Catacomb Saints Cruel As The Grave Independent Befittingly self-described as “elevator music for the end of the world”, Catacomb Saints kick things off with their first EP, Cruel As The Grave, entrenching listeners in lyrical hopelessness and [...]
Buzzcocks A Different Kind Of Tension (2019 Remastered Version) Domino Records Few albums have achieved such iconic status as A Different Kind Of Tension. Produced by Martin Rushent, A Different Kind Of Tension was Buzzcocks’ third and final [...]
Combichrist One Fire Out of Line Music American industrial/aggrotech metal band Combichrist are back at it again with their ninth studio album, One Fire. Like their previous albums, One Fire features an arsenal of bass-heavy aggressive tracks [...]
Motionless In White Disguise Roadrunner Records Industrial metal group Motionless in White present their most emotional lyrical album yet. The mental and emotional turmoil of vocalist Chris “Motionless” Cerulli are poured into 11 tracks on this [...]
Patrick Krief Dovetale Indica Montreal’s Patrick Krief, known simply as Krief, continues to build upon his impressive solo career. After over ten years of performing, writing, and composing music as lead guitarist and backup singer as an [...]
Naytronix Air BotCave Records Nate Brenner brings us his third solo album, Air, under the name Naytronix. You may recognize him as being the bassist of Tune-Yards, and he is at it again. His latest album is an interesting mix of symphonic melody [...]
Pixx Small Mercies 4AD Pixx’s sophomore album Small Mercies, out on June 7, 2019, really highlights the London-based singer’s grungy vocals. With lyrics that speak of deep thoughts and repression, each song has a bit of a love theme about it. [...]
The Cretins “Haven’t Got A Clue” (Single) Dirty Water Records The latest band to emerge from the depths of the grimy Dirty Water Records roster is The Cretins, a four-piece outfit from Brighton and South London. As Dirty Water [...]
Miles Davis The Complete Birth Of The Cool Blue Note If there is one word synonymous with Miles Davis, it would be cool. This, however, isn’t simply because the sheer presence of the jazz titan was objectively cooler than cool – ice cold – but [...]
PicaPica Together & Apart Rough Trade Have you ever wondered what Steeleye Span would have sounded like had Brian Eno produced them? Well, wonder no more. PicaPica’s new album, Together & Apart will answer that question for you. Together [...]
Alejandra O’Leary Everest Independent Have you been missing those twisted pop Throwing Muses albums from the the Nineties? Well, while you wait for something new from them, you just might find the needed refuge in Everest, the latest album [...]
Badge Époque Ensemble Badge Époque Ensemble Telephone Explosion If you don’t know the combined musical pedigree that Badge Époque Ensemble brings to their debut LP, you may be forgiven for wondering how they have been able to produce such an [...]
The Northern Pikes Forest Of Love Universal Music Saskatoon’s The Northern Pikes’ have released their ninth full-length studio album, Forest Of Love. It’s their first since 2003’s It’s A Good Life, and it’s a release that whets the whistle and [...]
Santana Africa Speaks UMusic Returning with his first album since 2016’s Santana IV, guitar innovator, virtuoso, and legend Carolos Santana has released Africa Speaks. Produced by Rick Rubin, the 11-track album – released ahead of his summer [...]
Shonen Knife Sweet Candy Power Good Charamel Records Sweet as ever, Shonen Knife returns with their 19th powerhouse girl pop album, Sweet Candy Power. The band’s 38-year spanning career has brought them massive success and proves they stand the [...]
The F16s WKND FRNDS House Arrest The F16s are a Chennai-based act that has steadily gained international attention since their acclaimed album, Triggerpunktein 2016. Their experimentation of Alternative Indie Rock and Pop has attained a devoted [...]
Freekbass All The Way This. All The Way That. Color Red Cincinnati bass player Freekbass brings back the funk on his new project All the Way This. All the Way That. The album was released via Color Red with co-production from Itaal Shur and [...]
Rory Gallagher Blues Universal Music The aptly-titled Blues was a longtime coming from the Rory Gallagher organization. Nearly 25 years after his death, this is the genre in which he is most remembered for. While other blues-based rockers from [...]
Barzin “Studio 13 Session Live At Revolution Recordings” Monotreme Records Canadian singer and songwriter Barzin has released a live EP: “Studio 13 Session Live at Revolution Recordings”. Currently signed to Monotreme Records, Barzin [...]
Be-Bop Deluxe Futurama (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set) Esoteric It’s always a happy time when anything new by Bill Nelson comes out. He has been releasing albums for decades now on his own independent label(s). They are swirling creations that [...]
Akiko Yano Iroha Ni Konpeitou (Reissue) We Want Sounds Akiko Yano is one of those artists that is able to cross the usual English language barrier and make a name for herself outside her native Japan. One of the reasons for this is that she has [...]
Me Lost Me The Lay Of The Land Independent What is the most sensual way to convey nature’s decay and the anguish of a dying planet? In her latest EP The Lay of the Land Jayne Dent curates a peculiar exhibition of sonic interplay, in order to [...]
Gary Daly Gone From Here Independent Gone From Here is Gary Daly’s debut solo album. Daly, of course, one of the founding members of China Crisis, a group still very much active and still producing incredible music. Their most recent release [...]
Jenn Grant Love, Inevitable Tucker Martine Jenn Grant has released her seventh album titled Love, Inevitable. This album has an airy sound to it with Grant’s effortless voice gliding through each song. Love, Inevitable was recorded last summer [...]
