Ada Lea | What We Say in Private
WHO IS SHE? A Montreal indie-rock singer-songwriter who is also a painter and visual artist.
WHAT IS THIS? Her outstanding and distinctive debut album, which grew out of a tortuous...
Chinatown Slalom | Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
WHO ARE THEY? An up-and-coming Liverpool quartet who reportedly reside in a raucous party house down the street from where one of The Beatles grew up — which is...
Throwaway | What?
WHO ARE THEY? Remember The Gong Show? Remember The Unknown Comic? The guy who told jokes with a paper bag over his head? This is sorta like that. Except...
Wild Billy Childish & CTMF | Last Punk Standing
WHO ARE THEY? The ridiculously prolific English singer-guitarist — who is also a painter, writer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, rabble-rouser, iconoclast and all-around shit-disturber when he isn't making music with...
Violent Femmes | Hotel Last Resort
WHO ARE THEY? The Milwaukee folk-punk oddballs who debuted more than 35 years ago with the immortal cuts Blister in the Sun and Gone Daddy Gone — and who...
Brian Eno | Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks Extended Edition
WHO IS HE? The onetime Roxy Music keyboardist, longtime ambient soundscapist and visionary superstar producer of U2, Talking Heads, Devo and others — accompanied here by his multi-instrumentalist brother...
Mike Love | 12 Sides of Summer
WHO IS HE? The Beach Boys’ co-founding vocalist, longtime live frontman, frequently overlooked songwriting contributor and more outspoken yang to the introverted yin of cousin, collaborator and sometime competitor...
Replacements, Blink, Goo Goos & More Announce Upcoming Releases
It's another big day on the fall album calendar — assuming you care about new releases from pop-punk vets, singer-songwriter supergroups, Canadian country stars, classic rockers and pretty much...
Beyonce | The Lion King: The Gift
WHO IS SHE? The queen of all she surveys. And — more pointedly — the voice of leonine love interest Nala in this critically panned but commercially successful computer-animated...
Nas | The Lost Tapes 2
WHO IS HE? Nasir Jones, the Queensbridge rap legend who kicked off his recording career 25 years ago with the groundbreaking debut Illmatic — and went on to deliver...
Iggy Azalea | In My Defense
WHO IS SHE? Well, no wonder you've forgotten. It's been more than five years since provocative, swaggering Australian rapper Iggy Azalea released her debut The New Classic. Even in...
Iggy Pop’s Free Tops This Morning’s New Album Announcements
Your bout of post-Pop depression is officially over. Three years after Iggy Pop announced he was going to retire from recording, he's returning to active duty with a new...
Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day Tops Today’s Album Announcements
When is a debut album not really a debut album? When it's Chance the Rapper’s disc The Big Day. Sure, the disc (pictured above) will be the Chicago artist's...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From July 16, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Los Lobos, Lyle Lovett and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them back...
Wilco’s Ode to Joy Tops This Morning’s New Album Announcements
We could all use a little more joy in our lives. And Wilco are happy to oblige. Jeff Tweedy and his bandmates have announced their next album Ode to...
