Classic Album Review: Andrew W.K. | I Get Wet

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):   I don’t know what...

Classic Album Review: Chris Isaak | Always Got Tonight

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):   Lately it seems that...

Classic Album Review: Kasey Chambers | Barricades & Brickwalls

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):   Listening to Kasey Chambers’...

Classic Album Review: Great Big Sea | Sea of No Cares

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):   A band does not...

Classic Album Review: Stina Nordenstam | This is Stina Nordenstam

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):   With her jazzy leanings...

Classic Album Review: The X-Ecutioners | Built From Scratch

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):   If you want to...

Classic Album Review: DJ Swamp | Never is Now

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 his day job,...

Classic Album Review: Cornel West | Sketches of My Culture

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):   In the ’60s, rapping...

Classic Album Review: Burnt by the Sun | Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution

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):   Burnt by the Sun?...

Classic Album Review: Josh Rouse | Under Cold Blue Stars

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):   The realization comes about...

Classic Album Review: Destruction | The Antichrist

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):   If subtlety and nuance...

Classic Album Review: Megadeth | Killing is My Business … And Business is Good!...

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):   In 1985, the four...

20 Questions With Opal Canyon

Sometimes, two heads really are better. Case in point: Opal Canyon’s Debra DeMuth and Dave Houghton. The folksy Massachusetts duo met in 2012 when budding singer-songwriter DeMuth went to...

Next Week in Music | Feb. 14-20 • The Short List: 10 Titles You...

Riff-raff and Swamis. Mutants and Automatons. Catchers and Cowboys. Oceans and Bridges. Pikes and Powers. Next week's new releases are a real ragtag bunch. See for yourself:   Catcher The Fat Of...

Next Week in Music | Feb. 14-20 • The Long List: 330+ Releases On...

When I started writing about music back in the previous millennium, this time of year was a dead zone. Not any more — as you can see from this...

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