The Riff Report: Mellencamp, Wilson offer new music

By Sarah Zupko PopMatters.com John Mellencamp, “No Better Than This” Heartland roots rocker John Mellencamp goes all the way back to the basics on this new gritty and spare album recorded on a 55-year-old Ampex tape recorder with a single old-timey microphone. In doing so, he turns out one of his best career albums by stripping away [...]