Airbourne Boneshaker Spinefarm Records Australian rockers Airbourne display raw musicality, catchy guitar riffs and entertaining lyrics on their sixth studio album Boneshaker. Following in the footsteps of compatriots such as AC/DC, Jet, and [...]
Shakespears Sister Ride Again London Records Earlier this year, Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit of Shakespears Sister announced that not only had they reunited, but they were preparing a tour or the U.K and releasing compilation album [...]
The Orange Kyte Carousel Little Cloud Records The Orange Kyte’s third release, Carousel, is an album to turn up loud and let it transport you to the psych scene of the early ‘80s. The album has a high level of energy and is powered along by the [...]
Editors Black Gold: Best Of Editors [PIAS] Editors have now officially released Black Gold: Best Of Editors album. The album consists of favourites from their catalogue, which includes in the deluxe version eight stripped-back acoustic [...]
Ancient Shapes A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom You’ve Changed Records Daniel Romano is a very busy guy. He has published books, he is part owner of a very cool record label, video director, and he has a very successful solo career. [...]
Thunderpussy Milk It Stardog Records Following the incredible success of 2018’s self-titled, full length album, Seattle’s – and Mike McCready’s – favourite new band, Thunderpussy, are back at it again with Milk It. The four track EP, produced my [...]
Jacques Greene Dawn Chorus LuckyMe Jacques Greene bids a memorable farewell to the club through his latest album, Dawn Chorus, his most collaborative project yet. Coming off a strong debut album, Feeling Infinite, filled with rave energy, Greene [...]
Cathryn Craig And Brian Willoughby The Cooley & Mourne Cabritunes Records Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby have been making music for many years, and a new album coming from them is always a reason to rejoice and celebrate. The Cooley [...]
Guerilla Toss What Would The Odd Do? NNA Tapes Guerilla Toss’ latest album not only holds onto the power of their underground sound, managing to combine a strong disco drive edged with a tinge of raw punk, but improves on their sound as well. [...]
Sufjan Stevens/Timo Andres The Decalogue Asthmatic Kitty On the surface, this may seem to be an out-of-character release for Sufjan Stevens. Classical music written for a ballet? it is not. The Decalogue is not his first venture into ballets, [...]
Mary Fahl Winter Songs And Carols Rimar Records Winter Songs And Carols is Mary Fahl’s fourth studio album since leaving October Project in 1996, and on the surface looks and sounds like a Christmas album, but it is more, much more. As well as [...]
Small Planets Small Planets Independent Small Planets is a new band hailing from Los Angeles, and their self-titled album is one hell of a debut. Small Planets is a beautiful album which reminds me of how albums used to be made. There is a [...]
Jimmy Eat World Surviving The Orchard/RCA Records Jimmy Eat World’s 10th studio album, Surviving , is their most personal album to date. While the band is still sticking to their original sound, this time around they’re digging deeper with a new [...]
Patrick Watson Wave Secret City Records Wave is Patrick Watson’s eighth studio album. Since 2001’s debut (Waterproof9) Watson has been using the studio to paint audio landscapes. Wave is no exception. This is an album of textures, silence, and [...]
David J Missive To An Angel From The Halls Of Infamy And Allure Glass Modern Records David J is a very busy musician and over the years this multi-talented bassist has played with several bands, including Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Jazz [...]
Diana Panton A Cheerful Little Earful Little Things There is absolutely nothing not to like about this album. Canadian Diana Panton sings to me that I’m adorable any time at all. This girl has such a voice, jazz trained and as sweet as honey [...]
Dave Monks On A Wave Dine Alone Records After spending some time in the limelight with Tokyo Police Club, Dave Monks has finally spread his wings and released his first solo full-length album, On a Wave. While the album itself is simple and [...]
Alter Bridge Walk The Sky Napalm Records Alter Bridge has found themselves in a precarious position with their latest release, Walk The Sky. Over the past three years, the band has cemented themselves as one of the most premier modern rock bands [...]
Blackwater Holylight Veils Of Winter RidingEasy Records Veils of Winter is the band’s tenth album. From a technical standpoint the tracks on “Veils of Winter” are expertly mixed using every trick in the book to pump out consistently impressive [...]
Life Of Agony The Sound Of Scars Napalm Records Since the beginning of its career, Life Of Agony has merged hard rock elements with influences of the prominent New York hardcore scene and quickly developed a distinguished sonic aesthetic. As a [...]
The Gerry Hatricks The Gerry Hatricks Independent Hailing from the quickly growing – and truly diverse – music scene of Winnipeg, Manitoba are The Gerry Hatricks, an acoustic, folk-rock-meet- punk four-piece outfit that evolved out of [...]
Starcrawler Devour You Rough Trade Starcrawler, called by some ‘the saviours of rock’ — even though I’m not at all sure they’d want to be — emerged as a high school band in 2017 and quickly came to prominence in the LA grunge/punk [...]
Kim Gordon No Home Record Matador Records Kim Gordon’s first solo album has effectively distinguished her sound from ‘80s No Wave engineers, Sonic Youth. Despite her years of various artistry since the band’s demise in 2011, being a co-founder [...]
elbow Giants Of All Sizes Polydor Records/Verve Label Group Manchester-based quartet elbow have been crafting songs and soundscapes of such warmth, honesty, and poetry as to be almost beyond description for two decades. Built around both the [...]
