BIG WRECK THE REST OF THE STORY SONIC UNYON Following a series of four EPs released within the first three years of the decade, Big Wreck have returned with their first full-length album since 2019’s …But For The Sun. Recorded during the same [...]
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS LOVE KRAFT STRANGE TOWN RECORDS Super Furry Animals formed in Wales in 1993 and released their debut album, Fuzzy Logic. The band slowly built a fanbase with positive reviews from critics over the years. In 2005, they [...]
ANTIBALAS HOURGLASS DAPTONE RECORDS For their seventh full-length album, Antibalas returns to its instrumental roots. Hourglass sees the band indulging in jazz, soul, and R&B-infused Latin music across six tracks. “Solace” opens to the [...]
ORUÃ SLACKER K RECORDS Oruã is a psychedelic rock band, based in Brazil, and Slacker is their fifth studio album since they made their debut in 2016. The band includes former members of Built to Spill, and in fact, Slacker was produced/recorded [...]
THE KORGIS/JOE MATERA/AL STEELE COFFEE IN NEW YORK RENAISSANCE RECORDS I really like The Korgis. Their song in 1980, “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime,” was a surprise but a well-deserved hit. The song did not have the 1980s pop sound but was [...]
THE LEMONHEADS LOVE CHANT FIRE RECORDS Whispers from the Static… Love Chant isn’t a comeback, it’s a broadcast from somewhere warmer. Perhaps from a Brazilian beach? Evan Dando returns with original Lemonheads material after more than two [...]
TIMOTHY LAROQUE THE FLORIDA EFFECT DEF CAT RECORDS These days it is nothing unusual if a singer-songwriter hails from Hollywood, California. Yet, what about the case when that singer-songwriter comes from Hollywood, but the one located in [...]
TAME IMPALA DEADBEAT COLUMBIA RECORDS After five years, we welcome back Kevin Parker to the musical world with the anticipated release of his sixth studio release, Deadbeat. The album is quintessential Tame Impala from start to finish, with [...]
HEATHER AUBREY LLOYD PANIC ROOM WITH A VIEW INDEPENDENT Is having great, emotional, gritty vocals enough to come up with a very good album? Well, such vocals can create an impact, and Heather Aubrey Lloyd certainly has it, but is that enough? [...]
DEAR BOY CELEBRATOR LAST GANG RECORDS Time holds music like a retractable collar holds a dog, free to roam, but not too far before you get pulled back in. Trend cycles come in waves, as modern musicians and producers are constantly finding ways [...]
JULESY FLIP THE BED STRONG PLACE MUSIC Finding your own place in music circles isn’t easy these days, even for fully accomplished artists, let alone those that are practically starting out, particularly if they are coming up with a debut [...]
THE DREAM SYNDICATE MEDICINE SHOW: I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE (DELUXE EDITION) DOWN THERE/FIRE RECORDS Whatever the reason was that The Dream Syndicate didn’t become one of the biggest bands around at their 80s prime it is a damn shame, (and the [...]
ROYAL WOOD DEAR JOHN CORDOVA BAY RECORDS Royal Wood returns with one of the strongest albums of his career. Dear John is his 11th studio album (he has also released a live album) and his first release since 2022’s widely acclaimed and very [...]
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FEELS (20th ANNIVERSARY) DOMINO RECORDS When Animal Collective released its sixth studio album, Feels, in 2005, the members had no idea it was the midway point in their career. From this album on, Animal Collective moved from [...]
FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) UMe You know how old you’re getting when formative albums of your youth are receiving 20th Anniversary releases! Still, From Under The Cork Tree is probably one of the most seminal [...]
THEY ARE GUTTING A BODY OF WATER LOTTO JULIA’S WAR/SMOKING ROOM/ATO RECORDS If you’re at least slightly familiar with the contemporary state of North American underground music scenes, then chances are you’ve heard the name They Are Gutting A [...]
RICHARD ASHCROFT LOVIN’ YOU VIRGIN RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Lovin’ You is Richard Ashcroft’s seventh album. Ashcroft has come up with a very strong album with Lovin’ You. Since his first solo album, each album from Ashcroft has been very [...]
JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND POWER TO THE PEOPLE UNIVERSAL For a great many John Lennon fans, this is the box set they have been waiting for for quite some time. While Sean Lennon who produced Power To The People, released box sets several [...]
SPANDAU BALLET EVERYTHING IS NOW – VOL 1: 1978-1982 PARLOPHONE Spandau Ballet is often included with the “New Romantics,” but there was so much more to the band than the label would imply. This incredible box set goes a great distance to [...]
CHARLIE KAPLAN A HAT UPON THE BED GLAMOUR GOWNS If you’re an avid reader of Spill Magazine, you have certainly come across Charlie Kaplan’s name at one point or another. Along with some nifty albums, Kaplan is also the bassist of Office [...]
FINI TRIBE THE SHEER ACTION OF FINI TRIBE: 1982-1987 SHIPWRECKED INDUSTRIES Edinburgh may not be the first city you think of in terms of post-punk and new wave bands, but Fini Tribe (also referred to as Finitribe) did, in fact, come out of that [...]
ALEXANDRA ALDEN WHEN IS IT TOO LATE? INDEPENDENT Picture this . . . You put high hopes and incredible effort into your second album, decide which track is going to be the single for it, and submit that single to your country’s Eurovision [...]
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS CAUGHT LIGHT PHEROMONE RECORDINGS/HARBOUR SONGS INC. Yes, Great Lake Swimmers have been around for a while, and have a slew of recordings under their belt, but that is not the sole reason they are one of the greatest current [...]
LARKIN POE BLOOM + AN ACOUSTIC COMPANION VOL. II TRICKI-WOO RECORDS Rebecca and Megan Lovell (more professionally known as the duo, Larkin Poe) have become favourites for fans of blues and rock, even though they have had a relatively muted [...]
