ART D’ECCO SERENE DEMON PAPER BAG RECORDS Art d’Ecco dances to his own beat, once again, with his fourth LP, Serene Demon. This 10-song diverse treasure trove of passionate sound is fittingly being released Valentine’s Day 2025. In Serene [...]
THE WOMBATS OH! THE OCEAN AWAL RECORDINGS Indie pioneers, The Wombats, have yet again created another thought-provoking album with their sixth release, Oh! The Ocean. Like most of the band’s discography, the album has a strong sonic through line [...]
10TOEFLEX EN HABITANT AVEC DES FANTÔMES INDEPENDENT 10toeflex is an artist of mystery. There is very little written about them and their presence on social media is difficult to find. Their debut EP, en habitant avec des fantômes, is equally [...]
FOTOKILLER EERIE NOSTALGIA IT’S ELEVEN RECORDS Stereotypes kill genres, there’s no argument about that. Over the years, I’m sure we have all heard some ludicrous music stereotypes in regard to location, along the likes of all country folk [...]
DON JULIAN SAVAGE! SUPER SOUL SOUNDTRACK (VINYL REISSUE) REAL GONE MUSIC Originally released in 1973, Don Julian took a note from Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes by creating the soundtrack for Savage!. Reissued for the first time, Real Gone [...]
THE DONNAS GOLD MEDAL (VINYL REISSUE) REAL GONE MUSIC Get ready to crank up the volume because the Donnas are back! This fierce all-girl rock band, born from the spark of an eighth-grade talent show, is reissuing their 2004 album Gold Medal on [...]
CHRISTIAN WINTHER SCULPTURES FROM UNDER THE CITY ICE EARTHLY HABIT There just might be some strange brews they drink over in Norway, as more often than not that you would hear some intriguing sounds coming from those fjords over there, at the [...]
THE BIRD CALLS MELODY TRAIL RUINATION RECORDS As we mentioned in our review of The Bird Call’s previous offering, Old Faithful, Sam Sodomsky, who operates under this moniker, is a man of solitude, somebody who wants to be calm, cool, and [...]
SAM MOSS SWIMMING INDEPENDENT With what you could call ‘standard’ singer/songwriters there is very little middle ground. They could either convey their music and lyrics to listeners or they can’t. It is often a minimalistic [...]
GINO VANNELLI THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED) BED/THE ORCHARD The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) is Gino Vannelli’s 22nd album, and his first since the highly acclaimed Wilderness Road (2019). During the time between albums, Vannelli has [...]
SHARON VAN ETTEN SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY JAGJAGUWAR Sharon Van Etten is the master of her domain; with the arrival of “Seventeen” from 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow, the artist had nothing left to prove, little else to give to [...]
THE NAMES ENCORE! SPLEEN+ RECORDS In 1981, The Names released their first single on the famed Factory Records. It wasn’t their debut, but the Brussels band did release a single, “Night Shift”, which was produced by Martin Hannett, who had [...]
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART PERFECT RIGHT NOW: A SLUMBERLAND COLLECTION 2008-2010 SLUMBERLAND RECORDS Some 15 to 16 years ago (2009 to be precise), we got to hear a band with a very long name making some very substantial music. They went [...]
THE HAROLD WHEELER CONSORT BLACK CREAM REAL GONE MUSIC Perhaps best known for his jingles written for McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Kool Aid, Pan Am Airlines, and Boone’s Farm Wines, Harold Wheeler released his only album, Black Cream, in 1975. For the [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL WAVES TCBE RECORDS Benjamin Russell is certainly busy. Hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic album, Pleasure Center, he brings us Waves. Russell is an artist, a visual artist, and a musical artist. In fact, quite often they [...]
GRATEFUL DEAD ROAD TRIPS VOL. 1 NO. 1 REAL GONE MUSIC Grateful Dead has always been the band you can count on, and their latest album, Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1, proves it! Talk about a blast from the past! This gem captures the magic of their [...]
GARY KEMP THIS DESTINATION EAST WEST RECORDS Gary Kemp has had a fascinating career and quite frankly continues to surprise even his most ardent fans. He was a principal writer for Spandau Ballet, an actor, and is a member of Nick Mason’s [...]
EBO TAYLOR EBO TAYLOR JID022 JAZZ IS DEAD As a pioneering force among the Afrobeat genre, Ebo Taylor has enjoyed a career that has spanned over six decades. Releasing his latest album at the age of 88, Ebo Taylor JID022, Taylor has collaborated [...]
CIRCA WAVES DEATH & LOVE PT. 1 LOWER THIRD There’s immediate joy in Circa Waves’ new album; “American Dream” opens in a blaze of sound and classic indie pop, an explosion of euphoria after trauma, which is probably not that far [...]
D. D. DANAHY HALF – BAKED INDEPENDENT D. D. Danahy is an interesting and talented artist, perhaps best known for being one half of Keldari Station or most recently for the music he has made with The Amaretto Sours. He has also released a [...]
ERIC CANNATA HOLDING ONTO THE HOLY INDEPENDENT Eric Cannata is known for being the songwriter, guitarist, and producer for indie rock band Young The Giant, who had several hit songs in the 2010s, most notably “Cough Syrup”, “My Body”, and “Mind [...]
MOGWAI THE BAD FIRE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD After 30 years on the music scene, you can’t really call Scottish giants Mogwai really productive, as they have come up with only 11 albums, including this new one titled The Bad Fire. And while [...]
LARKIN POE BLOOM TRICKI-WOO RECORDS There was always a dilemma for the Lovell sisters – how to stay in touch with their love of blues roots and move forward with their music, without leaving blues out at any point. Or was there any dilemma [...]
MAGANA BAD NEWS AUDIO ANTIHERO RECORDS For some artists it can be a problem living a double life—playing with other artists and doing your own music. LA-based multi-instrumentalist and photographer Jeni Magaña, who is also a bassist for Mitski [...]
