Back Stories | My 2008 Interview With Ray Davies
Back in 2008, I was fortunate enough to speak to the one and only Ray Davies over the phone. As usual with print interviews, much of what I wrote...
Rewinding March | The Best Reissues & Anthologies of The Month
Out with the new and in with the old. For some reason I've never totally understood, March always brings a slew of box sets, anthologies, compilations and reissues. Here's...
Rewinding March | The 33 Best Albums of The Month
For me, March is when the new year really begins. The Sun is out, the snow is melting, the days are longer, and everyone and everything comes out of...
Next Week in Music | April 1-7, 2019 • 120 New Releases Headed Your...
There are more than 120 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 | April 1-7, 2019 • New Books
It's a big week for music fans who know how to read — especially those who also happen to love CSNY, Kurt Cobain and Justin Bieber. Here's the lowdown:
Serving the...
Next Week in Music | April 1-7, 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 | April 1-7, 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 tube. Of course, everything here...
Logic | Supermarket (Soundtrack)
The very existence of a soundtrack to a novel would seem to defy logic. Unless you're Logic. The ambitious Maryland rapper's fifth full-length (and first of two albums slated...
The Mekons | Deserted
California, here they come. Light-years where they started from. Legendary British musical collective The Mekons recorded Deserted, their first new album of original material in eight years, at bassist/producer...
Ty Segall & Freedom Band | Deforming Lobes: Live
Unless I missed something, it's been almost three months since Ty Segall put out an album. For the absurdly prolific 31-year-old L.A. singer-guitarist — who released six full-length discs...
Marvin Gaye | You’re The Man
What a difference almost half a century makes. Or not. "Politics and hypocrites ... turning us all into lunatics," Marvin Gaye sings to the U.S. president on his 1972...
Son Volt | Union
That's Union as in State of The Union. And spoiler alert: It ain't good. Not in Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar's considered opinion, anyway. The veteran singer-guitarist's ninth studio...
SubmitHub Finds For Friday, March 29
Eye of Doom, Baby FuzZ, Excuse Me, Little Triggers, Neo Noir, Pleasure Craft, Hannah Stewart and Jesper Hasnaoui are in the SubmitHub spotlight today. If you'd like to add...
Gang of Four | Happy Now
Happy has never been Gang of Four’s default setting. Or even an option most of the time. And lately, it would seem to be an even-less-likely scenario. The political...
Frank Zappa | Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
It's gross and perverted. It's obsessed and deranged. It has existed for years. But very little has changed. Until now. Four decades after its arrival, sardonic rock iconoclast Frank...
