JOHN CARPENTER CATHEDRAL SACRED BONES RECORDS John Carpenter has long been known for turning nightmares into something tangible. For Carpenter’s new album, Cathedral, this is no different. In many ways, it grimly depicts a setting befitting of [...]
EFFE SOLDER ARTIST HOUSE RECORDS Dream pop in all its shapes and forms (old and new) lives on, and Melbourne, Australia’s singer/songwriter effe and her latest EP Solder confirm the fact. As far as that old and new thing is concerned, effe [...]
MCLUSKY MY PAIN AND SADNESS IS MORE SAD AND PAINFUL THAN YOURS BEGGARS BANQUET mclusky continues to make noise as they reissue their classic 2000 album, My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours. Remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey [...]
CHARLIE EDWARD PUSHING MY LUCK ADA/WARNER MUSIC CANADA When not sharing the stage with Big Wreck, Joe Perry, Mötley Crüe, or Greta Van Fleet, Toronto’s Charlie Edward has spent much of the last year writing and recording the follow-up to his [...]
THE FAMILY DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR BIG BLACK COW RECORDS There are so many reasons a band would name itself The Family, with one key reason being that they actually are. In this case, Delusions of Grandeur is a debut by a family, or you could say [...]
LITVAR BEING HERE MOTHER WEST RECORDS Litvar’s frontman Rex Thurstan describes the band’s new offering, Being Here, as “a bare, stripped-back folk record.” Yet, that might be stretching it a bit. Of course, Thurstan might [...]
MOPAR STARS OFFICIAL RESEARCHERS OF THE NJ DEVIL K RECORDS/PERENNIAL RECORDS You would probably need more than ten fingers to count how many times critics have proclaimed the death of power pop – you know that rock genre, where melody, harmony [...]
CHURCH OF TREES TEN INDEPENDENT Church of Trees is a very prolific band. Since Bernard Frazer introduced the band to the world in 2017, they have released nine albums. Ten is their tenth, and, to date, their best. Although Frazer has been the [...]