PRISM SHORES OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MERITORIO RECORDS If you would want to characterize the state of interesting indie pop/rock at the start of 2025, you probably wouldn’t have to go further than Montreal’s Prism Shores and their new [...]
BLUE LAKE WEFT TOTAL UNION With modern instrumental music that relies on more subtle, gentler sounds there was always a line (a very thin one at that) between being excellent and aural wallpaper. Even the most careful and knowledgeable artists [...]
FLORA HIBBERD SWIRL 22TWENTY RECORDS New singer-songwriters seem to crop up in a single day, and the competition (if it really exists) for the attention of an audience is even stiffer. Some of these artists can show what they are made of on a [...]
GEOWULF THE CHILD NETTWERK MUSIC GROUP Australia’s Geowulf is an intriguing dream pop project driven by the songwriting and singing of one Star Kendrick with the help of her longtime friend and collaborator, Toma Banjanin. With a series of [...]
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT – RADIO SESSIONS 1980-1993 FIRE RECORDS Television Personalities formed at the tail end of the UK punk scene, in 1977. They released their debut EP, Where’s Bill Grundy Now? (referring to [...]
BUCKCHERRY 15 (20th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION) REAL GONE MUSIC Buckcherry is scheduled to mark its 20th anniversary by releasing an extended double album, 15, which has been remixed for its reissued release on January 17th, 2025. After a [...]
THE WEATHER STATION HUMANHOOD NEXT DOOR RECORDS/FAT POSSUM At the core of The Weather Station is Tamara Lindeman. It has always been her project and vision. Humanhood is the seventh album and the first album since the very successful and [...]
STEVE HACKETT LIVE MAGIC AT TRADING BOUNDARIES CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS It has become a tradition for Steve Hackett to perform at Trading Boundaries, in Sussex, UK. He usually schedules shows every year between Christmas and New Year. This is a [...]