JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlights new albums by Charles Bradley, J Mascis, The Revivalists, Donna The Buffalo, John Medeski’s Mad Skillet, Rhett Miller, Fleet Foxes and The Beatles. more info
JamBase — The latest pro-shot video unveiled by Pigeons Playing Ping Pong features a medley of an original and Red Hot Chili Peppers, Grateful Dead and The Beatles covers performed in Atlanta as part of the band's Halloween run. more info
New York Times — An anniversary reissue, which includes remixes, reveals a band painstakingly working for an elusive perfection, running through songs again and again. more info
JamBase — Bob Weir And Wolf Bros closed out their two-night stand in Chicago with a memorable pairing of "Dark Star" and The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows." more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — A telephone rings in a corner of Giles Martin’s private mixing room at Abbey Road Studios, catching the latter-day producer of Beatles recordings by surprise. “That never rings,†he says, reaching over to pick up the receiver. Itâ... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A telephone rings in a corner of Giles Martin’s private mixing room at Abbey Road Studios, catching the latter-day producer of Beatles recordings by surprise. “That never rings,†he says, reaching over to pick up the receiver. Itâ... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Veteran musician, graphic artist and lifelong Beatles pal Klaus Voormann returned to Los Angeles this week for the opening of a relatively short-term career-spanning exhibition of his artwork at the downtown-adjacent NAVEL art gallery, where Voormann... more info
Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info