Ugly Beauty: The Month in Jazz (column)
2022: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September NEW!
2021: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
2020: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
2019: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
2018: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November
2017: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
Gavin Rossdale interview (October 2022) NEW!
ISIS’ Oceanic Turns 20 (September 2022) NEW!
Baroness’ Yellow & Green Turns 10 (July 2022)
Tom Waits’ Alice and Blood Money Turn 20 (May 2022)
The Best Jazz Albums of 2021 (December 2021)
Terrace Martin interview (November 2021)
Pat Metheny interview (September 2021)
Summer of Soul Review (June 2021)
Josie and the Pussycats‘ Soundtrack Turns 20 (March 2021)
The Best Jazz Albums of 2020 (December 2020)
The 10 Best Steely Dan Songs (November 2020)
Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual de lo Habitual Turns 30 (August 2020)
“Who Let The Dogs Out” Turns 20 (July 2020)
A Perfect Circle’s Mer De Noms Turns 20 (May 2020)
The 20 Best Jazz Albums Of The 2010s (January 2020)
The 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2019 (December 2019)
A Tribute to In The Court Of The Crimson King (October 2019)
Rubberband, Man: Digging Into Miles Davis’s Newly Unearthed Lost Album (September 2019)
Santana’s Supernatural Turns 20 (June 2019)
I Beheld the Dio Hologram, and am Returned to Tell Thee (June 2019)
Carlos Santana Reflects on 50 Years of Making Music and His New Africa Speaks (June 2019)
The Dirt is a Terrible Movie About Terrible People (March 2019)
The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2018 (December 2018)
Metallica’s Death Magnetic Turns 10 (September 2018)
10 Great Aretha Franklin Deep Cuts (August 2018)
Mudhoney’s “Touch Me I’m Sick” Turns 30 (August 2018)
Autechre’s LP5 Turns 20 (July 2018)
Premature Evaluation: Kamasi Washington, Heaven And Earth (June 2018)
The Sword’s Gods Of The Earth Turns 10 (April 2018)
Van Halen’s Van Halen III Turns 20 (March 2018)
Disfear’s Live The Storm Turns 10 (January 2018)
The Best Jazz Albums of 2017 (December 2017)
Metallica’s Reload Turns 20 (November 2017)
Remembering Celtic Frost’s Martin Ain (October 2017)
American Standards: Why Everybody Loves Tom Petty (October 2017)
Last of the Multi-Platinum Post-Grunge Bands: Creed Talk My Own Prison at 20 (August 2017)
Against All Odds, Linkin Park Were America’s Last Huge Rock Band (July 2017)
The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2016 (December 2016)
The Worst New Band in America Reminds Us That Nü-Metal’s Not Going Anywhere (September 2016)
Defeating The Jazz Zombies: America’s Music Is Alive & Well—These 7 Artists Are Proof (September 2016)
AC/DC Albums from Worst to Best (August 2014)
Miles Davis Albums from Worst to Best (November 2014)
Motörhead Albums from Worst to Best (September 2015)
Iggy Pop Albums from Worst to Best (March 2016)
Yes Albums from Worst to Best (May 2015)
PHILIP D. FREEMAN 