2006-02-20
The enthralling new Streets of New York (released Feb. 21 on the equally new 00:02:59 label) finds the artist in his mid-fifties, his youthful energy unflagging, and he’s never sounded more committed to the themes he’s tackled. They range from the title track—a gritty paean to his adopted hometown that he describes as “my love song to the city”—to the chilling “Cell Phones Ringing (in the Pockets of the Dead),” his unflinching response to the 2004 Madrid train bombings. - James Gamble
GREG LASWELL
Through Toledo
JEFF BECK
ROCK 'N' ROLL PARTY
Great Lakes Swimmers
Lost Channels
OF MONTREAL
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Liam McKay and the Saints
Confessions to a Lover
BOY
Mutual Friends
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