Pkew Pkew Pkew Optimal Lifestyles Big Scary Monsters/Dine Alone Records What music has come to lack, in today’s age, is the freshness and angsty volatility carried by classic punk like the Ramones or the Sex Pistols. As synth and electronic [...]
Hawksley Workman Median Age Wasteland Isadora Records Prolific Canadian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman has released his latest album Median Age Wasteland along with a new batch of Spring tour dates across Canada and [...]
Ashley Wilson Paint The Sky Independent For artists who are just starting to gain some notoriety, the natural tendency is to compare them to more familiar names. Though categorizing music can provide a sense of order for listeners trying to [...]
Gordon Lightfoot The Complete Singles 1970-1980 Real Gone Music Gordon Lightfoot is a legend in the fullest sense of the word, an honour that few musicians can claim, especially those who are still alive and active, as Lightfoot fortunately is. [...]
Maria Somerville All My People Independent Maria Somerville’s atmospheric debut, All My People, will make a wonderful addition to the pop world. The native Irish native singer-songwriter adopts an eclectic blend of modern dream pop and Irish [...]
Durand Jones & The Indications American Love Call Dead Oceans/Colemine Records Soul. I have been a fan of Durand Jones since I first heard him. I believe he has the most naturally powerful voice of the decade or longer, and having seen him [...]
Potty Mouth SNAFU Get Better Records Today, the all-female punk band Potty Mouth released their second album, SNAFU. For fans, it has been a long wait since their first album, Hell Bent, released in 2013. The band has its roots in Massachusetts, [...]
Hozier Wasteland, Baby! Island Records With the success of his first record, off the high of the globally recognized “Take Me to Church”, I don’t think anyone could argue that Hozier is facing some expectations this time around. His self-titled [...]
Queensrÿche The Verdict Century Media Washington’s legendary heavy metal outfit Queensrÿche have released a new album The Verdict. Having built their reputation in the ‘80s, their eponymous ‘83 Iron Maiden-esque EP got the band noticed [...]
Jonny Kosmo Jonny Kosmo Independent Los Angeles musician Jonny Kosmo releases his debut album, a collection of disco-tinged psychedelia and funky ‘80s-esque bass. Fresh off a stint as a member of local psych pop band Mr. Elevator, Kosmo features [...]
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers The Best Of Everything Universal Just over six months following the release of the massive career anthology An American Treasure, which featured an abundatnce of never before heard material, the Tom Petty estate [...]
Westkust Westkust Run For Cover Swedish band Westkust has made a comeback with an indie rock self-titled album. . . finally! Westkust made an outstanding return with more of a shoegaze twist than previous releases. With a short but incredibly [...]
Bat Lips Bat Lips Independent Aggression is an undeniable part of being a human, something each of us is primed for. While this predisposition is usually supressed due to the nature of society today, the theme of aggression shines through in [...]
Evi Vine Black // Light // White // Dark Solemn Wave Records Ethereal is a label tacked onto Evi Vine quite often. Yes, she does have an ethereal quality about her but on her new album there are so many more layers than that. She has come into [...]
Them Guns From The Shadows TLG/Ingrooves How would you describe the sound of the Los Angeles quartet Them Guns? Rock synth perhaps? While that may discourage some people right there, the mix of rock ‘n’ roll, synth and industrial hints just . . [...]
Henry Bateman Hide & Seek Independent Henry Bateman is a 22 year old talent, based in Leeds, England. Hide & Seek is his third album, and he continues to progress while paying attention to traditions in the folk genre. Although he is [...]
The Claypool Lennon Delirium South Of Reality ATO Records British/American psychedelic rock band The Claypool Lennon Delirium is back in 2019 with their second studio album South of Reality. The band is made up of virtuoso bassist Les Claypool [...]
Cochemea All My Relations Daptone Records With nearly fifteen years of experience touring the world as a saxophonist with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Cochemea Gastelum is no stranger to the musical world. Within his solo full-length All My [...]
Buck Gooter Finer Thorns Ramp Local Buck Gooter is Billy Brett (vocals, synthesizer, percussion) and Terry Turtle (guitars). Finer Thorns is the duo’s eighteenth album in 14 years. It is amazing not only that the band has made so many albums, [...]
Datarock A Fool At Forty Is A Fool Indeed YAP Records Active since 2000, the Norway-based Datarock has had a high rotation in its lineup, but the founder and mainstay, Fredrik Saroea, has held the project together, releasing some pretty [...]
OHMelectronic OHMelectronic Artoffact Records OHMelectronic is a Vancouver-based collaboration between producer Chris Peterson and musician Craig Joseph Huxtable. Dubbed the “perfect soundtrack for dark times” by the duo’s publicity team, the [...]
Sole Destituent Black Box Tapes/Fake Four, Inc. Wasting no time on a dying planet, Sole opens his latest album, Destituent, with the line, “I can think of nothing more extreme than accepting domination”. With an ‘80s new wave aura, Destituent [...]
Julia Jacklin Crushing Polyvinyl/Universal Music Canada After the success of her debut album, Don’t Let the Kids Win, Julia Jacklin has released her 2nd LP, Crushing, and it’s a wonderfully heartfelt followup that elevates Jacklin as a musician [...]
Matthew Logan Vasquez Light’n Up Dine Alone Records With a range of meandering styles, fine crafted lyrics, playful melodies, and a excellent of story-telling, Light’n Up shows Mathew Logan Vasquez’s most mature and varied collection [...]
