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...
Luther Russell | Medium Cool
To borrow a line from Craig Finn of The Hold Steady: I'm not old. I'm old-school. (Actually, I'm both. But you get the drift.) I think albums are better...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 25-March 3, 2019 • 110 Releases Coming Your...
There are more than 110 albums, EPs and singles being released next week. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things change at...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 25-March 3, 2019 • Birthdays & Anniversaries
I wouldn't want to live in the past. But I still like to visit every now and then. Here are the musical birthdays we'll be celebrating and the anniversaries...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 25-March 3, 2019 • Music on TV
I know you like to watch. So here's a list of the musicians who will be singing for their supper next week on the boob tube. Of course, everything...
Motorpsycho | The Crucible
With some albums, less is more. With others, more is more. And with Motorpsycho’s The Crucible, both are somehow true at the same time. But perhaps only because the...
Drenge | Strange Creatures
Strange but true: These British indie-rockers first gained widespread notoriety when an MP recommended them in his resignation letter several years ago. Not sure about his politics, but there's...
Datarock | A Fool At Forty Is A Fool Indeed
Datarock aren't fooling around. Less than a year after their return to form album Face the Brutality, the tracksuited Norwegian new wave throwbacks are back with new material. The...
Julia Jacklin | Crushing
Is Julia Jacklin crushing on a new love? Or is an old one crushing her soul and spirit? The simple answer: Yes.
On Crushing, the outstanding followup to her acclaimed...
Murray A. Lightburn | Hear Me Out
"I’ve changed my ways," Murray A. Lightburn insists midway through Hear Me Out. That's fair enough. And he's not just talking about that middle initial in his name. On...
