Drugdealer: Hiding In Plain Sight [Album Review]
DrugdealerHiding In Plain SightMexican Summer [2022] Michael Collins has always been an interesting character in music since the early 2010’s. After a legal battle over … Read more
Guided By Voices: Scalping The Guru [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesScalping The GuruGBV Inc. [2022] If you were to poll fans of Guided By Voices what they thought were three consecutive years that … Read more
Richard X. Heyman: 67,000 Miles An Album [Album Review]
Richard X. Heyman67,000 Miles An AlbumTurn-Up Records [2022] The speed of the earth as it moves in orbit around the sun is 67,000 miles an … Read more
The 1975: Being Funny In A Foreign Language [Album Review]
The 1975Being Funny In A Foreign LanguageDirty Hit/Polydor/Interscope Records [2022] One of the challenges in describing the music and albums of The 1975 in the … Read more
Archers Of Loaf: Reason In Decline [Album Review]
Archers Of LoafReason In DeclineMerge Records [2022] I know that I was not alone in my excitement when I heard that the original four members … Read more
The Men – “Hard Livin'” [Video]
“When everyone left NYC, the sewer opened and we crawled out.” Prolific Brooklyn institution The Men are today announcing their ninth studio album, ‘New York … Read more
Robyn Hitchcock: Shufflemania! [Album Review]
Robyn HitchcockShufflemania!Tiny Ghost Records [2022] With 22 studio albums to his credit, and the subject of a concert film by Jonathan Demme, Robyn Hitchcock may … Read more
Chris Staples – “Out Of My Body” [Video]
Chris Staples has just released his variation on the pandemic blues in his first new release since Holy Moly (Barsuk Records, 2019). “Out of My … Read more
Arctic Monkeys: The Car [Album Review]
Arctic MonkeysThe CarDomino [2022] When Arctic Monkeys released the lounge affair that is 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, I think every fan and follower … Read more
Fire Track: The Tubs – “Sniveller”
Dead Meat by The Tubs London-based Welsh band The Tubs announce their debut album, Dead Meat, out January 27th via Trouble in Mind, and present … Read more
Dry Cleaning: Stumpwork [Album Review]
Dry CleaningStumpwork4AD [2022] After the release of their 2019 EP, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks, TFN said that we couldn’t wait to hear how South … Read more
Sloan: Steady [Album Review]
SloanSteadyYep Roc Records [2022] Steady represents Sloan’s 13th full length album, and its release today coincides with the 30th anniversary of their debut record Smeared … Read more
Lou Reed: Words & Music, May 1965 [Album Review]
Lou ReedWords & Music, May 1965Light In The Attic Records [2022] The standard rock critic cliché often attributed to Brian Eno—he of early Roxy Music … Read more
Video Premiere: Jacklen Ro – “Sunshine I’m Counting On You”
Jacklen Ro is the indie songwriting duo of Jackie Giroux and Caelen Perkins, which have been on a best friend’s journey from being a bedroom … Read more
Plains: I Walked With You A Ways [Album Review]
PlainsI Walked With You A WaysANTI- [2022] “If it’s all you got, yeah, it’s all you gave, I got a problem with it. If you … Read more
Video Premiere: Rodolphe Coster And Band – “The Free House Session”
Today’s video premiere is from the legendary Rodolphe Coster, renowned multidisciplinary artist and activist from Brussels. During the last 5 years, the Brussels artist performed … Read more
Pixies: Doggerel [Album Review]
PixiesDoggerelBMG [2022] Neil Young famously wrote that “it’s better to burn out than to fade away,” in his song “Hey Hey, My My (Out of … Read more
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Hate Dancin'” [Video]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard unveil their new single/video, “Hate Dancin’,” taken from their forthcoming album Changes, out October 28th on KGLW. Following last … Read more
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Laminated Denim [Album Review]
King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardLaminated DenimKGLW [2022] Laminated Denim is the second album King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has released this month, and we’ll … Read more
GIFT – “Stuck In A Dream” [Video]
Brooklyn-based GIFT unveils “Stuck In A Dream,” the new single from their album, Momentary Presence, which is out today on Dedstrange. With a fascinating sound that … Read more
Daniel Lanois: Player, Piano [Album Review]
Daniel LanoisPlayer, PianoModern Recordings [2022] Here’s a sentence I never expected I’d write: Daniel Lanois has made a quiet, quaint, and charming little piano album. … Read more
Disq: Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet [Album Review]
DisqDesperately Imagining Someplace QuietSaddle Creek Records [2022] Can you imagine what it would have been like to release your debut record days before the forever … Read more
Alvvays: Blue Rev [Album Review]
AlvvaysBlue RevPolyvinyl Records [2022] For many bands there is still a standard process of releasing a new record every two or three years. More recently, … Read more
Fire Track: Lee Fields – “Two Jobs”
Legendary soul singer Lee Fields has shared his new classic soul/R&B single, “Two Jobs,” available now via Daptone Records at all DSPs and streaming services. … Read more
No. 2: First Love [Album Review]
No. 2First LoveJealous Butcher Records [2022] It’s been 20 years since Neil Gust last played with his Portland, Oregon band-mates in No. 2, the aptly … Read more