CHINA CRISIS CHINA GREATNESS LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW Gary Daly (lead vocals/keyboards) and Eddie Lundon (guitarist/vocalist) came together in 1979 and formed China Crisis. Over the years, there have been several member changes, but they have [...]
DAVID PICCO UNTIL NOW INDEPENDENT So, the singer-songwriter scene, with those artists leaning towards the more roots/Americana sound is getting a bit crowded these days. It is getting harder and harder to make an impact, particularly if you are [...]
DAVID MYLES DEVIL TALKING JONES & CO. Devil Talking by David Myles offers a mesmerizing mix of mellow soundscapes and irresistible rhythms, transporting listeners to a state of glee. Each track oozes captivating energy that effortlessly [...]
ANDREW BIRD SUNDAY MORNING PUT-ON LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS/CONCORD RECORDS Andrew Bird is one of those artists that never stood still, nor does he now, even when he is in a way taking a look back, as he is on his late offering Sunday Morning [...]
LOVELORN DOLLS DEADTIME STORIES ALFA MATRIX Lovelorn Dolls’ Deadtime Stories is… a little scary! It delivers a fairy tale fantasy, and like all fairy tales, it is marginally frightening. Rest assured, we all know that in the end, good will [...]
DIIV FROG IN BOILING WATER FANTASY RECORDS Frog In Boiling Water is the first record from DIIV since Deceiver which was released in 2019. It continues to see the band working in a much darker and heavier territory than the first few records, [...]
SOFTCULT HEAVEN EASY LIFE RECORDS In the past few years, Kitchener, ON’s twin siblings, Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn of Softcult, have been one of the best up-and-coming Canadian bands, which has led to opening up for bands like Incubus and [...]
YES TALK (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SPIRIT OF UNICORN MUSIC Talk is an interesting album from Yes. It was their 14th studio album, originally released in 1994. The line-up for this album is Jon Anderson (vocals), Chris Squire (bass), Alan White [...]
CAPSTAN THE MOSAIC FEARLESS RECORDS Bands like Capstan have always looked outside their genre. Each small social and personal detail, as well as genres, reveals more of a bigger picture to them. All of these ideas intertwine to form their new [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL AND GREG FRASER GHOST PARTICLES (MESSAGES FROM RUDE VAN STEENES) TCBE RECORDS This EP began life as a collaboration between Greg Fraser and Rude Van Steenes who sadly passed away before the project was complete. With complete [...]
INTERVALS MEMORY PALACE INDEPENDENT Since the release of Intervals’ debut album A Voice Within in 2014, the guitarist behind the moniker, Aaron Marshall, has emerged as a significant force in the progressive rock scene. Unbound and [...]
RISING APPALACHIA FOLK & ANCHOR INDEPENDENT Doing a covers album is far from easy, as some might think. You don’t simply sit down or stand up and cover a song you want and/or love. An emotional connection to the song is not enough. [...]
PALLBEARER MIND BURNS ALIVE NUCLEAR BLAST Pallbearer has been a leading force in creating some of the most captivating progressive doom-metal experiences since 2010. With a slow-boiling, melancholic melodicism and doom-tinged guitar riffs, [...]
THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET LIVE IN MONTREAL MAY 1975 DOBRE RECORDS On May 3rd, 1975, The Cannonball Adderley Quintet gave perhaps one of their most lush and entertaining performances to date. Now, 49 years later, we have the privilege of [...]
SLASH ORGY OF THE DAMNED GIBSON RECORDS Slash has returned with, Orgy Of The Damned, his first solo album without Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators in nearly 14 years. Much like his 2010 self-titled release, his latest record sees a [...]
PIG RED ROOM METROPOLIS RECORDS Raymond Watts returns with his PIG moniker. This is another album full of strong opinions, lyrics, music and melodies. While the music certainly leans toward the heavy, angry, grinding electronic music. It is full [...]
DON McLEAN AMERICAN BOYS BMG/THE ORCHARD Imagine that you’re a veteran singer-songwriter in your late 70s. You have had a storied career, and you wrote one of the most iconic pop songs of the 20th century. What kind of recording do you make in [...]
SUCK BRICK KID THE END IS WHAT I WANT SMARTPUNK RECORDS For the past decade, Suck Brick Kid has been one of those bands that puts the loud and charismatic in punk rock. Since their 2015 EP, The Beast Goes On, Suck Brick Kid has shown an intense [...]
BLITZEN TRAPPER 100’S OF 1000’S, MILLIONS OF BILLIONS YEP ROC It has been a while since we had a chance to hear from Blitzen Trapper, four years approximately, and it is always welcome to hear back from them, no matter which [...]
ABBEY MASONBRINK RISING INDEPENDENT Basing your music mainly on your vocals and banjo, might not be so unusual if your songs fall solely in the folk or bluegrass genres, but Kansas singer songwriter Abbey Masonbrink doesn’t think that [...]
BETH GIBBONS LIVES OUTGROWN DOMINO RECORDS There is something ethereal to Beth Gibbons’ voice, the distinctively haunting quality that made the trip hop genre such a fitting home for it and had helped launch her band Portishead into global [...]
THE ANTI-QUEENS DISENCHANTED STOMP RECORDS In 2019, The Anti-Queens released their incredible debut full-length album, The Anti-Queens, which followed a pair of EP’s since 2012. The band, led by Emily Bones and Valerie Knox, has since become [...]
MARUCOPOROPORO CONCEIVE THE SEA FLAU Japanese artist marucoporoporo might currently be a relatively unknown act, after all, Conceive The Sea is her debut album, with a previous EP back in 2018. Yet, the quality of this, not so easy definable [...]
KNOCKED LOOSE YOU WON’T GO BEFORE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PURE NOISE RECORDS Knocked Loose is back with their third studio album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. This marks their first album in nearly five years since their second [...]
