Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Aug. 6, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Macy Gray, Kristin Hersh, Basement Jaxx and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Elliott Smith Reissues Top Today’s Album Announcements
Today would have been Elliott Smith’s 50th birthday. It's hard to believe he's already been gone for 15 years. And of course, it's impossible to imagine everything the singer-songwriter...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 5-11 • 110 New (& Old) Releases Headed...
It's a long weekend, so I'm not going to take up a bunch of your time (and mine) with a lot of blah-de-blah about new music. The short story:...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 5-11 • Music on TV
Something is going on in TV land this week — most of the major late-night talk shows say they'll have a "Special Guest TBA" on Thursday night. There's baseless...
Thobbe Englund | Hail to the Priest
WHO IS HE? Finnish guitar hero Thorbjörn (Thobbe) Englund, perhaps best known among metalheads as a member of Swedish power metal veterans Sabaton a few years back.
WHAT IS THIS?...
The Giraffes | Flower of the Cosmos
WHO ARE THEY? A hard-hitting indie-rock foursome from Brooklyn who have been in the trenches for more than 20 years — which makes them not just one of the...
The Drippers | Action Rock
WHO ARE THEY? A kick-out-the-jams Swedish power trio that proudly proclaims to be "Influenced by the shitty rock ’n’ roll of classic bands like The New Bomb Turks, Gluecifer,...
Grey Hairs | Health & Social Care
WHO ARE THEY? A descriptively (and only somewhat sardonically) named quartet of self-proclaimed "punk rock lifers" from Nottingham.
WHAT IS THIS? Their third full-length release in six years, and a...
School of Language | 45
WHO ARE THEY? Actually, they're a him: British indie singer-songwriter David Brewis, who may be better known as a member of Field Music, the long-running, Mercury Prize-nominated pop-rock duo...
New Pornographers’ In the Morse Code of Brake Lights Tops Album Announcements
Every artist ends up writing about cars at some point. Even The New Pornographers. The Vancouver indie-pop supergroup just announced that their upcoming eighth album will be titled In...
Shotgun Jimmie | Transistor Sister 2
WHO IS HE? The Canadian pop-rocker, charismatic singer-songwriter and former Shotgun and Jaybird co-founder with one of the coolest handles in music — at the very least, it's certainly...
Cherie Currie & Brie Darling | The Motivator
WHO ARE THEY? The dynamic duo of former Runaways frontwoman and rock survivor-turned-chainsaw artist Cherie Currie and former Fanny singer-drummer Brie Darling (nee Howard) — who met when the...
Garry Tallent | More Like Me
WHO IS HE? The longest-serving member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, bassist Garry Tallent — "the latest in a long line of Tallents," as Bruce has quipped in...
Davina & The Vagabonds | Sugar Drops
WHO ARE THEY? A retro-cool Twin Cities jazz-blues combo featuring superb singer-pianist Davina Sowers, a pair of horn players and a rhythm section.
WHAT IS THIS? Recorded in Nashville, Sugar...
Ty Segall | First Taste
WHO IS HE? The crazily prolific L.A. garage-rock singer-guitarist who has already released seven albums with his various bands over the past 18 months — which is probably about...
