Tetrarch Unstable Napalm Records You better sit up and take notice of the Atlanta-turned-LA-based band, Tetrarch, as they have only begun to make themselves known. The highly anticipated, and well worth the wait sophomore album came out [...]
Phantom Handshakes No More Summer Songs Z Tapes It just might be that boundaries are going away, at least, as far as music is concerned. New York duo Matt Sklar and Federica Tassano that work as Phantom Handshakes, have released their second [...]
Nick Hudson Font Of Human Fractures Independent Modern music genres can really be strange constructs. They can be proclaimed on the basis of musical structures, lyrics or just simply the mood they create. Very often though, they overlap, and you [...]
Telex This Is Telex Mute Records The partnership of Belgian synth-pop pioneers Telex with Mute Records to re-issue the band’s back catalogue is a logical fit, and it launches with career retrospective This Is Telex. Rather than assimilating them [...]
Heavy Petter/Lightmares Heavy Petter/Lightmares Tarantula Tapes Teaming up for a split release is Barrie’s Heavy Petter and Sudbury’s Lightmares. The four-track cassette release – via Tarantula Tapes – is spilt between the two bands like a pair [...]
Royal Blood Typhoons Warner Music If neon had a sound, it would be the sleek grit of Royal Blood’s third album, Typhoons. Following the release of 2017’s How Did We Get So Dark?, the duo has seemingly traded in their rough and raw rock tone for [...]
THE PROMISE OF A DISAPPOINTMENT GIRL A CONVERSATION WITH DELYN GREY Musicians often refer back to some dark places and thoughts in their lives and try to turn them into best possible music they can. This is probably one of the toughest artistic [...]
Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues Rockathon Records “A collage of rejected songs” is how Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard describes Earth Man Blues which sounds, y’know… not great, Bob. This humble, tongue-in-cheek sentiment runs the risk of [...]
DUALITY A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER VELJANOV OF DEINE LAKAIEN Dual, the most recent effort from Germany’s dark wave project Deine Lakaien, which was released on Prophecy Productions, breaks new ground for the duo. The double-disc album [...]
CEMETERY OF STRANGERS – CADENCE A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Cemetery Of Strangers was formed in mid 2019, as the coming together after many years and much distance, of old friends, Brad Searl (vocals) and Steven Marinucci (guitars), [...]
LORD HURON ALIVE FROM WHISPERING PINES: EPISODE 4 OF 4 (VIRTUAL EVENT) April 29, 2021 Lord Huron’s four-part livestream series came to a close last night – a bittersweet ending to a very unique and compelling show. Alive… From Whispering [...]
“IN THE DITCH” BY HELMET OUT NOW | FOURTH SINGLE TAKEN FROM THE PROBLEM OF LEISURE: A CELEBRATION OF ANDY GILL AND GANG OF FOUR GILL MUSIC The fourth single to be taken from the album The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy [...]
ALEXANDRA RIORDEN – “ANIMALS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Alexandra Riorden’s debut LP Angel City Radio is an abstract chronicle of the tumultuous healing process one endures after experiencing trauma, wrapped in a [...]
MODESTY BLAISE – “AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ALL OVER TOWN” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE If you were to soundtrack the episodes of ‘The Avenger’ to modern day retro-flavoured music, you might very well look to Bristol [...]
Murray Acton Covid-19 Nervous Breakdown Independent On the subject of COVID-19, Murray “The Cretin” Acton has a lot to say on his debut solo album. For a guy who has been touring with Canadian punk legends Dayglo Abortions since 1979, it’s easy [...]
DANKO JONES – “FLAUNT IT” SONIC UNYON RECORDS Power Trio sees Danko Jones delivering each engine-revving riff, soul-shaking stomp, and shout-it-loud hook with a sniper’s precision. It’s such a simple, self-evident [...]
Beartaker Virtuous Signal Independent Canadian two-piece pandemic collaborators Jeremy Widerman (Monster Truck) and Theo McKibbon have reunited following the release of their debut EP, Total Disgrace, in April 2020. Their latest release, [...]
Peter Frampton Frampton Forgets The Words UMe/Universal Music Canada When a new album from an aging rock star is released, the fact is often received with a bit of an eye-roll. “Who do they think they are? Their best years are behind them…” – [...]
Cream Live At The Forum (Limited Blue Vinyl Edition) UMe/Polydor This is some heavy Cream. “Sitting On Top Of The World” was where the band once stood, and where they stood while recording this particular Los Angeles show, back in [...]
John Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – The Ultimate Collection (Super Deluxe Box Set) Apple/Universal Music Reviewing a reissue or rerelease is never really easy. For me, there are a few considerations. Does the album deserve to find a [...]
Steve Cropper Fire It Up Provogue/Mascot Label Group Stax Records was one of the most revered labels of the 60s and 70s – at least where gritty, funky soul music is concerned. Steve Cropper was one of its leading architects; originally guitarist [...]
Motörhead Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin Silver Lining Music Despite passing away in 2015, the legacies of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead have remained among rock and metal’s most revered of titans. Since his passing, Motörhead have released a [...]
Dirty Honey Dirty Honey LP Independent Among the most promising of the current u- and-coming rock bands to emerge from America is Dirty Honey. Returning with their first full-length album, and their follow-up to their debut studio EP that [...]
Gilby Clarke The Gospel Truth Golden Robot Records While best known as the rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses on the Use Your Illusion tour, Gilby Clarke has enjoyed a small solo career through the ‘90s into the early 2000s. The guitarist has [...]
