ICHIKO AOBA WINDSWEPT ADAN BA DA BING RECORDS There is a lot going on in Ichiko Aoba’s music. Born and raised in Japan, Aoba has built a significant career in her homeland. Originally a folk artist, Aoba has taken her guitar and added a great [...]
CROWN LANDS ODYSSEY VOL. 1 UNIVERSAL MUSIC With The Big Wave Tour coming to a close, having taken the band throughout Ontario and Quebec, Crown Lands has released Odyssey Vol. 1. The live album was recorded as a live-streamed concert experience, [...]
Shriekback 1000 Books Independent Shriekback returns with their its first album since 2019’s Some Kinds Of Light. It is the fourth studio album to feature the core trio of Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh, and Martyn Barker. Shriekback is still with [...]
LUKE MICHIELSEN LANDLOCKED INDEPENDENT Somehow it seems quite fitting for singer songwriters to have a connection with nature and environment. Yet, very often, the music they come up with covering these themes can sound contrived or kitchy. The [...]
Howard Jones At The BBC Cherry Red Records The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Much like in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the BBC was still an important force in music and artists were invited into the BBC studios to perform live and [...]
Julie Doiron I Thought Of You You’ve Changed Records It is hard to believe that it has been almost 10 years since Julie Doiron released a full-length solo studio album, which is not to say she has not been busy, because she has been very [...]
ALAN EVANS TRIO ELEPHANT HEAD VINTAGE LEAGUE MUSIC Following their 2019 album, The Wild Root, the Alan Evans Trio has returned with Elephant Head. The instrumental, organ-led, three-piece funk ensemble groove hard over their vintage soundscapes [...]
THE HAPPY PILL ACADEMY POSTCARDS TO AND FROM A DOOMED CIVILISATION INDEPENDENT Being all over the place musically does not usually spell good things for an artist and their music. On the other hand, if you are so well-versed in a number of [...]
Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride: The Dunhill/ABC Years 1967-1971 Esoteric Recordings Steppenwolf was created in 1967 with former The Sparrows members John Kay, Goldy McJohn, and Jerry Edmonton, along with Michael Monarch and Rushton Moreve. They [...]
Deine Lakaien Dual+ Prophecy Productions German darkwave project Deine Lakaien’s 11th studio album, Dual+, follows the duo’s style from the preceding release Dual. Peppered with covers, including three from contemporaries, and one traditional [...]
THE TEA PARTY SUNSHOWER COALITION MUSIC/WARNER MUSIC CANADA Canadian rock trio The Tea Party offer something different with their new EP Sunshower. Well-known for their dark and moody offerings in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, the band’s sound [...]
Black Label Society Doom Crew Inc. eOne Music Following up their last album, 2018’s Grimmest Hits – and 2019’s remastered 20th anniversary reissue of Sonic Brew, Black Label Society is back with their 10th studio album, Doom Crew Inc. The [...]
Allison Lorenzen Tender Whited Sepulchre Records Sometimes an artist can truly resemble another. At other times, they are creating their art along usually a very thin line between two or more artists. In the case of Allison Lorenzen, [...]
USS The Science And Artfunkel Victory Lap Coalition Music USS might be heading out on their Final Freakquency tour, but that didn’t stop them from dropping the surprise album The Science and Artfunkel Victory Lap. Released on on all major [...]
Papercuts Baxter’s Bliss EP Slumberland Records After taking a brief hiatus to focus on production with bands like Beach House and Sugar Candy Mountain, Jason Quever has returned as Papercuts to present Baxter’s Bliss. The digital-only EP [...]
Brian Wilson At My Piano Decca Records How should you consider an all-instrumental piano album of the songwriting genius that is Brian Wilson, best known for coming up with probably the best vocal harmonies in modern music as a member of The [...]
Beach Fossils The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads Bayonet Records Four years after their last studio album Somersault, Beach Fossils has reworked eight songs from their back catalogue into a compilation of slower jazz arrangements featuring [...]
Jah Wobble Metal Box – Rebuilt In Dub Cleopatra Records Jah Wobble formed Public Image Limited (P.I.L.) with John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, when Rotten had left The Sex Pistols in 1978.He then left the band he helped create after their [...]
MAYDAY PARADE WHAT IT MEANS TO FALL APART RISE RECORDS Since 2005, Mayday Parade has been a strong presence in the pop-punk and alternative scene. An unwavering sound for the past 16 years that seems to mature and get more solid with time, [...]
The Darkness Motorheart Cooking Vinyl The Darkness have been the go-to band for tongue in cheek glam rock, with the secret being that musically, they are insanely talented and their songs sonically are off the charts. With this in mind, [...]
The Jazz Butcher Dr Cholmondley Repents: A-Sides, B-Sides And Seasides Fire Records This is not an easy review to write. Sadly, Pat Fish, also known as The Jazz Butcher, passed away on October 5, 2021. Born Patrick Guy Sibley Huntrods, he was [...]
Viola Swamp Bad Dreams Tarantula Tapes Under the name Viola Swamp, Ontario based punk badass Taylor Cos (Hysterics, formerly of The Anti-Queens) has released her debut solo album. Bad Dreams, released via Tarantula Tapes, The album follows her [...]
Lee Ranaldo In Virus Times Mute In Virus Times. What might have seemed like a science or speculative fiction title even in Autumn of 2019 now is a reality check one two years on. Many artists have decided to record music dealing with their [...]
Log Across The Water Funny How The Colors Crash Symbols When an artist dubs himself (or herself) as Log Across the Washer, you are bound to hear something that is certainly a bit out in left field, something that you would either love or discard [...]
