GEORGIA HARMER EYE OF THE STORM ARTS & CRAFTS Georgia Harmer has one of those voices that simply wins you over, even if the song she sings doesn’t amount to much. Yet, when the songs she sings do amount to quite a bit, the effect is [...]
WOMBO DANGER IN FIVES FIRE TALK RECORDS Ethereal vocals, inventive bass lines, and an esoteric co-mingling of sounds are at the heart of Wombo’s latest release, Danger in Fives. The three-piece indie rock band was founded in 2016 in Louisville, [...]
HILLARY REYNOLDS CHANGING SEASONS INDEPENDENT Quite a few singer-songwriters come up with their music and lyrics in the spur of the moment, as spontaneous as it can get. Others, like L.A.’s Hillary Reynolds here, take a more meticulous [...]
JAKE WINSTROM RAZZMATAZZ! INDEPENDENT Power pop was never as big with music critics as some other genres or sub-genres, maybe because of that pop element within the term. Very often they labeled it as something that hasn’t changed that [...]
MISS FD EUPHORIA QUANTUM RELEASE RECORDS Miss FD has been releasing music since 2009, and in those 16 years, she has released a lot of music. Euphoria, her new EP and her first since 2022’s As Above, So Below, is a welcome return to the EP [...]
SWEET SWEET FANNY ADAMS REVISITED METALVILLE Sweet Fanny Adams was Sweet’s second studio album, released only in Europe in 1974. Five of the songs from the album were cobbled together with other songs for their North American breakthrough album, [...]
TEETHE MAGIC OF THE SALE WINSPEAR Texas-based band Teethe takes a huge step forward with their sophomore album, Magic Of The Sale, showing much greater versatility and artistic scope than their 2020 self-titled debut. The band proudly holds its [...]
IN THE PINES SUNBEAM DREAM INDEPENDENT Ok, so the name of your band associates with something sounding a bit Americana, you have a home studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, and at the same time you run a synthesizer repair shop in Dayton Kentucky, so how [...]
JOSH HALPER SCHLEMIEL GLAMOUR GOWNS RECORDS Seasoned session men do not come often with their solo efforts and when they do, these efforts turn out to be rare occasions that often pass by the listeners who barely notice them. Now, guitarist Josh [...]
LOW WATER BRIDGE BAND HONKY TONK PROCESS INDEPENDENT Virginia sextet Low Water Bridge Band, already made an impression here at Spill Magazine with their 2023 album Back To The Valley. The band is now back with their latest offering, Honky Tonk [...]
AREA RESIDENT PROTANOPIA INDEPENDENT Area Resident is the band name for Doug Hempstead, who is a solo act and does basically everything on the album. He does have a help from Jordon Zadorozny (Blinker The Star), who not only plays on it but [...]
ANDY STOCHANSKY POETRY OF BIRDS ARTHAUS Since 1995, Andy Stochansky has been making very intriguing albums and has worked with some very talented artists (Kurt Swinghammer, Ani DiFranco, Goo Goo Dolls and Annie Lennox). But with Poetry Of Birds [...]
GOT SO MANY THINGS TO TELL YA A CONVERSATION WITH DURAND JONES Since their eponymous debut album, Durand Jones & The Indications have made a name for themselves with their seamless blend of retro-style soul, R&B, and funk, featuring [...]
BUDDY GUY AIN’T DONE WITH THE BLUES RCA Despite announcing his retirement from the road with his 2024 Damn Right Farewell Tour, blues legend Buddy Guy has returned with his first studio record since 2022, following a string of live [...]
CARLA HARVEY THE VIOLENT HOUR MEGAFORCE RECORDS An EP by an established female singer that also holds a bachelor’s degree in Mortuary Business and Management as well as a Master’s in Thanatology, that has left her previous band. Probably just [...]
FOLK BITCH TRIO NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME JAGJAGUWAR Some might raise their eyebrows to the name of this Australian trio, most others wouldn’t care less, but what nobody will question after listening to their debut album Now Would Be A Good [...]
FORTUNATO DURUTTI MARINETTI BITTER SWEET, SWEET BITTER QUINDI RECORDS Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, has been trekking between Turin, IT, and Toronto for a few years now, recording albums that fans of a wide range of artists, from Tindersticks to [...]
FAR CASPIAN AUTOFICTION TINY LIBRARY RECORDS The third record from Far Caspian– a project led by Irish musician Joel Johnston– encapsulates a style of indie-rock that perfectly straddles the line between mellow and upbeat. Born out of Johnston’s [...]
JULIAN CUBILLOS JULIAN CUBILLOS RUINATION RECORDS Who releases a debut album in the midst of a summer heat (at least that is the usual July weather in NYC) when most big, small or non-existent record labels have a pause in their release [...]
HEAVENLY OPERATION HEAVENLY SKEP WAX RECORDS When this, the fourth and final album by Heavenly was released back in 1996, it practically had no shelf-life of its own, as its release was overshadowed by the sudden death of drummer Mathew [...]
16VOLT MORE OF LESS METROPOLIS RECORDS 16Volt has released More Of Less, bringing an interesting mix of industrial hymns, with some, like “White Noise”, evoking the feeling of being unheard. More Of Less in itself is unique, eliciting a feeling [...]
HONEYMOON SUITE WAKE ME UP WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL Honeymoon Suite are back with their ninth studio album. Wake Me Up When The Sun Goes Down is a great album. It may even surprise some people who have not kept up with the band [...]
DREAM DIVISION AND THE LIBRARY OF THE OCCULT ELECTRONIC ORCHESTRA UNA ROSA NEL GIARDINO D’INVERNO: IL RITORNO (A ROSE IN THE GARDEN OF WINTER: THE RETURN) LIBRARY OF THE OCCULT RECORDS When I was a child, I loved horror films, still do, [...]
DEVON ALLMAN THE BLUES SUMMIT RUF RECORDS Get ready to put on your rockin’ blues shoes, because Devon Allman, along with The Devon Allman Project, is about to release his latest album, The Blues Summit, a star-studded celebration of soul and [...]
