Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • The Short List: Four Releases I...
Upcoming albums generally fall into two categories for me: The Ones I Care About, and The Ones Everyone Else Cares About. This week offers a fine example of that...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • The Long List: 130 Releases On...
Well, we're over the hump. Record Store Day Black Friday is in the rearview. The holiday shopping season has begun. And most of the major music releases have arrived....
Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • On TV
Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks make the rounds, DaBaby stays up late enough to catch SNL, and Kacey Musgraves and Pentatonix spread the ho-ho this week on the tube....
Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • New Books
Still looking for a few last-minute additions to your holiday reading list — or shopping list? Here are this week's arrivals:
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
By Andrew Grant Jackson
THE...
The Prime Movers Blues Band | The Prime Movers Blues Band
WHO ARE THEY? An obscure ’60s blues-rock band from Ann Arbor, Mich., The Prime Movers are best known today for the fact that their lineup included a young drummer...
The Eminent Stars | Bumpin’ On
WHO ARE THEY? An old-school R&B and southern soul combo who sound like they're from New Orleans — but actually hail from Amsterdam (and have a drummer named Toon...
Bad Juice | Stack-O-Lee And Ten Other American Tales
WHO ARE THEY? A self-described "hillbilly urban blues two-men band" of two French brothers who play guitar and drums — though these recordings also feature keyboards, bass and other...
Frontier Folk Nebraska | Freaks
WHO ARE THEY? You might think their name gives away their game, but you'd be a sucker: Contrary to all verbal cues and logic, FFN are not outlier folkies...
Gloo | A Pathetic Youth
WHO ARE THEY? A raw-powered, vaguely grungy punk power trio from the seaside resort of Littlehampton, England.
WHAT IS THIS? A reissue of their deservedly acclaimed 2018 indie album —...
Omar Souleyman | Shlon
WHO IS HE? The Syrian wedding singer, farmer and international dance-music phenom who never seems to be seen or photographed without his trademark headscarf, dark glasses and moustache —...
The Police | Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-bassist and Tantric sex enthusiast Sting, drummer/nemesis and token American Stewart Copeland and inoffensive middle-man guitarist Andy Summers — AKA the biggest British band of the...
Anyway Gang | Anyway Gang
WHO ARE THEY? A Can-Rock supergroup (if such a thing is even possible) featuring four of the country's finest pop-rock frontmen: Veterans Sam Roberts and Chris Murphy of Sloan,...
Various Artists | Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits
WHO ARE THEY? An impressive lineup of female vocalists including Rosanne Cash, Patty Griffin, Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer, Aimee Mann, Pheobe Bridgers, Corinne Bailey Rae and more.
WHAT IS...
The Flaming Lips | The Soft Bulletin Recorded Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
WHO ARE THEY? The fearlessly freaky, artfully psychedelic and mind-bendingly theatrical Oklahoma oddballs fronted by corkscrew-maned frontman/ringleader Wayne Coyne.
WHAT IS THIS? The first official live release of their three...
Pologize Says Sorry Kid, I Think Your God Is Dead On Latest Single
Pologize sends his regrets on the new single sorry kid, i think your god is dead — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
A smouldering head-trip that hits the darkly sweet spot...
