Next Week in Music | Aug. 15-21 • New Books
And then there were three. Yep, it's true: There are only a trio of new music tomes this week — and none of them is about Elvis Presley, The...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From July 21, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from The Stooges, Mötley Crüe and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them back...
Sultans Of String Bring Refuge Project To Silver Screen
Sultans Of String invite you to watch their feature film Sultans Of String: The Refuge Project Visual Album – a pandemic project that has won accolades at the Cannes...
Concerted Efforts | Five New Live Albums To Tide You Over
I have a confession to make: I really don't miss concerts all that much. Especially not the bits that involve waiting in long lines, getting ripped off and standing...
DIY Discovery | Jas Frank & the Intoits
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there’s nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to the latest instalment...
The Howl & The Hum | Human Contact
How do you like your Brit-rock bands? Cranking out massive, mighty and majestic arena-sized anthems like U2? Wearing their hearts on their sensitive-boy sleeves a la Coldplay? Or getting...
Classic Album Review: Terrorvision | Shaving Peaches
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
These days, it seems...
Next Week in Music | January 30 – February 5 • The Long List:...
Monday will be the 54th anniversary of The Beatles’ final performance on the roof of their Apple building in London. Perhaps you've heard of it. Either way, feel free...
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...
Gang of Four | Happy Now
Happy has never been Gang of Four’s default setting. Or even an option most of the time. And lately, it would seem to be an even-less-likely scenario. The political...
Albums Of The Week: Andrew W.K. | God Is Partying
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Internationally acclaimed musician Andrew W.K. marks another extraordinarily intense chapter in his fabled and perplexing tenure as a pop culture icon with his fifth rock...
Next Week in Music | March 29 – April 4 • The Long List:...
For the optimists out there, this week's Long List has been brought to you by the words light, over, love, best and life. For the pessimists, it's also brought...
Thunder Pie | Slightly Blue Comets Up for Anything
“Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I...
Canada’s Teen Jam Wants You
Some of the best, most innovative musical acts ever started out when they were merely teens – The Runaways, Strokes and Arctic Monkeys, to name just a few – and...
Albums Of The Week: The Len Price 3 | Chinese Burn Deluxe Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Weaned on the raw, passionate, two-minute tunes of The Who, The Kinks, and The Clash, The Len Price 3 are a high-energy garage combo from...
