SOFTCULT WHEN A FLOWER DOESN’T GROW EASY LIFE RECORDS Softcult’s debut album arrives after a run of EPs that never felt disposable but fully realized on their own, Year of the Snake especially pointing toward something larger. Self-produced by [...]
WARREN HAYNES TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS (2026 REMIX) MEGAFORCE RECORDS Warren Haynes, Grammy Award-winning member of the Allman Brothers and frontman of Gov’t Mule, steps back into the spotlight with a revitalized release of his solo album Tales [...]
JOYCE MANOR I USED TO GO TO THIS BAR EPITAPH RECORDS Joyce Manor’s sixth studio album, I Used To Go To This Bar, arrives in classic Joyce Manor fashion. Coming in at 9 tracks and 19 minutes long, Barry Johnson, Chase Knobbe, and Matt Ebert spend [...]
THE MOLOTOVS WASTED ON YOUTH MARSHALL RECORDS The Molotovs look like being 2026’s ‘chosen’ band, with the hype burning like a petrol fire as Wasted On Youth gets set to come down the pike. So, having finally got hold of it, does it live up to [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS LOUDER THAN YOU THINK: A LO-FI HISTORY OF GARY YOUNG & PAVEMENT (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS In 2023, Gary Young passed away. The original drummer of Pavement has since been the subject of [...]
BUZZCOCKS ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT CHERRY RED RECORDS Attitude Adjustment, the new album from the Buzzcocks, shows that Steve Diggle and company are very serious about keeping the legendary Buzzcocks name and music alive and kicking. As with the [...]
URNE SETTING FIRE TO THE SKY SPINEFARM RECORDS When it comes to URNE’s sound, such textures thrive on the tension between emotional weight and the wonder that embodies their diverse melodies, which have come to make up the firestorm of grit, [...]
HOWARD JONES LIVE AT THE MARQUEE CHERRY RED RECORDS I was lucky to see Howard Jones on his first Canadian tour in 1984. It was just following the release of his first solo album, Human’s Lib, and he was brilliant and energetic. He put on a great [...]
