Articles by Jason Schneider

Mark Lanegan Rises Again

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2012

There was a time in Mark Lanegan's career when an album entitled Blues Funeral might seem like a bad omen for the Seattle scene veteran who...

Emma-Lee

Backseat Heroine

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2012

While many singers have to undergo throat surgeries at some point, few have had to endure the ordeal twice. Yet that's precisely what Emma-...

Joe Louis Walker

Hellfire

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2012

Having come of age in San Francisco during the height of acid rock, Joe Louis Walker has always displayed more dexterity than the generatio...

The Schomberg Fair

Mercy

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2012

This Toronto, ON trio's previous full-length album, Gospel, was a major step forward, in terms of blending singer-songwriter Matt Bahen's d...

Jerry Leger

The Good Old Days are Back in Drag

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2012

Ever since Bob Dylan "went electric," embracing a rock'n'roll aesthetic has remained a tricky concept for some traditionally minded singer-...

The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Opens Up about 'El Camino'

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

It's entirely likely that if any other band experienced the mainstream breakthrough the Black Keys did with their 2010 album Brothers, they...

The Black Keys

El Camino

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

With their 2010 album, Brothers, the Black Keys did everything right in ambitiously expanding their sound without sacrificing any soul. It...

In the Pink Floyd

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

Everything Pink Floyd ever did was designed on a grand scale ― three-quarters of the group studied architecture after all ― so...