PUMA BLUE ANTICHAMBER BLUE FLOWERS Hard times can make one either angry or melancholic, and sentimental, and that surely reflects on the music created in such times. Jacob Allen, aka Puma Blue, Londoner who has moved to Atlanta, GA, has a few [...]
STEPHEN HAMM: THERAMIN MAN LIVE FROM PLANET EARTH LIGHT ORGAN RECORDS Hailing from Vancouver, Stephen Hamm (aka Theremin Man) is an interesting artist. His band from the mid-1980s, Slow, helped define post punk music, not just in Canada, but [...]
LEGACY OF LOVERS CALM COOL CONNECTIONS INDEPENDENT Legacy Of Lovers is really Ryne D. Trevlon, and although there have been singles by him under the name of Ryne D. Trevlon), Calm Cool Connections is Legacy Of Lovers’ debut EP. Although EP is [...]
NICOLE HALE SOME KIND OF LONGING INDEPENDENT Nicole Hale has been releasing music since 2009 (four albums so far), but for some reason, seems to be one of those artists that is still (undeservedly) been flying under the radar. Maybe it has [...]
FROG 1000 VARIATIONS ON THE SAME SONG AUDIO ANTIHERO New York’s Frog is one of those musical propositions that through their not so short and winding career never stood still or bothered where the critics or audience will place and label [...]
HORSEGIRL PHONETICS ON AND ON MATADOR RECORDS Horsegirl’s highly-anticipated second album, Phonetics On and On, is a massive hit. It is an innovative exploration in minimalism. Taking a softer and quieter approach results in mesmerizingly catchy [...]
MANTAR POST APOCALYPTIC DEPRESSION METAL BLADE RECORDS MANTAR will grab you by the neck and completely throttle you with the release of their full-length album, Post Apocalyptic Depression, via Metal Blade Records. Just drums and guitar—that’s [...]
ROBERT PALMER LIVE AT THE APOLLO | DRIVE | RHYTHM & BLUES (VINYL REISSUES) BFD/ORCHARD RECORDS Robert Palmer had a fascinating career. When he made his solo debut with the now classic Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley, critics and radio [...]
SARA BUG INTO THE BLUE INDEPENDENT Back in 2021, when Sara Bug came up with her self-titled album, as somebody who is working within a Nashville music scene, she didn’t bother to care much about what Nashville music norms and formulas she [...]
LACUNA COIL SLEEPLESS EMPIRE CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Lacuna Coil released their debut album in 1999 (In A Reverie) even though the Milan-based band had formed in 1994. Sleepless Empire is their tenth album, and their first studio release since [...]
ART D’ECCO SERENE DEMON PAPER BAG RECORDS Art d’Ecco dances to his own beat, once again, with his fourth LP, Serene Demon. This 10-song diverse treasure trove of passionate sound is fittingly being released Valentine’s Day 2025. In Serene [...]
10TOEFLEX EN HABITANT AVEC DES FANTÔMES INDEPENDENT 10toeflex is an artist of mystery. There is very little written about them and their presence on social media is difficult to find. Their debut EP, en habitant avec des fantômes, is equally [...]
FOTOKILLER EERIE NOSTALGIA IT’S ELEVEN RECORDS Stereotypes kill genres, there’s no argument about that. Over the years, I’m sure we have all heard some ludicrous music stereotypes in regard to location, along the likes of all country folk [...]
DON JULIAN SAVAGE! SUPER SOUL SOUNDTRACK (VINYL REISSUE) REAL GONE MUSIC Originally released in 1973, Don Julian took a note from Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes by creating the soundtrack for Savage!. Reissued for the first time, Real Gone [...]
THE DONNAS GOLD MEDAL (VINYL REISSUE) REAL GONE MUSIC Get ready to crank up the volume because the Donnas are back! This fierce all-girl rock band, born from the spark of an eighth-grade talent show, is reissuing their 2004 album Gold Medal on [...]
CHRISTIAN WINTHER SCULPTURES FROM UNDER THE CITY ICE EARTHLY HABIT There just might be some strange brews they drink over in Norway, as more often than not that you would hear some intriguing sounds coming from those fjords over there, at the [...]
THE BIRD CALLS MELODY TRAIL RUINATION RECORDS As we mentioned in our review of The Bird Call’s previous offering, Old Faithful, Sam Sodomsky, who operates under this moniker, is a man of solitude, somebody who wants to be calm, cool, and [...]
SAM MOSS SWIMMING INDEPENDENT With what you could call ‘standard’ singer/songwriters there is very little middle ground. They could either convey their music and lyrics to listeners or they can’t. It is often a minimalistic [...]
GINO VANNELLI THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED) BED/THE ORCHARD The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) is Gino Vannelli’s 22nd album, and his first since the highly acclaimed Wilderness Road (2019). During the time between albums, Vannelli has [...]
SHARON VAN ETTEN SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY JAGJAGUWAR Sharon Van Etten is the master of her domain; with the arrival of “Seventeen” from 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow, the artist had nothing left to prove, little else to give to [...]
THE NAMES ENCORE! SPLEEN+ RECORDS In 1981, The Names released their first single on the famed Factory Records. It wasn’t their debut, but the Brussels band did release a single, “Night Shift”, which was produced by Martin Hannett, who had [...]
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART PERFECT RIGHT NOW: A SLUMBERLAND COLLECTION 2008-2010 SLUMBERLAND RECORDS Some 15 to 16 years ago (2009 to be precise), we got to hear a band with a very long name making some very substantial music. They went [...]
THE HAROLD WHEELER CONSORT BLACK CREAM REAL GONE MUSIC Perhaps best known for his jingles written for McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Kool Aid, Pan Am Airlines, and Boone’s Farm Wines, Harold Wheeler released his only album, Black Cream, in 1975. For the [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL WAVES TCBE RECORDS Benjamin Russell is certainly busy. Hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic album, Pleasure Center, he brings us Waves. Russell is an artist, a visual artist, and a musical artist. In fact, quite often they [...]
