James Parm Oh My Darling Independent How do you reconcile with personal breakup? One way is to take a long trip far away, and James Parm left Montreal for South East Asia after his breakup. When he returned, he had not lost his girlfriend, but [...]
Gino Vannelli Wilderness Road SoNo Recordings Wilderness Road is the first album of all new material, written by Gino Vannelli in about ten years. Good Thing (2009) was the last time we heard anything new from the pen of Vannelli. He has [...]
PUP Morbid Stuff Little Dipper The scrappy Toronto punks have been busy in the three-year period since their last album was released, 2016’s The Dream Is Over. On top of working on new music, gigging through tour dates left and right, and [...]
Ceschi Sad, Fat Luck Fake Four Inc. This month brings us Sad, Fat Luck. This is Ceschi’s 5th solo album. The Connecticut-born rapper was praised in his home town for being one of the most influential hip-hop artists in his area and has most [...]
Brass Box The Cathedral Dune Altar Los Angeles’ Brass Box have released their latest album, The Cathedral, under LA-based label Dune Altar. The band features singer and bassist Ammo Bankoff (Tête, Black Flamingo), guitarist Neil Popkin (War [...]
Priests The Seduction Of Kansas Sister Polygon Washington-based Priests returns with its sophomore release, the intriguingly-titled The Seduction of Kansas. Building a reputation for punk-soaked ferocity and memorable live shows, the band has [...]
Various Artists The New Testament Dirty Water Records Whether you’re an angsty teen looking to frighten your uptight parents or an aging punk who refuses to sell out to the corporate lifestyles, Dirty Water Records’ roster is certainly the place [...]
No Service No Service Independent Having formed just over a year ago, No Service have dropped their self-titled EP. Hailing from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, the six-piece band delivers a strong debut across the five-track EP. Throughout the [...]
Steven Lambke Dark Blue You’ve Changed Records Dark Blue is Steven Lambke’s second solo album, and his first since 2015’s Days Of Heaven. He has recorded with numerous bands, including The Constantines, and most recently with Construction [...]
Nightrage Wolf To Man Despotz Records Nightrage is back with their eighth album Wolf to Man and it is a melodic death metal powerhouse. Many have compared Nightrage to In Flames, but on the new record, they are anything but. Let us get some [...]
White Denim Side Effects City Slang The latest offering from White Denim continues where they left off — exactly right where we wanted them to. Their eighth album, Side Effects, is the continuation of Performance for all of us wanting [...]
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Darkroom/Interscope/Universal Music Billie Eilish’s sophomore album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is a great look at the progression of Billie Eilish. With her dark undertones and [...]
The Black Tones Cobain And Cornbread Independent If albums were judged just on their covers, Cobain and Cornbread would be on every year-end list. It’s over-the-top goofiness in the best way possible. The Black Tones, Seattle-based twins Eva [...]
Steve Earle & The Dukes Guy New West Records Most cover albums are pretty low-stakes affairs, especially when the creator is an aging legend whose legacy is secure. Not so for Steve Earle. “No way I could get out of doing this record”, said [...]
Julian Taylor Band Avalanche Gypsy Soul Records As pioneers of what they call funk, soul, and roll, The Julian Taylor Band has returned with its first album since 2017’s Live At Lee’s Palace and its first set of new material since 2016’s Desert [...]
Wintersleep In The Land Of Dine Alone Records Wintersleep have developed an interesting trend over the past sixteen years since their 2003 debut, self-titled album. Though they are now, with 2019’s In the Land Of, seven albums deep, they have [...]
Devin Townsend Empath Inside Out/Sony Music There can be no debating the musical genius of Canada’s own Devin Townsend. For his 18th studio studio album and arguably his first solo one, Townsend has already given fans a unique glimpse into the [...]
Lefty And The Hatman Déjà Blue Independent Lefty and The Hatman are actually Marc ‘The Hatman’ Mann and Jeffrey ‘Lefty’ Levine. Both have extensive and rather impressive histories in music. Mann, working with Jeff Lynne, Electric Light [...]
London Stone Just How High Independent “Just need those dancing shoes.” The London Stone cries these five words, as the drums bash away, the crunchy guitar riff repeats, and the echoey vocalist announces “and on, and on, and on.” Dance you will, [...]
The Sh-Booms The Blurred Odyssey Limited Fanfare Records The Sh-Booms’ new full-length, The Blurred Odyssey, will move you… in every sense of the word. With its live-off-the-floor feel, it’s almost as if the band recorded in a garage… in which [...]
Goresoerd Kain Independent Goresoerd is a death metal band from Estonia that formed in 2004. In a short span of time, they became known for its onstage energy and hilarious songs. Their most recent album, Kain, is inspired by the Bible’s [...]
Good Tiger Redux Metal Blade Good Tiger’s 2018 sophomore effort We Will All Be Gone was one of the stronger efforts released last year and the band’s live performance met this reviewer’s every expectation for a tight show when he saw the band in [...]
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Wedding Album (Reissue) Secretly Canadian/Chimera Music Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music continue their ambitious Yoko Ono reissue project with this landmark album. Wedding Album was released to commemorate Lennon [...]
Avey Tare Cows On The Hourglass Pond Domino Records Animal Collective’s Avey Tare is back with a psychedelic and aquatic new take on Americana, folk music, and everything of their ilk. His third studio album, Cows on Hourglass Pond, is one of my [...]
