Albums Of The Week: TV Priest | My Other People

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Without a brutal evaluation of their own becoming, TV Priest might have never made their second album. Heralded as the next big thing in post-punk, they...

Albums Of The Week: Red Sun Atacama | Darwin

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Spread through the impetuous fuzz of Californian heavy rock, Red Sun Atacama praise the burning sound of the desert and the Holy Groove with irresistible...

Albums Of The Week: Bartees Strange | Farm To Table

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Farm To Table is the second album from D.C. resident Bartees Leon Cox Jr. Where his 2020 debut record Live Forever introduced the experiences and...

Albums Of The Week: Pip Skid | A Really Nice Day

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pip Skid returns to the Peanuts & Corn Records family with his first album with bigmcenroe since 2004! That's a long time. A Really Nice...

Albums Of The Week: Nova Twins | Supernova

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Genre-bending heavy alt-rock duo Nova Twins (singer-guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South) have just released their highly anticipated sophomore album, the aptly titled Supernova. Supernova...

Albums Of The Week: Astral Magic | Magical Kingdom

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Astral Magic is a new solo project by Santtu Laakso aka DJ Astro. He used to play bass and Moog in Finnish psychedelic space-rock band...

Albums Of The Week: Foals | Life Is Yours

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Foals take a fresh, thrilling new direction on with their seventh album. Life Is Yours is the followup to the triumphant, two-part Everything Not Saved...

Albums Of The Week: The Bobby Lees | Hollywood Junkyard EP

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Bobby Lees, the upstate New York four-piece who have been described as “an explosion of intensity of high-concept, low budget rock’n’roll” and who have...

Albums Of The Week: Frank Zappa | Zappa/Erie

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The latest audio treasure to be excavated from Frank Zappa’s vast and legendary vault, Zappa/Erie brings together an exciting trio of shows that the Maestro...

Back Stories | My 2011 + 2012 Interviews With Brian Wilson

The new documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road is something of a trip down memory lane for me. No, I have never chaufeurred the beloved Beach Boys leader and pop...

20 Questions With Stefano May

Stefano May is a man on the move. In more ways than one. The Italian-born, Florida-based popster's latest single False Horizon is a festival-inspired charmer about finding your inner...

Hannah Thomas Pops Up With Dock Music Concerts

Fresh off her 2022 Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Young Performer of the Year, Canadian pop singer Hannah Thomas sets the stage for a summer of songs in...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Evangeline Made

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   In the Anglocentric music...

Classic Album Review: Goldfinger | Open Your Eyes

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There‘s no one more...

Classic Album Review: Tuuli | Here We Go

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Sure, with their colour...

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