The Irish musical duo Embarcadero surely didn’t think their decision to form in late 2019 would face the unprecedented struggle of a world pandemic. Their game plan was to gig and get their foundations set […]
Fans of chanteuse Laura Marling and her insightful songwriting can revel in the other side she displays on her second LUMP effort Animal. Marling once again teams up with Tuning member Mike Lindsay to follow […]
On June 25th, the musical Oracle of the Northwest, Modest Mouse band leader Isaac Brock delivered his latest take on our universal condition with The Golden Casket. Unlike many artists’ recent releases that shake their […]
There is always a reason to celebrate when Neil Finn puts out new musical fare in whatever iteration he decides. This time he is releasing new material with Crowded House, the band that has always […]
As an admirer of Garbage since my first encounter with their 1995 hit track, “Stupid Girl”, I have kept an eye on the band that represented the zeitgeist of the late Grunge era. Garbage was […]
Bob Mould has been credited with being one of the Godfathers of the Alternative, Grunge and Underground musical movements of the ’80s and ’90s. His founding and participation in the seminal underground group Husker Du […]
In the environment of Covid, many have despaired about living through a time of pandemic and lockdowns. Amid these surroundings that fearless duo of truth-tellers, Sleaford Mods deliver their latest dispatches from the plebeian streets […]
Way long ago in the 1980s, the Modfather Paul Weller got a brilliant idea about the formation of a new band after the demise of his seminal band The Jam. This unique concoction would combine […]
On October 30th U2 will be reissuing All That You Can’t Leave Behind 20th Anniversary edition with two other deluxe and super deluxe offerings, each including a plethora of live tracks and other additional material. […]
The enigmatic English, Electronic music duo Autechre released their fourteenth studio album, SIGN on October 16th. Autechre who formed in 1987 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester has become leading pioneers in techno and electronic experimental rock. […]
Indie wunderkind Sufjan Stevens is an extraordinarily prolific artist. Since his outstanding 2015 album, Carrie and Lowell he has released three collaborative instrumental albums, received an Oscar nomination for “Mystery of Love” his song for […]
Fabled band The Waterboys, fronted by legendary band leader Mike Scott, are releasing their 14th album, “Good Luck, Seeker” on August 21st. The latest release is the final instalment of a triptych started in 2017 […]
How time flies; in the Fall of 2022, U2’s Achtung Baby will be thirty-one years old. For myself and many others, this album not only represented some of the best of U2’s creative abilities but […]
The Psychedelic Furs make a long-awaited return to the music world with their eighth album, Made of Rain. It has been almost 30 years since their last studio recording, 1991’s World Outside. The new album’s […]
Accomplished French singer/songwriter Camille Berthomier, better known as Jehnny Beth, has been the frontwoman for the English band Savages since their formation in 2011 and one half of the Lo-Fi duo John and Jehn. On […]
Derry songwriter Reevah, aka Aoife Boyle, released her second EP A Different Light on April 24. The latest EP is the follow up to her 2018 EP Hummingbird. Reevah has drawn significant attention with her […]
On April 17th Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien releases his long-awaited solo effort Earth. In doing so he joins his fellow Radiohead members, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Phil Selway in diving into the waters of […]
On March 24th the enigmatic Sufjan Stevens and his long time collaborator/stepfather Lowell Brams released their latest work, Aporia, a labour of love that has taken years to complete. The new release is a New […]
After a long wait the Indie, Super Collaboration Ultraista launches their second release Sister on March 13. It can be hard to believe that 8 years have passed since the release of Ultraista’s self-titled debut. […]
Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, has made more news in recent years for her romantic involvement with Elon Musk than in her musical endeavours. This is all about to change with the release of her fifth […]