Erasure Day-Glo (Based On A True Story) Mute Records Vince Clarke has been called “the Benjamin Franklin of synth music,” and his role as co-composer, arranger, and sound architect is unequivocal on Erasure’s experimental Day-Glo (Based On A [...]
Beastie Boys Check Your Head (4-LP Deluxe Edition) UMe In celebration of their seminal, multi-platinum record, the quintessential Check Your Head, the Beastie Boys have reissued the rare, 4-LP deluxe edition of the album. Check Your Head (4-LP [...]
Elaine Howley The Distance Between Heart And Mouth Touch Sensitive Records When singer songwriters decide to turn their written or recorded diaries into music, they are actually undertaking a very risky tactic. The results can be quite boring [...]
Danger Mouse & Black Thought Cheat Codes BMG Perhaps best known as the lead MC for acclaimed hip-hop band – and house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Black Thought has partnered with producer Danger Mouse (Red Hot Chili [...]
Ciao! Scary Haha Independent Usually, when an artist takes on a working alias, the public still gets a chance to learn his birth given name. At least, at some point. Still, New York artist Ciao! has decided to remain otherwise anonymous for his [...]
Amon Amarth The Great Heathen Army Metal Blade Records With a Viking pop cultural moment in Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla series, it is an auspicious time for melodic death metal band Amon Amarth to release its 12th album. Plundering Norse [...]
The Cocktails Yippee F’in Hurray Independent Hot off of reaching the semi-finals of 97.7 HTZ FM’s annual Rocksearch competition, Niagara, Ontario’s The Cocktails are one of the provinces coolest punk outfits. Almost an exact year to the [...]
Bullet For My Valentine Bullet For My Valentine (Deluxe Edition) Spinefarm Records Bullet for My Valentine have just released a deluxe edition of their super intense, self-titled album Bullet For My Valentine. It includes the addition of 5 [...]
