Classic Album Reviews: The Replacements | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash...

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):   Old records never die...

Albums Of The Week: Shemekia Copeland | Done Come Too Far

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Award-winning blues, soul and Americana singer Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She...

Albums Of The Week: Thick | Happy Now

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Since first forming in 2014, New York trio Thick have triumphed at turning the harshest truths into wildly exhilarating punk songs. On their second album Happy...

Albums Of The Week: Motorpsycho | Ancient Astronauts

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Considering the tight run of albums since the first part of the Gullvåg Trilogy in 2017 — three double and a single album in less...

Albums Of The Week: Life | North East Coastal Town

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Life are anchored by their hometown; the geography, history and community has always been the inspiration behind their creativity and on their third LP, North...

Albums Of The Week: Lauran Hibberd | Garageband Superstar

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Growing up, Lauran Hibberd was a “cork-head” — otherwise known as “a person who was born on the Isle of Wight,” she clarifies. “Everyone laughs...

Albums Of The Week: The Chats | Get Fucked

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Australian punks The Chats’ new album Get Fucked is fully loaded with 13 new, high-velocity punk tracks that rip from start to finish, and lyrically...

Albums Of The Week: BlackLab | In A Bizarre Dream

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “BlackLab, the self-proclaimed ‘Doom witch duo from Osaka’ have just unleashed their third album. In A Bizarre Dream ups the ante considerably from its predecessors,...

Albums Of The Week: A Family Curse | A Family Curse

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Like their name suggests, A Family Curse is a family affair — the collaboration between daughter and father Kandle and Neil Osborne (54•40). A Family Curse...

Albums Of The Week: Psychlona | Palo Verde

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The 1970s were a trip. The end of the ’60s was a cold, hard slap in the face by reality for psychonauts everywhere — but...

Albums Of The Week: Oneida | Success

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sometimes even the longest journey ends close to where you started. Throughout the 20-teens, Oneida pushed further and further into abstract, atmospheric sounds, recording long...

Albums Of The Week: Loudon Wainwright III | Lifetime Achievement

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “His first album of new original songs since 2014’s Haven’t Got The Blues Yet, Lifetime Achievement finds Loudon Wainwright III in a state of deep...

Albums Of The Week: The Mountain Goats | Bleed Out

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Maybe you are just like John Darnielle: In the depths of the pandemic end of 2020, the Mountain Goats frontman passed the time trapped at...

Albums Of The Week: Cass McCombs | Heartmind

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On Heartmind, Cass McCombs enters the double-digit-album phase of his career, a quantitatively rarified place for any songwriter. Rarer still, though, is the fact that...

Albums Of The Week: Hot Chip | Freakout/Release

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hot Chip’s eighth album Freakout/Release is another dizzying high in a multi-decade career that’s seen the band continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant...

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