Puscifer Existential Reckoning Puscifer Entertainment/BMG Maynard James Keenan, a name synonymous with otherworldly experimental music, is back with his personal playground project Puscifer and their fourth studio album Existential Reckoning. [...]
GWAR Scumdogs of the Universe (30th Anniversary Edition – Remixed and Remastered) Metal Blade Records/Slavepit On the 30th anniversary of Scumdogs of the Universe, GWAR is rereleasing the album but this time it is remixed and remastered. Unless [...]
Stephen Becker Nothing Sun Under The New NNA Tapes The so-called bedroom artists are becoming ‘dime-a-dozen’ these days. After all, quite a few are stuck in their bedrooms and make music there. Literally. But with all the faded or not so faded [...]
Other Infinities Smaller Than Some Independent What if you tried to combine the smart synth-pop of LCD Soundsystem with the more boisterous side of heyday Britpop bands like Blur, throwing in vocals that range between those of David Bowie and [...]
Rage Against The Machine The Battle Of Mexico City Sony Music It was as if the stars had aligned. Next to a reunion of Appetite era Guns N’ Roses, the return of Rage Against The Machine is often coveted as one of the most hoped-for reunions, and [...]
The Lemonheads Lovely (30th Anniversary Edition) Fire Records Marking the 30th anniversary of The Lemonheads major label debut, the reissue of Lovely is still as charmingly devoid of meaning as it was in 1990. Including tracks with a hint of [...]
Plants And Animals The Jungle Secret City Records Hailing from Montreal, indie rock trio Plants and Animals has released their fifth studio album, The Jungle, an eight-track collection of songs that showcase the breadth of the band’s sonic [...]
Melody Gardot Sunset In The Blue Verve Records Some music reviewers try to be critical and stay polite at the same time. One of the ways to do so is to lump together into a subgenre a few artists they think are similar but not up to their taste, [...]
Palace Winter …Keep Dreaming Buddy Tambourhinoceros Electronic music these days has been used and abused. Unfortunately, more the latter than the former. That is why good exceptions shine through like some sort of musical jewels. This is [...]
Dex Wolfe Lightness Independent Usually, there is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde side to musical polymaths. They are certainly extremely talented people, but often, with all their abilities, they tend, well, to show off. Minneapolis artist Dex Wolf, is [...]
Local Natives Sour Lemon Loma Vista Recordings Local Natives has been busy since the release of Violet Street in 2019. They are back, and their newest project is a four-song EP called Sour Lemon. The opening track, “Lemon,” features [...]
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) Daptone Records After passing away following a battle with cancer in 2016, Sharon Jones and her backing band, The Dap Kings, left behind a legacy of [...]
Beastie Boys Beastie Boys Music Universal Music The last two years have seen a revival of interest in the Beastie Boys. Starting with their 2018 memoir and one of the best music books you’ll find, Beastie Boys Book, the group has since reunited [...]
Bruce Springsteen Letter To You Sony Music Bruce Springsteen has returned with Letter To You, his 20th studio album, and follow-up to his 2019 dive into the Americana music of the 1970s on Western Stars. The album also marks Springsteen’s first [...]
Sevendust Blood & Stone Rise Records Atlanta-based Sevendust has released their 13th studio album, Blood & Stone. There is a little bit of a heavier vibe on this record, but they stay true to their sound. They put the hammer down with [...]
Hawksley Workman Less Rage More Tears Isadora Records/The Orchard Hawksley Workman’s newest release, Less Rage More Tears is an absolute departure from 2019’s Median Age Wasteland. While the latter was more conventional guitar-based folk rock, [...]
Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged Sony Music MTV’s unplugged concert series spawned iconic performances throughout the ‘90s. While few, if any, will ever surpass the live albums from Nirvana and Alice In Chains’ respective sessions, Pearl Jam’s 1992 [...]
The Struts Strange Days Universal Music Critically acclaimed and fan favourites The Struts have returned with their latest album. Written and recorded with the band couch crashing at producer Jon Levine’s home studio during the pandemic, the [...]
Gord Downie Away Is Mine Arts & Crafts Traditionally, The Tragically Hip fans, over the past thirty-plus years, have become accustomed to hearing new material from the band every few years, including solo and side projects. In the spirit of [...]
Joey Molland Be True To Yourself Omnivore Recordings Joey Molland is the sole surviving member of Badfinger, and he tends to tour as Joey Molland’s Badfinger. Fair enough, given his incredible solo albums never took off and achieved the success [...]
Tom Petty Wildflowers & All The Rest Warner Records Three years ago, shortly before commencing his fortieth, and tragically his final tour, Tom Petty announced that his seminal 1994 album, Wildflowers, had an entire second half, written and [...]
The Vamps Cherry Blossom Virgin EMI The Vamps, aka Brad Simpson, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans and James McVey, with their own brand of commercial power pop are extremely popular in the UK. Their debut album was a platinum seller and they are a [...]
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Pressure Spinefarm Records For the last decade, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown have been among the most promising up and coming rock bands making waves throughout the underground scene. Their latest album, [...]
Holy Motors Horse Wharf Cat “Hold your horses, cowboy, put your pickup in reverse,” drawls Holy Motors vocalist Eliann Tulve on “Country Church.” Tulve makes a conscious effort to enunciate on the Estonian rock band’s second album, Horse. The [...]
