BILL ORCUTT MUSIC IN CONTINUOUS MOTION PALILALIA RECORDS Since 1996, Bill Orcutt has released 23 solo studio albums, and so Music In Continuous Motion is number 24. He has also made a great many albums collaborating with other artists. Music in [...]
ORA COGAN HARD HEARTED WOMAN SACRED BONES RECORDS I don’t think it is a coincidence that Ora Cogan’s new album opens with the brilliant song “Honey,” with a steady beat, almost like a heartbeat. After all, the album is titled Hard Hearted Woman, [...]
LAMB OF GOD INTO OBLIVION EPIC Lamb Of God has returned with Into Oblivion, their first album since 2022’s Omens. The metal veterans remain as ferocious and consistent as ever over the course of 10 tracks, led by a string of singles, “Sepsis,” [...]
ODD MARSHALL SECONDS INDEPENDENT It is not often that an album sounds like the location in which it was recorded, but the minute I started listening to Seconds, Odd Marshall’s second album (his first since 2024’s successful Sand & Glue), I [...]
MARGARITAS PODRIDAS METALES PESADOS HOPELESS RECORDS With Metales Pesados, Margaritas Podridas deliver a third album that feels both refreshed and unmistakably their own. While the band leans into a more upbeat rhythmic pulse this time around, [...]
WHERE’S BETH ACHE IS A CRICKET IN THE NIGHT INDEPENDENT Good to great singer-songwriters seem to be creeping up on us daily (again!)—artists obviously seem to have a greater need to try and express their personal sensibilities and whatnot [...]
JENN GRANT QUEEN OF THE STRAIT INDEPENDENT With three Juno nominations, millions of streams, and critic accolades all over, Jenn Grant is becoming yet another Canadian music giant. And Grant has not reached that status by sticking to some strict [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS SOUL TO SOUL: MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LIBERATION HALL In 1971, Ghana hosted Soul To Soul, a 13-hour concert consisting of performances from dozens of African American jazz, soul, and gospel artists. The concert served [...]
ENDEARMENTS AN ALWAYS OPEN DOOR TRASH CASUAL Endearments’ first full-length EP, An Always Open Door, leans heavily into the nostalgia of ’80s synthpop, and nowhere is that clearer than on the opening track, “Summersun.” At first, the pure pop [...]
SQUEEZE TRIXIES BMG Since Squeeze burst onto the scene in 1978 with their self-titled debut album, they have continually kept fans, critics, and listeners guessing as to what they will do next. Trixies is an album that I don’t think anyone saw [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS HELP(2) WAR CHILD RECORDS War Child is a much-needed and important organization. It is an independent non-government institution, whose goal is ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war. It is an agency that many [...]
FLYING LOTUS BIG MAMA INDEPENDENT Despite not releasing a studio album since 2019’s Flamagra, Flying Lotus remains in a state of constant motion as he moves through the decade with a range of projects, including soundtracks for Yasuke, Ozzy’s [...]
THE SUNCHARMS DARKENING SKY SUNDAY RECORDS The Suncharms are a band with an interesting history. They date back to 1989, and called it a day in 1993, but not before releasing a couple of EPs. In 2015 they reformed, and since then have released [...]
LES MAZOETANS DO YOUR BEST FORBIDDEN PLACE RECORDS Les Mazoetans is a band based in the Netherlands, and Do Your Best is their debut album, although they did release a seven-track mini album/EP in 2025, Merry Christmas from Hanoi. Together they [...]
THE DARTS HALLOWEEN LOVE SONGS MEOW HISS MUSIC/ADRENALIN FIX MUSIC Although we are in the winter months, and spring is around the corner, The Darts have decided that this was a good time to release a Halloween themed album. Halloween Love Songs [...]
GORD DOWNIE, THE SADIES AND THE CONQUERING SUN LIVE AT 6 O’CLOCK ARTS & CRAFTS Back in old 2014, we didn’t realize what we had before it was all unfairly taken from us all to soon. The solid 2014 album And the Conquering Sun and live [...]
PAT METHENEY SIDE-EYE III+ UNIQUITY MUSIC Since Pat Metheny burst onto the jazz scene in 1976 with his debut album, Bright Size Life, he has continued to dazzle, influence, and impress a great many people with his individual and unique style of [...]
THE MAD MILE LEGROOM INDEPENDENT There seems to be an interesting explosion of shoegaze and post-rock bands popping up lately, and The Mad Mile are no exception. There’s something exceedingly strange and dark about this whole album, yet it’s [...]
DONOVAN WOODS SQUANDER YOUR GIFTS INDEPENDENT Donovan Woods is one of those singer-songwriters who have a strong fan base, based much more on his excellent songwriting and subtle, hushed vocals rather than any hype or PR, as Woods is one of [...]
IRON & WINE HEN’S TEETH SUB POP There are few characteristics you can attribute to Iron & Wine, aka Sam Beam, through his artistic career for this quarter of a century or so that he has been on the music scene. First of all, he [...]
ELIZA NOXON GOOD MONSTERS WITH BAD HABITS INDEPENDENT Some artists turn up on the music scene as rough diamonds, so to say, with talent showing, but with some edges that need to be finely honed through time to make their music sound great and [...]
MICHAEL CORMIER-O’LEARY PROOF ENOUGH DEAR LIFE RECORDS Michael Cormier-O’Leary is no newcomer to Spill Magazine, and getting right down to it, there is a good reason he reappears here. Not only because he has a new 7-song EP, but [...]
GORILLAZ THE MOUNTAIN KONG The Mountain is the first Gorillaz album since 2023’s Cracker Island, and their ninth studio album overall. Gorillaz is really the brainchild of Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett and along with friends and like [...]
THE SHEEPDOGS KEEP OUT OF THE STORM RIGHT ON RECORDS Keep Out of The Storm marks the eighth full length record from The Sheepdogs, and their first since 2022’s Outta Sight. The album comes hot on the tails of an impressive 2025 that included the [...]
