Classic Album Review: Calexico | Feast of Wire
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This fourth album from...
Classic Album Review: Iron Maiden | Dance Of Death
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Galloping drumbeats. Harmonized and...
Classic Album Review: Kraftwerk | Tour de France Soundtracks
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There was a time...
Classic Album Review: Billy Talent | Billy Talent
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Talent may be the...
Classic Album Review: The Darkness | Permission To Land
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There are countless glam...
Classic Album Review: Limp Bizkit | Results May Vary
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“I’m underneath the gun,”...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 25 – Oct. 1 • The Short List:...
Wilco introduce their cousin, ’68 make it up as they go along, Johnny Dowd ponders the afterlife, Blonde Redhead gather ’round the table, Green Day drop a giant Dookie,...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 25 – Oct. 1 • The Long List:...
It happened 32 years ago today. On a Tuesday.
All was quiet on the Sunset Strip. The longhaired, Spandex-clad metal dinosaurs were fat, arrogant and sleepy. They didn't notice the...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 25 – Oct. 1 • New Books
Pro tip: If you're going to go interview a bunch of rich old white guys for your next book and ignore women, people of colour and everybody else, don't...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 25 – Oct. 1 • On TV
Wake up with Ed Sheeran and Barenaked Ladies (or Paul Rodgers, depending on your age and/or preference), catch Chance The Rapper here and there, watch more country stars give...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Dark Side of the Moon Redux
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually really looking forward to Roger Waters’ re-imagining of Dark Side Of The Moon. We've had an opportunity to hear the...
Thunder Pie | Three Rainbows On A Stringer
Early on, in the first years of the unfolding 1980’s, when my world was simple and plain and lean, I recall walking up on this older guy at the...
Now Hear This: Corinne Bailey Rae | Black Rainbows
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Black Rainbows is a musical project inspired by the objects and artworks collected by Theaster Gates at the Stoney Island Arts Bank in Chicago.
Situated at...
Albums Of The Week: Jeshua Marshall | The Flood
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Most artists will tell you that they sing about what they feel. Jeshua Marshall lives the music that he sings. From the time he was...
Albums Of The Week: Pkew Pkew Pkew | Siiick Days
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pkew Pkew Pkew might be one the most criminally underrated bands in North America. Hailing from Toronto, this pop-punk four-pack of party-loving delinquents have spent...
