Submission Accomplished | 6 Recent Gems From The Digital Mailbag
Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page, I always have a digital backlog of albums, EPs, singles and videos awaiting my perusal. Here are the latest...
Next Week in Music | February 13-19 • New Books
Pink Floyd, Public Enemy, the Allman Brothers Band, New Order and Van der Graaf Generator: If next week's music books were a festival, I'd buy a ticket. Read all...
Curse The Son | Excruciation
Suicide By Drummer. That's the title of the opening track on Curse The Son’s fourth album Excruciation. You have to give these New Haven thugs a point for that....
Albums Of The Week: Murray A. Lightburn | Once Upon A Time In Montreal
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Once Upon A Time In Montreal is the third solo album from The Dears’ frontman Murray A. Lightburn — and the musical equivalent of a biopic...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 24-30 • New Books
As you can see from the picture at the top of this post, there's a new Little Richard biography coming this week. I never met the man. But I...
Pistol Annies | Interstate Gospel: The Four Commandments
Fans' prayers have finally been answered: Five years after the last Pistol Annies album, Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley have finally reconvened for their third studio release....
Thunder Pie | A Horse That Looks Hard At The Sun
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
— Toni Morrison
At the stoplight before I hook the...
Classic Album Reviews: Throwing Muses | Throwing Muses / Kristin Hersh | The Grotto
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):
Playing a new Kristin...
Now Hear This: Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto | Quatermass Seven
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Born in a Dalston basement, Quatermass Seven by Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto could only have been produced in the colourful streets of sprawling London....
Mini Pop Kids Take Flight Across Canada | Sponsored Post
Don’t miss your chance to Take Flight with Canada’s best-selling kid’s music group! The Mini Pop Kids are heading out on tour across Canada with their brand-new album.
The Mini...