The Black Keys | ‘Let’s Rock’
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, two childhood pals from Akron who started a scrappy garage-blues duo that gradually smoothed out their rough edges with...
Black Midi | Schlagenheim
WHO ARE THEY? Four math-rock rule-breakers, noisy non-conformists and exciting experimenters from London who are this week's biggest, buzziest British band — and one of the few acts that...
Drivin N Cryin | Live the Love Beautiful
WHO ARE THEY? The hard-hitting, shape-shifting southern alt-rock vets fronted by singer-guitarist Kevn Kinney.
WHAT IS THIS? The 34-year-old band's breathtakingly powerful and devastatingly thought-provoking ninth studio album — which...
Mark Ronson | Late Night Feelings
WHO IS HE? The stepson of Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones, the youngest intern in the history of Rolling Stone Magazine, and — more to the point — the Midas-touched...
Willie Nelson | Ride Me Back Home
WHO IS HE? The Red-Headed Stranger. AKA Shotgun Willie. AKA Booger Red. AKA The Ambassador to Weedville. AKA Sister Bobbie’s Little Brother. AKA Trigger's Master. AKA The World's Oldest...
Hollywood Vampires | Rise
WHO ARE THEY? The L.A. hard-rock supergroup featuring Shock Rock O.G. and alcohol-turned-Republican golf addict Alice Cooper, Aerosmith guitarist and eternal Steven Tyler frenemy Joe Perry, actor-musician and semi-professional...
The Raconteurs | Help Us Stranger
WHO ARE THEY? Former White Stripes leader, sometime Dead Weather guitarist and current Third Man Records mini-mogul Jack White’s indie-rock supergroup with fellow Nashville singer-guitarist Brendan Benson and The...
The Hold Steady Top This Morning’s New Album Announcements
Looks like it's going to be another big day for new-album announcements. Within an hour this morning, I already had a slew of them to compile — topped by...
Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • 150 New Releases Headed Your Way
It's another one of those odd weeks in the new-music game. While there are more than 150 albums, EPs and singles dropping between now and next Friday, only a...
Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • New Books
If you're like me — and heaven help you if you are — you're probably reading about music when you're not listening to it. Here are the latest titles to...
Next Week in Music | June 17-23 • 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...
The Jackets | Queen of The Pill
WHO ARE THEY? A ferocious garage-punk power trio hailing from Bern, Switzerland (of all places), The Jackets are fronted by mascara-loving female singer-guitarist Jack Torera — and deservedly endorsed...
Mattiel | Satis Factory
WHO IS SHE? Mattiel Brown, a Georgia-born indie singer-songwriter who toiled until recently as art designer for the mass-marketing email company Mailchimp.
WHAT IS THIS? Her sophomore collection of songs...
Kate Tempest | The Book of Traps and Lessons
WHO IS SHE? The 33-year-old London poet, playwright, novelist and spoken-word performer who has also carved out an unlikely career as an acclaimed and respected musical artist in her...
The Minus 5 | Stroke Manor
WHO ARE THEY? The loose alt-rock collective centered around singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Scott McCaughey, a Pacific Northwest cult hero and eccentric popster whose resume includes bands like Young Fresh...
