WEATHERELL LONELY SOUL INDEPENDENT A deeply personal album, Lonely Soul is a departure for Sean Hackl (hence the unique name for the project). He explores new themes here, with grief and loss at the centre, which explain some of the [...]
STARLING PLEXUS BROKE RECORDS Just recently, music critics are starting to confirm that shoegaze in all of its shapes and forms is stronger that ever, and L.A. four-piece Starling are here to confirm that fact with their latest EP Plexus. The [...]
WARREN HAYNES DREAMS & SONGS: A SYMPHONIC JOURNEY EVIL TEEN RECORDS Warren Haynes has never been particularly interested in staying inside the lines. Throughout his remarkable career with Gov’t Mule, The Allman Brothers Band and as a solo [...]
SARAH CREAN HEIRLOOM INDEPENDENT Listening to Sarah Crean’s sophomore album, Heirloom, it is hard to believe this is only her second album. The fact that she produced, wrote (or co-wrote), and put together this album at her young age is a [...]
TOKYO TEA ROOM FEEL FOREVER NICE GUY RECORDS No matter what anybody says, creating well crafted (or better) pop is an art in itself, particularly if you are able to abide by the rules and regulations, or more simply put, formulas that good, [...]
DAVID MYHR EVERYTHING IS ALL ABOUT YOU OGLIO ENTERTAINMENT It has now become a sort of tradition for artists from Sweden to come up with some high-quality to excellent power pop and pop rock. Is it something in the water, or something else, [...]
UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS SHAPES OF MIDNIGHT KILLER CANDY RECORDS Uncle Acid is back at it, this time with a throwback to earlier tones and writing styles that Uncle Acid fans came to know and love from their first three albums. This one [...]
LARKK CINDERS (INSTRUMENTAL) INDEPENDENT/AWAL Danielle McTaggart is best known as the lead singer of Dear Rouge. But there is another side to her, Larkk. This is McTaggart by herself making peaceful and beautiful music that is so very much [...]
BECK RIDE LONESOME CAPITOL RECORDS Twelve years ago, Beck released his pivotal and critically acclaimed 12th album, Morning Phase. While not his most recent album, which was 2019’s Hyperspace, Beck has since reconvened with Smokey Hormel, Joey [...]
SON LUX OUT INTO THIS IS MERU/CITY SLANG Son Lux started out in 2007 as a solo project for Ryan Lott, but by 2015 Rafiq Bhatia (guitars) and  Ian Chang (drums) joined the band, which took them in a new direction. The fact that both members [...]
ROGER TAYLOR VIOLENCE INSANE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD COLUMBIA RECORDS Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, and Don Henley are just a few examples of drummers who have had successful solo careers. You could add Roger Taylor of Queen to that list. He may not [...]
THE MARY WALLOPERS PADDYWHACKERY BC RECORDS The Mary Wallopers, the pride of Dundalk, Ireland are back with their third album, and first since 2023’s Irish Rock N Roll.  A lot has changed since 2023, most notably, a founding member, Seán McKenna [...]
DRAGONFLIES DRAGONFLIES DARK HORSE RECORDS/BMG Dragonflies is the duo of Dhani Harrison and Nigel Godrich, who began working together after Harrison reached out to Godrich for guidance on what would become Harrison’s most recent solo album [...]
YOKO ONO IT’S ALRIGHT (I SEE RAINBOWS) SECRETLY CANADIAN It’s Alright (I See Rainbows) was originally released in 1982 and was Yoko Ono’s sixth solo studio album. It was also the second album following the murder of John Lennon. While her [...]
VESPERA THE THOUGHTS THAT PLAGUE YOU INDEPENDENT Vespera’s music has always held this nostalgic darkness that creeps into its instrumental body, settling between the ribs of vulnerable lyrics. On this new album, The Thoughts That Plague You, [...]
BRIAN FALLON NOT BAD FOR NEW JERSEY LESSER KNOWN RECORDS/NASH YORK RECORDS Brian Fallon’s in a golden age of songwriting right now – he churned out History Books with his band, The Gaslight Anthem, just two years ago, and now Not Bad For New [...]
LOCUST SPECTRAL+ TODO RECORDS Locust, a London-based electronic band from Croydon, released their 10th studio album Spectral+. Mark Van Hoen produced the LP, using ominous drone music and synthesizers to complement guest vocalists. Spectral+ [...]
SHUDDER TO THINK WHO SENT YOU? DISCHORD RECORDS Shudder to Think has always sounded like a band arguing with the category assigned to it. Post-hardcore is the easiest label, but even during the Dischord years, the band was already pulling punk [...]
DREADNOUGHT WARS OF SPIRIT // WARDS OF LIGHT VESPERIAN/METAL BLADE RECORDS To add two times more spice to the pumpkin spice season, Denver-originating symphonic progressive metal band Dreadnought returns with an epic vengeance. With an [...]
D.D.DANAHY D3 INDEPENDENT Darren Douglas Danahy, known as D.D.Danahy, now also known as D3 is a very talented musician and artist. He is a member of Keldari Station, The Amaretto Sours, and Hidden Frequency. He has also released several solo [...]
TWILARK NEVER LEARNED THE TIDE INDEPENDENT Moniker is a multi-purpose thing in music, one could be to make a distinction from other artists, particularly in a very crowded genre, and singer-songwriter one is possibly at the top of that list. Yet [...]
JOYER ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE… (CROSSED LINES REMIXES) JULIA’S WAR RECORDS Remix albums share quit a few similarities, as well as questions with tribute ones – does the remixed artist and those given tribute albums deserve it, [...]
FUNKADELIC MAGGOT BRAIN (REMASTERED) ORG MUSIC Originally released in 1971, Funkadelic’s seminal album, Maggot Brain, is an essential classic that plays like Geroge Clinton’s response to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. In a [...]
STABBING WESTWARD WITHER REWIRED COP INTERNATIONAL Influential industrial rockers Stabbing Westward released their gold-certified sophomore album, Wither Blister Burn + Peel, 30 years ago. Founding members Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus have [...]
