Of The Week: NOFX | Single Album
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Nearly 40 years in, what else is there to say about NOFX? And aside from the occasional negative headline, how can one of the pioneers...
Now Hear This: Forty Feet Tall | A Good Distraction
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Forty Feet Tall’s sound is hard and riff-based, aggressive and expansive, somewhere between The Strokes and Queens of the Stone Age, framing some of the...
Submission Accomplished: Dope Skum | Tanasi
Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page — along with the endless number of releases I get via HumanHuman, Groover and SharePro — I always have...
Classic Album Review: Danko Jones | We Sweat Blood
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If Danko Jones were...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 9-15 • New Books
Still haven't found a book for that music fan on your Christmas list? You have a few last-minute options to consider. Namely these:
Zappa Gear: The Unique Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects...
