Classic Album Review: The Gathering | How To Measure A Planet?
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Space is the place,...
Classic Album Review: The Ugly Ducklings | Too Much Too Soon
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
These five Toronto mopheads...
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If you’ve been hearing a lot of George Harrison classics today, no wonder: It would have been his 81th birthday. It's hard to believe he's been gone for more...
Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Bear’s Sonic Journals – Sing Out! Live...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Owsley Stanley Foundation has just released the landmark live recording Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out!, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater, 4/25/1981. This exceptional...
Albums Of The Week: Easter | Facsimile Of A Dream
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Easter’s new album Facsimile Of A Dream was produced by Simon ‘Ding’ Archer (PJ Harvey, Pixies, The Fall) at 6db Studios in Salford.
The album title...
Albums Of The Week: Whispering Sons | The Great Calm
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Written after the release of Several Others, over a period of two years, The Great Calm is Belgian quintet Whispering Sons’ third full length.
The album...
Albums Of The Week: Philip Sayce | The Wolves Are Coming
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “From the moment Philip Sayce first put his hands on a guitar neck, he never let go. Malcolm Gladwell theorized that “greatness” requires 10,000 hours...
Albums Of The Week: Corb Lund | El Viejo
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Everything old is new again for Corb Lund. The Alberta singer-songwriter’s new album El Viejo — translation: The Old — was produced by Lund and...
Albums Of The Week: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Of The Last Human Being
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After 13 years of hibernation, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the most gloriously uncategorizable American band in existence, have emerged from stasis with their fourth studio album,...
Albums Of The Week: Remo Drive | Mercy
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Remo Drive, the longstanding project of brothers Erik and Stephen Paulson, want you to feel something. Following a six-year run of pristine emo-influenced rock records...
Albums Of The Week: IDKHOW | Gloom Division
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The sophomore album from I Dont Know How But They Found Me, Gloom Division (produced by Dave Fridmann) is a glimpse into the gloriously strange...
Albums Of The Week: Glitterer | Rationale
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Initially, and for some time, Glitterer was a solo project: A man and his laptop, with occasional in-studio and onstage assistance from other human beings....
Albums Of The Week: MGMT | Loss Of Life
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Loss Of Life is a joyous return and everything you could want from MGMT. The Connecticut duo's fifth album and first release in six years...
Albums Of The Week: Laetitia Sadier | Rooting For Love
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Over the course of her career, spanning three-plus decades, Laetitia Sadier has never shied away from the hard topics, or stopped advocating for the possibility...
Albums Of The Week: Mary Timony | Untame The Tiger
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Untame The Tiger is singer-songwriter and guitar hero Mary Timony’s fifth solo album — and her first in 15 years. It’s a startling document of...
