LARA TAUBMAN THE GOSPEL OF GETTING FREE ATOMIC SOUND RECORD COMPANY There is a certain assured quality that was tied with the prime, 70s era of West Coast singer-songwriters: excellent songwriting, strong lyrics, and detailed arrangements and [...]
THE USED MEDZ BIG NOISE The Orem, Utah rock band The Used has released their 10th album, Medz, an album full of B-sides, featuring 7 unreleased songs, leaving just three songs previously released. All of the songs were written and recorded [...]
MONIQUE BARRY HAAK INDEPENDENT HAAK is the fifth album from Toronto-based singer, songwriter and keyboardist, Monique Barry. It is her first full album release since 2013’s Wake, and while it took an unexpected seven years to complete, it has [...]
DAVID UDELL IT’S WORTH IT INDEPENDENT David Udell is a member of two bands, art rock band Wax Theatricks and avant/pop band Delay Tactics. Every so often he strikes out on his own. It’s Worth It is his second solo album (his first, [...]
BIF NAKED CHAMPION HER ROYAL MAJESTY’S RECORDS Champion is Bif Naked’s first album in 15 years (her last album The Promise was released in 2009) and the time between albums has not slowed her down one bit. Naked has returned with a [...]
BOULDER FIELDS WITH ALL THE OTHER GHOSTS LET THERE BE NUMBERS Edinburgh, Scotland artist Cam Fraser has been around for a while, starting out as a punker with Cateran (supported Nirvana in UK back in 1989), then worked with Borrowed Books, and [...]
MOBY ALWAYS CENTERED AT NIGHT MUTE Moby’s Always Centered at Night, released on June 14, features collaborations with Lady Blackbird and Benjamin Zephaniah. The album showcases Moby’s signature style of glittery melodies and warm, [...]
EAMON FOGARTY I’M AN ANIMAL NOW ORPHEAN KIOSK RECORDS How much of the (for some dreaded) genre of prog rock has filtered through into another ‘dreaded’ genre of singer-songwriter? Quite a bit it seems, particularly as both [...]