THE NEW STUDENTS LITTLE BLUE DOT INDEPENDENT Can modern be old? Sure, if you ask Long Island collective The New Students, who seem bound to try and reverse the process that is ongoing in Americana music. Instead of taking old songs and music in [...]
DAN MANGAN BEING ELSEWHERE MIX ARTS & CRAFTS This is an interesting and unexpected follow-up to Dan Mangan’s hugely successful (critically and commercially) 2022 release Being Somewhere. But then again, Mangan has never really done the [...]
VALLEY WATER THE FLOWERS, PRAY FOR A GARDEN CAPITOL RECORDS Valley’s new album, Water The Flowers, Pray For A Garden, marks a refreshing evolution in their sound, weaving together themes of growth, introspection, and resilience with their [...]
MARIANAS TRENCH HAVEN 604 RECORDS Marianas Trench has long been a powerhouse of musical genius, and their new album only solidifies their reputation as what I would claim, one of the most talented bands in the music scene. While their sound has [...]
LAMB OF GOD ASHES OF THE WAKE (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) EPIC RECORDS/LEGACY RECORDINGS Lamb Of God is throwing a 20th Anniversary party for Ashes Of The Wake, and everyone’s invited! This deluxe edition is like a rock ‘n’ roll makeover, [...]
SIMA CUNNINGHAM HIGH ROLLER RUINATION RECORD CO. High Roller might officially be Sima Cunningham’s debut solo album, but the Chicago artist has already been making a name with that city’s duo Finom, as well as one more prominent [...]
SHADY COVE PART II INDEPENDENT Working within the sub-genre that is defined as dream-pop might sound a simple task to some listeners, but bringing in something else there, that touches upon other musical streams like bedroom or jangle pop, or [...]
LOVE AND ROCKETS SO ALIVE REMIX EP BEGGARS BANQUET This is a very interesting EP. Although the concept is not a new idea, when it is executed well, it sounds fresh and fascinating. And that is exactly what Love And Rockets have done with this [...]
AVI C. ENGEL STRANGLING VINE INDEPENDENT With some 20 years on the music scene, Toronto’s Avi C. Engel (they/them) is no newcomer. During that period, they have accumulated quite a serious catalogue, which their Bandcamp page will amply show [...]
BENNY TROKAN DO YOU STILL THINK OF ME? WICK RECORDS New York native and sought after collaborator for bands like Spoon, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and Lee Fields and the Expressions, among many others, Benny Trokan has recorded his first [...]
FONTAINES D.C. ROMANCE XL RECORDINGS Since their highly acclaimed 2019 debut album, Dogrel, Fontaines D.C. has been one of the most hyped bands in rock and post-punk. Their second and third albums, A Hero’s Death and Skinty Fia, continued to [...]
THE ALARM MUSIC TELEVISION TWENTY FIRST CENTURY RECORDINGS Music Television is an interesting, and to be honest, unexpected album from The Alarm. On this album, Mike Peters and company tackle cover versions of 1980s songs that were known for [...]
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT PYRAMID (BOXSET) COOKING VINYL Pyramid was originally released in May of 1978, and was The Alan Parsons Project third album. It was their follow-up to their massively successful I, Robot. In many ways, Pyramid picked up [...]
HAROLD BUDD, ELIZABETH FRASER, ROBIN GUTHRIE, SIMON RAYMONDE THE MOON AND THE MELODIES 4AD The Moon And The Melodies is a collaboration between four very talented artists, three of which were the three members of The Cocteau Twins. Harold Budd [...]
OLD MAN FLANAGAN’S GHOST SIMPLE LITTLE BOAT INDEPENDENT An act that is well-known for tearing it up in pubs, and at festivals and public events, the Toronto indie Celtic stalwarts Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost (OMFG) have released their third [...]
I HEAR SIRENS ACHERON POST. RECORDINGS/DUNK! RECORDS Salt Lake City’s I Hear Sirens have released their debuted in 2007 with their brand of post-rock with their self-titled EP. Since then they have released their third and perhaps their most [...]
EDDY LEE RYDER SWEET DELUSIONS INDEPENDENT When the title track of Eddy Lee Ryder’s debut album Sweet Delusions, opens the album you are hit with that Deja vu sensation that is both familiar, but at the same time fresh and new sensation. [...]
PHANTOM HANDSHAKES SIRENS AT GOLDEN HOUR INDEPENDENT Similar to how mermaids are able to lull sailors who travel vast and stormy seas, Sirens At Golden Hour casts a similar spell over its listeners. Unlike theories surrounding the fictitious [...]
RACHEL EWEN BREADCRUMBS INDEPENDENT Rachel Ewen is based in the Pacific Northwest and has been working as a professional musician and singer in Seattle for the past decade. In 2023 she started performing under her own name, and Breadcrumbs is [...]
LEATHERS ULTRAVIOLET ARTOFFACT RECORDS Shannon Hemmett’s Leathers’ Ultraviolet, is a hypnotic musical journey complete from A – Z, an album that takes the listener on a journey, not chaotic, smooth. Storytelling: this album flows like a river; [...]
CHRIS BIRKETT SHE’S MY GUITAR INDEPENDENT Chris Birkett has been around a long time and has firmly established a career in music. As a session player, producer and engineer he has worked with Sinéad O’Conner, Alison Moyet, Dexys Midnight [...]
ENERGY SLIME PLANET PERFECT WE ARE TIME Coming up with picture perfect (or video/streaming perfect) pop these days is much harder to achieve as copycats (including AI) are hovering all around with something that sounds like chewing on an empty [...]
QUIVERS OYSTER CUTS MERGE As is the case with any other band, Melbourne, Australia’s Quivers and their latest album Oyster Cuts can be described in a few simple words, but as is the case with some other Australian greats like Go-Betweens [...]
MILO BINDER THE UNSPEAKABLE MILO BINDER REAL GONE MUSIC It takes some artists three days to come up with new stuff, but it takes others quite a bit longer. In the case of Vancouver/LA artist Milo Binder, it was ‘only’ 33 years [...]
