Next Week in Music | June 15-21 • New Books
Indie-rock kings, Chicago blues queens, punk-rock jesters, the one and only Prince — and plenty of guitars getting the royal treatment. They're all here for your perusal this week....
John Craigie | Asterisk the Universe
The rugged looks. The denim clothes. The moody countenance. At first glance, John Craigie looks like your garden-variety folk singer-songwriter — except maybe with a ’60s pop influence, based...
The Explorers Club | The Explorers Club / To Sing And Be Born Again
How do you like your ’60s pop? Freshly squeezed or reconstituted? Either way, The Explorers Club has it on tap. The nostalgic Nashville outfit doubles down on its vintage...
Nihiloxica | Kaloli
Let there be drums. Specifically, intoxicating, hypnotic African drums. They're what anchors the sound of Ugandan outfit Nihiloxica on their full-length debut Kaloli. But they're not the only element...
Electric Mob | Discharge
Pop quiz, hotshot: Name your favourite classic rock bands. If your list includes Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Montrose, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Soundgarden or any band with a screechy frontman,...
Orgöne | Mos/Fet
Got 20 minutes or so to spare? Good. That will give you just enough time to listen to the opening (or the closing) track from these French psychedelic space-rockers'...
Drab City | Good Songs for Bad People
Speaking of people, let's start there: Drab City is the latest collaboration between oOoOO’s Christopher Dexter Greenspan and Islamiq Grrrls’ Asia (the duo previously released the album Faminine Mystique...
Richard Davies & The Dissidents | Human Traffic
Every sideman has his day eventually. Today it's Richard Davies’ turn. The singer-guitarist — not to be confused with his Supertramp namesake — has worked with the likes of...
Disheveled Cuss | Disheveled Cuss
Nick Reinhart gets around. The singer-guitarist of L.A.'s Disheveled Cuss has worked with everyone from Death Grips and Best Coast to Portugal. The Man — along with leading his...
Sammy Brue | Crash Test Kid
Sammy Brue isn't old enough to drink legally in some of the venues where he has performed, I suspect. But even at the tender age of 18, the Utah...
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....
The Sounds | Things We Do For Love
Do these female-fronted Swedish pop-rockers ring a bell? They had a hit a couple of decades ago with the song Living In America. Well, now The Sounds are back...
Naeem | Startisha
You might remember him as acclaimed electro-rapper Spank Rock. But these days, Naeem Juwan apparently wants to make a name for himself. And he should have no problem, thanks...
Larkin Poe | Self Made Man
Reverence or reinvention? That is the question — the eternal question — for artists trying to work and create in traditional genres. But few solve the problem as creatively...
Mondo Cozmo | New Medicine
If you're gonna call yourself Mondo Cozmo, you really need to rock out sometimes. And for Josh Ostrander, that time has come. And not a moment too soon. On...
