ANDERVEL IRONCLAD & PALM TREES INDEPENDENT How does a prospect of a Mexican singer-songwriter sing in English and Icelandic (and only a single one in Spanish) sound? While the English in that equation might not sound so strange, well then [...]
TAJ MAHAL & THE PHANTOM BLUES BAND TIME THIRTY TIGERS What more can you say about an artist that has been on the scene for over six decades, has rarely recorded something that is a dud (everyone has got at least one of those), and has [...]
CHARMIAN DEVI DIAMOND HOUR INDEPENDENT Looking at a collaborators list for this album, the first thought that comes to mind is that there must be something interesting going on here. Otherwise, how do you get a list of collaborators for a debut [...]
MAYA HAWKE MAITREYA CORSO MOM + POP MUSIC Maitreya Corso is the latest release from Maya Hawke, daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Best known for her acting work on “Stranger Things,” she’s also a singer-songwriter who made her musical [...]
VENOM INTO OBLIVION NOISE RECORDS Metal music is a subject that is passionate for many. With a longstanding history, this genre is more than just simply that. Metal is, for many, a lifestyle, a movement, and a way of being. Metalheads will often [...]
TORI AMOS IN TIMES OF DRAGONS FONTANA In Times of Dragons is Tori Amos’s 18th studio album and her first since 2021’s powerful Ocean to Ocean (although she did release the streaming only soundtrack for her children’s book in 2025, titled The [...]
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER I’M PEOPLE CHRYSALIS RECORDS I’m People is Hiss Golden Messenger’s 16th studio album, since their debut in 2008. M.C. Taylor (who really is Hiss Golden Messenger at this point) continues his slide into Americana music. In [...]
NIALL CONNOLLY THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO SEE C.U. RECORDS It has been three years since Niall Connolly’s last studio album (the brilliant Patience of Trees), and while three years is a bit of time, There’s So Much More to See has been [...]
THE RALLIES NO BETTER TIME INDEPENDENT With No Better Time, by The Rallies, it feels that summer has officially started. The Rallies are a four-piece band based in Seattle. No Better Time, their fourth album, is the perfect spring/summer album. [...]
FITZROY HOLT AROUND THE WREKIN’ 25 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE Around The Wrekin is Fitzroy Holt’s debut album. He has made a name for himself in his home in the UK, known as Black Country (not to be confused with Black Country, New Road). Over the [...]
NOAH KAHAN THE GREAT DIVIDE MERCURY RECORDS Noah Kahan’s newest release, The Great Divide, feels like a defining moment in his career. An album that not only builds on his signature introspection but elevates it to a new emotional peak. Simply [...]
BEATRIX WE SWALLOWED THE SKY NICE LIFE One thing you can almost instantly spot with singer songwriters is if they have classical music background. The key thing there is how they use that background in a pop/rock musical setting – are they able [...]
STEPHEN BECKER GRAVITY BLANKET ONE IS THREE RECORDS Avid readers of Spill magazine have probably noticed that NYC’s Stephen Becker is one of the frequent artists you can meet here. His brand of so-called bedroom pop has that quirkiness and [...]
CABARET VOLTAIRE BUT WHAT TIME IS IT REALLY? MEMETUNE Cabaret Voltaire, initially consisting of Richard Kirk, Chris Watson, and Stephen Mallinder, is an English techno music group that experienced a degree of success with their song “Sensoria” [...]
ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE ANGEL IN PLAINCLOTHES ASTHMATIC KITTY There are a number of singer songwriters out there that might not have the wide exposure they deserve but do have a staunch core of fans that keep them going for fame or bust, and in most [...]
CARLA DAL FORNO CONFESSION KALLISTA RECORDS Upon hearing a new album, one thing music fans usually try first is trying to define and categorise the music they are listening to – try and fit it into nice and clear category or categories. Maybe [...]
FOO FIGHTERS YOUR FAVORITE TOY RCA RECORDS Foo Fighters have returned with their 12th studio album, Your Favorite Toy. The album is their first release since 2023’s But Here We Are and marks the debut of drummer Ilan Rubin. The record comes [...]
APAULL GUNFACTOR FURNACE ROOM RECORDS The Dutch-Canadian electronic music artist, DJ, and producer apaull has released his third studio album, Gunfactor. The album’s title loosely translates to “it factor” in Dutch, a term which takes on a [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING – SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985-1999 CHERRY RED RECORDS Famed author and film director Grant McPhee (All Invisible Things, Postcards From Scotland) has assembled a three-CD set handpicking some [...]
FRIKO SOMETHING WORTH WAITING FOR ATO RECORDS Friko is back with Something Worth Waiting For, the group’s highly anticipated sophomore record—this time with the help of indie-legend producer John Congleton, a couple of new bandmates, and a [...]
RINGO STARR LONG LONG ROAD UNIVERSAL MUSIC Last year, Ringo Starr released his first country album in 55 years, titled Look Up (his first country album was 1970’s Beaucoups Of Blues). Not only was Look Up a brilliant album, it also gave Starr [...]
SEPULTURA THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS One could not debate the most influential metal bands of all time without Sepultura being mentioned at least once. Having dominated the 90s with albums Chaos A.D. and Roots in particular, [...]
CISKA CISKA ANGEL MAYWAY RECORDS No, you probably haven’t heard of Ciska Ciska (yet). After all, at the age of 25, Belgian singer songwriter Ciska Dhaenens who is behind this moniker has only four singles under her belt, all combined on [...]
IAMX UNMASK EP | IAMIXED: REWORKS FAULT LINES ALBUMS 1 AND 2 UNFALL RECORDS IAMX is Chris Corner, originally from London. Since making his debut in 2004, he has had several artists join him on tours, but in the studio, it is pretty much Corner. [...]
