Fox Company Hot Trash Independent You’ve probably never heard of Aussie rockers, Fox Company, so I’ll accept gratitude in advance for the introduction. After years of song turnovers and member changes, Fox Company has just released their hot-ass [...]
Sundecay Gale Independent Every year we find bands and artists creating territories that they feel drawn towards that have otherwise been uncleared, nearly hidden by the overgrowth of sounds that others still continue to sow. Every year there’s [...]
Meek Mill Championships Atlantic Records Meek Mill’s fourth studio album, Championships, is one the best albums of 2018. With 19 tracks and features ranging from Drake, 21 Savage, Cardi B, Jay-Z, PNB Rock, Jermih, Future, Roddy Ricch, and Kodak [...]
Dolly Parton Dumplin’ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sony Music Dolly Parton’s new album, Dumplin’ is just in time for Christmas and has good cause for you to get a copy for your mom (and you) this holiday season. Dumplin’ is the [...]
Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra Bitter-Sweet BMG Bryan Ferry has been down this road before, and it is always welcomed. Ferry is joined by his Orchestra for Bitter-Sweet, a very original and creative reinterpretation of classic Bryan Ferry and [...]
Kaytranada Nothin Like U/Chances EP RCA Nothin Like U/Chances is the highly anticipated new release from Haitian-Canadian producer Kaytranada. The five-track EP is the follow-up from his critically acclaimed debut album 99.9%, which was awarded [...]
Badfinger Badfinger (Expanded Edition) Real Gone Music Badfinger signed to The Beatles’ Apple label in 1968, when they were known as The Iveys. After their first album, they changed their name, Joey Molland joined the band (replacing the [...]
The 1975 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships Dirty Hit Manchester-based band The 1975 has released their impressive third studio album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. The band formed during their high school years and went on [...]
Badfinger Wish You Were Here (Expanded Edition) Real Gone Music Wish You Were Here was Badfinger’s second and last album for Warner Brothers, and as with their album, Badfinger, was originally released in 1974. This was to have been their [...]
Daniel Romano Finally Free You’ve Changed Records/New West Records Finally Free is Daniel Romano’s ninth solo album since his solo debut in 2010 (Workin’ For The Music Man). The one consistency over the years with the Welland, Ontario [...]
Be-Bop Deluxe Sunburst Finish (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set) Esoteric This sumptuous four-disc expanded reissue of Be-Bop Deluxe’s third album is an endless treasure trove for the fan and a perfect tribute to the preposterously talented [...]
Tav Falco Cabaret Of Daggers ORG Music The seventy-three-year-old Tav Falco, who is best known for Tav Falco’s Panther Burns (a Memphis rock ’n’ roll band formed in the late ‘70s), graciously gives us his most recent solo album, Cabaret of [...]
Various Artists Live At Massey Hall – Vol. 1 Arts & Crafts Live At Massey Hall – Vol. 1, released on Nov. 28 for Record Store Day Black Friday, is available on vinyl at various independent record stores across North America. It is a [...]
Calexico The Black Light: 20th Anniversary Edition Quarterstick Calexico, based in Tucson, Arizona, is essentially Joey Burns (vocals, guitars, bass, cello, piano, keyboards, accordion, percussion, vibraphone) and John Convertino (drums). The [...]
Roy Buchanan Live At Town Hall 1974 Real Gone Music Roy Buchanan is one of those artists who seemed to just excel in front of a live audience. A true guitarists’ guitarist, he never had a strong desire to be a studio maverick. Buchanan just [...]
Honey Beard Reverie EP Independent Today, the dance-driven four-track Reverie is released to the world. Recorded in Toronto and mixed and mastered in London, England, the EP follows Toronto-based synth duo, Honey Beard’s full albums: Dreamless [...]
Andy Mackay 3 Psalms Good Deeds Music It has been almost ten years since Andy Mackay has released a solo album (his last solo offering being London! New York! Paris! Rome! credited to Andy Mackay + The Metaphors was released in 2009). Now with [...]
Cheap Trick The Epic Archive Vol. 2 (1980-1983) Real Gone Music Although Cheap Trick has had numerous hit singles and albums, I still think that it is unjustly overlooked. This is a shame, as it is one of the most original bands to emerge from [...]
The Mamas And The Papas The Complete Singles: 50th Anniversary Collection Real Gone Music The Mamas and The Papas were a sensation in the 1960s, scoring 11 top forty singles, seven of which went into the top ten, and of course their sole number [...]
Equador Tribal War Pegdoll Records London-based Equador is producer Henry Binns of Zero 7 and vocalist Bo Bruce of The Voice UK fame. Equador’s new EP Tribal War follows up their 2016 debut Bones of Man with warm, downtempo electronica that’s [...]
The Camino Side Project Of Movement & Music Paul Farran Music Montreal’s Paul Farran has quite an interesting story, and instead of picking up a pen, paintbrush, or mobile camera, he has decided to tell it in the form of a musical [...]
Smashing Pumpkins Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. Napalm Records “We’re gonna make this happen,” begins “Knights of Malta,” the first track of the widely awaited new release from Smashing Pumpkins. 18 years since [...]
Rush Hemispheres: 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition UMe While Rush may be done recording new music and touring as a band, their catalogue lives on with their recent 40th anniversary celebrations as they remaster and repackage their [...]
Mark Knopfler Down The Road Wherever (Deluxe) British Grove/Universal Music With his ninth studio album Down The Road Wherever, Mark Knopfler, former leader and founder of the ‘80s U.K. band Dire Straits, delivers 14 unhurried and (typically for [...]