Bass Drum Of Death Say I Won’t Sonic Unyon/Fat Possum Say I Won’t, the latest album from garage punk band Bass Drum of Death is an album of many changes. Singer John Barrett moved back to his hometown of Oxford, MS, and the band [...]
Darren Jessee Central Bridge Bar/None Records Ben Folds Five drummer Darren Jessee’s latest solo LP Central Bridge is storytelling at its finest and features some very relaxing melodies. Jessee hopes that all nine tracks from the LP allow you [...]
Leon Russell Signature Songs Dark Horse Records Leon Russell was one of the most accomplished and versatile musicians in the rock ’n’ roll era. The list of artists he collaborated with is a who’s who of the music world, especially during his [...]
Yves Tumor Praise A Lord Who Chews But Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Warp Records With each album, Yves Tumor (real name Sean Bowie) has hinted at a cyclical pattern: constructing a sound you can almost label their signature, [...]
Lalo Schifrin Man On A Swing OST (1974) Wewantsounds The late 60s and early 70s have always been objects of intrigue in the 21st century, one notable example being the wide-ranging coverage of the late ‘60s in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon [...]
Delerium Signs Metropolis Records It has been seven years since the last studio album from Delerium, Mythologie) The band has returned with a new album, Signs, and the time between albums seems to have done them well. Delirium has delivered a [...]
Levellers Collective (The Levellers) Together All The Way On The Fiddle Recordings The Levellers formed in 1988 and their debut album was released two years later in 1990 (A Weapon Called The Word). Together All The Way is their 13th album, and [...]
Eyelids Colossal Waste Of Light Jealous Butcher Records Eyelids, a band from Portland, OR, has released their fourth LP, Colossal Waste Of Light, and this will be the first one featuring new bass player Victor Krummenacher. Sometimes changes in [...]
H. Hawkline Milk For Flowers PIAS Somehow, Welsh singer songwriter H. Hawkline (Huw Evans) has been lurking in the shadows, even after five excellent solo albums, being a name known to listeners as a long-time Cate Le Bon collaborator. Well, [...]
Vilivant Running On Empty Independent Following a series of singles released over the course of 2022 (“Running On Empty” and “Drown”), Toronto’s Vilivant has returned with their debut full-length album, Running On Empty. Led by singer Julia [...]
Willie Nelson I Don’t Know A Thing About Love Legacy Recordings Some artists can only do a good job with their own songs. Others work much better when they interpret somebody else’s material. Yet, when you have a true legend like [...]
The Heck On Your Nerves Soundflat Records Netherlands’ garage punk band The Heck are still knocking out the tunes, with their third full-length album release, On Your Nerves. With this offering, the power trio of Henri Keefman, René Katerbarg [...]
The South Side Movement The South Side Movement (50th Anniversary Edition) Real Gone Music The latest reissue to come from Real Gone Music is the debut album from the short-lived funk ensemble The South Side Movement. As the backing band for [...]
Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts The Church Of The Here And Now Independent The Irish music scene has always been vibrant and diverse. There are many different genres and artists in Ireland as in any other place. And there is a lot of [...]
Gorillaz Cracker Island Parlophone Records When it comes to collaborations, Gorillaz is probably the best match for an artist to make new music with. This year, the famous virtual band surprised us with Cracker Island, a 10-track album featuring [...]
Neutral Milk Hotel The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel Merge Records There is always an exception to the rule. Whether that exception proves the rule is besides the point here, because that exception here is a cherished one, not the one to [...]
Philip Selway Strange Dance Bella Union Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has released his third solo album Strange Dance. Every track on the album is magnificent and gets better with every listen. Selway is working with many different sounds in [...]
The Slow Readers Club Knowledge Freedom Power Velveteen Records It is not very often that you come across an album that features great song after great song with no skips. The Slow Readers Club’s latest album, Knowledge Freedom Power, is the [...]
Nicholas Merz American Classic Independent If you haven’t encountered Seattle singer-songwriter Nicholas Merz before, either with his band Darto or solo, American Classic, the title of his third chapter of The Duvall Sound, as he calls it, [...]
Dawn Sev Tart Independent Dawn Sev’s debut EP, Tart, features four diverse songs that showcase her distinct talent and her love of various forms of music. In less than 15 minutes, Sev explores various forms of music and she does it [...]
Godsmack Lighting Up The Sky BMG As a 30-yr chapter of writing music is closing for the American rock band Godsmack, they release their 8th album, Lighting Up The Sky. The band’s vocalist Sully Erna announced last year that this would be their [...]
The Strokes The Singles – Volume 01 Sony Music Canada Several terms have been used to describe the sound of The Strokes, including ‘indie rock’, ‘garage rock revival’, and ‘post-punk revival’. Whichever term you choose, the inescapable [...]
John Foxx Avenham Metamatic John Foxx has always been a bit of a mystery. One is never sure what he will release next. Last year, he released The Marvelous Notebook, which is a reading of his 2020 novel. Prior to that, he recorded a pretty [...]
Asia Fantasia – Live In Tokyo 2007 BMG Fantasia – Live In Tokyo 2007 was originally released in 2007 and features the classic and original Asia line-up of John Wetton (bass/lead vocals), Geoff Downes (keyboards/vocals), Steve Howe [...]
