ALICE COOPER THE REVENGE OF ALICE COOPER EARMUSIC Fifty years ago, the original lineup of Alice Cooper broke up, and while the four surviving members would reunite for a pair of one-off shows in 2015 and 2017, and for a pair of tracks on [...]
THE DIRTY NIL THE LASH DINE ALONE RECORDS Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, The Dirty Nil have carried the title of being among Canada’s most promising, up and coming punk rock outfits. This sentiment rings true on their sixth album, The Lash. [...]
QUADECA VANISHER, HORIZON SCRAPER X8 MUSIC When you are listed as a producer, singer, rapper, and visual artist, then at some point, you are bound to build a concept, and that is certainly what we have with Quadeca, an artist in the true sense [...]
JAH WOBBLE DUB VOLUME 1 DIMPLE DISCS Since parting ways with Public Image Ltd, Jah Wobble has released approximately 38 studio albums, plus countless collaborations and live albums. Yet, he is still able to come up with new ideas, sounds, and [...]
ALAINA STACEY DUSK INDEPENDENT Is it pop or is it Americana? Kacey Musgraves and a few other artists resolved that dilemma a while ago, by proving that it could be either or both and that makes no difference, as long as the songwriting and [...]
SUN FREEZING COLD NOWHERE TO HIDE INDEPENDENT Sun Freezing Cold is a duo out of Montreal consisting of Chantal Ranger (lyrics/vocals) and Guy Pellerin (music/production) and Nowhere To Hide is their third album. Since their last album (2024’s At [...]
DARON MALAKIAN AND SCARS ON BROADWAY ADDICTED TO THE VIOLENCE SCARRED FOR LIFE Daron Malakian is one of the most recognizable names in hard rock and metal, most known for his work in the iconic band System Of A Down, which has given us some of [...]
LORD HURON THE COSMIC SELECTOR VOL. 1 MERCURY RECORDS Ben Schneider often croons about being alone under vast night skies on The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1. Though these themes are undeniably similar to those explored throughout Lord Huron’s [...]
BUSH I BEAT LONELINESS earMUSIC Nineties rock icons Bush return with I Beat Loneliness, their 10th studio album. The new record is one of Bush’s most vulnerable to date and combines Bush’s post-grunge roots with electronic, hard rock, and [...]
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE THE FIRST FAMILY: LIVE AT WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1967 HIGH MOON RECORDS A little over a month following the passing of Sly Stone, High Moon Records have released The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967, the [...]
ACAPULCO LIPS NOW KILLROOM RECORDS Acapulco Lips’ new album, Now, certainly opens with a bang. The first track, “Welcome To The Other Side”, sounds like the theme song to a groovy ‘60s cartoon about a girl group that goes around a beachfront [...]
LIKE WHAT ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY INDEPENDENT To celebrate their fifth year as a musical project/band, Like What have put together a five-track EP of their five most popular songs. This EP, or mini album, is an excellent jumping off point for the [...]
ALLO DARLIN’ BRIGHT NIGHTS SLUMBERLAND RECORDS Four-piece band Allo Darlin’ has returned with their first new release in over a decade, an album full of chipper, yet sentimental indiepop. Their fourth LP, Bright Nights, evokes a liveliness [...]
STEVE HACKETT THE LAMB STANDS UP LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Steve Hackett continues his journey through classic Genesis albums with a recording of his favourite songs from the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. The [...]
MF TOMLINSON DIE TO WAKE UP FROM A DREAM PRAH RECORDINGS Back in 2023 when Tomlinson released his then album We Are Still Wild Horses, his grasp of psych and psych folk probably came as a surprise from this London-based Australian. This time, [...]
MIKE POLIZZE AROUND SOUND PARADISE OF BACHELORS The name of Philadelphia’s Mike Polizze might be a name familiar to those following all things modern psych, as he is a member of psych purveyors Purling Hiss and Birds of Maya, now coming up [...]
THE SWELL SEASON FORWARD MASTERKEY SOUNDS Oscar-winning duo, The Swell Season, balancing the rugged, raw vocals of Glen Hansard with the lush, soft sounds of Markéta Irglová, haven’t released an album together in 16 years. After the success of [...]
EMMA HARNER TAKING MY SIDE INDEPENDENT How easy is it for a prospective singer songwriter these days to make it, particularly if they are just releasing their debut offering? Listeners could only guess all that is involved in such a process, and [...]
BRONSKI BEAT FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE AGE OF CONSENT REMIXED LONDON RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC The original, and some may argue, best line-up of Bronski Beat (Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville) lasted for just one album, Forbidden [...]
JONATHAN RICHMAN ONLY FROZEN SKY ANYWAY BLUE ARROW RECORDS Only Frozen Sky Anyway is Jonathan Richman’s 18th studio album, add in nine albums with The Modern Lovers and four live albums, one can see that Richman has been very busy since he made [...]
JOHN JENKINS RESTLESS HEARTS JOHN JENKINS MUSIC Liverpool-based John Jenkins has been releasing music since 2015. Restless Hearts is his first album since the brilliant and very personal Tuebrook, released in 2023. Jenkins is an artist that is [...]
THE BRAINS CRAZY MONSTER CLEOPATRA RECORDS It may be hard to believe, but it has been 20 years since The Brains’ debut album, No Brain, No Pain. This psychobilly (as they describe themselves) have released eight studio albums, and Crazy [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE LEGENDS OF SURF GUITAR OGLIO Releasing a live album of surf music on July 4 is absolutely perfect. This album has captured a moment in time and it is finally seeing the light of day. The Legends Of Surf Guitar brings together [...]
CHURCH OF TREES THIEF OF JOY INDEPENDENT Church Of Trees, the brainchild of multi-talented Bernard Frazer, burst on the scene in 2017 with their debut EP, Primitive Creatures. Since then, they have released five albums and a retrospective [...]
