Bonnetta/Huizinga Dark Watchers Idea Of North Recordings Jonas Bonnetta of Evening Hymns, and violinist Edwin Huizinga of The Wooden Sky, wrote Dark Watchers in seclusion in Big Sur, in January 2018. Not sure why it took so long to reach record [...]
Quinn DeVeaux Book Of Soul QDV Records There are certain things that always exude familiarity, warmth, and just simply a good feeling. The first thing that could come to mind in that respect is a Sunday family lunch. Not time to eat, yet? Well [...]
Hanging Valleys Behind The Backs Of Houses Pedro Y El Lobo These days, it is not an uncommon thing that a relatively or completely unknown artist gets millions of streaming hits online. There could be many reasons why that happens. It often [...]
Kevin Krauter Full Hand Bayonet Records Singer-songwriter Kevin Krauter is back with his sophomore album, Full Hand, an album comprised of warm reverb-heavy tones, soft 808 drums, and holistic lyrics that simplify the different worries and [...]
Randy Holden Population II RidingEasy Records In 1969 Randy Holden parted ways with Blue Cheer, and by 1970 had recorded and released his debut solo album, the magnum opus Population II. Sadly, the album received very poor distribution at the [...]
Caribou Suddenly Merge Records Suddenly is his fifth studio album by Caribou. Although Dan Snaith plays all of the instruments on his recordings, he uses a band when he tours, which allows him to not only experiment in the studio, but to create [...]
Dark Fortress Spectres From The Old World Century Media Black metal is a genre far too overdone, however German veterans Dark Fortress understand that making a good record doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel, just push it further. This is made [...]
Gord Sinclair Taxi Dancers (Arte Humane Inc./Pheromone Recordings) Taxi Dancers, the first solo album from Gord Sinclair, who manned bass and joined in songwriting duties for 40 years as a member of The Tragically Hip, is at times an extension [...]
The Mystery Kindaichi Band The Adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke (Reissue) We Want Sounds French reissue label We Want Sounds is one of the rare ones operating today that really makes an effort to do things properly. The motto is obviously pick [...]
Stars And Rabbit Rainbow Aisle Independent There are usually two trends with artists originating and working in those parts of the world that are not considered centers of modern music. They often walk (or play) in the footsteps of their [...]
The Franklin Electric In Your Heart Nettwerk Life goes on, and all is remembered in music. An incredibly personal album, In Your Heart is undeniably sorrowful, and yet hopeful at the same time. With a soft tone but conviction in his lyrics, [...]
Ozzy Osbourne Ordinary Man Sony Music/Epic Records After a year of cancelled tours and growing health concerns, Ozzy Osbourne makes a triumphant return with his latest album, Ordinary Man. Backed largely by producer and guitarist Andrew Watt, [...]
King Krule Man Alive! Matador Records There is a shift in dynamic that occurs midway through Man Alive!, musician Archy Marshall’s third full-length release under his foremost musical alias, King Krule. Rhythmic, linear drum grooves and throaty [...]
Sarah Harmer Are You Gone Arts & Crafts As is often the way with relationships, they get complicated and sometimes you aren’t able to realize how much you have missed someone until they step back into your life. Sarah Harmer’s return on Are [...]
Biff Byford School Of Hard Knocks Silver Lining Music Anyone who was in an English High School in 1980 could not have missed Saxon’s Wheels of Steel, it was the album every teenager into rock was carrying around with them. Many years later, lead [...]
Marshall Holland Nice To Meet You (始めまして) Ricky Ninja Records It may seem an odd turn for a singer/songwriter/pop/rock performer to create an album of instrumental electronica, but that is exactly what the San Francisco Bay Area [...]
Elephant Stone Hollow Elephants On Parade Elephant Stone has been around for almost a decade, and with the youthful originality of their sound, it’s often easy forget that. With such a vast and genius grasp at genre-bending psychedelic and [...]
AM Clouds Rainmaker Independent Is it OK for a band to re-create a certain musical vibe? That is the question that immediately comes to mind as soon as “Paradise” kicks in, the second track on Rainmaker, the new album by Oregon quartet AM [...]
Hold On Hollywood Love Stories Independent Up and coming rock band Hold On Hollywood have released their second studio EP. Love Stories follows their 2016 debut, Save Me and, more recently, their 2019 single, a cover of Eddie Money’s 1986 hit, [...]
stAlkid Spooky Tunes, For Lovers And The Dead Independent The story goes that Minneapolis’ Roman Non, aka stAlkid was part of that city’s experimental metal/industrial scene. Maybe. Judging by his album Spooky Tunes, For Lovers and The Dead, you [...]
Brian Posehn Grandpa Metal Megaforce Records Heavy Metal as a genre has often shown that it has a sense of humour. Anyone with a passing knowledge of Spinal Tap or The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years will know that the [...]
Nathaniel Rateliff And It’s Still Alright Stax Records He is a journeyman and a musical omnivore, and Nathaniel Rateliff’s third solo album and first in 7 years is a testament to both his staying power and to his impressive vocal ability. [...]
Tame Impala The Slow Rush Modular Recordings A decade ago when Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker dropped, it was if Cream had a love child with The Flaming Lips. With fuzzed out guitars, dreamy melodies and Lennonesque vocals, Kevin Parker’s one-man [...]
The Saxophones Eternity Bay Full Time Hobby Back in the ‘50s and early ‘60s, ballrooms and dance halls were in vogue. One of the popular features during dance nights was the so-called ‘ladies’ choice’, when the girls would pick their dancing [...]
