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 [...]
Christina Holmes The Beautiful Struggle Cove House Records No lie: it’s hard out there for independent acoustic guitar-playing singer-songwriters. What with the constant touring to grow their audience, attempting to rise above the hard sell and [...]
Lowest Of The Low Agitpop Warner Music Lowest Of The Low introduce their sixth album, Agitpop, their first with Warner Music Canada since signing with Warner in 2018. 1991’s immeasurable, independently produced and released, Shakespeare My Butt… [...]
Left Lane Cruiser Shake And Bake Alive Records Left Lane Cruiser’s 11th studio album,Shake and Bake, has everything you’d expect from this raw, gritty, blues-rock duo who made this album like they came to party. The Mississippi influence is [...]
Sublime With Rome Blessings Five Music Inc. Sublime With Rome’s third release, Blessings, may be their most triumphant release to date. The group has moved far past their predecessor Sublime, forging their own lane while staying true to what got [...]
Duff McKagan Tenderness UMusic For his first solo album since his 1993 debut (Believe In Me), Duff McKagan has released the highly anticipated Tenderness. Produced by McKagan and Shooter Jennings, the album is a complete left turn from what most [...]
Barenaked Ladies Fake Nudes: Naked EP Raisin’ Records Barenaked Ladies have released an EP consisting of eight songs taken from their Fake Nudes album that they’ve redone in acoustic format. This new EP, entitled “Fake Nudes: Naked”, [...]
Revive The Rose Revive The Rose Snareguy Records If you haven’t heard of Revive the Rose yet, you’re certainly about to. Not only has the Welland, Ontario-based rock band been sharing the stage with the likes of Monster Truck, Danko Jones, The [...]
Rebecca Downes More Sinner Than Saint Mad Hat Records More Sinner Than Saint is Rebecca Downes third album and she just keep getting better and better at her craft. This is one hour of solid rocking blues, with some very exciting guitar playing. [...]
Dark Smith Degressive Youth Riot Records Dark Smith is a Seattle band that infuses grunge with a goth twist, taking the angst of Goth/New Wave without its pretensions. Fans of ‘90s alternative and ‘80s new wave/post punk will be delighted to [...]
Cold Kingdom Into The Black Sky Independent It’s been a hell of a year for the hard rock band Cold Kingdom. First they parted ways with their vocalist, then Elissa Pearson took over vocal duty. Then they welcomed keyboardist and backup vocalist [...]
Stray Cats 40 Surfdog Records Forty years ago Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom and Lee Rocker formed a trio in hopes to capture the vintage vibes of rockabilly god Eddie Cochran. Struggling to find success in their native America, they took up [...]
Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmusch, Marc Urselli, Balázs Pándi Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmusch, Marc Urselli, Balázs Pándi Trost Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmusch, Marc Urselli, and Balázs Pándi’s eponymous release is an interesting and notable effort from a group of [...]
