Squirrel Nut Zippers Lost Songs Of Doc Souchon Independent Jimbo Mathus and his crew continue to convert and subvert vintage jazz on this set, “inspired by all the mysterious characters from the history of New Orleans jazz music”. Edmond “Doc” Souchon may not have been that mysterious, as he was a guitarist and [...]
Yusuf/Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman² Universal Music Half a century after Cat Stevens released Tea for the Tillerman, we find Yusuf taking a retrospective look at his own breakthrough album. Fittingly enough, the concept for the album came to fruition from a conversation between Stevens and his son on how to [...]
Tobin Sprout Empty Horses Fire Records Empty Horses, the seventh solo album from Tobin Sprout, takes a stylistic detour from what we are used to by someone regarded as a prince of fuzz-laden indie rock. With his latest record, we are treated to Sprout’s turn to gentle and pensive folk music which, at times, [...]
Editor Pick
Ace Frehley Origins Vol. 2 eOne “We’ve got a little surprise for you tonight! We’re gonna turn the microphone over to Ace Frehley,” Paul Stanley famously declared on Kiss’ Shock Me (Live), released in 1977. Since then, Frehley has suffered the ups and downs of the fortunes of rock, but remains one of the [...]
Editor Pick
Daniel Romano’s Outfit How Ill Thy World Is Ordered You’ve Changed Records There are few artists as prolific in this day and age as Daniel Romano, and his latest record doesn’t disappoint. Featuring The Outfit, How Ill Thy World Is Ordered is Romano’s ninth album this year. The music is rich with [...]
Marylin Manson We Are Chaos Loma Vista Recordings Coming off a pair of acclaimed records, Marilyn Manson is in the midst of a mid-career renascence as he returns with We Are Chaos. The album, written and produced by Shooter Jennings, sees Manson continue forward on a path of musical sophistication with a modern [...]
Half Moon Run The Covideo Sessions Crystal Math/Glassnote Records Half Moon Run is at the top of their game. Formed in Montreal in 2009, they released the Juno Award-winning album A Blemish In The Great Light in 2019, easily their best music so far. After following this up with a new EP Seasons of Change in July, [...]
Editor Pick
Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith Peradam Bella Union Peradam is the fourth release from Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith. In 2019, this collaboration explored the works of poets Antonin Artaud on The Peyote Dance, and Arthur Rimbaud on Mummer Love. Peradam dives into the writings of René Daumal in Mount [...]
Social Gravy A Different Kind Independent If you have any grievances with quality pop/rock akin to Coldplay or say, even Dawes, you may freely skip this review. You see, Belarusian musician Vee Bordukov & British producer/songwriter Brad Kohn, aka Social Gravy, make exactly that kind of music on their second [...]
Editor Pick
Oh Susanna Sleepy Little Sailor (Deluxe Edition) MVKA Deception can be an art, and sometimes, that is for the best. This is particularly true of those artists/musicians that seemingly don’t come up with music that is strikingly new, but somehow, their music just simply creeps under your skin and you just keep [...]
Editor Pick
Fame On Fire LEVELS Hopeless Records Fame On Fire has consistently tested the genre waters with each project release they have set their minds to, showing the world they are more than your typical multi-genre band. So far, they have succeeded in outdoing everyone’s expectations since the debut of their [...]
Editor Pick
Mary Hopkin Another Road Mary Hopkin Music Mary Hopkin was one of the first artists signed by The Beatles to their Apple label, and in 1968 had a monster hit with “Those Were The Days”. She had many more hits, but there is more, so much more to this incredible artist. Each release is something to celebrate, [...]
STRFKR Ambient 1 Polyvinyl STRFKR’s Ambient 1 is an album unlike any of their other releases. Released just months after their most recent Future Past Life, it is definitely something very different. There are no vocals, no traditional song structures, almost nothing resembling the addictive pop the band is known [...]
Editor Pick
Powerman 5000 The Nobel Rot Cleopatra Records Powerman 5000’s 10th album takes you on a musical journey filled with retro and electronica tones throughout. A perfect example of this is lead single “Black Lipstick.” It has a strong Billy Idol vibe, especially with lead singer Spider One’s brooding vocals. The video [...]
Editor Pick
GospelbeacH Once Upon A Time In London Curation Records Live albums are a tricky thing, you want to have the record sound good, while capturing the energy of the band and the crowd. GospelbeacH has successfully struck that balance with Once Upon A Time In London. Recorded on March 1, 2020 at The Betsy Trotwood in [...]
Toots And The Maytals Got To Be Tough Trojan Jamaica For the first time in a decade, acclaimed reggae band Toots And The Maytals have returned with a brand new studio record, Got To Be Tough. The album, comprised of brand new material along with a cover of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds”, featuring none other [...]
Stephen EvEns Employee Of The Month Onomatopoeia/Onophonic Sound London, U.K.’s Stephen EvEns has been performing for a number of years, and Employee Of The Month is his sophomore album. Also known as Stephen Gilchrist, he is a drummer of some renown. He has been a member of Graham Coxon’s touring band, and has [...]
Elliott Smith Elliott Smith (Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition) Kill Rock Stars No one sings like Elliott Smith. His vocal style, all whispered gravitas and unrestrained emotion, is without compare, but it is also the sheer depth of his suffering, carried and conveyed in every single note, that will always set him [...]
Editor Pick
Metallica S&M2 Blackened Recordings Given the success of 1999’s S&M and, more recently, 2019’s acoustic Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic At The Masonic, Metallica have returned with S&M2 a sequel to their 1999 live album which saw them perform classic material alongside an orchestra. S&M2 [...]
Aidan Knight Aidan Knight Next Door Records Since the release of his previous album, Each Other in 2016, Aidan Knight has undergone huge personal change: he moved to Berlin and back to Canada, celebrated the birth of his first child, and went sober in 2017. His newest album, self-titled Aidan Knight, was recorded [...]
Seether Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Fantasy Records South African alternative rock band Seether is releasing its first album since Poison The Parish. This new project is baptized “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”, which translated from Latin means “If you want peace, prepare for war”. This 53 minutes will catch you [...]
Haley Blais Below The Salt Tiny Kingdom Music Inc. With the release of her debut album Below the Salt, Haley Blais has set herself on the road to indie pop stardom. The Vancouver-based bedroom pop star has released a handful of EPs and singles in the past, but Below the Salt is a step above her previous work. The [...]
The Wailers One World Sony Music The Wailers–indivisible from Bob Marley of course, but the band has always been about creative musicians, needing not only to make a living but also as an outlet for their own music-making. Of course, as long as the name exists, they are going to have to play Marley’s songs, [...]
Editor Pick
Erasure The Neon Mute Records Erasure is the innovator of feel-good dance songs. Vince Clarke, one of the founders of Depeche Mode, Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America), and The Assembly, went on to create Erasure along with Andy Bell. Now on their 18th album, The Neon, they have perfected their formula. The Neon [...]
LOAD MORE
End of the line!