Albums Of The Week: Sonic Youth | Live in Brooklyn 2011
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On Aug. 12, 2011, Sonic Youth played their final U.S. show on an outdoor stage overlooking the East River at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn....
Albums Of The Week: DeYarmond Edison | Epoch
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Let’s cut straight to the quick, OK? The only reason you may know DeYarmond Edison — the short-lived band at the core of this five-LP,...
Albums Of The Week: Hozier | Unreal Unearth
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Unreal Unearth is the incredible third album by Hozier. The peerless singer-songwriter recorded this remarkable record with a stellar cast of producers including Bekon (Kendrick...
Albums Of The Week: Jon Batiste | World Music Radio
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “World Music Radio is the new musical transmission from Grammy and Oscar winner Jon Batiste, following his historic and acclaimed hit record We Are.
This concept...
Albums Of The Week: Rhiannon Giddens | You’re The One
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into...
Albums Of The Week: Grace Potter | Mother Road
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Grace Potter’s fifth studio LP Mother Road is an audacious and heart-pounding map of the soul that finds Grace deconstructing her deepest fears and darkest...
Albums Of The Week: Margaret Glaspy | Echo The Diamond
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The third full-length from Margaret Glaspy, Echo The Diamond emerged from a deliberate stripping-away of artifice to reveal life for all its harsh truths and...
Albums Of The Week: Osees | Intercepted Message
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A pop record for tired times.
Sugared with bits of shatterproof glass to put more crack in your strap.
At long last, Verse / chorus
A weathered thesaurus
This...
Classic Album Review: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives | Country Music
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):
OK, maybe Marty Stuart...
Classic Album Review: Kings Of Leon | Youth And Young Manhood
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):
They’re a little bit...
Classic Album Review: The Legendary Shack*Shakers | CockADoodleDon’t
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):
These Nashville roots rebels...
Classic Album Review: The Tiger Lillies with Kronos Quartet | The Gorey End
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):
Trying to describe U.K.’s...
Classic Album Review: Ten Benson | Benson Burner
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):
Alas, U.K. sleaze-rockers Ten...
Classic Album Review: The Coral | Magic And Medicine
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):
Damn. If there was...
Classic Album Review: Bret Michaels | Songs Of Life
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):
You can take the...
