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- And In the End…Some Words of Thanks As the Music Fades December 29, 2020
- We’ve Been Here Too LongThe 2020 Top 10 List December 22, 2020
- Not-Quites and Also-RansThe Honorable Mentions of 2020 December 15, 2020
- So This is ChristmasMusic for a Socially Distant Holiday December 8, 2020
- The Last Reviews Part TwoFinal Thoughts on Five New Albums December 1, 2020
- The Last Reviews Part OneElvis Costello Leads a Superb Group of New Albums November 24, 2020
- So Long and Thanks for All The…Fish Says Goodbye With the Massive Weltschmerz November 17, 2020
- Good Morning AmericaThoughts on This Weekend's Magic and Loss November 10, 2020
- Music to Vote ByGlenn Kaiser, Midnight Oil, Michael Penn and Oh God Please Vote November 3, 2020
- I Shall Hunt and Destroy Paul Dailing1,001 Tuesday Mornings October 27, 2020
- As You Mean to Go OnCelebrating One Thousand Columns The Best Way I Know How October 20, 2020
- Light Up the SkyEddie Van Halen, 1955-2020 October 13, 2020
- Sound of the Life of the YearSufjan Stevens and Ella Mine Sum Up 2020 October 6, 2020
- Jandek 101Part Five: I Know You Well September 29, 2020
- Jandek 101Part Four: Where Do You Go From Here September 22, 2020
- Jandek 101Part Three: Get Real Wild September 15, 2020
- Jandek 101Part Two: Blues Turned Black September 8, 2020
- Jandek 101Part One: I've Got a Vision September 1, 2020
- Jandek 101Introduction: Bending the Universe August 25, 2020
- Comebacks and OutbacksWelcome Returns from Canada and Australia August 18, 2020
- Take Care, Take Care, Take CareJames Kirby's Caretaker Project Comes to a Powerful End August 11, 2020
- Something to Talk AboutTaylor Swift Takes Some Important Steps on Folklore August 4, 2020
- Improvisation Without a ThemeFour New Records With Nothing in Common July 21, 2020
- Okay, FineGood Records I Wish Were Great July 14, 2020
- The Road to AweMichael Gungor Continues His Spiritual Journey as Weiwu July 7, 2020
- Flaming JuneWhat I Listened To While the World Burned June 30, 2020
- No Missing PiecesMemories of Old Days with Gentle Giant's New Box Set May 26, 2020
- The Past Is the EnemyOn Lesser Works and Listening Anyway May 19, 2020
- Dry SeasonA Eulogy and a Look Ahead May 12, 2020
- Not to Be MissedCatching Up with the Watkins Siblings and Vanessa Carlton May 5, 2020
- All Shook UpOn Danzig, Elvis, Hospitals and Health Scares April 28, 2020
- Now I Only Move to MoveFiona Apple's Amazing Fetch the Bolt Cutters April 21, 2020
- Keep On Keeping OnPearl Jam and Phish Keep the '90s Alive April 14, 2020
- Ain’t No SunshineNotes from a Very Bad Week April 7, 2020
- Music for Working from HomeHow to Soundtrack a Quarantine March 31, 2020
- Giant Steps Through the DarkLove in the Time of COVID-19 March 24, 2020
- The Welcome Return of Matt WilsonAnd Other Random March Records March 17, 2020
- Passion DanceMcCoy Tyner, 1938-2020 March 10, 2020
- Marching ForthA Month of Random Records Begins March 3, 2020
- Nothing SpecialFour Albums That Are, You Know, Fine February 25, 2020
- On TargetDerek Webb Returns with a Fiery New Record February 18, 2020
- Coping MechanismsThree Records, Three Ways to Deal with the World Outside February 11, 2020
- Taking the High RoadKesha Follows the Rainbow and Goes Everywhere at Once February 4, 2020
- Flash! Ah Ah!When Showy Skill Is Not Enough January 28, 2020
- The Best Album of 2020So Far, At Least January 21, 2020
- Only Immortal for a Limited TimeNeil Peart, 1952-2020 January 14, 2020
- Fifty Second WeekAnd Farewell to 2019 December 31, 2019
- So Don’t Stop Trying, Promise MeThe 2019 Top 10 List December 24, 2019
- Also-Rans and Never-WeresGreat Albums That Didn't Quite Make the Top 10 List December 17, 2019
- Tis the SeasonNew Holiday Songs for the End of the Year December 10, 2019
- The Last Gasp of 2019Two Big Albums Mark the End of our New Music Year December 3, 2019
- Hold Tight for Everyday LifeColdplay's Remarkable New Album November 26, 2019
