LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES THE CYCLES OF TRYING TO COPE UNFD For the past decade, Like Moths to Flames have stayed at the top of their game within the cutthroat world of what is metalcore. Exploring morality and the inner struggle of negative [...]
SEASONAL FALLS HAPPY DAYS INDEPENDENT If the name of the band, the album title, and the album’s cover lead you towards for many dreaded new age category, you would most probably be quite off the mark. That ‘most probably’ [...]
LYRICS BORN THAT 1 TYME IN THE STUDIO: ACOUSTIC SELECTIONS INDEPENDENT For his 15th album, underground hip-hop icon Lyrics Born has returned with That 1 Tyme In The Studio: Acoustic Selections. In a unique step for the rap genre, the 10-track [...]
MDOU MOCTAR FUNERAL FOR JUSTICE MATADOR RECORDS Mdou Moctar is back with their studio album, Funeral For Justice. It is a record that bursts with sensation and life through a psychedelic rock energy not felt in years to make a work definitely [...]
LA PRIEST LA FUSION DOMINO RECORDS Spring is a time of growth, new beginnings, and natural beauty. Between the harsh rainfall and gentle blossoms, it is a time when memories are etched. UK-based LA Priest’s latest EP, La Fusion, perfectly [...]
16VOLT NEGATIVE ON ARRIVALS METROPOLIS RECORDS 16Volt’s Negative On Arrivals is a curated sonic journey featuring nine standout tracks cherry-picked from The Negative Space and Dead on Arrivals. Renowned for its robust industrial rock [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS YESTERDAY’S FAVOURITE (A TRIBUTE TO TALK TALK) COITUS INTERRUPTUS PRODUCTIONS There are some artists in rock history that seem almost sacred and as such other bands have been reluctant to cover their songs. Bands like Joy [...]
DUN-DUN BAND PITA PARKA PT. 1: XAM EGDUB IDÉE FIXE RECORDS On their first vinyl debut, Dun-Dun Band, the Toronto-based jazz and experimental rock band made up of Toronto’s finest, led by Craig Dunsmuir, a figure who has shaped Toronto’s [...]
KEITH WALLEN INFINITY NOW RISE RECORDS Rock music’s Breaking Benjamin’s guitarist Keith Wallen has released his new solo album Infinity Now via Rise Records. The follow up to 2021’s This World Or The Next comes alongside a spring tour with [...]
THE PLOT IN YOU VOL. 2 FEARLESS RECORDS After the release of Vol. 1 earlier this year, The Plot In You returns with a second EP titled Vol. 2. Hailing from Hancock County, OH, The Plot In You have become quite a force within the modern rock [...]
KAMASI WASHINGTON FEARLESS MOVEMENT YOUNG Kamasi Washington exudes ambition. For evidence of this, look not only to his virtuosic performance and songwriting, but look to the fact that his debut album, 2015’s The Epic, was a three-volume [...]
CAMERA OBSCURA LOOK TO THE EAST, LOOK TO THE WEST MERGE RECORDS Camera Obscura is back after a hiatus of quite a few years and you might not say that they are back with a vengeance, but you may with the usual melodic detail and sophistication, [...]
JESSICA PRATT HERE IN THE PITCH MEXICAN SUMMER Those familiar with Jessica Pratt might be mainly accustomed to her excellent songwriting usually based on her no less incredible vocals and acoustic guitar. Her songwriting was always that good [...]
JOHN CARPENTER LOST THEMES IV: NOIR SACRED BONES John Carpenter, the “Prince of Darkness”, is widely known as a movie-maker and composer for some of the best science fiction, action, and horror movies of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Carpenter has joined [...]
DEA MATRONA FOR YOUR SINS INDEPENDENT The highly-anticipated debut album For Your Sins from Orláith Forsythe and Mollie McGinn of the Irish rock duo Dea Matrona has finally arrived. For Your Sins drips with flavour and style. It features [...]
JOHN MCKIEL HEX YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS With the release of his fourth album Hex, Jon Mckiel finds new ways to push traditional song structures and production boundaries. The New Brunswick native returns with this 10-song LP following the [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS PUNK FLOYD – A TRIBUTE TO PINK FLOYD CLEOPATRA RECORDS When Dirk McQuickly left The Rutles, he formed The Punk Floyd. This album, Punk Floyd – A Tribute To Pink Floyd, is not the long lost album by that band, but rather punk [...]
CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON CYAN BLUE STONE WOMAN MUSIC/XL RECORDINGS With the release of her second full-length album, Charlotte Day Wilson provides a captivating musical production, one that is as engaging as it is sonically mesmerizing. Fans of the [...]
FRANK TURNER UNDEFEATED XTRA MILE RECORDINGS Frank Turner is famously prolific. This is now his tenth studio album, and it’s a defiant and typically sing-a-long howl from Turner, particularly on songs like the opener “Do One”, but perhaps best [...]
LIGHTNING BUG NO PARADISE INDEPENDENT The band Lightning Bug is back with their newest LP, No Paradise. It’s crazy to think it’s been nearly three years since their previous album, A Color Of The Sky. What’s crazier is the wonder of why we [...]
LYD MARIE /LOVE GOES INDEPENDENT Lydia Froncek, aka Lyd Marie is one of those artists that seems to never be satisfied standing still. After all, she started her first band at the age of eight, she was a member of Austin, Texas’ all female world [...]
ACCEPT HUMANOID NAPALM RECORDS Accept can be considered one of the most legendary German heavy metal bands to have formed in 1976. Since their inception, they have not only become one of the most successful German acts, but they have also made a [...]
PERSONAL TRAINER WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE? INDEPENDENT Personal Trainer’s debut EP, What Was There Before?, is a display of what once was, mourning girlhood and grasping onto any hallucination of innocence that can be found in the “bottom of your [...]
STEPHEN SANCHEZ ANGEL FACE (CLUB DELUXE) MERCURY RECORDS/REPUBLIC RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC In 2023 I reviewed Stephen Sanchez’s debut album, Angel Face for Spill Magazine. Although I did not include it in the original review, I do recall thinking [...]
