Classic Album Review: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | The Last DJ
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Conventional wisdom says that...
Now Hear This: Churchwood | 6: The Boule Oui
THE EDITED PRESS PRESS RELEASE / BIO: “6: The Boule Oui is (spoiler alert!) the sixth full-length album by Austin-based avant-garde blues band Churchwood. Like their previous outings, it's...
Now Hear This: The Rocky Valentines | The Rocky Valentines EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When Charlie Martin sings, ‘Saw my dad with friends, played in bands; never thought this would be the plan,’ it feels like he was fighting...
Now Hear This: Cheba Wahida | Jrouli
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pure raï fire from Algeria on the ever-searching Nashazphone label — an absolute must for anyone snagged on contemporary, Arabic North African music.
Sending a plume...
Now Hear This: Maha | Orkos
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Orkos is a completely unknown album by Salah Ragab’s Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. It features productions by Hany Shenoda...
Albums Of The Week: Chico Romano | Vol. 5
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Chico Romano is the newly established umbrella moniker for the bedroom recordings, full-band live performances, and songwriting project of New Jersey-based artist Rob Romano. His...
Albums Of The Week: Caustic Casanova | Glass Enclosed Nerve Center
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On their fifth album, the brain-frying Glass Enclosed Nerve Center, D.C. riffonauts Caustic Casanova pull an expansive range of sounds into their tight, hyperkinetic core...
Albums Of The Week: Blind Illusion | Wrath Of The Gods
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Thrash as a primitive, earthy genre has given us many greats: Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Death Angel, Heathen and the like. But the more calculated, technical,...
Albums Of The Week: Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros | Live in Colorado Vol....
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros — consisting of Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti — are set to release their second batch of...
Albums Of The Week: Fucked Up | Oberon EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Oberon is a pummeling curveball from Fucked Up, channelling the world of hardcore that birthed them. It has despotic and horrendously sludgy riffs exploding in...
Albums Of The Week: Bonny Light Horseman | Rolling Golden Holy
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bonny Light Horseman’s self-titled debut was a folk masterclass, reimagining centuries-old standards with effortless grace and wonder. Those Grammy-nominated, list-topping recordings not only suggested renewed...
Albums Of The Week: Will Sheff | Nothing Special
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After nine critically acclaimed albums, after 20 bandmates, after countless bars and clubs and theaters and festivals, after two full decades, Will Sheff is letting...
Albums Of The Week: Dungen | En Är För Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Gustav Ejstes has always been on his way to someplace else. The Swedish musician has been making records as Dungen for two decades now, and...
Albums Of The Week: Lamb Of God | Omens
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Across their career, Lamb Of God grew from basement shows and grimy DIY venues to headline arenas. The New Wave of American Heavy Metal architects...
Albums Of The Week: The Cult | Under The Midnight Sun
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When the sun just wouldn't leave the sky one evening in Finland, Ian Astbury took notice. Walking the grounds of the Provinssirock festival, Astbury found...
