Fleet Foxes Crack-Up Nonesuch Records After a six year absence, The Fleet Foxes return with their first album since 2011 Helplessness Blues. And their first album since the departure of Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty). Even with the [...]
The Franklys Are You Listening? Hälta Hälta Records Are You Listening? is the debut album from The Franklys. The band is made up of guitarists/vocalists Jennifer Ahlkvist and Fanny Broberg (from Sweden) and bassist Zoë Biggs and drummer Lexi [...]
Fader First Light Blanc Check First Light is the debut album from Fader, which is the latest project from Neil Arthur (from Blancmange fame) and Benge (Ben Edwards) who is known for his work in electronic music, especially as part of John Foxx [...]
Prince And The Revolution Purple Rain (Deluxe Expanded Edition) NPG Records/Warner Music First things first. I love Prince. I love Prince And The Revolution and I love Purple Rain. I loved it when it first came out on June 25, 1984 and it has [...]
Algiers The Underside Of Power Matador Records This album is not for the faint of heart. I think the opening lines from the first track, “Walk Like A Panther” sets the tone. ‘We won’t be lead to slaughter, This is self [...]
RANDY BACHMAN REFUSES TO SLOW DOWN A CONVERSATION WITH CANADIAN ROCK LEGEND RANDY BACHMAN Randy Bachman is a Rock Legend. He had his first number one record with The Guess Who (“Shakin’ All Over”) in 1965. By 1970, when he left The Guess Who, [...]
Daryl Hall & John Oates + Tears For Fears @ The Air Canada Centre, Toronto June 19, 2017 Two bands I have longed to see, but never had the opportunity over the years. When I heard they were touring together, there was no question, this was [...]
Imagine Dragons Pop-Up Arcade @ Shed Creative Agency, Toronto June 17, 2017 The Imagine Dragons opened their own Arcade in Toronto on June 17 and 18. While their hits played, you could play Frogger, Ms. Pacman, Pacman, The Simpsons and other [...]
Jessica Lee Morgan Around The Block Space Records Jessica Lee Morgan comes from a very musical family. Her mother is singer/songwriter Mary Hopkin (“Those Were The Days”) and her father is producer/musician Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T. Rex to [...]
Kevin Morby City Music Dead Oceans Records City Music, Kevin Morby’s fourth solo album, is his first since 2016’s Singing Saw. It is also his second release on the Dead Oceans record label. You might also remember that Morby was a member of the [...]
Can The Singles Mute Records Can is, simply put, one of the most influential bands in music history. They formed in Germany in 1968 and the original line-up included Holger Czukay (bass), Irmin Schmidt (Keyboards), Michael Karoli (guitars); and [...]
Jason Loewenstein Spooky Action Joyful Noise Recordings Spooky Action is Jason Loewenstein’ second solo album, and his first since 2002’s At Sixes and Sevens. Mind you, he has been busy during the last 15 years, but fans have patiently waited [...]
Lunch At Allen’s If It Feels Right True North Records/Linus Records Lunch at Allen’s is Murray McLauchlan, Ian Thomas, Marc Jordan and Cindy Church. All Canadian superstars in their own right. If It Feels Right is the fifth release from [...]
Alison Moyet Other Cooking Vinyl Other is Alison Moyet’s ninth solo album, since leaving Yazoo. This is also her first album since 2013’s The Minutes. The important thing to remember about Alison Moyet is that no two of her albums sound the [...]
IF IT FEELS RIGHT AN INTERVIEW WITH MARC JORDAN OF LUNCH AT ALLEN’S It was never intended to be a “supergroup”, and it was never meant to last more than one performance, but 13 years and five albums later, that is exactly what Lunch At [...]
Moby And The Void Pacific Choir More Fast Songs About The Apocalypse Mute Records The genius of Moby is that you just never know what is going to come out of your speakers when you put on any album he releases. More Fast Songs About The [...]
Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister Planetarium 4AD 2017 is certainly shaping up to be the year of the album. This album has taken on almost mythical proportions. The group came together in 2012 for a performance at a [...]
Prairie Cat Is Cary Pratt Fuzzy Logic Recordings Prairie Cat is Cary Pratt and Is Cary Pratt is the name of his latest release. Pratt is the lone member of the band, playing all the instruments, and writing the entire album. The album was [...]
Saint Etienne Home Counties Heavenly Recordings Saint Etienne is a trio, who have been recording music since 1991. Their eighth release, Home Counties is their first album since 2012’s Words and Music by Saint Etienne, and to say this album is [...]
Sleep Party People Lingering Joyful Noise Recordings Sleep Party People is really Brian Batz, a Danish artist who has been recording since 2010. This is the fourth album by Batz under the name Sleep Party People, and the first album he has [...]
UP THE RAH’S!!! A CONVERSATION WITH JACK McLEOD OF THE RAH’S Meet The Rah’s. An energetic, talented five piece band from Prestonpans in Scotland, a small seaside town just outside of Edinburgh. They formed in 2011. The original [...]
THROW YOUR LIFE IN THE AIR AND SEE WHERE IT LANDS A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA LEE MORGAN Jessica Lee Morgan may be a new name to you, but she has been around a while performing and recording, and like the title of her new album, she has been [...]
FACING MODERN PRESSURES HEAD-ON A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL ROMANO According to the press release I read to promote Daniel Romano’s latest album, Modern Pressure, he made his stage debut at the age of eight. He played drums for his family’s [...]
LINGERING A CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN BATZ OF SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE Sleep Party People, an unusual name for an unusual band. Actually, Sleep Party People is not so much a band as it is one individual, Brian Batz. Hailing from Denmark, Batz started [...]
