HELLOWEEN GIANTS & MONSTERS REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC Hard rock and heavy metal, with its death, doom, sludge, stoner, and other sub-genres, still ought to be that go-to genre for audio catharsis, no matter the age of the listener. However, so [...]
MARGO PRICE HARD HEADED WOMAN LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Margo Price has always been an artist whose audience didn’t care much what genre her music fell into, and yes, it more often than not falls within that often too strictly defined one that [...]
MAC DeMARCO GUITAR MAC’S RECORD LABEL/ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS Mac DeMarco’s Guitar feels like a natural extension of the sound he’s been cultivating over the past few years. At this stage in his career, his sonic identity is well-defined: fluid [...]
JOHN FOGERTY LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS (JOHN’S VERSION) CONCORD RECORDS Conviction. Catharsis. Revolt. After decades of legal battles that barred him from fully owning or performing his own songs, John Fogerty has [...]
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 [...]
