JULIANNA BARWICK & MARY LATTIMORE TRAGIC MAGIC INFINÉ RECORDS It seems to be the time for the successful combination of modern classical and other modern (or not so modern) musical forms, and Tragic Magic, a debut joint album by [...]
ALEV LENZ 4 IN A CYCLE OF THIRDS INDEPENDENT If you think it is a straightforward process to combine a song form with classical music compositional structure, you could be way off, with so many such experiments, remaining just that – [...]
MICHAEL PAUL BINZ LET ME BE BINZ RECORDS LLC Very often, the independent road in music has many more thorns than roses. You can come up with music that deserves to be heard, but reaching a wider audience needs time, patience and strong will. And [...]
THE SHA LA DAS YOUR PICTURE DIAMOND WEST RECORDS The Sha La Das is an inherently perfect name for a group that methodically creates tracks with such a profound combination of sentimentality and easy-listening sensibilities; the album tends to [...]
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS EYEBALL IDLEWILD RECORDINGS They Might Be Giants are back with a new EP, which is in fact a taster if you will of a forthcoming album. However, even if this was just a standalone EP, it is well worth your time. All three [...]
THE CRIBS SELLING A VIBE PLAY IT AGAIN SAM Twenty years on the music scene as a band, you are bound to have both ups and downs, and Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman, trio of brother collectivelly known as The Cribs, have certainly had quite a few of [...]
CLÉMENTINE MARCH POWDER KEG PRAH RECORDINGS Clémentine March is a French British singer and multi-instrumentalist based in London, and if a first thing that comes to your mind is a possible connection to Stereolab, formally there isn’t [...]
STILL EIGHTEEN SCARRED INDEPENDENT Still Eighteen is a family band, consisting of Mom, Dad, and their daughter. To be clear, they are not anything like the Trapp Family, but instead, a powerhouse trio who write and produce very emotional and [...]
ALTER BRIDGE ALTER BRIDGE NAPALM RECORDS Alter Bridge has returned with their eighth studio album, the eponymous Alter Bridge. Following 2022’s Pawns & Kings – and a period which saw the reunion of Creed and the release of solo material [...]
DIANE COLL STRANGELY IN TUNE INDEPENDENT So far, Atlanta-based singer songwriter Diane Coll has been making music under the motto “therapy through music.” Quite a few songwriters have a similar idea, for some it works, for others, not so [...]
MELANIE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RAINBOW: THE NY FOLK SESSIONS 1963-1965 CLEOPATRA RECORDS Melanie Safka, who spent most of her professional life performing as simply Melanie, got her start in New York City around the time that Bob Dylan’s [...]
DOPAMINE DREAM DOPAMINE DREAM SON DOWN RECORDS Dopamine Dream is the second album from the Toronto-based band. Dopamine Dream debuted in 2023 with the album Unknown, and during the last two years, the band grew and expanded their sound. This [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS YACHT METAL CLEOPATRA RECORDS Once, Yacht Rock was known as ‘Adult Contemporary’ or even ‘Middle of the Road’ (MOR for short). For some reason, that name has been switched to Yacht Rock. This album features various heavy metal [...]
TODD RUNDGREN SOLO IN CLEARWATER CLEOPATRA RECORDS In 2003, Todd Rundgren embarked on a lengthy tour. These three dozen shows were different, in that Rundgren was going out on his own, with just his guitar, piano, and foot pedals. Of course, the [...]
MICHAEL HAMPTON INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN INDEPENDENT Longtime Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton has released his latest solo album. Into the Public Domain marks the first release from Hampton as a part of his current project that [...]
JIM PETERIK & WORLD STAGE RIVER OF MUSIC: THE POWER OF DUETS VOLUME ONE FRONTIERS MUSIC Jim Peterik is a legend in the world of rock ‘n’ roll. Beginning in 1964 with the classic band Ides of March, to the 1980s Survivor, through to 38 [...]
JULIANA HATFIELD LIGHTNING MIGHT STRIKE AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS Juliana Hatfield, founding member of Blake Babies and the front of The Juliana Hatfield Three, creates her 20th solo album in her 30+ year-long career, Lightning Might Strike. [...]
HEALTH CONFLICT DLC LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Prominent and adventurous industrial/noise veterans, HEALTH, return to the scene with a fresh spread of a dozen tracks. Seeing as the group is no stranger to critical acclaim and possesses a strong [...]
JUSTFOLK BEST OF JUSTFOLK 2012-2025 INDEPENDENT You can be on the scene for a while, get a solid fan base, but not get the full recognition your music really deserves, particularly if you take the independent way and don’t care much about [...]
I’M WITH HER SONGS FROM THE STAGE: KANSAS CITY (HI RES) ROUNDER Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins made a name for themselves both as solo artists and as a trio that goes under the banner, I’m With Her. Their album Wild and [...]
NATE VICKERS DON’T LOOK DOWN EP OXIDE RECORDS When making an EP, the creative challenge lies in turning a few songs into a unified experience. For solo artist Nate Vickers, his new EP shows his talent for transforming a confined creative space [...]
NICK & JUNE NEW YEAR’S FACE INDEPENDENT It has been something like two years since we last heard from Berlin duo Nick & June. This time, they have gone to the United States to record an album, one that adds new touches to their [...]
SAM FENDER PEOPLE WATCHING (DELUXE VERSION) POLYDOR Was the world really crying out for a deluxe version of an album that only came out in the early knockings of 2025? Initially I felt not, perhaps because I didn’t really like the initial cut of [...]
NOFX A TO H HOPELESS RECORDS After wrapping up their final tour in 2024, NOFX has put together a triple album collection entitled A to Z, the first of which features eight tracks, A to H. The album is a delightful mish-mash of rarities, demos, [...]
