TOBACCO CITY HORSES SCISSOR TAIL RECORDS The term cosmic country has been flying around since the time it was coined by late Gram Parsons. And while quite a few artists have been given that label, not that many truly deserved to hold it when [...]
DEBORAH HOLLAND I MADE IT THIS FAR Deborah Holland has had an interesting career, thus far. She made her professional debut with the band Animal Logic, which included jazz great Stanly Clarke, and former member of The Police, Stewart Copeland, [...]
JETHRO TULL CURIOUS RUMINANT SONY MUSIC Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson have not worked at this pace since the 1970s, and this is Jethro Tull’s third studio album since 2022. It seems that Anderson and company have a great deal of energy and are [...]
BLAIR PACKHAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM INDEPENDENT The Impossible Dream is Blair Packham’s fourth solo album (he is a former member of the band The Jitters) and his first since 2017’s Unpopular Pop. Packham has been working on The Impossible Dream [...]
ANDY BELL PINBALL WANDERER SONIC CATHEDRAL With his band Ride, Andy Bell helped pioneer and popularize shoegaze, which was massively popular in the ‘90s. For a period of time, he was also the bassist for Oasis and regularly made songwriting [...]
DOMESTIC DRAFTS ONLY THE SINGER GLAMOUR GOWNS Andy Cush’s name is probably familiar for those listeners following Garcia Peoples, as he is the band’s bassist, co-composer, and vocalist. He also runs a Substack page with a hefty [...]
THE CHILLS SPRING BOARD: THE EARLY UNRECORDED SONGS FIRE RECORDS Has the late Martin Phillipps been given enough credit for his role in bringing something new and fresh to modern rock music with his band The Chills? The debate on that one has [...]
APAULL HOMOGENY FURNACE ROOM RECORDS With the release of his latest album, the electronic music artist apaull continues his steady drop of thought provoking, dance-inspired creations. For those who are aware of apaull’s work, Homogeny will have [...]
YOU, INFINITE YOU, INFINITE PELAGIC RECORDS This Will Destroy You founding members Jeremy Galindo and Raymond Brown, who left the band to pursue a career in medicine, have reunited to form you, infinite. Joining them on this new and exciting [...]
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE THIS CONSEQUENCE METAL BLADE RECORDS Within the universe of modern metal, bands like Killswitch Engage are the cream of the crop when it comes to acts that not only were one of the luminaries that shaped the current scene, but [...]
SAM FENDER PEOPLE WATCHING POLYDOR With People Watching, his first album since his 2022 breakthrough Seventeen Going Under, Sam Fender landed a big coup in hiring Adam Granduciel of The War On Drugs as his producer and collaborator. That [...]
DIRTY HONEY MAYHEM & REVELRY LIVE INDEPENDENT Following a massive year of touring off their latest album, 2023’s Can’t Find The Breaks, Dirty Honey have returned with the celebratory Mayhem & Revelry Live. The album is not only the [...]
BASIA BULAT BASIA’S PALACE SECRET CITY RECORDS Etobicoke singer-songwriter, autoharpist, and Dragon Warrior aficionado Basia Bulat’s seventh studio album will undoubtedly be met with the same isolated passion that’s fueled her 18-year [...]
SILVERSTEIN ANTIBLOOM UNFD Silverstein. It’s a light within the post-hardcore genre that refuses to burn out nor stay stagnant since the Burlington, ON luminaries first formed in 2000. Since then, the band has consistently churned out an [...]
PUMA BLUE ANTICHAMBER BLUE FLOWERS Hard times can make one either angry or melancholic, and sentimental, and that surely reflects on the music created in such times. Jacob Allen, aka Puma Blue, Londoner who has moved to Atlanta, GA, has a few [...]
STEPHEN HAMM: THERAMIN MAN LIVE FROM PLANET EARTH LIGHT ORGAN RECORDS Hailing from Vancouver, Stephen Hamm (aka Theremin Man) is an interesting artist. His band from the mid-1980s, Slow, helped define post punk music, not just in Canada, but [...]
LEGACY OF LOVERS CALM COOL CONNECTIONS INDEPENDENT Legacy Of Lovers is really Ryne D. Trevlon, and although there have been singles by him under the name of Ryne D. Trevlon), Calm Cool Connections is Legacy Of Lovers’ debut EP. Although EP is [...]
NICOLE HALE SOME KIND OF LONGING INDEPENDENT Nicole Hale has been releasing music since 2009 (four albums so far), but for some reason, seems to be one of those artists that is still (undeservedly) been flying under the radar. Maybe it has [...]
FROG 1000 VARIATIONS ON THE SAME SONG AUDIO ANTIHERO New York’s Frog is one of those musical propositions that through their not so short and winding career never stood still or bothered where the critics or audience will place and label [...]
HORSEGIRL PHONETICS ON AND ON MATADOR RECORDS Horsegirl’s highly-anticipated second album, Phonetics On and On, is a massive hit. It is an innovative exploration in minimalism. Taking a softer and quieter approach results in mesmerizingly catchy [...]
MANTAR POST APOCALYPTIC DEPRESSION METAL BLADE RECORDS MANTAR will grab you by the neck and completely throttle you with the release of their full-length album, Post Apocalyptic Depression, via Metal Blade Records. Just drums and guitar—that’s [...]
ROBERT PALMER LIVE AT THE APOLLO | DRIVE | RHYTHM & BLUES (VINYL REISSUES) BFD/ORCHARD RECORDS Robert Palmer had a fascinating career. When he made his solo debut with the now classic Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley, critics and radio [...]
SARA BUG INTO THE BLUE INDEPENDENT Back in 2021, when Sara Bug came up with her self-titled album, as somebody who is working within a Nashville music scene, she didn’t bother to care much about what Nashville music norms and formulas she [...]
LACUNA COIL SLEEPLESS EMPIRE CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Lacuna Coil released their debut album in 1999 (In A Reverie) even though the Milan-based band had formed in 1994. Sleepless Empire is their tenth album, and their first studio release since [...]
