Next Week in Music | April 24-30 • On TV
The National bring Frankenstein to Fallon, They Might Be Giants drop in on Kimmel, Miranda Lambert moves some cookbooks, Harry Styles helps Corden call it a night, Devon Gilfillian...
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...
Albums Of The Week: Mattiel | Georgia Gothic
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In the humid foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a lover cracks an egg against a china rim and searches its gloss for meaning. Clocks tick...
Classic Album Review: Quasi | The Sword of God
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):
The family that plays...
20 Questions With Matt Morson
Matt Morson is true country. Don't take my word for it: True Country also happens the title of the Ontario singer-songwriter's latest single. And rightly so — Morson comes...
Classic Album Review: Catch 22 | Alone in a Crowd
This album came out back in 2001. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
No wonder these guys feel alone — they’re in a ska-punk...
Albums Of The Week | 5: DeWolff | Tascam Tapes
THE PRESS RELASE
"Our forthcoming album Tascam Tapes was recorded entirely on the road using nuthin but a cassette recorder from the 1980’s and some weird portable instruments like a...
Albums Of The Week: Poppy | Flux
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Flux marks yet another artistic leap for the ever-evolving musical polyglot Poppy, featuring a streamlined songwriting approach that puts her indelible earworm melodies at the...
Albums Of The Week: Johnny Cash | Bear’s Sonic Journals: Live At The Carousel...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968 is an historic and never-heard live concert recorded in San Francisco by innovative sound...
Album Of The Day: Sam Jr. | Sam Jr.
We are all the heroes of our own stories. So it only makes sense that guitarist Sam Jr. is the guitar hero of his. Finally.
After more than a decade...
Albums Of The Week: Greta Van Fleet | The Battle At Garden’s Gate
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After three years, a million concert tickets sold across five continents, four consecutive chart-topping singles, a Grammy Award, and performances on The Tonight Show and...
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...
Easy | Radical Innocence
These reunited Swedish vets advertise themselves as Scandinavia's answer to The Smiths. I hear that — especially in some of the more swoon-worthy jangle ballads. Though I would have...
Classic Album Review: The Knack | Get the Knack Expanded Edition
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):
Originally Released: At the...
Classic Album Review: Charles Mingus | The Very Best of
This album came out a couple of decades ago. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Even the liner notes to this compilation acknowledge that...
