Dave Marsh (1950-2026)
A salute to the first rock critic I ever read and one I still read to this day.
So It Goes
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The Strokes, Reality Awaits
The Strokes make an album for the age of AI.
Jack White, Frozen Charlotte
Jack White carries through on the no-nonsense No Name with the bitter, invigorating Frozen Charlotte.
Madonna, Confessions II
Madonna returns to the dance floor for Confessions II, an assured sequel that oddly plays like a concept album in the classic rock sense.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The bands loosest, liveliest album since...Dirty Work?
2026 Midterm Report Card: Choosin' Ella Langley
My favorite 50 Albums and 15 Reissues of the Year....so far.
Reviews: Olivia Rodrigo, Midland, Red Clay Strays, Modest Mouse, Old Crow, Mike Campbell.
Plus another live Neil Young, Keith Urban goes yacht rock, and Barry Manilow.
Reviews: Willie Nelson, Kurt Vile, Don Williams, Kip Moore, Violet Grohl, Joshua Ray Walker
Plus Guided By Voices, Alana Springsteen, and The Greenberry Woods.
Paul McCartney, The Boys of Dungeon Lane
Paul McCartney acts his age on the satisfying, quietly surprising The Boys of Dungeon Lane.
Review Roundup: Courtney Barnett, Ashley Monroe, Marisa Anderson, Snail Mail, Joe Jackson
Plus New Pornographers, Thundercat, Peter Frampton, Lou Gramm and RAYE.