Now Hear This | Sparkle Division | To Feel Embraced
I ran out of time and words before I ran out of music to write about this week. So strictly speaking, this isn't a review — but it's definitely...
Now Hear This | Oliver Tree | Ugly is Beautiful
I ran out of time and words before I ran out of music to write about this week. So strictly speaking, this isn't a review — but it's definitely...
Now Hear This | The Shaggs | Shaggs’ Own Thing
I ran out of time and words before I ran out of music to write about this week. So strictly speaking, this isn't a review — but it's definitely...
Now Hear This: Blossoms | In Isolation
I ran out of time and words before I ran out of music to write about this week. So strictly speaking, this isn't a review — but it's definitely...
Now Hear This | Liza Anne | Bad Vacation
I ran out of time and words before I ran out of music to write about this week. So strictly speaking, this isn't a review — but it's definitely...
Stonebirds | Collapse and Fail
It's been a few weeks since I heard a new stoner-rock album. That's weird; typically, a few land in my in-box every week — almost always from Europe for...
Headcat 13 | Headcat 13
What's in a name? Not much this time. At least, not anymore. Metalbilly supergroup Headcat were originally named after the primary bands of its better-known members: Motörhead singer-bassist Lemmy...
Jeffrey Dahmer and the Dalai Lama | Shorter! Shitter! (New Songs; Same Shit)
A month or so ago, I added the debut album from these fantastically named Australian punks to the upcoming listings. Within a day or two, one of them emailed:...
Morse / Portnoy / George | Cov3r to Cov3r
With a lineup that includes former members of Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Ajalon and other prog-rock outfits, it's no wonder this supergroup featuring keyboardist Neal Morse, drummer Mike Portnoy...
Nick Waterhouse | Live at Pappy & Harriet’s: In Person From the High Desert
Van Morrison. Ray Charles. Mose Allison. Georgie Fame. James Hunter. That's a pretty impressive roster. And now you can add another name to that list: Nick Waterhouse. The California...
Jesse Dayton | Gulf Coast Sessions
The actual Gulf Coast may be out of reach for the foreseeable future. But you don't have to wait to get your hands on this party-hearty EP of blues,...
John Foxx & The Maths | Howl
Why wait for Ultravox to reunite again? Original frontman John Foxx continues to keep the old flame alive with his fifth solo album Howl. These eight tracks of synth-driven...
Louis Jucker & Coilguns | Play KraÌŠkeslottet (The Crow’s Castle) & Other Songs from...
Near as I can tell, singer-bassist Louis Jucker and his bandmates in Swiss noise-rock outfit Coilguns have about half a dozen different bands and musical configurations between them. Some...
PJ Harvey | Dry Demos
If you believe the cliche, a good song will still hold up even if it's played solo on an acoustic guitar, without any fancy production, arrangements, instrumentation or other...
Jerry Garcia & John Kahn | GarciaLive Volume 14, Jan. 27, 1986: The Ritz
I am sure even Jerry Garcia had his off nights. But this wasn't one of them. Joined by nimble, melodic bassist John Kahn, The Grateful Dead singer-guitarist and spiritual...
