Coldplay & Taylor Hawkins Top Today’s Album Announcements
Talk about the shot heard (and seen) ’round the world. Earlier today, this poster appeared in Sao Paulo subways — and spread across the Internet shortly thereafter. The old-timey...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Oct. 15, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Pet Shop Boys, Everything But the Girl, Melissa Etheridge and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 14-20 • The Short List: Seven Albums You...
The Kinkster and Clipping, Jimmy and Jim and another Jimmy, Dark Mark and Refused — who needs big-name major-label releases when you've got these options? Looks like seven is...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 14-20 • The Long List: 210 Releases On...
The days are getting shorter — but the new release lists are definitely getting longer. This week, there are more than 210 albums, EPs and singles dropping. Peep the...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 14-20 • New Books
Along with the usual assortment of rock-star memoirs and biographies, coffee-table photo collections and scholarly tomes, this week's extensive list boasts a first: A musical cookbook! Feast your eyes:
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Next Week in Music | Oct. 14-20 • On TV
It's one of those quiet weeks when most of the talk shows are on hiatus, so unless you're into reruns, your options are limited — but rest assured, what...
Los Pirañas | Historia Natural
WHO ARE THEY? An oddball instrumental indie-rock trio from Colombia, Los Pirañas are also something of a supergroup — assuming bands like Meridian Brothers, Chúpame el Dedo, Frente Cumbiero,...
Skarbø Skulekorps | Skarbø Skulekorps
WHO ARE THEY? A Norwegian contemporary jazz-rock septet that was formed by drummer and composer Øyvind Skarbø (which explains the first half of their name) and dresses in marching-band...
King Nun | Mass
WHO ARE THEY? A quartet of British post-punk upstarts who landed on my radar (and everyone else's) nearly a year ago with their outstanding EP I Have Love —...
Joseph Arthur | Come Back World
WHO IS HE? The veteran folk-rocker and visual artist who regularly releases magnificent solo albums, moonlights in supergroups with the likes of Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper, Peter Buck and...
QOTSA Vinyl Reissues Top Today’s Album Announcements
The best new stuff announced today? Old stuff — specifically, vinyl reissues of four classic Queens of the Stone Age albums. So if you've got a working turntable and...
Babymetal | Metal Galaxy
WHO ARE THEY? The colourfully kitschy Japanese kawaii metal duo of Su-Metal and Moametal, who remain one of the most wonderfully weird bands ever to emerge from Asia —...
Art Alexakis | Sun Songs
WHO IS HE? The singer-songwriter and — for the past 28 years — sole permanent member of post-grunge populists Everclear. The man who wrote the chart-toppers Santa Monica, Everything...
Elbow | Giants of All Sizes
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-guitarist Guy Garvey and his long-serving band of stylishly progressive alt-rock Mancunians — all of whom have been playing together nearly 30 years, but sadly remain...
Kim Gordon | No Home Record
WHO IS SHE? The former bassist and sometime vocalist of New York noise-rock pioneers Sonic Youth. The ex-wife of guitar terrorist Thurston Moore. The erstwhile member of Free Kitten,...
