Roger Waters The Soldier’s Tale Sony In 1917, while the First World War continued, Igor Stravinsky composed the music for L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) with the text being written by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. It was [...]
Laura Gibson Goners Barsuk Records Goners, the sixth studio album by Laura Gibson, is unlike anything she’s ever released before. Gibson explains that her newest record is, “about grief, but more specifically, it’s about the ways we [...]
The Callas With Lee Ranaldo Trouble And Desire Inner Ear/Dirty Water Records Lee Ranaldo could not have found a better outfit to collaborate with than The Callas. I’m not sure about other releases they may have, but on Trouble and Desire they [...]
Blondie Heart Of Glass EP Numero Group/Universal Music 2019 promises to be a big year for Blondie fans. According to the band, Blondie are set to re-release their catalogue with many never before heard songs and versions of their hits. To whet [...]
STEREO in SOLO Somewhere Out There – The Xtended Versions EP M&S/Believe Earlier this year, the brilliant Thierry Noritop returned with his new project STEREO in SOLO and the album Somewhere Out There. Now he continues with new music [...]
Shad A Short Story About A War Secret City Records With the sporadic ramblings from pop stars and other notable lunatics controlling the climate of political reliability and social information, A Short Story About A War delivers the raw reality [...]
The Kinks The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society – 50th Anniversary Edition Sanctuary Records In November, 1968 The Kinks released The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, an album that is now considered a [...]
Stew Hot Independent Hailing from Sweden, Stew very well may be among some of the most interesting rock revivalists around as they take classic rock from the late 1960s to mid ‘70s and blend it with a rich sense of the blues and early soul. The [...]
Brainoil Singularity To Extinction Tankcrimes There is a certain dissection of sounds that is integral to the core of many sludge metal acts, especially ones that incorporate the styling of doom and crust punk. Long-running Oakland outfit [...]
Handsome Jack Everything’s Gonna Be Alright Alive Naturalsound Records Handsome Jack is a blues rock trio from upstate New York and while their city of Lockport may be known more for the Erie Canal running through its center rather than sporting [...]
Yeses Yeses Independent Yeses’ debut self-titled EP dropped October 19 and offers a unique addition to the world of alternative music. Upon hearing it for the very first time, the extended play brings an unexplainable sense of nostalgia to the [...]
Whispering Sons Image Cleopatra Records It’s a handy little tag, to refer to a band using the statement, “If Joy Division were female-fronted and Belgian”. One certainly gets the concept right away, and the comparison is well founded. Image, the [...]
Jim Dan Dee Jim Dan Dee Independent Hailing from Toronto, but sounding like they come out of the deep south, Jim Dan Dee have created a distinct style of the blues that crosses over into several other genres. Jim Dan Dee is their first [...]
Disturbed Evolution Reprise Chicago-based metal icons Disturbed are back with their seventh studio album after a year long hiatus. Their album, aptly titled Evolution, takes the band to a new stage in their career. With their widely successful [...]
Big Bliss At Middle Distance Exit Stencil Recordings If there ever were to be a second post-punk revival, Big Bliss would be its standard-bearer. Anyone looking for a primer on post-punk have it all here on the Brooklyn band’s debut At Middle [...]
Yoko Ono Warzone Chimera Records Yoko Ono’s debut solo album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band was released in November 1970, and since then she has astounded and sometimes confused rock audiences with her own style of music. Let me stress, it has [...]
Arkells Rally Cry Universal Music The newest release from nationally renowned Hamilton rockers Arkells sees them embracing their newfound fame in a big way. Piano-driven grooves dominate Rally Cry, giving the album a very humble sound that is [...]
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Original Film Soundtrack Virgin/Universal Music Canada Bohemian Rhapsody Original Film Soundtrack is Queen at its absolute best. Gearing up for the worldwide release of Bohemian Rhapsody, which will be out in Canadian [...]
Ace Frehley Spaceman Entertainment One Music There have been many comebacks of sorts in Ace Frehley’s 45-year-long career. The new album, Spaceman, is not a comeback in terms of KISS fans because he has been putting out plenty of music to [...]
Greta Van Fleet Anthem Of The Peaceful Army Republic Records While 2017 was the year Greta Van Fleet popped onto everyone’s radar with the strong release of their debut double EP, From The Fires. Since then, Greta Van Fleet has continued to make [...]
Blancmange Wanderlust Blanc Check Records Wanderlust is the sixth album released by Blancmange since original member, and one half of the band, Stephen Luscombe left the band due to health issues. Neil Arthur has carried on with the name, and [...]
Dave Allen Live At The Five & Dime Independent Toronto’s Dave Allen came up with When The Demons Come, one of the more sublime debut albums of 2017 and still he seems to be flying under the radar. Trying to rectify the situation and in [...]
This Will Destroy You New Others Part Two Dark Operative With their critically acclaimed New Others Part One having been released on September 28th of this year and a North American tour in support thereof scheduled throughout this fall, it [...]
Grass Fresh Grass Independent Fresh Grass is the first EP from Brooklyn stoner rock band GRASS. Faithful to genre standards, the group delivers melodic vocals and dire lyrics against midtempo heavy rock. While solid instrumentation is evident on [...]
