Next Week in Music | March 11-17 • The Short List: 6 Titles That...
There are two kinds of people: Those who care that Justin Timberlake has a new album coming next week and those who don’t. Guess which group I'm in. But...
Next Week in Music | March 11-17 • The Long List: 360+ Releases On...
Today in rock birthdays: Country superstar Carrie Underwood is 41, New Bohemian Edie Brickell turns 58, Neneh Cherry blows out 60 candles, guru producer Rick Rubin hits 61 along...
Next Week in Music | March 11-17 • New Books
Muddy roads, fab females, a Bowie bio, music movies and more new additions to your reading list. Lights, camera, rock!
Out of the Blue: Life On The Road with Muddy...
Next Week in Music | March 11-17 • On TV
Paul Simon hypes his new limited series, Kacey Musgraves moves some product, Sleater-Kinney make Jimmy Fallon yell 'Come on! That's how you do it!’, Glen Hansard gets your weekend...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | A Two-Horse Race
A recent Stylus Counsel column I wrote — in which I compared the number of hit albums and singles by Taylor Swift to Paul McCartney, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elvis...
Thunder Pie | My Life in Country Music (Part 1)
The decision was made without my input. I would be riding with Dave, the owner of the camp, my stepdad’s best friend. Dave would put me in a spot...
Albums Of The Week: Betty | Handful
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In this impossibly rare 1971 private pressing LP, L.A. rockers Betty lay down who they really are like a breathing snapshot in time.
The performances and...
Albums Of The Week: Tomato Flower | No
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Something happened on No. The early EPs from Baltimore’s Tomato Flower featured a pretty, dreamy psychedelia. Warm to the touch, like looking up at the...
Albums Of The Week: Sami Yaffa | Satan’s Helpers, Warlazer Eyes & The Money...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The mysteriously named Satan's Helpers War Lazer Eyes and The Money Pig Circus is the second solo album from Finnish rock legend Sami Yaffa.
In addition...
Albums Of The Week: The Children… | A Sudden Craving
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Principal songwriters for The Children… are Michael Wiener (vocals/lyrics), Jim Coleman (electronics and various instruments) and Phil Puleo (drums, acoustic guitar and various instruments).
Other core...
Albums Of The Week: Meatbodies | Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Meatbodies’ latest undertaking and borderline lost album, Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom, is their most varied and realized work to date. It’s a melodic, hook-filled rock...
Albums Of The Week: Moor Mother | The Great Bailout
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “How do you engage the stunning, evocative, haunting gift that is Moor Mother’s latest album The Great Bailout? Only by following the trail of verbal...
Albums Of The Week: Taj Mahal | Swinging’ Live at The Church in Tulsa
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “With his latest release, Swingin’ Live At The Church in Tulsa, Taj Mahal adds to his legendary legacy with an extraordinary set recorded at the...
Albums Of The Week: Jad Fair | Film Music + 100 Songs (A Master...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Can an indie punk legend create his most epic work a half century into his career?
As productive as Guided By Voices and Buckethead are, neither...
Albums Of The Week: Jon Langford & The Bright Shiners | Where It Really...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Jon Langford has been in more bands than you have digits — and that's true even if you were born with a few extras!
His CV...
