Albums Of The Week: Johnossi | Mad Gone Wild
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Swedish rock duo Johnossi have returned with their seventh album Mad Gone Wild, a pulse-pounding psychodrama and intimate portrait of a man slipping into insanity.
For...
Albums Of The Week: Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators | 4
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A decade and four albums into their career, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators haven’t been deterred by any obstacles in their path —...
Albums Of The Week: Jaimi Faulkner | Allen Keys & Broken Bits
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Jaimi Faulker is a talented singer and songwriter and accomplished guitarist who is equally at home on electric and acoustic instruments. Capable of presenting beautiful...
Albums Of The Week: Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You is a sprawling double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into...
Albums Of The Week: Frank Turner | FTHC
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Frank Turner’s ninth album FTHC opens with Non Serviam, a two-minute blast of vitriolic hardcore that reflects the record’s title. But elsewhere it darts between...
Albums Of The Week: Andy Bell | Flicker
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Flicker is the second album from Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell. Written almost as a conversation with his teenage self, it follows the triumphant solo...
Albums Of The Week: Empath | Visitor
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Empath began in 2016 when Garrett Koloski, Emily “Jem” Shanahan and Catherine Elicson moved into a house in West Philadelphia together, with Randall Coon joining shortly...
Albums Of The Week: Alt-J | The Dream
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Dream is an album where true crime-inspired stories and tales of Hollywood and the Chateau Marmont rub shoulders with some of the Alt-J’s more...
Albums Of The Week: Eddie Vedder | Earthling
Hell has apparently frozen over. Pigs have presumably taken wing. And don't be surprised if monkeys fly out of your butt in short order. Yes, the once-impossible has finally...
Albums Of The Week: Urge Overkill | Oui
Time and its passage mean nothing to Urge Overkill. And their long-overdue sixth album Oui is all the proof you need.
By the calendar, it's their first release in a...
Albums Of The Week: Voivod | Synchro Anarchy
“Hey!” barks Voivod frontman Snake on Paranolmalium, the opening track to the Quebec metal mathletes’ 15th studio Synchro Anarchy. “Can you hear me? I'm alive.” Damn right they are....
Albums Of The Week: Spoon | Lucifer On The Sofa
I can't tell you how many times I've seen Spoon live, thanks to their near-perennial appearances at SXSW back in the day. But if I'm being honest, some of...
HOROJO Trio Are Ready To Set The Record
HOROJO Trio (pronunciation: HO-RO-JO), who became an award-winning soul-rocking rhythm and blues group before releasing any music, are ready to Set The Record with the release of their debut...
Sonic Reducers | And The Oscar Goes To …
The Oscar nominations are out! The Oscar nominations are out!
Oh, who am I kidding? I don't really give a damn. And neither do you, probably. Except for the fact...
Classic Album Review: Fu Manchu | California Crossing
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 most of Canada...