Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • New Books
Rock-star bios, graphic novels, scholarly tomes, coffee-table photo collections and more: It's a big week for books about music. Read all about it:
To Feel the Music: A Songwriter's Mission...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • On TV & At The Movies
I know you like to watch. So here's a list of the musicians who will be singing for their supper next week on the boob tube and on the...
Black Star Riders | Another State of Grace
WHO ARE THEY? The British hard-rock quintet that evolved out of the latest touring version of Thin Lizzy, featuring the band's longtime lead guitarist Scott Gorham and Phil Lynott soundalike...
NRBQ | Turn On, Tune In
WHO ARE THEY? The beloved cult heroes and eternal underdogs of the unclassifiable musical institution formerly known as The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (originally Quintet) — who first...
Those Pretty Wrongs | Zed For Zulu
WHO ARE THEY? The combined forces of two indie-rock veterans: Big Star drummer/Ardent Studios CEO Jody Stephens and singer-guitarist/musical journeyman Luther Russell, who has worked with everyone from Jakob...
Rheostatics | Here Come the Wolves
WHO ARE THEY? The beloved Canadian indie-rock foursome of Dave Bidini, Dave Clark, Martin Tielli and Tim Vesely, who reunited and returned to active Rheostatics duty in 2016 after...
Tinariwen | Amadjar
WHO ARE THEY? The long-running collective of Tuareg bluesmen who hail from the Sahara Desert region of Northern Mali — and whose shapeshifting lineup seemingly changes as constantly and...
Miles Davis | Rubberband
WHO IS HE? The greatest trumpet player who ever lived (sorry, Wynton). The musical visionary who changed the entire course of jazz. Then did it again. And again after...
Death Cab For Cutie | The Blue EP
WHO ARE THEY? The veteran Washington alt-rock and indie-pop outfit founded and fronted by singer-guitarist Ben Gibbard — and named after a song by the legendary Bonzo Dog Band.
WHAT...
Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding
WHO IS HE? The face-tattooed (and pretty much everywhere-else-tattooed) rapper and singer-songwriter whose real name is Austin Richard Post.
WHAT IS THIS? His third studio album in less than three...
Chrissie Hynde With The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble | Valve Bone Woe
WHO IS SHE? The leader and sole permanent member of the great Pretenders. The unmistakable vocalist with arguably the greatest contralto and most expressive vibrato in rock. And the...
The Highwomen | The Highwomen
WHO ARE THEY? Country music's newest supergroup and self-described "collaborative movement" is this all-female ensemble featuring newly minted Grammy magnet Brandi Carlile, veteran songwriter Natalie Hemby, country-popster Maren Morris...
Iggy Pop | Free
WHO IS HE? The streetwalkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm. The runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb. The king of The Stooges. The godfather of punk. The...
Indie Roundup | 14 Numbers You Need This Thursday
Airbourne shake it up, Tami Neilson gets on board, New Pornographers fall in love, Patrick Watson dreams on, Enforcer sail on and more in today's Roundup. And now, it's...
Swans, Danny Brown Top Today’s Album Announcements
What do Swans and Danny Brown have in common? You already know the answer: They both announced new albums on Thursday. Detroit rapper Brown's uknowhatimsayin¿ drops on Oct. 4,...
