STEVE MARRINER HEAR MY HEART CORDOVA BAY RECORDS Veteran blues musician and producer Steve Marriner proves that Canadian blues is alive and well, with the release of his new album, Hear My Heart. Well-known as a founding member of the JUNO [...]
PEACEFUL FACES WITHOUT A SINGLE FIGHT GLAMOUR GOWNS Quite a few so-called singer-songwriters take a trip down a lush baroque pop lane, and that seems just the right place for multi-instrumentalist and composer Tree Palmedo and his latest album [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS MARC URSELLI’S RAMONES (REDUX) MAGNETIC EYE RECORDS Ramones embodied the underground scene with their distinctive sound and style, influencing generations despite their limited commercial success. Magnetic Eye’s Redux [...]
PULP MORE ROUGH TRADE RECORDS Britpop legends Pulp have finally returned with More, their first album in 24 years. The long stretch between records is no problem. Jarvis Cocker and company deliver one of their finest records with More. Pulp fans [...]
DAVID J HASKINS THE MOTHER TREE EROTOTOX DECODINGS David J Haskins’ new album, The Mother Tree, is a companion to his new book of poetry, Rhapsody, Threnody & Prayer. The album, The Mother Tree features David J Haskins reciting five poems [...]
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD LONGING REAL GONE MUSIC By 1974, Dusty Springfield had proven herself as a singer, performer, pop star, blues singer or whatever she wanted to do. She had had numerous hits, but like a lot of the 1960s artists, she struggled [...]
BRIANA MARELA MY INNER REST INDEPENDENT It has been a while since composers of what is considered modern classical music have adopted elements of other musical genres that are also considered as modern – whether it is rock in its [...]
MOTHER MOTHER NOSTALGIA WARNER RECORDS Mother Mother’s new album Nostalgia delivers the retro spark fans have been craving. It’s everything we love about the band, with tracks that nod to their original sound while embracing bold, fresh ideas. [...]
WOLVES AT THE GATE WASTELAND SOLID STATE RECORDS At times, becoming ensnared in the labyrinth of your own mind can be the most suffocating experience imaginable. It’s as if your thoughts conspire to overwhelm your entire being, drowning [...]
LETTERS FROM TAYLOR STILL ASKING INDEPENDENT It is a bold move to have your debut EP with two prominent covers right up front. It might indicate that you don’t have much faith in your originals. Yet, that is not a worry that Calgary, Ab [...]
RAIN PARADE CRASHING DREAM (DELUXE REISSUE) LABEL 51 RECORDS Paisley Underground flourished in Los Angeles in the 80s as a response to cotton candy electro dance that was dominating the charts at the time (think Kaja Goo Goo) and punk not going [...]
B-MOVIE HIDDEN TREASURES WANDERLUST/CARGO B-Movie released their debut EP on a small, independent label in 1980. By 1981, they were signed to Some Bizarre Records and were part of the early 1980s electro-beat/New Wave/Post-Punk scene. Sadly, [...]
AVA McCOY DRAGONFLY ACROPHASE RECORDS As a singer songwriter, how do you fit Pacific Northwest countryside (Oregon, to be precise) along with New York City as a somewhat stark contrast? Ava McCoy seems to be able to do that on her latest album [...]
FOXWARREN 2 ARTS & CRAFTS One of the leading singer-songwriters in Canada right now is Andy Shauf. Most Canadians probably know Shauf from his solo career, with albums like The Neon Skyline and The Party. Shauf is also part of the band [...]
ANDREW YOUNG HELLO AGAIN INDEPENDENT Andrew Young is an artist based in Raleigh, NC, and although he is quite young, he has been making music for a number of years. Hello Again is his new five-song EP. Young proudly wears his influences on his [...]
MATT BERNINGER GET SKUNK CONCORD RECORDS With The National’s recent resurgence, there’s an increasing demand to hear songs from Matt Berninger’s pen, and that’s prompted a second solo album, following 2020’s Serpentine Prison. What follows is a [...]
SUZI MOON TURBULENT HEARTS: ALL OUT PIRATES PRESS RECORDS Before she was the Suzi Moon, she was Suzi Moon, singer and guitarist of the punk power trio, Turbulent Hearts. Formed in 2010, the band had originally released three EPs – Panic (2017), [...]
SPARKS MAD! TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS For over 50 years, brothers Ron and Russell Mael, known as Sparks, have given us some of the most invigorating music, seemingly tackling every genre in their way, with ease. Their newest album, MAD!, is another [...]
CLARA JOY WHAT WE HAVE NOW SHIMMY-DISC Neither NYC singer-songwriter Clara Joy nor Kramer, the man behind Shimmy-Disc are newbies on the music scene (Kramer quite a bit longer), and it might have taken them time to cooperate, but on What We Have [...]
HOWARD JONES PIANO COMPOSED IVORY & PIANO COMPOSED SPIRIO CHERRY RED RECORDS Howard Jones never really does what you would expect him to do. He has returned to classical music with the Piano Composed albums, one called Ivory and the other [...]
SEDONA GETTING INTO HEAVEN INDEPENDENT If you are a Los Angeles singer-songwriter through and through and you are coming up with your debut album, it just might come as no surprise that your music just might be a combination between 70s Laurel [...]
JESS KERBER FROM WAY DOWN HERE FELTE RECORDS If you are a singer-songwriter these days, getting your music heard and recognized just might be harder than it was when this genre (or sub-genre, if you will) was in what is considered its prime in [...]
POST DEATH SOUNDTRACK IN ALL MY NIGHTMARES I AM ALONE INDEPENDENT In All My Nightmares I Am Alone is Vancouver’s Post Death Soundtrack’s fifth studio album, and their first since 2024’s Veil Lifter. The band is now more or less a solo project [...]
VILE DECREE HOSTILE TARANTULA TAPES Barrie, ON hardcore band, Vile Decree, has returned with their second EP, Hostile. The four-track EP follows the release of their 2023 debut, No Word For Peace, however, to commemorate the launch of their new [...]
