Next Week in Music | March 4-10, 2019 • New Books
I couldn't read music if you put a gun to my head. But I have no trouble reading about music. Here are the biographies and books due this week:
Queen...
Spring Music Preview | 20 Albums I Totally Want to Hear (And 700 more...
Major comebacks, cool collaborations, posthumous releases, covers discs and more Steve Earle-related product than you can shake a turkey leg at — there's something for everybody in this spring's...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | The Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning...
Well, they couldn't have been any plainer with that title. Or more accurate, to be completely honest. The 38-song Best of Everything: etc., does indeed live up to its...
Tom Walker | What A Time to Be Alive
If the title of Tom Walker’s What A Time to Be Alive sounds familiar, it oughta: Drake used it for a 2015 mixtape, and Superchunk attached it to their...
Durand Jones & The Indications | American Love Call
There are countless bands and artists mining the same vein of old-school soul out there these days. But almost nobody strikes pure gold as frequently and successfully as Durand...
Hawksley Workman | Median Age Wasteland
Hawksley Workman has always been his own man. But he's never seemed quite as comfortable in his own skin as he is on Median Age Wasteland. Written and recorded...
Ryan Bingham | American Love Song
Ryan Bingham does not seem like a man who is halfway to being an EGOTist. Especially not on the cover of his sixth studio album American Love Song. As...
Rewinding February | The Best Albums of The Month
The shortest month of the year certainly wasn't short on great music. Here's an alphabetical list of the 15 best albums I heard during February, with links to my...
Bryan Adams | Shine a Light
No matter how you feel about Bryan Adams and his music, you have to hand it to the guy. He's somebody who knows exactly what he's good at: Crafting...
Hozier | Wasteland, Baby!
Five years ago, Hozier asked everyone to take him to church — and millions of fans around the world were happy to oblige. Then the Irish singer-songwriter born Andrew...
Royal Trux | White Stuff
Jennifer Herrema hasn't forgotten how to get the party started. Or how to act like a damn rock star. "This is the way it's supposed to be / Push...
Weezer | Weezer (The Black Album)
Sometimes it's hard not to feel just a little sorry for Weezer. After all, fans claim to love them. But every time they make an album, they seem to...
Solange | When I Get Home
I don't know about Solange, but I know what I do when I get home. I decompress. I get comfortable. I relax. I clear my mind. I recharge my...
Adia Victoria | Silences
When you listen to a couple of dozen new albums every week for a couple of decades, you can't keep track of everybody. At least I can't. So even...
Back Stories | My 1998 Interview With Royal Trux’s Jennifer Herrema
With notorious rockers Royal Trux poised to release White Stuff, their first studio album of new material in nearly two decades, this seems like a good time to resurrect...
