Back Stories | Ranking The Van Halen Catalogue From Worst To First
I was so busy last week that I not only forgot to post this ranking of Van Halen albums — I totally forgot it even existed. I actually wrote...
20 Questions With King Bong
King Bong’s music is a trip. But perhaps not in the way you expect. Unless, that is, you expect to hear a psychedelic-rock trio from Italy unspooling 20-minute-long instrumental...
Submission Accomplished | 9 Great Finds From the Digital Mailbag
Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page, I always have a digital backlog of albums, EPs, singles and videos awaiting my perusal. Here are the latest...
Classic Album Review: Aerosmith | Just Push Play
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Just Push Play makes...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 7-13 • The Short List: 8 Titles You...
The Flaming Lips get moody, Marilyn Manson delivers some chaos, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler goes it alone, Doves want you to want them, Mastodon serve up medium rarities, Johnny...
The Atom Age | Cry ’Til You Die
WHO ARE THEY? Your next favourite band: A high-octane Oakland sextet that serves up sweaty, swaggering R&B-fuelled punk (or punk-fuelled R&B, depending on your perspective) — with saxophone!
WHAT IS...
Indie Roundup | 119 Tracks To Put A Spell On You This Weekend (Part...
Losers aren't snoozers, Darla Jade shares her problems, Trezr plays it straight, Jerry Folk and Fengsel are making progress, Thee More Shallows are ready to boogie — and since...
Albums Of The Week: David Crosby | If I Could Only Remember My Name...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Singer-songwriter David Crosby’s solo debut If I Could Only Remember My Name was dismissed by critics when it came out in 1971. Over the years,...
Next Week in Music | June 1-7 • On TV
Gaga and Doja and Sia — not to mention Monsters and Killers, a Town and a Bay, a Chance, a Charli and plenty of other performers plying their trade...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From March 24, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from 'N Sync, Jeff Healey Band and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them...
Next Week in Music | July 8-14 • TV & Movies
Even the late-night talk shows are taking it easy this week — only Jimmy Kimmel is working. So if you're not into reruns, here are the slim pickings for...
Eric Church | Desperate Man
Grief hits everyone differently. Some people get loud and angry. Some get drunk and depressed. And some just shut up and think. Eric Church lets you know which camp...
Albums Of The Week: Night Crickets | A Free Society
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Foundational bands in the history of alternative music certainly include Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and Violent Femmes. San Francisco-born artist Darwin Meiners was a fan of...
Yonic South | Twix & Dive EP
I know what you're going to say: Hell, I could do that. And you're totally right. You could. Twix & Dive, the latest EP from the noise-making, rule-breaking Italian...
Classic Album Review: Roxy Music | Live
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):
Ah, the summer concert...
