Albums Of The Week: Belle and Sebastian | What To Look For In Summer

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “All live records are a time capsule to some extent, but Belle and Sebastian’s What To Look For In Summer is perhaps a bit more...

Next Week in Music | March 20-26 • New Books

Dark Side's 50th birthday party continues, Tupac goes to the joint, Taylor and Bon are back in the bio spotlight, R.E.M. and Spirit's catalogues are ready for browsing —...

Albums Of The Week: Amoeba Teen | Amoeba Teen

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The self-titled album from Stourbridge, England's Amoeba Teen is the followup to their acclaimed 2019 release Medium Wave. It features 10 fresh new tracks including...

Fireside Collective | Elements

THE PRESS RELEASE: "A quintet who cheerfully disregard every kind of one-dimensional label that might be attached to their music, Fireside Collective has been on a roll since emerging...

Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History

THE PRESS RELEASE: "Shabaka & The Ancestors was formed in 2016; Shabaka Hutchings had been flying to Johannesburg to play with trumpeter/bandleader Mandla Mlangeni, who connected him to a...

Albums Of The Week: John Lennon | John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band: The...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band was John Lennon’s first post-Beatles solo album, so interest was high to see what he would do with his...

Now Hear This: Guiss Guiss Bou Bess | Set Sela

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "It is always a challenge to modernize a traditional recipe, and even harder to find a place for it in the contemporary world. But Guiss...

Classic Album Review: Captain Beefheart | Dust Sucker

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):   It’s been two decades...

Classic Album Review: Nelly | Nellyville

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):   Countless performers have come...

Classic Album Review: India.Arie | Voyage to India

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):   Instant fame and fortune...

The Darkness | Easter is Cancelled

WHO ARE THEY? The ridiculous British retro-rock ensemble led by tight-trousered screamer-guitarist Justin Hawkins, a man who makes Freddie Mercury seem like Barry White. WHAT IS THIS? Their sixth studio...

Classic Album Review: Zwan | Mary Star Of The Sea

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):   The two questions I’ve...

Albums Of The Week: Hayden | Are We Good

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hayden — the legendary Toronto indie-folk rock fixture whose heartrending songs are a soundtrack to coming of age — has just released Are We Good,...

Drab City | Good Songs for Bad People

Speaking of people, let's start there: Drab City is the latest collaboration between oOoOO’s Christopher Dexter Greenspan and Islamiq Grrrls’ Asia (the duo previously released the album Faminine Mystique...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

Long before it was a Top 40 radio station in the nation's capital, Ottawa's CFMO was an easy-listening station. My parents often chose it — not because they liked...

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