Stereogum — Last year, the New York singer-songwriter and punk veteran Jesse Malin suffered a spinal stroke, which left him partially paralyzed. Now, Malin is on the mend and planning his first performance since the stroke. In the meantime, many of Malin’s ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 70th birthday Elvis Costello. Party party. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our Elvis and Daryl Hall live review from 2024: The post Happy 70th Birthday Elvis Costello appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — Before we move into a review of this summer’s least-likely double-headlining showcase—blue-eyed-soul doyen Daryl Hall and pub rock’s most cosmopolitan sophisticate, Elvis Costello—it’s important to know that I’m grading on a curve. Ninety... more info

Magnet Magazine — 40 years ago today, Elvis Costello And The Attractions released Goodbye Cruel World. Hello cruel reviews. Read our Elvis live review from 2019: The post Elvis Costello And The Attractions Released “Goodbye Cruel World” 40 Years Ago Today appeared... more info

Magnet Magazine — 15 years ago today, Elvis Costello released Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. Complicated shadows. Read our Elvis live review from 2019: The post Elvis Costello Released “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane” 15 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazin... more info

Stereogum — Back in the early ’80s, David Lee Roth did not seem to care much for new wave music. His line about Elvis Costello — that critics like Costello because most of them look like him — is the kind of thing that haunts people in my profession to ... more info

Stereogum — In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, a... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 70th birthday Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Joe Henry). Guitar dog. Read our review of his essential 2016 LP: The post Happy 70th Birthday Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Joe Henry) appeared first on Magnet... more info

Stereogum — Lowell George, the late Little Feat leader and Frank Zappa sideman, is the focus of a new tribute compilation called Long Distance Love, which was put together by the Swee Relief Musicians Fund. That compilation is out today, and it includes contr... more info

Obscure Sound — A soaring power-pop appeal emanates on “Mother Said,” a new single from Brighton, UK-based band Tenderhooks. Sporadic guitar pulses and debonair vocals are complemented by an organ-touched intrigue, reminding fondly of Elvis Costello. The “make... more info