Next Week in Music | Feb. 12-18 • The Short List: 18 Titles You...
Yep, you read that right. There are at least 18 decent albums coming down the pipe — and I didn't even include the big-name pop-chart drivel. Looks like things...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 12-18 • The Long List: 340+ Releases On...
Do you know where you were on the afternoon of Feb. 11, 2012? I do. I was covering the Grammys in Los Angeles. More specifically, I was watching Diana...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 12-18 • New Books
Ratt tales, Factory girls, Holiday memories, business lessons, Plant clippings, deep pockets and more new additions to your reading list:
World Infestation: The Ratt Story
By Greg Prato
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 12-18 • On TV
Killer Mike drops in on Stephen Colbert (without getting arrested, hopefully), Lil Dicky pops up for Kelly Clarkson, Brittany Howard, Gary Clark Jr. and Yard Act visit Jimmy Fallon,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Hall Passes & Fails
Rush waited 15 years to get into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. At the time, they were still an active, touring band with a new album out....
Thunder Pie | Q&A Vol. 1
Here it is, the very first Q&A session with myself that I’ve ever hosted. Hahaha. If that seems a bit whack to you, well, imagine how I feel. However,...
Albums Of The Week: Tinsley Ellis | Naked Truth
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “According to Atlanta blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Tinsley Ellis, his new, first-ever solo acoustic album Naked Truth is both “a departure and an arrival.”
Ellis has been...
Albums Of The Week: Split System | Vol. 2
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Naarm/Melbourne, Australia has been churning out reliable punk rock since the likes of The Chosen Few and Rowland S. Howard were kicking about in the...
Albums Of The Week: Pouty | Forgot About Me
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Forgot About Me is Rachel Gagliardi’s full-length debut under the name Pouty. The album was written and recorded throughout 2022 in Los Angeles and Philadelphia...
Albums Of The Week: Grande Mahogany | As Grande As
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Grande Mahogany is the alter ego of Finnish-Ghanaian guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Jesse Essel, who definitely sleeps with wah-wah pedals under his pillow.
Born and...
Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Hearts & Minds & Crooked Beats: Songs...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “People can change anything they want to, and that means anything in the world,” said Joe Strummer.
Benefiting the International Rescue Committee, the compilation Hearts &...
Albums Of The Week: David Nance | David Nance & Mowed Sound
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “David Nance and Mowed Sound, the first album by David Nance to be released on Third Man Records, cuts deep.
Memories sprout back, like the sounds...
Albums Of The Week: Helado Negro | Phasor
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Phasor is the tightest collection yet from Helado Negro’s Roberto Carlos Lange — deep, atmospheric, meticulously executed. It’s aligned with 2019’s This Is How You...
Albums Of The Week: Marcellus Hall | I Will Never Let You Down
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Marcellus Hall’s third solo album, I Will Never Let You Down, is a collection of infectious power-pop gems from the former frontman of blues-punk buzz...
Albums Of The Week: Ducks Ltd. | Harm’s Way
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ducks Ltd. make inviting and frenetic guitar pop for when life feels overwhelming. While the band’s songs are ostensibly breezy, a palpable anxiety boils underneath...
