Do artists purposefully choose to have Halloween as their release date? A lot of it comes down to label scheduling and busy record pressing plants, but I’m going to guess at least a couple of this ...

The pop charts have always been ruled by the young, but some of classic rock's most enduring acts don't seem to have gotten the memo. Nearly 10% of the current Billboard Top 200 album sales chart ...

The best title tracks don’t just anchor the classic albums they come from; they also become enduring favorites. They also work as introductions and often the central themes of their parent LPs. In the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The fall harvest has kicked in majorly and this week I review seven albums: the fifth and best bar italia album yet; Soulwax‘s sleek, synth-driven All Systems Are Lying; the cozy shoegaze of Living ...