KILL, THE ICON! – “HEAVY HEART” BLAGGERS RECORDS “Heavy Heart” is the second single from Kill, The Icon!’s upcoming debut EP Your Anger Is Rational. This kitschy punk anthem plays on the more serious themes of [...]
K.FLAY RELEASES NEW SINGLE “RAW RAW” & ANNOUNCES HEADLINE TOUR GIANT MUSIC LA based multi-platinum two-time GRAMMY-Award nominated artist K.Flay has released her new single “Raw Raw”. The song is her first new music [...]
PROTOMARTYR PRESENT NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “ELIMINATION DANCES” FROM NEW ALBUM FORMAL GROWTH IN THE DESERT OUT JUNE 2 DOMINO RECORDS Protomartyr — the Detroit post-punk band composed of Joe Casey (vocals), Greg Ahee (guitar), Alex Leonard [...]
GUITAR AND DRUMS DUO JOHN SHARE THEIR NEW SONG “TRAUMA MOSAIC” WITH A VIDEO | DEBUT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BRACE YOURSELF/PETS CARE RECORDS Cryptically-named duo JOHN – comprised of John Newton (drums, lead vocals) and [...]
d3adc0de RETURN WITH ANTHEMIC NEW SINGLE “CALL OUT THE LIARS” INDEPENDENT Following their debut earlier this year with “Fight Or Flight,” that included an eye-opening and club-ready remix done by big beat legends The Crystal Method, [...]
AYRIA RELEASES STUNNING NEW VIDEO FOR “BATTLE CRY” ARTOFFACT RECORDS AYRIA (AKA Jennifer Parkin) unveils a radiant new video for her empowering single, “Battle Cry”. Equally electric and compelling as the single, with [...]
Teenage Bottlerocket So Dumb/So Stoked Pirates Press Records Teenage Bottlerocket’s new EP, So Dumb, isn’t exactly my personal favorite. The tracks lack a bit of structural complexity, and the overall delivery could be described as [...]
Great Lake Swimmers Uncertain Country Fontana North/Cadence Music Years ago, a friend described the experience of her toddler’s first show. It was Great Lake Swimmers, a band I hadn’t heard of until then. Yet the image of the [...]
VNV Nation Electric Sun Metropolis Records VNV Nation is back with its 11th studio album Electric Sun. Lead by Ronan Harris, the project is a pinnacle in the world of EBM, futurepop, and industrial dance since 1990 and its presence is still [...]
Cradle Of Filth Trouble And Their Double Lives Napalm Records For their first live album in 20 years, Cradle Of Filth knew that fans would crave something more sinister than the usual affair that makes up a project such as this. Eschewing the [...]
Jerry Leger The Time Flew By Latent Recordings “There’s no rest for the wicked,” or so the saying goes. If that is true, singer-songwriter Jerry Leger is a ‘wicked’ man, indeed! Currently touring Europe and the UK, the Toronto-based roots rocker [...]
Butch Bastard Las Vegas Salvation Big Cartel Butch Bastard is the pseudonym of Seattle-raised, LA-based singer-songwriter Ian Murray, formerly of Poor Moon, and Las Vegas Salvation is his second album. Although he has had some help here, it is [...]
Annie Blackman Bug Father/Daughter Records Being vulnerable and introspective is often one of the qualities many listeners look out for in singer songwriters. The problem can be that sometimes such artists go a bit too far in ‘barring the [...]
QUEENS & KINGS – “EARTHQUAKE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Unlike the singles we’ve seen previously from Toronto-based rock duo Queens & Kings where Alissa plays drums and Brendan plays guitar (although they [...]
MATT COSTA – KATABATIC FLIGHT (FILM SCORE LP) AN SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Acclaimed indie singer-songwriter Matt Costa’s newest film project Katabatic Flight — created in collaboration with Roark, Vero Watches, and Danner Boots [...]
Djabe &Steve Hackett Live In Gyor Cherry Red Records This is a very interesting and perhaps perceived as an odd release. Djabe has made its name as a top notch jazz band from Hungary and Steve Hackett, of course, is famous as the guitarist [...]
Glen Matlock Consequences Coming Cooking Vinyl Glen Matlock has had quite a career. He was the original bassist for The Sex Pistols, a member of Rich Kids, s icurrent touring member of Blondie, and his own solo records. Consequences Coming is [...]
The Damned Darkadelic earMUSIC It is hard to believe that The Damned’s debut album, the classic Damned Damned Damned was released 46 years ago and here I am reviewing their new album! Remember, they also have rights to the claim they released [...]
Scott Matthews Restless Lullabies Shedio Records With any process, there has to be a reverse process. Still, a key question remains there, particularly with music, which is the better one for the artist? In the case of singers songwriters, they [...]
Taj Mahal Savoy Stony Plain Records If there ever was a musical archivist (or a few of them) that actually was able to transfer his knowledge into music, then Taj Mahal is certainly one of those. Like Ry Cooder, his buddy from their early (and [...]
Be-Bop Deluxe Sunburst Finish (Vinyl Reissue) Cherry Red Records Going retrospect and missing the point can be quite harmful for an artist, but getting it right, picking a right artist and/or album to feature, can shed a new light not only on [...]
You Said Strange Thousand Shadows Vol. 2 EXAG’ Records/Le Cèpe Records If you want a new band to fall in love with, this is it. You Said Strange’s latest LP, Thousand Shadows Vol. 2, is brilliant and versatile. The guitar riffs on their [...]
Raised On TV Strangers In Pictures Sell The Heart Records The latest album, Strangers In Pictures from Raised On TV, is a very calm and relaxing listen. It has some great moments, but there is nothing that remarkable about the album. Many [...]
The National First Two Pages Of Frankenstein 4AD With its latest album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, The National continues to prove why it is one of the best alternative rock bands working today. First Two Pages of Frankenstein features [...]
