Right Said Fred Exactly! Universal Music Album number nine for Brothers Fairbrass (Richard and Fred), better known as Right Said Fred. And their first album since 2011’s Stop The World, which many assumed would be their last. Thankfully it was [...]
Godboogie Play Music & Dance VizzTone Label Group Toronto-based super group, Godboogie, has roots in blues and rock ‘n’ roll through its mash-up of world-class, award-winning musicians including singer/harmonica player Jerome [...]
Future Islands The Far Field 4AD The Far Field is Future Islands 5th record, but it’s the first that they know will be released to eager fans. Their previous album, Singles, came out in 2014 without a label but gained them a performance on David [...]
British Sea Power Let The Dancers Inherit The Party Caroline International Since the release of their 2003 debut The Decline of British Sea Power, the band has been one hit single away from “the bigtime.” What “the bigtime” means for an English [...]
Jerry Leger Nonsense And Heartache Latent Recordings Jerry Leger’s Nonsense and Heartache navigates multiple terrains with confidence and flare. Two records combined, the striking duality of the album features the textures of a bold, bluesy [...]
Bob Dylan Triplicate Sony Music Canada Studio album number 38 for Mr. Bob Dylan and, as usual, it is a big event. This is his first ever studio triple album set. It is also his first album since 2016’s Fallen Angels. Triplicate is a triple [...]
Goldfrapp Silver Eye Mute Records On Goldfrapp’s seventh album, Silver Eye, the London-based electropop duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory return to their “Disco Goldfrapp” persona that has brought them great success in the past. You [...]
Mastodon Emperor Of Sand Reprise Mastodon’s latest album Emperor of Sand is yet another example of the group’s mastery of contemporary metal music. Sultan’s Curse” is an immediately compelling intro track that includes signature Mastodon [...]
Jamiroquai Automaton Universal Music Canada/Virgin EMI From the dark ashes of winter springs Grammy award-winning global electronic soul funk superstars, Jamiroquai, return with their eighth studio album, Automaton. Written and self-produced by [...]
Richard Edwards Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset Joyful Noise Recordings This is Richard Edwards’ first solo album since his departure from Margot and The Nuclear So and So’s (one hell of a good name for a band). It would seem that last year was just [...]
Aimee Mann Mental Illness Red Music A new release from Aimee Mann is always an important event. Since leaving, and disbanding ‘Til Tuesday in 1988 They went out with a bang with the incredible album Everything’s Different Now which is one of [...]
Andy McMaster Agenda 21 Generally Speaking Records The Motors called it a day in 1980 with the fantastic, and damn near perfect album, Tenement Steps. At this point, The Motors were really Andy McMaster and Nick Garvey, who had worked together [...]
Jeb Loy Nichols Country Hustle City Country City/Jullian Records Jeb Loy Nichols has been around a while in the music business, the fact that he is not a household name is a shame, as he has produced, written and performed some of the most [...]
Wire Silver/Lead Pinkflag Records 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Wire album, Pink Flag, one of the most influential albums of the last 40 years, and certainly the most important “punk” album ever issued. It broke new ground [...]
Fischer-Z Building Bridges BMG John Watts has been making music for over forty years, either with Fischer-Z or as a solo artist. This is his tenth album with Fischer-Z, and the first since 2016’s This Is My Universe (also a Fischer-Z album). On [...]
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer Apocalipstick Tonic Records Shawn Hall and Matthew Rogers, aka The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer respectively, are back with their fourth LP since their self-titled release in 2008. The well-anticipated [...]
Desperate Journalist Grow Up Fierce Panda Records An excellent follow-up to the band’s self-titled debut album, Desperate Journalist’s Grow Up contains eleven dreamy, haunting, and cleverly composed post-punk songs. The band manages to channel [...]
Paul McCartney Flowers In The Dirt (Reissue) Universal Music In 2010, Paul McCartney began a reissue series, called The Archive Collection, where he would reissue an album from his catalogue. The reissues would not only include the remastered [...]
Mount Eerie A Crow Looked At Me P. W. Elverum & Sun Mount Eerie is really songwriter and producer Phil Elverum. Elverum was married to Canadian artist Geneviève Castrée, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Geneviève was diagnosed [...]
Night Ranger Don’t Let Up Frontiers Music SRL By my count, this is Night Ranger’s 12th studio album. And to be very honest, they are not breaking any new ground with this one. They have returned to a tried and true formula. [...]
Gold Star Big Blue Autumn Tone Records Gold Star, aka Marlon Rabenreither, follows up his full-length album Dark Days (2015) with his latest release, Big Blue. The title is a nod to the ramshackle Hollywood home where he produced and recorded [...]
Spiral Stairs Doris & The Daggers Domino Records Former Pavement and Preston School of Industry guitarist Scott Kannberg (aka Spiral Stairs) took a sabbatical with his wife to Brisbane, Australia in 2010 after recording the first Spiral [...]
Spoon Hot Thoughts Matador Records The distinct sounds of indie-rock heroes Spoon returns with one of their most inventive and confident pieces of work to date. The highly anticipated Hot Thoughts finally drops following the ear-worm of a [...]
Depeche Mode Spirit Columbia Records Spirit is Depeche Mode’s 14th studio album, and couldn’t have come at a better time. Opening with the pointedly political “Going Backwards,” frontman Dave Gahan laments ‘We’re goin’ backwards/turnin’ back our [...]
