Blue Öyster Cult iHeart Radio Theatre N.Y.C. 2012 Frontiers Music Frontiers Music, along with Blue Öyster Cult, continue their release of archival material of this classic rock band. Some of the music has been released before, and some, as with [...]
Blancmange Mindset Blanc Check Records The new Blancmange album opens with the title track, “Mindset”, and following a minute-long musical introduction, the unmistakable voice of Neil Arthur sings “Unlike Wednesday this day is focused/There [...]
APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL PREVIEW: PART 1 A CONVERSATION WITH WALTER DeBARR There are two things you need to know about Walter DeBarr. The first thing is that he is remarkably talented and innovative. He has one of the most unique sounds in [...]
Dennis DeYoung 26 East, Volume 1 Frontiers Music As hard as it might be to believe, this is Dennis DeYoung`s first studio album since 2009`s One Hundred Years From Now. Perhaps the time away from the studio has been a major asset, as 26 Eas, [...]
THE ADMIRATION OF WHITE PLASTIC CHAIRS A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF BLANCMANGE “I was just outside with my daughter, she is home from university, and we were just doing a skipping competition to see who can do the most and she was beating [...]
Frigs Rave And Rupture In Music As Disaster Arts & Crafts Although there have not been many new Frigs releases since their 2018 debut album, Basic Behaviour, this Toronto-based band has been very busy. Three quarters of the band provided [...]
MISSING FOR DAZE…WHERE YOU GONE? A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX PATERSON OF THE ORB “Basically what we are doing here is surviving, as much as possible. It might be a wake up call for humanity, to be honest,” states Alex Paterson at the [...]
LETTING THE FREAK FLAG FLY A CONVERSATION WITH DOM MARIANI OF DATURA4 As I write this, there is a lot going on in the world. It seems a bit difficult to talk about new albums while the world goes through something that we have never endured. [...]
BREAKING IN A BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES A CONVERSATION WITH ANA CRISTINA CASH Ana Cristina Cash has just released a new album, Shine, her second all English album , an album that has been a while in the making. “I have been working on this album [...]
LOST AND FOUND A CONVERSATION WITH SPIRIT DIES FIRST Spirit Dies First has just released their debut album, Lost And Found. It has been five years in the making, and the London, Ontario-based band has every right to be proud of their [...]
Church Of Trees New Bold Dawn Independent Church Of Dreams is the brainchild of musician/writer/producer extraordinaire, Bernard Frazer. Since their debut EP in 2017 (Primitive Creatures), he has consistently come up with some of the finest [...]
Daniel Romano’s Outfit Content To Point The Way You’ve Changed Records Content To Point The Way is Daniel Romano’s third full-length album release since the end of March. Prolific does not even begin to describe him. Even more [...]
APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL PREVIEW: PART 1 A CONVERSATION WITH WILLIAM MATHENY The Appalachian Folk Festival is a live-stream that shouldn’t be missed and is coming your way on April 25. One of the featured artists for that online festival is [...]
Philip Rambow Canadiana Fretsore Records When you listen to the new Philip Rambow album, Canadiana, the first thing you realize is that five years between albums is simply too long. His last album, 2015’s Whatever happened To Philip Rambow, was [...]
Ana Cristina Cash Shine Avondale Records Ana Cristina Cash has had a very diverse career up to this point. This album, Shine, is her first album since 2018’s My Christmas Collection, and her third entirely English language one. As Ana Cristina, [...]
Elmwood Underground These, Them’s And Those Independent Let us put everything on the table. There is a heavy and sad cloud hanging over this album. Sean Cunnington, guitarist for the band, passed away on March 18, 2020 due to COVID-19. So, [...]
A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A REMARKABLE MUSICIAN AND FRIEND A CONVERSATION WITH DWAYNE LAU OF ELMWOOD UNDERGROUND Music is very powerful. It can inform us, educate us, transport us in time, trigger a powerful memory in us, and provide us with a much [...]
Monks Road Social Humanism Monks Road Records Humanism is the third full album for the collective known as Monks Road Social. Featured artists on this album include: Mick Talbot (Style Council), Dr Robert (Blow Monkeys), Crispin Taylor [...]
Datura4 West Coast Highway Cosmic Alive NaturalSound Records Although the world is in lockdown, and things are not looking up, Datura4 has released, what I consider to be, the first true great summer album. West Coast Highway Cosmic is the [...]
THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE IS BROKEN A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS David Clayton-Thomas is an icon. As lead singer of Blood, Sweat And Tears and as a solo artist, he has sold millions of records, played Woodstock, won Grammys and was [...]
THINGS WILL BE BETTER FARTHER ON DOWN THE LINE A CONVERSATION WITH PACIFIC RANGE Throughout rock history there have always been hotspots which produced bands and artists who help music grow while keeping one eye on the past. Cleveland, London, [...]
ANDY CAHAN – THE MOST FAMOUS MUSICIAN YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Andy Cahan may not be an instantly recognizable name, but the bands and artists with whom he worked are very well known. He is known for [...]
The Alan Parsons Project Ammonia Avenue (Deluxe Edition) Esoteric/Cherry Red Records Nostalgia is a funny thing, especially when it comes to commercial radio. Ammonia Avenue, by The Alan Parsons Project was a big album when it was originally [...]
The Orb Abolition Of The Royal Familia Cooking Vinyl I find it hard to believe that The Orb have been making records for almost 30 years. Their debut album, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, was released in 1991. Now, in 2020, The Orb [...]
