TV ON THE RADIO DESPERATE YOUTH, BLOOD THIRSTY BABES (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) TOUCH AND GO RECORDS Looking back on the release of their 2004 debut album, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, Brooklyn art-rockers TV On The Radio commemorate [...]
MICHAEL KIWANUKA SMALL CHANGES POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Michael Kiwanuka is an essential voice, a testament to the potential and referential depth of neo-soul. It is. Rooted in the past with a finger on the pulse of our contemporary conflicts and [...]
CHELSEA WOLFE UNBOUND LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Having released the full-length LP She Reaches Out To She Reaches To She earlier this year, there’s an unsatisfying, critical urge to place these stripped down recordings on Unbound in juxtaposition [...]
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SECRETLY DISTRIBUTION There have been a handful of albums across my timeline that have remained both consistent favourites as well as consistently solid listens from [...]
LINKIN PARK FROM ZERO WARNER RECORDS Linkin Park’s From Zero, their first album since 2017, boldly introduces Emily Armstrong as their new lead vocalist, ushering in a fresh chapter for the band. The record strikes an exquisite balance between [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS DEARLY BELOVED: A PRINCE SONGBOOK CHERRY RED RECORDS While the word untimely is often thrown around, particularly when a bona fide legend passes, it seems that the absence of Prince is felt more so than others since his death at [...]
AVI C. ENGEL BESTIARY ELEPHANT SHREW EDITIONS Checking out the Bandcamp page of Toronto’s Avi C. Engel, you realize they have a slew of releases, as some of them went under that C. that stands for Clara. They explain with their motto: [...]
THE RED CLAY STRAYS LIVE AT THE RYMAN RCA RECORDS Whether you’re looking to supply good music for a dance session at a country bar, or for a song that will draw out the hopeless romantic in you, Live At The Ryman has it. This collection of The [...]