VARIOUS ARTISTS NEW WAVE DONUT WAX DONUT RECORDS This is an intriguing idea, current punk and metal bands paying tribute to late 1970s and 1980s New Wave classics. Of course, New Wave came along and basically shoved punk to one side. Punk [...]
VIVABEAT PARTY IN THE WARZONE & THE HOUSE IS BURNING RUBELLAN REMASTERS Vivabeat is one of those bands that showed a great deal of promise in the 1980s but never really reached their commercial potential. That doesn’t mean their music wasn’t [...]
CHEMICAL WAVES THE END OF EVERYTHING – PART TWO WAVE RECORDS Chemical Waves is really Marco Cattani, from Rome, Italy. Under the name Chemical Waves, Cattani has been making music for over ten years. The End Of Everything – Part Two [...]
ROYAL TUSK ALTRUISTIC MNRK MUSIC GROUP Alberta’s rock trio Royal Tusk brings us their third full-length, self-produced album entitled Altruistic. Guitarist Quinn Cyrankiewicz, bassist Sandy MacKinnon, and vocalist Daniel Carriere spent nearly a [...]
TISH MELTON WHEN WE’RE OLDER CMND SHFT It seems Brandi Carlisle has an acute sense of where good musical values lie. A big name in her own right, she was recently involved in the revival of Joni Mitchell’s career, and is also working [...]
JULIEN CHANG HOME FOR THE MOMENT TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS No, this is not the fashion designer some might be familiar with, but a singer songwriter who has two quite solid album from 2019 and 2022 behind him, coming up with this relatively brief, [...]
HANNAH FRANCES KEEPER OF THE SHEPHERD RUINATION RECORD CO. From the moment “Bronwyn” opens up on Keeper of The Shepherd, the new album by Hannah Frances, you realize she has been immersed with music since she can probably remember. [...]
FUR TRADER EXECUTIONLAND INDEPENDENT Andrew Pelletier isn’t exactly a fur trader, although he uses that moniker to release his music. On the other hand, he just might be, if you are replacing real furs with some cozy, fuzzy, truly melodic [...]
GENERAL ADMIN CLOUDED ROOM INDEPENDENT General Admin is a three piece band based in London, although the members are from London and Brighton. Clouded Room is their third EP. The trio is made up of Adam, Matt and Mike (no last names), and on [...]
THE WHO LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 1982 MERCURY STUDIOS Prepare to rock ‘n’ roll, fellow music enthusiasts, because Mercury Studios has some exciting news for all music lovers out there! Mark your calendars for March 1, 2024, because [...]
MINISTRY HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS It’s album number 16 for the industrial legends known as Ministry. Even though frontman Al Jourgensen has been doing this for approximately 40 years, the band is as politically charged as ever. [...]
DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT TOO HOT TO SLEEP YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS Too Hot To Sleep is Daniel Romano’s first studio since 2022’s La Luna, which was also credited to Daniel Romano’s Outfit. There was, however, a Spider Bite album (The [...]
MANNEQUIN PUSSY I GOT HEAVEN EPITAPH RECORDS Mannequin Pussy is Philadelphia, punk rock, with a generous splash of indie. Marisa “Missy” Dabice (vocals and guitar), Maxine Steen (guitar), Colins “Bear” Regisford (bass), and Kaleen Reading [...]
ZAKK SABBATH DOOMED FOREVER FOREVER DOOMED MAGNETIC EYE RECORDS Having earned the title as the definitive Black Sabbath tribute act due to their electrifying live show, Zakk Sabbath, led by Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne, [...]
BIG BIG TRAIN THE LIKES OF US INSIDE OUT MUSIC The Likes of Us is the 15th studio album by progressive rock Big Big Train. This album has some notable changes. It is the group’s first full collection of songs since lead vocalist David [...]
FAYE WEBSTER UNDERDRESSED AT THE SYPHONY SECRETLY CANADIAN If you are yet to indulge into the joys of Faye Webster’s music, you have been missing quite a bit since her self-titled album back in 2017. Now, with her latest, Underdressed at [...]
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE VERSAILLES 400 SONY MUSIC On December 25, 2023, Jean-Michel Jarre performed a concert in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. The show was designed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Château de [...]
HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE NONESUCH RECORDS The Past Is Still Alive is the latest release from Roots/Americana artist Hurray for the Riff Raff (AKA Alynda Segarra). Following their 2022 album Life on Earth, Segarra began [...]
NADINE SHAH FILTHY UNDERNEATH EMI NORTH Recently, Nadine Shah released her album, Filthy Underneath. This comes after a near-four-year wait since her previous album, Kitchen Sink. Filthy Underneath, for all its slips, ends up mostly succeeding [...]
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB FANTASIES ARTS & CRAFTS Following the success of last year’s My Big Day, Fantasies sees Bombay Bicycle Club linking up with indie-pop titans Matilda Mann, Liz Lawrence, Lucy Rose, and Rae Morris to produce a four-song EP. [...]
THE DREAM ACADEMY RELIGION, REVOLUTION & RAILWAYS CHERRY RED RECORDS Having a huge, world-wide success with your first single can always be a blessing and a curse. For Dream Academy which includes singer/guitarist and songwriter Nick [...]
AL HARPER THE ANALEMMA OBSERVATION LEAGUE TAKE A TURN RECORDS How do you distinguish yourself from other artists that are working within the ‘standard’ folk/pop realm that is so prominent these days. Well, one way to do it is come up [...]
REAL ESTATE DANIEL DOMINO RECORDS Real Estate’s sixth album aspires to be a radio-friendly pop record, and that much is obvious from the opening tracks of the album. “Haunted World” has a nice late-R.E.M quality to it, full of shimmering pop [...]
SHAINA HAYES KINDERGARTEN HEART BONSOUND When a singer-songwriter presents something quite individual and personal, without being self-centered, you simply cannot dismiss her or him as the ‘standard fare.’ That is exactly the [...]
