BAD WAITRESS IN THE HOLLOW STOMP RECORDS Toronto-based punk mainstays Bad Waitress have made their long-awaited return with their second full-length album, In The Hollow. The record is their first major release in five years, following their [...]
ATREYU A DEATH-GRIP ON YESTERDAY CRAFT RECORDINGS Atreyu’s third studio album, A Death-Grip on Yesterday, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a vinyl reissue. The nine-track album allows listeners to revisit the top 10 LP that helped define [...]
BEN VAUGHN MAGNETIC EAST: THE DEER TICK SESSIONS YEP ROC RECORDS There are rock veterans and then there are rock veterans on today’s music scene. Ones just keep on treading stale music waters (let’s not name names here), while others [...]
SARAH METH SOMETHING SHAMEFUL WISHBONE RECORDS For those outside a certain music scene, in Sarah Meth’s case it is a big one, London England, it might be a bit hard to catch on immediately on a great talent in this age where so much new [...]
DRIVEWAY CEILING DEATH OF THE WALDEN NEWSPAPER CO. INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS (IPR) Is there a college rock revival going on? It might be a question for a more detailed response. But if the revival of some of the best artists that originated [...]
TOM EVANS I BELIEVE IN YOU (DEMOS 1970 – 1977) Y&T MUSIC Badfinger had four brilliant writers in that band. Tom Evans, the bassist for Badfinger, was not only a brilliant writer, but also an accomplished guitarist and strong [...]
ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS THE EVIL ONE FIRE RECORDS The 2005 documentary You’re Gonna Miss Me treated audiences to the wonderful and eccentric legacy of Texas-born singer-guitarist Roky Erickson. From his days in the influential [...]
SKINSHAPE CHAPMAN’S POOL LEWIS RECORDINGS London based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Will Dorey has returned with the 11th album from Skinshape. Chapman’s Pool, while written and recorded throughout 2024 and 2025, [...]
PISS YOU MADE ME / SKIN ON LINEN PAPER BAG RECORDS Emerging from Vancouver, BC, PISS has quickly amassed a fervent following and an air of excitement off the release of only a handful of singles over the last month. Signed to Toronto’s Paper Bag [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 YEARS OF BIG CROWN RECORDS BIG CROWN RECORDS Big Crown Records, based in New York City, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, with a sprawling collection of some of their best-known artists and songs. Leon Michels and [...]
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE PERFECTH MATADOR RECORDS As it turns out, racking up near death experiences is certain to alter your perspective. Josh Homme is no stranger to this. His most recent brush with death came in the wake of Queens Of The Stone [...]
ELOVET SHADOW SEASON: A MUSICAL SKETCHBOOK INDEPENDENT Elovet has been making music for 10 years. In fact, Shadow Season: A Musical Sketchbook has been released to celebrate his 10th year of releasing music. Over those years, Elovet has released [...]
MICHAEL KIWANUKA FUDGE POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE In general, it is difficult for any artist to stay consistent for a prolonged period of time, but soul-prodigy Michael Kiwanuka continues to be somewhat of an anomaly when it comes to this. Since the [...]
MICHAEL NAU POPFLY SUICIDE SQUEEZE RECORDS So many artists are currently getting into that kind of languid musical stream that crosses a number of musical borders and PR people and critics attempting ease of use, label it as singer songwriter. [...]
FENNE LILY WIN WIN NETTWERK MUSIC GROUP Brooklyn via Bristol, England singer-songwriter (whatever that term implies these days) Fenne Lily is no newcomer. With four albums under her name (Win Win being the latest) and quite a number of [...]
STRAWBS STRAWBS 50 YEARS ON – GRAVE NEW WORLD LIVE WITCHWOOD RECORDS April 26 – 28, 2019, The Strand Theatre was the place to be in Lakewood, New Jersey, to celebrate 50 years of the Strawbs. It was an incredible weekend and that was [...]
TONY IOMMI FROM THE DARK BMG The godfather of heavy metal itself, Tony Iommi, has returned with his fourth solo album, and fist under his full name, From The Dark. With Norwegian singer, Jørn Lande (Masterplan, Ark, Beyond Twilight, Vagabond, [...]
ART D’ECCO SCHEELE’S GREEN PAPER BAG RECORDS Art d’Ecco comes out swinging with Scheele’s Green, the enigmatic Victoria, British Columbia artist’s fifth LP. D’Ecco continues to grow and evolve the magnitude of sound with each album [...]
CAROLINE MARIE BROOKS LIGHT AND MATTER OUTSIDE MUSIC Light And Matter is Caroline Marie Brooks’ second album, following her debut solo album, Everything At The Same Time, released in 2022. Of course, she is one third of The Good Lovelies, but [...]
SABATON LEGENDS BETTER NOISE MUSIC Some people stumble onto great music naturally. Some require a stray earworm from a passing car window as they munch on their street meat, tapping to Shazam. Some let an unhinged streaming algorithm swallow [...]
BOY GOLDEN BEST OF OUR POSSIBLE LIVES (DELUXE EDITION) SIX SHOOTER RECORDS When we reviewed the original edition of this album back in February, we subtly posed a question whether this album on the edge of country, pop, Americana, rock (and pop [...]
THEY ARE GUTTING A BODY OF WATER KOOL FAITH/LOOSIES II ATO RECORDS/JULIA’S WAR Kool Faith/Loosies II is the latest offering from Philadelphia rock outfit, They are Gutting a Body of Water. The 29-track LP, dubbed a mixtape by frontman and [...]
ANNA SHOEMAKER BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA +1 RECORDS Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Anna Shoemaker is back with her third studio album Back To Pennsylvania, released October 16 via +1 Records. Shoemaker wrote the album after moving back home to [...]
DARREN HAYMAN I’M YOUR TEAM AUDIO ANTIHERO Darren Hayman, who to many eccentric pop fans is probably best known for his work with left field pop-rockers Hefner, just might be currently one of the most prolific musicians around. Besides [...]
