THE W LOVERS FOR A DAY OR A LIFETIME INDEPENDENT These are some heady days for the fans of roots-based music, as there are high-quality artists appearing in this musical realm practically every day. If those fans haven’t yet caught up with [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS ASPIRIN AGE VOLUME FOUR (A SHOEGAZE COMPILATION) BROKEN SOUND TAPES Broken Sound Tapes, continuing with cassette week, releases a unique compilation of 19 shoegaze fuzzy tunes to jam straight into your boombox. If you aren’t sure [...]
PIPE-EYE PIPE-DEFY P(DOOM) RECORDS For those wishing to be consumed by the environment of an arcade and the atmosphere of the classic ‘80s scene, Pipe-eye’s newest album, Pipe-defy, can bring you there, but only temporarily. The desire to dance [...]
PHANTOGRAM MEMORY OF A DAY BARSUK RECORDS At one point in our recent past, Phantogram felt like the heir apparent to Portishead, a contemporary artist that bridged the critical divide between electro-pop and moody, brooding trip hop. They [...]
BON IVER SABLE, JAGJAGUWAR SABLE, is the first new music under the Bon Iver name since the 2019 album I,I. Sure Justin Vernon and the members of the band have been making appearances on other artists albums, but SABLE, is a true Bon Iver EP. [...]
ALBERT KING & STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IN SESSION (DELUXE EDITION) STAX RECORDS/CRAFT RECORDINGS In 1983, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan came together to record a session for CHCH-TV, a television network based out of Hamilton, ON. Accompanied [...]
ANDREW BIRD CUNNINGHAM BIRD LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Some albums are released and are just so odd that no one saw them coming at all. This can be said for Cunningham Bird, the collaborative album by Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham. Both artists [...]
BAZOOKA JOE PASTOR OF MUPPETS/SEND IN THE KLOWNS BROKEN SOUND TAPES Broken Sound Tapes are at it again, bringing back the gentle and harmonious tunes of Bazooka Joe with a cassette covering two classic albums, Pastor Of Muppets/Send In The [...]
SHOWER CURTAIN WORDS FROM A WISHING WELL ANGEL TAPES/FIRE TALK It’s always quite comforting when you hear an indie band combine some fuzzy, lightly distorted guitars with gentle, subdued vocal harmonies, particularly if the songwriting is [...]
OFFICE CULTURE ENOUGH RUINATION RECORDS There are a number of artists that rarely or never took the usual formulaic route when creating their music, something that you can call experimental pop/modern music. Listening to Enough, a sweeping [...]
JERRY CANTRELL I WANT BLOOD DOUBLE J MUSIC After a near 20-year break between solo albums, Alice In Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell has waited significantly less time to deliver his fifth album. The highly anticipated I Want Blood [...]
BRONSKI BEAT AGE OF CONSENT (40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) LONDON RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Age Of Consent was, and is, a groundbreaking album. Musically, Bronski Beat successfully combines disco and electronic music to create something that has been [...]
SKEGSS PACIFIC HIGHWAY MUSIC LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Just in time for a southern hemisphere summer, Aussie surf-rock legends, Skegss, are back with their third studio album, Pacific Highway Music, set for release October 18th. Lovingly named after [...]
PREVAIL PREVAIL BROKEN SOUND TAPES Ah, the sweet sound of nostalgia. Broken Sound Tapes is hitting rewind on the ‘90s, bringing back the hardcore tunes of Prevail with a cassette that’s sure to hit the rewind button. It’s like a time [...]
CEMETERY SKYLINE NORDIC GOTHIC CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS What do you get when you combine five Swedish musical superpowers, gothic elements, and metal roots? You get Cemetery Skyline’s debut album Nordic Gothic, an immensely strong goth metal album [...]
MICHAEL DES BARRES IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ROCK RIDGE MUSIC Hey, all you groovy rockers out there! Michael Des Barres dropped his latest album, It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), on October 11, 2024. This vibrant [...]
MYLES KENNEDY THE ART OF LETTING GO NAPALM RECORDS For his third solo outing, Myles Kennedy has returned with The Art Of Letting Go. The album follows 2021’s The Ides Of March, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators’ 4 in 2022, and [...]
JAMISON FIELD MURPHY IT HAS TO END RAMP LOCAL Sometimes, artists are involved with a fast-rising band, in this case it is Baltimore’s Tomato Flower. One of the band’s main songwriters Jamison Field Murphy, decided to do a solo [...]
STRATEJACKET BAD START EDGEOUT RECORDS In an era where pop-punk is experiencing a renaissance, it is challenging to discover bands that accurately represent the spirit of the 90s and early to mid-2000s, when the genre peaked. There was an [...]
THE CHAMELEONS TOMORROW REMEMBER YESTERDAY METROPOLIS RECORDS When The Chameleons released their EP, Where Are You?, in May 2024, it was their first new studio recording in over 20 years. Their last album, Why Call It Anything, was originally [...]
PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA BUREAU-B Propaganda burst on the scene in 1985 with their iconic debut album, A Secret Wish, on the famous ZTT label. In 1988, they began falling apart. Propaganda, then, is technically their third album, 33 years since [...]
JOHN DOUGLAS STILL OR SPARKLING? REVEAL RECORDS There are some compelling reasons Trashcan Sinatras’ John Douglas has made a name as a solo artist as well, as his self-titled album from this time last year showcased his impeccable [...]
CARIBOU HONEY MERGE RECORDS There’s no need to make an album review a statement about the threat of AI, but at risk of being hypocritical there’s no way to discuss Caribou’s latest release unless a statement is made. Here’s the thing—what’s the [...]
TONY VAZ PRETTY SIDE OF THE UGLY LIFE JUBILEE GANG Tony Vaz is one of those mavericks in music that have a left-of-center concept in songwriting (think R. Stevie Moore gone everywhere), where it is so hard to put a finger (or ear) where his [...]
