Todd Rundgren White Knight Cleaopatra Records Todd Rundgren, the renowned singer/songwriter, recording artist, and producer, has released what may well be one of his best recordings to date with White Knight. Offering up a generous 15-track set [...]
Current Swell When To Talk And When To Listen Nettwerk Current Swells’ latest release, When To Talk And When To Listen, can be summed up simply with the famous Marlon Brando quote from 1954’s On the Waterfront: “I coulda had class, I coulda been [...]
One In The Chamber The Boston Session: Bootleg Demos Independent This EP was released the same day as their debut live album, Live From The Rockpile. One in The Chamber is a Toronto based band who went to Boston to record with Scott LaFlamme [...]
One In The Chamber Live From The Rockpile Independent One In The Chamber is anything but conventional. Their debut EP was a collection of demos (The Boston Session – Bootleg Demos) and their debut mini-album is a live set from two [...]
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Lovely Creatures – The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984-2014) Mute Records Compilations are a funny things. When they are done well, they are like a new album in the artist’s catalog. McCartney’s [...]
Pond The Weather Marathon Artists This is Pond, from Australia, led by Nick Allbrook. Not the band from the ‘90’s who recorded for Sub Pop, this is a totally different band. Joining Nick is Jay Watson, Joe Ryan and Jamie Terry. Each member [...]
Allison Pierce Year Of The Rabbit Sony Music Masterworks After two decades recording and performing with her sister Catherine as The Pierces, Allison Pierce ventures into new musical territory with her solo debut, Year of the Rabbit. Produced by [...]
Various Artists Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of the Story (An Album to Benefit War Child) Columbia Records In 2007, Folk Artist Brandi Carlile released an album to initially little fanfare called The Story. But then through [...]
Mothlight Laika Independent This is the second album from this Southern California trio. This album shows a band that continues to mature and a band that knows how to achieve the sound in their collective heads. Laika is a brilliant, lush, [...]
Black Lips Satan’s Graffiti Or God’s Art? Vice Records Atlanta based punk outfit, the Black Lips, have released their first album since 2014’s Underneath The Rainbow. Recorded throughout 2016 at a studio in upstate New York, Satan’s Graffiti Or [...]
Big Walnuts Yonder Big Walnuts Yonder Sargent House First fact about Big Walnut Yonder, it is an album by “a super group”. (“OK, so Mike Watt and the guys say it is not. The supergroup, I mean. Maybe because they themselves are aware of [...]
Perfume Genius No Shape Matador Records “Everything is alright” sings 35-year-old Mike Hadreas, on “Alan,” the final track of No Shape. Making a name for himself through themes of self-loathing, rejection, and bodily disdain, a version of [...]
Mac DeMarco This Old Dog Captured Tracks Nearly two years since his last release, Mac DeMarco returns with a collection of 13 songs, which may surprise some of his longtime fans. Known to many for his zany persona and onstage presence, This Old [...]
Diana Krall Turn Up The Quiet Verve Label Group/Universal Music Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning jazz pianist and Canadian singer Diana Krall releases her highly anticipated new album Turn Up the Quiet today on Verve Records/Universal Music Canada. [...]
The Afghan Whigs In Spades Sub Pop The Afghan Whigs continue to fill the air with their hypnotic and melodically satisfying music as they release their eighth album since 1988 (if you don’t include their two re-releases, a cover album, and their [...]
Duel Witchbanger Heavy Psych Sounds Records Fans of Monster Truck, Wolfmother, Sabbath, and Thin Lizzy will love the latest album from Texan heavy metal quartet Duel. Formed by two ex-members of Scorpion Child in 2015, Duel is gearing up for a [...]
The Cranberries Something Else BMG Chokers. Strategically ripped jeans. Remembering to feed your Tamagotchi before leaving the house. The 90s are back, and now, so are The Cranberries. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band, The [...]
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell Live Asthmatic Kitty Records I was very fortunate to have seen two concerts of the Carrie & Lowell Tour by Sufjan Stevens. I did not go into the concerts as a fan, in fact I knew precious little of his [...]
Procol Harum Novum Eagle Rock This is Procol Harum’s first studio album since 2003 The Well’s On Fire, and their 12th studio album to date. Since their debut album in 1967 (the brilliant album Procol Harum) the band has been through many [...]
BNQT Volume 1 Last Gang A supergroup of sorts, featuring five vocalists from some very respected and much loved bands. BNQT (pronounced ‘banquet’) features Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healy of Travis, [...]
Feist Pleasure Interscope/Universal Music Feist delivers her muse’s wish in Pleasure (Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada) her fourth full-length album. Co-produced with longtime collaborators Renaud Letang and Mocky and recorded over [...]
Willie Nelson God’s Problem Child Legacy Recordings There is nothing worse than musicians using the word “just” in describing their sound. “We’re just a rock band”, “we’re just a blues trio,” or “I’m just a folk singer”, are all summaries [...]
Mark Lanegan Band Gargoyle Heavenly Recordings Where bluesy pop meets freaky electronica and ambient music… try “Beehive”, “Death’s Head Tattoo” and “Blue Blue Sea” respectively. But these are only vague [...]
Gorillaz Humanz Parlophone It’s safe to say Gorillaz is one of the quirkiest and most enigmatic acts out there today. The virtual hip-hop band, after seven years, makes their comeback with Humanz, with help from an all-star lineup of [...]
