Rewinding October | The Top Box Sets
At this time of year, the box sets start to come thick and fast. Before I dig into this week's offerings (R.E.M. and Bob Dylan, for those keeping score...
Rewinding October | The Top Live Albums
I saw a ridiculous headline recently that said something like, "Live Albums Are Irrelevant, So Why Do People Keep Making Them?" That was about the dumbest thing I've heard...
Rewinding October | The Top Rap & Hip-Hop
Between one thing and another, I haven't had time to check out a lot of new rap and hip-hop albums this month. Hell, I still haven't found time to...
Rewinding October | The Top Blues, Soul & Roots
Van the Man picked up his pen in a big way. The North Mississippi Allstars got on a new roll. The Avetts played politics and made it personal. The...
Labrinth’s Imagination & The Misfit Kid Tops This Morning’s Album Announcements
Labrinth is having a moment right now. Over the past year, the British artist and producer not only created the excellent soundtrack to HBO’s edgy teen drama Euphoria, but...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Oct. 29, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Sporty Spice, Bryan Ferry, Smithereens, Slipknot and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Tame Impala Top Today’s Album Announcements
Not to rush you, but it might be about time to put a new Tame Impala album on your wish list. Kevin Parker’s psychedelic outfit will drop their fourth...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 28-Nov. 3 • The Short List: 3 New...
It's that time of year when the box sets, anthologies, reissues and compilations start to outnumber the new releases. This week, I've got three big new titles and three...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 28-Nov. 3 • The Long List: 180 Releases...
Compared to last week's tsunami of releases — and the even-bigger wave coming later this month — this week's list is pretty average, with a mere 180 albums, EPs...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 28-Nov. 3 • New Books
It's another big week for folks who like to read as well as listen, with a slew of moving memoirs, eye-popping photo books and retrospectives on bands, albums, scenes...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 28-Nov. 3 • On TV
This week: Miranda Lambert makes the rounds, Coldplay hit SNL, Wu-Tang storm Stephen Colbert and more. Tune in, turn on and rock out to these artists:
Monday
Kesha | Jimmy Kimmel...
James Brown | Live at Home With His Bad Self
WHO IS HE? Soul Brother No. 1. The Hardest-Working Man in Show Biz. The Godfather of Soul. Mr Dynamite. Mr. Please Please Please. Mr. Excitement. Inmate Number 155413. And...
Swans | Leaving Meaning
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-guitarist, founder, frontman, chief songwriter, sole permanent member and mostly benevolent dictator Michael Gira — along with the latest super-sized incarnation of his ever-changing experimental ensemble...
Airbourne | Boneshaker
WHO ARE THEY? The world's greatest AC/DC tribute band — next to the most recent touring version of AC/DC with Axl Rose, perhaps.
WHAT IS THIS? The Melbourne ouftit's fifth...
Guided by Voices | Sweating the Plague
WHO ARE THEY? Uncle Bob Pollard — aka The Most Prolific Dude in Indie-Rock — and his latest basement band of drinking buddies.
WHAT IS THIS? GBV's 29th studio album in...
