Highly regarded indie musicians The Boxer Rebellion are releasing their fifth studio album, Ocean by Ocean on April 29. The meltdown that was the music industry world circa 2000 forced The Boxer Rebellion to be […]
The world is set a reel with Thursday’s sad news of the untimely passing of Prince. Already a living legend, his death has forced the world to review his far reaching impact. Here was an […]
The musical entity Matthew and the Atlas, often referred to as the British Bon Iver, are releasing Temple their second full length album on April 22, 2016. “Temple” is the follow up to their outstanding […]
Recently the MTV program 120 Minutes, the orphan of their long ago music video line=up, celebrated 30 years since its inception. The program was responsible for bring attention to the then developing Alternative rock genre. […]
The ever dynamic PJ Harvey is releasing her much anticipated follow up to 2011’s Let England Shake. On April 15th her ninth full length recording The Hope Six Demolition Project arrives at the usual musical […]
Scottish Experimental Rock elders, Mogwai released their 8th studio recording, Atomic on April 1st. With two decades and counting of influential music under their belts, Mogwai are among some of the most important underground artists to […]
One of Scotland’s most engaging bands, Frightened Rabbit is releasing the follow up to their breakthrough album 2013’s Pedestrian Verse. On April 8th their fifth studio album Painting of a Panic Attack drops in all […]
Bob Mould is experiencing a well deserved late career revival that started with 2014’s phenomenal Beauty &Ruin. That album was an exercise in bidding farewell to the past that had haunted him. It cleared away […]
The neo folk duo Penny and Sparrow have gained quite a reputation for impeccably beautiful music since their formation in 2010. Their 2014 album Struggle Pretty was a compendium of palpable introspection and soaring beauty. […]
Echospheric, shoegaze, tripsters Scarlet Echo have released their debut album, An Exact Portrayal of Nothing In Particular. The quartet is an edgy tsunami of sound. They have a distinct ability to sonically call forth many […]
In 1982 Paul Weller the front-man of The Jam surprised many by announcing the band’s dissolution. There were many reasons why The Jam ended. The foremost reason for Weller, was that he thought the band […]
Canadian violinist/composer Sarah Neufeld is best known in her capacity as a member of Arcade Fire. Sarah is releasing her second solo album, The Ridge on February 26th as a follow up to her debut […]
In late 2012 fate dealt the American Indie rock band School of Seven Bells a terrible blow. The pair had just finished one of the most creative and inspired summers of their lives as they […]
NYC transplanted artist and musician Eleanor Bostwick AKA Crystal Voyager has released a mind expanding remix of her attention capturing single Amethyst Detox. The Psychedelic tripster placed the song in legendary record producer Danny Saber’s […]
American synth indie band Polica are releasing their third long play album, United Crushers on March 4th. The album condenses their prior signature synth heavy stylings into a resulting tighter sonic groove. That sound is […]
Brothers David and Peter Brewis are best known for their primary musical entity Field Music. On February 6 Field Music released their 5th full play LP Commontime. Field Music are renowned in the UK for their […]
London musician Michael Lovett or as he is better known Nzca Lines released his second album Infinite Summer on January 22. The release reveals some major change ups in his musical direction and additions to the […]
In 1992 The Cure were at the height of their popularity. Their 1989 masterpiece Disintegration and the subsequent Prayer Tour had not only taken the popular music world by storm, but had also silenced their […]
The veteran Alternative band Tindersticks released their latest effort The Waiting Room on January 22, 2016. The Waiting Room is their 11th album and follows their retrospective release Across Six Leap Years and their 2012 original […]
Reviewer’s Note (I was in the midst of reviewing this album when the news was announced that David Bowie had left us. I was already enthralled with the album before his passing and would tell […]