THE DECEMBERISTS RELEASE NEW SINGLE “ALL I WANT IS YOU” OFF FORTHCOMING ALBUM AS IT EVER WAS, SO IT WILL BE AGAIN OUT JUNE 14 YABB RECORDS/THIRTY TIGERS The Decemberists have released a new single, “All I Want Is You.” The track, [...]
PAPER ANTHEM- “COELACANTH” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Indie-rock band Paper Anthem is back with “Coelacanth” the first single from their upcoming EP due out later this year. Produced by Danny Monk, [...]
JOE MATERA – LOUDER THAN WORDS: BEYOND THE BACKSTAGE PASS EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera has had a very diverse and interesting career in music. The Italian-Australian musician, who is based in Australia, not [...]
ACCEPT HUMANOID NAPALM RECORDS Accept can be considered one of the most legendary German heavy metal bands to have formed in 1976. Since their inception, they have not only become one of the most successful German acts, but they have also made a [...]
PERSONAL TRAINER WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE? INDEPENDENT Personal Trainer’s debut EP, What Was There Before?, is a display of what once was, mourning girlhood and grasping onto any hallucination of innocence that can be found in the “bottom of your [...]
MÖTLEY CRÜE USHERS IN A NEW ERA WITH “DOGS OF WAR” RETURN WITH FIRST NEW RELEASE SINCE 2019 Mötley Crüe returns with a brand new single, “Dogs of War,” out now on all platforms via Big Machine Records. Their first song [...]
GIRL IN RED COVERS “GIRLFRIEND IS BETTER” FOR A24‘S EVERYONE’S GETTING INVOLVED: A TRIBUTE TO TALKING HEADS’ STOP MAKING SENSE FULL TRACK LISTING REVEALED AND OFFICIAL VINYL AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER After teasing [...]
ALBERTA CROSS TEAM UP WITH BAND OF SKULLS TO RELEASE NEW COLLABORATIVE SINGLE “BORN IN AMAZEMENT” AND ANNOUNCE LIVE SHOW DARK MATTER/AUSTRAL MEDIA After the successful release of November’s debut collaboration “Crooked [...]
THE MISSION WEST COAST TOUR DATES TOUR INCLUDES A STOP AT PASADENA’S CRUEL WORLD FESTIVAL For British post-punk band THE MISSION , hitting the road in America is something to look forward to. In Spring 2024, they’re playing a round of [...]
GERMAN HEAVY METAL GIANTS ACCEPT RELEASE THRILLING THIRD NEW SINGLE “FRANKENSTEIN” NEW STUDIO ALBUM HUMANOID OUT NOW VIA NAPALM RECORDS ACCEPT is gearing up for the release of their new full-length album Humanoid, out today, by unleashing the [...]
DEEP PURPLE – ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM =1 ‘IT ALL ADDS UP TO 1’ One of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time releases new album =1, on July 19th via earMUSIC. The first single will be unveiled on April [...]
STEPHEN SANCHEZ ANGEL FACE (CLUB DELUXE) MERCURY RECORDS/REPUBLIC RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC In 2023 I reviewed Stephen Sanchez’s debut album, Angel Face for Spill Magazine. Although I did not include it in the original review, I do recall thinking [...]
A CLOUD OF RAVENS LOST HYMNS (EXTENDED) METROPOLIS RECORDS/NEXILIS Lost Hymns, the third release by Brooklyn-based Goth duo A Cloud of Ravens, displays their great ability to innovate the genre with a hint of symphony, but fails to escape a [...]
THE LOSTINES MEET THE LOSTINES GAR HOLE RECORDS Picking up a sound from any of the past decades, a ‘blast from the past’, if you will, and then recreating that sound for modern times, is not as easy as it might seem. You have to know [...]
HOVVDY HOVVDY ARTS & CRAFTS Following the success of their 2022 EP billboard for my feelings, Texas duo Charlie Martin and Will Taylor, better known as Hovvdy, has returned with a new self-titled double album. The duo has found themselves on [...]
CLUB LOTUS – “STOLE MY ACE” INDEPENDENT New York indie soul band, Club Lotus, release their determined single, “Stole My Ace.” In essence it’s about taking love back from people that stole it from you. For the [...]
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE TIME IS GLASS DRAG CITY Ben Chasny, or Six Organs Of Admittance, was never an artist that could be pinned down, and his albums so far ran through a gamut of sounds, from pastoral folk to full-on, loud psychedelia or [...]
KYP HARNESS KICK THE DUST INDEPENDENT After 30 years on the scene, you are free to call Kyp Harness a Canadian musical institution. Just take a look (and a listen) to a myriad of releases listed on his Bandcamp page and the fact that his take on [...]
COLOUR FILM HALF AN HOUR INDEPENDENT Matthew de Zoete, Hamilton, ON singer-songwriter, has been around for a while (since 2006, to be precise) and has been quietly making some sublime sounds ever since. Yet behind quietly lies the fact that Half [...]
JUSTICE HYPERDRAMA ED BANGER RECORDS/BECAUSE MUSIC Justice’s highly anticipated fourth album, Hyperdrama, is now here. It has been more than seven years since their previous album, Woman. Even more, they have released a few singles in [...]
GOSPELBEACH WIGGLE YOUR FINGERS CURATION RECORDS Gospelbeach is a band out of Los Angeles. Wiggle Your Fingers is an incredibly well-produced and well-written album that is full of strong melodies, fantastic lyrics, and spirit. Although they are [...]
THE HARPOONIST – “GOOD PEOPLE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE After 17 years as part of acclaimed duo The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, vocalist and harmonica virtuoso Shawn Hall aka – The Harpoonist now goes it alone and [...]
ARTOFFACT RECORDS ANOUNCE THE SIGNING OF ARTIST LYS MORKE Artoffact Records announced the signing of their newest artist Lys Morke to their growing roster! Lys Morke (Irene Talló) is a singer-songwriter, producer and visual artist based in [...]
MAKING THE MUSIC WE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A CONVERSATION WITH CAPSTAN Since 2012, Capstan has been known as a fresh and vital force in the hardcore scene. Looking at their transitions over the past couple of years, one of the things that made [...]
