EDDY LEE RYDER SWEET DELUSIONS INDEPENDENT When the title track of Eddy Lee Ryder’s debut album Sweet Delusions, opens the album you are hit with that Deja vu sensation that is both familiar, but at the same time fresh and new sensation. [...]
PHANTOM HANDSHAKES SIRENS AT GOLDEN HOUR INDEPENDENT Similar to how mermaids are able to lull sailors who travel vast and stormy seas, Sirens At Golden Hour casts a similar spell over its listeners. Unlike theories surrounding the fictitious [...]
RACHEL EWEN BREADCRUMBS INDEPENDENT Rachel Ewen is based in the Pacific Northwest and has been working as a professional musician and singer in Seattle for the past decade. In 2023 she started performing under her own name, and Breadcrumbs is [...]
LEATHERS ULTRAVIOLET ARTOFFACT RECORDS Shannon Hemmett’s Leathers’ Ultraviolet, is a hypnotic musical journey complete from A – Z, an album that takes the listener on a journey, not chaotic, smooth. Storytelling: this album flows like a river; [...]
CHRIS BIRKETT SHE’S MY GUITAR INDEPENDENT Chris Birkett has been around a long time and has firmly established a career in music. As a session player, producer and engineer he has worked with Sinéad O’Conner, Alison Moyet, Dexys Midnight [...]
ENERGY SLIME PLANET PERFECT WE ARE TIME Coming up with picture perfect (or video/streaming perfect) pop these days is much harder to achieve as copycats (including AI) are hovering all around with something that sounds like chewing on an empty [...]
QUIVERS OYSTER CUTS MERGE As is the case with any other band, Melbourne, Australia’s Quivers and their latest album Oyster Cuts can be described in a few simple words, but as is the case with some other Australian greats like Go-Betweens [...]
MILO BINDER THE UNSPEAKABLE MILO BINDER REAL GONE MUSIC It takes some artists three days to come up with new stuff, but it takes others quite a bit longer. In the case of Vancouver/LA artist Milo Binder, it was ‘only’ 33 years [...]
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD FLIGHT b741 P(DOOM) RECORDS King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are back with their latest album, Flight b741. Yet again, the band is drastically shifting the genre of music they tackle. Previous albums from [...]
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT 50th ANNIVERSARY LIVE – SECOND NIGHT FRONTIERS MUSIC Blue Öyster Cult is a brilliant band for many reasons, but one reason is their care and attention to their history and recordings. They have taken care of their music [...]
KILLER MIKE MICHAEL & THE MIGHTY MIDNIGHT REVIVAL, SONGS FOR SINNERS AND SAINTS LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Following his GRAMMY sweep for the hip-hop category for his 2023 seminal solo breakthrough, Michael, Killer Mike has been enjoying what can [...]
ALEX SOUTHEY ENTERTAINERS BRING MAY FLOWERS COLLECTION INDEPENDENT Toronto based singer/songwriter Alex Southey released his debut in 2019 with what appeared to be a Christmas themed album, Christmastown. Releasing the album in May should have [...]
JULIA-SOPHIE FORGIVE TOO SLOW BA DA BING! RECORDS With any form of electro music, pop, or ambient (take your pick) the key question these days is “what is that new element an artist can bring to the genre?” It can be big, it can be small, just [...]
LITTLE MYSTERY LITTLE MYSTERY RUINATION RECORD CO New York’s Ivy Meissner is one Little Mystery, and her self-titled debut album amply shows that she has chosen quite a fitting moniker to present her music. With quite an intriguing voice [...]
BAD BRAINS I AGAINST I BAD BRAINS RECORDS As a part of their ongoing remaster campaign, Bad Brains have reissued I Against I. Originally released in 1986, I Against I was the third studio album from the band and saw Bad Brains expand beyond the [...]
THE DONNAS SPEND THE NIGHT REAL GONE MUSIC One of the most influential punk bands of the 90s, The Donnas, exuded a rebellious energy that was often likened to the female version of the Ramones. Their high school persona, which revolved around [...]
THE POLICE SYNCHRONICITY (SUPER DELUXE EDITION) UME/POLYDOR The Police owned 1983. Synchronicity was the album of that year, featuring five hit singles, selling over eight million copies in the world and was nominated for five Grammys. One would [...]
ROBIN GUTHRIE ATLAS SOLEIL APRÈS MINUIT The Cocteau Twins were very much adored and influential when they were together from the 1980s until the early 1990s. Since then, the band has taken on an almost mythical status. Their music continues to [...]
CHILDISH GAMBINO BRANDO STONE AND THE NEW WORLD RCA RECORDS For his fifth and supposedly final album before retiring from music entirely or simply the Childish Gambino moniker, Donald Glover has released Brando Stone And The New World. The album [...]
PAUL DI’ANNO’S WARHORSE PAUL DI’ANNO’S WARHORSE BRAVEWORDS RECORDS Legendary British metal singer and former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno shows no signs of slowing down in 2024; he’s releasing new material and [...]
LYS MORKE KNIFE THERAPY ARTOFFACT RECORDS Taking a route less traveled for any artist/musician is always filled with dangers and pitfalls, and to overcome these, you have to have a clear vision, determination and knowledge to truly overcome [...]
AFI BLACK SAILS IN THE SUNSET (25th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE) CRAFT RECORDINGS When it comes to one of the most intelligent and unique bands in the music industry, how does one come to talk about such a prestigious album that would be the gateway to [...]
DEEP PURPLE =1 EARMUSIC In 1974, both hippies and teens from around the world were grooving to the infectious smouldering sound of “Smoke On The Water”. 50 years later, the masterminds behind this iconic tune, Deep Purple have just [...]
THE RAVEONETTES THE RAVEONETTES SING… CLEOPATRA RECORDS The Raveonettes hail from Copenhagen and are a duo consisting of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo. The Raveonettes Sing… is their first full-length album since 2017’s 2016 Atomized. The [...]
