Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Jan. 14, 2000
Two decades ago, albums and compilations from The Sopranos, Jesus Lizard, Veal and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Pearl Jam’s Gigaton Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Mondays are pretty much always a bitch. But Pearl Jam have made this one a little easier to get through by announcing that their 11th studio album Gigaton will...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • The Short List: Four Releases I...
In the market for some new sounds? Here are four of your best bets this week (in alphabetical order):
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
X: The...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • The Long List: 120 Releases On...
There are more than 120 albums, EPs and singles being released next week. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things change at...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • On TV
Stormzy storms The Tonight Show, Coldplay heat up Ellen, Mitski and Rainbow Kitten Surprise go to the Limits and more. Set your PVRs for these musical moments:
Monday
Saint Motel |...
Albums Of The Week | 1: Beach Slang | The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak...
THE PRESS RELEASE
"American rock & roll mainstay Beach Slang have released their most accomplished new album to date The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City. While James Alex has always...
Albums Of The Week | 3 & 2: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard...
THE PRESS RELEASE
"LIVE IN PARIS 19 & LIVE IN ADELAIDE 19 available to download on Bandcamp now!!! 100% of proceeds will go to Animals Australia & Wildlife Victoria for...
Albums Of The Week | 4: Pressure Cracks | This Is Called Survival EP
THE PRESS RELEASE
"Pressure Cracks features Jason Aalon Butler of Fever 333 / Letlive notoriety and ex-members of hardcore metal group Scars of Tomorrow. Started initially as a project amongst...
Albums Of The Week | 5: DeWolff | Tascam Tapes
THE PRESS RELASE
"Our forthcoming album Tascam Tapes was recorded entirely on the road using nuthin but a cassette recorder from the 1980’s and some weird portable instruments like a...
Albums Of The Week | 6: Circa Waves | Happy EP
THE PRESS RELEASE
"Circa Waves’ fourth studio album Sad Happy is due for physical release on March 13. An album of our times, Sad Happy is formed of two diametrically...
Albums Of The Week | 7: Field Music | Making A New World
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"Field Music’s new release is a 19 track song cycle about the after-effects of the First World War. But this is not an album about war and...
Albums Of The Week | 8: Just Joans | The Private Memoirs & Confessions...
THE PRESS RELEASE
"Acerbic yet winsome Scottish indie-poppers The Just Joans return with the dazzlingly maudlin The Private Memoirs and Confessions of the Just Joans, a deeply personal collection of...
Albums Of The Week | 9: Nixon Now | Whatsoever
THE PRESS RELEASE
"Welcome to Whatsoever! A carefully compiled album of unreleased stuff, live and compilation tracks from 1998 - 2018. It contains outtakes from all 3 albums, most of...
Albums Of The Week | 10: Las Cobras | Selva
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"Emerging out of the small Uruguayan city of Canelones, in 2017 a new band named Las Cobras released their debut recordings – a 9-track album called Temporal...
Albums Of The Week | 11: Devon Gilfillian | Black Hole Rainbow
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"At its core, Black Hole Rainbow is a hip-shaking album about love, on multiple levels. “The theme of the record is pulling yourself out of a dark...
