Unknown Mortal Orchestra Sex & Food Jagjaguwar It would seem that there are two ways to divide music listeners – those that like falsetto, and those that don’t. I am of the latter opinion. Ruban Nielson, lead singer of New Zealand [...]
Lucy Wise Winter Sun Independent If Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny had a child together, she might sound a lot like Lucy Wise. Wise is an Australian singer/songwriter in the folk tradition and Winter Sun is her solo debut album. She has issued [...]
Eels The Deconstruction E Works/PIAS The Deconstruction, Eels’ twelfth album, manages to maintain a laid-back, mellow sound while simultaneously evoking vocalist Mark Oliver Everett’s deep soulfulness through a series of impassioned laments and [...]
Mien Mien Rocket Recordings Composed of The Black Angel’s Alex Maas, The Horror’s Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham, MIEN is something of a psychedelic supergroup. With the band’s members crossing [...]
King Ropes Green Wolverine Independent Most modern rock is inoffensive, for better or for worse. Bands like Wilco, Franz Ferdinand, and Cold War Kids trade the angst of the ’90s and the chauvinism of the ’80s for more introspective [...]
The Vaccines Combat Sports Sony Music With punchy melodies on top of their signature sound, The Vaccines fourth full length album Combat Sports gives new meaning to the phrase if it isn’t broken, don’t bother fixing it. The 5-man indie rock [...]
The Voidz Virtue Cult Records This is an album more than any other that I have experienced recently that forces the listener to consider their filters. The kneejerk, traditional subjective thinking of “I like this” or “I dislike this” is [...]
Craig Finn & Kevin Devine Devinyl Splits No. 7 Bad Timing Records/Devinyl Records Kevin Devine has been doing an interesting series of vinyl records called “Devinyl Splits.” These are a series where he pairs with an artist and records two [...]
deadmau5 where’s the drop? mau5trap There is something about both the music that deadmau5, aka Joel Zimmerman, makes and the opinionated, and at times combative, persona that he has created that is hard to nail down; he and his music are equally [...]
Echo Collective Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac 7K! Music Echo Collective is a band based in Brussels, Belgium, formed by classically trained musicians Neil Leiter (viola) and Margaret Hermant (violin/harp). Recently they paired up with Erasure [...]
Mark Peters 24 Years Audio Heart Records Each artist who mixes pop, folk, and rock together has their own recipe. John Mayer favors the pop ingredient, Ben Howard’s focus is on being technically proficient in his hybrid folk guitar playing, and [...]
Paul Maged The Glass River Independent It won’t take long for listeners to pick out all of the ingredients in Paul Maged’s latest album, The Glass River. There’s a little bit of Queen, a little bit of Nick Cave, a little bit of Father John [...]
The Tillers The Tillers Sofaburn It has been about five years since the Tillers released an album. Their last album, 2013’s Hand On The Plow, was well received and had the band poised for an even bigger audience. Since 2008, The Tillers have [...]
…And We All Die Modern Day Privateers (Remixes) + Outtakes Independent …And We All Die is a collective of musicians organized by Raymond Burton Estes. He formed …And We All Die in 2000, and by my count they have issued a number [...]
Field Report Summertime Songs Verve Label Group The opening lyric of “Summertime”, mid-way into folk-rock band Field Report’s third album Summertime Songs, is almost a dare: “She said ‘Why don’t you try summertime songs?” In his own particular [...]
The Claudettes Dance Scandal At The Gymnasium! Yellow Dog Records The Claudettes are a very special group. They’re putting out music that sounds unlike like anything out there now. The group consists of Johnny Iguana on piano and as chief [...]
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Seedlings All Rough Trade Records Coming off a very well received album in 2016, Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker have dropped their latest album Seedlings All. The album has a great message behind it because the [...]
Jack White Boarding House Reach Third Man Records Boarding House Reach is an anomaly. One moment is full of emotion, passion and cutting-edge music. The next moment you’re asking what the hell you just listened to. A mix of hip-hop, rock, [...]
Trevor Burnett 4 Yotam Independent Trevor Burnett is an artist born and raised in Montreal. However, he has spent the last few years travelling the world. While travelling, it would seem that Burnett was working on his writing and music. 4 Yotam [...]
Thundercat, OG Ron C & The Chopstars Drank Brainfeeder In 2017 Thundercat released his third full length album titled Drunk, an eclectic mix of hip-hop, jazz, funk, and R&B. Later that year, it was unofficially remixed by OG Ron C & [...]
Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots Warner Music Since releasing new music in the fall of last year with new singer Jeff Gutt, following a twenty-six year long career full of massive success, innovation, breakups, reunions, and tragically, [...]
The Oak Ridge Boys 17th Avenue Revival Lightning Rod Records The Oak Ridge Boys have been around for a very long time, this current lineup has been together since the mid 1970s. Interestingly they may not have the commercial success they once [...]
Rich Aucoin Hold Independent It’s always good news when the word comes down that Rich Aucoin has a new record out. His recordings are so much fun to listen to, and Hold is no exception. This EP is Aucoin’s first release of new music since his [...]
Hot Snakes Jericho Sirens Sub Pop Rock’s not dead — it’s alive and well, and just got a kick in the ass with Jericho Sirens, the new album from Hot Snakes. While it has been fourteen years since their last release, (2004’s Audit In [...]
