ABIGAIL HOPKINS STARDUST INDEPENDENT Surviving a traumatic event, a serious illness, leaves heavy marks on both body and soul and is often something that is really hard to describe in words, let alone in music. Yet, with her latest album [...]
BLUE FOUNDATION CLOSE TO THE KNIFE KØN RECORDS Danish band Blue Foundation are no newcomers, at least that cannot be said about the band’s frontman, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Tobias Wilner, who favours that Mark E. Smith [...]
AVERY FRIEDMAN NEW THING AUDIO ANTIHERO Brooklyn seems to be a musical hotbed in recent years, with new, exciting artists cropping up by the day. Judging by New Thing, her debut album, you can add singer-songwriter Avery Friedman to that list. [...]
MELVINS THUNDERBALL IPECAC RECORDINGS The iconic band Melvins is back yet again with Thunderball. Thunderball is the third Melvins 1983 record that Buzz Osborne (“King Buzzo”) and original Melvins drummer Mike Dillard have made together. Joining [...]
LAURENNE/LOUHIMO FALLING THROUGH STARS FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL Metalheads and melodic rock enthusiasts gather ’round! Netta Laurenne and Noora Louhimo are back with their second collaborative album, Falling Through Stars. This album promises to be a [...]
JEFF BRIDGES SLOW MAGIC, 1977-1978 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC By 1977, Jeff Bridges was a movie star. He may have even eclipsed his famous father (Lloyd Bridges) with roles in such classics as The Last Picture Show (for which he received an Academy [...]
BOOTSY COLLINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR #1 FUNKATEER BOOTZILLA RECORDS Over half a century into his career, Bootsy Collins has done it all. From backing some of the most important figures in funk as a bassist for James Brown and Parliament, to an [...]
LITTLE RICHARD TRY SOME OF MINE: THE BRUNSWICK RECORDINGS BRUNSWICK RECORDINGS “Good Golly Miss Molly”! Little Richard is back! Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and the King of Rock’ n’ Roll, devised by Elvis Presley, the liberating playful [...]
