TAME IMPALA DEADBEAT COLUMBIA RECORDS After five years, we welcome back Kevin Parker to the musical world with the anticipated release of his sixth studio release, Deadbeat. The album is quintessential Tame Impala from start to finish, with [...]
HEATHER AUBREY LLOYD PANIC ROOM WITH A VIEW INDEPENDENT Is having great, emotional, gritty vocals enough to come up with a very good album? Well, such vocals can create an impact, and Heather Aubrey Lloyd certainly has it, but is that enough? [...]
DEAR BOY CELEBRATOR LAST GANG RECORDS Time holds music like a retractable collar holds a dog, free to roam, but not too far before you get pulled back in. Trend cycles come in waves, as modern musicians and producers are constantly finding ways [...]
JULESY FLIP THE BED STRONG PLACE MUSIC Finding your own place in music circles isn’t easy these days, even for fully accomplished artists, let alone those that are practically starting out, particularly if they are coming up with a debut [...]
THE DREAM SYNDICATE MEDICINE SHOW: I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE (DELUXE EDITION) DOWN THERE/FIRE RECORDS Whatever the reason was that The Dream Syndicate didn’t become one of the biggest bands around at their 80s prime it is a damn shame, (and the [...]
ROYAL WOOD DEAR JOHN CORDOVA BAY RECORDS Royal Wood returns with one of the strongest albums of his career. Dear John is his 11th studio album (he has also released a live album) and his first release since 2022’s widely acclaimed and very [...]
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FEELS (20th ANNIVERSARY) DOMINO RECORDS When Animal Collective released its sixth studio album, Feels, in 2005, the members had no idea it was the midway point in their career. From this album on, Animal Collective moved from [...]
FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) UMe You know how old you’re getting when formative albums of your youth are receiving 20th Anniversary releases! Still, From Under The Cork Tree is probably one of the most seminal [...]
THEY ARE GUTTING A BODY OF WATER LOTTO JULIA’S WAR/SMOKING ROOM/ATO RECORDS If you’re at least slightly familiar with the contemporary state of North American underground music scenes, then chances are you’ve heard the name They Are Gutting A [...]
RICHARD ASHCROFT LOVIN’ YOU VIRGIN RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Lovin’ You is Richard Ashcroft’s seventh album. Ashcroft has come up with a very strong album with Lovin’ You. Since his first solo album, each album from Ashcroft has been very [...]
JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND POWER TO THE PEOPLE UNIVERSAL For a great many John Lennon fans, this is the box set they have been waiting for for quite some time. While Sean Lennon who produced Power To The People, released box sets several [...]
SPANDAU BALLET EVERYTHING IS NOW – VOL 1: 1978-1982 PARLOPHONE Spandau Ballet is often included with the “New Romantics,” but there was so much more to the band than the label would imply. This incredible box set goes a great distance to [...]
CHARLIE KAPLAN A HAT UPON THE BED GLAMOUR GOWNS If you’re an avid reader of Spill Magazine, you have certainly come across Charlie Kaplan’s name at one point or another. Along with some nifty albums, Kaplan is also the bassist of Office [...]
FINI TRIBE THE SHEER ACTION OF FINI TRIBE: 1982-1987 SHIPWRECKED INDUSTRIES Edinburgh may not be the first city you think of in terms of post-punk and new wave bands, but Fini Tribe (also referred to as Finitribe) did, in fact, come out of that [...]
ALEXANDRA ALDEN WHEN IS IT TOO LATE? INDEPENDENT Picture this . . . You put high hopes and incredible effort into your second album, decide which track is going to be the single for it, and submit that single to your country’s Eurovision [...]
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS CAUGHT LIGHT PHEROMONE RECORDINGS/HARBOUR SONGS INC. Yes, Great Lake Swimmers have been around for a while, and have a slew of recordings under their belt, but that is not the sole reason they are one of the greatest current [...]
LARKIN POE BLOOM + AN ACOUSTIC COMPANION VOL. II TRICKI-WOO RECORDS Rebecca and Megan Lovell (more professionally known as the duo, Larkin Poe) have become favourites for fans of blues and rock, even though they have had a relatively muted [...]
MADI DIAZ FATAL OPTIMIST ANTI- Singer-songwriter Madi Diaz returns with her new album Fatal Optimist, less than two years after its Grammy-nominated predecessor, Weird Faith. Known for her prowess in acoustic balladry, Fatal Optimist sees Diaz [...]
ROBERT FINLEY HALLELUJAH! DON’T LET THE DEVIL FOOL YA EASY EYE SOUND The combination of soul/blues singer Robert Finley and guitarist Dan Auerbach has already resulted in some acclaimed LPs for Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label. We, as audience [...]
JaRON MARSHALL THE RETURN OF SLICK THE VAULT Black Pumas’ keyboardist and up-and-coming solo artist JaRon Marshall has returned with his second full-length album. The Return of Slick follows the acid jazz sounds of 2023’s Earth Sounds, along [...]
MELVIN GIBBS AMASIA: ANAMIBIA SESSIONS 2 HAUSU MOUNTAIN Melvin Gibbs has enjoyed a prolific career as a Brooklyn-based composer and jazz artist. Revered for both his songwriting and his performance as a bassist, Gibbs’ solo work is incredibly [...]
BRIAN ENO & BEATIE WOLFE LIMINAL VERVE RECORDS Earlier this year, Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe released two incredible albums, Lateral (an ambient album) and Liminal (more of a standard album featuring Wolfe’s vocals). The duo has now released [...]
DAVID GARLAND THE SPARK INDEPENDENT Looking at the track records of many artists, it is no wonder anymore that some old hands keep on producing music at later stages in their life. Some keep making great music, some don’t, and others keep [...]
SWEET LIVE AT THE MARQUEE 1986 METALVILLE Sweet continues re-releasing older and hard to find CDs from the past. Not only are the albums being re-released, but they are also being made available on vinyl. Live At The Marquee was recorded at [...]
