The New Pornographers In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights Concord Records Long-time purveyors of hook-filled, harmony-layered alternative jams, The New Pornographers celebrate their 22nd year in the music business with the release of the [...]
Temples Hot Motion ATO Records The much-coveted musical sweet spot is an elusive one for bands and musicians of all genres and time periods. The almost alchemical confluence of musical inspiration and urgency may end up presenting itself for [...]
Tegan And Sara Hey, I’m Just Like You Sire Records An album consisting of songs originally written by Tegan and Sara as teenagers had the potential to be too much of a throwback. Fans may have been expecting lo-fi recordings of songs that [...]
Brittany Howard Jaime ATO Records Brittany Howard dominates in her debut solo album Jaime. The guitarist and vocalist of Alabama Shakes simply can’t conform to any musical style on this creation, and the result is formidable. The album’s [...]
Blink 182 NINE Columbia Records NINE is the eighth studio album from legendary pop-punk trio Blink 182, in which the band emphasizes their pop over punk sensibilities. Like the rainbow neon tinge of its album cover, NINE is bright, it’s sleek, [...]
Midge Ure Soundtrack 1978-2019 Chrysalis Records Soundtrack 1978-2019 is not the first compilation to attempt to cover Midge Ure’s incredible career. But what it does do, besides having the hit singles, is provide an insight into his career via [...]
Madame Psychosis Survivor Independent While Survivor has a powerful sound, with strong vocal hooks, there is something missing that prevents this album from standing out and making a lasting impression. While there is nothing in Survivor that [...]
Kassogtha The Call Independent Switzerland is not known globally for Death Metal but there have been some influential bands for sure, we are looking at you Celtic Frost and Coroner. Kassogtha’s new EP The Call is the new wave that will make you [...]
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators Living The Dream Tour (Live DVD/Blu-Ray/CD) Eagle Rock Entertainment Following a spectacular world tour in support of their 2018 album, Living The Dream, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The [...]
Herb Alpert Over The Rainbow Herb Alpert Presents With his 41st studio recording, Herb Alpert returns to what he does best and with apparent ease: interpreting others’ songs and making them his own. The 84-year-old musician has never stood [...]
Robbie Robertson Sinematic Macrobiotic/Universal Robbie Robertson returns with his first album since 2011’s brilliant How To Be Clairvoyant. That is a tough album to top, but he has managed to do so with his sixth solo album, Sinematic. In the [...]
Noctorum The Afterdeath Schoolkids Records Noctorum consists of the duo Marty Willson-Piper (The Church, All About Eve, The Saints) and producer Dare Mason. In 2019, they released their fourth album, The Afterlife. To fund the album the band [...]
Keane Cause And Effect Island Records Keane comes at us with no surprises here, and remain keyboard heavy, which is good news for fans. On Cause and Effect, their first full-length album since 2012’s Strangeland, the band still has its [...]
Sofi Tukker Dancing On The People Ultra Music If you’re looking to dance, or looking for an album that has all different kinds of groove, from geometric to slow burn, to a bouncing house beat….you’ve found it. Dancing On The People opens with [...]
Trentemøller Obverse Independent Returning after three years with his new album, Obverse. To put it simply, it’s very Trentemøller, with his indie-electric style of composition, so if you’re a fan of his previous work, then you’ll very much be a [...]
LIFE A Picture Of Good Health Afghan Moon/[PIAS] With the release of new album A Picture of Good Health, it seems like LIFE is trying to make a statement with a personal yet political message they want the world to hear. Standout moments on this [...]
M83 DSVII Mute Records M83 brings us its newest and much-anticipated release, the instrumental DSVII (Digital Shades, Vol. 2). Its follow-up to 2007’s Digital Shades, Vol. 1 is decidedly richer and fuller in sound and substance, giving evidence [...]
Gary Daly Gone From Here Remixed Independent In the 1980’s, many ‘new wave’ bands released both 45’s and 12-inch singles featuring remixes of the same song. Among those who did were China Crisis, and some of their remixes are some of the best of [...]
Mike Patton & Jean Claude Vannier Corpse Flower Ipecac Recordings There are many names for the incarnations of the musical mind of Faith No More’s Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle being one of many. But there are two things you can’t call his music [...]
The Anti-Queens The Anti-Queens Stomp Records Having recently signed with the Montreal-based Stomp Records, The Anti-Queens have almost immediately demonstrated – and rightfully so – that they are more than simply being a staple among Toronto’s [...]
Warish Down In Flames RidingEasy Records Tony Hawk’s Underground – yes, the 2003 video game – turned a whole generation of those too young to fully enjoy the ‘90s onto a wave of alternative rock and underground punk music. It comes as no [...]
Blacktop Mojo Under The Sun Independent Two years ago, Texas’ very own Blacktop Mojo made waves among the growing rock ‘n’ roll revival which seems to be sweeping the world with the release of their sophomore album, Burn The Ships. The album [...]
Bat Lips Bat Lips II Independent Emerging from a genre where you’d be hard pressed to see evolution and growth, Bat Lips take it upon themselves to change things up. Where Bat Lips I was a statement that put the band well onto the map, Bat Lips [...]
Lower Dens The Competition Ribbon Music Baltimore’s Lower Dens exists on the cusp. In 2010 frontman and folk eccentric Jana Huntertired of touring as a solo artist and hired a backup band for the last tour before his planned hiatus. The [...]
