Nils Lofgren: Face the Music
Possibly the mother of all box sets, Nils Lofgren’s Face the Music contains 169 tracks, 20 video clips, and a 136-page book, covering a big talent’s long career.
Charles Pitter
Charles Pitter writes about music of all sorts. In 2011 he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry.
Todd Snider: Cheatham Street Warehouse
Snider covers Kent Finlay on Cheatham Street Warehouse to raise funds for Finlay’s medical care.
Rathborne: Soft
Soft is the opposite to what the title suggests. Instead this is an album of quick, jagged rock and roll, New York style. Take it or leave it.
The Chainsmokers – #Selfie (video)
#Selfie: clever or dumb? Probably both.
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl (Deluxe Edition)
Mystery Girl, possibly one of the few ‘80s pop masterpieces, makes it to a deluxe version, with an expanded CD and DVD documentary. If only we could always live in dreams.
Nerina Pallot: Grand Union / When I Grow Up
Nerina Pallot’s fifth and sixth EPs of 2014 are both challenging and ambitious with big ideas, from pop to disco to funk to electro.
Unkle Bob: Embers
Reformed British band Unkle Bob reform and return with characteristic charm on third album Embers.
Neil Hamburger: First of Dismay
America’s hardest working funnyman returns with his 10th full-length album, First of Dismay. Repulsive, repellent, live out your fears.
John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender
Legendary songwriter John Hiatt takes the hard road on Terms of My Surrender, a tough, modern blues contemplation which turns into an exciting heartland roar.
Los Pacaminos: A Fistful of Statins
Despite high cholesterol levels, Los Pacaminos deliver excellent results.
Dirty Aces: Sinnin’ ‘Gainst Me
New EP from the revamped Dirty Aces a raucous and loud success.
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis: Our Year
Robison and Willis deliver the goods on Our Year, a beguiling mix of plain Western harmony and swampy groove.