Although I felt the year was a little weak on the album side, there was an enormous number of great songs in 2011. In short order, I came up...

This really is a Christmas gift. Thanks to She & Him once again covering NRBQ, I get to talk up one of my favorite classic albums of th...

I just completed a less-than-stellar day. This one seems appropriate. Bob Geldof's punk outfit the Boomtown Rats had a minor hit (No. 73...

You have to hand it to Paul Weller. Although I loved the Jam, liked the Style Council a little bit less and have only been somewhat interest...

More than two years ago, I posted a couple of my favorite extended versions of INXS songs with the promise that it wouldn't be the last...

Back in 2001, the folks at Telarc paid homage to Nick Lowe with the cleverly named tribute album 'Labour of Love.' I bought this re...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Merge Records kicks ass. Download their free Winter Music Sampler now! This time around...

We have to wait until Feb. 7, but new Air is on the way. 'La Voyage Dans La Lune' (or 'A Trip To The Moon') is the first new...

Next Friday, obviously, is the biggest brick-and-mortar retail sales day of the year, and the folks at Record Store Day have decided to try ...

Back in September, I mentioned an impending live album from Elvis Costello but, at the time, there weren't too many specifics available...

Well, now we know if there will be any previously unreleased material on the deluxe edition of Big Country's 'The Crossing,' out...

I posted most of the best stuff from 'The McCartney/MacManus Collaboration' yesterday, but there are a couple of other songs on the ...