Posts Tagged ‘album review’
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 [...]
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DESTROYER DAN’S BOOGIE MERGE RECORDS After some 27 years and 20 or so 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 [...]
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 [...]
SPELLLING PORTRAIT OF MY HEART SACRED BONES For those who are into experimental pop, then you would know that one of the best in that scene right now is SPELLLING, the musical project of Chrystia “Tia” Cabral, who continuously releases exquisite [...]
BRKN LOVE THE PROGRAM SPINEFARM RECORDS BRKN LOVE has returned with their third full-length album, The Program. The record follows a pair of albums, 2020’s self-titled and 2022’s Black Box, and includes recent singles, “20/20 Vision” and [...]
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE SHAPESHIFTER RISE RECORDS Memphis May Fire boasts a rich and dynamic history in the metalcore scene, having played a pivotal role in shaping the future of the genre. Throughout their journey, marked by both exhilarating highs [...]
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BRYAN FERRY & AMELIA BARRATT LOOSE TALK DENE JESMOND RECORDS Bryan Ferry is one of the most important artists of the past five decades. And, he has never done the expected. In fact his entire career has been full of twists and turns that no [...]
BUTCH BASTARD DEATH VALLEY BUTCHIE BABY Butch Bastard is really Ian Murray, former member of Poor Moon and now a solo artist based in Los Angeles. Death Valley is his third full length studio and his first since 2023’s Las Vegas Salvation. Once [...]
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ENVY OF NONE STYGIAN WAVZ KSCOPE Since the 2000s, there have been many fantastic rock supergroups, such as A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, The Dead Weather, Them Crooked Vultures, and Velvet Revolver. These bands shattered expectations and have [...]
DAWN BROTHERS CRY ALONE EXCELSIOR RECORDINGS How do you feel about a run through all that comprises roots rock – from classic rock to soul, R&B and Americana and what not, but comes from over the Atlantic, or to be more precise the [...]
JERRY LEGER LUCKY STREAK (LATENT LOUNGE – LIVE FROM THE HANGAR) LATENT RECORDINGS There is a through line that cuts across the world of roots and rock singer-songwriters. That line passes alongside the likes of Buddy Holly and Del Shannon. It [...]
JEFFREY LEWIS THE EVEN MORE FREEWHEELIN’ JEFFREY LEWIS BLANG RECORDS/DON GIOVANNI For somebody who was at one point lauded as a progenitor of anti-folk, Jeffrey Lewis seems to have no problem at following one of the key folk music [...]
NICO PAULO INTERVAL_O FORWARD MUSIC GROUP Canadian/Portuguese singer songwriter Nico Paulo has one of those mesmerizing voices that strikes within the first notes she starts singing. Yet, the St. John’s, NL-based songwriter works within a middle [...]
LUCY LIYOU EVERY VIDEO WITHOUT YOUR FACE, EVERY SOUND WITHOUT YOUR NAME ORANGE MILK Although the Bandcamp page for Los Angeles’ Korean/American artist Lucy Liyou lists a number of her releases, her album Every Video Without Your Face, [...]
JESSICA LEE MORGAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? SPACE RECORDS Jessica Lee Morgan never does the expected. Over her career, which includes five studio albums and one album with her mother, Mary Hopkin, Morgan continues to explore and grow as an [...]
JAPANESE BREAKFAST FOR MELANCHOLY BRUNETTES (& SAD WOMEN) DEAD OCEANS For fans of Japanese Breakfast’s music, it is evident that the band has made science fiction and surrealism a musical trademark. Along with their upbeat songs and [...]
THE FREE SPIRITS CIRCLE OF SOUND INDEPENDENT The Free Spirits is a duo consisting of Chris Birkett (guitars, bass, guitar, organ, keys, horn arrangements, vocals) and Shari Tallon (pianist, flutist, tin whistle, vocals, keys, organ,). Two very [...]
DEBORAH FIALKIEWICZ GENETIC RADIO I.D. INDEPENDENT Deborah Fialkiewicz is a prolific and very talented artist, either solo or as a member of Bloom, Spore, Feasibility Study, and albums with Wilfried Hanrath and {An}Eel. She has developed her own [...]
STEVEN WILSON THE OVERVIEW FICTION RECORDS Steven Wilson has been making albums since the early 1980s, first with the duo/groups Altamont and Amberian Dawn. He eventually formed the hugely successful Porcupine Tree and in 2008 he released his [...]
JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES LIVE AT THE GREEK (25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SILVER ARROW RECORDS In 1999, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes took over The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a string of legendary performances. The performances were [...]
STEPHEN FEARING THE EMPATHIST GING RECORDS Stephen Fearing’s latest recording, The Empathist, is simply a stunning album. Looking down through his career, audiences have watched Fearing through all his changes: as a solo troubadour, as one third [...]
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