El Rego El Rego Daptone Records It was only until recently that El Rego was released, a self-titled compilation from an artist long forgotten (though to many of us, simply unknown). El Rego, a Beninese musician who played in the ‘60s and ‘70s, [...]
Gringo Star Count Yer Lucky Stars Gigantic Music The oddly-named Gringo Star have returned with their second album, Count Yer Lucky Stars, a distinctive and fun Rock ‘n’ Roll album. It is comprised of a blend of Classic Rock, 1950-60’s Pop and [...]
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound Want More Bloodshot Records Few contemporary bands appeal to a musical genre that’s glory is long past lived. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound are one of these few who diligently disregard the recipe of Pop [...]
Skinny Puppy Handover Synthetic Symphony/SPV Handover is the third release since cEvin Key and Nivek Ogre reformed industrial icons Skinny Puppy in 2000. The three years it took to make the album were plagued with hurdles, including the [...]
Carter Tanton Freeclouds Western Vinyl As an alumnus of the defunct lo-fi outfit Tulsa, and a collaborator with gothic songstress Marissa Nadler and with the Lower Dens, Carter Tanton is certainly no musical slouch. That being said, his latest [...]
Spectrals Bad Penny Slumberland Records/Wichita On listening to the first track, “Get A Grip,” I was sent back in time to the 1950’, to a beach (or perhaps you imagine a poolside) in California. The Spectrals’ debut LP, Bad Penny, is a return of [...]
Still Corners Creatures of An Hour Sub Pop Records Sub Pop Records’ Still Corners release their debut full-length project, Creatures of An Hour. This record maintains an airy-atmospheric sound that listeners have probably come to [...]
Thomas Dolby Map of the Floating City Lost Toy People I’ve never been a big fan of the whole ‘80s synth-sound. For me the word ‘music’ gathers in itself a different connotation: dark guitar riffs, drum beats, alluring lead singers with croaky [...]
Scott Weiland The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Softdrive Records Commercialism and consumerism can easily bring out the Grinch in even the most ardent Christmas enthusiast. It seems as though nobody’s immune to picking the pockets of their [...]
Pop Will Eat Itself Chaos and Mayhem Metropolis Records/Cooking Vinyl “Pop will eat itself” is a quote from a NME article, by David Quantick, which over the years became something more than a statement – it became the name of a Punk band. PWEI, [...]
