Paul McCartney Egypt Station MPL/Capitol Records Egypt Station is Paul McCartney’s first album of all new material since 2013’s New. He has issued other music, a retrospective collection (Pure McCartney), a couple of one off singles, and he was [...]
The Heck “For Cryin’ Out Loud”/”Panic Attack” Dirty Water Records Hailing from Drenthe in the Netherlands, comes the latest vintage rock outfit from the Dirty Water Records roster, The Heck. Led by Henri Keefman (De [...]
Lil Berete Icebreaker New Gen/XL Recordings Things are moving fast for young Toronto rapper Lil Berete, with some strong singles over the last year or so now followed by his debut album, the eight-track mixtape Icebreaker, mostly just down to [...]
Hozier Nina Cried Power Sony Music It’s been four years since the release of Hozier’s debut self-titled album, save for a single cinematic track, “Better Love,” penned for the 2016’s “The Legend of Tarzan”. Now, Hozier has finally and mercifully [...]
IDLES Joy As An Act Of Resistance Partisan Records 2016’s Brutalism was a thundering debut full of urgency and action but what sets 2018’s Joy as an Act of Resistance apart is the more measured, intuitive approach the band have taken. There is [...]
Burning Codes Liberator Coded Recordings Burning Codes is really Belfast-based musician and artist, Paul Archer. Archer has released five albums under that name, and Liberator is album six. And, to be honest, Liberator is the best Burning Codes [...]
Iron & Wine Weed Garden Sub Pop Sam Beam wrote a lot of material for his last album with Iron and Wine, the Grammy nominated Beast Epic. So much actually, that six songs now come out as an EP entitled Weed Garden, which is quite a title. It [...]
The Pineapple Thief Dissolution Kscope It is a terrifying image, the thought of a group hanging out while each one of them has their eyes glued to their phones. We have all become zombified by that bright blue light, the screens of our cellular [...]
The Kooks Let’s Go Sunshine Sony Music The Kooks have done it again with their fifth studio album, Let’s Go Sunshine. The band has been together since the early 2000s, so they are no stranger to the music scene. Over the years, they have [...]
Neil & Liam Finn Lightsleeper Inertia Music/[PIAS] Neil Finn is constantly full of surprises. Just as he announces that he is joining Fleetwood Mac and preparing for that huge stadium tour, he releases this album with his son, Liam. [...]
The Lemon Twigs Go To School 4AD The Lemon Twigs’ second debut album, Go To School, takes you on a heartbreaking journey of a young boy named Shane who is struggling with suicidal thoughts. Oh, and did I mention that Shane is a chimpanzee? [...]
Justice Woman Worldwide Ed Banger Records/Because Music French dance DJ duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have been one of the most sought after and acclaimed dance acts since their debut in 2011. Capable of crafting some of the most [...]
Interpol Marauder Matador Records Interpol formed in 1997 and released their first studio album in 2002 (Turn On The Bright Lights). Since then there have been member changes and four more albums. Marauder is their sixth album, and their first [...]
Tombstones In Their Eyes Nothing Here Send Me Your Head Records Nothing Here is the third release from L.A.’s Tombstones In Their Eyes. This is psychedelic rock, done 2018 style. Tombstones In Their Eyes’ current lineup is John Treanor (guitar, [...]
Alice In Chains Rainier Fog BMG It has been five years since Alice In Chains released their stellar sophomoric release with William DuVall on vocals, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The album was a smash hit with both critics and fans who chose to [...]
The Pull Of Autumn The Pull Of Autumn RBM Records The Pull of Autumn is a supergroup of sorts, and the origins are a result of mutual admiration by two very talented artists. Luke ‘Skyscraper’ James was a fan of the band Spectral Assignment, [...]
White Denim Performance City Slang Whenever I hear a new song, my brain tries to place the common sounds, tries to pull together references to say, “hey, keep listening, you’ll like this.” White Denim’s Performance is everyone’s brain pulling [...]
Mitski Be The Cowboy Dead Oceans Mitski may be one of the most intriguing young artists making music at the moment and Be The Cowboy, the follow-up to her acclaimed 2016 album Puberty 2, is again full to overflowing with enigmatic, intriguing, [...]
Mystic Braves The Great Unknown Lolipop Records There’s a beach somewhere in Southern California where it’s been the Summer of Love for the last 50 years. The air is consistently thick with the same dizzying heat, and there is always a light [...]
STRFKR Being No One, Going Nowhere (Remixes) Polyvinyl The new take on Stkrfkr’s fifth studio album is an odd one; one that is very difficult in seeing the point of. Whatever structure they created two years ago when the unremixed album came out [...]
Death Cab for Cutie Thank You For Today Warner Music Into their second decade of making music, Death Cab for Cutie’s Thank You for Today is a testament to a band whose career boasts a vast catalogue of poetic lyrics mixed with sun spotted and [...]
Walter Lure & The Waldos Wacka Lacka Loom Bop A Loom Bam Boo Cleopatra Records It has been almost 25 years since Walter Lure has released a studio album. Many know the name from his time with Johnny Thunder and The Heartbreakers and his work [...]
Bear Grass Left Five Kill Records At its very centre, Bear Grass’s new album Left is some fairly standard singer/songwriter kind of stuff. That is not an insult, far from it. The album boasts some amazing melodies and hooks throughout the [...]
Water Slice Water Slice EP Independent Psychedelic-tinged, power pop songwriter Patrick Philips, also known as Water Slice, has arrived with his debut EP and it couldn’t have come at a better time of the year. From the first track, Phillips [...]
