IAMX Alive In New Light Caroline/Universal Music IAMX is really Chris Corner, formerly of Sneaker Pimps. He has been recording and performing under the name IAMX since 2004 and Alive In New Light is IAMX’s eighth studio album. This is also being [...]
Milk & Bone Deception Bay Bonsound Milk & Bone, Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin, established their ability to craft emotionally-stirring, musically-sophisticated songs with their 2015 debut, Little Mourning. Now their [...]
Rhye Blood Last Gang The soulful R&B duo that is Rhye has never shied away from getting personal. The intimate subject matter and soothing qualities of Mike Milosh’s vocals are distinct factors that give Rhye its mesmerizing sound. [...]
The Sheepdogs Changing Colours Warner Music You’d be forgiven if the vision of Canada’s rolling plains, shoulder-high wheat, and farm country didn’t immediately send you to thoughts of southern rock. Canada’s prairies aren’t exactly Alabama or [...]
Simple Minds Walk Between Worlds BMG Led by singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill, ’80s art-rock band Simple Minds has returned with its latest album since 2014’s well-received Big Music, produced by the band along with Andy Wright and [...]
CONFRONTING RACISM, PANTERA AND THE ILLEGALS A CONVERSATION WITH PHILIP H. ANSELMO Kind, well-spoken, genuine, and misunderstood. These are the words I would use to describe Philip H. Anselmo after speaking to the metal icon for over two hours. [...]
Fox Medicine Greetings From Mars Independent Oregon-based duo Fox Medicine follows up on their debut EP Based on Need with Greetings from Mars, a satisfying, sludge-induced haze of glittery fuzz rock and noise. The duo consisting of vocalist and [...]
The Cavemen The Cavemen Dirty Water Records Since their formation in 2013, The New Zealand punk outfit The Cavemen has released a string of singles, as well their debut self-titled record in 2015. Now, after relocating to London and signing with [...]
The Prefab Messiahs Psychsploitation . . . Today! Lolipop Records/Burger Records It was once said that Electric Light Orchestra picked up where The Beatles stopped at “Strawberry Fields Forever.” If that is true, then The Prefab Messiahs pick [...]
We Are Temporary Embers Trisol Music Group Brooklyn-based producer Mark Roberts returns with a record that captures a wide spectrum of human emotions under the veil of tightly-constructed electronic synth pop that refuses to stay in one place. [...]
Beechwood Songs From The Land Of Nod Alive Records With the nostalgic sting of 90’s glam punk and a hint of new age alt rock, Beechwood’s latest album Songs from the Land of Nod packs a great punch with its 10-track release. The trio of [...]
Long Neck Will This Do? Tiny Engines Long Neck, a project led by Lily Mastrodimos, returns with their sophomore effort Will This Do?, and have garnered a good amount of hype prior to this release. This album not only lives up to the hype but [...]
The Spook School Could It Be Different? Slumberland Records With Could It Be Different? The Spook School brings their theatrical brand of indie pop full circle. Following the release of 2015’s Try To Be Hopeful, the group finds themselves as [...]
Ampline Passion Relapse SofaBurn Records Pure energy from the first second to the last, Passion Relapse begins with the short-but-powerful “Shrunken Heads” and does not let up to the last few seconds of the last track, “Stab.” This is energetic [...]
Project Pitchfork Akkretion Trisol Music Group Project Pitchfork is an electronic band based out of Hamburg, Germany. Akkretion is their 17th studio album, and their first since 2016’s Look Up, I’m Down There. This is yet another album delving [...]
Jim Cuddy Constellation Warner Music Quiet and unassuming, Jim Cuddy’s fourth studio album released on January 26 is a poetic and easy listen that once again proves how Jim has entangled himself in the fabric of the Canadian sound. Combining [...]
Nils Frahm All Melody Erased Tapes Nils Frahm fans have been waiting two years for their favourite pianist-composer to retrofit Saal 3, Funkhaus, in Berlin with a new studio. Here Frahm recorded All Melody, his 8th album set to be released on [...]
Omhouse Eye To Eye Independent Omhouse’s Eye to Eye has been a long time in the making, and the wait was well worth it. Omhouse is a Toronto-based band and until recently was one person, Steven Foster. For Eye to Eye, Omhouse’s debut album, he [...]
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue Housecore Records Philip H. Anselmo is not one to sit still for very long. While most known for his vocal work with Pantera, the metal legend keeps himself very busy with a [...]
Cadence Weapon Cadence Weapon Upper Class Recordings Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, artist Roland “Rollie” Pemberton, better known as Cadence Weapon, recently dropped his fourth full-length release. The new self-titled album, has earned him [...]
Nick Crook Sunday Drive Independent Nick Crook’s first full length studio album, Sunday Drive, is out now and it is a must hear. If you’re a fan of John Mayer, or any blues pop artist for that matter, then Nick is making the perfect music for [...]
Joe Perry Sweetzerland Manifesto Roman Records A true legend of the 1970s best known for his work as the lead guitarist from arguably the best hard-rock band of the era, Aerosmith, Joe Perry has released his eighth solo record, Sweetzerland [...]
Bahamas Earthtones Brushfire Records With the latest release of Earthtones from Toronto-based Bahamas (the incredible solo project of Afie Jurvanen), the emphasis is purely on ’70s R&B chill grooves. The beautifully-soulful production [...]
Tune-Yards I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life 4AD The Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE–yArDs) is a duo who has been recording since 2009. The band is really the brainchild of Merrill Garbus, who started the band in 2006. In 2009, [...]
