FROG GROG INDEPENDENT To many ardent indie rock followers, Frog, consisting of brothers Danny and Steve Bateman, is hanging in the memory somewhere as one of those cult artists that has done something that earned them status. The reason why the [...]
LOW WATER BRIDGE BAND BACK TO THE VALLEY INDEPENDENT Low Water Bridge Band, is a relatively fresh force on the Americana music scene, as the band started back in 2020. The Virginia sextet consists of Logan Moore (guitar, vocals), Alex Kerns [...]
JULIE BYRNE JULIE BYRNE WITH LAUGH CRY LAUGH GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL How many songs on a release do you need to realize that an artist is doing the right thing? For some, a double album is not enough, for others, like Julie Byrne, who are brimming [...]
DAFT PUNK RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES (DRUMLESS EDITION) SONY MUSIC It has been 10 years now since French electro-pop masters Daft Punk released their seminal album Random Access Memories. As time went by, it became quite obvious that the album [...]
ABIGAIL LAPELL LULLABIES OUTSIDE MUSIC No hidden meanings or double entendres with the album title here – Abigail Lapell’s Lullabies is exactly that – eight lullabies from across the world. These songs should make you, your [...]
DAVID HOLMES BLIND ON A GALLOPING HORSE HEAVENLY RECORDINGS David Holmes is a name that often lingers in the minds of listeners, either as a DJ or as a member of Unloved, but even more so as the man behind quite a number of modern film [...]
ROSIE H SULLIVAN IN MY NATURE NETTWERK We often speak of what detriments Spotify poses to artists, but sometimes, artists do have benefits from that streaming service. Let’s take here the example of Scottish singer-songwriter Rosie H [...]
IN THE PINES PAINTING BY NUMBERS INDEPENDENT Working on the edges of indie rock while crossing over into Americana one moment and post-grunge and psych (and elsewhere) on the other, is not new but is not easy to do well. Sure, there are [...]
TALsounds SHIFT NNA TAPES Natalie Chami, who works under the moniker of TALsounds ,refers to herself as “a proud Canadian-born Lebanese American” a description that is something for the listeners to uncover through her work so far, [...]
JERRY LEGER DONLANDS LATENT RECORDINGS They say that the Americana/roots genre is getting crowded. Quite possibly so, but that just gives the opportunity to those artists that should stand out with the quality of their music do exactly that. [...]
Robert Finley Black Bayou Easy Eye Sound There are so few of those old-fashioned soul-roots artists around that whenever one of them releases an album you simply have to go out and grab it. That is exactly what needs to be done with Black Bayou, [...]
SEAN BURNS LOST COUNTRY DEPARTMENT STORE RECORDS If the title of the latest album by Winnipeg artist Sean Burns, is not a true giveaway of what you can hear within the grooves (or bits), Lost Country, I don’t know what is. And what Burns [...]
RYKARDA PARASOL TUESDAY MORNING INDEPENDENT How do you combine that mid to late 60s San Francisco style psych with French pop of the same period with touches of that Velvet Underground dark cool? Well, if you are Rykarda Parasol, you move from [...]
THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF DOING IT SOLO A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN DOUGLAS (TRASHCAN SINATRAS) Deciding to do it solo, just you, your voice and guitar, can be a tricky proposition. You are not only all by yourself, you are completely exposed and [...]
MARE BERGER DREAMING BLUE INDEPENDENT PR people often plug their artists’ new releases by comparing them to some big or well-known names, for those artists only to fall a bit, or a bit shorter to those they are compared with. Now, Mare [...]
TERRA LIGHTFOOT HEALING POWER SONIC UNYON Is there anything wrong with some high energy, guitar-driven pop-rock, with or without other embellishments? Surely not, if it has a lot of good melodic hooks, and some strong vocals, it this case, as [...]
ANDREW BIRD’S BOWL OF FIRE THRILLS/OH! THE GRANDEUR (25th ANNIVERSARY REISSUES) ORG MUSIC For those who need reminding of a little bit of history, Andrew Bird might not be the freshest face on the scene, but his musical development took a [...]
JENN CHAMPION LAST NIGHT OF SADNESS GAY FOREVER They used to call it gloomcore and one of the most prominent purveyors of such a sub-genre was Carissa’s Wierd, still ringing in the ears of that band’s fans. Now, Jenn Champion, their [...]
SARAH MORRISON ATTACHMENT FIGURE RAMP LOCAL Tallahassee-based singer songwriter Sarah Morrison might not care much about social media (try finding her socials), but she sure cares about her music. Just take an even cursory listen to her latest [...]
SAGITTAIRE LUCIAN & CAROLINE INDEPENDENT Behind the Sagittaire moniker is one Ivan Mairesse, LA musician who, judging by his latest album Lucian & Caroline, has some deep and wide artistic interest that stretches beyond music. Mairesse [...]
CREATION REBEL HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON-U SOUND Adrian Sherwood is not only one of the stalwarts, but also one of the true dub innovators. Anywhere. Back in 1978, Creation Rebel, now a full-fledged trio, were first production project, and after [...]
MUTUAL BENEFIT GROWING AT THE EDGES [PIAS] New York’s Mutual Benefit, aka Jordan Lee, is no newbie. He’s been on the scene from 2009, and has garnered some rave reviews for his previous work. You can expect the same for his latest album [...]
JOHN DOUGLAS JOHN DOUGLAS REVEAL RECORDS Fans of Scottish pop/rockers Trashcan Sinatras will certainly be familiar with John Douglas. They will also be familiar with quite a number of songs on his self-titled solo album. Here, Douglas goes [...]
ART BERGMANN SHADOWWALK WEEWERK Maybe Art Bergmann is not catching the headlines outside of Canada, but he should certainly be, particularly after his latest album ShadowWalk. While he describes himself as “anti-hero-iconoclast of Canadian [...]
