THE CRANBERRIES EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT, SO WHY CAN’T WE? (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) ISLAND/UMe The ‘90s grunge movement changed music, providing a platform that brought alternative rock to the masses. Nirvana was the catalyst, sparking a [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS FABRIC PRESENTS SAMA’ ABDULHADI FABRIC RECORDS Sama’ Abdulhadi, a pioneering Palestinian DJ, melds traditional Middle Eastern sounds with electronic beats, crafting mesmerizing sets that traverse cultural boundaries. [...]
BLINKER THE STAR ANIMAL MATH INDEPENDENT Animal Math is Blinker The Star’s 12th studio album and their fifth since 2019! That is a lot of music over the past few years. It is a rather brilliant collection of all new originals by Jordon [...]
OSCAR PETERSON CON ALMA: THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO – LIVE IN LUGANO, 1964 TWO LIONS RECORDS In 1964, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Ed Thigpen performed in Lugano. This incarnation of The Oscar Peterson Trio is widely acclaimed as his [...]
TIM FINN & PHIL MANZANERA FINN & MANZANERA BFD/THE ORCHARD Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera have known each other and worked together for a very long time. Manzanera produced the second Split Enz album, Second Thoughts in 1976, and in return [...]
BIG WRECK PAGES SONIC UNYON RECORDS Big Wreck continues to evolve their sound on their latest record, Pages. Their second release of the year, the six-song EP follows 7.3 – the conclusion of a trio of EPs released between 2021 and 2023 – and [...]
CAUSTIC BUGGY INDEPENDENT Caustic’s new single “Buggy” is a delicious, dark, dystopian dub… direct from DJ Matt Fanale. Industrial electronica with a solid, deep foundation sprinkled with lighter specks of unexpected melody. It’s [...]
BOB DYLAN THE COMPLETE BUDOKAN 1978 COLUMBIA RECORDS The original Bob Dylan At Budokan album came out in 1979, featuring 22 select tracks from the 56 he played on back-to-back nights in Tokyo, Japan during his year-long 1978 tour. Sandwiched [...]