NAN MACMILLAN FROM BOTH EYES INDEPENDENT Some would say that these days that singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen. Of course, when releasing your music has become so easy without even having a record label, such proliferation is imminent. So [...]
ARSUN BABE I HEAR THUNDER IN YOUR HEART INDEPENDENT You can follow in the footsteps of a giant like Bob Dylan, but to come up with some credible music in such a manner you still have to have at least a modicum of your own personality, musical [...]
BREEZERS HIDEAWAY INDIE AM GOLD Breezers is yet another musical moniker and behind it is L.A.-based singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist Evan apRoberts. apRoberts is essentially an L.A. scene veteran since he’s been on that scene [...]
THE TAJ MAHAL SEXTET SWINGIN’ LIVE AT THE CHURCH IN TULSA LIGHTNING ROD RECORDS For some musical masters, no matter what genre they are working within, it just might be hard to keep it at your best for decades. Even more so if they have [...]
JUDAS PRIEST INVINCIBLE SHIELD SONY MUSIC Judas Priest’s debut album was released in 1974 (Rocka Rolla), and 50 years later, they are still going strong. Invincible Shield marks 50 years of putting out solid hard rock/heavy metal albums. Sure, [...]
BRITTANY BINDRIM VELELLA VELELLA METROPOLIS RECORDS Are you ready to plunge into a whirlwind of sonic adventures with the incredibly talented electronic pop sensation Brittany Bindrim and her highly anticipated album Velella Velella? If so, hold [...]
LOREENA McKENNITT THE ROAD BACK HOME QUINLAN ROAD The Road Back Home is in many regards, very much McKennitt returning to her roots of traditional Irish and Celtic folk songs that she learned all those years ago while playing the clubs of [...]
MARK EGAN/SHAWN PELOT/SHANE THERIOT CROSS CURRENTS WAVETONE RECORDS Mark Egan has made a name for himself as a solo artist, a collaborator, and as a member of Pat Metheny’s band. Egan may be known as a jazz musician, but he is much more than [...]
W.A.S.P. THE 7 SAVAGE: 1984-1992 – 2nd EDITION MADFISH W.A.S.P, the iconic shock heavy metal band of the 80s, has always been synonymous with controversy, raucousness, and unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll. With their latest release, The 7 [...]
YARD ACT WHERE’S MY UTOPIA? ISLAND RECORDS Yard Act has released their second album, Where’s My Utopia?. This comes two years after their previous album, The Overload, and three years after their EP, Dark Days. Overall, this album [...]
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING MOUNTAINHEAD BMG Everything Everything has released their latest album, Mountainhead. This comes nearly two years after their previous work, Raw Data Feel. Thankfully, they have offered a catchy and fun album that is a true [...]
JULIAN LAGE SPEAK TO ME BLUE NOTE Julian Lage has released his latest album, Speak To Me. Finally, after almost two years since his previous studio album, here it is. Speak To Me embodies Lage’s best qualities as an artist, with the album [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS NEW WAVE DONUT WAX DONUT RECORDS This is an intriguing idea, current punk and metal bands paying tribute to late 1970s and 1980s New Wave classics. Of course, New Wave came along and basically shoved punk to one side. Punk [...]
VIVABEAT PARTY IN THE WARZONE & THE HOUSE IS BURNING RUBELLAN REMASTERS Vivabeat is one of those bands that showed a great deal of promise in the 1980s but never really reached their commercial potential. That doesn’t mean their music wasn’t [...]
CHEMICAL WAVES THE END OF EVERYTHING – PART TWO WAVE RECORDS Chemical Waves is really Marco Cattani, from Rome, Italy. Under the name Chemical Waves, Cattani has been making music for over ten years. The End Of Everything – Part Two [...]
ROYAL TUSK ALTRUISTIC MNRK MUSIC GROUP Alberta’s rock trio Royal Tusk brings us their third full-length, self-produced album entitled Altruistic. Guitarist Quinn Cyrankiewicz, bassist Sandy MacKinnon, and vocalist Daniel Carriere spent nearly a [...]
TISH MELTON WHEN WE’RE OLDER CMND SHFT It seems Brandi Carlisle has an acute sense of where good musical values lie. A big name in her own right, she was recently involved in the revival of Joni Mitchell’s career, and is also working [...]
JULIEN CHANG HOME FOR THE MOMENT TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS No, this is not the fashion designer some might be familiar with, but a singer songwriter who has two quite solid album from 2019 and 2022 behind him, coming up with this relatively brief, [...]
HANNAH FRANCES KEEPER OF THE SHEPHERD RUINATION RECORD CO. From the moment “Bronwyn” opens up on Keeper of The Shepherd, the new album by Hannah Frances, you realize she has been immersed with music since she can probably remember. [...]
FUR TRADER EXECUTIONLAND INDEPENDENT Andrew Pelletier isn’t exactly a fur trader, although he uses that moniker to release his music. On the other hand, he just might be, if you are replacing real furs with some cozy, fuzzy, truly melodic [...]
GENERAL ADMIN CLOUDED ROOM INDEPENDENT General Admin is a three piece band based in London, although the members are from London and Brighton. Clouded Room is their third EP. The trio is made up of Adam, Matt and Mike (no last names), and on [...]
THE WHO LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 1982 MERCURY STUDIOS Prepare to rock ‘n’ roll, fellow music enthusiasts, because Mercury Studios has some exciting news for all music lovers out there! Mark your calendars for March 1, 2024, because [...]
MINISTRY HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS It’s album number 16 for the industrial legends known as Ministry. Even though frontman Al Jourgensen has been doing this for approximately 40 years, the band is as politically charged as ever. [...]
DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT TOO HOT TO SLEEP YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS Too Hot To Sleep is Daniel Romano’s first studio since 2022’s La Luna, which was also credited to Daniel Romano’s Outfit. There was, however, a Spider Bite album (The [...]
