Classic Album Review: Propagandhi | Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes
This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):
If there’s one band I never expected to hear...
Albums Of The Week: The Murlocs | Rapscallion
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The sixth full-length from The Murlocs, Rapscallion is a coming-of-age novel in an album form, populated by an outrageous cast of misfit characters: Teenage vagabonds...
Anyway Gang | Anyway Gang
WHO ARE THEY? A Can-Rock supergroup (if such a thing is even possible) featuring four of the country's finest pop-rock frontmen: Veterans Sam Roberts and Chris Murphy of Sloan,...
Classic Album Reviews: The Ramones | Loud, Fast: Their Toughest Hits / Marky Ramone...
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):
Don’t get me wrong:...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Aug. 11, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from Halford, Nelly, Dave Alvin and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them back...
Albums Of The Week: Marianne Faithfull | The Montreux Years
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Instantly recognizable with her raw, varied vocal talents and tangible charisma, Marianne Faithfull has been a long-time friend of the Montreux Jazz Festival, appearing five...
Albums Of The Week: Tedeschi Trucks Band | I Am The Moon: IV. Farewell
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Farewell — the final record in the groundbreaking studio release by Tedeschi Trucks Band, I Am The Moon — concludes a remarkable adventure and new beginning...
Box Sets Of The Week: Grateful Dead | American Beauty 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "By any measure, 1970 was a high-water mark for The Grateful Dead. Hot on the heels of the incredible success of Workingman’s Dead that summer,...
Classic Album Review: Gordon Downie | Coke Machine Glow (Limited Edition)
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):
Ah yes, the eternal...
Classic Album Review: Xzibit | Restless
This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):
Just what the doctor ordered — Dr. Dre, that...
Hearing Things | Here’s Hearing Things
It was a lousy night to be working a case. The rain was pounding the pavement harder than a flatfoot with fallen arches, coming down so heavy that anybody...
Next Week in Music | May 27-June 2 • 150 New Releases Headed Your...
It's an interesting week for new music: While there are more than 150 albums, EPs and singles on the docket, big-name artists are pretty much AWOL (except for a...
Albums of The Week | Waylon Payne | Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer,...
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Magic happens when everything comes together like it’s supposed to — when the joys and the pain, the triumphs and the missteps all click into place...
Albums Of The Week: Lee Fields | Sentimental Fool
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Legendary soul singer Lee Fields’ Daptone Records debut and first new album in three years, Sentimental Fool was produced by Daptone founder Bosco Mann —...
Albums Of The Week: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Petrodragonic Apocalypse; Or,...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard rock out on their 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and...
