X AMBASSADORS VHS(X) VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP X Ambassadors have always had a gift for creating music that’s both anthemic and deeply personal, and their latest release celebrating 10 years together is a shining reminder of that talent. Instead of a [...]
THE HIVES THE HIVES FOREVER FOREVER THE HIVES [PIAS] For three decades, The Hives have delivered high-octane garage rock anthems with a loud, hard-hitting sound, tenaciously-punky energy, and an electrifying cool swagger. Their newest album, The [...]
THE STORY SO FAR I WANT TO DISAPPEAR IN THE USA OAK GROVE RECORDS There is something magical that happens when a band comes back from a lengthy hiatus. For modern pop punk legends The Story So Far, that tale of success transpired with their [...]
KATY PINKE & WILL GRAEFE PATTERNS GLAMOUR GOWNS So many artists, those who are well-known and those who are not so well-known, are taking stock and reviewing what they have done so far, as well as where their inspiration comes from, and they [...]
HELLOWEEN GIANTS & MONSTERS REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC Hard rock and heavy metal, with its death, doom, sludge, stoner, and other sub-genres, still ought to be that go-to genre for audio catharsis, no matter the age of the listener. However, so [...]
MARGO PRICE HARD HEADED WOMAN LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Margo Price has always been an artist whose audience didn’t care much what genre her music fell into, and yes, it more often than not falls within that often too strictly defined one that [...]
MAC DeMARCO GUITAR MAC’S RECORD LABEL/ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS Mac DeMarco’s Guitar feels like a natural extension of the sound he’s been cultivating over the past few years. At this stage in his career, his sonic identity is well-defined: fluid [...]
JOHN FOGERTY LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS (JOHN’S VERSION) CONCORD RECORDS Conviction. Catharsis. Revolt. After decades of legal battles that barred him from fully owning or performing his own songs, John Fogerty has [...]
HOWARD JONES DREAM INTO ACTION: THE FARMYARD SESSIONS CHERRY RED RECORDS Dream Into Action, Howard Jones’s second album, was originally released in 1985 and it reached number two in the UK album charts, and the top ten in North America. It [...]
BILL LEEB MACHINE VISION METROPOLIS RECORDS Between his work with Front Line Assembly and Delerium (not to mention other projects in which he is involved, such as Noise Unit, Intermix and Cyberaktif), it is hard to believe that Leeb had time to [...]
WOLF ALICE THE CLEARING RCA RECORDS It’s been four years since we’ve heard something of substance from Wolf Alice, and they’ve had their fanbase on tenterhooks, particularly since the much-trailed single “Bloom Baby Bloom” showed off the band’s [...]
WATER FROM YOUR EYES IT’S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE MATADOR RECORDS Over the past few years, Water From Your Eyes has emerged as one of the most creative bands currently working. Their newest release, It’s A Beautiful Place, was one of my most [...]
THREE DAYS GRACE ALIENATION RCA RECORDS Canadian hard rock icons Three Days Grace are back with another album, Alienation. Here, they fire on all cylinders This also marks the first time that they have released a record as a two-vocal band. On [...]
KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH GUSH NETTWERK RECORDS Minimal synthesized classical music, three words that don’t always go together but those three words best describe Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s latest album, Gush. Smith is a classily trained musician from [...]
SUNYEARS THE SONG FORLORN VILLA/YEP ROC Peter Morén of Peter, Bjorn and John has been a busy guy recently. After nine albums with the band, and during the pandemic, Morén decided to do some solo work, which brought along SunYears, his solo [...]
THE CRANBERRIES NO NEED TO ARGUE (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) ISLAND/UMe The Cranberries’ No Need to Argue has reached its 30th anniversary, seven years since the passing of Dolores O’Riordan. This album played a pivotal role in establishing the [...]
BILLIANNE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION INDEPENDENT It is a crowded house over in the singer-songwriter habitat. So many of them these days have to go on their own to present their music. And if you are just 22 years old and come from Milton, ON, [...]
RISE AGAINST RICOCHET LOMA VISTA Following a series of singles released since January of this year, Rise Against has returned with their 10th studio album, and their first since 2021’s Nowhere Generation. In addition to shaking up their sound, [...]
GARRY BURNSIDE IT’S MY TIME NOW STROLLING BONES RECORDS There is something extraordinary about Garry Burnside’s new album, It’s My Time Now. He has created an album steeped in tradition in the classic blues rock arena, and at the same time has [...]
GEORGIA HARMER EYE OF THE STORM ARTS & CRAFTS Georgia Harmer has one of those voices that simply wins you over, even if the song she sings doesn’t amount to much. Yet, when the songs she sings do amount to quite a bit, the effect is [...]
WOMBO DANGER IN FIVES FIRE TALK RECORDS Ethereal vocals, inventive bass lines, and an esoteric co-mingling of sounds are at the heart of Wombo’s latest release, Danger in Fives. The three-piece indie rock band was founded in 2016 in Louisville, [...]
HILLARY REYNOLDS CHANGING SEASONS INDEPENDENT Quite a few singer-songwriters come up with their music and lyrics in the spur of the moment, as spontaneous as it can get. Others, like L.A.’s Hillary Reynolds here, take a more meticulous [...]
JAKE WINSTROM RAZZMATAZZ! INDEPENDENT Power pop was never as big with music critics as some other genres or sub-genres, maybe because of that pop element within the term. Very often they labeled it as something that hasn’t changed that [...]
MISS FD EUPHORIA QUANTUM RELEASE RECORDS Miss FD has been releasing music since 2009, and in those 16 years, she has released a lot of music. Euphoria, her new EP and her first since 2022’s As Above, So Below, is a welcome return to the EP [...]
