Charlie Parker | The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection
THE PRESS RELEASE: "The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection spotlights Charlie Parker’s groundbreaking bebop sessions for the legendary jazz label Savoy, spanning 1944 to 1948. The deluxe, four-LP box set...
Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts | The Sonet Anthology
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Their name may have made them sound more like rock ’n’ roll revivalists, but during the late ’60s and early ’70s, Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts...
Ars Nova | Fields of People: The Recordings 1968-1969
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Fields of People: The Recordings 1968-1969 is a new re-mastered 2-CD anthology featuring all of the recordings by the American psychedelic / progressive band Ars Nova...
The Allman Brothers Band | Trouble No More 50th Anniversary Collection
THE PRESS RELEASE: "When Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Jaimoe, and Gregg Allman finally coalesced in 1969 as The Allman Brothers Band, after stints in other...
Indigo Girls’ Look Long Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Some days, you just have to work with what you've got. Case in point: Indigo Girls announced today that their latest album Look Long will arrive April 24. Am...
Gang of Four | This Heaven Gives Me Migraine
WHO ARE THEY? The legendary British post-punk survivors who first formed in 1976, borrowed their handle from a Chinese political faction, and gave the world slashing, sharp-angled classics like...
Today Is The Day | No Good To Anyone
WHO ARE THEY? The long-running Nashville noise-rock doom-merchants founded and fronted by singer-guitarist and songwriter Steve Austin (not to be confused with the stone cold rassler or the Six...
Robert Cray Band | That’s What I Heard
WHO IS HE? The versatile, veteran blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitar hero who has five Grammy Awards — which is not bad for the guy who reportedly played bass in...
Wasted Shirt | Fungus II
WHO ARE THEY? A dynamic duo featuring insanely prolific L.A. singer-guitarist Ty Segall — who is apparently on a quest to set the world record for band memberships —...
Gord Sinclair | Taxi Dancers
WHO IS HE? The former bassist and songwriter from universally beloved (and now disbanded) Canadian rock legends The Tragically Hip.
WHAT IS THIS? His first solo album — and perhaps...
Dud Of The Week: James Taylor | American Standard
WHO IS HE? Sweet Baby James. The sensitive singer-songwriter who's seen fire AND rain — and who knows you've got a friend. The soft-centered folkie who got signed to...
Album Of The Week: Nova Twins | Who Are The Girls?
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South, a high-powered London grime-punk duo who have been around since 2014, touring behind the likes of Wolf Alice, Fever...
Danzig, Earle, Purple & Wainwright Top Today’s Album Announcements
Most days, there's one important/cool/exciting/weird/etc. album to write about in this space. Today it's a four-way tie. So instead of trying to wrap them all together into some pithily...
D.O.A.’s Treason Tops Today’s Album Announcements
I have said it before. I am saying it again. If there's any musician in this country who has earned the Order of Canada, it's D.O.A.’s fearless leader Joey...
Jazz Sabbath’s Long-Lost Debut Tops Today’s Album Announcements
The devil, as they say, is in the details. And musical parodies don't come much more detailed (or more devilishly clever) than Jazz Sabbath. Supposedly an ill-fated trio who...
