St. Lucia Acoustic Vol. 1 Columbia Records On topic with Marie Kondo’s 2019, St. Lucia has truly decluttered and ridden themselves of everything that doesn’t give them joy, and Acoustic Vol.1 takes on a new, raw sound. Acoustic Vol.1 is a [...]
Cokie The Clown You’re Welcome Fat Wreck Chords There was a time when it would have been impossible to believe that Fat Mike could make you cry. “Fat Mike” Burkett, often-controversial frontman of longstanding punk band NOFX, has an outlet [...]
Cranberries In The End BMG Many bands aspire to be timeless, but The Cranberries are one of the few to have achieved that goal. On In The End, The Cranberries have possibly delivered their finest album in their 30-year and eight-album history, [...]
Josh Ritter Fever Breaks V2 Records Benelux Recorded down in Nashville, Fever Breaks may be Josh Ritter’s most obviously country album. From the instrumentation and lyrics to the vocal inflections Ritter uses as he sings phrases like “y’all [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The Eighth Trip RidingEasy Records Brown Acid: The Eighth Trip is a time capsule which has concealed the secluded and otherworldly Woodstock spirit in a vacuum of proto-metal and stoner-rock absolute gems! The [...]
Oumi Kapila Fix Independent I have come to the point of never being surprised by anything Oumi Kapila does, I just accept that he does as he pleases whether or not it fits in your preconceived notion about him. Fix is his second solo album, and [...]
Nuclear Revenge Let The Tyrants Rise Evil Spell Records/Undercover When listening to Nuclear Revenge’s debut full-length album you are instantly transported back in time back to 1986-87 when black metal and hardcore thrash was truly a [...]
The Rolling Stones Honk Universal Music The Rolling Stones are no strangers to the “best of” compilation, having piled up a whopping 25 since Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), their first singles collection in 1966. Since then we have seen [...]
Cage The Elephant Social Cues RCA Records Cage the Elephant are of a rare breed. They’ve been at it for over decade and have still found a niche where they can be a commercially successful rock band in the streaming era, a rare feat. Like their [...]
We Are Scientists Megaplex: Rise of the Lycans Grönland Records Powerpop duo, We Are Scientists, released the deluxe version of their 2018 album Megaplex, under the name, Megaplex: Rise of the Lycans, on April 19. Let it be noted that We Are [...]
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Music From The Motion Picture: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford Mute Records Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have re-released their critically-acclaimed soundtrack Music from the Motion Picture: [...]
Joyous Wolf Place In Time Roadrunner Records Joyous Wolf is a band in a very curious position. While they don’t quite seem to have the mainstream attention as say Greta Van Fleet for their role in the growing rock revival that is sweeping North [...]
TR/ST The Destroyer House Arrest/Grouch Spooky Canadian electropop project TR/ST is here again in 2019, with his usual ethereal take on club music. The new album, The Destroyer Part 1, is half of a new 2 part effort. The second part is rumored [...]
Waka Flocka Salute Me Or Shoot Me 6 Atlantic Records Waka Flocka has released his newest mixtape titled, Salute Me or Shoot Me 6. With eleven songs and features ranging from Lotto Savage, Comethazine, Prince Ink, and Jimmy Rocket, Waka Flocka is [...]
The Abyssmals Gospels, Hymns And Other Trash! Five Kill Records The Abyssmals first full-band album Gospels, Hymns, And Other Trash! has a lot going for it, including album art and the look of a band that has arrived through a portal from the [...]
Various Artists The Basketball Diaries – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Real Gone Music Soundtracks fall into two categories. There are the original soundtracks, which are usually instrumental music written specifically for the film, [...]
Marty Willson-Piper Hanging Out In Heaven Schoolkids Records Hanging Out In Heaven was Marty Willson-Piper’s fifth solo album, and originally released in 2000. Now keep in mind that he was still working with The Church at this time, as well as [...]
Kenny Roby And 6 String Drag The Jag Sessions: Rare And Unreleased 1996 – 1998 Schoolkids Records There are artists and bands that reach almost mythical status, and Kenny Roby And 6 String Drag is in that category. They released a handful [...]
David J Thoughts And Prayers (7″ Single) Schoolkids Records You can tell David J is pissed. You can see it from his announcement video concerning his new single which is to be released this coming Record Store Day (April 13) with backing [...]
Norah Jones Begin Again Blue Note Records Norah Jones just released her seventh studio album, Begin Again. Jones is a nine-time Grammy award-winning artist that is known for her sultry vocals and jazz lounge piano sound. Since the release of [...]
Lowly Hifalutin Bella Union Danish pop band Lowly initially garnered attention with their dreamy debut Heba, and in their sophomore album on Bella Union, Hifalutin. They further define their sound with all the ethereal textures, vocal overlays, [...]
The Chemical Brothers No Geography Virgin/Universal Music No Geography is The Chemical Brothers ninth studio album, and their first album of all new material since 2015’s Born in the Echoes. The Chemical Brothers are an electronic duo, based in [...]
The Last Bees The Last Bees Independent By the first few notes of his debut EP it becomes obvious that Milwaukee’s Ian Nash, or basically The Last Bees loves The Beatles, particularly their pre-Rubber Soul sound. Who doesn’t? But many might see [...]
88Glam 88Glam 2.5 Republic Records Derek Wise and 88 Camino have released the deluxe version of the original sophomore album, 88Glam2 with 88GLAM 2.5. With an additional two songs and features ranging from Nav and Gunna, Derek Wise and 88 [...]