- Hatfield, Winger and a Three-Hour Heavy Metal OperaThe 2019 WTF Awards November 19, 2019
- Waiting for Peace to ComeThe Powerful, Painful New Album from Nick Cave November 12, 2019
- Remember, RememberThese Five I Heard in November November 5, 2019
- We Feel It Is Our DutyOn Kanye, Marillion and the Difference Between Have To and Want To October 29, 2019
- Delayed GratificationWhy Double Albums Should Just Stick Together October 22, 2019
- The New Dark AgeElbow and Coyote Kid Soundtrack Our Turbulent Times October 15, 2019
- Under PressureTrying to Love Wilco and Sturgill Simpson October 8, 2019
- Stepping OutBrittany Howard and Liam Gallagher Fly Solo October 1, 2019
- New Golden AgeKeane's Sad, Glorious Return September 24, 2019
- A Bad Week for the ’80sFarewell to Ric Ocasek and Eddie Money September 17, 2019
- Brought to You by the Letter BBon Iver and Bat for Lashes Come Back With Winners September 10, 2019
- It’s Tool TimeThe Titans Return After 13 Years with Fear Inoculum September 3, 2019
- Beauty in the DarknessIamthemorning and Brad Mehldau Find Inspiration in Timeless Despair August 27, 2019
- To Be FrankIs It the Story or the Storyteller That Counts? August 20, 2019
- Pocket Full of SoulSurprises from Marc Cohn and Bear Rinehart August 13, 2019
- Actually, I Think I Am Talking ‘Bout LoveThe Bird and the Bee Take on Van Halen for a Delightful Tribute Album August 6, 2019
- Stranger ThingsThom Yorke and the Flaming Lips Try to Weird Us Out July 30, 2019
- I Missed AgainA Quick Catch-Up From the June Hiatus July 23, 2019
- On Rocking and “Rocking”On Two New Albums the Choice is Black and White July 16, 2019
- Worth Every DayBryan Scary's Birds Arrives After Four Years July 9, 2019
- Summer MourningWhere I've Been for the Entire Month of June July 2, 2019
- Under No ObligationWhere Supposed to Love Meets Want to Love May 28, 2019
- My Marillion DiaryNotes from the Montreal Weekend 2019 May 21, 2019
- Worthy On Their OwnJoy Williams and John Paul White Move On From Their Civil Wars May 14, 2019
- Time in a BottleNew Albums by Vampire Weekend and Unwed Sailor are Worth the Wait May 7, 2019
- April Showers Part TwoA Rocker, Two Crooners, a Noise Band and an Enigma April 30, 2019
- April Showers Part OneThree Solo Artists, Two Bands and a Boatload of New Music April 23, 2019
- Clock’s Already TickingCounting Down to the 2019 Marillion Weekend April 16, 2019
- The Authentic ExperienceSara Bareilles and Mike Mains Take Different Directions April 9, 2019
- Let Us Begin to Live AgainDevin Townsend's Incredible Empath April 2, 2019
- On Foals, Lines and Some GuysPlus the First Quarter Report March 26, 2019
- Bigger on the InsideAmanda Palmer's stunning There Will Be No Intermission March 19, 2019
- #TeamDamonWeezer Keeps Delivering in a Post-Pinkerton World March 12, 2019
- And Have You Changed Your Life?Peter Mulvey's New Record Arrives at Just the Right Time March 5, 2019
- Now That It’s Over Rest Your HeadMark Hollis, 1955-2019 February 26, 2019
- Songs of Grief and ComfortWith Love to Aurora, Illinois February 19, 2019
- I Just Wanna Make All Things NewQuiet Company's Hardcore New EP February 12, 2019
- Finger on the ButtonDavid Mead Makes a Fine, Fun Comeback with Cobra Pumps February 5, 2019
- Miracles Out of NowhereOver the Rhine Delivers the Year's First Glorious Surprise January 29, 2019
- A Good Start2019 Kicks Off With a Winning Week January 22, 2019
- 19 Reasons to Love 2019Why This Will Be the Best Year Ever January 15, 2019
- Fifty Second WeekAnd Farewell to 2018 December 25, 2018
- Love Me for Who I AmThe 2018 Top 10 List December 19, 2018
- Never-Weres and Also-RansThe Honorable Mentions of 2018 December 11, 2018
- Merry and BrightThe Annual Christmas Album Roundup December 4, 2018
- Donnie and the Forgotten OnesBeautiful Things and The Last Reviews of the Year November 27, 2018
- Brought to You by the Letter MNew Things from Mumford, McMahon and Midnight Oil November 20, 2018
- Competing TheoriesMuse Goes '80s, Hanson Goes Orchestral November 13, 2018