Solid Doctor How About Some More Ether: Collected Works 90-95 Declasse Recordings Steve Cobby, aka Fila Brazillia, aka Solid Doctor, brings us an incredible six disc retrospective of re- mastered and unreleased material from the Solid Doctor [...]
This Morn’ Omina Kundalini Rising Dependent Records In the obscure and bewitching realm of rhythmic noise, This Morn’ Omina is among the most celebrated catalogue entries. Nothing even begins to compare to the experience of this [...]
Honey Beard Dreamless Sleep Independent Toronto-based electronic duo Honey Beard’s debut full-length album, Dreamless Sleep, dropped mid-March. It follows their more experimental 2015 debut EP, Honey Beard. Described as “dark synth-pop at its [...]
Top Down Rough Roads Voodoo Doughnut Recordings Rough Roads is the first full-length album by lo-fi rock trio Top Down. Although based in Portland, the band’s international members hail from the U.S., Germany, and New Zealand. Associated acts [...]
Dirty Fences First “EP” Plus Two Xtra Songs Dirty Water Records Back in 2012, New York street-level punk band Dirty Fences comprised of high school buddies from Boston Jack Daves (vocals/guitar), Max Comaskey (bass), and Max Hiersteiner (drums) [...]
Shelby Earl The Man Who Made Himself A Name Nine Mile Records Shelby Earl’s new record, The Man Who Made Himself a Name, offers a slight deviation from the brooding, guitar-centric tendencies of her first two albums, Burn the Boots (2011) and [...]
Thelma Thelma Tiny Engines The eponymous debut of Brooklyn’s indie folk four-piece Thelma is founder Natasha Jacobs’ second release, after her solo EP Split Myths in 2013. Her solo debut showcased Jacobs’ production savviness, partnering [...]
Duran Duran Last Night in the City: The Remixes Warner Music An interesting EP from Warner Music arrived, containing four remixes of Duran Duran’s “Last Night in the City” featuring Keisza, from their latest album Paper Gods. The remixes [...]
Peter Murphy Bare-Boned And Sacred Metropolis Records This is actually Peter Murphy’s fourth solo live album. And this is, by far, is his best . It was recorded at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge in April 2016 during his Bare-Boned And Sacred [...]
Elliott Smith Either/Or (Expanded Edition) Kill Rock Stars Elliott Smith’s classic 1997 album, Either/Or, is widely regarded as his most notable work. To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of its release, Kill Rock Stars has been kind enough to [...]
The Shins Heartworms Sony Music The Shins are releasing their fifth album, Heartworms, on March 10. The album is very different from The Shins’ popular debut studio album from 2001, Oh, Inverted World. James Mercer shows off his lower vocal [...]
Bonny Doon Bonny Doon Salinas Records Bonny Doon welcomes you into warmer weather with their debut, self-titled full-length album. With extended periods of sunshine coming your way, this LP is perfect to listen to after a long day with a cold [...]
Soundgarden Ultramega OK (Expanded Reissue) Sub Pop Ultramega OK, originally released in 1988 on Greg Ginn’s legendary SST record label, was somewhat of a disappointment to the legendary alt-rockers who spawned it. Despite the album earning a [...]
Heath Green & The Makeshifters Heath Green & The Makeshifters Alive Records There appears to be a big resurgence in “real music”, you know, no loops, no synths, no samples, and basic guitar driven music played by real players. I, for [...]
Laura Marling Semper Femina Kobalt Music Group The title of Laura Marling’s latest album, Semper Femina, is Latin for “Always a Woman”. She has described it as “an exploration of modern femininity”, and the British folk singer holds true to [...]
Maker Move Your Feet Kidda Records Move Your Feet is a five track EP from UK’s Maker. This four piece band know their rock history and their music. The result is a rocking, bluesy, powerful EP. Co-produced by the band and Nick Brine, who up to [...]
David Bazan Care Undertow This is an interesting album, with an even more interesting title. Care. Simple, but also direct, almost an order. The theme of this album, spread throughout the lyrics is care…care for yourself but also, [...]
Mr Kitty A.I. Negative Gain This is what I had to say about Mr Kitty’s 2013 album Life: Twenty years from now I will listen to this with nostalgia and tenderness, and it will still ring true in my ears and my heart, it is one of the few [...]
Murray McLauchlan Love Can’t Tell Time True North Records No one could ever accuse Murray McLauchlan of doing the expected. He takes his time between records, has been part of a success ‘supergroup’ (Lunch at Allen’s) and does pretty much [...]
Blanck Mass World Eater Sacred Bones Records Blanck Mass presents us with a schizophrenic, maddening record that takes us on a roller coaster ride with intense heights and trance-like troughs. The opening track “John Doe’s Carnival of [...]
The Knitts Retreat Knitting Factory Records For those of us that have been going to see The Knitts’ live shows for years now, their debut album Retreat has been a long time coming. Over 6 long years. If you HAVE been seeing them in person during [...]
Slow Death Lights Slow Death Lights Independent The debut album from Slow Death Lights has been a long time coming. Their preceding single/EP came out two years ago, but this album has been worth the wait. Slow Death Lights is the album fans [...]
Various Artists T2 Trainspotting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Insomniac/Interscope Records I don’t envy the writers/producers of T2 Trainspotting. They have a lot to live up to as do the producers of the soundtrack. The first movie, [...]
Lusine Sensorimotor Ghostly International Lusine, which translates from Armenian to English as “moon,” is the stage moniker of Seattle transplant and IDM producer, Jeff McIlwain. In his fourth full length with Ghostly International, McIlwain [...]
