VARIOUS ARTISTS HEARTS & MINDS & CROOKED BEATS: SONGS OF THE CLASH SHARED MEDIUM The Clash were a hugely influential band, whose music was the soundtrack of social justice in the late ‘70s and ‘80s. Fans look back fondly at the band’s [...]
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS BAND ON THE RUN (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) MPL/UNIVERSAL On December 12, 1973, Paul McCartney released the third Wings album (his fifth solo since leaving The Beatles), Band On The Run. The album was a critical and [...]
PRETTY CRIMES EVERY MOMENT ALL AT ONCE INDEPENDENT Alternative rock and indie rock were such favorite terms back in the 90s, often attached to artists that actually combined a number of rock genres/styles within their music. These days, the use [...]
KULA SHAKER NATURAL MAGICK STRANGE F.O.L.K. After he burst onto the scene with his psych pop rock back in 1996, Crispian Mills and his Kula Shaker project recorded two well-received albums and, for whatever reason, went quiet for some eight [...]
AMY WINEHOUSE FRANK (20th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE) UMe Amy Winehouse’s Frank, a remarkable freshman release, celebrates its 20th anniversary by the tragic artist. She was genuinely impressive, arguably one of the most extraordinary talents of [...]
AMY WINEHOUSE FRANK (20th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE) UMe Amy Winehouse’s Frank, a remarkable freshman release, celebrates its 20th anniversary by the tragic artist. She was genuinely impressive, arguably one of the most extraordinary talents of [...]
ORGY VAPOR TRANSMISSION REAL GONE MUSIC/ELEMENTREE Orgy’s sophomore studio album, Vapor Transmission, the eagerly awaited follow up to the triumphal Candyass, made its debut on Oct 10, 2000, maintaining the successful formula of its sci- [...]
ORGY CANDYASS REAL GONE MUSIC/ELEMENTREE Orgy’s debut studio album, Candyass, a pioneering work in American industrial rock, was unleashed on August 18, 1998, described as the genre-defying “death pop”. Orgy, signed by [...]
THE LAST DINNER PARTY PRELUDE TO ECSTASY ISLAND RECORDS Rock is in safe hands with The Last Dinner Party. Their debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, soars with confidence, camp, creativity, and precision, and will most likely be the most fun you [...]
JAMES JONATHAN CLANCY SPRECATO MAPLE DEATH RECORDS There are not that many nominally called singer songwriters that have the stamina and inventiveness to both run a record label that goes beyond their own work and record their own music. [...]
CYBERAKTIF eNdgame ARTOFFACT RECORDS Cyberaktif does not disappoint with their latest release. The foundation has been laid with a tremendous album eNdgame, set for release on February 2nd. As promised, it will shake things up, being [...]
THE WHO QUADROPHENIA & THE WHO BY NUMBERS (LIMITED EDITION HALF SPEED MASTERED VINYL) UMe Within the court of rock ‘n’ roll, The Who holds an esteemed position. The band is not merely a musical ensemble but a powerful cultural [...]
KMFDM LET GO METROPOLIS RECORDS KMFDM is at it again, with their 23rd studio album, Let Go, perhaps appropriately named as they have let go of their signature sound for more diversity throughout. I wasn’t sure how to feel about that through my [...]
ARTIMUS PYLE BAND ANTHEMS: HONORING THE MUSIC OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD GET JOE RECORDS In a momentous celebration of the enduring legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Artimus Pyle, the last surviving member of the legendary band, is set to release his highly [...]
DEAP VALLY SISTRIONIX 2.0 INDEPENDENT While Deap Vally drummer Julie Edwards was teaching a crochet class in LAs’ Silver Lake in the early 2010s, she was surprised at how her new friend and soon-to-be bandmate Lindsey Troy was so adept at [...]
FUTURE ISLANDS PEOPLE WHO AREN’T THERE ANYMORE 4AD It’s been a long wait for Future Islands’ latest effort, with it being four years since their last release, the acclaimed As Long As You Are. Thankfully, it only takes a few bars of title [...]
THE SMILE WALL OF EYES XL RECORDINGS 2022 was a breakthrough year for The Smile, the latest project from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, where the trio released its impressive debut studio [...]
MOL SULLIVAN GOOSE INDEPENDENT Cincinnati singer-songwriter Mol Sullivan gave a very succinct description of her debut album Goose: “long exposure photograph.” One of the reasons she considers it as such might lie in the fact that it took her 15 [...]
STRANGE PILGRIM STRANGE PILGRIM ROYAL OAKIE Strange Pilgrim is Oregon-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Josh Barnhart who already made a bit of a name for himself as a drummer for Port O’Brien, and a number of other West [...]
CONCHÚR WHITE SWIRLING VIOLETS BELLA UNION There’s always some sort of giveaway with artists, as far as their experience and background. With Northern Irish singer songwriter Conchúr White, it is his lyrics on his latest and second album [...]
EKKSTACY EKKSTACY UNITEDMASTERS EKKSTACY’s self-titled album is an explosion of sad punk, mixed with shoegaze and surf-rock. The BC-based artist combines depressive auras with synth-pop melodies that change from song to song, giving the record [...]
MAEVE STEELE HONEYLAND INDEPENDENT Some artists need a few albums to establish their artistic presence. Others, such as Maeve Steele, just a single and two EPs is quite enough. As far as this LA-based singer-songwriter is concerned, her latest [...]
CLAY PARKER AND JODI JAMES YOUR VERY OWN DREAM INDEPENDENT There’s this relaxed, free-flowing stream in Americana music today picking up and refining the pieces singer-songwriters picked up from Americana itself back in the 70s and its [...]
PACKS MELT THE HONEY FIRE TALK Although Toronto’s Madeline Link is the person that operates as PACKS, the moniker actually covers a full band which includes Dexter Nash on guitar, Noah O’Neil on bass, and Shane Hooper on drums. [...]
