Albums Of The Week: Gordon Koang | Community
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “First we had Unity. Now, South Sudan’s undisputed ‘King of Music’, the eccentric outsider Gordon Koang, returns with his second full-length of original material since...
Albums Of The Week: Weber Brothers | The Water Street Trilogy Part 1 –...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: ”In a brief window between lockdowns in the summer of 2021, Peterborough rock ’n’ rollers The Weber Brothers found themselves faced with an oddly familiar...
Iggy Pop Announces New Rock Album Every Loser
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In the wake of the ecstatic reaction to its appropriately titled opening track and first single Frenzy, it can now be revealed that Iggy Pop...
Now Hear This: Johnny & The Rotten | Here Is Johnny II
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Imagine The Beach Boys having weird, dirty, sweaty sex with Sonic Youth and their baby turns out to be an angry punk that doesn‘t give...
Now Hear This: The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs | All The Covers (And More)
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Considering The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs started as a for-kicks cover band playing songs your average music fan doesn’t know, it is only fitting we would finally...
Now Hear This: Pulled Apart By Horses | Reality Cheques
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After a period of rest, reflection and transformation, in 2021 Pulled Apart by Horses regrouped to write and record their long-awaited forthcoming fifth studio album...
Now Hear This: The Amblers | Shallow Pools Deluxe Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The grit, the grime, the sweat on the walls, the blood on the instruments and callouses on the fingers and hands. Any rock ’n’ roll...
Now Hear This: Los Speakers | En El Maravilloso Mundo De Ingeson
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “By 1968, Colombian rock had left behind its affinity with yéyé and go-go music. In Medellín, Discos Fuentes had terminated its contract with Los Yetis,...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I recently lost track of time down the rabbit hole known as Rocklopedia Fakebandica.
The online database boasts nearly 6,500 entries of fake or fictional bands and musicians. I wound...
Now Hear This: El Universo | Live Bootleg
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “El Universo is the personal project of Mexico City's Eder Ademar. Their eponymous debut album was released in September 2021. Ademar played every instrument on...
Now Hear This: Various Artists | Afro Psych: Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 –...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “While the continent’s contribution to the global funk, boogie and disco canon has been well documented for decades, the strong presence of rock and psychedelia...
Now Hear This: Pool Kids | Pool Kids
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pool Kids are energy. Raw, sporadic, and indisputably authentic, they hail from Tallahassee. Pool Kids, the band’s masterful self-titled album, fuses fan-favorite math and art-rock...
Now Hear This: Serpent | Durícies A L’ànima
THE TRANSLATED & EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Formed in Barcelona in 2016, Serpent have released a seven-song demo and a full length called Lluna Roja, along with a series of...
Blinker The Star | Love Oblast: Exclusive Album Premiere
The only thing which has preoccupied Jordon Zadorozny more than music this year has been the war in Ukraine and the end of a relationship.
Putin's war has enraged, fascinated...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Billy Bragg | The Peel Session
I toss a great deal of word salad in these reviews about album production and personnel. So here, finally, is an opportunity to take a deep dive into a...
