RENE TROSSMAN FALL FROM GRACE HOLD IT! There is a long tradition of American blues artists relocating to Europe and making a decent go of it. Rene is one recent example of this, though traveling a slightly different path than most, moving from [...]
JETHRO TULL THE JETHRO TULL CHRISTMAS ALBUM – FRESH SNOW AT CHRISTMAS CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS/INSIDE OUT MUSIC Originally titled The Jethro Tull Christmas Album when it was released in 2003, this was Jethro Tull’s 21st studio album and the last to [...]
JONO McCLEERY RECONCILE SONAR KOLLEKTIV It is a bit of a misnomer to label Jono McCleery as a singer/songwriter, at least in that traditional early-70S sense. McCleery, who has been around for a while now, seems to have only one [...]
TODD RUNDGREN GLOBAL (REISSUE) CLEOPATRA RECORDS Global was originally released in 2015 and was Todd Rundgren’s 25th studio album. This was a particularly prolific time for Rundgren, who released two albums that year. This re-release, on [...]
RIVAL SONS A PAIR OF ACES: LIVE FROM SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (PART 1) SACRED TONGUE RECORDINGS In 2021, Rival Sons traveled to Catalina Island, California to record a pair of performances entirely live off the floor. The first of these, A Pair Of [...]
MARILYN MANSON ONE ASSASSINATION UNDER GOD – CHAPTER 1 NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS Are you ready to add some shock-provoking music to your playlists because the legendary Marilyn Manson is making a grand comeback? His 12th album, One Assassination [...]
CURRENT SWELL PEACEKEEPER BLUE HERON MUSIC Life itself has so many moments, that when it comes to films or stories, creators will utilize montages to skip through certain chunks of time. Current Swell’s newest EP, Peacekeeper, feels like a [...]
THE ANIX VOLTAGE FiXT MUSIC When one listens to The Anix, there is a type of magical transcendence that happens. For the past six albums, The Anix has always taken listeners to a place of darkness, yet that tenebrous journey is always coloured [...]
JOAN ARMATRADING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT NOW MEAN BMG Joan Armatrading’s 21st studio album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, is her first album since 2021’s Consequence, and her first new rock songs in three years. As [...]
MÖTLEY CRÜE DR. FEELGOOD (35th ANNIVERSARY 2024 REMASTER) BMG If you were around for the original release of Dr. Feelgood in 1989, you’d remember the seismic impact of its debut. It marked the peak of Mötley Crüe’s popularity, solidifying [...]
BUSH SIXTEEN STONE (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) CRAFT RECORDINGS One of the most inescapable rock records of the ‘90s was Bush’s 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone. Propelled by hit singles “Comedown”, “Glycerine”, and “Machinehead”, all of which [...]
KIM DEAL NOBODY LOVES YOU MORE 4AD When you hear the words “Kim Deal’s first solo album”, you’d be forgiven for expecting to hear more of the same clattering rhythms and incongruous lyricism that made her a behemoth of the alternative rock scene [...]
FATHER JOHN MISTY MAHASHMASHANA SUB POP RECORDS Josh Tillman, also known as Father John Misty, has been making music for over 20 years. Since 2012’s Fear Fun, the majority of releases are under the name Father John Misty. Mahashmashana is Father [...]
TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYES ASYLUM HARBOUR KITTEN ROBOT RECORDS Feeling trapped is not applicable only to physical confinement, but also in how one can be stuck with a certain feeling. At first this sense of imprisonment can be non-existent, [...]
TIM BOVACONTI AGAIN INDEPENDENT Tim Bovaconti is a veteran of the Canadian music scene. His CV is very impressive, with the list of artists he has worked with being the who’s who of artists, including Burton Cummings, Ron Sexsmith, Kim [...]
TV ON THE RADIO DESPERATE YOUTH, BLOOD THIRSTY BABES (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) TOUCH AND GO RECORDS Looking back on the release of their 2004 debut album, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, Brooklyn art-rockers TV On The Radio commemorate [...]
MICHAEL KIWANUKA SMALL CHANGES POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Michael Kiwanuka is an essential voice, a testament to the potential and referential depth of neo-soul. It is. Rooted in the past with a finger on the pulse of our contemporary conflicts and [...]
CHELSEA WOLFE UNBOUND LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Having released the full-length LP She Reaches Out To She Reaches To She earlier this year, there’s an unsatisfying, critical urge to place these stripped down recordings on Unbound in juxtaposition [...]
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SECRETLY DISTRIBUTION There have been a handful of albums across my timeline that have remained both consistent favourites as well as consistently solid listens from [...]
LINKIN PARK FROM ZERO WARNER RECORDS Linkin Park’s From Zero, their first album since 2017, boldly introduces Emily Armstrong as their new lead vocalist, ushering in a fresh chapter for the band. The record strikes an exquisite balance between [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS DEARLY BELOVED: A PRINCE SONGBOOK CHERRY RED RECORDS While the word untimely is often thrown around, particularly when a bona fide legend passes, it seems that the absence of Prince is felt more so than others since his death at [...]
AVI C. ENGEL BESTIARY ELEPHANT SHREW EDITIONS Checking out the Bandcamp page of Toronto’s Avi C. Engel, you realize they have a slew of releases, as some of them went under that C. that stands for Clara. They explain with their motto: [...]
THE RED CLAY STRAYS LIVE AT THE RYMAN RCA RECORDS Whether you’re looking to supply good music for a dance session at a country bar, or for a song that will draw out the hopeless romantic in you, Live At The Ryman has it. This collection of The [...]
GEORGE HARRISON LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DARK HORSE/BMG There was a lot riding on Living In The Material World when George Harrison released the album in 1973. His All Things Must Pass album proved to be one of the [...]
