Albums Of The Week: Kosmodome | Kosmodome

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Kosmodome, rising stars in the firmament of Norway's flourishing prog music scene, will blow minds with their psychedelic, ’60s-coloured prog-rock. The brainchild of the two Sandvik...

Now Hear This: Stereolab | Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4)

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4) is the latest addition to Stereolab’s reissue series. Following on from Vol. 1 in 1992, 1995's Refried Ectoplasm and...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The Country Bears Soundtrack

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):   No, I haven’t completely...

Albums Of The Week: CMAT | If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “CMAT is a country/pop singer-songwriter — think Elle King meets Orville Peck. All her songs are written with a literary panache in true Irish tradition...

The Rolling Stones | Honk

Hands up, everybody who wants to shell out for another Rolling Stones anthology containing Start Me Up, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, It's Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like...

Now Hear This: Paul Leary | Born Stupid

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Paul Leary issued his debut solo album The History Of Dogs in 1991. And now, 30 years later he’s releasing the followup Born Stupid. Three...

Now Hear This: Harm & Ease | Midnight Crisis

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Harm & Ease are a rock ’n’ roll band originally founded in Burlington, Ont., made up of Rylan Whalen (vocals), Danny Lopez (guitar), John Goodblood...

Albums Of The Week: The Kills | God Games

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Whether we look for him or not, we all find God somewhere. It could be in nature. It could be in church. It could be...

Classic Album Review: Nickelback | Curb

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):   Curb? More like Beginning...

Classic Album Review: P!nk | Try This

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):   P!nk is clearly a...

Classic Box Set Review: No Doubt | Boom Box

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):   DISCS: Two CDs and...

Classic Album Review: Keith Urban | Golden Road

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):   Cowboy hat? He don’t...

Albums Of The Week: Vampire Weekend | Only God Was Above Us

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Only God Was Above Us is the fifth studio album — and first in five years — from Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and...

Albums Of The Week: Eels | Extreme Witchcraft

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In the fall of 1998, Eels were taping their second appearance on the British TV show Top Of The Pops, performing Last Stop: This Town...

Albums Of The Week: Lüger | Revelations Of The Sacred Skull

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Lüger are a hard rock ’n’ roll / heavy metal band from Montreal. Formed in 2013 from the ashes of local garage punk youngsters Jimmy...

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