TEARS FOR FEARS SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR (40th ANNIVERSARY) UNIVERSAL MUSIC Songs From the Big Chair, released in 1985, was Tears for Fears’ second album. And during the mid-1980s, it took the world by storm. Now, to celebrate its 40th [...]
THE BLACK CROWES AMORICA. (DELUXE EDITION) UNIVERSAL MUSIC Following the mega success of their first two albums, 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker and 1992’s The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, The Black Crowes released their third album, [...]
MEN WITHOUT HATS ON THE MOON INDEPENDENT It has been three long years since the last studio album from Men Without Hats, last one being Again 2 in 2022. Yes, they did release a live album last year (Men Without Hats Live), but it is always [...]
CHOKECHERRY RIPE FRUIT ROTS AND FALLS FEARLESS RECORDS There is an old saying: “It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” Since Chokecherry has entered the scene, such [...]
COLLABS 3000 (CHRIS LIEBING & SPEEDY J) METALISM (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) NOVAMUTE (MUTE RECORDS) Collabs 3000 is the alliance of Germany’s Chris Liebing and Rotterdam’s Jochem Paap (Speedy J), two architects of high‑pressure, [...]
JOE’S TRUCK STOP THE MAGNOLIA SESSIONS ANTI-CORP When a record company, in this case it is Anti-Corp, has a long-running series, there is bound to be a flop here and there, particularly if that series is directed at live in the studio [...]
LIA KOHL VARIOUS SMALL WHISTLES AND A SONG DAUW What is the current place of conceptual art within experimental music? Not an easy question to answer as there is an ongoing debate as to whether such conceptual art is worth anybody’s time. [...]
CHRISTOPHER CROSS ALL RIGHT: THE WORLDWIDE SINGLES 1980-1988 OMNIVORE RECORDS Christopher Cross is a very underrated artist. It may seem hard to think of someone who has achieved his level of success as an ‘underrated’ artist, but he is. During [...]
THE CINDYS THE CINDYS BREAKFAST RECORDS/RUINATION RECORD CO. Bristol England made a name itself with quite a few bands, and particularly with the Sarah Records roster at its prime. What would the latter mean? Melody at the forefront, chiming [...]
EDDIE SCHWARTZ FILM SCHOOL INDEPENDENT After 30 years of spending most of his time behind the scenes, Eddie Schwartz makes a welcome return, with his first original recordings since the 1995 release, Tour De Schwartz. This six-track EP is [...]
PORTUGAL. THE MAN SHISH KNIK RECORDS Shish-ka-laska!!!! Woven from the threads of his upbringing, John Baldwin Gourley exhales melodies that murmur the secrets of Alaskan life, twisting familiar rhythms into strange, luminous celebrations of the [...]
ALEXISONFIRE COPIES OF OLD MASTERS: VOLUME 1 DINE ALONE RECORDS Following a busy year that has seen the release of five live singles and the digital reissue of the acoustic Death Letter, Alexisonfire have released Copies of Old Masters: Volume [...]
COLEMAN WILLIAMS THE MAGNOLIA SESSIONS ANTI-CORP Anti-Corp records have launched a series of albums titled The Magnolia Sessions. These albums must be recorded in one take, no overdubs, just the artist and their instrument. It is a brilliant [...]
PAUL McCARTNEY WINGS MPL/UNIVERSAL For those of us who lived through the 1970s, we will remember that Paul McCartney and Wings were one of the biggest bands of that decade. Since their formation in 1971, until their split in 1979, every one of [...]
ANNE MURRAY GREATEST HITS (ANNEVERSARY EDITION) UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA Anne Murray has made a very welcome comeback in 2025. Not only did she release a chart-topping new album this year, Here You Are, but has been (finally!) honoured by the [...]
BRITTANY BINDRIM COUNTERPOISON INDEPENDENT Step into a world where sound and emotions create powerful energy. Brittany Bindrim, the goddess of gothic pop, has just released her electrifying album Counterpoison, and it’s nothing short of a [...]
DUKE & GOLDIE ROMANCE AND RAMBLIN’ INDEPENDENT Duke and Goldie are Vancouver’s Eric “The Duke” Duquette and Jena “Goldie” Gogo, who some might be familiar as longtime members of roots rockers Blue Sky Miners. As a duo, Duke and [...]
LOST SIGNAL LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS METROPOLIS RECORDS Light of Other Days is the fourth album of Charles Rehill and Lost Signal. It is a rather quick follow-up to 2024’s Anatomy of Melancholy. With Light of Other Days, Rehill takes a much sparser [...]
AMY JAY MNEMONICS INDEPENDENT For many listeners it might seem a somewhat easy thing to navigate the currently widening field of singer songwriter pop. All you have to do is come up with some good melodies, engage a stellar producer/arranger and [...]
DEVIN SHAFFER PATIENCE American Dreams Many artists these days start out by releasing music completely on their own, including recording their music wherever they could, without initially getting to a proper studio. That is exactly the way Devin [...]
LEVELLERS ZEITGEIST (30th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION) WARNER MUSIC By the time The Levellers released their fourth studio album, Zeitgeist, the group had firmly established themselves, both as an excellent and exciting live band and craftsmen in the [...]
SLASH LIVE AT THE S.E.R.P.E.N.T. FESTIVAL EARMUSIC Last year saw the release of Slash’s highly collaborative studio album, Orgy of The Damned, which was a record of covers featuring Gary Clark Jr. Billy F Gibbons, Demi Lovato, and Iggy Pop, [...]
TOMO NAKAYAMA OCEAN PORCHLIGHT RECORDS Seattle via Japan musician Tomo Nakayama isn’t an artist that likes to stand still and tie himself to a certain genre or a specific musical setting. He’s been making music for over two decades, [...]
CATHERINE BROOKMAN IF A SONG FADES OUT, IT’S PLAYING FOREVER SOMEWHERE LONG ECHO RECORDS Brooklyn-based Catherine Brookman presents herself as a performer and composer, rather than going under the somewhat worn-out term of singer and songwriter, [...]
