Action Bronson Cocodrillo Turbo Atlantic Records I always found Action Bronson was victim of his own success. His diverse portfolio of talents has caused his music to seemingly take a backseat to his other passions. This isn’t due to lack of [...]
Jazz Sabbath Jazz Sabbath, Vol. 2 Independent Reimaging catalogues from classic rock artists into the jazz context seems to be a growing trend of mixed results. The latest record to attempt this impressive feat is Jazz Sabbath, Vol. 2 the [...]
Georgia Harmer Stay In Touch Arts & Crafts You really have to have an impressive set of songs, a truly great voice and some stellar musical backing to come up with a debut album that should really matter. Toronto’s Georgia Harmer [...]
Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia Partisan Records Fontaines D.C. got their name from The Godfather character Johnny Fontane, a singer and actor played by Al Martino. They altered the spelling and added the D.C. when they discovered a band in Washington [...]
Abigail Lapell Stolen Time Outside Music What do you usually expect from a subdued singer-songwriter album? A voice and a single instrument? An interesting track or two and a bit of monotony? Sure, that is a problem many singer-songwriters face [...]
Primus Conspiranoid ATO Records With no notice, Primus has returned with its first release in five years. The experimental, alternative rock icons have released Conspiranoid ahead of their upcoming tour. The three-track EP follows their previous [...]
Dorothy Gifts From The Holy Ghost Spinefarm Records Three years ago, a member of the Los Angeles-based band Dorothy accidentally overdosed on heroin. As if watching the life leave his body, Dorothy Martin, the band’s vocalist, surrounded him [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The Fourteenth Trip RidingEasy Records Have six months already passed by? Well, that surely means it is time for the new Brown Acid The Fourteenth Trip proto hard/heavy compilation from yesteryear and artists and [...]
Brian Willoughby Twiddly Bits Cabritunes Records Brian Willoughby may be known for his work with the Strawbs as he has been a longstanding member. However, he has also worked with The Monks, Monty Python, Mary Hopkin and he has also released [...]
Clara Engel Their Invisible Hands Independent Don’t be fooled by the list of ‘thank you’ names Clara Engel dedicates on the album page of her latest album ‘Their Invisible Hands,’ some thirty or so names. [...]
James Krivchenia Blood Karaoke Reading Group LLC The songs inside James Krivchenia’s abstract work, Blood Karaoke, are nothing if not unpredictable. From duck pond sounds, to sci-fi noises, to wind chimes, there’s a familiarity to each note— [...]
Cancer Bats Psychic Jailbreak New Damage Records Having spent the last two years transforming their greatest songs into acoustic renditions on You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 1 & 2, Cancer Bats have returned triumphantly, [...]
Nazareth Surviving The Law Frontiers Music Surviving The Law is Nazareth’s 25th studio album. Of course, over their 54-year history there have been many member changes, with only one original member remaining in the band, Pete Agnew on bass. [...]
Hocico HyperViolent Out Of Line Music Conversations of the darker things in life are often avoided out of fear. Listening to HyperViolent is like being immersed into the innermost primal parts of a mind ravaged by a volatile world. The opening [...]
1969 Collective 1969 Independent Suddenly, music projects appear out of nowhere to wow music listeners. For the artists involved, it is more a painstaking process of hours, days, months, sometimes years, of often meticulous work to put [...]
Big Paul Ferguson Remote Viewing – Reboot Cleopatra Records On a surface level, Remote Viewing – Reboot sounds like what you’d expect to hear if the drummer from English post-punk/industrial metal band Killing Joke made an album. If you [...]
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys Teen Tapes (For Performing Your Own Stunts) Unique Records/Schubert Music Teen Tapes (For Performing Your Own Stunts) is the third album in a trilogy released by Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys. It began with [...]
Wet Leg Wet Leg Domino Records Wet Leg has made quite the splash since they released their first single “Chaise Lounge” in 2021. Love them or hate them they’ve been in the airwaves and music lovers’ conversations. Fusing indie rock and [...]
Zero 7 Yeah Ghost (Bonus Edition) New State Music Zero 7’s Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns had real problems when they parted ways with Sia, their ‘unofficial lead singer,’ after her 2008 album Some People Have Real Problems. Despite nominations [...]
Lucius Second Nature Dine Alone Records On their sophomore effort, Good Grief, Brooklyn four-piece Lucius perfectly reinvented their act. From the ashes of their indie-folk debut rose an electrifying callback to 80s and 90s dance-pop, captained [...]
Jack White Fear Of The Dawn Third Man Records Upon listening to Fear of the Dawn, Jack White’s latest album release, for the first time, there’s a sense of ‘What the hell did I just listen to’? It’s chaotic. It’s loud then it’s quiet. It’s full [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers Unlimited Love Warner Records It’s been sixteen years since the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their modern rock opus, Stadium Arcadium, their last record to feature guitar legend, John Frusciante. While the alt-rock [...]
King Garbage Heavy Metal Greasy Love Ipecac Recordings You think you haven’t heard of King Garbage before? Well, maybe you should think again. Behind that moniker, under which the band is releasing it second album, Heavy Metal Greasy Love, [...]
Rumpistol Isola Raske Plader Danish producer, film composer, electronic musician and pianist Jens B. Christiansen (aka Rumpistol) has quite a few fans among fellow musicians and music industry plaudits, and rightfully so. His seventh solo album [...]