Hot Knives Static Bloom Independent Brooklyn based power trio, Hot Knives, have released Static Bloom, their debut EP ahead of a full length album that is slated for release later this year. While little is known of the psychedelic noise rock [...]
Archie And The Bunkers Songs From The Lodge Dirty Water Records Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio comes the punk rock duo Archie And The Bunkers. Consisting of the O’Connor brothers: Cullen on vocals and organ, along with Emmett on drums and vocals. [...]
Chris Squire Fish Out Of Water Esoteric Records/Cherry Red Records Fish Out of Water was released in 1975, when Yes was on a hiatus. Following 1974’s Relayer, the band took a break while members pursued solo projects. Fish Out Of Water was [...]
Jennifer Warnes Another Time, Another Place BMG Jennifer Warnes released her debut in 1968 (I Can’t Remember Everything), and although the album was critically acclaimed, it failed to chart. However, that album and her second one came to the [...]
Cup Jitter Visions Aagoo Records Cup is Tym Wojcki, based in Brooklyn. Jitter Visions is the eighth studio release under the name Cup, and this album is not for the weak of heart. This is a full on audio assault on the senses, and it is quite [...]
Greg Keelor Last Winter Warner Music Last Winter is the fifth solo effort from Blue Rodeo co-frontman Greg Keelor, and it is surprising in its tone and artistry. Blue Rodeo fans, please set your yearning for that classic country-rock sound [...]
Jonas Bonnetta All This Here Idea Of North Recordings Jonas Bonnetta usually records under the name Evening Hymns, and although Bonnetta usually includes an ambient track on the Evening Hymns albums, All This Here, is his first ambient album. [...]
Okkervil River In The Rainbow Rain ATO Records This is Okkervil River’s first album since 2016’s Away, and their ninth album in total. Leader Will Schiff is back with an album full of strong melodies and stirring lyrics. Usually the band changes [...]
Bossie Not Pictured Culvert Music Young Toronto recording artist Bossie (Anne Douris) has release her debut album Not Pictured featuring a mix of catchy radio infused synth-pop tracks a-la Carly Rae Jepsen and Taylor Swift, with lyrics about [...]
Willie Nelson Last Man Standing Legacy Recordings A song writing legend who needs no introduction, Willie Nelson returns with his sixty-seventh solo record, Last Man Standing. In what is without a doubt a truly incredible and expansive [...]
Speedy Ortiz Twerp Verse Carpark Records Grunge-infused, indie-rock foursome Speedy Ortiz are a bit of an enigma, and not just in the attempt to place them in a genre that comes somewhere close to describing them. Sonically, they revel in [...]
Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco You’Re Driving Me Crazy Sony Music/Legacy Recordings Van Morrison fans are having a good year. You’re Driving me Crazy is Van Morrison’s third album since September, 2017. Quite a remarkable feat by [...]
Kid Koala Floor Kids (Original Video Game Soundtrack) Arts & Crafts It is no surprise, given his hard-to-contain talent and countless sources of artistic inspiration, that Eric San (aka Kid Koala) would get involved in the creation of a [...]
Post Malone Beerbongs and Bentleys Republic Records Post Malone sophomore album, Beerbongs and Bentleys, doesn’t fail to deliver. With 19 tracks on the album, and featuring guest artists ranging from Nicki Minaj, G-eazy, YG, and 21 Savage, [...]
Blossoms Cool Like You Universal Music/EMI Remember the Brighton-based foursome The Kooks? They were literally the soundtrack to the summer of 2006 with several singles taken from their debut Inside In/Inside Out. The British public loved them [...]
Cancer Bats The Spark That Moves Bat Skull Records/New Damage Records In celebration of 4/20 or in anticipation of Record Store Day, Cancer Bats have released their sixth album, The Spark That Moves. Released as a surprise, The Spark That Moves [...]
Donovan Woods Both Ways Meant Well Both Ways is the fifth album from Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods. It is a strong collection of songs that defies genre labels. For those who are unfamiliar with Woods’ music, echoes of songwriters [...]
Drinks Hippo Lite Birth Records Hippo Lite is one of the most unique albums released this year. Simply put, it is brilliant. Drinks is made up of Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley (White Fence) and Hippo Lite is their second album as Drinks. It is [...]
Mother Mother O My Heart: Live Sessions Universal Music Canada Ten years after its release, Canadian indie rock group Mother Mother has decided to revisit their very first album, O My Heart. Rather than do a simple rerelease or tour alone, the [...]
Strvngers Amor/Noir Negative Gain Strvngers is a Canadian duo, and Armor/Noir is their third album, and perhaps their most accessible. Hailing from small town Alberta, Maria Joaquin (vocals) and KC (music) have honed their craft very well on [...]
Hyways Hyways Union Zero Hyways hail from Seattle, and Hyways is their self-titled debut album. The band consists of Mike Giacolino (lead vocal, guitar, harmonica), Nils Petersen (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), Jay Kardong (pedal steel, [...]
Andy Bassford The Harder They Strum Registered Alien Records The movie soundtrack has been an important part of the music business since the advent of the long playing disc, or LP, in the late 1940s. The LP was an excellent format for musical [...]
The Free Label This Some Kind Of Love Independent The Free Label is five piece band, based in Toronto. This Some Kind Of Love is their debut EP and although it contains only three songs, it does demonstrate a band on their way to creating their [...]
Young Valley Young Valley Dial Back Sound Young Valley is a group of young men with big dreams and a big southern sound. They recently released their self-titled second album. The group uses their unique power of three songwriters and vocalists [...]
