JENNIFER FOSTER POWERLINE INDEPENDENT Powerline is the latest album from Toronto singer-songwriter Jennifer Foster. Her releases have been a bit sporadic of late, so it is a treat that she has gifted us with a new collection of songs. And what a [...]
KATY PINKE WONDER GLAMOUR GOWNS Sometimes you wonder, and it seems so does Katy Pinke on her new 4-song EP, with such a title, why do artists bother to release EPs that barely scratch over 6 minutes – is it just teasing ahead of something [...]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS THE FORMER SITE OF NEW PORNOGRAPHERS MERGE RECORDS Despite the initial controversy with its name when the band first appeared, The New Pornographers made it big instantly, and it was the quality of the music, lyrics and [...]
TIGERS JAW LOST ON YOU HOPELESS RECORDS Tigers Jaw sound has always felt like a soft reawakening, a breath that one takes before admitting something that you’ve kept hidden away in the dark, avoiding what might surface if you bring it to [...]
FLEA HONORA NONESUCH RECORDS Whispers of Flea, the jazz musician, have persisted for decades. While it is commonly known that before picking up the bass, his first instrument was the trumpet, and he regularly expresses his love for jazz and [...]
SNAIL MAIL RICOCHET MATADOR RECORDS If you’ve been with Lindsey Jordan and Snail Mail since her first full release Habit, then this record is for you. Jordan opens with a steady, energetic farewell to a relationship she’s parted ways with, [...]
TRUE GREEN HAIL DISASTER SPACECASE RECORDS Minneapolis-based novelist/songwriter Dan Hornsby is not the first to lead a band, but might be among the first ones to set his lyrical vision through jangly guitar rock with his band True Green. Hail [...]
MARNIE WEBER RETURNING HOME: THE MUSIC OF MARNIE WEBER PHANTOM LIMB RECORDS Wikipedia defines art rock as “ a subgenre of rock music that aims to separate the genre from popular entertainment, with the term typically being applied as the middle [...]
JACKIE WEST SILENT CENTURY RUINATION RECORDS Some would say that singer-songwriters are dime-a-dozen these days (again!), and the proliferation is certainly there, but there seems to be a deeper thematic shift compared to the initial [...]
NINA HAGEN HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN GRÖNLAND RECORDS If you’ve ever dreamed of watching late-career Marlene Dietrich play an enigmatic preacher in a European arthouse rock musical, you’re in luck! Nina Hagen’s new gospel album, HiGHWAY TO HEAVEN, is [...]
JON ANDERSON SURVIVAL& OTHER STORIES | EARTH MOTHER EARTH FRONTIERS MUSIC Jon Anderson has released 16 solo studio albums. His catalogue of music is astounding and with his new band, The Band Geeks, he continues to record and tour. These two [...]
CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD HURTS LIKE HELL NEXT DOOR RECORDS/MERGE RECORDS Big life changes impact everybody, but such changes are more visible, or to be precise, more audible with musicians. Motherhood is one such big change in life, and it had its [...]
EM SPEL BIRD OR SNAKE BIRDWATCHER What would be experimental folk exactly? As with any other genre, it would approximately mean that you as an artist are not taking the usual routes associated with such a genre, and it could be anything from [...]
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ENGINES OF DEMOLITION MNRK Having played a significant role in the recent Pantera reunion, Zakk Wylde has returned his attention to Black Label Society to deliver Engines of Demolition, the first record from the band since [...]
ROBYN SEXISTENTIAL KONICHIWA RECORDS Swedish songbird Robyn has been in the pop game since age 16. Her 1995 debut album included hits like “Show Me Love” and “Do You Know (What it Takes),” co-written with the legendary Max Martin. With a more [...]
JAH WOBBLE AND JON KLEIN AUTOMATED PARADISE DIMPLE DISCS Since leaving Public Image Ltd, Jah Wobble has been a remarkably prolific artist. He has recently teamed up with Jon Klein, former Siouxsie and The Banshees and Specimen guitarist, for [...]
LEVEL 42 THE LATER YEARS – 2001-2020 CHERRY RED RECORDS Level 42 had a huge career in the 1980s, combining modern jazz, funk, pop, prog and pure rock to create their own sound. Their own distinct genre. However, by the 2000s, they were not [...]
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD | EYE IN THE SKY | AMMONIA AVENUE (REISSUES) COOKING VINYL Once, when FM radio mattered and was a little underground, The Alan Parsons Project dominated the airwaves with their concept albums. [...]
DREAMWAVE DRIFTER/MOON DOGS STOLEN BODY RECORDS Psych Rock is a genre that gained popularity in the 1960s, during an era where psychedelic culture was common and artists were often using psychoactive drugs to aid with their creative process. The [...]
FRANK ZAPPA AND CAPTAIN BEEFHEART BONGO FURY (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) UNIVERSAL MUSIC Beginning in 1973, until 1975, Frank Zappa achieved his greatest commercial success in the U.S. In fact he had his only top 10 album in 1974, [...]
THE TINES BARROWS FUNNYBONE RECORDS You really have to hit the right notes to come up with unmistakeably great melody. And if you get it right once, you are bound to hit it again and again, and come up with an almost perfectly consistent album, [...]
SPECIAL FRIEND CLIPPING SKEP WAX RECORDS You can try and make a direct comparison to what French/American duo Guillaume Siracusa and Erica Ashleson of Special Friend is doing on Clipping, their second, simply titled album, but at some point, you [...]
MIINA WHERE THE LIGHT GOES INDEPENDENT “Live My Life on Holiday” is one of the singles Miina, aka Laura Mina Mitic. picked from her debut album Where the Light Goes, but what it takes today to makes your music heard (whether it [...]
BLODWYN PIG THE RECORDINGS 1969-1974 CHERRY RED RECORDS Jethro Tull released their debut album in 1968, titled This Was. Shortly after the release, guitarist Mick Abrahams left the band to embark on his own solo career and play a more [...]
