Underworld Drift Series 1 Smith Hyde Productions/Caroline Records Underworld was born of the ashes of the breakup of Freur in 1988. The duo, consisting of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, have never sounded better, and they continue to come up with [...]
Ags Connolly Wrong Again Finstock Music There is much to like about Wrong Again by Ags Connolly. It starts with the sleeve, which looks like a well-worn, much-loved album. Then there is the exceptional music inside that sleeve. Wrong Again is [...]
Vetiver Up On High Mama Bird Recordings Four years since his last album Complete Strangers, Vetiver returns with Up on High, a groovy, chilled-out acoustic-driven collection of songs that feature poetic, imagistic lyrics and a hopeful tone from [...]
Bob Dylan Travelin’ Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings The 15th chapter of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series is out, and it’s the best one yet. The 10-time Grammy Award-winning musician’s newest album [...]
Leif Vollebekk New Ways Secret City Records New Ways is the honest, soul-baring release from Montreal singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk. Following the critically acclaimed introspective album Twin Solitude, Vollebekk has directed the focus [...]
Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka Polydor/Interscope Michael Kiwanuka has built himself a reputation as an innovative, talented, and soulful musician. How does one possibly follow an album like 2016’s Love & Hate? With his third release, [...]
Fergus Hambleton Neighbourhoods Current Records Neighbourhoods is Fergus Hambleton’s first album since 2015’s Written On The Wind. It is the perfect follow up, and once again he does not disappoint. This is a well-produced and well-arranged [...]
Blutengel Damokles Out Of Line Music Twenty years into their career and Germany’s Blutengel are still going strong. This year, the darkwave duo have released not one but two albums: Un:Gott earlier this year, and now mini-album Damokles. It is [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The Ninth Trip RidingEasy Records Riding Easy Records are obviously doing well with their Brown Acid series, now in its ninth incarnation. It is probably time again for all fans of late ’60s, early ’70s [...]
Coco Love Alcorn Rebirth Independent Coco Love Alcorn has been around for a while, and if you haven’t heard of her, you might want to take notice. She has an incredibly versatile voice which you might want to check out on one of her previous [...]
Scizzorman SCHIZoPHoNiC Independent Scizzorman is Terry J Vinci, drummer and producer from Perth, Australia, who like many other acts from ‘down under’ shows a penchant for quirky, off-kilter musical combinations. SCHIZoPHoNiC is actually two [...]
Ringo Starr What’s My Name Rocabella/UMC What’s My Name is Ringo Starr’s 20th solo studio album. Hard to believe but true. That number does not include the numerous live recordings released over the years and his guest appearances on [...]
Headstones PEOPLESKILLS Cadence Recordings Returning with their first new album since 2017’s Little Army, Kingston, Ontario’s ‘90s hard rock and punk outfit, Headstones, have released PEOPLESKILLS. True to form, Headstones bring forward a [...]
Mimico Hi-Action Hand Drawn Dracula After four years, Mimico returns with their third album, Hi-Action, a six-track, forty-plus minute psychedelic sci-fi trip that is buoyed by the heavy use of vintage synthesizers to create pulsing, swirling, [...]
Paper Parachutes Above The Clouds Independent With Sabre taking over on lead vocals, Toronto’s most promising up and coming funk and soul band, Paper Parachutes, have returned with their third release. Above The Clouds is a five-song EP which [...]
Wide Mouth Mason I Wanna Go With You We Are Busy Bodies Wide Mouth Mason have reinvented themselves on their latest album I Wanna Go With You. No one expected this legendary two-time Juno-nominated rock band to drop a blues album. Now, they have [...]
The Kinks Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire – 50th Anniversary Edition Box-Set Sanctuary Records Following the incredible success of the 50th Anniversary of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, the [...]
Myles Goodwyn Friends Of The Blues 2 Linus Records Last year Myles Goodwyn released a hugely successful album, Friends of The Blues. On it, Goodwyn explored his first love and the blues along with many friends. On Friends Of The Blues 2, Goodwyn [...]
Various Artists Down In Jamaica: 40 Years of VP Records VP Records After the death of Bob Marley in 1981, international interest in Jamaican music decreased sharply, particularly once the sound was altered with the digital revolution which [...]
Fader In Shadow Blanc Check Records In Shadow is Fader’s second album and they just keep getting better. Although their debut was more than impressive, with In Shadow they knock it out of the park. From beginning to end this is more than an [...]
Desert Sessions Vol. 11 & 12 – Arrivederci Despair & Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels Matador Records Never one to sit still, Josh Homme has revived his long-time, on-and-off project, The Desert Session for the first [...]
AFI All Hallow’s E.P. (Vinyl Reissue) Craft Recordings Catchy choruses, high energy, dark sound effects, and plenty of “whoah’s” are packed into this four-song horror punk conceptual EP All Hallow’s. The first track “Fall Children” [...]
Yusuf/Cat Stevens Back To Earth (Remastered) Cat-O-Log Records/BMG Although it is not his biggest seller, Back To Earth may be Cat Stevens’ most important and personal album of his career. Stevens, also known as Yusuf, had decided to put his [...]
Slothrust Peach Dangerbird Records A three-piece band hailing from Boston, Slothrust is a band finding their feet. They consider themselves a garage/alternative band, but personally, I’d put them more in the mainstream rock category. The [...]
