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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
