Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors Strangers No More Magnolia Records With all the new artists/bands exploring Americana/roots music, there is always a chance that not all of them will reach the heights of those that have been working the genre for [...]
Cowboy Junkies Such Ferocious Beauty Latent Recordings The Cowboy Junkies are back with their first release of new material in five years, the much-anticipated Such Ferocious Beauty. Principal songwriter Michael Timmins had time to reflect and [...]
The Aquadolls Charmed Enci Records Charmed is Los Angeles-based femme-punks The Aquadolls’ third album, and from the start, it’s noticeably more punk than their previous efforts. This album also marks the first time the trio have written as a [...]
Foo Fighters But Here We Are RCA Writing and recording an album in the wake of two significant losses in one year is not easy, but Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters turned their pain into something beautiful. Their 11th album, But Here We Are [...]
Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom Columbia Records It would be difficult to claim that any of the songs included on Bob Dylan’s latest album Shadow Kingdom weren’t some of the best of his early catalogue. With selections culled mainly from his first two [...]
Young The Giant Both Sides Awal/Jungle Youth Records Just under a year after the initial debuts of what would become their multi-movement fifth studio album American Bollywood, So-Cal band Young the Giant has released the four-track follow-up EP [...]
Rival Sons Darkfighter Atlantic Records The conversation about the great rock bands of our time is incomplete without mentioning Rival Sons. Among the strongest and most original bands to emerge from the influence of ‘70s classic rock, the [...]
BUCKCHERRY VOL. 10 CENTURY MEDIA The release of Buckcherry’s 10th studio album is truly one for the books. As the ultimate party-starting band, they never fail to bring the heat with their signature electric music styling, blended [...]