“Good Things Happen to Bad People,” the guitar-stoked advance song from Richard Thompson’s forthcoming long-player Electric, finds him bellowing with a bracing vigor. There’s a knife’s edge to both his singing and his playing. You May Also Like: Linda and Richard Thompson, “The Great Valerio” (1974): One Track Mind

Given his astonishingly varied and accomplished music career, the kickoff track from Jeff Babko’s fresh new release Crux can be just about anything, and it’d likely be good. You May Also Like: Jeff Babko: The Albums That Shaped My Career Jeff Lorber Fusion – ‘The Drop’ (2023)

Stream “I Don’t Believe A Word You Say,” part of the forthcoming collaboration from Stax/Concord between Ben Harper and blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Steam a track from bastards, Björk’s forthcoming remix of her recent album Biophilia. Death Grips’ reimaginging of “Sacrifice” is part of a series of tracks that Björk has handed over during the past year to superstar mixers and producers You May Also Like: No related posts.

Here’s a sneak peek at the upcoming live 2CD/DVD package by Asia — a smart new take on “Only Time Will Tell,” the No. 17 hit off the group’s eponymous 1982 debut. You May Also Like: No related posts.

New video has been posted from the Rolling Stones surprise gig overnight in Paris, as the group prepares for a pair of mega-concerts to be held later this month. You May Also Like: The Rolling Stones – Sucking in the Seventies (1981): On Second Thought Rolling Stones – ‘GRRR Live!’Read More

Porcupine Tree is offering a download sneak peek of its forthcoming multi-disc live project Octane Twisted. Fans will have to wait until November for the entire album, but they can hear “I Drive the Hearse” now You May Also Like: Chicago – Chicago II (1970; 2017 Steven Wilson Remix)

Peter Gabriel’s exhaustive new So: 25th Anniversary Immersion Box includes an engaging disc called “SO DNA,” which follows the songs’ creative process from initial demo versions through to final takes. Listen in as he develops “In Your Eyes.” You May Also Like: When Peter Gabriel Suddenly Decided to Open UpRead More

“Doom and Gloom,” the Rolling Stones’ first new song in more than six years, finds Mick Jagger at his preening, taking-no-shit best — bitching about people who bitch, spittle-spewing like old times. You May Also Like: No related posts.

*** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** On Donald Fagen’s last album Morph The Cat, there’s a great tune on there where he’s imagining himself as a young man asking Ray Charles what makes him tick. You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “Maxine” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday