CEMETERY SKYLINE NORDIC GOTHIC CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS What do you get when you combine five Swedish musical superpowers, gothic elements, and metal roots? You get Cemetery Skyline’s debut album Nordic Gothic, an immensely strong goth metal album [...]
MICHAEL DES BARRES IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ROCK RIDGE MUSIC Hey, all you groovy rockers out there! Michael Des Barres dropped his latest album, It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), on October 11, 2024. This vibrant [...]
MYLES KENNEDY THE ART OF LETTING GO NAPALM RECORDS For his third solo outing, Myles Kennedy has returned with The Art Of Letting Go. The album follows 2021’s The Ides Of March, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators’ 4 in 2022, and [...]
JAMISON FIELD MURPHY IT HAS TO END RAMP LOCAL Sometimes, artists are involved with a fast-rising band, in this case it is Baltimore’s Tomato Flower. One of the band’s main songwriters Jamison Field Murphy, decided to do a solo [...]
STRATEJACKET BAD START EDGEOUT RECORDS In an era where pop-punk is experiencing a renaissance, it is challenging to discover bands that accurately represent the spirit of the 90s and early to mid-2000s, when the genre peaked. There was an [...]
THE CHAMELEONS TOMORROW REMEMBER YESTERDAY METROPOLIS RECORDS When The Chameleons released their EP, Where Are You?, in May 2024, it was their first new studio recording in over 20 years. Their last album, Why Call It Anything, was originally [...]
PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA BUREAU-B Propaganda burst on the scene in 1985 with their iconic debut album, A Secret Wish, on the famous ZTT label. In 1988, they began falling apart. Propaganda, then, is technically their third album, 33 years since [...]
JOHN DOUGLAS STILL OR SPARKLING? REVEAL RECORDS There are some compelling reasons Trashcan Sinatras’ John Douglas has made a name as a solo artist as well, as his self-titled album from this time last year showcased his impeccable [...]
CARIBOU HONEY MERGE RECORDS There’s no need to make an album review a statement about the threat of AI, but at risk of being hypocritical there’s no way to discuss Caribou’s latest release unless a statement is made. Here’s the thing—what’s the [...]
TONY VAZ PRETTY SIDE OF THE UGLY LIFE JUBILEE GANG Tony Vaz is one of those mavericks in music that have a left-of-center concept in songwriting (think R. Stevie Moore gone everywhere), where it is so hard to put a finger (or ear) where his [...]
ERISY WATT NOT EITHER OR BUT EVERYTHING FIRST CITY ARTISTS As a singer songwriter in that late 60s, early 70s, there are two ways to go about creating your music. You can strictly stick to the ‘old’ cannons and stick to the form as [...]
I YA TOYAH DRAMA INDEPENDENT The new album from the industrial darkwave artist I Ya Toya is the aptly-named DRAMA. The drama is truly high in this 10-song collection, co-produced by I Ya Toyah (a.k.a. Ania Tarnowska) and Walter Flakus of [...]
PAUL SPRING KIND OF HEAVEN INDEPENDENT Queens, NY-based songwriter and guitarist Paul Spring recorded his latest album, Kind Of Heaven, live in two days, with only two guests to accompany him, quite a feat. With the help of drummer Jon Nellen [...]
THE CLEARWATER SWIMMERS THE CLEARWATER SWIMMERS NEW MARTIAN RECORDS How does a roots and slow core combination sound to you? Well, if it on first pitch sounds a bit incongruous, Portland/NYC band The Clearwater Swimmers escape the possible murky [...]
SISSY REMAINS SISSY REMAINS BROKEN SOUND TAPES Broken Sound Tapes is cranking up the nostalgia with a twist of rebellion, dropping cassettes that scream DIY or die. Their latest release is like a sonic riot, a clash of dance-punk energy and [...]
ALLT FROM THE NEW WORLD CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS The concept of the future often sheds glimmers of excitement about where our lives are headed while at the same time unveiling a sinister air of quiet tension and fear that lingers with what lies [...]
ALISON MOYET KEY COOKING VINYL Since Yazoo called it a day in 1983, following the release of two landmark and influential albums, Alison Moyet embarked on a solo career that would change everyone’s view of her. Although she was in a synth-pop [...]
BRUTAL JR SCAM VICTIM BROKEN SOUND TAPES Broken Sound Tapes is hitting the right notes with their latest release, and it’s no scam. Brutal Jr’s Scam Victim cassette is dropping three tracks sure to have synth-punk enthusiasts and DIY tape [...]
SEX BEAT LIVE AT THE BATCAVE AND OTHER DARK PLACES CLEOPATRA RECORDS London, UK-based Goth band, Sex Beat, managed to release only one single while they were together in the 1980s, the now classic “Pump”, which was all but ignored when it was [...]
BURTON CUMMINGS A FEW GOOD MOMENTS JOJO PRODUCTIONS Burton Cummings has been making music for a very long time. Cummings first went solo with his debut album, Burton Cummings, which proved to be a huge success, making top ten in Canada, and top [...]
HORACE ANDY AND JAH WOBBLE TIMELESS ROOTS CLEOPATRA RECORDS Jamaican-born Horace Andy is an icon and legend. Although he is known for his songwriting, he is equally known for his remarkable voice and interpretation of songs. One of his biggest [...]
MAXÏMO PARK STREAM OF LIFE LOWER THIRD/[PIAS] Perhaps the late 2000s greatest indie survivors, Maxïmo Park return with their eighth album, and if there are any lingering doubts about their remaining power, they dispel it pretty quickly with [...]
ADELINE HOTEL WHODUNNIT RUINATION RECORDS When artists pick up monikers, these may be telling signs, and yet, they may not be. Brooklyn’s Dan Knishkowy goes under one – Adeline Hotel, and based on his latest album Whodunnit, that [...]
BIG SHARE PRINTED PICTURES INDEPENDENT Some just might remember Bent By Elephants, a collaborative musical effort that produced some interesting music from 2009 to 2015. Part of that effort were Chesley Walsh & Luke Fowlie, the [...]
