LIZ LAWRENCE PEANUTS CHRYSALIS RECORDS Liz Lawrence, well-known to indie folk lovers for her 2019 album Pity Party, has crafted a delightful mix of ’00s indie and garage rock sounds in her fourth LP. It features a touch of Marika Hackman’s [...]
FRONT 242 ENDLESS RIDDANCE (40th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE) WAX TRAX! Front 242, the Belgian electro-maestros, burst onto the scene in 1981 like a disco ball on steroids. They’re the OGs of electronic body music (EBM), a genre that’s as [...]
SLOW JOY MI AMIGO SLOW JOY MICK MUSIC Slow Joy is Dallas via New Mexico artist Esteban Flores, who started out back in 2020 with a pair of singles that made quite some impact on TikTok, with kind of an indie rock sound that isn’t usually [...]
PSYCHIC GRAVEYARD WILTING ARTOFFACT RECORDS Psychic Graveyard is Eric Paul (vocals), Paul Vieria (guitar), Charles Ovett (drums) and Nathan Joyner (guitars and synthesizer) and Wilting is their fourth studio album. The music that these four guys [...]
LORI CULLEN THE THUNDER AND THE BAY INDEPENDENT With the release of The Thunder And The Bay, Toronto singer-songwriter Lori Cullen definitely has something to celebrate. The album is Cullen’s first full-length release since 2022’s Blood Wonder, [...]
HANK HERNANDEZ ME ON THE OTHER SIDE INDEPENDENT Hank Hernandez is the latest project from the very talented Bryan Binnema. Hank Hernandez has an interesting sound, and the EP is full of very catchy, well-written rock songs that tips its hat to [...]
THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD APPLE CORPS LTD. ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 1969 Abbey Road is The Beatles 11th studio album, their near-final album before they split up. It really feels like a conclusion, however, there’s room for [...]
THE WOGGLES TIME HAS COME WICKED COOL RECORDS The Woggles have been making music for over 30 years, and Time Has Come is their first full length album since 2017’s Tally Ho! The Woggles are not trying to reinvent themselves with Time Has Come. [...]
IDAHO LAPSE ARTS & CRAFTS Back in the 90s and on into the new century, Jeff Martin and Idaho were coming up with some of the best sounds within what was dubbed as slowcore. While all the sounds connected with slowcore slowly went into the [...]
THE BIRD CALLS OLD FAITHFUL RUINATION RECORD CO. Taking a similar route to the likes of Bill Callaghan and/or Will Oldham, often means that the artist in question is an individual that prefers solitude to create some delicate, well, [...]
ANASTASIA COOPE DARNING WOMAN JAGJAGUWAR Being labeled as a singer-songwriter and taking quite an experimental route with your music can be both a blessing and a curse for an artist. Doing that on your debut album, as Anastasia Coope does on [...]
RICHARD THOMPSON SHIP TO SHORE NEW WEST RECORDS Singer-songwriter-guitarist Richard Thompson is celebrating the release of new music with his album Ship To Shore. Thompson first made a name for himself in the 1960s as a pioneer of British [...]
CHINA CRISIS CHINA GREATNESS LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW Gary Daly (lead vocals/keyboards) and Eddie Lundon (guitarist/vocalist) came together in 1979 and formed China Crisis. Over the years, there have been several member changes, but they have [...]
DAVID PICCO UNTIL NOW INDEPENDENT So, the singer-songwriter scene, with those artists leaning towards the more roots/Americana sound is getting a bit crowded these days. It is getting harder and harder to make an impact, particularly if you are [...]
DAVID MYLES DEVIL TALKING JONES & CO. Devil Talking by David Myles offers a mesmerizing mix of mellow soundscapes and irresistible rhythms, transporting listeners to a state of glee. Each track oozes captivating energy that effortlessly [...]
ANDREW BIRD SUNDAY MORNING PUT-ON LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS/CONCORD RECORDS Andrew Bird is one of those artists that never stood still, nor does he now, even when he is in a way taking a look back, as he is on his late offering Sunday Morning [...]
LOVELORN DOLLS DEADTIME STORIES ALFA MATRIX Lovelorn Dolls’ Deadtime Stories is… a little scary! It delivers a fairy tale fantasy, and like all fairy tales, it is marginally frightening. Rest assured, we all know that in the end, good will [...]
DIIV FROG IN BOILING WATER FANTASY RECORDS Frog In Boiling Water is the first record from DIIV since Deceiver which was released in 2019. It continues to see the band working in a much darker and heavier territory than the first few records, [...]
SOFTCULT HEAVEN EASY LIFE RECORDS In the past few years, Kitchener, ON’s twin siblings, Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn of Softcult, have been one of the best up-and-coming Canadian bands, which has led to opening up for bands like Incubus and [...]
YES TALK (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SPIRIT OF UNICORN MUSIC Talk is an interesting album from Yes. It was their 14th studio album, originally released in 1994. The line-up for this album is Jon Anderson (vocals), Chris Squire (bass), Alan White [...]
CAPSTAN THE MOSAIC FEARLESS RECORDS Bands like Capstan have always looked outside their genre. Each small social and personal detail, as well as genres, reveals more of a bigger picture to them. All of these ideas intertwine to form their new [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL AND GREG FRASER GHOST PARTICLES (MESSAGES FROM RUDE VAN STEENES) TCBE RECORDS This EP began life as a collaboration between Greg Fraser and Rude Van Steenes who sadly passed away before the project was complete. With complete [...]
INTERVALS MEMORY PALACE INDEPENDENT Since the release of Intervals’ debut album A Voice Within in 2014, the guitarist behind the moniker, Aaron Marshall, has emerged as a significant force in the progressive rock scene. Unbound and [...]
RISING APPALACHIA FOLK & ANCHOR INDEPENDENT Doing a covers album is far from easy, as some might think. You don’t simply sit down or stand up and cover a song you want and/or love. An emotional connection to the song is not enough. [...]
