ATLAS GENIUS END OF THE TUNNEL FROGS HEAD RECORDS Has the thought ever crossed your mind that certain songs could constitute the soundtrack for your life story? That, if your life were to ever be made into a movie, you could create a playlist to [...]
FUTURE PALACE DISTORTION ARISING EMPIRE The world and its issues and complicated emotions can par the course for a nightmarish blend of anxiety and overstimulation. It feels like when we often tackle one problem, several others rise in its [...]
THE THE ENSOULMENT CINÉOLA/EARMUSIC The wait is finally over!! After nearly 25 years, The The has finally released a new album titled Ensoulment and what a gloriously exciting return it is. Picking up right where they left off, The The delivers [...]
FRONT 242 TWO IN ONE ALFA MATRIX The rerelease of Front 242’s Two In One on 12-in clear transparent vinyl (originally released in 1981 and 1982), put out on Alfa Matrix just ahead of the Belgian EBM pioneers’ final tour, delivers four tracks [...]
WAYNE GRAHAM BASTION WATERLOO RECORDS No, Wayne Graham is not a singer-songwriter, nor is he a single person (in this case at least)—Wayne Graham is a band from Kentucky, and Bastion is their ninth and latest album. The quartet picked the band [...]
BOB SUMNER SOME PLACE TO REST EASY NORTH COUNTRY COLLECTIVE/FLUFF & GRAVY As an artist, there are two ways to go about tackling Americana music- you can play it straight, picking up the traditional elements (country, folk, other roots forms) [...]
MO KENNEY FROM NOWHERE INDEPENDENT Mo Kenney (they/them) is up to their fifth album titled From Nowhere. Yet, from wherever that is, Juno-nominated songwriter’s music here is coming from somewhere good. Presenting all the usual as well as [...]
DAVID LUNING LESSONS INDEPENDENT Yet another Americana artist? Well, yes and no really, as Americana as a genre has long been an expanding musical category that includes so many disparate musical elements that often don’t have much in [...]
MOLCHAT DOMA BELAYA POLOSA SACRED BONES Intriguing is the word that better describes Molchat Doma’s new album Belaya Polosa. The Belarusian post-punk band comes back with its distinctive brutalist vibe that not only is appreciated in the artwork [...]
SUUNS THE BREAKS JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS SUNNS are based in Montreal, and consist of Ben Shemie, Joseph Yarmush, and Liam O’Neill. The Breaks is their sixth studio album and their first since 2021’s The Witness. Since 2010, the band has [...]
IAMX FAULT LINES2 UNFALL IAMX’s newest album, Fault Lines2, explores a vast range of emotions, and, in turn, adds to one’s experience of life through his creations. This compilation of songs exudes feelings of passion, brought forward through [...]
CHICK COREA TRILOGY (DELUXE EDITION) CONCORD JAZZ Originally released in 2013 and 2019, respectively, Trilogy and Trilogy 2 are a pair of modern jazz masterpieces from Chick Corea and his magnificent trio, consisting of drummer Brian Blade and [...]
JON HOPKINS RITUAL DOMINO RECORDS The meaning extracted from an ambient record reflects the listener’s willingness and ability to project, to amplify, and in turn to receive meaning where nothing evolves explicitly. It’s an echo chamber, a [...]
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 [...]
