AJJ Disposable Everything Hopeless Records For a band like AJJ, vulnerability and transparency are dominant, allowing their music to achieve greater impact across a very dedicated fanbase. Their newest LP Disposable Everything is the epitome of [...]
The Dirty Nil Free Rein To Passions Dine Alone Records The latest album by Canadian rockers The Dirty Nil, Free Rein To Passions, is a rock record that instantly reminds you of the late 90s and early 2000s when rock dominated the charts. It is [...]
Joe Perry Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII Roman Records Initially released in 2018, Aerosmith and Hollywood Vampires guitarist Joe Perry has returned with an alternative version of his fifth solo album. Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII features five [...]
Fishbone Fishbone Bottles To The Ground There is much to celebrate with the release of Fishbone’s self-title EP. For starters, Fishbone is their first collection of new music in six years. An even greater feat, it is their first release with [...]
Galen & Paul Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? Sony Music Acclaimed singer-songwriter Galen Ayers has joined Paul Simonon for their debut collaborative record, Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?. Simonon is most famously known as the bassist for [...]
Church Of Trees Courage Independent Bernard Frazer, the mastermind behind Church Of Trees, is not one to let the grass grow around his feet or rest on his many laurels. Courage is Church of Tree’s fifth studio album since their debut EP in 2017. [...]
PONY Velveteen Take This To Heart Records Certain bands wear nostalgia beautifully and perfectly from top to bottom. Ever since their emergence in the music scene in 2015, Pony has garnered a reputation for their captivating pop charm and [...]
Dave Matthews Band Walk Around The Moon RCA Records Dave Matthews Band’s latest album, Walk Around The Moon, is one of their weakest. Dave Matthews’ vocals are terrific, however, his writing is sometimes rather bland. There are many great [...]
The Lemonheads Come On Feel (30th Anniversary Edition) Fire Records Admittedly, I am not a great fan of album reissues. For various reasons, their appeal is largely lost on me. That said, The Lemonheads’ just-released Come On Feel (30th [...]
The Kingfishers Reflections In A Silver Sound Last Night From Glasgow Reflections In A Silver Sound is the debut album from Scottish band The Kingfishers. It is impressive, but the story behind the album is as well. Where the story gets [...]
Jeremy Tuplin Orville’s Discotheque Trapped Animal Records Can you label Jeremy Tuplin as a singer-songwriter? Not exactly an easy answer to that question, because, on one hand, sure, Tuplin is an artist who writes and sings his own songs. [...]
Terry Emm Wish You Were Here Azez Records/Shellshock British singer-songwriter Terry Emm, wasn’t around for a while (seven years to be exact, that is), at least in that role. Then, back in 2021, it was announced that his single “Gently” [...]
GracieHorse L.A. Shit Wharf Cat Records There are so many artists these days that are working in the Americana/roots/country rock domain, that it is often hard to distinguish between them, no matter how good and assured their music is. What [...]
Def Leppard Drastic Symphonies Universal Music Part greatest hits and part live performance, Def Leppard haS collaborated with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to deliver Drastic Symphonies. The album sees The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra record [...]
Yes Mirror To The Sky Century Media Records By my count, Mirror To The Sky is Yes’s 23rd studio album since they made their debut in 1969. Since then, the band has been through many changes, but the sound remains the same. Coming very quickly on [...]
The Used Toxic Positivity Big Noise For a group that has a career spanning over 20 years, ingenuity and relevancy can prove insurmountable, especially when previous records have held such a warm spot in the hearts of millions of fans. This [...]
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, Conor Hanick Reflections Asthmatic Kitty Records Indie legend Sufjan Stevens has been on the music scene since the 90s and constantly finds new ways to challenge himself. His latest album, Reflections with Timo [...]
Solar Flare Solar Flare Independent Originally released in 2020, power metal quintet Solar Flare have revisited their debut album and given it a brand-new remix/remaster polish, bringing their classically derived sound to a different level that [...]
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SPIRIT THEY’RE GONE, SPIRIT THEY’VE VANISHED (REMASTERED 2023) DOMINO RECORDS Animal Collective is a party for the ears, animating my life for the past two decades. Listening to Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve [...]
Bruce Cockburn O Sun O Moon True North Records There is truth in the statement that some things get better with age. Case in point, Bruce Cockburn’s new album O Sun O Moon serves up a heaping helping of musical goodness. Recorded in Nashville, [...]
Sister Ray Teeth Royal Mountain Records Sister Ray is Edmonton’s Ella Coyes (they/them), whose melodic touch, lyrics, and vocals simply stand out on their latest EP Teeth. It is no wonder that here they are supported by ginla, the Brooklyn [...]
Nick & June Beach Baby, Baby Independent It was about time that some other artists would be inspired by the Hollywood film/music combination of the 50s and 60s as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of Lana Del Rey, but inspired in the [...]
Esben And The Witch Hold Sacred Nostromo Records There was always a dark streak running through dream pop, with or without shoegaze touches, that made that dream element acquire some nightmarish tones, while still leaving that pop element [...]
Ron Hawkins Trash Talkin’ At The Speed Of Sound Sonic Envy Ron Hawkins, best known as an original founding member and lead singer/songwriter of Toronto’s legendary Lowest Of The Low, has embraced synths and electro drum beats for his six-song [...]
