Classic Album Review: Ryan Adams | Gold
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):
As a sharper and...
Classic Album Review: The Shins | Oh, Inverted World
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):
Despite its title, this...
Classic Album Review: Preston School of Industry | All This Sounds Gas
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):
All this sounds a...
Classic Album Review: Joel Plaskett Emergency | Down at the Khyber
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):
If Joel Plaskett’s name...
Albums Of The Week: John Coltrane | A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: After nearly six decades, a private recording of a rare, nightclub performance by John Coltrane of his magnum opus A Love Supreme has finally arrived. Recorded...
Albums Of The Week: Lonely Guest | Lonely Guest
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If it wasn’t for the global lockdown, we might never have had the chance to hear one of this year’s most intriguing and inventive albums.
Lonely...
Albums Of The Week: Clockwise On Fire | Clockwise On Fire
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sound flows freely like conversation. It unfurls in real-time, moving and changing with each subsequent statement and reply. Similarly, Clockwise On Fire mold a living...
Albums Of The Week: Kira | Kira
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Most conversations about Kira tend to start with her formidable history in punk rock, which is understandable, but it’s really just a portion of the...
Albums Of The Week: Sue Foley | Pinky’s Blues
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pinky’s Blues is a raw, electric guitar-driven romp through the backroads of Texas blues, with Sue Foley’s signature paisley Fender Telecaster “Pinky” at the wheel.
Foley...
Albums Of The Week: Deerhoof | Actually, You Can
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Over 18 boundless albums as experimental as they are pop, Deerhoof have continuously quested for daring storytelling and radical sounds, creating a new shared language...
Albums Of The Week: Angel Du$t | YAK: A Collection of Truck Songs
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Put simply, Baltimore's Angel Du$t are the guys who do whatever you don't expect.
Produced by Rob Schnapf (Kurt Vile, Elliott Smith), Yak: A Collection of...
Albums Of The Week: Every Time I Die | Radical
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The ninth studio album from Buffalo-based hardcore heroes Every Time I Die, Radical is 16 tracks of peak ETID. Alchemized by a swampy summoning of...
Albums Of The Week: Clinic | Fantasy Island
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Clinic’s ninth studio album Fantasy Island is another vibrant and eclectic LP that finds the Grammy-nominated North West duo transporting us to tropical climes —...
Albums Of The Week: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | B-Sides & Rarities...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ B-Sides & Rarities Part II — the followup to 2005’s B-Sides & Rarities — was compiled by Cave and...
Albums Of The Week: Duran Duran | Future Past
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Future Past, the new album from internationally acclaimed, platinum-selling, award-winning pop legends Duran Duran, boasts esteemed producers Erol Alkan, Giorgio Moroder and Mark Ronson behind...