Next Week in Music | May 18-24 • The Short List: 23 Titles You Want to Hear (Part 2)
/2026/05/17/next-week-in-music-may-18-24-the-short-list-23-titles-you-want-to-hear-part-2/
Next Week in Music | May 18-24 • The Short List: 23 Titles You Want to Hear (Part 1)
I just returned home after two weeks of gallivanting around Scotland and Northern England. The highlights: Seeing The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon in Edinburgh, walking in Bram Stoker's footsteps in Whitby, watching Alan Cumming camp it up in The High Life stage show, and savouring the black daal at Dishoom...
/2026/05/17/next-week-in-music-may-18-24-the-short-list-23-titles-you-want-to-hear-part-1/
Next Week in Music | May 18-24 • The Long List: 420+ Releases On The Way
Yep, 420. I know the annual stoners' holiday was last month, but do you really need an excuse to get high and listen to music? I thought not. Puff, puff, but don't pass on these new LPs, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues, cassettes and steaming releases. And don't forget the Doritos, brah: A | Prang…...
/2026/05/17/next-week-in-music-may-18-24-the-long-list-420-releases-on-the-way/
Next Week in Music | May 18-24 • 8 New Books
I noticed that there's another one of those 100 Best Novels Of All Time lists making the rounds. Maybe I should put together a list of the 100 Best Music Books Of All Time...
/2026/05/17/next-week-in-music-may-18-24-8-new-books/
Next Week in Music | May 18-24 • On TV
Stephen Colbert’s final week behind The Late Show desk is clearly the biggest deal on the box — and will feature some suitably high-powered musical guests like Bruce Springsteen and David Byrne to boot. But don't sleep on that three-part Netflix doc on Kylie Minogue or that Rod Stewart Grammy...
/2026/05/17/next-week-in-music-may-18-24-on-tv/
The Grindhouse | Levinia, Seven Metal Sins, Iron Kingdom & More New Loudness
/2026/05/15/the-grindhouse-levinia-seven-metal-sins-iron-kingdom-more-new-loudness/
Canadian Beacon | The Living Orchestra, The Joel Affair & More New Homegrown Sounds
/2026/05/15/canadian-beacon-the-living-orchestra-the-joel-affair-more-new-homegrown-sounds/
Alex Kilroy Is Ready To Bust Out With Break My Chains
Alex Kilroy links past and present on his new album Break My Chains — showcasing today on Tinnitist. Every blues guitarist enters the genre carrying ghosts. On Break My Chains, Kilroy acknowledges his influences openly enough that the album never feels defensive about them. You can hear Stevie Ray Vaughan throughout the record, but you can also hear someone slowly pulling away from imitation and toward something more personal....
/2026/05/15/alex-kilroy-is-ready-to-bust-out-with-break-my-chains/
