Nick Oliveri N.O. Hits At All Vol. 4 Heavy Psych Sounds N.O. Hits At All Vol.4 stands as the fourth and final installment of Nick Oliveri’s No Hits At All series, a collection of records that chronicle the vocalist and bassist’s released – and [...]
The Doors Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 Eagle Vision For the first time since 1970, The Doors performance at the legendary Isle of Wight gets officially released; which begs us to ask the question, why now? It seems odd that a [...]
Charlotte Day Wilson Stone Woman Independent Coming 18 months after her critically acclaimed debut EP, CDW, Stone Woman is the latest instalment in Charlotte Day Wilson’s vision of modern soul. Featuring Wilson’s signature smooth [...]
Hollywood Sinners Khöme Kakkä Dirty Water Records With 17 years of being a band under their belt, Spanish garage punk band Hollywood Sinners — one of the best band names I have heard in quite a while — has released their fourth full-length [...]
Divide And Dissolve Abomination Dero Arcade Like coffee and cigarettes, music and politics are just made for each other. Inherently, all music carries with it a socio-political value, and Texan-Australian duo Divide and Dissolve throws this [...]
Everything Is Recorded Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell XL Recordings Richard Russell founded XL Recordings in 1989, and since that time XL has produced some of the most original and coolest dance records released in the last 25 years. [...]
Jamison Isaak EP1 Flora Since 2010, Abbotsford, BC’s Jamison Isaak has been creating “compelling, melodic and atmospheric” music under a variety of guises: synth-poppy Teen Daze, dancey Pacific Coliseum, and folky Two Bicycles. EP1 is Jamison’s [...]
Car Seat Headrest Twin Fantasy Matador Records There is a debate that could be had, with Twin Fantasy the fulcrum upon which both sides balance, as to whether Will Toledo is more emotionally tortured or musically gifted. Originally recorded in [...]
Belle And Sebastian How To Solve Our Human Problems – Part 3 Matador Records “Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination,” sings violinist Sarah Martin in the opening song “Poor Boy.” And she is right. The conversation begins. The [...]
Len Mizzoni Waves Of Indigo Independent Len Mizzoni is no stranger to the music business. A one-time member of Frozen Ghost, Mizzoni has been solo for the last few years. This resulted in 2016’s EP, Special Love. His latest release, Waves of [...]
Neal Morse Life & Times Radiant Records Neal Morse is one busy guy. It is time for his 19th solo studio album, and a further two studio albums as The Neal Morse Band. He released two albums in 2016, one solo and one with The Neal Morse Band. [...]
Glass Tiger 31 Halo Entertainment Group Into the eye of the “Glass Tiger”… Not too many bands (let alone Canadian) can say that they’ve been together for more than 31 years, but the boys from Newmarket, Ontario can speak to that unique [...]
Ought Room Inside The World Merge Records/Royal Mountain Records Ought’s third full length album takes a step away from the chaotic and frantic punk songs they’ve become known for and moves towards a more refined sound. The transition is made [...]
Ezra Furman Transangelic Exodus Bella Union I can think of no better way to start this review than with a simple statement of fact: This album is exhausting. It may also be absolutely bloody brilliant. I have spent the past two days scouring my [...]
The Wombats Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life Kobalt Music Recordings Liverpool threesome The Wombats have, since their debut album, 2007’s A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, championed both melodic British pop sensibility and [...]
Brian Fallon Sleepwalkers Island Records Most casual listeners think they have Brain Fallon figured out: Take Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey-based street poetry and crank the guitars and angst to 11. While most of Fallon’s work with his original [...]
sTrès Oui Poised To Flourish Shrimper/Revolver The culmination of Nate Cardaci’s gestating creative energy showcases itself with an inspired and arresting full-length debut from Très Oui. What originally started as a side project has flourished [...]
Franz Ferdinand Always Ascending Domino Records Experimentation is the name of the game when it comes to Franz Ferdinand’s latest album release, Always Ascending. Combining the hip dance beats and loveable Bowie-esque vocals of their previous [...]
MGMT Little Dark Age Sony Music After meeting at Wesleyan University in the early 2000s, Brooklyn-based MGMT has returned with their fourth album, Little Dark Age, with highly-mixed results. Following their breakout debut, 2007’s [...]
Toto Greatest Hits: 40 Trips Around The Sun Legacy Recordings Toto was the Steely Dan of pop music. Top-notch session musicians who went the route of pop music when they formed a band. Very L.A. and very commercial and always very good. To [...]
Son Lux Brighter Wounds City Slang Brighter Wounds is the breakthrough album for Son Lux. Son Lux has been teetering towards the next level for a couple of years. Soundtracks, concerts, guest appearances, and now the long-awaited album Brighter [...]
Good Lovelies Shapeshifters Independent Kerri Ough, Caroline Brooks and Sue Passmore are the Good Lovelies. The group has been around since 2006 and issued their first EP in 2007 (Oh My!). Their first album was released in 2009 (Good Lovelies), [...]
Dashboard Confessional Crooked Shadows Dine Alone Records I have to be honest, I was a little surprised when I listened to the first Dashboard Confessional album in nine years (their last studio album was 2009’s Alter the Ending). I was [...]
AWOLNATION Here Come The Runts Red Bull Records Aaron Bruno comes back in a louder way since his 2015 release “Run.” The rustic and 70s inspired artwork might make listeners believe that AWOLNATION has taken a more organic route than his [...]
