Scott Helman Hotel De Ville Warner Music Since bursting on the scene with the release of his debut EP Augusta in 2014, young Toronto singer/songwriter Scott Helman has toured the U.S. and Europe, both solo, with just his guitar as accompaniment, [...]
Dreamcar Dreamcar Columbia Records No Doubt was one of the biggest ska bands to emerge in the 1990s. While the quality of the work is certainly debatable, no other ska cum punk rock band of the decade was able to reach such staggering heights in [...]
Inglorious II Frontiers Music SRL Inglorious’ new self-produced album attempts to recreate the classic rock vibe. Although their music doesn’t live up to the likes of Van Halen and Aerosmith, Inglorious II still has a few catchy and heartfelt [...]
Hazel English Just Give In/Never Going Home Polyvinyl When you first hear Hazel English’s music kick in, you might guess that Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing or Day Wave just came on. English, the Sydney, Australia born artist, now resides in [...]
Slydigs How Animal Are You? Estupendo Records On May 12th, UK’s Slydigs dropped their latest EP How Animal Are You?, which is full of rock busting beats, fantastic solos, and raw vocals, among other things. Proving that good old rock and roll is [...]
Elf Power Twitching In Time Orange Twin Records Whatever happened to the Elephant 6 Collective that practically ruled the indie rock scene (some even added a then popular sub-label ‘college rock’) in the second part of the Nineties? Some [...]
Larissa Tandy The Grip Thalassophile Records The Grip is Larissa Tandy’s debut solo album. Actually it is a wonderful title for this album, because it has so many interpretations, much like the songs inside the package. Larissa has earned a [...]
Manic Street Preachers Send Away The Tigers – 10 Year Collector’s Edition Sony Music It is hard to believe that Send Away The Tigers is now ten years old. This album, the eighth in their catalog, was seen as their return to form. [...]
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 [...]
