Beauty In Chaos Finding Beauty In Chaos 33.3 Records Beauty In Chaos is more a concept than a band. For those old enough to remember, they are kind of like This Mortal Coil, but with Beauty in Chaos, it is all organized and orchestrated by [...]
John Scofield Combo 66 Universal Music Acclaimed jazz guitarist John Scofield has returned with Combo 66, his latest full-length album following 2016’s Country For Old Men – his previous album as a band leader – and last year’s collaborative [...]
Edward And Jane Too Early To Tell Independent Edward and Jane are Edward and Jane Carpenter, a married couple from Chattanooga, Tennessee and Edward and Jane is also the name of their six piece band. Too Early To Tell is their sophomore [...]
All Them Witches ATW New West Records There is no question that Nashville-based quartet All Them Witches are capable of producing music for the genre that they are frequently pigeon-holed into – psychedelic/stoner rock – but it does them no [...]
Electric Citizen Helltown RidingEasy Records Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, Electric Citizen have returned with their third full-length album, Helltown. It was named after their hometown – Northside was commonly referred to as Helltown in the [...]
Mini Mansions Works Every Time Fiction Records For their first release since 2015’s full length album, The Great Pretenders, Mini Mansions have returned with Works Every Time, a four track EP released with the purpose of ushering in a new sound [...]
This Will Destroy You New Others Part One Dark Operative It can be difficult to stand out as an artist in the world of post-rock, not least because of how easy it is to fall into the clichés of repeated arpeggios and delayed tremolos that [...]
Android Lust Shores Unknown Independent Shores Unknown is a new and somewhat short release from Shikee, known as Android Lust. It is her first release since last year’s remarkable Berlin album. This EP is really three songs (there are also two [...]
One In The Chamber I’ve Got Something To Say… Independent I’ve Got Something to Say… is One In The Chamber’s debut studio EP. They have released a live mini album (Live At The Rockpile) and an EP of demos (The Boston Session: [...]
Frontperson Frontrunner Oscar St. Records Frontperson sees Mark Andrew Hamilton (Woodpigeon) and Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine, The New Pornographers) intertwining their misty and sombre sensibilities into a dark, but ultimately hopeful [...]
Sluff On Debris Siluh Records Drowsily miming in a deserted natatorium for the video to “Deep Blue,” Sluff may want you to think they’re not trying very hard, but there’s nothing lackadaisical about debut album On Debris. Production-wise, the [...]
SVIN Virgin Cuts Momeatdadrecords From a Scandinavian record player in the middle of Copenhagen, this record reaches out to you. In the same furious manner as Pardans comes another avant garde rock band from Copenhagen called SVIN. SVIN is the [...]
Abby Zotz Local Honey Independent Abby Zotz has been making music for most of her life. Music has taken her on paths she may not have imagined, but it has been a big part of her life. She has formed and participated in several bands since the [...]
Ben Pirani How Do I Talk To My Brother Colemine Records Ben Pirani has been making music for a while, and comes from a musical family. His father, Leonard was a professional musician, his parents were also the music directors at a Pentecostal [...]
Macy Gray Ruby Mack Avenue Records Macy Gray’s voice reminds one of being wrapped up in a blanket of sunlight. Soulful, warm, and iconic, Gray’s vocal magic has made sweet love to our ears yet again in her tenth studio album, Ruby. Calling Ms. [...]
Villagers The Art Of Pretending To Swim Domino Records Listening to the new Villagers album The Art Of Pretending To Swim, Ireland’s Conor O’Brien’s absolutely adorable voice once again stands out. This time O’Brien has written nine new songs [...]
Richard Reed Parry Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1 Secret City Records “First the rain begins, and the quiet, it settles in/And it’s awesome.” ~Richard Reed Parry, “Gentle Pulsing Dust” There is much to be said for retreat. To shut out the roar [...]
Liars Titles With The Word Fountain Mute Records Titles With The Word Fountain (TWTWF) is the eighth studio album by Liars. The 17-track LP was recorded alongside Liars’ previous 2017 album, Theme From Crying Fountain (TFCF) and stands as a [...]
Prince Piano & A Microphone 1983 Warner Music Since the tragic passing of Prince on April 21, 2016, the Prince estate has slowly begun releasing new material from the artist’s fabled – and quite literal –vault of unreleased music. For [...]
The Neighbourhood Ever Changing Columbia Records West Coast indie rock outfit The Neighbourhood, who brought you such hits as “Sweater Weather” and “Daddy Issues,” are back with an EP of five dark electropop tracks. The band, who originally [...]
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Living The Dream AD4 Records Slash is back from a two year trek circling the globe in his day job with Guns N’ Roses. This new album, Living The Dream, was supposed to have been released a [...]
Al1ce The Thirteenth Hour The Alice Project Al1ce, a collective of musicians, visual artists, filmmakers and other creatives based out of Los Angeles, have released their latest album The Thirteenth Hour. Formed by former members of the band [...]
Vishtèn Horizons Select Distribution Vishtèn have been around for about 15 years, and Horizons is album number six for this trio. Consisting of Acadian sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc from PEI and Pascal Miousse from the Magdalen Islands [...]
David Guetta 7 Parlophone/Big Beat Records Upon first listen, being unfamiliar with previous work, I was under the impression that the artist of recently released 7 was a sweet, soft voiced female. However, Guetta is very much male, as is Jack [...]
