Josh Caterer: The Hideout Sessions [Album Review]
Josh Caterer The Hideout SessionsPravda Records [2021] Back in October, Smoking Popes’ vocalist and main songwriter Josh Caterer put together a new band, with John … Read more
Ghost Of Vroom: Ghost Of Vroom 1 [Album Review]
Ghost Of Vroom Ghost Of Vroom 1Mod y Vi Records [2021] The story goes something like this: after making 3 critically acclaimed albums in the … Read more
Peter Case: The Midnight Broadcast [Album Review]
Peter Case The Midnight BroadcastBandaloop Music [2021] Singer/songwriter Peter Case’s first brush with mainstream rock star level fame came when his band the Plimsoul’s appeared … Read more
Too Much Joy: Mistakes Were Made [Album Review]
Too Much Joy Mistakes Were MadePeople Suck Music [2021] Along with the quick arrival of life saving vaccines, you can count the return to recording … Read more
Jay Gonzalez: Back To The Hive [Album Review]
Jay Gonzalez Back To The HiveMiddlebrow Records [2021] Athens, GA musician Jay Gonzalez joined Drive-By Truckers in 2008, filling in for Spooner Oldham on keyboards, … Read more
Lake Street Dive: Obviously [Album Review]
Lake Street Dive ObviouslyNonesuch Records [2021] Lake Street Dive have carved out a unique place on the current musical landscape rooted in time honored pop … Read more
Har Mar Superstar: Rosevile [Album Review]
Har Mar Superstar RosevilleLove OnLine Records [2021] I’ll admit that the first and only time I saw Har Mar Superstar play live, opening for Afghan … Read more
Todd Rundgren: Clearly Human Live Virtual Tour [Concert Review]
Todd Rundgren: Clearly Human Live Virtual Tour; Cleveland, OH (via Chicago, IL) – Monday, February 22, 2021 Anyone who’s paid attention to the technology of … Read more
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Carnage [Album Review]
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis CarnageGoliath Records [2021] The one time I was able to see the Australian band Nick Cave & The Bad Seed … Read more
Maxïmo Park: Nature Always Wins [Album Review]
Maxïmo Park Nature Always WinsProlifica Inc. [2021] British trio, Maxïmo Park combine the big, rock guitars of modern rock acts with the catchy electro-pop melodicism … Read more
Joyann Parker: Out Of The Dark [Album Review]
Joyann Parker Out Of The DarkHopeless Romantic Records [2021] Joyann Parker, a Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter, brings her big, soulful voice to a set of originals that … Read more
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy: Ravenna [Album Review]
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy RavennaArkMusic [2021] Ravenna is the fourth instrumental collaboration from keyboardist Jeff Johnson and guitarist Phil Keaggy, this time inspired by … Read more
The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy [Album Review]
The Hold Steady Open Door PolicyPositive Jams/Thirty Tigers [2021] At this point, with 7 studio albums under their belt since debuting on the scene in … Read more
The Weather Station: Ignorance [Album Review]
The Weather Station IgnoranceFat Possum Records [2021] With the fifth album from her band The Weather Station, Canadian singer/songwriter Tamara Lindeman has expanded her band’s … Read more
Foo Fighters: Medicine At Midnight [Album Review]
Foo Fighters Medicine At MidnightRoswell/RCA Records [2021] Nobody who heard Foo Fighters’ self-titled debut in 1995, which featured Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl playing all the … Read more
Aaron Lee Tasjan: Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! [Album Review]
Aaron Lee Tasjan Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!New West Records [2021] To get a sense for the vast musical inspirations that fuel Aaron Lee Tasjan’s eclectic pop … Read more
Charlie Peacock: Skin And Wind [Album Review]
Charlie Peacock Skin And Wind UTR Media [2021] Unless you’re someone who studies the small print credits list when you pick up a new album, you … Read more
Ryan Adams: Wednesdays [Album Review]
Ryan Adams WednesdaysPAX AM [2020] Early in 2019, Ryan Adams announced that he had three albums set for immanent release, but that was before the … Read more
Weezer: OK Human [Album Review]
Weezer OK HumanCrush Music/Atlantic Records [2021] With the pandemic postponement of the Hella Mega Tour with co-headliners Green Day and Fall Out Boy, Weezer has … Read more
Lucero: When You Found Me [Album Review]
Lucero When You Found MeLiberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers [2021] On the tenth studio album from long-time Memphis band Lucero, singer and songwriter Ben Nichols leads … Read more
Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T. [Album Review]
Steve Earle & The Dukes J.T.New West Records [2021] Steve Earle, one of the founding fathers of Outlaw Country and Americana, has gotten awfully good … Read more
Matthew Sweet: Catspaw [Album Review]
Matthew Sweet CatspawOmnivore Recordings [2021] As big a fan of “High Fidelity” as one can be, I’ve always been too much of a completist to … Read more
The Postal Service: Everything Will Change [Album Review]
The Postal Service Everything Will ChangeSub Pop Records [2020] In 2003, Death Cab For Cutie’s lead singer/songwriter Ben Gibbard and electronica musician Jimmy Tamborello (sometimes … Read more
Phoebe Bridgers: Copycat Killers EP [Album Review]
Phoebe Bridgers Copycat Killers EPDead Oceans [2020] After releasing her critically acclaimed sophomore release, Punisher, back in the summer only to have it earn her … Read more
The Dirty Knobs: Wreckless Abandon [Album Review]
The Dirty Knobs Wreckless AbandonBMG [2020] Guitarist Mike Campbell, like Little Stephen Van Zandt (E Street Band) and Nils Lofgren (Crazy Horse & E Street … Read more