Diatom Deli Time~Lapse Nature RVNG International Artist PR’s can really go to extremes, from bare facts to wordy gibberish that praises the artists to heaven with no substantial music behind those words. Having read the press release [...]
MELØ Things We Lost Independent Things We Lost is the debut EP from Windsor-based artist MELØ. He describes his music as riding an “edge where retro-futurism meets indie-pop and blooms into overdrive”. That is not a bad description. This is an [...]
Shawn Benfield Way Of The World Shotgunn Records Shawn Benfield is from West Virginia, which has found its way into his music, for the better. Way Of The World is his debut album, and it is one hell of a debut. This is country rock at its [...]
Fozzy Boombox Mascot Records The Georgia-based band Fozzy have returned after five years with their eighth studio album, Boombox. The follow-up to 2017’s Judas, it’s full of the usual energy and effort that the band puts into their music. With a [...]
Silverstein Misery Made Me UNFD/NSEW Recordings Over the years, many will have formed a variety of different opinions when it comes to post-hardcore heavy-hitters, Silverstein. But when it comes to redeveloping soundscapes for every album [...]
Love & Pain It Comes In Waves Independent Many artists have both many differing (or not so differing) musical interests and try to cover as much ground as they possibly could. Very often, it has quite a bit to do with their inventiveness and [...]
Simple Plan Harder Than It Looks Independent Simple Plan has always reigned supreme when we look to the kings that rule the pop-punk realm. They not only shaped the genre, but emerging bands have also used them as the pillar of influence on [...]
Pink Mountaintops Peacock Pools ATO Records Peacock Pools, the first release in eight years from the Vancouver-born experimental, folky, psychedelic rockers Pink Mountaintops may be a difficult album to digest for some fans while leaving newer [...]
The Staples Jr. Singers When Do We Get Paid Luaka Bop When the Staples Jr. Band formed in 1971, the iconic Memphis label Stax had The Staple Singers as one of their main acts, singing, if not strictly gospel, inspirational soul material drawing [...]
Conduit Of Humanity Siren Songs From Another World Rescord Records Conduit Of Humanity is more of a collective than a band. Founded by Fred Jeske as a recording collaborative art project with help from many artists, they have released two [...]
The Black Crowes 1972 Amazon Music For their first collection of new, recorded material, the recently reunited Black Crowes have partnered exclusively with Amazon Music to deliver 1972. The six-track covers EP sees The Black Crowes take on The [...]
Late Night Trouble Lights Out Curtain Call Records Hailing from Montreal, Late Night Trouble has dropped their long awaited debut EP Lights Out. The album follows the release of singles “Sex Drive”, “Scream My Name”, and “Diamond In The Rough” [...]
Buzzcocks Senses Out Of Control Cherry Red Records Buzzcocks formed in 1976 when Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto formed the band in Manchester, having been influenced by the erupting punk rock scene. After one EP (Spiral Scratch), Devoto left [...]
Bill Bruford Making A Song And Dance: A Complete Career Collection BMG Bill Bruford. The very name conjures up the names of some of the prog rock giants. He was an original and founding member of Yes, and later Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe [...]
Market The Consistent Brutal Bullshit Gong Western Vinyl At some point you reach a stage when some mellow, subdued, harmony vocal pop rock with intelligent lyrics just fits the bill perfectly. In the late 90s and at the turn of the millennium, [...]
Action Bronson Cocodrillo Turbo Atlantic Records I always found Action Bronson was victim of his own success. His diverse portfolio of talents has caused his music to seemingly take a backseat to his other passions. This isn’t due to lack of [...]
Jazz Sabbath Jazz Sabbath, Vol. 2 Independent Reimaging catalogues from classic rock artists into the jazz context seems to be a growing trend of mixed results. The latest record to attempt this impressive feat is Jazz Sabbath, Vol. 2 the [...]
Georgia Harmer Stay In Touch Arts & Crafts You really have to have an impressive set of songs, a truly great voice and some stellar musical backing to come up with a debut album that should really matter. Toronto’s Georgia Harmer [...]
Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia Partisan Records Fontaines D.C. got their name from The Godfather character Johnny Fontane, a singer and actor played by Al Martino. They altered the spelling and added the D.C. when they discovered a band in Washington [...]
Abigail Lapell Stolen Time Outside Music What do you usually expect from a subdued singer-songwriter album? A voice and a single instrument? An interesting track or two and a bit of monotony? Sure, that is a problem many singer-songwriters face [...]
Primus Conspiranoid ATO Records With no notice, Primus has returned with its first release in five years. The experimental, alternative rock icons have released Conspiranoid ahead of their upcoming tour. The three-track EP follows their previous [...]
Dorothy Gifts From The Holy Ghost Spinefarm Records Three years ago, a member of the Los Angeles-based band Dorothy accidentally overdosed on heroin. As if watching the life leave his body, Dorothy Martin, the band’s vocalist, surrounded him [...]
Various Artists Brown Acid: The Fourteenth Trip RidingEasy Records Have six months already passed by? Well, that surely means it is time for the new Brown Acid The Fourteenth Trip proto hard/heavy compilation from yesteryear and artists and [...]
Brian Willoughby Twiddly Bits Cabritunes Records Brian Willoughby may be known for his work with the Strawbs as he has been a longstanding member. However, he has also worked with The Monks, Monty Python, Mary Hopkin and he has also released [...]
