SubmitHub Finds For Monday, April 1
No April fools here. Meet False Heads, The Alpine Camp, Joe Benjamin, The Kindling, Codetalker, Josh Del, littleDEATH and Monster Florence — all courtesy of SubmitHub, the site where...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 20-26 • The Short List: 1 Title You...
Well, it doesn't get much quieter than this: I checked out all 50-some titles on next week's Long List and could only find one release worth checking out — and...
Arkells | Rally Cry
Some people have a natural sense of fashion. They can grab two or three pieces of clothing that don't belong together, slap them on and look like a million...
Albums Of The Week: Olivia Jean | Raving Ghost
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The third full-length from Olivia Jean, Raving Ghost is an album populated by mysterious characters in various states of danger: cursed lovers, doomed souls, women...
Albums Of The Week: Shabaka Hutchings | Afrikan Culture
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Acclaimed saxophonist, philosopher, bandleader, and musician Shabaka Hutchings — now professionally known as Shabaka for solo musical efforts — has released his first major label...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 31-Sept. 6 • The Short List: 4 Titles...
There might or might not be a new Lana Del Rey album arriving this week. It might or might not be called Chemtrails Over the Country Club. We'll just...
Albums Of The Week: Son Volt | Electro Melodier
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt’s Trace, the groundbreaking debut from the band he started...
Next Week in Music | March 27 – April 2 • The Long List:...
Happy 75th birthday to the one and only Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Instead of making one of my dumb jokes, I'll let you insert your own Dude Looks Like...
Classic DVD Review: The Who | The Kids Are Alright
This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Alright is a bloody...
Classic Album Review: Osker | Idle Will Kill
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 last time I...
Classic Album Review: Hootie & The Blowfish | Hootie & The Blowfish
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
I didn’t read the...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 17-23 • On TV
The late-night talkers are off this week — I presume some criminally rich thugs, rapists, drug abusers and wife beaters are doing vitally important things with a ball somewhere...
Classic Album Review: Gorillaz | G Sides
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):
Success can be the...
Now Hear This: Alias | Jozef
THE TRANSLATED & EDITED BIO: “Multi-instrumentalist, composer, dilettante, polymath, Emmanuel Alias ​​went through more than four paths before arriving at his eponymous rock-psychedelic project.
Coming from nine years of jazz...
Classic Album Review: Stompin’ Tom | An Ode for the Road
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):
Last Heard From: Stompin’...
