Fantastic Negrito | Please Don’t Be Dead
Fantastic Negrito is "kind of a superhero," his alter-ego Xavier Dphrepaulezz told me a couple of years ago. Well, he's certainly got the origin story for it. In the...
Eamon McGrath | Tantramar
There is no shortcut to greatness. There is only the long haul. Eamon McGrath knows. Or at least he should; it's clearly the path the singer-songwriter has been treading...
Dirty Projectors | Lamp Lit Prose
David Longstreth's lamp may be strong enough to illuminate his work. But one spin of his eighth Dirty Projectors album will confirm that the warm, soul-nourishing glow enlightening his...
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | The Roxy July 7, 1978
"All you bootleggers out there in radioland: Roll your tapes!" Bruce Springsteen boisterously cracks midway through this legendary club set. Naturally, said tapers were only too happy to oblige....
Boz Scaggs | Out of the Blues
Boz Scaggs gave me the lowdown on his new direction back in 2010 — before even he truly saw it coming. "I'm exploring some different styles of music now,"...
Beautiful Losers | Bob Seger’s Greatest Misses
Artists seldom make the best judges of their own work. Or their own legacies.
Take Bob Seger and his early releases. Based on interviews the Detroit rocker has given over...
Anthroprophh | Omegaville
This is not your grandaddy's power trio. Not unless your pop-pop worshipped at the well-worn altars of Hawkwind, The Stooges, MC5, Butthole Surfers, The Damned, Jimi Hendrix and Can....
Underworld & Iggy Pop | Teatime Dub Encounters
As an entertainment reporter, I used to go on my share of movie junkets. You'd fly to L.A. or New York, usually for a weekend, preview some upcoming films...
Tropical Fuck Storm | A Laughing Death in Meatspace
Just like Smucker's, Monkey Pus and Painful Rectal Itch, Tropical Fuck Storm have a name so awful they've got to be good. And oh man, are they ever. Formed...
03 Greedo | God Level
Jason Jamal Jackson has had an eventful summer. He turned 31. He dropped his umpteenth album, God Level, the most acclaimed and accomplished release from his latest rap alter-ego...
Evil Blizzard | The Worst Show on Earth
It's all about that bass, baby. And that bad, bad craziness. If you haven't already had the perverse pleasure, it's high time you braced yourself for the one and...
