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Kathleen Edwards: Total Freedom [Album Review]

October 22, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Kathleen Edwards Total FreedomDualtone Records [2020] Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer/songwriter, returns after 8 years of relative silence with another fine album of exemplary folk/pop songcraft. … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Dualtone Records, Kathleen Edwards, Newcomb

Julien Baker – “Faith Healer” [Video]

October 22, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Julien Baker will release her third studio album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador Records. She has now revealed the first look at the … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Julien Baker, Matador Records

SLIFT: Ummon [Album Review]

January 29, 2021October 21, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

SLIFTUmmonVicious Circle/Stolen Body Records [2020] French psychedelic trio SLIFT started things off back in 2017 when they released their debut EP, Space Is The Key, … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Anthony, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), SLIFT, Stolen Body Records, Vicious Circle Records

David Nance – “My Love, The Dark And I” [Video]

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Nebraska songwriter David Nance returns to Trouble In Mind with his fifth (proper) studio album Staunch Honey. This album finds Nance returning to the home-recorded … Read more

Categories Videos Tags David Nance, Trouble In Mind Records

William Elliott Whitmore: I’m With You [Album Review]

October 20, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

William Elliott Whitmore I’m With YouBloodshot Records [2020] You would likely be forgiven if you mistook Iowa-based singer/songwriter William Elliott Whitmore for someone much older. … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Bloodshot Records, Newcomb, William Elliott Whitmore

FUZZ – “Mirror” [Video]

October 20, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

FUZZ, the Los Angeles-based trio of Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals), and Chad Ubovich (bass, vocals), will release their first album in … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Fuzz, In The Red Records, Ty Segall

Kevin Morby: Sundowner [Album Review]

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

Kevin MorbySundownerDead Oceans [2020] Kevin Morby knows isolation and he is probably one of the best at using it as a tool to create thought … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Dead Oceans, Kevin Morby, Wilde

Fat Night – “Live For Each Other” [Video]

October 19, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Chicago-based, indie/funk/soul four-piece Fat Night have a video for their single “Live For Each Other” – it is the title track from their sophomore album … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Acrophase Records, Colemine Records, Fat Night, Plaid Room Records

Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

October 16, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

How about some artists to check out before the weekend. This week Chicago’s Miranda Winters shows off her solo talents away from her band Melkbelly, … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features Tags Colemine Records, Exploding In Sound Records, Floating Room, Melkbelly, Miranda Winters, Self-Released, Sunflower Soul Records, The Freedom Affair

Stiff Richards: State Of Mind [Album Review]

December 8, 2020October 16, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

Stiff RichardsState Of MindLegless/Drunken Sailor Records [2020] The pure raw punk on Melbourne’s Stiff Richards third LP, State Of Mind, is a mind blowing powerful … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Anthony, Drunken Sailor Records, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Legless Records, Stiff Richards

Wax Chattels – “Cede” [Video]

October 16, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

New Zealand’s Wax Chattels share their third single “Cede” off their cathartic sophomore album, Clot, which came out September 25 via Captured Tracks and Flying … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Captured Tracks, Wax Chattels

Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest [Album Review]

October 15, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Tom PettyWildflowers & All The RestWarner Records [2020] As the story has been told, in 1994 when Tom Petty released his second solo record, Wildflowers, … Read more

Categories Reissue Reviews, Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Newcomb, Tom Petty, Warner Records

Maximo Park – “Baby, Sleep” [Video]

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Maxïmo Park are today announcing details of their forthcoming new album Nature Always Wins, along with news of a headline UK tour and the album’s … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Maximo Park

Aaron Frazer: Introducing… (Purple & Blue Nebula Wax | 3000 Copies)

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Aaron Frazer (of Durand Jones & The Indications) has just announced his debut album, Introducing…, out January 8th, 2021 that will be co-released by Dead … Read more

Categories Vinyl Spotlight Tags Aaron Frazer, Colemine Records, Dan Auerbach, Dead Oceans, Durand Jones & The Indications, Easy Eye Sound, Secrectly Society

Laura Jane Grace: Stay Alive [Album Review]

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Laura Jane Grace Stay AlivePolyvinyl Records [2020] If 2020 had gone as planned, Laura Jane Grace expected to have recorded a new album with Against … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace, Newcomb, Polyvinyl Records

SLIFT – “Altitude Lake” [Video]

October 14, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

French psychedelic progressive rockers SLIFT have unveiled a gripping black & white new video for “Altitude Lake”, that stages a deeply inspired dystopian world. Their … Read more

Categories Videos Tags SLIFT, Stolen Body Records, Vicious Circle Records

Osees: Levitation Sessions [Album Review]

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

OseesLevitation SessionsThe Reverberation Appreciation Society [2020] 2020 will be remembered for all kinds of depressing events including the halt of live music shows. Not only … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Anthony, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Osees, The Reverberation Appreciation Society, Thee Oh Sees

Plants And Animals – “Love That Boy” [Video]

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Plants and Animals have released a brand new single and video for “Love That Boy”, an intimate song created out of childhood memories and reflection … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Plants And Animals, Secret City Records

Travis: 10 Songs [Album Review]

October 12, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Travis 10 SongsBMG [2020] Scottish quartet, Travis, while often credited for breaking ground for bands like Coldplay and Keane, has always been a bigger deal … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, BMG, Newcomb, Travis

The Casket Lottery – “More Blood” [Video]

October 12, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Influential Kansas City indie rock band The Casket Lottery has unveiled another new track titled “More Blood,” along with an accompanying music video. “More Blood” … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Big Scary Monsters, Second Nature Recordings, The Casket Lottery, Wiretap Records

METZ: Atlas Vending [Album Review]

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

METZAtlas VendingSub Pop Records [2020] Time flies when you are getting pounded by an arsenal of brutal post punk that over the last eight years … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Metz, Sub Pop Records, Wilde

Gustaf – “Mine” [Video]

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Gustaf have announced their signing to Royal Mountain Records, alongside their debut single and video “Mine“. The first recorded material from a band who have played sold out … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Gustaf, Royal Mountain Records

Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

Another week – another three artists to check out! Hailing from Melbourne, Australia we have found a great post-punk group in Moth, from Toronto the … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features Tags Moth, Mushroom Hour Half Hour, Self-Released, SPAZA, Teenager, Telephone Explosion Records

Wild Pink – “The Shining But Tropical” [Video]

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Wild Pink have just announced their new album A Billion Little Lights, alongside their new single and video for “The Shining But Tropical”, starring newly-minted Emmy-winner Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek). … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Royal Mountain Records, Wild Pink

Throwing Muses: Sun Racket [Album Review]

March 29, 2025October 7, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Throwing Muses Sun RacketFire Records [2020] When Kristen Hersh finds a certain metallic tonality on her electric guitar and settles into a steady driving groove … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Fire Records, Kristin Hersh, Newcomb, Throwing Muses
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