SLASH LIVE AT THE S.E.R.P.E.N.T. FESTIVAL EARMUSIC Last year saw the release of Slash’s highly collaborative studio album, Orgy of The Damned, which was a record of covers featuring Gary Clark Jr. Billy F Gibbons, Demi Lovato, and Iggy Pop, [...]
TOMO NAKAYAMA OCEAN PORCHLIGHT RECORDS Seattle via Japan musician Tomo Nakayama isn’t an artist that likes to stand still and tie himself to a certain genre or a specific musical setting. He’s been making music for over two decades, [...]
CATHERINE BROOKMAN IF A SONG FADES OUT, IT’S PLAYING FOREVER SOMEWHERE LONG ECHO RECORDS Brooklyn-based Catherine Brookman presents herself as a performer and composer, rather than going under the somewhat worn-out term of singer and songwriter, [...]
STRANGE PASSAGE A FOLDED SKY MERITORIO RECORDS Do you remember the heyday of the ‘80s guitar-driven indie rock where bands like R.E.M., Felt, The Feelies, The Church and the melody-oriented phase of Hüsker Dü were among those spearheading some [...]
THE DEARS LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! NEXT DOOR RECORDS In contrast to Lovers Rock, the last release in 2020 from Montreal’s The Dears, which was shrouded in doom, newly minted LP Life is Beautiful! Life is [...]
COLLABS 3000 (CHRIS LIEBING & SPEEDY J) 2025 EP NOVAMUTE (MUTE RECORDS) Twenty years after the album Metalism, Collabs 3000 (Chris Liebing & Speedy J) return to the studio with four new tracks that are more continuation than reboot. What [...]
LIGHTHOUSE ONE FINE MORNING (ANNIVERSARY EDITION) ANTHEM RECORDS In 1969, keyboardist Paul Hoffert and drummer/vocalist Skip Prokop came together to form a band that would become one of Canada’s most successful and most loved rock bands, [...]
THE DONNAS GOLD MEDAL (GOLD SMOKE VINYL) REAL GONE MUSIC Get ready to crank up the volume because The Donnas are back. This fierce all-girl rock band, born from the spark of an eighth-grade talent show, is reissuing their 2004 album Gold Medal [...]
