MIYAVI LOST IN LOVE, FOUND IN PAIN (DELUXE EDITION) RISE RECORDS Miyavi can be best described as a multifaceted musician—a true jack of all trades who has mastered each one of them. He began his journey in 1999 with the visual Kei band Dué le [...]
CHRISTOPHER CROSS CHRISTOPHER CROSS (EXPANDED EDITION) OMNIVORE/SEEKER MUSIC Christopher Cross seemed like an overnight sensation when he exploded onto the music world in 1980. The truth was, however, that he had been singing and writing for [...]
ANDY BELL TEN CROWNS CROWN RECORDINGS LTD. Vince Clarke and Andy Bell joined forces as Erasure in 1985, when they released their debut single, “Who Needs Love Like That”. Erasure is still going strong (they have released 19 studio albums), but [...]
ABIGAIL LAPELL ANNIVERSARY & MORE SONGS ABOUT LOVE OUTSIDE MUSIC If you are a close follower of Spill Magazine you’ve surely noticed that there are quite a few reviews of Abigail Lapell’s albums around here, and there is quite a [...]
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS NATURALLY (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DAPTONE RECORDS Twenty years ago, the late Sharon Jones, alongside backing band The Dap-Kings, released their sophomore album Naturally. The record was a milestone for not [...]
LUCIUS LUCIUS FANTASY RECORDS After years on the scene, four previous albums, numerous collaborations and singles, you just might be turning a new leaf if you are releasing your fifth album as a self-titled one, and for the first time at that. [...]
MESSER CHUPS DON’T WORRY, BE CREEPY GUITARACULA RECORDS/HI-TIDE & NU-TONE RECORDINGS Messer Chups debuted in 2004 with the album, Vamp Babies. Nearly 21 years later, the punk band from St. Petersburg, Russia has released a number of [...]
LOWEST OF THE LOW OVER YEARS AND OVERNIGHT SONIC ENVY/CURVE MUSIC Lowest Of The Low shift gears with the band’s seventh studio LP album Over Years And Overnight. Recent releases were more politically unsettled in nature, while Over Years And [...]
