Sheryl Crow | Threads
WHO IS SHE? Michael Jackson’s former backup singer. The onetime leader of the Tuesday Night Music Club. The woman who once claimed all she wanted to do was have...
Tool | Fear Inoculum
WHO ARE THEY? The artsy, psychedelic prog-metal band from L.A. whose music is almost as complex as iconoclastic frontman Maynard James Keenan — though perhaps less complicated than his...
Pink Floyd’s The Later Years Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Love Pink Floyd but hate Roger Waters? You're in luck: The band's latest gargantuan box set will be right up your alley. The Later Years, which arrives Nov. 29,...
Back Stories | My 2011 Interview With Liam Gallagher
Does it feel like it's been 10 years since Oasis broke up? Because it has been. Exactly 10 years, as a matter of fact. On Aug. 28, 2009, years...
Back Stories | My 2008 Interview With Noel Gallagher
Does it feel like it's been 10 years since Oasis broke up? Because it has been. Exactly 10 years, as a matter of fact. On Aug. 28, 2009, years...
Short Subjects | Four Indie EPs That Won’t Waste Your Time
There's a good reason major-label music releases taper off in the summer: Most people have better things to do than sit and listen to a jillion albums. With that...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Aug. 27, 1999
Two decades ago, new and old albums from Guy Smiley, Supersuckers, Tricky and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 26 – Sept. 1 • The Short List:...
Last week it was all about Taylor Swift. This week, Lana Del Rey will dominate the action with her album Norman Fucking Rockwell. But unlike T.Swizzy, she's got some...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 26 – Sept. 1 • 150 New Releases...
There are more than 150 albums, EPs and singles being released between now and Friday. But don't worry; things will pick up after Labour Day, when the music biz...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 26 – Sept. 1 • New Books
You only have a few more days of summer reading left. Good thing there are only a couple of interesting music-related books due this week:
Pop Science: Serious Answers to...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 26 – Sept. 1 • Music On TV
Just like last week, nearly all the late-night and daytime talk shows are airing reruns. So you can watch most of the performers below right now online. Or not....
The Hollywood Stars | Sound City
WHO ARE THEY? A long-forgotten band of ’70s Sunset Strip rockers who were originally assembled by notorious impresario Kim Fowley as a West Coast version of The New York...
Crobot | Motherbrain
WHO ARE THEY? A hard-grooving, hard-hitting hard-rock outfit that came roaring out of small-town Pennsylvania nearly a decade ago.
WHAT IS THIS? Their third set of arena-sized anthems forged from...
The Atom Age | Cry ’Til You Die
WHO ARE THEY? Your next favourite band: A high-octane Oakland sextet that serves up sweaty, swaggering R&B-fuelled punk (or punk-fuelled R&B, depending on your perspective) — with saxophone!
WHAT IS...
Sheer Mag | A Distant Call
WHO ARE THEY? A female-fronted Philadelphia foursome that combines classic guitar-driven rock ’n’ roll with a punky lyrical ethos.
WHAT IS THIS? Their sophomore full-length, which arrives two years after...
