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Mark Lanegan is what the late Bill Hicks wouldve called a six-lighters-a-day man, sounding not only like he smokes cigarettes by the truckload, but eats the ashtrays too. When coupled with the heavy psychedelia of his former band the Screaming Trees, his ocean-deep, molasses-thick baritone resulted in sonic assaults of

Reading the liner notes for Luceros self-titled debut album, its no surprise to see that brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson (of the Grammy-nominated North Mississippi Allstars) had a hand in making this record. Like N.M.A., Memphis-based Lucero successfully combines punk-rock and geographic roots with an authenticity few other

There was a time when Lloyd Cole, along with his Commotions, inspired anticipation with each new release, and rightly so. Coles cool smooth vocals, supple guitar and smoldering pop songs made him the pouting post-new-wave poster boy for brainy rock n roll. Cole broke up the Commotions after just three

Fred Eaglesmith must have known that longtime bass player Ralph Schippers last show with the band would be one for the ages, so he decided to record it for posterity. The result of that night in California has yielded this 24-song double-disc of Eaglesmith and his band, the Flying Squirrels