BANANARAMA TRUE CONFESSIONS (40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) LONDON RECORDS Has it really been 40 years since Bananarama finally made it in North America with their third album, True Confessions? It is hard to believe. Listening to it in 2026, the [...]
NIGHT RANGER BEST OF FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL Night Ranger is a misunderstood band. Since their debut album in 1982 (Dawn Patrol), they have released 13 studio albums. But perhaps because they best known for their hit single “Sister Christian” (from [...]
WINE LIPS TV DINNER STOMP RECORDS Toronto punk outfit, Wine Lips, have returned with their fifth full-length studio album, TV Dinner. The record follows a trip of singles released this year – “Semi-Detached Furnished Home,” “Projector” and “If [...]
IRISH MILLIE CAN YOU SEE ME? INDEPENDENT Even though she is only 19, Can You See Me? is Irish Millie’s third album since she debuted in 2020. Can You See Me? has its roots in folk, but there is a lot more to the album. Yes, the traditional [...]
PEIRSON ROSS & DOPAMINE DREAM HOMAGE TO LOVE: RECORDED LIVE @ KENSINGTON SOUND INDEPENDENT Intimate is a word that is used quite often in describing a musical event. However, it really is the only word to describe this live recording. [...]
WESTSIDE COWBOY IT GOES ON ISLAND RECORDS When a band of conservatory students from Manchester possesses the ability to channel the power-pop stylings of Teenage Fanclub, the soaring choruses of Travis, and the melodic warmth of Catatonia, it [...]
ALEX AMOR HEAVENLY BODIES VERO MUSIC Some rock critics who take themselves seriously (probably too seriously) shy away from any music that has an even a remote connection with modern forms of pop (pure pop even more so), particularly the pop [...]
TONY HANNAH LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT INDEPENDENT Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn (sadly, both gone now) left such a big legacy in what country music is today that for years (or even decades) it will be quite hard not to compare up and coming female [...]
ALEX DUPREE TALKING TO THE DOG SCISSOR TAIL RECORDS For those who follow all things folk/country/Americana in all shapes or forms the title of the new Alex Dupree album is no mystery – it is a quote from country music legend Hank Williams who [...]
THE AFGHAN WHIGS SOFT CONTROL THE ROYAL CREAM/BMG Whatever the alternative rock term was supposed to mean when it was coined, or what it means in today’s musical terms, makes no difference as far as Greg Dulli, The Afghan Whigs, and the [...]
THE TRAGICALLY HIP LIVE JULY 22 – AUGUST 20, 2016 UNIVERSAL MUSIC The Tragically Hip burst onto the music scene from Kingston, Ontario and very quickly ascended to rock royalty in Canada. There were many factors. Their music, their stage [...]
THE TREMOLO BEER GUT ASK NOT WHAT THE TREMOLO BEER GUT CAN DO FOR YOU… MUSICK RECORDINGS/NO-COUNT RECORDS The surf rock band from Denmark, The Tremolo Beer Gut, has just released their seventh album, Ask Not What The Tremolo Beer Gut Can [...]
HAPPY MONDAYS PILLS ‘N’ THRILLS AND BELLYACHES (SUPER DELUXE EDITION) LONDON RECORDS This behemoth of a release from Happy Mondays is a perfect end-of-summer party release, with their seminal third album getting the treatment 36 years (yes, [...]
THE CRAMPS GRAVEST GRAVY VENGEANCE RECORDS Lux Interior met Poison Ivy in Sacramento, California, in 1972. By 1976, they had moved to New York, added Bryan Gregory (guitar) and his sister Pam “Balam” (drums). As The Cramps, they [...]
KEB’ MO’ THE BREAKDOWN CONCORD RECORDS Keb’ Mo’ (also known as Kevin Roosevelt Moore) has been making music since the 1970s, but his debut album, Rainmaker, was not released until 1980. Since then, he has released 20 studio/live albums. The [...]
DEAD TIRED HORNETS OF FALL NEW DAMAGE RECORDS Hamilton-based legends, Dead Tired, are back with their fourth release, Hornets Of Fall, and we couldn’t be more excited. Mixing the sounds of ‘80s hardcore punk and a variety of different metal [...]
CIRCUIT3 METANOIA: MUSIC FROM THERAPY MORTALITY TABLES Circuit3 is Dublin-based musician Peter Fitzpatrick, and Metanoia: Music From Therapy is the first Circuit3 release since 2022’s Technology For The Youth. This primarily instrumental album [...]
JAH WOBBLE AND TIAN QIYI MYSTIC LIVERPOOL: THE BEATLES’ PSYCHEDELIC PSONGBOOK CHERRY RED RECORDS/30 HERTZ Since 1964, there have been numerous interpretations of The Beatles’ music. Stax, jazz, classical, Motown, country, Bing Crosby, [...]
JETHRO TULL J-TULL DOT COM: ANOTHER CAST OF THE NET (DELUXE EDITION) INSIDE OUT MUSIC Released in 1999, J-Tull Dot Com was Jethro Tull’s 20th studio album. Anderson and company navigated the 1980s well, but the 1990s proved to have new [...]
THE WOMACK SISTERS THE WOMACK SISTERS DAPTONE RECORDS Zeimani, BG, and Kucha are The Womack Sisters. The granddaughters of Sam Cooke, the daughters of Cecil and Linda Womack of Womack & Womack, and the nieces of Bobby Womack, their lineage [...]
JUNGLE SUNSHINE AWAL RECORDINGS British indie soul collective Jungle have been on a generational run, record after record, creating soul-jazz fusion, atmospheric vibes, and creative music videos with meticulous choreography. Most recently, they [...]
ROWENA WISE BAD THINGS FEEL GOOD 22TWENTY RECORDS It takes certain kind of bravery (actually, quite a bit of it) to go the singer songwriter way. Not only do you have to have an abundance of both singing and songwriting quality (add arranging [...]
GOD OF WAR MOLLY PICTURE JULIA’S WAR RECORDINGS When you run a record label, no matter how big or small it is, and you are an artist yourself, you have the possibility to spread your wings as wide as you can, no matter how good (or not) it [...]
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS DAYS CADMEAN DAWN RECORDS Reviewing a Mountain Goats album can be a bit of a tall order. It’s like trying to describe the taste of an apple to an apple virgin. There are so many variables and textures and tastes that [...]
