Marc Almond Stranger Things (Deluxe Expanded Edition) Cherry Red Records Stranger Things was originally released in 2001 and was Marc Almond’s 11th solo album and in many ways it was a bit of a departure for him. For this album, Almond teamed up [...]
John Jody Crooked Star Ramp Local How many monikers can you take on as an artist/musician? Well, probably as many as you need to express your concept(s). That is exactly what one John Jody is doing, as this is his new moniker, previously working [...]
Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends (20th Anniversary Edition) Craft Recordings When looking back at the early wave of 2000’s bands that helped shape the emo, pop-punk, and post-hardcore scene, no band is more fondly or memorably [...]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dirt Does Dylan NGDB One American folk-(ish) institution pays tribute to another, even more elevated American folk(-ish) institution. The Dirt Band is multi-generational these days, with lead vocalists/ guitarists Jeff [...]
Jo Schornikow Altar Keeled Scales Whenever Nashville is mentioned along with the name of a musician/artist, listeners immediately get notions of country, or a bit more ‘daring’ epithet of an Americana singer. In the case of Jo [...]
xPropaganda The Heart Is Strange Universal Music xPropaganda is composed of Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag, who were one half of the brilliant and groundbreaking band Propaganda. In 1985 they joined forces with Ralf Dörper and Michael [...]
Tess Parks And Those Who Were Seen Dancing Fuzz Club/Hand Drawn Dracula Tess Parks’ debut Blood Hot really created some critical waves when it was released back in 2013, and rightly so. Yet, we haven’t heard much from Parks since [...]
Thomas Dollbaum Wellswood Big Legal Mess “I grew up in a small town between nowhere and nothing. By reputation, people move to Florida to run away from their problems, but instead of leaving them behind they bring the same problems with them. [...]
