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...
Albums Of The Week: Son Of Dave | Call Me King
Son Of Dave is moving up in the world. And it's about goddamn time.
Last year, the itinerant bluesman released his ninth album Call Me A Cab. (Everybody say it...
Albums Of The Week: Wet Leg | Wet Leg
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Wet Leg’s debut single Chaise Longue — delivered with dry wit, a Mean Girls nod and A thumping indie-disco beat — turned it into a...
Albums Of The Week: Jack White | Fear Of The Dawn
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Earlier this year, Jack White announced his plan to release two new studio albums in 2022 — his first new full-length collections in over four...
Now Hear This: Christian Blunda | Funky Punks in Space
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Socially distanced and feeling the party-pooper pinch of the ‘pandemonic’, Christian Blunda (also known as Mean Jeans’ singer and guitar slinger Billy Jeans) hardly recognized...
Back Stories | My 2012 Interview With John Prine
I was lucky enough to speak to John Prine back in 2012, shortly after he turned 65. He was every bit as charming, dry-witted and openhearted as you'd expect...
Back Stories | My John Prine Concert Review From 2012
Back in 2012, I reviewed John Prine in concert. It turned out to be one of the most popular live reviews I ever wrote, based on the number of...
Now Hear This: Romero | Turn It On!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The debut full-length from Melbourne, Australia’s Romero is a burst of hard hitting, punk-laced power-pop. Well informed by the classics and every bit as relevant-as-it-is...
Classic Album Review: Neil Young | Are You Passionate?
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):
To borrow a line...
