JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS LIVE IN 1967 – VOLUME THREE FORTY BELOW RECORDS While John Mayall may not get the recognition that he deserves towards popularising American blues in 1960s and ‘70s London, everyone he worked with has [...]
MUSTARD PLUG WHERE DID ALL MY FRIENDS GO? BAD TIME RECORDS At a time when ska goliaths like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish have disappeared into the ether, it’s a welcome shot in the arm for the ska scene that Mustard Plug return [...]
EVERCLEAR LIVE AT THE WHISKY A GO GO SUNSET BOULEVARD RECORDS Be fierce and fearless in the Year of the Tiger. Everclear’s Live at the Whisky A Go Go is electric, a testament to the enduring relevance of ‘90s alternative rock, raw and [...]
JALEN NGONDA COME AROUND AND LOVE ME DAPTONE RECORDS Every once in a while, an album comes across a reviewer’s desk that heralds the arrival of a significant new talent into the music scene. Come Around and Love Me is one such album, taking the [...]
OOMPH! RICHTER UND HENKER NAPALM RECORDS Oomph! The exact feeling that only industrial metal can deliver! This genre of music is not for the faint of heart. It is loud, aggressive, and energetic. A spectrum of industrial and heavy metal [...]
The Chemical Brothers For That Beautiful Feeling EMI Records A tremendous synthesis of psychedelic electronica, The Chemical Brothers don’t miss a beat with the release of their 10th studio album, For That Beautiful Feeling. Pumping out hits [...]
GRAHAM PARKER & THE GOLDTOPS LAST CHANCE TO LEARN THE TWIST BIG STIR RECORDS Last Chance To Learn The Twist is the first album of new songs from Graham Parker since 2018’s Cloud Symbols and it is nice to have him back. Once again, he is [...]
Deeper Careful! Sub Pop Records Strap in team – Careful! the third album from Deeper, will take you on a hypnotic musical journey that consumes you till the end. With mesmerising guitar riffs, synthetic beats, and haunting vocals, a captivating [...]
PATRICK KRIEF SKYLINES INDICA Patrick Krief, formerly known simply as Krief, delivers on a more personal level than past releases, a solid LP in the form of Skylines, the artist’s seventh solo release. The former guitar lead and contributor of [...]
DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) CELESTIAL SONGS CHERRY RED Celestial Songs is the fifth studio release for Downes Braide Association (DBA). DBA is Geoff Downes of Yes, The Buggles, and Asia, and Chris Braide who has written songs for and worked [...]
BBQ Pope Sad Reprise EP Independent Toronto garage punk band, BBQ Pope, has returned with their first release since their 2019 double single, “Visions/Kinda Funny”. Clocking in at just over ten minutes, Sad Reprise EP consists of four songs, [...]
Birthh Moonlanded Carosello Records Some artists go all out on their presence on social media. That rare minority, that includes Brooklyn-based, Italian singer songwriter Alice Bisi who works as Birthh, essentially don’t care. She has a [...]
Berkley Pueblo Big Secret Records For those who have missed our Berkley premiere recently, or those who might have doubted that Andrew Jones, aka Berkley can maintain such high quality throughout his latest album simply titled Pueblo, just a [...]
PETER FRAMPTON PETER FRAMPTON AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL UMR/ISLAND RECORDS British Grammy-winning artist and accomplished singer-songwriter and guitar player Peter Frampton released a new CD album, Peter Frampton At Royal Albert Hall. The album [...]
ROYAL BLOOD BACK TO THE WATER BELOW WARNER RECORDS Royal Blood have returned with Back To The Water Below, their first record since 2021’s Typhoons. For their fourth album, the British duo consisting of singer and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer [...]
PRIMAL FEAR CODE RED ATOMIC FIRE RECORDS Primal Fear formed in 1997, and their self-titled debut album was released in 1998. Since then, they have released 13 studio albums and two live albums. Code Red is their first studio album since 2020’s [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS GODSPEED – A TRIBUTE TO PIERRE KEZDY BIG MINNOW RECORDS If you love the sound of punk rock that blasts your eardrums with raw energy and emotion, you will love Godspeed: A Tribute to Pierre Kezdy. This album is a homage to [...]
Strawberry Runners Strawberry Runners Duper Moon records Strawberry Runners is one Emi Night (they/them) whose musical project has been running for some ten years now. After a series of quite noticed releases and a move to Philadelphia, some [...]
Sea Lemon Stop At Nothing Luminelle Recordings When twee pop phrase was coined sometime during the heyday of Sarah Records, not many reviewers thought that such a sound would turn into a full-fledged genre, at least not into one that will stick [...]
ALICE COOPER ROAD earMUSIC Alice Cooper is a master of blending hard-driving songs with a sense of theatricality, and his newest album, Road, continues that tradition. The 13 tracks on the album were produced by Bob Ezrin, who has been a [...]
MARVIN GAYE LET’S GET IT ON (DELUXE EDITION) MOTOWN RECORDS When the news broke out back in 1973 that Marvin Gaye is to release a new album that was to follow What’s Goin’ On, an album that even then was considered as one of [...]
Nora Kelly Band Rodeo Clown Mint Records Nora Kelly Band’s Rodeo Clown is band’s debut that is being released into the more and more congested field of Americana/Canadiana music. This means that Kelly and her Montreal-based band [...]
Ora Cogan Formless Prism Tongue Records Ora Cogan is an interesting artist. She always has several tricks up her sleeve, and when one gets ready to listen to her new album, one never fully knows what to expect. Formless, for example, is a [...]
WILLIAM SHATNER PONDER THE MYSTERY REVISITED CLEOPATRA RECORDS William Shatner is known for his popular roles on television, including Captain Kirk (Star Trek), T.J. Hooker, and $#*! My Father Says. Since 1968, he has also been recording albums, [...]
