Classic Album Review: Junior Brown | Mixed Bag

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):   You can’t complain about...

Classic Album Review: Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz | Duces ’N Trayz: The Old...

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):   Another month, another Snoop...

Classic Album Review: Usher | 8701

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):   A year ago, when...

Classic Album Review: The Crystal Method | Tweekend

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):   Remember Big Beat? It...

Classic Album Review: Big in Japan | Destroy the New Rock

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):   Their name is obviously...

Classic Album Review: The New Year | Newness Ends

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):   Once upon a time...

Classic Album Review: Low + Dirty Three | In the Fishtank

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 concept is intriguingly...

Classic Album Review: Frenzal Rhomb | Shut Your Mouth

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):   I have no idea...

Classic Album Review: 2nd Gen | Irony Is

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):   Electronica seems to have...

Classic Album Review: Diecast | Day of Reckoning

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):   Proof once again that...

Next Week in Music | Aug. 9-15 • The Short List: 4 Titles You...

There's an old saying in business: Don't introduce new products in August. Well, that isn't stopping these artists from putting their new albums up for sale. Now we just...

Next Week in Music | Aug. 9-15 • The Long List: 280 Releases On...

Your latest upcoming albums list is brought to you by the words Live, World, Light, Good, Still and Feel. That all sounds pretty positive, doesn't it? Fingers crossed that...

Next Week in Music | Aug. 9-15 • New Books

There's nothing like lazing away a summer day outside with a good book. If you still haven't got around to it this year, better hurry: September isn't far off....

Next Week in Music | Aug. 9-15 • On TV

Now that the Olympics are over, the chat shows are slowly returning to business as usual. Emphasis on slowly: Most of next week's listings still weren't posted when I...

20 Questions With Coral Moons

Coral Moons sound right at home on their brand-new album Fieldcrest. And no wonder — the up-and-coming Boston band's debut long-player takes its title from the street that singer-songwriter...

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