boygenius The Record Interscope The debut album The Record by supergroup boygenius is a remarkable album that showcases the individual and collective talents of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. “$20” and “Satanist” are the heaviest [...]
John Foxx The Arcades Project Metamatic It seems hard to believe that after close to 50 years of making music, John Foxx has never recorded a solo piano album until now. The Arcades Project is his second release this year and although it is not [...]
Foghat Road Fever: The Complete Bearsville Recordings 1972-1975 HNE/Cherry Red Records I remember watching an MTV awards show, many, many years ago. Jim Carey, dressed as a hippie, made the joke “would it kill you to play some Foghat?” He was [...]
Peggy Lee I’m A Woman (60th Anniversary Edition) Capitol Records/UMe In 1963, Peggy Lee had a surprise hit with the song “I’m A Woman”. She had not been on the charts since 1958 with her classic “Fever”. Rock ‘n’ roll had a firm grip on [...]
Kilmore From The Inside Independent Kilmore’s latest release From The Inside hits all the marks on the Psych/Groove/Stoner Rock report card. Straight A’s here! This exceptionally talented Halifax-based band led by female vocalist [...]
Tara MacLean Sparrow Independent Sparrow is the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Tara MacLean. The music veteran has just released a memoir called Song of the Sparrow, and this album is the soundtrack to the book. Recorded in Lake [...]
City And Colour The Love Still Held Me Near Dine Alone Records Dallas Green, aka City and Colour has amassed quite a following behind his six albums so far, and his latest, The Love Still Held Me Near, will probably not only confirm that [...]
August Heaven’s Gate Independent Basing your music on philosopher’s ideas can not only be a tricky thing, but very often, quite indulgent and overbearing, and if that philosopher is Georges Bataille, whose main ideas revolve around [...]
Various Artists Cherry Stars Collide Cherry Red Records Actually, the full title of this 4-CD set is Cherry Stars Collide, Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995. Cherry Red had quite a good reason for such a title, as there is quite [...]
Murray A. Lightburn Once Upon A Time In Montreal Dangerbird Records Murray A Lightburn’s third solo album, Once Upon A Time In Montreal, is a deeply dramatic, personal affair. Herein, Lightburn takes a pause from his primary gig as [...]
Deerhoof Miracle-Level Joyful Noise Recordings Deerhoof has been around since the 90s, but Miracle-Level marks the band’s “studio-debut album.” Previously Deerhoof was well-known for their DIY methods, but the band decided to make itself [...]
The Zombies Different Game Cooking Vinyl Records Rock legends The Zombies are back and better than ever with their latest album, Different Game. It showcases a band at the top of its game in terms of songwriting, instrumentation, and vocals. Rod [...]
Crown Lands Fearless Spinefarm Records Few Canadian bands, if any, have had a trajectory that Crown Lands have well deservingly enjoyed over the last decade. Following the release of the debut full-length album in 2020, the band pressed forward [...]
Puscifer Existential Reckoning: Rewired Puscifer Entertainment/BMG The experimental rock group Puscifer recruited some of their most creative friends to create Existential Reckoning: Rewired, a companion remix collection of their studio album [...]
apaull White LeBaron Furnace Room Records apaull is back with another EP of electronic music, a four-track collection called White LeBaron. With it, the Dutch-Canadian music producer has continued the stream of regular music drops that he began [...]
Novelty Island Wallsend Weekend Television Think Like A Key Novelty Island is a pop music project by Liverpool artist Tim McConnell. It is a fascinating ensemble full of musical twists and turns, but most importantly, it is extremely [...]
Black Country, New Road Live At Bush Hall Ninja Tune Records In the accompanying concert film to Live At Bush Hall, the members of Black Country, New Road are dressed up as if they emerged from a time capsule from the 80s, seeking to mirror the [...]
Fall Out Boy So Much (For) Stardust Fueled by Ramen/Elektra/DCD2 Records Emo founders Fall Out Boy are back with their eighth album So Much (for) Stardust after five years. Recalling the so unique Folie à Deux sound, the band released 13 songs [...]
Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Polydor/Interscope One of the most anticipated albums of 2023 is finally here. Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd is the ninth release by Lana Del Rey, and if [...]
Jerry Leger Latent Uncovers Latent Recordings Jerry Leger has been quietly making a name for himself and for The Cowboy Junkies’ Latent Recordings record label, that has quietly been recently taking on a louder form, deservedly at that. It was [...]
Various Artists The Greatest Soul/Funk & Disco 12″ Singles Of The 70s And 80s Cherry Red Records Get ready to boogie back to the time of the 12-inch single, a concept born to keep dancers engaged on the dance floor. Cherry Red Records [...]
The Natural Lines The Natural Lines Bella Union Sooner or later, most of us decide to take stock of our lives and make decisions that allow us to move forward. Matt Pond (formerly of band Matt Pond PA) has done exactly that, and the result is [...]
Depeche Mode Memento Mori Columbia Records Depeche Mode continues to cement its legacy as one of the best bands to come out of the 1980s with their latest release Memento Mori. Memento Mori is equal parts haunting and beautiful. They experiment [...]
The Kinks The Journey – Part 1 BMG The Kinks officially formed in 1963, hence the 60th Anniversary celebration that is happening for the band this year. To honour this classic, timeless, and brilliant band, two box sets are being released, [...]
