More New Releases Than You Can Shake a Stick At
Most of the time it's not hard to keep up with the new-release announcements. The past couple of days, it's been almost impossible. Maybe people are trying to get...
Back Stories | My 2011 Interview With Randy Newman
Back in 2011, I was lucky enough to chat with one of my favourite artists — and arguably one of the finest songwriters of his (or any) generation: The...
Next Week in Music | June 10-16 • 150 New Releases Headed Your Way
There are more than 150 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 | June 10-16 • New Books
When I'm not listening to music, writing about music, or watching music on TV or online, I'm probably reading about it. Hmm. Maybe I need to expand my horizons....
Next Week in Music | June 10-16 • Music on TV
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. Of course, everything...
Various Artists | The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus: Expanded Edition
WHO ARE THEY? The World's Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Band, joined by friends and contemporaries like John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal...
The Grateful Dead | Aoxomoxoa 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
WHO ARE THEY? That band your old hippie uncle used to follow on tour.
WHAT IS THIS? A deluxe three-disc upgrade of their beloved third album. This package features the...
Sonic Youth | Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008
WHO ARE THEY? The now-disbanded but still rightfully beloved noise-rock titans from New York City.
WHAT IS THIS? The latest in a continuing series of archival live releases: Most of...
Prince | Originals
WHO IS THIS? The late, great musical genius formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
WHAT IS THIS? His previously unreleased demo versions of famous songs that were...
Rickie Lee Jones | Kicks
WHO IS SHE? The veteran singer-songwriter and former Tom Waits paramour who immortalized fellow L.A. troubadour Chuck E. Weiss in the 1979 boho-jazz chart-topper Chuck E.'s in Love.
WHAT IS...
Eagles of Death Metal | EODM Presents Boots Electric Performing The Best Songs We...
WHO IS HE? Singer-guitarist Jesse Hughes a.k.a. Boots Electric, the handlebar-moustached, aviator-shaded frontdude of retro-rock revivalists Eagles of Death Metal.
WHAT IS THIS? An irreverent collection of 13 classic-rock covers...
Northern Pikes | Forest of Love
WHO ARE THEY? The rootsy Saskatoon rockers and MuchMusic mainstays behind CanCon classics like She Ain't Pretty, Teenland and Girl With a Problem, among others.
WHAT IS THIS? Their first...
Jonas Brothers | Happiness Begins
WHO ARE THEY? The teen-pop trio of siblings whose posters adorned your sister's bedroom wall more than a decade ago.
WHAT IS THIS? Their comeback album after a six-year hiatus...
Neil Young & Stray Gators | Tuscaloosa
WHO ARE THEY? The notoriously mercurial singer-songwriter and his early ’70s Stray Gators band featuring pianist Jack Nitzsche, bassist Tim Drummond, drummer Kenny Buttrey and pedal steel/slide guitarist Ben...
Perry Farrell | Kind Heaven
WHO IS THIS? The shamanic Jane's Addiction / Porno For Pyros / Satellite Party frontman, Lollapalooza founder, agent provocateur and eccentric entrepreneur.
WHAT IS THIS? His first solo album in...
