Pearl Jam Let’s Play Two Republic Records/Universal Music Canada Not sure if you’ve heard, but in what may be the most exciting moment in sports history, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last year, ending a 108-year drought. Having [...]
Arcade Fire Everything Now Sony Canada Arcade Fire is no stranger to theatrics when it comes time to release a new album. In 2013, before Reflektor (my favorite Arcade Fire album) was released, the band billed themselves as The Reflektors. They [...]
The International Bob Dylan Tribute Festival @ City Winery, Chicago June 28, 2017 On June 28th, The International Bob Dylan Tribute blew through to wind into City Winery. The annual event, now in its 11th year, celebrates Bob Dylan’s songs [...]
The Cranberries Something Else BMG Chokers. Strategically ripped jeans. Remembering to feed your Tamagotchi before leaving the house. The 90s are back, and now, so are The Cranberries. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band, The [...]
Cold War Kids L.A. Divine Capital Records Indie rockers Cold War Kids have released their first album in three years, titled L.A. Divine. Inspired by the band’s hometown of Los Angeles, this fourteen track record is their first release for [...]
Depeche Mode Spirit Columbia Records Spirit is Depeche Mode’s 14th studio album, and couldn’t have come at a better time. Opening with the pointedly political “Going Backwards,” frontman Dave Gahan laments ‘We’re goin’ backwards/turnin’ back our [...]
The Knitts Retreat Knitting Factory Records For those of us that have been going to see The Knitts’ live shows for years now, their debut album Retreat has been a long time coming. Over 6 long years. If you HAVE been seeing them in person during [...]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The Tourist CYHSY, Inc. Since their 2005 debut, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah haven’t had much to get excited about. They’ve gone through growing pains and the loss of band members, until the band truly was the sound of one [...]
Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love! Glassnote Entertainment Group When was the first time you discovered Donald Glover? Was it through his music as Childish Gambino? His standup? His writing on “30Rock?” Perhaps it was when he was an actor in [...]
La Sera Queens EP Polyvinyl Records Somewhere in between touring in support of its album Music For Listening to Music To (which I reviewed just this past March HERE), La Sera found the time to record its latest EP, Queens. A longtime fan of Katy [...]
Moving Units Damage With Care Metropolis Records Los Angeles-based group Moving Units have recently released their fourth album, Damage with Care via Metropolis Records (April 8, 2016). As with the previous three albums, you can expect Damage [...]
La Sera Music For Listening To Music To Polyvinyl Records The influence of producer Ryan Adams is apparent in La Sera’s Music For Listening to Music To‘s thoughtful arrangement of the tracks, and somewhat alt-folk-country sound. The [...]
Peppina @ Resident LA, Los Angeles February 18, 2016 Finnish songstress Peppina swung briefly through Los Angeles on her way back to her native Helsinki via Park City, Utah, Washington DC and New York City this week. All in all, she’s been in [...]
The Fratellis Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied Cooking Vinyl The Fratellis’ fourth album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, is easily their best to date. Each song requires at least two listens – the first to take in the new sounds, fusion of instruments, and [...]
Patrick Watson Love Songs For Robots Domino Records I was first introduced to Patrick Watson in 2012, at Austin City Limits (ACL). I had never heard of him before seeing him on the lineup that year; he was seemingly as unknown as one can be, [...]
Killawatt émigré Osiris Matthew Watt, widely known as Killawatt, shows the progression into a more mature artist with his debut album émigré. He is no longer simply putting out dubstep, but venturing into the realms of electronica, bass, and [...]
Twin Shadow Eclipse Warner Bros “That moment when something pure and constant is broken, where you’re filled with vulnerability, that moment is what I live for in art,” says George Lewis, Jr., aka Twin Shadow. “I’ve [...]
The Lookouts Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories) Don Giovanni Records Thirty years before anyone would ever even conceive of Green Day, three guys got together and The Lookouts were born. The California punk band released a remastered album March [...]
How In 40 Minutes, Joshua Radin Just Ruined Every Man in The World’s Valentine’s Day Plans: An Interview With Joshua Radin Whoever said “romance is dead” has obviously never experienced Joshua Radin. Radin’s latest album Onward and Sideways, [...]
Sonny & The Sunsets Talent Night At The Ashram Polyvinyl Records If you didn’t know it, you would never guess San Francisco native Sonny Smith is nearing his mid-40s. Imaginative, quirky, and possessing the ability to spin stories akin to a [...]
Prima Donna Nine Lives And Forty-Fives Alive Naturalsound Records Los Angeles foursome Prima Donna is back with an impressive 11-song studio album. Nine Lives and Forty-Fives features eight original songs, and three covers: “I’m On Fire” (Dwight [...]
Bob Dylan Shadows In The Night Columbia Records Shadows in the Night is Bob Dylan’s 36th studio album. It was released by Columbia Records on February 3, 2015 and contains 10 songs originally made famous by Frank Sinatra, though Dylan himself [...]
