Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A new album celebrating the extraordinary work of multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and activist Yoko Ono, Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono was imagined and...
Catholic Action | Celebrated By Strangers
THE PRESS RELEASE: "The Scottish Album of the Year Award-nominated Glasgow quartet Catholic Action return with their sophomore album Celebrated by Strangers. New single One Of Us packs a...
Albums Of The Week: Swans | The Beggar
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Beggar was recorded and mixed at Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, engineered by Ingo Krauss and mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin. The...
Submission Accomplished: Ryan Summers | Undo Influence
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's another recent must-hear...
Albums Of The Week: Gogol Bordello | Solidaritine
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This is music of survival and perseverance. That’s always been our main driving force,” declares Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz about their new album Solidaritine....
Albums Of The Week: Stöner | Boogie To Baja
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If the name Stöner seems a little on the nose, well... it is. Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri, founding members of the stoner-rock legend Kyuss,...
Classic Album Review: Art Tatum | The Definitive
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):
Maybe it’s because most...
Albums Of The Week: Friko | Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “An essential new addition to Chicago’s long lineage of forward-thinking indie rock, Friko — singer-guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger — transform every song...
Murray A. Lightburn | Hear Me Out
"I’ve changed my ways," Murray A. Lightburn insists midway through Hear Me Out. That's fair enough. And he's not just talking about that middle initial in his name. On...
Rewinding 2021 | World Music
It's not a small world after all. It's a big-ass planet with more music than any one person could ever hope to hear — never mind compare and contrast...
Classic Album Reviews: James Thomas | Beefsteak Blues / Big Joe Williams | No...
This came out in 1998 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Despite being the cornerstone...
This Week’s Live Album Roundup | Frank Turner, Jerry Garcia & The Hold Steady
Undergoing severe concert withdrawal? The music biz is here to help with another slate of excellent live recordings. This week: Frank Turner finds a new way to tell some...
Classic Album Review: The D4 | 6Twenty
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):
New Zealand is the...
Classic Album Review: Biz Markie | Weekend Warrior
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):
It only makes sense...
Classic Album Reviews: G Unit | Beg for Mercy / Westside Connection | Terrorist...
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):
It’s the eternal conundrum...
