Lydia Luce Dark River Independent Nashville is changing. No, it isn’t the quality of musicianship. Whether you like it or not, the Nashville sound is one of the best around. [...]
The Band Stage Fright (50th Anniversary Edition) Capitol Records The latest reissue from The Band Stage Fright, is a prime example of many things. Firstly, [...]
Aaron Lee Tasjan Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! New West Records Aaron Lee Tasjan is certainly a name that is somewhere in the back of the memory files of music fans. After [...]
Tele Novella Merlynn Belle Kill Rock Stars Smart pop music with engaging lyrics is not just the sole property of British bands like Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura. [...]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah New Fragility CYHSY, Inc./Secretly Distribution For a while now, we haven’t heard much about Clap Your Hand Say Yeah. There could be [...]
Belle And Sebastian What To Look For In Summer Matador Records Those that did not have the chance to see Belle and Sebastian live might question how both [...]
Coco Reilly Coco Reilly Golden Wheel Records The number of current artists trying to channel music from the bygone years of rock grows by the day. In most cases, they try to mimic [...]
Smudge All Stars Smudge All Stars Pegdoll Records Back in the ‘90s, an Australian rock band called Smudge, was raved about by Lemonheads main man Evan Dando. Frankly, [...]
Luca Wilding Luca Wilding Abbey Records Another new day, another singer/songwriter, another debut EP. Sounds too familiar? In most cases, yes. In others, however, you sense that [...]
The War On Drugs Live Drugs Super High Quality Records When The War On Drugs released their rightfully acclaimed Lost In a Dream album back in 2014, they were confirmed as [...]
JORDAN REYES SAND LIKE STARDUST American Dreams Records Ambient country might be a relatively new category for some, and it seems to be developing in popularity. After [...]
Blinker The Star Juvenile Universe Independent Jordon Zadorozny is one of those one-man musical operations that always surprises but never lets down. Juvenile Universe, [...]
Billie Holiday Billie: The Original Soundtrack Verve Records What can you say that has not already been said about Billie Holiday, one of the best–if [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The Eleventh Trip RidingEasy Records There could be a few reasons why RidingEasy Records have had 11 runs with their ‘Brown Acid’ [...]
Stephen Becker Nothing Sun Under The New NNA Tapes The so-called bedroom artists are becoming ‘dime-a-dozen’ these days. After all, quite a few are stuck in their [...]
Melody Gardot Sunset In The Blue Verve Records Some music reviewers try to be critical and stay polite at the same time. One of the ways to do so is to lump together into [...]
Palace Winter …Keep Dreaming Buddy Tambourhinoceros Electronic music these days has been used and abused. Unfortunately, more the latter than the former. That is [...]
