TRIVIUM STRUCK DEAD ROADRUNNER RECORDS There’s a lot to love about the latest Trivium record. The prominent modern metal four-piece burst back onto the contemporary music scene with a release that reminds audiences why they are a household name [...]
THE SPELLS THE NIGHT HAS EYES GARGANTA PRESS Sometimes, an album just demands multiple voices. That’s the case with The Spells ‘The Night Has Eyes’, which has our team buzzing! We’re thrilled to bring you not one, but two [...]
ASHES AND DIAMONDS ASHES AND DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER CLEOPATRA RECORDS Ashes And Diamonds is a new supergroup. The three members of the band all come from classic alternative rock bands, and all three have certainly left their mark on music [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS HELP – 30th ANNIVERSARY (7-INCH BOX SET) WAR CHILD War Child International is an independent non-government organization founded in 1993 by filmmakers Bill Leeson and David Wilson, as well as peace activist Willemijn [...]
THE BEATROOT ROAD HUMANIMAL INDEPENDENT In most cases when artists/bands attempt to cover as many genres as possible or subgenres on a single album, the first thing that might come to mind to many listeners is that old saying, or a variation of [...]
ISABEL RUMBLE HOLD EVERYTHING LIGHTLY INDEPENDENT There’s not that many chances for singer-songwriters to hide behind others. Both good and bad music they create is solely connected to their name and it is a make or break. At the same [...]
OZREN DEPOLO CHAPTERS (SCREEN & STAGE DANCEFLOOR JAZZ FROM YUGOSLAVIA 1971-1984) Fox and His Friends Records From the 19th century until present day, Zagreb, has been known for many things, including music. Originally classical music emitted [...]
JERRY LEGER WAVES OF DESIRE DEVILDUCK RECORDS Toronto-based roots singer-songwriter Jerry Leger has scored another winner with Waves Of Desire, his latest studio album. Leger consistently rates highly in our reviews, and we at Spill have been [...]
BRAINWASHER 39 LIGHTYEARS FROM HEAVEN MOTHLAND 39 Lightyears From Heaven, the debut LP from the Oklahoma City two-piece Brainwasher, is certainly not your grandma’s/grandpa’s rock ‘n’ roll record. It’s experimental by default, ambitious, and [...]
APAULL HOMOGENY (REMIXES) FURNACE ROOM RECORDS The Dutch Canadian electronica artist apaull has dropped another load of tunes. This time, he brings us remixes of music from his February 2025 release, Homogeny. Designed for the dance floor, the [...]
MAGIC WANDS CASCADES METROPOLIS RECORDS In the 1983 erotic horror film The Hunger, Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie play vampires who scout goth clubs for young victims they can take home and devour. The opening scene very memorably features [...]
JOHN BORRA LAST DANCE AT THE E ROOM COUSIN JEB RECORDS Being that I’m not of Canadian shores, this being my first listen to the four-decade legend that is John Borra was something of great happenstance. Last Dance At The E Room is a love letter [...]
ADELINE HOTEL WATCH THE SUNFLOWERS RUINATION RECORDS Come to think of it, you could easily classify the music of Dan Knishkowy and Adeline Hotel as autumnal. After all, if you look at the band’s back catalogue, the last five albums, [...]
THE NOISY THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS EVEN MORE MEAT Audio Antihero Listening to The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat, you start seeing why The Noisy have had quite a strong following on Philadelphia’s local music and performance scene. [...]
JOYER ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE JULIA’S WAR RECORDINGS Is alternative/indie rock, as it was known during its prime in the late ‘90s, a dying breed? Not if you ask brothers Nick and Shane Sullivan, the duo known artistically as Joyer, [...]
JORY NASH THE LIGHT STILL SHINES ON THE MAIN INDEPENDENT Aside from it being an excellent album, the fact that Jory Nash’s The Light Still Shines On The Main even exists is something remarkable. After a career that spanned 30 years, during [...]
MAMMOTH THE END BMG Since the 2023 release of Mammoth II, the Wolfgang Van Halen-led project has toured the world, sharing the stages with the likes of Metallica, Pantera, and Foo Fighters. The band has now returned with The End, which once [...]
BIG WRECK THE REST OF THE STORY SONIC UNYON Following a series of four EPs released within the first three years of the decade, Big Wreck have returned with their first full-length album since 2019’s …But For The Sun. Recorded during the same [...]
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS LOVE KRAFT STRANGE TOWN RECORDS Super Furry Animals formed in Wales in 1993 and released their debut album, Fuzzy Logic. The band slowly built a fanbase with positive reviews from critics over the years. In 2005, they [...]
ANTIBALAS HOURGLASS DAPTONE RECORDS For their seventh full-length album, Antibalas returns to its instrumental roots. Hourglass sees the band indulging in jazz, soul, and R&B-infused Latin music across six tracks. “Solace” opens to the [...]
ORUÃ SLACKER K RECORDS Oruã is a psychedelic rock band, based in Brazil, and Slacker is their fifth studio album since they made their debut in 2016. The band includes former members of Built to Spill, and in fact, Slacker was produced/recorded [...]
THE KORGIS/JOE MATERA/AL STEELE COFFEE IN NEW YORK RENAISSANCE RECORDS I really like The Korgis. Their song in 1980, “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime,” was a surprise but a well-deserved hit. The song did not have the 1980s pop sound but was [...]
THE LEMONHEADS LOVE CHANT FIRE RECORDS Whispers from the Static… Love Chant isn’t a comeback, it’s a broadcast from somewhere warmer. Perhaps from a Brazilian beach? Evan Dando returns with original Lemonheads material after more than two [...]
TIMOTHY LAROQUE THE FLORIDA EFFECT DEF CAT RECORDS These days it is nothing unusual if a singer-songwriter hails from Hollywood, California. Yet, what about the case when that singer-songwriter comes from Hollywood, but the one located in [...]
