STILL A STUDENT OF MUSIC AN INTERVIEW WITH MURRAY McLAUCHLAN “Every time I make an album, I think ‘that’s it’”, Murray McLauchlan reveals during our telephone conversation about his new album, Love Can’t Tell Time. Thankfully, Murray keeps on [...]
Paul McCartney Flowers In The Dirt (Reissue) Universal Music In 2010, Paul McCartney began a reissue series, called The Archive Collection, where he would reissue an album from his catalogue. The reissues would not only include the remastered [...]
Mount Eerie A Crow Looked At Me P. W. Elverum & Sun Mount Eerie is really songwriter and producer Phil Elverum. Elverum was married to Canadian artist Geneviève Castrée, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Geneviève was diagnosed [...]
Night Ranger Don’t Let Up Frontiers Music SRL By my count, this is Night Ranger’s 12th studio album. And to be very honest, they are not breaking any new ground with this one. They have returned to a tried and true formula. [...]
MACRO VS. MICRO AN INTERVIEW WITH YONI WOLF OF WHY? Yoni Wolf and Why? are back, and that is a very good thing. The last Why?album was 2012’s Mumps, Etc., but they have returned with Moh Lhean and continue to release their music on Joyful Noise [...]
THE BLOKE FROM FISCHER-Z A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN WATTS “People know me as the bloke from Fischer-Z”, laughs John Watts as we talk about his new album, Building Bridges, “so I went back to that name a couple of years ago instead of releasing it [...]
Peter Murphy Bare-Boned And Sacred Metropolis Records This is actually Peter Murphy’s fourth solo live album. And this is, by far, is his best . It was recorded at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge in April 2016 during his Bare-Boned And Sacred [...]
Heath Green & The Makeshifters Heath Green & The Makeshifters Alive Records There appears to be a big resurgence in “real music”, you know, no loops, no synths, no samples, and basic guitar driven music played by real players. I, for [...]
Maker Move Your Feet Kidda Records Move Your Feet is a five track EP from UK’s Maker. This four piece band know their rock history and their music. The result is a rocking, bluesy, powerful EP. Co-produced by the band and Nick Brine, who up to [...]
David Bazan Care Undertow This is an interesting album, with an even more interesting title. Care. Simple, but also direct, almost an order. The theme of this album, spread throughout the lyrics is care…care for yourself but also, [...]
Andrew Golub – The Music Between Us – Concert Ads of Duran Duran Durandy Productions – March 3, 2017 ISBN – 978-0-692-63482-0 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Duran Duran represent the ‘80s. I think there can be no argument [...]
Murray McLauchlan Love Can’t Tell Time True North Records No one could ever accuse Murray McLauchlan of doing the expected. He takes his time between records, has been part of a success ‘supergroup’ (Lunch at Allen’s) and does pretty much [...]
Slow Death Lights Slow Death Lights Independent The debut album from Slow Death Lights has been a long time coming. Their preceding single/EP came out two years ago, but this album has been worth the wait. Slow Death Lights is the album fans [...]
Various Artists T2 Trainspotting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Insomniac/Interscope Records I don’t envy the writers/producers of T2 Trainspotting. They have a lot to live up to as do the producers of the soundtrack. The first movie, [...]
THESE ARE THE DAYS, THESE ARE THE SONGS AN INTERVIEW WITH MICK THOMAS (WEDDINGS PARTIES ANYTHING) Mick Thomas? What the hell has he been up to lately? Well, quite a lot. A new book, a new compilation album, and recording new music. I had the [...]
Glenn Skuthorpe See My World Independent This is album number five from the remarkable Nhunggabarra, Kooma, Muruwari artist (his definition).. If I was honest I would say the first time I listened to this album I was not all that impressed. I [...]
Why? Moh Lhean Joyful Noise Recordings The band Why? evolved from artist Yoni Wolf, who had been using that name while performing in California. Older brother, Josiah started working with Yoni, and Doug McDiarmind joined the fold. Yoni’s [...]
Broads Vacancy Independent One of the joys of reviewing music is stumbling upon artists that you might not otherwise know much about or have to opportunity to hear. This band is a wonderful discovery for me. Broads is a Melbourne based band, [...]
Mick Thomas – These Are The Days: Stories And Songs Melbourne Books – March 3, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-925-55605-6 Book Review By Aaron Badgley To be very honest, this book is long overdue. One of Mick Thomas’s many talents is his [...]
Emilia Up Current Records Emilia made her music debut in 2013. Since then, she has completed a full length album, and followed it up with an EP. During this time, while creating her music, she has also found time to complete her studies in York [...]
George Harrison The Vinyl Collection Universal Music Canada George Harrison…the quiet one, the spiritual one, the guitarist, The Beatles. I have always felt bad for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and yes George Harrison because [...]
Asia Symfonia – Live In Bulgaria 2013 Frontiers Music SRL Asia formed in 1981 and was the supergroup for prog rock. But this was ‘pop’ prog rock, short(ish) songs full of hooks, strong melodies, harmonies and the occasional solos. Well [...]
LITTLE FICTIONS AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK POTTER OF ELBOW “We are buzzing at the moment”, Mark Potter states as I settle in and talk with the band’s guitarist about all things Elbow. “Yeah, the nice thing about being number one is that it [...]
Los Campesinos! Sick Scenes Wichita Recordings These guys are from Wales? Really? There is no way you would pick up on that fact listening to this, their latest album. This is their sixth album (for those keeping count) and their first [...]
