Aside from the Rays, there wasn't a lot of good news to report this year. Fortunately, there was a lot of good music. ...more

December 26, 2008

CLEARWATER - The stage set wasn't much to look at – a couple of chairs and tables, speaker cabinets, microphones and guitars. ...more

September 26, 2008

Chan "Cat Power" Marshall reveals as much, maybe more, about herself on her remakes as on her original material. ...more

January 24, 2008

ANGELS OF LIGHT: WE ARE HIM (YOUNG GOD) *** If Angels of Light has done nothing else over the course of its last four albums, it's proven that ex-Swans leader Michael Gira doesn't need the industrial-goth barrage of his old band to make frighteningly intense music. ...more

October 12, 2007

Lyle Lovett has recorded gold records, acted in films and traveled the world playing music. ...more

September 21, 2007