HOWARD JONES DREAM INTO ACTION: THE FARMYARD SESSIONS CHERRY RED RECORDS Dream Into Action, Howard Jones’s second album, was originally released in 1985 and it reached number two in the UK album charts, and the top ten in North America. It [...]
BILL LEEB MACHINE VISION METROPOLIS RECORDS Between his work with Front Line Assembly and Delerium (not to mention other projects in which he is involved, such as Noise Unit, Intermix and Cyberaktif), it is hard to believe that Leeb had time to [...]
WOLF ALICE THE CLEARING RCA RECORDS It’s been four years since we’ve heard something of substance from Wolf Alice, and they’ve had their fanbase on tenterhooks, particularly since the much-trailed single “Bloom Baby Bloom” showed off the band’s [...]
WATER FROM YOUR EYES IT’S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE MATADOR RECORDS Over the past few years, Water From Your Eyes has emerged as one of the most creative bands currently working. Their newest release, It’s A Beautiful Place, was one of my most [...]
THREE DAYS GRACE ALIENATION RCA RECORDS Canadian hard rock icons Three Days Grace are back with another album, Alienation. Here, they fire on all cylinders This also marks the first time that they have released a record as a two-vocal band. On [...]
KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH GUSH NETTWERK RECORDS Minimal synthesized classical music, three words that don’t always go together but those three words best describe Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s latest album, Gush. Smith is a classily trained musician from [...]
SUNYEARS THE SONG FORLORN VILLA/YEP ROC Peter Morén of Peter, Bjorn and John has been a busy guy recently. After nine albums with the band, and during the pandemic, Morén decided to do some solo work, which brought along SunYears, his solo [...]
THE CRANBERRIES NO NEED TO ARGUE (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) ISLAND/UMe The Cranberries’ No Need to Argue has reached its 30th anniversary, seven years since the passing of Dolores O’Riordan. This album played a pivotal role in establishing the [...]