Next Week in Music | Nov. 11-17 • New Books
From Aerosmith to Zappa and John Mayall to John Cage, this week's literary offerings really run the gamut. Read all about it:
Blues From Laurel Canyon: John Mayall: My Life...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 11-17 • On TV
Sleater-Kinney visit James Corden, Harry Styles does double duty on SNL, Jeff Goldblum tickles the ivories for Jimmy Kimmel, and another dozen or so musical artists compete for you...
Tom Of England | Sex Monk Blues
WHO IS HE? Restess and rebellious DJ Tom Bullock, who does indeed hail from Britain, and has a globetrotting resume that includes stints with Tonka Hi-fi in England, Wicked...
The Kinks | Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) 50th...
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-guitarist and songwriter's songwriter Ray Davies, his eccentric lead-guitarist brother/longtime nemesis Dave and their late ’60s bandmates, who were collectively the most successful and influential British...
Beautiful Dudes | Radio
WHO ARE THEY? A quartet of alt-rock everymen from the hinterlands of Nevada City, Calif. And before you get the wrong impression, their ironically narcissistic handle was actually bestowed...
Nico Duportal & The Sparks | Dog, Saint & Sinner
WHO ARE THEY? A Parisian singer-guitarist who plays the blues so perfectly you'd think he hails from Paris, Texas — and spent years studying at the feet of Doug...
Gang Starr | One Of The Best Yet
WHO ARE THEY? Boston's legendary hip-hop duo of MC Guru and DJ Premier, who are "duelling again and ruling again" — despite the fact that Guru died in 2010...
The Stooges | The Stooges 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
WHO ARE THEY? Living legend Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott (Rock Action) Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander. AKA Four Detroit dum-dum boys-turned-demigods who could barely play their...
Ozzy’s Ordinary Man Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Ozzy Osbourne has risen again. Finally. The Prince of Darkness has announced that he's completed his first solo studio album in a decade — the ironically titled Ordinary Man....
Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith | Mummer Love
WHO ARE THEY? A multi-disciplinary meeting of minds between legendary punk poet Patti Smith and the experimental NYC/Berlin duo Soundwalk Collective.
WHAT IS THIS? The second instalment in a triptych...
Allen Stone | Building Balance
WHO IS HE? The least likely soul singer in existence — a white, blonde-tressed hippie who is also a minister's kid from rural Washington State and got his start...
Simply Red | Blue Eyed Soul
WHO ARE THEY? British singer-songwriter and sole permanent member Mick Hucknall — who is both the world's second-most-popular musical ginger and a self-confessed sex addict who once claimed to...
Kele | 2042
WHO IS HE? The singer-guitarist and leader of long-running British post-punk indie-rockers Bloc Party — who generally drops his last name Okereke for his extracurricular activities.
WHAT IS THIS? His...
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders | Get the Money
WHO ARE THEY? The on-again, off-again (but mostly just off) side project led by longtime Foo Fighters drummer (and former Alanis Morissette sideman) Taylor Hawkins, accompanied by his latest...
FKA Twigs | Magdalene
WHO IS SHE? The British artist formerly known as Tahliah Barnett, who also went by the handle Twigs until a similarly named pop group complained — though she has...
