Rancid: Trouble Maker
Rancid Trouble Maker (Epitaph Records) In my eighth grade school picture, it’s 1996 (how time flies!), and much to my mother’s chagrin, I’m wearing a Rancid t-shirt for their album Let’s Go, which I had discovered through MTV and fallen in love with. Matt Freeman’s rapid-fire, jangling bass lines and Tim Armstrong’s authoritative bark More...
Ride: Weather Diaries
Ride Weather Diaries (Wichita Recordings) Ride is arguably one of the most lauded British bands to come from the “shoegaze” movement. Their debut album, 1990’s Nowhere, was heaped with praise by critics and More...
Styx: The Mission
Styx The Mission (Universal Music Enterprises) It’s been almost 15 years since Styx released an all new studio album. Their 16th, The Mission, is an actual concept album. Original Styx members guitarist/vocalist More...
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie: Lindsey Buckingham/ Christine McVie
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham/ Christine McVie (East West Records) The first ever collaboration between Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie (beyond the many hits and wonderful music More...
Royal Blood: How Did We Get So Dark?
Royal Blood How Did We Get So Dark? (Warner Bros.) British rockers Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher of the band Royal Blood are back with their second album, How Did We Get So Dark? a somewhat ironic title, seeing as More...
Matteo Scher: Something Good
Matteo Scher Something Good The sold deep bounce of  “New York and Me” begins Matteo Scher’s excellent EP, Something Good. Surely with his piano playing and mid-range voice, Scher could be mining Billy Joel More...
Cheap Trick: We’re All Alright!
Cheap Trick We’re All Alright! (Big Machine) “You Got It Going On,” with its roiling riff, over driven push, and a sing-able chorus open Cheap Tricks’ 18th studio album, We’re All Alright! This leads More...
Glen Campbell: AdiĂłs
Glen Campbell Adiós (Universal Music Enterprises) Suffering the terrible mental decline of Alzheimer’s Glen Campbell has delivered new material, re-recordings of older material, tours and this album, Adiós. More...
Chuck Berry: Chuck
Chuck Berry Chuck (Dualtone Music) American rock icon Chuck Berry died in March of this year at 90 years old. His first album of mainly new material in nearly 40 years, Chuck posthumously became his first UK Top 10 More...
Dreamcar: Dreamcar
Dreamcar Dreamcar (Columbia Records) God, I love the music of the ’80s, especially those surrounding New Wave with cheap, plastic beats, catchy, campy, reverb-heavy songs to dance to. I have found myself numerous More...
