MICHAEL GRIGONI & PAN AMERICAN NEW WORLD, LONELY RIDE KRANKY When something leaning to the left-field side, particularly when instrumental music is concerned, yet at the same time uniquely beautiful comes up, it is a good bet that it will [...]
MUMFORD & SONS RUSHMERE ISLAND RECORDS/GLASSNOTE RECORDS Mumford & Sons’ latest album Rushmere is a masterclass in emotion, storytelling, and musical craftsmanship. Seamlessly blending their signature folk sound with a mix of [...]
DESTROYER DAN’S BOOGIE MERGE RECORDS After some 27 years and over a dozen albums, with at least half of those can easily now be classified as classics, and none as a flop, any new Destroyer album is bound to create suspicions of a possible [...]
JOHN FOXX WHEREVER YOU ARE METAMATIC There are many sides to John Foxx, which is why each new album is eagerly awaited to see what he will come up with next. Lately, he has used his solo albums (he does perform with the band The Maths) to [...]
LEN GARRY QUARRYMAN LEN GARRY AT GEORGE HARRISON’S LIVERPOOL HOME – OCTOBER 1, 2022 GHLH RECORDS Len Garry has an interesting place in history. He was born in Liverpool in 1942, and in 1955 he met John Lennon. Interestingly he had met Paul [...]
LUCY DACUS FOREVER IS A FEELING GEFFEN RECORDS Forever Is A Feeling is the first solo album from Lucy Dacus since boygenius, comprised of Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers, released The Record, one of the best albums of the decade. [...]
LUCKY CLOUD FOREGROUND RUINATION RECORDS Behind Lucky Cloud is Chicago singer-songwriter Chet Zenor, and Foreground is his debut album. And as is usually the case, behind this quite simple description there is a not such a brief story behind it, [...]
WINFIELD III BROKEN SOUND TAPES Winfield’s III features skilled lead vocals that exhibit considerable talent and precision, perhaps a little too polished for some. They have a synth-pop angelic smoothness, like a menthol cigarette. Sadly, they [...]