Blancmange Wanderlust Blanc Check Records Wanderlust is the sixth album released by Blancmange since original member, and one half of the band, Stephen Luscombe left the band due to health issues. Neil Arthur has carried on with the name, and [...]
Dave Allen Live At The Five & Dime Independent Toronto’s Dave Allen came up with When The Demons Come, one of the more sublime debut albums of 2017 and still he seems to be flying under the radar. Trying to rectify the situation and in [...]
This Will Destroy You New Others Part Two Dark Operative With their critically acclaimed New Others Part One having been released on September 28th of this year and a North American tour in support thereof scheduled throughout this fall, it [...]
Grass Fresh Grass Independent Fresh Grass is the first EP from Brooklyn stoner rock band GRASS. Faithful to genre standards, the group delivers melodic vocals and dire lyrics against midtempo heavy rock. While solid instrumentation is evident on [...]
Strvngers Exhumed Vol. II Negative Gain Productions Welcome to the dark world of Strvngers. Strvngers is Maria Joaquin (vocals) and KC (keyboards/vocals) and they have been making music together since 2015. In the last three years, they have [...]
St. Vincent MassEducation Loma Vista Recordings Recorded during the mixing of 2017’s very similarly named MASSEDUCTION, the newest release from St. Vincent, MassEducation, is a stripped-down version of its slightly elder sister that features St. [...]
Elvis Costello & the Imposters Look Now Concord Records Following the inspiring 2017 Imperial Bedroom tour, Elvis Costello along with his Imposters reach back to his 1982 classic for inspiration. Look Now, Costello’s first release since his [...]
The Persian Leaps Pop That Goes Crunch Land Ski Records I’m super pissed, I should have heard of The Persian Leaps years ago. It’s okay though, because they have cleverly released EP’s every year since 2012 and have compiled the best of the best [...]
Primal Scream Give Out But Don’t Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings Sony Music Recasting their 1994 album Give Out But Don’t Give Up as a rock traditionalist’s record, Primal Scream has unearthed The Original Memphis Recordings. These are [...]
Matthew Dear Bunny Ghostly International As the final days of the year begin to tighten down, it’s a good time to take note of the number of notable pop releases that have all worked to eschew traditional musical structure. However, with nearly [...]
Tom Morello The Atlas Underground Mom+Pop Music For his first solo album since 2011’s World Wide Rebel Songs – under the alias of The Nightwatchman – Tom Morello has returned with The Atlas Underground, a collection of twelve tracks featuring a [...]
Kurt Vile Bottle It In Matador Records Bottle It In, Kurt Vile’s first solo LP since his most successful record to date, b’lieve i’m goin down, brings a “newish” side to of his repertoire. Recorded over a span of three years, we see the [...]
Young the Giant Mirror Master Elektra Records Young the Giant have had a compelling career. Their momentum has been stellar, using their philosophical alt-rock music as a platform for an evolving sound from their more stripped down self-titled [...]
The Dodos Certainty Waves Polyvinyl The commencement of Certainty Waves is a renaissance. The rebirth of sound, The Dodos’ 7th album begins with a disorienting, neutralizing amuse-bouche. “The Forum” clears your throat, readies your pistol, [...]
Dave Davies Decade Red River Entertainment As a solo artist, Dave Davies is one of the most prolific artists of all time. Much like George Harrison, who happened to be in a band with a famous songwriting duo, Davies was in a band with his [...]
Nazareth Tattooed On My Brain Frontiers Music Nazareth has returned with their 24th studio album. Their last album was in 2014 (Rock ‘n’ Roll Telephone) and with the release of Tattooed On My Brain they have hit their 50th anniversary milestone. [...]
City Of Thieves Beast Reality Frontiers Music Beast Reality is the debut album from London’s hard rocking City Of Thieves. They have released two EPs (Incinerator and Acoustic) but Beast Reality is their first full length album. Some of the [...]
Jessica Lee Morgan Re:Boot Space Records Re:Boot is Jessica Lee Morgan’s third solo studio release. It is her first album since 2017’s brilliant Around The Block. Re:Boot is a stunning and brave release. It is a reworking and reimagined version [...]
The Cavemen Burn Out For Love b/w Dancing On The Razors Edge Dirty Water Records New Zealand’s grimiest punk outfit The Cavemen has returned with a two-track single, Burn Out For Love b/w Dancing On The Razors Edge. The single follows the [...]
Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams Arts & Crafts Dose Your Dreams is an hour and a half long epic experimental concept project from Toronto-based band Fucked Up. The band’s fifth LP release is a true testament of their creative ability to push [...]
Phosphorescent C’est La Vie Dead Oceans Phosphorescent is really one person, Matthew Houck. Originally from Alabama, now based out of Nashville by way of Brooklyn. He has been performing and recording under the name Phosphorescent since [...]
Coheed And Cambria Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures Roadrunner Records With their ninth studio album, Coheed and Cambria has succeeded in taking quintessential progressive rock, sticking it in a blender and creating something heavy, [...]
Daggerplay Subterranean Reality Independent Subterranean Reality is the newest release from Finland’s pop punk heroes Daggerplay, and one can only imagine that it was every bit as fun to record as it is to listen to. Imagine the Pogues meets the [...]
Pardans Spit And Image Tambourhinoceros Out of the Mayhem Collective, which catapulted Iceage a few years ago, now comes Pardans. Pardans means something similar to ballroom dancing, though there isn’t much of that sound on their second release [...]
