album reviews

The first heated argument I had on the topic of Taylor Swift began in the latter months of 2009. These were heated times — post-Kanye, after...

Before the days of Pro Tools and iPods and half-decent stock stereos in every car sold, musicians used to give new mixes of their tunes what we...

It's been a while since we've heard from Portland, Oregon's Eat Skull, a band that I could always rely on to be refreshing and uncompromising....

Once, in Mexico, I rode a horse named Tequila down a slick and treacherous canyon, led by non-English-speaking Mexican cowboys...

I was listening to Wayne Shorter's new album on the Taconic State Parkway when I heard a woman's voice yell, "Oh my God!" It was intense...

The opening track on The Mystery of Heaven, a collaboration between filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and avant-garde composer Jozef Van Wissem...

Over the course of the last 15 years of playing, listening to and talking about music, I've come to realize that there really is no such thing as a...

Please don't get the wrong idea; this is a rave review. But the end of my second sentence is: the bad taste of a great artist is a tremendous...

When "Black and Yellow" dropped in 2010 I was vaguely aware of Wiz Khalifa for his weird name and weed-heavy subject matter. After listening to...

I am video-chatting with Carson Cox, who is the frontman of the Tampa Bay punk band Merchandise. We're talking about pop music.

Generations change, and each one grows up with a new normal, a new set of heroes, a new way of doing things. Today, it's possible to record and mix...

Black Moth Super Rainbow's records have always felt like getting a "thinking of you" card from a loving, possibly tripping robot.