The Luka State Fall In Fall Out AntiFragile Music While many bands may list The Clash as one of their inspirations, few often deliver on a sound reminiscent of the quintessential and incredibly unique punk outfit. The Luka State, hailing from [...]
Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul Macca To Mecca! Wicked Cool/Universal Music In 2017, Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul hit the road to promote its then new album, Soulfire. Highlights of that tour were released as a live album, [...]
MG (Martin Gore) The Third Chimpanzee Mute Records Martin L. Gore is the principal songwriter, a founding member, and occasional lead vocalist of English electronic band Depeche Mode. His solo discography is split between sophisticated [...]
Steve Wilson The Future Bites Arts & Crafts The Future Bites is the first album of new material by Steven Wilson since 2017’s To The Bone. That is not to say he hasn’t been busy. And now, as with everything Steven Wilson does, he does the [...]
Ed Cosens Fortunes Favour Distiller Records Ed Cosens makes his solo debut after 15 years of strumming for The Reverend and the Makers. Stepping out of his position as guitarist, Cosens shows he has chops to stand on his own–vulnerable [...]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah New Fragility CYHSY, Inc./Secretly Distribution For a while now, we haven’t heard much about Clap Your Hand Say Yeah. There could be a few reasons for that. First of all, they’ve had no proper album release [...]
Black Pistol Fire Look Alive Black Hill Records Black Pistol Fire, the Canadian-America hard-blues power duo from Austin, Texas, has returned with their long-awaited sixth album, Look Alive. The eleven-song studio record follows their successful [...]
Regnvm Animale Ignis Sacer Deutsche Bulvan Bolag ‘Unchecked growth sees capitalist greed choking democracy, while global temperatures rise at an alarming rate.’ With such a pronouncement, one can tell that Ignis Sacer, the latest EP release from [...]
Rhye Home Last Gang Records Toronto-born Michael Milosh has been able to cultivate something both unique and engaging with Rhye–a sultry, soothing mix of R&B and indie pop which toes the line between energetic and beautifully quiet. In [...]
Steve Hackett Under A Mediterranean Sky Inside Out Music Under A Mediterranean Sky is Steve Hackett’s first studio album since 2019’s At The Edge Of Light, and his first classic one since 2008’s Tribute. However, while it is classical, Under A [...]
Perry Farrell The Glitz; The Glamour Last Man Music Perry Farrell stands as the godfather of alternative rock. His contributions to popular music are undeniable, so much so, that were it not for him and Jane’s Addition, the ‘90s rock explosions [...]
Still Corners The Last Exit Wrecking Light Records Like a long drive through barren desert red rock canyons in a vintage ragtop, even at night the dwindling heat invades the nostrils and you can almost taste the dust laced humidity. It parches [...]
Jim Ghedi In The Furrows Of Common Place Basin Rock Records Sheffield, UK’s Jim Ghedi returns with his third album, On In The Furrows Of Common Place. Here, he taps into celtic and folk music, with a small tinge of rock and blues. The album was [...]
Here Lies Man Ritual Divination RidingEasy Records Having burst onto the scene in 2017 with their self-titled debut record, LA’s Here Lies Man has only continued to dive deeper into its essential question, ‘What if Black Sabbath played [...]
Len Mizzoni Len Mizzoni Independent Len Mizzoni deserves a great deal of respect. The one-time member of Frozen Ghost has established a solo career in jazz-styled pop for himself over the past few years, a style in which it is not easy to [...]
Azure Ray Azure Ray (20th Anniversary Vinyl Edition) Flower Moon Records To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of their self-titled debut album, Azure Ray has some treats instore for fans. Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink, the melodic duo behind [...]
Danielle Durack No Place Undertow Music “Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” ~Rumi Writing an album can be pretty [...]
Sting The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition) Universal Music Thirty years ago, Sting released his third solo album, The Soul Cages. Written largely in response to the passing of his father, it was a critical favourite that would net Sting his first [...]
Front Line Assembly Mechanical Soul Metropolis Records After over three decades of music from industrial greats Front Line Assembly, they’ve now released their 17th album, Mechanical Soul. 10 tracks, plus a remix of “Hatevol” from their [...]
Grievous Angels Summer Before The Storm Jimmy Boyle Records The Grievous Angels made their debut in 1986, and The Summer Before The Storm, their eighth album, is their strongest to date. The band has help here from special guest, Skydigger’s [...]
USS Einsteins Of Consciousness Coalition Music/Warner Music Canada On January 8, 2021, Toronto’s Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers, lovingly known as USS, are gearing up to release their sixth and final album Einsteins of Consciousness. One thing is [...]
Artificial Dissemination Modern Day Peasants Tarantula Tapes Hailing from Toronto and Hamilton, Artificial Dissemination has released their latest album, Modern Day Peasants. The album is the fifth release from the two-piece band to be released [...]
The Dirty Nil Fuck Art Dine Alone Records Fuck Art is the third studio album from the Hamilton, Ont.-based The Dirty Nil, in which they reaffirm their commitment to keeping the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll alive. Partially recorded in Toronto’s Union [...]
Shawn Benfield The Shorter It Gets, The Harder It Hits... Shotgunn Records There must be something in the drinking water in The Appalachians, as here we have yet another artist from that region making his debut with the EP The Shorter It [...]
