The Skatalites Foundation Ska Sudio One Foundation Ska is the much anticipated reissue of a wonderful double CD set (Also available in vinyl), with recordings from the mid-1960s, the period in which The Skatalites were first active, before [...]
George Harrison The Vinyl Collection Universal Music Canada George Harrison…the quiet one, the spiritual one, the guitarist, The Beatles. I have always felt bad for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and yes George Harrison because [...]
Asia Symfonia – Live In Bulgaria 2013 Frontiers Music SRL Asia formed in 1981 and was the supergroup for prog rock. But this was ‘pop’ prog rock, short(ish) songs full of hooks, strong melodies, harmonies and the occasional solos. Well [...]
No Joy Creep Top Shelf Records Montreal shoegaze band, No Joy, composed of the duo of Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd, formed in 2009 and have released numerous EP’s and singles, along with three full-length studio albums – Ghost [...]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana ATO Records When a band seamlessly genre hops as much as King Gizzard does, it’s hard for one to categorize them. This is part of their allure. Since their formation seven years ago, [...]
Los Campesinos! Sick Scenes Wichita Recordings These guys are from Wales? Really? There is no way you would pick up on that fact listening to this, their latest album. This is their sixth album (for those keeping count) and their first [...]
Electric Guest Plural Downtown Records/Interscope In 2012, Los Angeles-based group Electric Guest released their debut album Mondo, which included instantly appealing tracks like “American Daydream” and “The Bait”. The group have now released [...]
Disquiet Compilation Volume 1 Unseen Music Out today (February 17th, 2017) is a benefit compilation of ambient artists curated by Keith Kennif and his wife, Hollie. Keith releases music under the monikers Helios & Goldmund, and his wife [...]
Ryan Adams Prisoner Universal Music Canada The best way to describe Ryan Adam’s Prisoner is something between 80s power ballads and indie music with some new-country undertones. Accompanied with some well-written emotional lyrics about love and [...]
Animal Collective The Painters EP Domino Records Animal Collective have always been able to be pleasantly weird and make great music while not taking themselves too seriously. If you put these gentlemen in the water they’ll probably turn blue. [...]
Mind Over Mirrors Undying Color Paradise of Bachelors Mind Over Mirrors is the droning solo project of Jaime Fennelly. While this project initially formed in 2007 as a solo project, it has evolved. It utilises the talents of other musicians to [...]
for all the emptiness mt Independent If you are looking for new dark electronic music to dance to, the search is over — for all the emptiness’ mt EP is it. The EP starts with ”seduced by a disease”. The lyrics ”is [...]
Tall Ships Impressions Fat Cat Records Originally from Falmouth, England and now based in Brighton, Tall Ships consists of Ric Phetheen on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Matt Parker on bass guitar, backup vocals and keyboards, Jamie Bush on [...]
Sinkane Life & Livin’ It City Slang Now here’s one of the good things about globalisation. The beautifully gentle singer Sinkane, given name Ahmed Gallab and of Sudanese heritage, was born in London and relocated to the U.S.A. when [...]
Meatbodies Alice In The Red Records The heavy reliance on distortion and use of special effects makes Alice a fun rock album. It’s gritty, dirty, and rough around the right edges. The mix of psychedelic and garage rock is an interesting [...]
Chuck Prophet Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins Yep Roc It looks like Chuck Prophet has done it again with another spectacular album to add to his collection. With his most recent album, Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins, Prophet proves that 25 [...]
Thievery Corporation Temple Of I & I ESL Records Rob Garza and Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation have never been signed to a major label. They’ve never had a major radio hit or topped the charts, yet they’ve managed to make music for 20 [...]
Saw Black Azalea Days Crystal Pistol Records Azalea Days was recorded in a basement studio on a temperamental 8-track tape machine. The title of Saw Black’s debut album denotes visions of azaleas, the flowering shrubs whose blooms erupt in [...]
Wild Pink Wild Pink Tiny Engines “It’s just a phase”. This is commonly said to teenagers as a way to excuse their erratic behaviour, and it is an apt phrase for Wild Pink’s new self-titled album. Perhaps the three members had this quote repeated [...]
Martha And The Muffins The World Is A Ball – 30th Anniversary Edition Independent Originally released in 1986, The World Is A Ball would prove to be the last Martha and the Muffins album for six years, until their return in 1992 with [...]
George Morris George Morris Independent Wow, what a year so far for music. This is George Morris’ third solo release since leaving Satin Peaches, and it is clear that he keeps learning from each album. As a result, we have an album close to [...]
Lowly Heba Bella Union Heba is the debut album for Danish quintet, Lowly. Their previously released singles and EP teased us to their complex and blissfully ethereal nature. Composed of lead vocalists Nanna Schannong and Soffie Viemose, [...]
Teen Daze Themes For Dying Earth Flora Jamison Isaak, better known as electronic indie-pop artist Teen Daze, is back with a new album, Themes For Dying Earth. It is a highly collaborative record, featuring artists like Jon Anderson, Dustin Wong, [...]
Crushed Stars Displaced Sleepers Simulacra Records Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Crushed Stars have really delivered with their fourth and latest album Displaced Sleepers. Led by writer/guitarist/producer/front man Todd Gutreau, the band has long [...]
