JAPANESE BREAKFAST FOR MELANCHOLY BRUNETTES (& SAD WOMEN) DEAD OCEANS For fans of Japanese Breakfast’s music, it is evident that the band has made science fiction and surrealism a musical trademark. Along with their upbeat songs and [...]
THE FREE SPIRITS CIRCLE OF SOUND INDEPENDENT The Free Spirits is a duo consisting of Chris Birkett (guitars, bass, guitar, organ, keys, horn arrangements, vocals) and Shari Tallon (pianist, flutist, tin whistle, vocals, keys, organ,). Two very [...]
DALE MARTINDALE BAND DALE MARTINDALE BAND INDEPENDENT Dale Martindale is best known as the lead vocalist for the band Images In Vogue. But, he has also worked on solo music and other projects over the years. Dale Martindale Band is his most [...]
DEBORAH FIALKIEWICZ GENETIC RADIO I.D. INDEPENDENT Deborah Fialkiewicz is a prolific and very talented artist, either solo or as a member of Bloom, Spore, Feasibility Study, and albums with Wilfried Hanrath and {An}Eel. She has developed her own [...]
STEVEN WILSON THE OVERVIEW FICTION RECORDS Steven Wilson has been making albums since the early 1980s, first with the duo/groups Altamont and Amberian Dawn. He eventually formed the hugely successful Porcupine Tree and in 2008 he released his [...]
JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES LIVE AT THE GREEK (25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SILVER ARROW RECORDS In 1999, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes took over The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a string of legendary performances. The performances were [...]
STEPHEN FEARING THE EMPATHIST GING RECORDS Stephen Fearing’s latest recording, The Empathist, is simply a stunning album. Looking down through his career, audiences have watched Fearing through all his changes: as a solo troubadour, as one third [...]
NEAL FRANCIS RETURN TO ZERO ATO RECORDS Neal Francis made his debut in 2019, and his combination of funk, rock, and Americana made for an interesting and slightly retro sound. He has returned with his third album, Return To Zero (his first since [...]
COHEED AND CAMBRIA THE FATHER OF MAKE BELIEVE VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP The progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria are back with another concept album to add to front man Claudio Sanchez’s creation, The Amory Wars science fiction storyline. The [...]
JONI VOID EVERY LIFE IS A LIGHT CONSTELLATION RECORDS Constellation Records never go for something ordinary, so it is no surprise that they picked up on somebody who has no fear of experimenting, like Montreal’s Joni Void and their latest [...]
WEAVING WEBS GLAMOUR GOWNS When you consciously or subconsciously pick up inspiration from other artists the fact that you did that doesn’t matter – what does is whether you picked up the right things, used them in the right way and [...]
HANNAH FREY LUCKY GIRL INDEPENDENT Currently, you could add as many artists as possible daily to the Americana-tinged genre, most of them leaning towards roots/folk/singer-songwriter sound. But what about those that give their music that [...]
504 PLAN TO THINK, OR NOT TO THINK DCxPC LIVE Today’s punk scene is alive with energy, and 504 Plan’s debut LP, To Think, Or Not To Think, is no exception—sharp vocals and rapid instrumentals, it’s crisp, not missing a beat. [...]
CAROLINE STRICKLAND MARTHA’S CALLING INDEPENDENT The thing is in the nuances and in the songwriting process. With some songwriters it is instinctive, often easy flowing and feels as if it comes out of nowhere. With others, like the [...]
SPIRITBOX TSUNAMI SEA RISE RECORDS When it comes to metalcore bands that have defied the odds, Spiritbox is often a name that appears in that conversation. From their first album, Eternal Blue, Spiritbox became a force to be reckoned with, as [...]
THIN LEAR A SHADOW WALTZED ITSELF METROPOLITAN GROOVE MERCHANTS New Jersey’s Matt Longo lies behind the moniker Thin Lear and his debut album Wooden Cave from 2020 grew some strong praise, yet it took him about four years to come up with [...]
SEASONAL FALLS IMPROVISED SINKING INDEPENDENT Those following Spill Magazine might already be familiar with the Swiss duo of songwriter Roman Gabriel and vocalist Andrew Pelletier that operates as Seasonal Falls, as their album Happy Days (2024) [...]
WILL STRATTON POINTS OF ORIGIN RUINATION RECORDS/BELLA UNION Will Stratton has quite a bit of an album output – eight albums so far, but he can be counted among those artists that don’t just rush to release their music but takes his [...]
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 [...]
