Be-Bop Deluxe Drastic Plastic (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set) Esoteric As we age, it is natural to take stock, and to look back upon our life and work. Doing so gives us an idea of where we have been, and an understanding of where we may be [...]
Adam Beattie Somewhere Around The Bend Independent For many, Americana means that such music has to come from the US. Fortunately, that genre has been around for a while and has certainly surpassed the borders of the country where it originated. [...]
Maxïmo Park Nature Always Wins Prolifica Inc./[PIAS] Maxïmo Park is an alternative rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and they’ve been cranking out solid, high-energy tunes since 2004. The band consists of Paul Smith on vocals, Duncan [...]
Michael Feuerstack Harmonize The Moon Forward Music Group Montreal singer/songwriter Michael Feuerstack has dropped his latest release, Harmonize the Moon. Usually, such records are like food constructed out of simple ingredients. You really [...]
Willie Nelson That’s Life Sony Music On his latest and 71st solo album, Willie Nelson has chosen to pay tribute to his friend Frank Sinatra. That’s Life is a collection of 11 Sinatra covers crooned by Nelson over a jazz ensemble – and is [...]
Melvins Hostile Ambient Takeover (Vinyl Reissue) Ipecac Recordings One of my favourite things is when music completely surprises me, as it did with the recent vinyl reissue of Hostile Ambient Takeover, Melvins 14th studio album from 2002 and [...]
Melvins Gluey Porch Treatments (Vinyl Reissue) Ipecac Recordings Years ago in the small town of Montesano, WA, a three-piece band was playing with a musical fire they likely didn’t fully realize was burning at the time. Somehow, they tamed [...]
Black Nash Black Nash Ramp Local So, what do you do when you get out of the army after five years? You record an album at home, of course! Well, that is at least what Jody Smith, aka Black Nash has done, and resulting in his self-titled album. [...]
NOFX Single Album Fat Wreck Chords NOFX is still around 40 years since their early beginnings, and what is there left to do when the rest of their era’s punk bands have fallen or sold out? Well, you can begin an album with a six-minute mid-tempo [...]
Spelljammer Abyssal Trip Ridingeasy Records Album titles can vary in quality. Many are iconic, while others are atrocious, and some reach a new level of awesome by encapsulating everything about music itself. Abyssal Trip falls squarely in this [...]
Alice Cooper Detroit Stories earMUSIC For his 28th studio album, Alice Cooper has returned with Detroit Stories, his first record since 2017’s Paranormal. The album features15 tracks – 11 originals and four covers – including a number of singles [...]
Menahan Street Band The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band Daptone Records Perhaps best known as the backing bands for late neo-soul icon Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band has returned with its first record in nearly a decade. The [...]
Lydia Luce Dark River Independent Nashville is changing. No, it isn’t the quality of musicianship. Whether you like it or not, the Nashville sound is one of the best around. It is the change that spells diversification, though it could be [...]
Strawbs Settlement Cherry Red Records The Strawbs released their self-titled debut in 1969, their first official album. This is their 27th release, and their second with this particular lineup. Once again the band has not only reinvented itself, [...]
Sloping Completed Songs sound as language Lead songwriter of the band Scooterbabe, JJ Posway, has released a debut solo album under the name Sloping. It is called Completed Songs, and it is nine tracks of fairly beautiful, but melancholy, [...]
Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs Real One Dine Alone Records For its third album, Toronto’s Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs has returned with Real One. The full-length record is their first major release since 2017’s acclaimed self-titled album [...]
Anya Marina Live And Alone In New York Independent You know your friend that’s a hot mess but has impeccable taste and style? Anya Marina’s Live and Alone in New York is a conversation with that friend. Her storytelling throughout the album by [...]
cEvin Key And The Subconscious Electronic Orchestra Resonance Artoffact cEvin Key’s fifth solo album, Resonance (formerly X̱wáýx̱way), is released on Toronto’s Artoffact Records. The album consists of 12 electronic tracks, some instrumental and [...]
Cursed Arrows Mage Tarantula Tapes Toronto-based Cursed Arrows has released its 12th full-length release, Mage. The five-track EP includes singles “Rebuild As One” and “Haunted”, both of which were released in October of 2020, and is their first [...]
Tommy Bolin Shake The Devil: The Lost Sessions Cleopatra Records It’s time again for the Tommy Bolin estate to dig into the archives, especially for those fans who will still spend money on the music they love. Bolin had only released two [...]
Matt Mays From Burnside With Love Sonic Records Lighters up for Matt Mays! The Nova Scotia-based folk rocker continues to quietly evolve his sound with his ninth album: From Burnside With Love. The Juno Award-winner strips down his music in this [...]
Lilys A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns/The 3 Way (Reissues) Sundazed Shoegaze caught on, particularly in the British Isles in the early ‘90s, went down for a while and then returned in the new millennium with full force around the world. Of [...]
Creedence Clearwater Revival Pendulum/Mardi Gras (50th Anniversary Half-Speed Masters) Craft Recordings Creedence Clearwater Revival or CCR, if you will, ruled the airwaves and record players when psych rock was on the rise and prog rock was [...]
The Band Stage Fright (50th Anniversary Edition) Capitol Records The latest reissue from The Band Stage Fright, is a prime example of many things. Firstly, it is example of an album that was unjustly quite down-rated by critics when it was first [...]
