IMMERSION WTF?? SWIM~ Immersion consists of Wire’s Colin Newman, and his wife Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact), and WTF?? is their fourth studio and first full-length album since 2016’s Analogue Creatures Living On An Island. Matt Schulz (Holy [...]
PURITY RING PURITY RING THE FELLOWSHIP MUSIC LABEL No, Purity Ring’s self-titled album is not the duo’s first, it is actually their fourth. There could be a variety of reasons why bands and artists come up with a self-titled album [...]
THE DREADNOUGHTS POLKA PIT PUNKERTON RECORDS Vancouver folk-punks The Dreadnoughts, now based in New York, are soaked in “blood, sweat, and beer” on their latest full-length, Polka Pit. On this wild ship ride of an album, the term folk-punk [...]
AFTERNOON BIKE RIDE RUNNING WITH SCISSORS FRIENDS OF FRIENDS MUSIC Another not so easy to define Montreal band, this time a trio that goes by the name of Afternoon Bike Ride. Their third full-length album, Running With Scissors, is more proof [...]
JOE NOLAN LUV IN THE NEW WORLD INDEPENDENT A skilled artist can create a great song by blending skilled musicianship with endearing melodies and setting catchy words to music. On the other hand, the ability to create lyrics which, when [...]
CUDDLE MAGIC UNDERWATER EGGHUNT RECORDS Is there such a thing as ambient folk or folky dream pop, or both? Of course, there is a resounding yes there, as bands and artists like Big Thief have amply shown, and now you can add Cuddle Magic to that [...]
WILDER MAKER THE STREETS LIKE BEDS STILL WARM WESTERN VINYL Brooklyn’s Gabriel Birnbaum seems to be all over the place these days, either as a music curator/PR man, solo artist, or as a member/principal songwriter of dark, jazzed-up folk [...]
MYSTERY ROMANCE ELECTRIC LOVE CURRENT RECORDS Mystery Romance released their debut album, Human Sexuality, in 1989 and did extremely well with that album. Since then, the band has split and reformed, with the core of the band being the duo Mike [...]
LOS STRAITJACKETS SOMOS LOS STRAITJACKETS YEP ROC RECORDS Those lucha libre mask-wearing surf rockers, Los Straitjackets, are back with another album of groovy instrumental fun. Lately known as the backing band for Yep Rock labelmate Nick Lowe, [...]
BIG OL’ NASTY GETDOWN VOLUME 3 INDEPENDENT Over the last two decades, The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown, which has included the efforts of well over 225 musicians, has become perhaps the largest and most fluid musical collective, consisting of a [...]
HEADSTONES BURN ALL THE SHIPS DINE ALONE RECORDS Returning with their 11th studio album, following 2022’s Flight Risk, Canadian rock icons Headstones are making waves with their Dine Alone Records debut. Burn All The Ships sees the band firing [...]
PINK FUZZ RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT For their fourth album, Denver, CO’s Pink Fuzz have returned with Resolution. Produced by Kevin McKeown (Black Pistol Fire) and mixed by Alain Johannes (Queens Of The Stone Age, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys), [...]
PHIL MANZANERA & ANDY MACKAY AM.PM SOHO LIVE EXPRESSION/BFD/THE ORCHARD When Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay came together in 2023 and put together the brilliant AM.PM album, no one thought that they would perform live in this configuration, [...]
MAURA WEAVER STRANGE DEVOTION FEEL IT RECORDS To devoted fans of pop punk, the name Maura Weaver might sound familiar as she was a member of such an outfit that went under the name of Mixtapes. Weaver decided to leave and pursue a solo career, [...]
TEKE::TEKE HAGATA DELUX KILL ROCK STARS Labeling Montreal’s Teke::Teke can be a tricky thing. With seven members, it is more a musical collective than a band. On the other, most critics label them as a psych rock band, but with so many [...]
I PREVAIL VIOLENT NATURE FEARLESS RECORDS When I Prevail rose to prominence from Metro Detroit, Michigan, in 2013, from viral covers to Grammy nominations, the metalcore/post-hardcore band has seen a vast amount of success over the past 12 years [...]
YUKON BLONDE FRIENDSHIP & ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DINE ALONE RECORDS Yukon Blonde’s seventh full-length effort, Friendship & Rock ‘N’ Roll, is a short and sweet record which highlights the band’s ease in songwriting within their safe, [...]
WARREN HAYNES THE WHISPER SESSIONS FANTASY RECORDS The magical world of Warren Haynes, our visionary GRAMMY® Award-winning maestro, is buzzing yet again. This distinguished artist, celebrated as one of the finest guitarists and soulful vocalists [...]
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND AND LEON RUSSELL PRESENT: MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN REVISITED LIVE AT LOCKN’ FANTASY RECORDS Reviving an original live show that captivated audiences some 50 years or so ago is an extremely tricky [...]
WHITNEY K BUBBLE FIRE RECORDS Sometimes, when an artist has a great voice, it just might not matter what they sing about or what the songs are like. Well, there should at least be a song there. But if the lyrics do have some substance and the [...]
LÉNA BARTELS THE BRIGHTEST SILVER FISH GLAMOUR GOWNS Does being a solo artist these days mean that you have to stick to the quieter, gentler realms of music? Not if you are Portland transplanted to NYC artist Léna Bartels, as her second album [...]
CARSON McHONE PENTIMENTO MERGE RECORDS Some intriguing music brewing over in Ontario when it comes to the very broad category of singer-songwriters these days. Carson McHone’s latest album Pentimento is here to show us why. The reason is [...]
SILVERSTEIN PINK MOON UNFD Silverstein has been one of those bands that, when you feel time has dulled their edge, comes roaring back to silence the doubters and prove their creative fire still burns as bright as it did two decades ago. When [...]
CHAMELEONS ARCTIC MOON METROPOLIS RECORDS A new album by Chameleons is big news. It has been 24 years since their last studio album, 2001’s Why Call It Anything, and although they have toured a great deal in the past quarter century, their [...]
