The Early Bird
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 11-20-20 – 11-26-20 Reviewed
it’s what we’ve got
The Early Bird: New Releases 11-13-20 – 11-19-20 Reviewed
a whole lotta cool for sure
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 11-6-20 – 11-12-20 Reviewed
Cher Loves Joe
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 10-30-20 – 11-5-20 Reviewed
rollicking good time
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 10-23-20 – 10-29-20 Reviewed
hip hop inspired, r&b standard bearers
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 10-16-20 – 10-22-20 Reviewed
leap forward in sound
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 10-9-20 – 10-15-20 Reviewed
does a stupid sentiment make a bad song?
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 10-2-20 – 10-8-20 Reviewed
old folkie pro
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 9-25-20 – 10-1-20 Reviewed
remains as vital as ever
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 9-18-20 – 9-24-20 Reviewed
Is there a funkier record company than True Groove?
The Early Bird: New Releases 9-11-20 – 9-17-20 Reviewed
escapes his kiddie Nine Inch Nails dead end
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings 9-4-20 – 9-10-20 Reviewed
a terrific reminder of the lost boy
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings 8-28-20 – 9-3-20 Reviewed
a song for the child in all
The Early Bird: New Releases 8-21-20 – 8-27-20 Reviewed
outro aggro black excellence
The Early Bird: Top Picks Of New Records 8-14-20 – 8-20-20 Reviewed
a disco dance party
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 8-7-20 – 8-13-20
full tilt Southern boogie with a howling harp and Elvis with his foot on the pedal and a rocking, dream take
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 7-24-20 – 7-30-20 Reviewed
a riff glam shrug of a song
The Early Bird: New Releases 7-17-20 – 7-23-20
Good, very good… great?
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 7-3-20 – 7-9-20 Reviewed
the sound is Woo darkness and brutality
The Early Bird: Top New Record Releases 6-26-20 – 7-2-20 Reviewed
good stuff throughout if Ken Barnes hasn’t curdled you on him forever
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 6-19-20 – 6-25-20 Reviewed
sound of the streets
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 6-12-20 – 6-18-20 Reviewed
strummed look back at his life
The Early Bird: Top New Album Releases 6-5-20 – 6-11-20 Reviewed
an incendiary blast of full scale revolt
The Early Bird:Top New Recorded Releases 5-29-20 – 6-4-20 Reviewed
An instrumental look back produced by Bill Laswell
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 5-15-20 – 5-21-20 Reviewed
“Life Is Good” gets a killer remix.
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 5-8-20 – 5-14-20 Reviewed
warm, soulful, and heartfelt
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 5-1-20 – 5-7-20 Reviewed
Drake has completed his takeover
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 4-24-20 – 4-30-20 Reviewed
her songs stood up without any help from Max Martin
The Early Bird: New Top Releases 4-17-20 – 4-23-20 Reviewed
as dramatic and gorgeous as you could hope for
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 4-10-20 – 4-16-20 Reviewed
soooo New York
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 4-3-20 – 4-9-20 Reviewed
she’s tried and she’s tried… but she hasn’t yet
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings 3-27-20 – 4-2-20 Reviewed
Dua Lipa has lead the way
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 3-20-20 – 3-26-20 Reviewed
a widening of his sound that never seems to be wide enough
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 3-13-20 -3-19-20 Reviewed
all good ol’ guitar band rock music
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 2-28-20 – 3-5-20 Reviewed
phenomenal disco back to the future
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 2-21-20 – 2-27-20
a thundering beauty
The Early Bird: Top New Record Releases 2-14-20 – 2-20-20 Reviewed
flavor of the moment on a dramatic snooze
The Early Bird: New Record Releases 2-7-20 – 2-13-20 Reviewed
a straight up pop punk stroke with relentless strong material
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 1-31-20 – 2-6-20
without greatness in its DNA
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 1-24-20 – 1-30-20
a pleasure for a certain type of aesthetic
The Early Bird: Top New Record Releases 1-17-20 – 1-23-20 Reviewed
a solid effort without being anything special
The Early Bird: Top New Record Releases 1-10-20 – 1-16-20 Reviewed
a unique self-portrait
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 1-3-20 – 1-9-20 Reviewed
Woke love in the age of blah
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 12-20-19 – 12-26-19 Reviewed
four hour radio show from Amsterdam
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 12-13-19 – 12-19-19 Reviewed
ultra arranged guitar sound modulations
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 12-6-19 – 12-13-19 Reviewed
an artistic statement of immense integrity
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 11-29-19 – 12-5-19
nearly six hours
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 11-22-19 – 11-28-19
Instantly, their two worst albums