Cowboy Junkies Such Ferocious Beauty Latent Recordings The Cowboy Junkies are back with their first release of new material in five years, the much-anticipated Such Ferocious Beauty. Principal songwriter Michael Timmins had time to reflect and [...]
The Aquadolls Charmed Enci Records Charmed is Los Angeles-based femme-punks The Aquadolls’ third album, and from the start, it’s noticeably more punk than their previous efforts. This album also marks the first time the trio have written as a [...]
Foo Fighters But Here We Are RCA Writing and recording an album in the wake of two significant losses in one year is not easy, but Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters turned their pain into something beautiful. Their 11th album, But Here We Are [...]
Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom Columbia Records It would be difficult to claim that any of the songs included on Bob Dylan’s latest album Shadow Kingdom weren’t some of the best of his early catalogue. With selections culled mainly from his first two [...]
Young The Giant Both Sides Awal/Jungle Youth Records Just under a year after the initial debuts of what would become their multi-movement fifth studio album American Bollywood, So-Cal band Young the Giant has released the four-track follow-up EP [...]
Rival Sons Darkfighter Atlantic Records The conversation about the great rock bands of our time is incomplete without mentioning Rival Sons. Among the strongest and most original bands to emerge from the influence of ‘70s classic rock, the [...]
BUCKCHERRY VOL. 10 CENTURY MEDIA The release of Buckcherry’s 10th studio album is truly one for the books. As the ultimate party-starting band, they never fail to bring the heat with their signature electric music styling, blended [...]
Girls Under Glass Backdraft Dependent Records The highly anticipated album from Girls Under Glass embodies a captivating fusion of sinister, dark, gothic, and metal musical stylings. What initially began as an EP turned into a fully realized [...]
DEATH AND MEMPHIS THE TIME BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF BYPOLAR RECORDS Death And Memphis, Chicago punk, are you ready? Here we go! EP, The Time Between Dog and Wolf, is precisely what this album is a critical twist on light and dark – ambiguous. The EP [...]
Passion Pit Gossamer Sony Music Canada For pop artists like Passion Pit, the ability to be undeniably honest in his art form has always been important to singer/songwriter Michael Angelakos, no matter how uncomfortable. When [...]
Callum Pitt In The Balance Kaleidoscope Music Very often, it is quite a challenge for artists releasing a debut album, not only to come up with right music, but also with a title that would describe that music the best. Newcastle, England [...]
Laura Wolf Shelf Life Whatever’s Clever Back in the late 90s folktronica was all the rage. But somehow, and for whatever reason, the whole shebang seemed to have been lost, with or without translation, with most of the artists going one [...]
Rory McBride Sonic Lullaby Independent Keeping things short and sweet just might be a perfect way for an artist to introduce themself and their music to the world. That is exactly the route 29-yr-old American singer/songwriter/poet Rory Mc Bride [...]
Niall Connolly The Patience Of Trees C.U. Records Niall Connolly was born in the suburbs of Cork, Ireland but is now based in New York City. Over the years he has made a career as a folk-rock artist. He is back with a new studio album, The [...]
Steve Forbert Streets Of This Town: Revisited Blue Rose Music Steve Forbert has been making records for a very long time, and in the 1970s, he shifted from his folk roots and incorporated more of a pop sound. He was once given the label ‘The New [...]
Gloryhammer Return To The Kingdom Of Fife Nuclear Blast Soaring melodies, layered vocals, frantic double bass drumming, and a penchant for epic storytelling. These are the most integral components of power metal and ones that the band [...]
Half Moon Run Salt BMG Half Moon Run’s latest masterpiece, Salt offers a captivating and unparalleled listening experience, tugging at the heartstrings of its audience. Every track on this album is infused with raw emotion and compelling [...]
Ben Folds What Matters Most New West Records Ben Folds delivers yet another exceptional album with his latest release, What Matters Most. It is silly and heartwarming, features choruses that will be instantly loved by fans and has some [...]
Beach Fossils Bunny Bayonet Records The New York band Beach Fossils returns this spring with Bunny, the perfect album to vibe to this season. Melodic, harmonious, and lighthearted are words that can best sum up the record’s atmosphere. [...]
Sparks The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte Island Records The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte is Sparks 25th studio album, and their first since 2020’s very successful A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. They have gained a new audience, thanks in part to the [...]
Moon Blue The Moonlight Disco 777 Music There are two ways by which an artist can make the title of his record fit perfectly with the music within. One is to compose the music and then find a fitting title, the other is the have the title in [...]
Kassi Valazza Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing Fluff & Gravy Records Portland, Oregon artist Kassi Valazza defies the title of her latest album – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing. She actually knows quite a bit it seems, and one of the things [...]
maud the moth + trajedesaliva Bordando el Manto Terrestre Time Released Sound Now, we’re talking about some serious dark stuff here. Yet, it is the kind of dark stuff that actually enlightens and makes the true darkness go away. Bordando [...]
Pere Ubu Trouble On Big Beat Street Cherry Red Records One could be forgiven for being confused as to what the actual year is when Sparks, Pere Ubu, Yes, and Jethro Tull are releasing new music. And it is a most excellent confusion. David Thomas [...]
