GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV APPALOOSA BONES SUITCASE TOWN MUSIC Has it really been five years since Gregory Alan Isakov’s last studio album, Evening Machines? It has, and although Isakov has been busy with touring and taking care of his very active [...]
DIZZY DIZZY ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS Dizzy’s third album, self-titled but with no hint of self-importance, would be easy to dismiss as simplistic pop, particularly when one hears the opener, “Birthmark”. Indeed, lead singer Katie Munshaw’s vocals [...]
SOFIA TALVIK CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE MAKAKI RECORDS Sofia Talvik hails from Sweden and released her first album in 2005, carving out her own distinct style of Americana/folk with a Nordic twist. Center Of The Universe is her eighth album and she [...]
Public Image Ltd. End Of World Cargo/Redeye For some, like me, it is hard to believe that Public Image Limited (PIL) is celebrating their 45th anniversary. After The Sex Pistols, who knew that John Lydon would form a band that would still be [...]
Killah Priest Mystery Channel 600 Block Records Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest has dropped his fourth major release this year, following an instrumental version of his 2022 collaborative album with Jordan River Banks, Mr. Universe [...]
CORDOVAS THE ROSE OF ACES ATO RECORDS These days, Americana music space is getting crowded with artists coming up with some high-quality music that spreads across genres with quite some ease. Still, even with such quality around, for whatever [...]
HOLY WAVE FIVE OF CUPS SUICIDE SQUEEZE RECORDS Esoteric is the term that qualifies all somewhat special, often mystical things that are of interest to a very specific group of people. That surely includes Tarot cards and Tarot readings. It is [...]
Mammoth WVH Mammoth II BMG Wolfgang Van Halen returns with his follow-up album to his 2021 debut, Mammoth WVH. Mammoth II not only delivers a second offering of modern rock, but, quite impressively, establishes Wolfgang as a dynamic figure of [...]
