MIRAH DEDICATION DOUBLE DOUBLE WHAMMY RECORDS Mirah, or more precisely, Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, is no newcomer and it shows. Her latest album, simply titled Dedication, is her seventh release, and all the experience she has gathered so far as an [...]
MAX HOFFMAN LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT INDEPENDENT What can you expect from a singer-songwriter who wrote his first song at the age of six? Well, at least to show that there is talent there and the ability to craft songs that will pique interest [...]
MOBY FUTURE QUIET BMG Future Quiet stands out as the finest album of the year so far, despite it only being February. This release is a breathtaking, ethereal masterpiece that seamlessly blends symphonic elegance with the signature melancholy [...]
LUCID EXPRESS INSTANT COMFORT KANINE RECORDS Instant Comfort is the sophomore effort from Hong Kong-based shoegaze / dream-pop band Lucid Express. Their debut album was released back in 2021, so this album has been highly anticipated. Lucid [...]
DIRTY RICK DIRTY RICK INDEPENDENT Hamilton, ON’s very own Dirty Rick has returned with their debut, full-length, self-titled album. Following a pair of double singles, released over the last year, Dirty Rick marks the first collection of new [...]
BECK EVERYBODY’S GOTTA LEARN SOMETIME CAPITOL RECORDS Beck has made a career out of keeping a healthy distance from particular genres. Never quite alternative, flirting with country, hanging off the edges of mainstream, but wacky enough to not [...]
WRABEL UP ABOVE NETTWERK Being a long time on the music scene can often keep you in the shadows, or like in the case of Wrabel, it can gain you a serious following, as the singer songwriter so far has some 4 billion views on various streaming [...]
BOY GOLDEN BEST OF OUR POSSIBLE LIVES SIX SHOOTER RECORDS Cowboy hats and colorful shirts can be a deceiving thing for musicians. For a general set of listeners that rely on musical snippets it would immediately indicate that who they have in [...]
THE OLYMPIANS IN SEARCH OF A REVIVAL DAPTONE It’s been a decade since The Olympians, a New York-based R&B/soul instrumental group, released their titular debut album The Olympians. Their new record, In Search of a Revival, is a departure of [...]
SUNDECAY THE BLOOD LIVES AGAIN INDEPENDENT Sundecay’s sound is akin to a slow-forming bruise: a purplish-blue darkness that blooms around the skin until it becomes impossible to ignore. While the Toronto doom outfit has always embodied this [...]
LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS PALE BLOOM UNIQUE RECORDS Pale Bloom is the seventh album from Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys and their first since 2024’s A Human Home. Pale Bloom, in many ways, picks up where that album left off. It is not a [...]
GENUINE CONNECTION I SWEAR INDEPENDENT Based out of Brooklyn, NY, Genuine Connection have emerged with their debut EP, I Swear. The five-song record comes without the faintest warning of a preceding single giving their release a sense of urgency [...]
SYDNEY ROSS MITCHELL CYNTHIA DISRUPTOR RECORDS Born and raised in Lubbock, Texas (home of Buddy Holly and Natalie Maines of The Chicks), Sydney Ross Mitchell left home to find herself in the music scene of Los Angeles. This EP tells the story of [...]
THE GROWNUP NOISE NO STRAIGHT LINE IN THE UNIVERSE INDEPENDENT The Grownup Noise is an indie rock band that was formed in 2005 by songwriter Paul Hansen (guitar/vocals) and Adam Sankowski (bass/vocals). The group also includes Katie Franich [...]
ALICE COSTELLOE MOVE ON WITH THE YEAR MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS As is the case sometimes with solo debut albums, the key just might lie with that solo tag. It is usually a case of an artist that has already been in a band or has worked undercover, so [...]
PUSCIFER NORMAL ISN’T PUSCIFER ENTERTAINMENT/ALCHEMY RECORDINGS/BMG Puscifer, the innovative alternative rock outfit led by Tool vocalist, Maynard James Keenan which consists of co-singer Carina Round and bassist and guitarist Mat Mitchel, has [...]
LUCY DREAMS VVVVV SONICWAVEARTPOP Lucy Dreams is a ‘trio’ from Vienna. The trio consists of two humans, Zero and One, and the third member is artificial, a musical computer if you will. The three members have been releasing music for a couple of [...]
KMFDM ENEMY METROPOLIS RECORDS German electronic and industrial rock pioneers KMFDM are back, balancing the stylistic blend of their signature sound while invigorating it with their 24th album, ENEMY. Sascha Konietzko and Lucia Cifarelli are [...]
BREN HOLMES A RUSH TO THE START LINE BREN HOLMES MUSIC Dublin-born, but Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Bren Holmes returns with his second solo album. A Rush To The Start Line follows his solo debut, Everything You Never Wanted, which he [...]
JAGUAR 777 JAGUAR 777 ELEVENTH HOUR RECORDING CO. Jaguar 777 is a Cleveland-based duo consisting of Kacie Marie and Emmett O’Connor. Jaguar 777 is their debut album, and it is an impressive debut. It is more cinematic than it is a standard rock [...]
STEVE POLTZ JOYRIDE RED HOUSE RECORDS JoyRide is the first album from Steve Poltz in nearly four years, with Stardust and Satellites being released in 2024. It is also his 14th album and he shows no sign of retiring. In fact, when one listens [...]
MARTA DEL GRANDI DREAM LIFE FIRE RECORDS Some singer-songwriters stick to all the defined lines, if you could call them that of this broadly-defined genre (and they are quite good at it), while there are not so many of them that try to bring in [...]
KIM MOBERG ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS INDEPENDENT You don’t essentially need to be an innovator that breaks boundaries to come up with good music that could reach quite a number of listeners. As a solo artist, you do need a hefty dose of [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS CBGB – A NEW YORK CITY SOUNDTRACK 1975-1986 CHERRY RED RECORDS This is a music collector’s perfect combination—an extensive compilation (box set, effectively) on one of the best labels around that can handle such a [...]
