RAIN PARADE CRASHING DREAM (DELUXE REISSUE) LABEL 51 RECORDS Paisley Underground flourished in Los Angeles in the 80s as a response to cotton candy electro dance that was dominating the charts at the time (think Kaja Goo Goo) and punk not going [...]
B-MOVIE HIDDEN TREASURES WANDERLUST/CARGO B-Movie released their debut EP on a small, independent label in 1980. By 1981, they were signed to Some Bizarre Records and were part of the early 1980s electro-beat/New Wave/Post-Punk scene. Sadly, [...]
AVA McCOY DRAGONFLY ACROPHASE RECORDS As a singer songwriter, how do you fit Pacific Northwest countryside (Oregon, to be precise) along with New York City as a somewhat stark contrast? Ava McCoy seems to be able to do that on her latest album [...]
FOXWARREN 2 ARTS & CRAFTS One of the leading singer-songwriters in Canada right now is Andy Shauf. Most Canadians probably know Shauf from his solo career, with albums like The Neon Skyline and The Party. Shauf is also part of the band [...]
ANDREW YOUNG HELLO AGAIN INDEPENDENT Andrew Young is an artist based in Raleigh, NC, and although he is quite young, he has been making music for a number of years. Hello Again is his new five-song EP. Young proudly wears his influences on his [...]
MATT BERNINGER GET SKUNK CONCORD RECORDS With The National’s recent resurgence, there’s an increasing demand to hear songs from Matt Berninger’s pen, and that’s prompted a second solo album, following 2020’s Serpentine Prison. What follows is a [...]
SUZI MOON TURBULENT HEARTS: ALL OUT PIRATES PRESS RECORDS Before she was the Suzi Moon, she was Suzi Moon, singer and guitarist of the punk power trio, Turbulent Hearts. Formed in 2010, the band had originally released three EPs – Panic (2017), [...]
SPARKS MAD! TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS For over 50 years, brothers Ron and Russell Mael, known as Sparks, have given us some of the most invigorating music, seemingly tackling every genre in their way, with ease. Their newest album, MAD!, is another [...]
