SHANNON JAE RIDOUT TWO BUSTED BOOTS AND A BROKEN HEART ANTI-CORP MUSIC Back in the mid-s60s, when Vanguard Records were all the rage on the folk scene, it was practically an honour to get a chance to record a solo folk/singer-songwriter album [...]
BIG BRAVE IN GRIEF OR IN HOPE THRILL JOCKEY The emotional element was never missing from BIG|BRAVE’s music, but for its latest album, in grief or in hope, the Montreal/Berlin trio turn that emotional level a few notches further up (or more [...]
SISTER GEMINI SCREAMING CRYING LAUGHING SIGHING DANGER COLLECTIVE RECORDS Sister Gemini is one Remy Jean, supported on her debut album Screaming Crying Laughing Sighing by a quite select collaborative crew, with musicians and producers that have [...]
AMELIA DAY EGO TRIP INDEPENDENT It is true that the number of artists covering that currently popular ground between Americana and pop/rock. Yet the key there is how distinctive their music is – whether they separate themselves from the rest and [...]
AUDIOSLAVE OUT OF EXILE (REMASTERED) UNIVERSAL In 2024, Audioslave, the collaboration between Chris Cornell and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Tim Commerford, returned with their second album, Out Of Exile. The album [...]
KIT MAJOR MISS EGO FUTURELESS With an abundance of singles to her name, Kit Major has returned with her third EP, Miss Ego. Led by singles “Not As Witty As I Used To Be” and “Punk Rock Boyfriend,” the latter of which features some exceptional [...]
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD ALIVE A WAY WITH MEDIA Following 2023’s brilliant Public Image Ltd. album, End Of World, Johnny Lydon lost his wife, Nora (with whom he had been since 1979), and his longtime manager, John Rambo Stevens. No one knew what Lydon [...]
ANGINE DE POITRINE VOL. II INDEPENDENT Angine de Poitrine seemingly emerged out of nowhere. Upon achieving viral status earlier this year, the masked Montreal-based duo has become inescapable as they became the subject of an onslaught of memes [...]
