Lambchop | This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You)
The news is fake but the drugs are real. Watching surfers while sitting in a Mexican restaurant bar can be amazing. And Michael Jackson would like to inform you...
Strand of Oaks | Eraserland
"I gotta get my shit together before I'm 40," Timothy Showalter sings partway through his latest Strand of Oaks album. He needn't worry. Based on this monumental and magnificent...
Avey Tare | Cows on Hourglass Pond
Animal Collective have never really been my musical drug of choice. And I've sampled more than enough to acquire the habit — I've reviewed most of their major releases...
Mötley Crüe | The Dirt Soundtrack
Let's be honest: That new Netflix biopic of Mötley Crüe looks like it's going to be hilariously and spectacularly shitty. Which is precisely why I'm going to be watching...
Spiral Stairs | We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized
No matter how hard they try, Pavement co-founders Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg just can't get away from each other. Last week, the former released his latest solo set,...
Jenny Lewis | On the Line
Jenny Lewis is in good company. For her fourth solo album On The Line, the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman is backed by a VIP roster of talent that includes...
Playing Catchup | Three Recent Gems You Might Have Missed
Every week I get way more music than I can review. So whenever I get a minute, I try to go back and get caught up on some recent...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From March 19, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince Paul, Overkill and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to...
Black Bombaim | Zone of Resident Bodies
Three has always been the magic number for Black Bombaim. But the Portuguese psychedelic-stoner-prog instrumental power trio take it to another level on their half-dozenth release Zone of Resident...
The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
Space may be the final frontier, if you're a Trekker. Or the place, if you believe Sun Ra. But really, it's just the starting point for The Comet is...
Hot Lunch | Seconds
Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters! And don't forget to wear flowers in your hair. That's the mixed (but mighty wild) music message Bay Area retro-rockers Hot Lunch...
Hearing Things | Here’s Hearing Things
It was a lousy night to be working a case. The rain was pounding the pavement harder than a flatfoot with fallen arches, coming down so heavy that anybody...
Chai | Punk
Punk, like beauty, is in the eye (or more likely the ear) of the beholder. For some, it's all about three chords played loud and fast and rabble-rousing vocals...
Tom Russell | October in the Railroad Earth
For some songwriters, it's all about the melodies. For others, it's the arrangements. For Tom Russell, it's all about the stories. Over the course of 30-some albums and 40-some...
Brian Jonestown Massacre | Brian Jonestown Massacre
After writing, recording and releasing 18 Brian Jonestown Massacre discs in 24 years — not to mention all the singles, EPs, soundtracks and side projects — you can't blame founder,...
