2013 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Melvins. Their 19th album Tres Cabrones is a step backwards for the band — because it marks the return of original drummer Mike Dillard You May Also Like: Thiago Nassif – Três (2018) Kansas, “With This Heart” from The PreludeRead More

Originally pressed on the Kama Sutra label in 1971, One Kiss Leads To Another was an anomaly of its era. But to hear the album today, as resurrected by Real Gone Records, a timeless quality persists. You May Also Like: The J. Geils Band, “One Last Kiss” from House PartyRead More

Early word was that A Fiendish Threat would be a new album of Hank Williams III’s “hellbilly” material, the mix of hard rock, punk and country that I don’t think he does nearly enough of. You May Also Like: How Jon Anderson Faced Down Threat of Gunfire at a YesRead More

The irony, of course, was that Hilly Kristal originally wanted to open a roots-rocking Bowery bar — thus, the name: CBGB, which stood for “country, bluegrass and blues.” Lucky for us, that’s not how it turned out. You May Also Like: Chris Frantz – ‘Remain in Love: Talking Heads, TomRead More

The ‘If You Like…’ series sports a stellar reputation, and this enlightening book on the Ramones continues their tradition of excellence.

This long-promised long player from the Hickoids has taken on a kind of mythical quality over the last quarter century or so. Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit delivers on every broken promise You May Also Like: Ever Wonder How David Byrne Fit Inside That Giant Talking Heads Suit? Why Patti Smith’sRead More

Still sizzling with unbound fury, Iggy Pop and the Stooges rejoin their white-knuckle search for meaning, though what they find isn’t any prettier 40 years later. Hell, at times, it’s just as terrifying. You May Also Like: ‘Danny Says: A Documentary on the Life and Times of Danny Fields’ (2016):Read More

An assemblage of musicians the caliber of Marc Ribot, Ches Smith and Shahzad Ismaily usually signals that this is going to be seriously nerdy jazz, but Ceramic Dog is, in many ways, the exact opposite. You May Also Like: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Hope’ (2021) Marc Ribot’s Ceramic DogRead More

A tasty mixture of greasy blues rock, deranged intellect and mudhole-stomping Texas attitude, Churchwood once again illustrates what a post-punk Skip James might have sounded like had he gotten into the lysergic weirdness of 13th Floor Elevators. You May Also Like: The Shadows of Knight “Someone Like Me” (1967): OneRead More

Pressed in very sparse quantities on the Liverpool label in the fall of 1966, this single quickly drifted into darkness with the assumption it would never be heard again. But you can’t keep a good disc down You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Paperback Writer / Rain” from Past MastersRead More