Drenge | Strange Creatures
Strange but true: These British indie-rockers first gained widespread notoriety when an MP recommended them in his resignation letter several years ago. Not sure about his politics, but there's...
Datarock | A Fool At Forty Is A Fool Indeed
Datarock aren't fooling around. Less than a year after their return to form album Face the Brutality, the tracksuited Norwegian new wave throwbacks are back with new material. The...
Julia Jacklin | Crushing
Is Julia Jacklin crushing on a new love? Or is an old one crushing her soul and spirit? The simple answer: Yes.
On Crushing, the outstanding followup to her acclaimed...
Murray A. Lightburn | Hear Me Out
"I’ve changed my ways," Murray A. Lightburn insists midway through Hear Me Out. That's fair enough. And he's not just talking about that middle initial in his name. On...
John Mayall | Nobody Told Me
John Mayall cannot be stopped. Nor should anyone dare tell him to. More than 50 years after his first album, the 85-year-old British blues icon isn't just going through...
Sleaford Mods | Eton Alive
There's no success like failure. Bob Dylan said that. But Sleaford Mods lived it. When jabbering frontman Jason Williamson and bare-bones beatmaker Andrew Fearn gate-crashed the scene several years...
Claypool Lennon Delirium | South of Reality
Reality has never been all it's cracked up to be. Especially when it comes to these guys. Because let's face it, the reality is that the collaboration of Primus’s...
Dream Theater | Distance Over Time
Speed. That's what you get when you divide distance by time. And when it comes to Dream Theater’s 14th studio album Distance Over Time, that's apparently no accident. Speed...
Gary Clark Jr. | This Land
Gary Clark Jr. is mad as hell — and he's not going to take it anymore. Same as anyone with a lick of sense who pays any attention to...
Finders/Keepers | Three Great Recent Albums You Should Hear Today
On today's menu: Some tasty slices of frewheeling British alt-rock, groudbreaking Danish death metal and irresistibly groovy London soul-jazz. Get ’em while they're hot. Or at least still pretty...
DIY Discovery | мʌvʌ
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there’s nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to the latest instalment...
Cass McCombs | Tip of the Sphere
Some artists write songs that make the whole world sing. Cass McCombs writes songs that could make the whole world shut up and listen — if he could get...
Queen Zee | Queen Zee
When Iggy Pop calls you "strange ... dirty ... weird (and) crazy," you know you're doing something right. Truth be told, gender-bending Liverpool glam-punks Queen Zee are doing plenty...
Robert Ellis | Texas Piano Man
"I'm f---ing crazy," asserts Robert Ellis by way of introduction on his latest album Texas Piano Man. As opening lines go, it's definitely an attention-getter. And perhaps even a...
Jon Fratelli | Bright Night Flowers
This is not the Jon Fratelli you're thinking of. Except that it is. Confused? So is anyone who buys this disc expecting to hear the rambunctious pop-rock Jon crank...
