Back Stories | My 2002 Interview With Mark Volman of The Turtles / Flo...
One fine day in 2002 (or perhaps early 2003), The Turtles came through town to play at the local casino (where else?). So naturally, I took advantage of the...
20 Questions With Alexis Lynn
Alexis Lynn shared her latest single I Can't Relate with me a couple of weeks ago. Today, the Vancouver pop singer and songwriter shares a little more of herself...
20 Questions With Moon
A few weeks back, the men of progressive electro-funksters Moôn were kind enough to launch their out-of-this-world single and video I Need To Know in these pages. Today, they...
Now Hear This | 10 Bandcamp Finds That Will Eat Up Your Sunday
I spent a couple of hours on Sunday morning sifting through more than 100 recent releases from artists and labels I follow on Bandcamp. I'd say it was time...
Next Week in Music | July 20-26 • The List: Nearly 400 Titles Headed...
Well, this is certainly a first. At least for me. There are nearly 400 new albums, EPs, singles and reissues arriving this week. But frankly — and surprisingly —...
Next Week in Music | July 20-26 • New Books
Two veteran sidemen step into the spotlight with new memoirs this week. And since their autobiographies are practically the only high-profile rock-related titles on the way, there's almost no...
Next Week in Music | July 20-26 • On TV
Three is usually the magic number. But this week, there are two televised musical performances — no more and no less — on the talk-show circuit most nights. I...
The Allergies | Say the Word
Nobody seems to love old-school soul, funk and R&B quite as much as the Brits. And nobody puts it all together — along with dashes of disco, rap, hip-hop,...
Silverbacks | Fad
Fads come and go. But creativity and craftsmanship never get old. You'll find plenty of both in the debut full-length from Dublin quintet Silverbacks. Despite its 900-pound gorilla of...
Sly & The Family Drone | Walk It Dry
Subtlety is for saps. Rehearsals are restrictive. Volume is an instrument. Chaos is the ultimate plan. And more is always better. U.K. extremists Sly & The Family Drone put...
The Ridiculous Trio | The Ridiculous Trio Plays The Stooges
Hands up, everybody who wants to listen to a tuba player, a slide-trombone virtuoso and a drummer unspool lumpy, lurching crash ’n’ bash instrumental covers of Iggy and The...
Illuminati Hotties | FREE I.H This Is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting...
"I’m always letting everyone down," claims studio rat singer-guitarist Sarah Tudzin midway through the latest release from her band Illuminati Hotties. I beg to differ. And I predict the...
S.G. Goodman | Old Time Feeling
Stunning. Soulful. Spellbinding. They're the words that spring to mind when you hear S.G. Goodman. Mostly that's due to the southern singer-songwriter's fantastic voice, which somehow manages to to...
The Lawrence Arms | Skeleton Coast
Yacht rock it ain't. But Skeleton Coast, the seventh studio set from Chicago's Lawrence Arms, is something equally disturbing: A pop-punk album with an aquatic theme. I am not...
The Texas Gentlemen | Floor It!!!
The Texas Gentlemen are one of those bands that you've undoubtedly heard — even if you've never heard of them.
Over the years, the long-serving Lone Star journeymen have backed...
