Classic Album Review: The Human League | Secrets
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):
Don’t you want them...
Classic Album Review: ShelleyDevoto | Buzzkunst
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):
No, it’s not the...
Next Week in Music | April 11-17 • The Short List: 4 Titles You...
Last week was Bandcamp Friday. Yesterday was probably the biggest release date of the year so far. And April 23 is Record Store Day. But right now we're in...
Next Week in Music | April 11-17 • The Long List: 250 Releases On...
Today's birthday greetings go out to Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer (who turns 63) and Eels leader Mark Everett (59), rapper Q-Tip (52) and singer Mandy Moore (38). That...
Next Week in Music | April 11-17 • New Books
“No Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones,” The Clash vowed back in 1977 (the song and the year). Toss in Bob Dylan, David Bowie and a few more usual...
Next Week in Music | April 11-17 • On TV
Sometimes less really is more. Exhibit A: Next week's televised musical offerings. With most of the late-night talking heads on holiday, the list of upcoming performers is woefully short....
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
By the time I released my second Area Resident album, I had a pretty good peek behind the curtain when it comes to how my favourite albums came to...
Albums Of The Week: Aerosmith | 1971: The Road Starts Hear
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Aerosmith’s 1971: The Road Starts Hear is a landmark early recording made with Joe Perry’s Wollensak reel-to-reel tape machine, either in the band’s Boston rehearsal...
Albums Of The Week: Kae Tempest | The Line Is A Curve
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Line Is A Curve is about letting go,” says Kae Tempest of their fifth studio album. “The core of the record is that the...
Albums Of The Week: Lucius | Second Nature
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Acclaimed indie-pop band Lucius have returned with their highly anticipated fourth release. Produced by Dave Cobb and Brandi Carlile, Second Nature is a portrait of...
Albums Of The Week: Pavement | Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal + Spit On A...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pavement’s Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal is an exhaustive 45-track set featuring the remastered original 1999 album, along with B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, era-appropriate live...
Albums Of The Week: Calexico | El Mirador
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Calexico’s Joey Burns and John Convertino return in 2022 with their luminous 10th studio album El Mirador, a hopeful, kaleidoscopic beacon of rock, bluesy ruminations...
Albums Of The Week: The Linda Lindas | Growing Up
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Linda Lindas first played together in a pickup new wave cover band assembled by Kristin Kontrol (Dum Dum Girls) for Girlschool LA in 2018...
Albums Of The Week: Envy Of None | Envy Of None
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Envy Of None is the new band debut album from the supergroup of the same name — featuring guitarist Alex Lifeson (Rush), bassist Andy Curran...
Albums Of The Week: Father John Misty | Chloe And The Next 20th Century
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Father John Misty returns with Chloë And The Next 20th Century, his fifth album and first new material since the release of God’s Favorite Customer...
