Steve Earle & The Dukes | Guy
There are songwriters. And there are songwriters' songwriters. Steve Earle likely belongs in the latter category. The late, great Texas troubadour Guy Clark definitely does. Don't take my word...
Keith Richards | Talk is Cheap 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
You know the rules: You're either a Beatles fan or a Stones fan. And if you're a Stones fan, you're either Team Mick or Team Keith. I've always been...
Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Teenage girls are scary at the best of times. But Billie Eilish takes it to a whole new level. Just take a gander at the cover pic of the...
SubmitHub Finds For Thursday, March 28
I recently joined SubmitHub, a site where artists pay a small fee to send songs to reviewers, labels, bloggers and radio stations. I'm trying it out to see if...
SubmitHub Finds For Wednesday, March 27
I recently joined SubmitHub, a site where artists pay a small fee to send songs to reviewers, labels, bloggers and radio stations. I'm trying it out to see if...
Triple Doubles | Three Cool New Releases That Have Things Covered
From Weezer’s Teal Album to Mercury Rev’s full-length reimagining of Bobbie Gentry’s obscure Delta Sweete, cover albums seem to be everywhere these days. I'm not sure why — maybe...
SubmitHub Finds for Tuesday, March 26
I recently joined SubmitHub, a site where artists pay a small fee to send songs to reviewers, labels, bloggers and radio stations. I'm trying it out to see if...
Jonathan Coulton | Some Guys
Move over, Weezer. There's another classic-rock covers album in town. And this one takes things even more seriously. For his latest user-friendly release, singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton — who has...
Beat Circus | These Wicked Things
Something wicked this way comes. Finally. It's been more than a decade since eclectic and eccentric Boston singer-songwriter Brian Carpenter and his cabaret-rock Beat Circus kicked off their Weird...
Dead Tired | Full Vol.
You can't spell punk without pun. Not this time, anyway. Full Vol., the title of Hamilton hardcore punk hooligans Dead Tired’s latest full-length, not only nods to their balls-out...
Niggght | Violent Delicacy
Yeah, that's right: Three Gs. You got something to say about that, spelling police? Take it up with this Montreal electro-doom blues duo — if you've got the stones....
The Sh-Booms | The Blurred Odyssey
Soul power. As Mr. James Brown informed us way back in the day, it's what you need. What you want. What you got to have. Unfortunately, it's also what...
American Football | American Football (LP3)
Slow and steady win the race. Until they don't. Beloved Midwestern emo stalwarts American Football have long been poster boys for the former concept — after breaking up following the...
Luther Dickinson & Sisters of the Strawberry Moon | Solstice
Collaboration has always been the creative swizzle stick that stirs Luther Dickinson’s musical drink. Over the decades, the singer-guitarist and frontman of North Mississippi Allstars has lent his time...
Orville Peck | Pony
This is not your mom's Masked Singer. Unless your mom is way cooler than I think she is. For those who haven't been paying attention, newcomer Orville Peck has...
