HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER I’M PEOPLE CHRYSALIS RECORDS I’m People is Hiss Golden Messenger’s 16th studio album, since their debut in 2008. M.C. Taylor (who really is Hiss Golden Messenger at this point) continues his slide into Americana music. In [...]
NIALL CONNOLLY THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO SEE C.U. RECORDS It has been three years since Niall Connolly’s last studio album (the brilliant Patience of Trees), and while three years is a bit of time, There’s So Much More to See has been [...]
THE RALLIES NO BETTER TIME INDEPENDENT With No Better Time, by The Rallies, it feels that summer has officially started. The Rallies are a four-piece band based in Seattle. No Better Time, their fourth album, is the perfect spring/summer album. [...]
FITZROY HOLT AROUND THE WREKIN’ 25 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE Around The Wrekin is Fitzroy Holt’s debut album. He has made a name for himself in his home in the UK, known as Black Country (not to be confused with Black Country, New Road). Over the [...]
NOAH KAHAN THE GREAT DIVIDE MERCURY RECORDS Noah Kahan’s newest release, The Great Divide, feels like a defining moment in his career. An album that not only builds on his signature introspection but elevates it to a new emotional peak. Simply [...]
BEATRIX WE SWALLOWED THE SKY NICE LIFE One thing you can almost instantly spot with singer songwriters is if they have classical music background. The key thing there is how they use that background in a pop/rock musical setting – are they able [...]
STEPHEN BECKER GRAVITY BLANKET ONE IS THREE RECORDS Avid readers of Spill magazine have probably noticed that NYC’s Stephen Becker is one of the frequent artists you can meet here. His brand of so-called bedroom pop has that quirkiness and [...]
CABARET VOLTAIRE BUT WHAT TIME IS IT REALLY? MEMETUNE Cabaret Voltaire, initially consisting of Richard Kirk, Chris Watson, and Stephen Mallinder, is an English techno music group that experienced a degree of success with their song “Sensoria” [...]
ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE ANGEL IN PLAINCLOTHES ASTHMATIC KITTY There are a number of singer songwriters out there that might not have the wide exposure they deserve but do have a staunch core of fans that keep them going for fame or bust, and in most [...]
CARLA DAL FORNO CONFESSION KALLISTA RECORDS Upon hearing a new album, one thing music fans usually try first is trying to define and categorise the music they are listening to – try and fit it into nice and clear category or categories. Maybe [...]
FOO FIGHTERS YOUR FAVORITE TOY RCA RECORDS Foo Fighters have returned with their 12th studio album, Your Favorite Toy. The album is their first release since 2023’s But Here We Are and marks the debut of drummer Ilan Rubin. The record comes [...]
APAULL GUNFACTOR FURNACE ROOM RECORDS The Dutch-Canadian electronic music artist, DJ, and producer apaull has released his third studio album, Gunfactor. The album’s title loosely translates to “it factor” in Dutch, a term which takes on a [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING – SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985-1999 CHERRY RED RECORDS Famed author and film director Grant McPhee (All Invisible Things, Postcards From Scotland) has assembled a three-CD set handpicking some [...]
FRIKO SOMETHING WORTH WAITING FOR ATO RECORDS Friko is back with Something Worth Waiting For, the group’s highly anticipated sophomore record—this time with the help of indie-legend producer John Congleton, a couple of new bandmates, and a [...]
RINGO STARR LONG LONG ROAD UNIVERSAL MUSIC Last year, Ringo Starr released his first country album in 55 years, titled Look Up (his first country album was 1970’s Beaucoups Of Blues). Not only was Look Up a brilliant album, it also gave Starr [...]
SEPULTURA THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS One could not debate the most influential metal bands of all time without Sepultura being mentioned at least once. Having dominated the 90s with albums Chaos A.D. and Roots in particular, [...]
CISKA CISKA ANGEL MAYWAY RECORDS No, you probably haven’t heard of Ciska Ciska (yet). After all, at the age of 25, Belgian singer songwriter Ciska Dhaenens who is behind this moniker has only four singles under her belt, all combined on [...]
IAMX UNMASK EP | IAMIXED: REWORKS FAULT LINES ALBUMS 1 AND 2 UNFALL RECORDS IAMX is Chris Corner, originally from London. Since making his debut in 2004, he has had several artists join him on tours, but in the studio, it is pretty much Corner. [...]
HORACE ANDY THE VOICE IN SOUND ECHO BEACH RECORDS Do you want to hear where a lot of bands from the 1980s borrowed some of their sound and style? Well, look no further than Horace Andy. Born in Jamaica in the early 1950s, he is regarded as one [...]
CIGAR CLUB VOL. II INDEPENDENT Toronto’s Cigar Club remains one of the most unique and vital bands within the Southern Ontario scene. As they make their return with their second full-length studio album, following 2021’s Day, Now and, more [...]
BRIAN WILSON ON TOUR 1999-2007 OGLIO RECORDS I have said it before, and I will say it again, Brian Wilson’s solo music has never really received the recognition it deserves. As a solo artist, he wrote, produced, and recorded some brilliant [...]
THE BLASTERS RARE BLASTS: STUDIO OUTTAKES AND MOVIE MUSIC 1979-1985 LIBERATION HALL An American Music Story: The Complete Studio Recordings 1979-1985 was a superb release in last year’s Record Store Day offerings, a comprehensive five LP [...]
NINE INCH NAILS NINE INCH NOIZE INTERSCOPE Nine Inch Noize, the collaborative record from Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize, follows a stunning Coachella set that flew in the face of all that the festival has become to represent. The album is not [...]
LØLØ GOD FORBID A GIRL SPITS OUT HER FEELINGS COALITION MUSIC LØLØ’s latest release, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings, plays like a confessional you weren’t necessarily meant to hear, but can’t look away from. There’s an intimacy woven [...]
