CREATION REBEL HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON-U SOUND Adrian Sherwood is not only one of the stalwarts, but also one of the true dub innovators. Anywhere. Back in 1978, Creation Rebel, now a full-fledged trio, were first production project, and after [...]
THE MARY WALLOPERS IRISH ROCK N ROLL BC RECORDS Irish Rock N Roll is The Mary Wallopers sophomore album. It is a brilliant follow-up to their self-titled debut album. Irish Rock N Roll demonstrates just how much this band has grown in a [...]
HOWARD JONES CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – THE VERY BEST OF HOWARD JONES 1983-2023 CHERRY RED RECORDS Forty years in the music business is cause for celebration, and Howard Jones is doing just that with the release of Celebrate It Together. This [...]
LOWEST OF THE LOW WELCOME TO THE PLUNDERDOME SONIC ENVY/WARNER MUSIC CANADA Toronto indie-darlings Lowest Of The Low continue their 30-plus year reign of music-making with Welcome To The Plunderdome, the band’s sixth studio LP album and their [...]
SUFJAN STEVENS JAVELIN ASTHMATIC KITTY Sufjan Stevens continues to prove why he is one of the best current songwriters. Very few artists capture sadness quite like Stevens. Although his latest album, Javelin, might not wreck you as emotionally [...]
MUTUAL BENEFIT GROWING AT THE EDGES [PIAS] New York’s Mutual Benefit, aka Jordan Lee, is no newbie. He’s been on the scene from 2009, and has garnered some rave reviews for his previous work. You can expect the same for his latest album [...]
JOHN DOUGLAS JOHN DOUGLAS REVEAL RECORDS Fans of Scottish pop/rockers Trashcan Sinatras will certainly be familiar with John Douglas. They will also be familiar with quite a number of songs on his self-titled solo album. Here, Douglas goes [...]
HELLO JUNE ARTIFACTS 31 TIGERS It is a rare thing when a newly released album is so strong as to defy genre categorization: a work which possesses the variety and quality of songs and sounds that has the potential to reach a truly wide audience. [...]
