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 [...]
IGGY POP LIVE AT MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 2023 earMUSIC With a truly legendary, yet somehow sublime, career that has spanned seven decades, The Godfather of Punk, none other than one Iggy Pop, has released an array of live records. His latest, [...]
TOKYO TEA ROOM NO RUSH INDEPENDENT Is there a perfect match between an album title and the music it depicts within the grooves (or bites, if you will) these days? If you have a hard time finding such a combination, then look no further that the [...]
TON ROOMS RE-TON RECORDS TON, from Berlin, started off as an electronic and sample project by Julien Siemann. However, very quickly he enlisted the help of Vincent Wedel, Lizz, and Karen Dhios on a variety of things from vocals, mixing, and [...]
PRISM SHORES OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MERITORIO RECORDS If you would want to characterize the state of interesting indie pop/rock at the start of 2025, you probably wouldn’t have to go further than Montreal’s Prism Shores and their new [...]
BLUE LAKE WEFT TOTAL UNION With modern instrumental music that relies on more subtle, gentler sounds there was always a line (a very thin one at that) between being excellent and aural wallpaper. Even the most careful and knowledgeable artists [...]
FLORA HIBBERD SWIRL 22TWENTY RECORDS New singer-songwriters seem to crop up in a single day, and the competition (if it really exists) for the attention of an audience is even stiffer. Some of these artists can show what they are made of on a [...]
