Death Party Playground Little Joy Independent “Sounds like” is probably the most common comment you’ll hear about music. Any music. Expect no exceptions with Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario quartet Death Party Playground and Little Joy, their new and ‘first’ album at the same time. New, since they do have [...]
Nebular Wave Chicxulub Saw-Whet Records Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, instrumental space rockers Nebular Wave have released their first LP Chicxulub. The album is described by them as the “refined result of late-night jams, early morning freak outs, and mid-day improvisations”. It’s difficult to think of a [...]
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Apocalyptica Cell-O Silver Lining Music Apocalyptica is back with their ninth studio album Cell-o, which is also their first fully instrumental album in 17 years. The Finnish cello quartet are perhaps best known for their deeply emotional instrumental covers of metal classics like Metallica’s “One” and “For Whom [...]
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Frank Zappa The Hot Rats Sessions (Reissue) Universal Music With Hot Rats, originally released in the fall of 1969, Frank Zappa showcased his talent by blasting through with incredible jazz-fusion-based gems. Hot Rats is the most essential Zappa record, with a rounded mix of both his technical abilities as a [...]
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Øzwald Born In A State Allswell Records Albums released mid-December of any year are usually by big name artists, or are some form of a lavish rerelease serving as a ‘perfect gift’. Nothing wrong with those, it is just that practically all the other albums coming up at that time that don’t fall into that category [...]
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Twin Tribes Ceremony Negative Gain/Young & Cold Records/Manic Depression Records I hate to admit it but I’m an old goth; not the goth part but the old part. Listening to Ceremony, the new album from Texas goth/dark wave duo Twin Tribes, caused me to have severe flashbacks to a time when Cleopatra Records ruled [...]
Throbbing Gristle A Souvenir Of Camber Sands (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. The original lineup put aside their differences, and that year released a live album, A Souvenir Of Camber Sands is the live album, and it was originally released in 2004. What makes [...]
Throbbing Gristle Part Two: The Endless Not (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. The original lineup put aside their differences, and eventually in 2007 they recorded Part Two: The Endless Not which was, very much, a band effort. Amazingly, even though it had been 21 [...]
Beatastic Diffraction Shore Dive Records Beatastic describes themselves as a “shoegaze/indie/grunge/electronica/post punk band.” Based out of Brighton, the band is really a solo project by Nicolas Pierre Wardell. Diffraction is a new release under that name. Wardell is a busy guy. Besides this project, he has [...]
Låpsley These Elements XL Recordings Rhythmic elements run through an ambient electronic and soulful sound which emanate from this four-track musical release. Unique beats and clicks keep the listener engaged and interested in hearing what’s next. This is the third EP release for Holly Låpsley Fletcher, English [...]
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Be-Bop Deluxe Modern Music (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set) Esoteric From hero to zero and back again, yet just another of those standard rock stories. Bill Nelson and his Be-Bop Deluxe were originally hailed as saviours of what is now called classic rock. Only a few months later, when their fourth, Modern Music [...]
Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial Atlantic Roddy Ricch shows us just how good of an artist he is with his debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. The album includes 16 songs, and features artists ranging from Meek Mill, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Durk, A boogie, and Gunna. From the intro on [...]
XXXTentacion Bad Vibes Forever Empire XXXTentacion’s final posthumous album, Bad Vibes Forever, has finally been released. With a generous amount of 25 songs, it features artists ranging from Tory Lanez, Mavado, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, PNB Rock, Trippie Red, and KillStation. The album shows how diverse of an artist [...]
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Friends Again Trapped And Unwrapped Cherry Red Records This re-release is ridiculously overdue. Friends Again released their one and only album in 1984, Trapped & Unwrapped: Collection. Since it was released on CD in 1989, it has all but disappeared from stores but not from the fans’ minds. Now it has finally [...]
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Rational Youth (Deluxe Expanded Edition) Cold War Night Life Universal Music Cold War Night Life was originally released in 1982 and was the debut album for Montreal’s Rational Youth following the release of a couple of singles, both of which would wind up on the album. It became the must have album of 1982, if [...]
The Who Who Universal Music Standing among the last classic rock bands from the 1960s, The Who have returned with WHO, their first album in 13 years. With a legacy spanning over 55 years, founding members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are back with long-time touring members, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer [...]
Various Artists If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison Fat Possum Records Mississippi-born Mose Allison passed away November 15, 2016. If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison is a posthumous nod to the man and to his cool, jazz-inflected blues and blues-inflected jazz. Taj [...]
Oppkast C2H50H Independent Okay, this is a band going places – most likely the beer tent, the pub and any other place that sells copious amounts of alcohol! With a name that translates as vomit this was a review that required a certain amount of initial bravery! And I didn’t like the cover! What a surprise! [...]
Royal Trux Quantum Entanglement Fat Possum It was early 2019 when Neil Hagerty declared in the midst of an interview that he was leaving Royal Trux, the experimental garage rock band he formed in 1987 with then-partner, Jennifer Herrema. The announcement came on the heels of the release of White Stuff, the duo’s [...]
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Herbie Hancock Directstep (Reissue) Get On Down Originally released in 1979, Herbie Hancock’s Directstep has enjoyed an interesting and unique history. Aside from being released exclusively in Japan, the album was recorded with the new ‘Direct-To-Disc’ recording technology. This method recorded masters [...]
The Game Born 2 Rap eOne Music The Game’s resilience and longevity is set on display on his newest album Born 2 Rap. The album comes as the ninth installment in the rap veteran’s almost perfect discography. Surviving a slew of public setbacks and the loss of great friends, Game shows his endurance on the [...]
Evan Freeman Beyond The Stars Evan Freeman, Inc. Following his 2016 debut album Luna, Evan Freeman is back with another sonic float-about, Beyond the Stars, a 13-track collection broken into three parts of intricately crafted shoegaze that is rich and vast and ethereal, and while its sound is ghostly and somber at [...]
Throbbing Gristle TG Now (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. Their first order of business was to get together and record some music to see if this was still a viable band. The result was the EP TG Now, originally released in 2004 and only available to fans attending [...]
Walter DeBarr We Fall, We Break Orphan Records Walter DeBarr has delivered his six-song, impressive debut EP after years of what one may call a colourful life. Prison, addiction, and hard living have all contributed to DeBarr’s music. Although it is clear he has spent a good portion of his life absorbing many [...]
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