CAROLINE STRICKLAND MARTHA’S CALLING INDEPENDENT The thing is in the nuances and in the songwriting process. With some songwriters it is instinctive, often easy flowing and feels as if it comes out of nowhere. With others, like the [...]
SPIRITBOX TSUNAMI SEA RISE RECORDS When it comes to metalcore bands that have defied the odds, Spiritbox is often a name that appears in that conversation. From their first album, Eternal Blue, Spiritbox became a force to be reckoned with, as [...]
THIN LEAR A SHADOW WALTZED ITSELF METROPOLITAN GROOVE MERCHANTS New Jersey’s Matt Longo lies behind the moniker Thin Lear and his debut album Wooden Cave from 2020 grew some strong praise, yet it took him about four years to come up with [...]
SEASONAL FALLS IMPROVISED SINKING INDEPENDENT Those following Spill Magazine might already be familiar with the Swiss duo of songwriter Roman Gabriel and vocalist Andrew Pelletier that operates as Seasonal Falls, as their album Happy Days (2024) [...]
WILL STRATTON POINTS OF ORIGIN RUINATION RECORDS/BELLA UNION Will Stratton has quite a bit of an album output – eight albums so far, but he can be counted among those artists that don’t just rush to release their music but takes his [...]
TOBACCO CITY HORSES SCISSOR TAIL RECORDS The term cosmic country has been flying around since the time it was coined by late Gram Parsons. And while quite a few artists have been given that label, not that many truly deserved to hold it when [...]
DEBORAH HOLLAND I MADE IT THIS FAR Deborah Holland has had an interesting career, thus far. She made her professional debut with the band Animal Logic, which included jazz great Stanly Clarke, and former member of The Police, Stewart Copeland, [...]
JETHRO TULL CURIOUS RUMINANT SONY MUSIC Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson have not worked at this pace since the 1970s, and this is Jethro Tull’s third studio album since 2022. It seems that Anderson and company have a great deal of energy and are [...]
