RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson.
IQU party on the dance floor—and onstage.
An interview with the New Pornographers’ Carl Newman.
James Brown’s horrible new ‘memoir.’
San Francisco’s Deerhoof get loose.
Dutch punk legends the Ex celebrate 25 years with the two-CD Turn.
Singles used to be the trial balloon of the music business; now the song-or-two format is an allusion to the…
Franz Ferdinand, the second time around.
WHAT’S THAT SOUND? It’s “Reach Out I’ll Be There.” Whose song is it? It’s a Motown record; that’s the first…
Reading Paul Morley’s Words and Music.
Mark Stewart and Andrew Poppy.
Given the Band’s fondness for contemporary art, it’s only fair to divide Talking Heads’ career into early, middle, and late…
Every great record’s got a story behind it, but sometimes not-so-great records have even better stories. The Numero Group label…
Diana Ross, Brotherhood of Breath, Maher Shalal Hash Baz.
Rarities from the vaults of Sly Stone, Elliott Smith, and Neutral Milk Hotel.
Judee Sill, Slapp Happy, and Richard Hell.
James Joyce, His Name Is Alive, and Philip Jeck.
Eric Haugen and Ryan Bassler, the Evanston, Ill., duo who call themselves LMP (for La Musique Populaire) had a huge,…
The topic that’s lingered most from last month’s Pop Music Studies Conference at Experience Music Project is one that’s been…
The first sound on Fireball‘s Blessed Be 12-inch EP (High Roller Society) is the sound of recording gear being irreparably…
Alison Krauss, Jimmy Sturr, and Smoosh.
Death Cab for Cutie goes major-label, with mixed results.
On Margerine Eclipse, Stereolab daydream in Technicolor.
