James McMurtry Tells Tales of Freedom and Its Discontents

These new songs show James McMurtry’s talent at addressing current issues and fanciful concerns with a sharp wit, a critical eye, and a heavy-hitting pulse.

https://www.popmatters.com/james-mcmurtry-black-dog

#Music #JamesMcMurtry #Texas #TheBlackDogAndTheWanderingBoy #PopMatters

My review of the solid new release by Brooklyn singer-songwriter Cassandra Jenkins.

#CassandraJenkins #PopMatters #PeterThomasWebb

https://www.popmatters.com/cassandra-jenkins-my-light-my-destroyer

Review of the new album by #Kasabian

#PeterThomasWebb #PopMatters

https://www.popmatters.com/kasabian-happenings-music-review

Here's my review of the new deluxe edition of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Live at the Whisky a Go Go 1968, published today in PopMatters.

#Zappa  #PopMatters  #PeterThomasWebb

https://www.popmatters.com/frank-zappa-whisky-a-go-go-1968

Here is my feature article on Neil Young with Crazy Horse's album from 1969, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, published today in PopMatters.

https://www.popmatters.com/neil-young-everybody-knows-nowhere-atr55

#NeilYoung  #CrazyHorse  #PopMatters  #PeterThomasWebb

Here is my review of Ken McNab's new book about the Beatles and rise of Beatlemania in 1963. Published today in PopMatters.

#PopMatters #Beatles #Beatlemania #KenMcNab #Books #BookReviews

https://www.popmatters.com/beatles-shake-it-up-ken-mcnab

My review of jazz artist Kamasi Washington's new album, Fearless Movement, published today in PopMatters.

#GreatJazzAlbums #Jazz #KamasiWashington #CurrentSpins #PopMatters

https://www.popmatters.com/kamasi-washington-fearless-movement-review

Here is my review of the intriguing new album by avant-pop artist Jane Weaver, published today in #PopMatters
https://www.popmatters.com/jane-weaver-love-constant-spectacle

#PickOfTheWeek #PopMusic #JaneWeaver #CurrentSpins

Here is my review of Ride's Interplay, the latest album by the reunited British shoegaze band. Published today in PopMatters:

https://www.popmatters.com/ride-interplay-music-review

#RideBand #Shoegaze #Music #PickOfTheWeek
#PopMatters #CurrentSpins

Here is my review of Audio Vertigo, the new album by the British band Elbow. Published today in PopMatters.

Strong contender for my list of the year's best.

https://www.popmatters.com/elbow-audio-vertigo-review

#Elbow #GuyGarvey #Music #PickOfTheWeek #PopMatters #CurrentSpins

Here is my feature article on Steely Dan's album Pretzel Logic, published today in PopMatters.

https://www.popmatters.com/steely-dan-pretzel-logic-atr50

#SteelyDan #PopMatters #GreatAlbums

Here is my review of Bruce Dickinson's new solo album, The Mandrake Project, published today in PopMatters: https://www.popmatters.com/bruce-dickinson-mandrake-project-review

#BruceDickinson #PickOfTheWeek #PopMatters #CurrentSpins

Review of Liam Gallagher John Squire... https://www.popmatters.com/liam-gallagher-john-squire-2024

#PopMatters #CurrentSpins

My review of the forthcoming new album by the Bevis Frond -- Nick Saloman's underrated rock band from London, UK. Focus on Nature is out on March 1st.

#BevisFrond #PopMatters #CurrentSpins

https://www.popmatters.com/bevis-frond-focus-on-nature

My review of a new release (Friday) by the Toronto-based alternative/ ambient folk artist Avi C. Engel. Published in #PopMatters Chicago, USA. Find the album on Bandcamp.

#AviCEngel #FolkMusic #Ambient #PopMatters #CurrentSpins

https://www.popmatters.com/avi-c-engel-too-many-souls

Here is my retrospective think piece on Bob Dylan's classic album The Times They Are A-Changin', which turns 60 this year. Published today by #PopMatters, Chicago USA.

https://www.popmatters.com/bob-dylans-times-a-changin-atr60

My review of the remastered editions of Cocteau Twins' Four-Calendar Cafe and Milk & Kisses, published today in #PopMatters #CurrentSpins

https://www.popmatters.com/cocteau-twins-four-calendar-cafe-2024

I've just been hired as a staff writer with #PopMatters. Here's the second of two new feature articles: https://www.popmatters.com/15-jazz-albums-for-unsure

I've just been hired as a staff writer for #PopMatters. Here's the first of two new feature articles: https://www.popmatters.com/black-crowes-southern-harmony-musical-companion