Låpsley These Elements XL Recordings Rhythmic elements run through an ambient electronic and soulful sound which emanate from this four-track musical release. Unique beats and clicks keep the listener engaged and interested in hearing what’s [...]
Be-Bop Deluxe Modern Music (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set) Esoteric From hero to zero and back again, yet just another of those standard rock stories. Bill Nelson and his Be-Bop Deluxe were originally hailed as saviours of what is now called [...]
Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial Atlantic Roddy Ricch shows us just how good of an artist he is with his debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. The album includes 16 songs, and features artists ranging from Meek [...]
XXXTentacion Bad Vibes Forever Empire XXXTentacion’s final posthumous album, Bad Vibes Forever, has finally been released. With a generous amount of 25 songs, it features artists ranging from Tory Lanez, Mavado, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, PNB Rock, [...]
Friends Again Trapped And Unwrapped Cherry Red Records This re-release is ridiculously overdue. Friends Again released their one and only album in 1984, Trapped & Unwrapped: Collection. Since it was released on CD in 1989, it has all but [...]
Rational Youth (Deluxe Expanded Edition) Cold War Night Life Universal Music Cold War Night Life was originally released in 1982 and was the debut album for Montreal’s Rational Youth following the release of a couple of singles, both of which [...]
The Who Who Universal Music Standing among the last classic rock bands from the 1960s, The Who have returned with WHO, their first album in 13 years. With a legacy spanning over 55 years, founding members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are [...]
Various Artists If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison Fat Possum Records Mississippi-born Mose Allison passed away November 15, 2016. If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison is a posthumous nod to the man [...]
Oppkast C2H50H Independent Okay, this is a band going places – most likely the beer tent, the pub and any other place that sells copious amounts of alcohol! With a name that translates as vomit this was a review that required a certain [...]
Royal Trux Quantum Entanglement Fat Possum It was early 2019 when Neil Hagerty declared in the midst of an interview that he was leaving Royal Trux, the experimental garage rock band he formed in 1987 with then-partner, Jennifer Herrema. The [...]
Herbie Hancock Directstep (Reissue) Get On Down Originally released in 1979, Herbie Hancock’s Directstep has enjoyed an interesting and unique history. Aside from being released exclusively in Japan, the album was recorded with the new [...]
The Game Born 2 Rap eOne Music The Game’s resilience and longevity is set on display on his newest album Born 2 Rap. The album comes as the ninth installment in the rap veteran’s almost perfect discography. Surviving a slew of public setbacks [...]
Evan Freeman Beyond The Stars Evan Freeman, Inc. Following his 2016 debut album Luna, Evan Freeman is back with another sonic float-about, Beyond the Stars, a 13-track collection broken into three parts of intricately crafted shoegaze that is [...]
Throbbing Gristle TG Now (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. Their first order of business was to get together and record some music to see if this was still a viable band. The result was the EP TG [...]
Walter DeBarr We Fall, We Break Orphan Records Walter DeBarr has delivered his six-song, impressive debut EP after years of what one may call a colourful life. Prison, addiction, and hard living have all contributed to DeBarr’s music. Although [...]
Jimi Hendrix Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts Sony Music Despite passing away at an untimely age, just under 50 years ago and considering he only really enjoyed a truly extraordinary career that spanned only four years, it [...]
Beck Hyperspace Capitol Records/Universal Music Canada On his 14th and latest album Hyperspace, Beck picks up right where he left off in 2017 with his Grammy Award-winning release, Colors. Beck Hansen first came into the public eye in 1994 with [...]
The Beatles The Singles Collection Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music The Beatles and their record company Apple have done it again. Gathered together in one box are all of the 22 original British singles released by The Beatles, plus an [...]
Harry Nilsson Losst And Founnd Omnivore Records Harry Nilsson left this planet on January 14, 1994, at the age of 52. He had just finished recording an album that was not released at the time for many reasons. Into the vaults it went, where it [...]
Leonard Cohen Thanks For The Dance Sony Music There is not much more that can be said in praise of Leonard Cohen’s posthumous album besides the fact that it is a dizzying emotional masterpiece. Omnipresent throughout is the knowledge that, just [...]
Animal Collective Ballet Slippers Domino In 2009, Animal Collective released their seminal Merriweather Post Pavilion LP, an experimental collection of mind-bending nooks and crannies. Ten years later comes Ballet Slippers, a twelve-song [...]
Neuland Neuland Neuland Records Neuland is the self-titled debut album from this new group, featuring Peter Baumann and Paul Haslinger, both previous members of the band Tangerine Dream. It is an instrumental, textured, and layered album. Not [...]
Golden Cinema Peachy Keen Independent Canadian Power pop band Golden Cinema has come to grace 2019 with their presence, with a small yet powerful EP Peachy Keen, an amazing independent release, their first since their 2016 release of their [...]
Fall Out Boy Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die Volume Two Island Records/Universal Music Canada Multiple platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated Fall Out Boy is at it again with yet another compilation album release Believers Never Die Volume Two. [...]
