INTRDCING ANMLPLNET A CONVERSATION WITH MICKEY VERSHBOW & LEAH WELLBAUM OF ANMLPLNET Meet ANMLPLNET (pronounced ‘animal planet’, “we left out the vowels to avoid copyright issues” the band jokes), a new band comprised of two very talented [...]
The Tillers The Tillers Sofaburn It has been about five years since the Tillers released an album. Their last album, 2013’s Hand On The Plow, was well received and had the band poised for an even bigger audience. Since 2008, The Tillers have [...]
…And We All Die Modern Day Privateers (Remixes) + Outtakes Independent …And We All Die is a collective of musicians organized by Raymond Burton Estes. He formed …And We All Die in 2000, and by my count they have issued a number [...]
Trevor Burnett 4 Yotam Independent Trevor Burnett is an artist born and raised in Montreal. However, he has spent the last few years travelling the world. While travelling, it would seem that Burnett was working on his writing and music. 4 Yotam [...]
BOTANICAL GARDENS A CONVERSATION WITH DON McLEAN It has been eight years since the last Don McLean album. On March 16, 2018 he released his 19th studio album, Botanical Gardens. Perhaps it is not the album fans or one would expect from Don [...]
The Oak Ridge Boys 17th Avenue Revival Lightning Rod Records The Oak Ridge Boys have been around for a very long time, this current lineup has been together since the mid 1970s. Interestingly they may not have the commercial success they once [...]
Don McLean Botanical Gardens BMG One never knows what Don McLean will do next or when, for that matter. Botanical Gardens is his first studio album since 2009’s Addicted To Black. So it has been a while for McLean but it has been well worth the [...]
The Bonnevilles Dirty Photographs Alive Natural Sounds Records Dirty Photographs is the first album from the Belfast based The Bonnevilles since 2016’s Arrow Pierce My Heart. It is their fifth album overall, and one can see that since their [...]
The Orange Kyte The Orange Kyte Says Yes! Little Cloud Records This is a very unique album and The Orange Kyte have a very unique sound. The band consists of Stevie Moonboots [vox, bass, guitars] and Dave Mulvaney [drums, percussion], and Mat [...]
Fungus Hill Cosmic Construction On Proxima B Independent Buckle your seatbelts, this is not your usual rock album. Fungus Hill have brought us something different, yet something old. Cosmic Construction On Proxima B is a concept album, a science [...]
Erasure World Beyond Mute Records In 2017, Erasure released their 17th studio album, World Be Gone. It was a big success, both critically and commercially in their native U.K. (it made the Top Ten). Vince Clarke, the one half of Erasure who is [...]
Stonerpop Physical Business Stonerpop Records Stonerpop is a duo that sounds like they should be from somewhere in Europe, but in fact they are based in Louisiana. The group is comprised of Jimmie Maneuva (keyboards, programming and backing [...]
HAPPY TO SING THE BLUES A CONVERSATION WITH MYLES GOODWYN Where does one even start when writing about Myles Goodwyn? He has been a huge presence in the music scene since the early 1970’s, writing, producing and performing some of the most [...]
Kutch Notionside Independent Kutch is made up of Colin Kutchyera and La+Ch (Coleman Hell’s Collective) and Notionside is their debut album under the name Kutch. Both artists are no strangers to the music world but this collaboration was meant [...]
Laurie Anderson And Kronos Quartet Landfall Nonesuch Records This is a pairing that is long overdue, as is the album. The origins of Landfall are as interesting as the album itself. For many years Kronos Quartet were looking to work with [...]
Randy Bachman By George By Bachman Universal Music This is an odd one, or maybe just unexpected. Bachman has been issuing solo albums for many years, and By George By Bachman is Randy Bachman’s first studio release since 2015’s Heavy Blues. By [...]
Myles Goodwyn Myles Goodwyn And Friends Of The Blues Universal Music You have to give Myles Goodwyn a great deal of credit. He is known for his work with April Wine, and April Wine have never been known as a blues band. A talented band, led by [...]
UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey A Real Labour Of Love Universal Music UB40 formed in 1978, with their name coming from the British Unemployment benefit form, number 40. Unemployment Benefit gave them the UB and the 40 was the form number, [...]
ARISE A CONVERSATION WITH SIMEON ROSS Simeon (pronounced Sim-e-on, “my parents gave me a very unique name,” he laughs) Ross may not be a household name, yet. But this artist has earned his stripes and then some. He has actually written and been [...]
THE NICEST, HARDEST-WORKING NARCISSISTS YOU’LL EVER MEET A CONVERSATION WITH THE DREAMBOATS If this was 1964, there would be an album in your local record store or Woolworths (depending on the size of your city) and it would be named Meet [...]
ODE TO OPTIMISM A CONVERSATION WITH GIANNI PACI Gianni Paci is a young artist, and as a solo artist he has released three EPs. His most recent solo EP was released in 2017 (I Tried To Right My Wrongs, But I Made A Left). Although young in age, [...]
THE MEAT OF HIP-HOP A CONVERSATION WITH ELOVET It is still early days for 2018, and a lot of year is left. However, even though the year is young, there have been some fine releases making 2018 a banner year for music already. Elovet is an [...]
Everything Is Recorded Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell XL Recordings Richard Russell founded XL Recordings in 1989, and since that time XL has produced some of the most original and coolest dance records released in the last 25 years. [...]
Belle And Sebastian How To Solve Our Human Problems – Part 3 Matador Records “Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination,” sings violinist Sarah Martin in the opening song “Poor Boy.” And she is right. The conversation begins. The [...]
