NICK & JUNE NEW YEAR’S FACE INDEPENDENT It has been something like two years since we last heard from Berlin duo Nick & June. This time, they have gone to the United States to record an album, one that adds new touches to their [...]
SAM FENDER PEOPLE WATCHING (DELUXE VERSION) POLYDOR Was the world really crying out for a deluxe version of an album that only came out in the early knockings of 2025? Initially I felt not, perhaps because I didn’t really like the initial cut of [...]
NOFX A TO H HOPELESS RECORDS After wrapping up their final tour in 2024, NOFX has put together a triple album collection entitled A to Z, the first of which features eight tracks, A to H. The album is a delightful mish-mash of rarities, demos, [...]
THE DIRTY NIL LIVE AT THE DINE ALONE STORE DINE ALONE RECORDS Having wrapped up their Canadian tour in support of their sixth full-length studio EP, The Lash, The Dirty Nil is closing out their 2025 with Live At The Dine Alone Store. The live [...]
KIRA METCALF LESSONS IN MAJESTIC HUMILIATION SYMPHONIC Has the singer-songwriter categorization, as a genre, lost its meaning? If you think of it solely in the sense of its origins (a solo artist with an acoustic instrument, such as an acoustic [...]
THE WATERBOYS THE WATERBOYS PRESENT: RIPS FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR SUN RECORDS The Waterboys, in particular Mike Scott, the founder and only original member from 1981, have never done what was expected of them. For example, in April 2025, [...]
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS FYC40 LONDON RECORDS It seems unusual for a band that was only active for a few years to get a deluxe 40th-anniversary treatment, but Fine Young Cannibals is a band with a long and storied history that reads like a who’s who [...]
SINGER. MATTRESS. CAT. SUBTROPICAL PERSONALITY INDEPENDENT There’s one question that might be looming among the melody-oriented indie rock fans; is bedroom pop a dying breed, or are they going into a sort of merger? If you ask Australian [...]