Back Stories | My 1999 Interview With Paul Westerberg
What can I say about Replacements singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg that hasn't already been said far more eloquently by far more talented writers than me? Well, I can say this:...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 18-24, 2019 • 150 New Releases Coming Your...
Don't tell me there's no good new music — there are more than 150 releases due in the next seven days. Here's my exhaustive list: Mark your calendars and...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 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...
Next Week in Music | Feb. 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 | Feb. 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 books due this week:
BIOGRAPHIES
Malcolm...
Cass McCombs | Tip of the Sphere
Some artists write songs that make the whole world sing. Cass McCombs writes songs that could make the whole world shut up and listen — if he could get...
Queen Zee | Queen Zee
When Iggy Pop calls you "strange ... dirty ... weird (and) crazy," you know you're doing something right. Truth be told, gender-bending Liverpool glam-punks Queen Zee are doing plenty...
Robert Ellis | Texas Piano Man
"I'm f---ing crazy," asserts Robert Ellis by way of introduction on his latest album Texas Piano Man. As opening lines go, it's definitely an attention-getter. And perhaps even a...
Jon Fratelli | Bright Night Flowers
This is not the Jon Fratelli you're thinking of. Except that it is. Confused? So is anyone who buys this disc expecting to hear the rambunctious pop-rock Jon crank...
Long Ryders | Psychedelic Country Soul
It's been a long time coming. More than three decades, in fact. For those keeping score at home, we last heard new studio tracks from paisley cowpunks The Long...
Czarface & Ghostface Killah | Czarface Meets Ghostface
The latter is arguably The Wu-Tang Clan’s most colourfully creative, unstoppably prolific and collaboratively daring member. The former is an underappreciated hip-hop supergroup co-starring producer 7L, rapper Esoteric and...
Dale Watson | Call Me Lucky
You can call Dale Watson lucky if you want. And he's undoubtedly had some good fortune over the years — like being born with a rich set of well-deep...
J.S. Ondara | Tales of America
The American Dream doesn't get much better than this. Six years ago, 20-year-old Nairobi native J.S. Ondara won a Green Card lottery and moved to Minnesota — where he...
Tedeschi Trucks Band | Signs
"I don’t always love music that tries to be this brand-new discovery every time," Derek Trucks told me in 2016. "A lot of my favourite music is from bands...
Broken Social Scene | Let’s Try the After Vol. 1
Don't get too excited, Broken Social Scene fans. Let's Try the After Vol. 1 is not the Toronto collective's followup album to 2017's Hug of Thunder. It's just a...
