Spray Anthologised By Cherry Red Banoffeesound/Ninthwave Records Spray is a synth-based duo from the U.K., made up of siblings Ricardo Autobahn and Jenny McLaren. Both were originally in the band Cuban Boys (of “Hampsterdance” fame, which was [...]
Loreena McKennitt Lost Souls Quinlan Road Lost Souls is Loreena McKennitt’s tenth studio album, and her first album of original material since 2006’s An Ancient Muse. She has released albums since An Ancient Muse (2008’s A Midwinter Night’s [...]
Morgan X Barrie Fall Independent Being a great singer/songwriter is like hitting in baseball; as long as three out of your ten lines are descriptive, innovative, and interesting then you can be considered one of the greats. However, those few [...]
Actors It Will Come To You Artoffact Records Vancouver-based Actors is one of the latest to wave the post-punk flag with pride. Having made their debut in 2012, Actors are already making waves taking the stage at such stand out festivals as [...]
Deathlist Fun XRAY Records Energetic, quick, and the perfect soundtrack to a radical summer. Deathlist’s Fun is like a warm late night car ride: full of secrets and moody tones. Deathlist (aka Jenny Logan) does a great job wearing her influences [...]
Them Evils Rollin’ Stoned And Livin’ Free Burning Records While North America seems to be in the midst of a rock & roll revival, Southern California based power trio Them Evils has risen in popularity rapidly since touring with [...]
ButchQueen & The Bad Habits Bare Grits Independent Punk music is typically created to inspire either change or chaos. Many punk rockers use the genre’s simple structure and accessibility to send progressive messages with the intent of [...]
Preme Light Of Day Reps Up The Toronto Rapper Preme (formally known as P Reign) has dropped his latest body of work, Light of Day. It has been over three years since, his last project Off the books was released, and with this new album, Preme [...]
Iceage Beyondless Escho Beyondless begins in truly memorable form, with the fire and ferocity of “Hurrah”, a song about our cultural immersion in violence, war, and ultimately death. It is a well-written diatribe against our seeming inner wiring [...]
Jon Hopkins Singularity Domino Records Singularity picks up very similarly to how 2013’s Immunity left off, with renowned composer and DJ Jon Hopkins painstakingly creating music that feels crafted directly from the innermost layers of human [...]
Shonen Knife Alive! In Osaka Good Charamel Records Shonen Knife is a Japanese punk band, formed in 1981 in Osaka, Japan. Their classic debut album, Minna Tanoshiku, was released in 1982 and since then they have issued an astonishing 21 studio [...]
Leon Bridges Good Thing Columbia Records Make no mistake, soulful rhythm & blues singer Leon Bridges is by no means the finished article, and on his sophomore album he has decided to take the type of risks often characterized by young and [...]
Astral Cloud Ashes Dear Absentee Creator Independent Astral Cloud Ashes is the brainchild of Antony Walker and his latest release, entitled Dear Absentee Creator, is a testament to his understanding of melody as well as song structure. Each [...]
High Sunn Missed Connections PNKSLM Records High Sunn is releasing his debut studio album Missed Connections. High Sunn is a solo artist named Justin Cheromiah. For this album he recruited a few friends, Joe Jensen (drums), Freddy Rivera (lead [...]
Frank Turner Be More Kind Xtra Mile Recordings In late 2017, Frank Turner released a career spanning album, Songbook, which included old songs, some reworking of the old songs, and some deep cuts from his catalogue. As this was being issued, he [...]
Arthur Alexander One Bar Left Dead Beat Records Arthur Alexander formed Sorrows in 1977 in New York City. They released two solid, now classic power pop albums, then promptly broke up. He resurfaced on the revered Bomp record label with another [...]
Reuben & The Dark Arms Of A Dream Arts & Crafts Anybody a bit more familiar with Calgary’s Ruben & The Dark has known them so far as just yet another set of indie folkies, albeit with the leader Reuben Bullock possessing an excellent [...]
Dominic Angelella Road Movie Lame-O Records Dominic Angelella has done some seriously incredible work with the likes of Hop Along, Cold Fronts, MewithoutYou, and his most notable being with Lithuania. He has helped with countless popular artists [...]
Emm Gryner Only Of Earth: Days Of Games Dead Daisy Records Emm Gryner is known for her typical folk pop stylings. Her latest project has a little divergence from the norm. It’s a 3-part series known as Only of Earth. It will be accompanied by [...]
Venetian Snares & Daniel Lanois Venetian Snares X Daniel Lanois Planet Mu Records In 1982 I first met a young record producer named Daniel Lanois at his Grant Avenue Recording Studio in Hamilton, Ontario. At the time he was co-producing, [...]
The Dark Live. Create. Destroy. Independent The Dark was formed in Los Angeles in 2015. The band is the brainchild of Brandon Ashley who is the leader of the band. They recorded their debut album, Live. Create. Destroy. in lead singer, Ashley’s [...]
Flesh Eating Foundation We Are Fucked Sonic Entrails Records Flesh Eating Foundation have been recording since 2008, and since then they have amassed quite a catalogue. We Are Fucked is their seventh album, and their best yet. The band consists [...]
Bettye LaVette Things Have Changed Verve Label Group Take a moment to sit and think about the greatest songwriters of all time. Without a doubt, one man comes to mind for every single list: Bob Dylan. Dylan is so talented that he even won a [...]
D.O.A. Fight Back Sudden Death Records It’s always interesting to observe bands that have the staying power to endure through many decades, and D.O.A. is one of those bands. They have been able to create consistent, memorable works within their [...]
