Playing Catchup | Three Recent Gems You Might Have Missed
Every week I get way more music than I can review. So whenever I get a minute, I try to go back and get caught up on some recent...
Upcoming Releases | March 20, 2019
It's been a big day for new music, with everyone from Mavis Staples and Broken Social Scene to Duff McKagan and Cate Le Bon unveiling album titles and release...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From March 19, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince Paul, Overkill and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to...
Next Week in Music | March 18-24, 2019 • 130 New Albums To Hear
There are more than 130 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 | March 18-24, 2019 • New Books
I couldn't read music if you put a gun to my head. But I have no trouble reading about music. Here are the biographies and other books due this...
Next Week in Music | March 18-24, 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...
Next Week in Music | March 18-24, 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...
Black Bombaim | Zone of Resident Bodies
Three has always been the magic number for Black Bombaim. But the Portuguese psychedelic-stoner-prog instrumental power trio take it to another level on their half-dozenth release Zone of Resident...
The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
Space may be the final frontier, if you're a Trekker. Or the place, if you believe Sun Ra. But really, it's just the starting point for The Comet is...
Hot Lunch | Seconds
Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters! And don't forget to wear flowers in your hair. That's the mixed (but mighty wild) music message Bay Area retro-rockers Hot Lunch...
Hearing Things | Here’s Hearing Things
It was a lousy night to be working a case. The rain was pounding the pavement harder than a flatfoot with fallen arches, coming down so heavy that anybody...
Chai | Punk
Punk, like beauty, is in the eye (or more likely the ear) of the beholder. For some, it's all about three chords played loud and fast and rabble-rousing vocals...
Tom Russell | October in the Railroad Earth
For some songwriters, it's all about the melodies. For others, it's the arrangements. For Tom Russell, it's all about the stories. Over the course of 30-some albums and 40-some...
Brian Jonestown Massacre | Brian Jonestown Massacre
After writing, recording and releasing 18 Brian Jonestown Massacre discs in 24 years — not to mention all the singles, EPs, soundtracks and side projects — you can't blame founder,...
Snarky Puppy | Immigrance
Every puppy has to grow up and calm down eventually. Even a Snarky Puppy. So, on their dozenth studio album Immigrance, the Grammy-winning jazz-fusion jam-band collective led by bassist,...
