Marianne Faithfull Songs Of Innocence And Experience: 1965-1995 Universal Music Marianne Faithfull made her debut in 1965 with “As Tears Go By”, a year before The Rolling Stones released their version. The single was an instant worldwide hit. [...]
The Mars Volta The Mars Volta Clouds Hill Despite collaborating regularly together over the course of the last decade via At The Drive-In and Antemasque – among other side and solo projects – guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric [...]
Horace Andy Midnight Scorchers On-U Sound Jamaican singer Horace Andy is known to the world in general for his work with UK trip-hoppers Massive Attack (there is a remake of “Safe From Harm” here); reggae lovers know him for a string of high [...]
Dan Lyons & The Tenants Shuttered Dreams Shaker Records Margate is one of those English seaside towns that really comes alive when the summer season is on with musicians confined to themselves most of the time and being able to either work [...]
Ringo Starr EP3 Ume/Universal Music It may be hard to believe, but since The Beatles called it a day in 1970, Ringo Starr has released 20 studio albums and 11 live albums. This is quite an accomplishment for the member of the band that few had [...]
Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal Albert Hall Craft Recordings It turns out that revival was always the key word with Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty, the band’s mastermind. And it is not [...]
Maeve Steele Overland Independent The number of artists doing their music the way they want is growing exponentially, which makes it exponentially hard for them to reach a wider audience, without something to make them stand out. Very often, [...]
Dead Cosmetics Was Tust Du Tarantula Tapes Dead Cosmetics have released their first ever, full-length album, Was Tust Du. The independent, ON-based supergroup consists of members Daniel Allen (Indian Handcrafts, Grale, Colonizor), Sarah Hull [...]
Reuben And The Dark In Lieu Of Light Arts & Crafts Reuben Bullock and his band, aka Reuben And The Dark, have slowly been building a reputation as one of the more refined purveyors of what can be dubbed as intelligent rock, working in the [...]
Jae Amends ii, Eternity Independent ii, Eternity is the latest release by Jae Amends, also known as singer-songwriter-producer Doug Haynes. Best known as the singer and guitarist with the alt-pop band HIGHS, Haynes has created a truly unique [...]
Julian Lennon Jude BMG Jude is Julian Lennon’s seventh studio album, and his first album of new material in over ten years. His last album, the brilliant Everything Changes, noted a change in Lennon’s music. His music became more complicated, [...]
Sparky’s Magic Piano Never Twice The Same Colour Independent There was rarely a middle ground with something that was labelled Britpop. That includes more or less anything that came out of UK from the late 80s up to mid-90s, either some [...]
The Afghan Whigs How Do You Burn? Royal Cream/BMG When Greg Dulli and his The Afghan Whigs started out in the nineties they were dubbed as one of the progenitors of grunge. Yet, throughout their career, Dulli and his bandmates always had the [...]
Yungblud Yungblud Locomotion/Geffen Records There comes a time in every artist’s development where they rise above early influences and present themselves as fully formed entities. In his eponymously-titled third album, Yungblud (née Dominic [...]
The Orchids Dreaming Kind Skep Wax Coming back with their first release since 2015, the Glasgow band The Orchids present Dreaming Kind, 13 tracks of intricate, groovy indie pop centered around ideas of romantic futility, unintended [...]
Walter DeBarr Maybe There’s A Time Independent Some reviews are very difficult to write for many reasons. For me, this is a tough one, because not only was I a fan of Mr. Walter DeBarr but also a friend. His death came as a blow as we, his [...]
Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears Curation Records The debate on what constitutes Americana music, whether there are any connected genres (like Canadiana) and what else should be included and what not is still [...]
Avem Three Birds Stoned Mom’s Basement Records Ontario’s premier band of ornithologists, Avem, have released their first full-length album. Three Birds Stoned follows a series of singles released throughout the year from the fowl pop punk trio [...]
Julia Jacklin Pre Pleasure Polyvinyl/Universal Music Canada Australian singer songwriter Julia Jacklin has had no problems with words so far. It didn’t matter whether it was her lyrics, album and song titles, or interviews. No problem in [...]
Dendrons 5-3-8 Innovative Leisure Would you like to refresh your memory of the first phase Talking Heads combined with the mid-period Pavement, all brushed up for more current trends? Well, then, you don’t have to look much further than [...]
Various Artists We All Shine On: Celebrating The Music of 1970 Big Stir Records/Spyderpop Records 1970 was an interesting year for rock. Looking at it now, it is composed of bubblegum pop, radio friendly rock, prog rock, rhythm and blues, and [...]
Hot Chip Freakout/Release Domino Records Hot Chip or Hot Chic? The title of Hot Chip’s eighth album references Chic’s classic disco jam, “Le Freak,” as well as channeling Chic’s Nile Rodgers on “Eleanor” and “Down.” Chanking guitars, synth bass, [...]
Tiffany Williams All Those Days of Drinking Dust Blue Redbird If you think All Those Days of Drinking Dust, the title of the debut album by Eastern Kentucky singer songwriter Tiffany Williams sounds like a possible title of a novel or a [...]
Emily Elbert Woven Together Independent You have not have heard of Emily Elbert as a solo artist before, but there is quite a good chance you have heard her music. Elbert is quite a sought-out songwriter and guitarist who has already a series of [...]
