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Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

This week TFN brings you the heavy post-punk from Melbournes’s CLAMM, the 18 year old Sammy Brue from Utah with his sophomore record and a … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features

Hum: Inlet [Album Review]

July 7, 2020June 25, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

HumInletEarth Analog Records [2020] Anymore, it always takes something a little extra to surprise us and on June 23rd, Chicago’s Hum did just that as … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Anthony, Earth Analog Records, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), HUM

Hoops: Halo (Blue Wax | 500 Copies)

July 10, 2020June 24, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Indiana’s Hoops released their critically-acclaimed debut album Routines in 2017, and, soon after, announced an indefinite hiatus. The trio – friends, singers, and multi-instrumentalists Drew … Read more

Categories Vinyl Spotlight Tags Fat Possum Records, Hoops

Old 97’s Return With New Album “Twelfth”

June 23, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

The Old 97’s are returning with their twelfth album, the aptly titled Twelfth, to be released on August 21 on ATO Records. Twenty-seven years in, … Read more

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Joseph Arthur: Come To Where I’m From (20th Anniversary Edition) [Album Review]

July 6, 2020June 23, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Joseph Arthur Come To Where I’m From (20th Anniversary Edition)Real World Records [2020] In 2000, the T Bone Burnett and Rick Will co-produced sophomore album … Read more

Categories Reissue Reviews, Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Joseph Aurther, Newcomb, Real World Records

Bob Dylan: Rough And Rowdy Ways [Album Review]

July 8, 2020June 22, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Bob Dylan Rough And Rowdy WaysColumbia Records [2020] At this point, there’s really no easy way to explain the unique place that Bob Dylan has … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 5 Headphones, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Newcomb

Neil Young: Homegrown [Album Review]

July 6, 2020June 22, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Neil Young HomegrownReprise Records [2020] This long “lost” Neil Young album was recorded late in 1974, two years after his classic solo, commercial breakout album, … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Neil Young, Newcomb, Reprise Records

JPL: Sapiens – Chapitre 1/3 – Exordium [Album Review]

December 24, 2021June 19, 2020 by Scot Lade

JPLSapiens – Chapitre 1/3: ExordiumQuadrifonic [2020] The first thing you hear is the devil’s interval – the tritone being playing by a French Horn that … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews, The Prog Corner Tags 5 Headphones, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), JPL, Lade, Quadrifonic Records

Thee MVPs: Science Fiction [Album Review]

July 6, 2020June 19, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

Thee MVPsScience FictionEeasy Records [2020] It seems like more and more these days I need to look harder through my email to find some really … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Eeasy Records, Thee MVPs, Wilde

Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

This week TFN brings you the garage pop from Arizona’s Exbats, Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Pond) and his newest GUM record from Australia and finally … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features

Dream Wife – “Sports!” [Video]

July 7, 2020June 18, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

London-based punk trio Dream Wife – Rakel Mjöll, Bella Podpadec and Alice Go – released their sophomore album So When You Gonna… last week via … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Dream Wife

Terry Ohms – “Curse Of The Bat” [Track Premiere]

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Terry Ohms · Curse Of The Bat TFN is thrilled to premiere a new track today from Birmingham’s Terry Ohms. The group is the alter … Read more

Categories Features, Fire Note Exclusives, Track Premiere

Muzz: Muzz [Album Review]

June 16, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Muzz MuzzMatador Records [2020] According the dictionary, “muzz” is a transitive verb which is British slang that means “to confuse” someone, or make them muzzy, … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Matador Records, Muzz, Newcomb

Built To Spill: Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston [Album Review]

July 6, 2020June 15, 2020 by Daniel Taylor

Built To Spill Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel JohnstonErnest Jenning Record Co. [2020] Who: Indie rock icons, Built to Spill cover 11 … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Built To Spill, Ernest Jenning Record Co., Taylor

Jaime Wyatt: Neon Cross [Album Review]

June 16, 2020June 12, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Jaime Wyatt Neon CrossNew West Records [2020]   Over the decades, county music has loved a hard luck story, a tears in your beer weeper … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Jaime Wyatt, New West Records, Newcomb

RVG: Feral [Album Review]

July 7, 2020June 11, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

RVGFeralOur Golden Friend [2020] Melbourne’s RVG have returned with their sophomore album, Feral, and it completely rises the quartet to another level. There has been … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Anthony, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Our Golden Friend, RVG

ICE: The Ice Age [Album Review]

October 2, 2020June 10, 2020 by Simon Workman

ICEThe Ice AgeRidingEasy Records [2020] In 2015 Riding Easy Records released the first volume in their Brown Acid series (compiled by Riding Easy’s Daniel Hall … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, ICE, RidingEasy Records, Workman

Jeff Rosenstock: NO DREAM [Album Review]

May 12, 2021June 9, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

Jeff RosenstockNO DREAMPolyvinyl Records [2020] If you were to see Jeff Rosenstock walking down the street of Los Angeles you would have no idea that … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Jeff Rosenstock, Polyvinyl Records, Wilde

The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form [Album Review]

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

The 1975 Notes On A Conditional FormDirty Hit/Interscope Records [2020] By now, there are some constants that we can assert about The 1975. They like … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Dirty Hit Records, Interscope Records, Newcomb, The 1975

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways To New Italy [Album Review]

December 7, 2020June 5, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

Rolling Blackouts Coastal FeverSideways To New ItalySub Pop Records [2020] Avoiding the sophomore album slump is a monumental task for any group that had a … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sub Pop Records, Wilde

Dion: Blues With Friends [Album Review]

August 23, 2020June 5, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Dion Blues With FriendsKeeping The Blues Alive [2020] There are different levels of fame. There’s “one hit wonder” famous, and “once upon a time” famous, … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Dion, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Keeping The Blues Alive Records, Newcomb

Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

June 4, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

Looking for some artists to spend some cash on Bandcamp tomorrow when they will waive their fees again to support the artists? Well, we have … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features

Victor Wainwright And The Train: Memphis Loud [Album Review]

July 6, 2020June 4, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Victor Wainwright And The Train Memphis LoudRuf Records [2020] Keyboard player Victor Wainwright may have grown up in Georgia, as he suggests in the title … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Newcomb, Ruf Records, Victor Wainwright, Victor Wainwright And The Train

2nd Grade: Hit To Hit [Album Review]

July 6, 2020June 3, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

2nd GradeHit To HitDouble Double Whammy [2020] With such a heavy world right now the sophomore record from Philadelphia’s 2nd Grade is the perfect dose … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 2nd Grade, 4 Headphones, Anthony, Double Double Whammy Records

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down [Album Review]

June 3, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

Thao & The Get Down Stay DownTempleRibbon Music [2020] After 2016’s A Man Alive release Thao Nguyen lost interest in her music and the group … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Ribbon Music, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Wilde
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