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 [...]
Sylvan Esso What Now Loma Vista/Concord It has only been a few short years since Sylvan Esso released their self-titled debut to an exceptionally warm response. The harmonious melding of Amelia Randall Meath’s ethereal vocals and Nick [...]
Shugo Tokumaru Toss Polyvinyl Records Slice everything into pieces, toss them in the air, let them fall to the ground, then pick them up and arrange them in any random order and see what you can come up with. I guess that is maybe what Shugo [...]
Old Crow Medicine Show 50 Years Of Blonde On Blonde Sony Music I love Old Crow Medicine Show, love them. They have put out some of the finest country/roots album over the past decade. And I love Bob Dylan, and like most people, recognize [...]
Animal Collective Meeting Of The Waters EP Domino Records Animal Collective have been around for over 15 years, and the core members of this band are Avey Tare (David Portner); Panda Bear (Noah Lennox); Deakin’ (Josh Dibb); and Geologist (Brian [...]
David Bowie Cracked Actor (Live In Los Angeles ’74) Parlophone On April 22, 2017, I was up very early to get in line at Dead Dog Records to try and get the new limited edition releases for Record Store Day. Among my purchases, I got my [...]
Sheryl Crow Be Myself Warner Music Sheryl Crow is back and better than ever. Be Myself was released on April 21st and is the songstresses’ ninth studio album. Jeff Trott, producer, musician, and songwriter, worked on the album with Crow. In the [...]
Ray Davies Americana Sony Music For Kinks fans, 2017 is shaping up to being a pretty good year. First Dave Davies and Russ Davies (his son) released the great album, Open Road on March 31, 2017 and Ray Davies has now released his first album of [...]
Green Jellö Green Jellö Suxx Livë Blacktop Records Somewhere in the world, at this very moment, a class in modern art is taking place at a major university where a professor stands underneath the projection of a urinal with “R. Mutt” scribbled [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The FourthTrip RidingEasy Records The terms “Rare Tracks” or “Deep Cuts” would be vast understatements when describing the exclusivity of the songs that are offered up here on Brown Acid The Fourth Trip. The [...]
Father John Misty Pure Comedy Sub Pop What can be said about Father John Misty (a.k.a. Josh Tillman) that has not already been said? One thing comes to my mind. During the last two years since the release of his last album, 2015’s I Love You, [...]
Steph Cameron Daybreak Over Jackson Street Pheromone Recordings Steph Cameron made waves with her debut record Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady (2014), an effort that garnered its fair share of acclaim and rave reviews. Her sophomore release, Daybreak [...]
K’Valentine Here For A Reason Javotti Media That album title is not just conceit – it recalls K’Valentine’s near fatal automobile accident on I-94 one Sunday evening back in September 2015. Thankfully – and somewhat miraculously – [...]
The White Reaper The World’s Best American Band Polyvinyl Records The World’s Best American Band is more than just the title of White Reaper’s latest release, it is also the band’s aspirational credo. While calling a band [...]
The Strawbs Live In Gettysburg – Rites Of Spring Festival 2016 Witchwood Music The Strawbs have been around a long time, and there have been many member changes, with original member Dave Cousins as the longest standing member. He has [...]
Del Bel III Missed Connection Records Fittingly titled III, Del Bel’s third album features a large assortment of instruments such as synths, violins, electric bass, and trumpet. While it is a fairly rich album and does show off the band’s talent [...]
Tashaki Miyaki The Dream Metropolis Records Usually, it is supposed to be like this — if you haven’t heard of an artist, it is for your own good. But in this information glut we live in, you’re bound to miss on some good ones, even great [...]
