Of Monsters And Men | Fever Dream
WHO ARE THEY? The decade-old Icelandic folk-pop quintet led by singer-guitarists Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson, rounded out by three other members with equally troublesome names.
WHAT IS THIS?...
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana | Tall, Dark & Handsome
WHO IS HE? The criminally underappreciated 78-year-old Texas blues icon who has gigged with everyone from Howlin' Wolf to Lightnin' Hopkins, been covered by Emmylou Harris and The Blues...
Rayland Baxter | Good Mmornin
WHO IS HE? The alt-country singer-songwriter whose father is veteran Nashville pedal steel player Bucky Baxter — and who has blazed his own unique path through three studio albums...
Lloyd Cole | Guesswork
WHO IS HE? The revered British singer-songwriter who led The Commotions for most of the ’80s before backing away from pop stardom for the artistic freedom of a lower-profile...
Kaiser Chiefs | Duck
WHO ARE THEY? The long-serving, chart-topping British pop-rockers fronted by singer Ricky Wilson, Kaiser Chiefs have never managed to duplicate their success and popularity on this side of the...
Sugar Ray | Little Yachty
WHO ARE THEY? The ’90s band who transformed from a rap-rock and nu-metal band into a pop outfit after scoring a left-field hit with Fly — much as frontman...
Spoon | Everything Hits At Once: The Best of Spoon
WHO ARE THEY? Austin's beloved, long-running indie-rock cult heroes, Spoon are fronted by singer-guitarist Britt Daniel and anchored by drummer Jim Eno.
WHAT IS THIS? A compilation of singles and...
Various Artists | Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Soundtrack
WHO IS HE? You mean Quentin Tarantino? Oh, he's nobody special — just the most influential filmmaker of the last 25 years or so, thanks to groundbreaking and indelible...
Robbie Robertson’s Sinematic Tops This Morning’s Album Announcements
Robbie Robertson will always be best known as frontman of rock legends The Band. But since their demise a generation ago, he's also carved out a respected career for...
Cooper & Lanegan Top Today’s F***storm of Album Announcements
A rock legend reconnects to his roots, an indie-rock powerhouse flexes new muscles and some Aussie oddballs keep it weird in today's tsunami of additions your fall music calendar.
Let's...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From July 23, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums and compilations from Grand Funk, Ween and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them...
Short Subjects | Three Recent 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...
Next Week in Music | July 22-28 • 160 New Releases Headed Your Way
It's another one of those weird weeks: There are a shit-ton of new albums, EPs and singles dropping this week, but aside from Chance the Rapper’s debut album The...
Next Week in Music | July 22-28 • New Books
If I'm not listening to music, writing about music, or watching music, I'm usually reading about it. But now, I could also be colouring music! And so could you....
Next Week in Music | July 22-28 • Music on TV
There are only a few artists gracing the airwaves this week — but at least a few of them seem fairly interesting. Here's the lineup:
Monday
Tal Wilkenfeld | Jimmy Kimmel...
