Indie Roundup | 12 Songs For A Better Wednesday
RJD2 pull up, Pornohelmut ride the night, Arthur proves some men really are islands, Spinning Coin get high and more in today's Roundup. Anybody heard any good jokes lately?
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Mark Lanegan’s Straight Songs of Sorrow Tops Today’s Album Announcements
It's always a good day when Mark Lanegan announces he's putting out a new album. It's a better one when that announcement comes accompanied by a new song. And...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Feb. 18, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from McMaster & James, Travis, Fu Manchu, Ghostface, Zeke and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to...
Short Subjects | 8 New EPs That Won’t Waste Your Time
You're busy. I'm busy. Everybody's busy. So we don't always have time to sit down and take in a whole album of new songs. That's where a good EP...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 17-23 • The Short List: 10 Albums To...
For a couple of years now, an optical outlet in my local mall has maintained a weirdly large BTS shrine in the their display window, and plays videos of...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 17-23 • The Long List: 200 Releases On...
Another week, another 200 albums to put on your playlist. Hope you've got plenty of spare time.
Fred A. | De angst voorbij
Casey Abrams | Uncovered EP
The Amity Affliction |...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 17-23 • On TV & At The Movies
Americans are celebrating Presidents Day this week — insert your own snide political quip about impending dictatorships and/or socialist coups here — so it's a quiet week in late-night...
Against All Logic | Illusions of Shameless Abundance + 2017-2019
WHO ARE THEY? Actually, that pronoun should be he. Against All Logic is the alter ego and musical brainchild of New York electronic button-pusher and envelope-pusher Nicolas Jaar. If...
Posehn | Grandpa Metal
WHO IS HE? Comedian, actor, comic-book author, hulking nerd-behemoth and longtime headbanger fanboy Brian Posehn, whose credits include everything from The Big Bang Theory and The Sarah Silverman Program...
Le Butcherettes | Don’t Bleed
WHO ARE THEY? The aggressively artsy Texas-based garage-punk outfit fronted by singer-guitarist and songwriter Teresa Suárez Cosío aka Teri Gender Bender.
WHAT IS THIS? A seven-song EP of new originals...
The Third Mind | The Third Mind
WHO ARE THEY? A California supergroup featuring former Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin, Camper Van Beethoven bassist Victor Krummenacher and multi-instrumentalist David Immergluck, along with session drummer Michael Jerome (who...
Nelson, Benson, Go4 And More Top Today’s Album Announcements
Who loves you, baby? Well, Lukas Nelson does. Ditto Gang of Four, Brendan Benson, Kelis and even Rush — they all announced new albums or reissues today, just to...
Nathaniel Rateliff | And It’s Still Alright
WHO IS HE? The hirsute, big-lunged frontman of Denver soul-rockers The Night Sweats, who are still probably best know for their breakthrough hit S.O.B. and its intoxicating refrain: "Son...
Puss N Boots | Sister
WHO ARE THEY? The all-female, alt-country side-project supergroup formed by singer-songwriters Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper — who initially got together in 2008 so pianist Jones could...
Huey Lewis And The News | Weather
WHO ARE THEY? Pop-rock's most faceless superstars. Seriously. Think about it: Over the course of four decades, the San Francisco chart toppers fronted by the former Hugh Anthony Cregg...
