DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS FLOWERS DEAD OCEANS If you love vintage disco, funk, R&B, and soul, Durand Jones & The Indications have you covered. Since their 2016 self-titled debut album, they have garnered a massive following and [...]
FISHBONE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME INDEPENDENT Since the release of their 2023 eponymous EP – not to be mistaken with their debut EP of the same name, classic alternative rock outfit Fishbone has ridden the momentum of a resurgence amid recent lineup [...]
JAKKO M. JAKSZYK SON OF GLEN INSIDE OUT MUSIC/SONY As well as being a guitarist with King Crimson, from 2013 until they called it a day in 2021, Jakszyk’s resume reads like the history of rock ‘n’ roll. He has played with The Kinks, Level 42, [...]
FRANK ZAPPA CHEAPER THAN CHEEP: THE SOUNDTRACK (LIVE) ZAPPA/UMe Since Frank Zappa left this world, there have been numerous releases, thanks to Joe Travers and his son, Ahmet Zappa who work on behalf of the Zappa Estate. They continued their [...]
THE FARM LET THE MUSIC (TAKE CONTROL) MODERN SKY/ROUGH TRADE Just what is happening in British indie at the moment? After recent releases by The Cure and Pulp, the latest band to emerge from a long on-record hibernation is The Farm, who have [...]
PAT TRAVERS GOING DOWN TO JACKSONVILLE – 1983 CLEOPATRA RECORDS Pat Travers has always been a hard-working musician. Besides recording somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20 studio albums since his debut in 1976, he has toured relentlessly. [...]
AVI C. ENGEL FIVE FIGMENTS INDEPENDENT Toronto’s Avi C. Engel is surely one of the more productive singer-songwriters around at the moment, with a slew of releases available on their Bandcamp site, this 5-song thingy they called Five [...]
MEGGIE LENNON DESIRE DAYS MOTHLAND Quite a few artists make lofty claims when they speak out to promote their new musical venture. And very often at that, their claims don’t exactly match what you can hear on that said effort. Luckily for [...]
