Short Subjects | Three Recent EPs That Won’t Waste Your Time
There's a good reason major-label music releases taper off in the summer: Most people have better things to do than sit and listen to a jillion albums. With that...
Now Hear This: Lulu And The Broadsides | Lulu And The Broadsides
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “For more than two decades, over the course of a career that took her around the world and back again, singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz circled back...
Now Hear This: Birds Of Maya | Valdez
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A long era of dull ringing and nothing else in our ears is over. Once again, winds of warm guitar and humid thunderheads of bass...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 18-24 • The Long List: 225+ Releases On...
Another week, another whack of new music. Govern yourself accordingly:
Akbal × Kheyzine | Cour Des Grands
Marc Almond | The Stars We Are Expanded Edition
Alpine Decline | For The Betterment...
Now Hear This: Lothar & The Hand People | Machines: Amherst 1969
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Lothar And The Hand People emerged as one of the earliest pioneers to mix electronics into rock, incorporating theremin and synthesizers into their sonic onslaught. Led...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Indie-Pop Releases
Most major-label pop is aimed at kids. Fortunately, the indie ranks tend to aim a little higher. Here are the best offerings I came across this week, in order...
Albums Of The Week: Combustible Edison | Forbidden Isle Of Demos
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “It's a sonic apéritif! Specifically, this is the apéritif that started the album that helped start the cocktail and exotica rebirth of the ’90s! It’s...
Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Mick Fleetwood And Friends Celebrate The Music...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Legendary drummer Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-a-kind concert honouring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green which...
Classic DVD Review: Bryan Adams | Live at Slane Castle
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
MAIN COURSE: A high-energy...
Classic Album Review: The Lowest of the Low | Nothing Short of a Bullet
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):
For the past few...
Redd Kross | Beyond the Door
WHO ARE THEY? One of indie-rock's most influential and critically beloved outfits. A group that Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore once dubbed "the most important band in America," and others...
Albums Of The Week: Los Calvos | .​.​.​Y Que Calvos!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If the first album from Venezuela’s Los Calvos, despite its greatness, could be considered to have a varied sound, then this second and lamentably final...
Classic Album Review: Belle & Sebastian | Sing Jonathan David
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
It’s all too easy...
Now Hear This: Mexican Institute Of Sound | Distrito Federal
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Mexican Institute Of Sound’s latest album is a love letter to Distrito Federal, now CDMX. It features collaborations with: Dan The Automator (Gorillaz), Graham Coxon...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 15-21 • On TV
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise the curtain on Raise The Roof, Courtney Barnett does it in the daytime, Saweetie pours some sugar on SNL, the legendary Dion and...