SCENE QUEEN HOT SINGLES IN YOUR AREA HOPELESS RECORDS American singer and TikTok star, Scene Queen, released her debut full-length album Hot Singles In Your Area on June 28th. The term ‘Scene Queen’ comes from the scene subculture, it [...]
LAME DRIVERS BECOME AN ISLAND JIGSAW RECORDS/BLEEDING GOLD The famed NYC slacker-core indie-rock group Lame Drivers has just released a new 13-track album, Become an Island, a rock-centred body of work with a similar musical tone. Beginning with [...]
GUIDED BY VOICES STRUT OF KINGS ROCKATHON RECORDS Sometimes a band finds a sound that just works, a sound that acts almost as a fingerprint. Guided by Voices is a band that has solidified their trademark sound for the better part of 40 years, [...]
LUCY MacNEIL ANGELS WHISPER LUCY MacNEIL MUSIC Lucy MacNeil is one of the founding members of the band The Barra MacNeils, who are a Canadian institution. The family has been making music since they were children in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. [...]
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS SOUTH OF HERE STAX RECORDS When Nathaniel Rateliff cropped up on the scene some four years and three albums ago, the brilliance and assuredness were evident from the get-go. It was Rateliff’s [...]
JOHNNY CASH SONGWRITER MERCURY NASHVILLE/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Johnny Cash passed away in 2003, and he has been missed. Any news of new music is always very exciting and very welcome. Since his passing there have been a few albums of previously [...]
MT. JOY LIVE AT THE SALT SHED DUALTONE A collection of Mt. Joy’s most prized pieces from throughout their career, Live At The Salt Shed takes one on a journey not too different from that of a road trip. Imagine a winding drive through the [...]
DOUBLE WISH UNIVERSE SOMETIMES HIT THE NORTH RECORDS According to Double Wish, the Orange County duo of Adam Sabolick and Philippe Andre, create music that falls under the category of ‘dark sunshine pop’. Ok, so it is a nice ide to [...]
WILCO HOT SUN COOL SHROUD DBPM RECORDS Less than a year after Wilco’s most recent release, Cousin, we can say “welcome back Wilco”, with the upcoming release of their EP, Hot Sun Cool Shroud. This EP has been described by Wilco frontman, Jeff [...]
DANIEL NUNNELEE JUNE, BABY INDEPENDENT It just might be the case that Daniel Nunnelee, as a true Southerner (born in Memphis, and now located in Nashville), has decided to call his debut album June, Baby after the cover of a Merle Haggard/Willie [...]
ALEXISONFIRE [LIVE] BORN & RAISED 2022, ST CATHERINES ON DINE ALONE RECORDS Since reforming nearly a decade ago, the last few years have made for an impressive second act from Canadian legends, Alexisonfire. Having released a string of [...]
KITTIE FIRE SUMERIAN RECORDS After a 13-year hiatus, the Queens of heavy metal, Kittie, have released their long awaited seventh album, Fire. The opening track, “Fire”, starts with a whisper and goes right into vocalist Morgan Lander’s powerful [...]
LUNA SHADOWS BATHWATER CEREAL BOX PROD CO. Calling forth the coven with a Summer Solstice release, LA-based artist and producer Luna Shadows has returned with her bewitching LP bathwater. The 14-track project differs greatly from her debut, [...]
JOE GITTLEMAN HOLD UP BAD TIME RECORDS After many years being the backbone of many bands on the ska scene, not least the ‘Bass Fiddleman’ of the sadly-missed Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Joe Gittleman takes a step forward into the limelight himself. [...]
ASTARI NITE RESOLUTION OF HAPPINESS NEGATIVE GAIN PRODUCTIONS Astari Nite is an alternative rock band hailing from the streets of Miami, FL. They have made a significant impact in the world of dark wave music, like a musical wizard, conjuring up [...]
MARCELLA DETROIT JEWEL (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) LONDON RECORDS Marcella Detroit has had quite a career. Born Marcy Levy, she co-wrote “Lay Down Sally” with Eric Clapton, with whom she performed for years. She has also sung with Bob Seger and [...]
THE STORY SO FAR I WANT TO DISAPPEAR PURE NOISE RECORDS There are very few albums that one comes across in their time as a journalist that leave you with a sensation of joy in your chest. It’s a feeling you only get after you’ve [...]
PERRY BLAKE DEATH OF A SOCIETY GIRL MOOCHIN’ ABOUT RECORDS There is a tragic coincidence that came a week or so before Irish singer-songwriter was to release his latest album Death of a Society Girl, which celebrates his 20 years as a [...]
MAX BLANSJAAR FALSE COMFORTS BEANIE TAPES Ok, so you are born in Amsterdam, raised in Oxford, and end up recording with Katie Von Schleischer in Brooklyn. That is the brief story of Max Blansjaar and his debut album False Comforts. The main [...]
LARA TAUBMAN THE GOSPEL OF GETTING FREE ATOMIC SOUND RECORD COMPANY There is a certain assured quality that was tied with the prime, 70s era of West Coast singer-songwriters: excellent songwriting, strong lyrics, and detailed arrangements and [...]
THE USED MEDZ BIG NOISE The Orem, Utah rock band The Used has released their 10th album, Medz, an album full of B-sides, featuring 7 unreleased songs, leaving just three songs previously released. All of the songs were written and recorded [...]
MONIQUE BARRY HAAK INDEPENDENT HAAK is the fifth album from Toronto-based singer, songwriter and keyboardist, Monique Barry. It is her first full album release since 2013’s Wake, and while it took an unexpected seven years to complete, it has [...]
DAVID UDELL IT’S WORTH IT INDEPENDENT David Udell is a member of two bands, art rock band Wax Theatricks and avant/pop band Delay Tactics. Every so often he strikes out on his own. It’s Worth It is his second solo album (his first, [...]
BIF NAKED CHAMPION HER ROYAL MAJESTY’S RECORDS Champion is Bif Naked’s first album in 15 years (her last album The Promise was released in 2009) and the time between albums has not slowed her down one bit. Naked has returned with a [...]
