LOVE AND ROCKETS SO ALIVE REMIX EP BEGGARS BANQUET This is a very interesting EP. Although the concept is not a new idea, when it is executed well, it sounds fresh and fascinating. And that is exactly what Love And Rockets have done with this [...]
AVI C. ENGEL STRANGLING VINE INDEPENDENT With some 20 years on the music scene, Toronto’s Avi C. Engel (they/them) is no newcomer. During that period, they have accumulated quite a serious catalogue, which their Bandcamp page will amply show [...]
BENNY TROKAN DO YOU STILL THINK OF ME? WICK RECORDS New York native and sought after collaborator for bands like Spoon, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and Lee Fields and the Expressions, among many others, Benny Trokan has recorded his first [...]
FONTAINES D.C. ROMANCE XL RECORDINGS Since their highly acclaimed 2019 debut album, Dogrel, Fontaines D.C. has been one of the most hyped bands in rock and post-punk. Their second and third albums, A Hero’s Death and Skinty Fia, continued to [...]
THE ALARM MUSIC TELEVISION TWENTY FIRST CENTURY RECORDINGS Music Television is an interesting, and to be honest, unexpected album from The Alarm. On this album, Mike Peters and company tackle cover versions of 1980s songs that were known for [...]
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT PYRAMID (BOXSET) COOKING VINYL Pyramid was originally released in May of 1978, and was The Alan Parsons Project third album. It was their follow-up to their massively successful I, Robot. In many ways, Pyramid picked up [...]
HAROLD BUDD, ELIZABETH FRASER, ROBIN GUTHRIE, SIMON RAYMONDE THE MOON AND THE MELODIES 4AD The Moon And The Melodies is a collaboration between four very talented artists, three of which were the three members of The Cocteau Twins. Harold Budd [...]
OLD MAN FLANAGAN’S GHOST SIMPLE LITTLE BOAT INDEPENDENT An act that is well-known for tearing it up in pubs, and at festivals and public events, the Toronto indie Celtic stalwarts Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost (OMFG) have released their third [...]