Velvet Starlings: Technicolour Shakedown [Album Review]
Velvet StarlingsTechnicolour ShakedownKitten Robot/SoundX3 Records [2021] Velvet Starlings is a 60’s infused garage rock ‘n’ roll band hailing from Los Angeles and the beach cities … Read more
Damon Albarn: The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows [Album Review]
Damon AlbarnThe Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream FlowsTransgressive Records [2021] In many ways, Damon Albarn’s official second solo album is as influenced by … Read more
The Gulps – “Stuck In The City” [Video]
The Gulps are pleased to present the official video for “Stuck In The City”; their new single out on Alan McGee’s It’s Creation Baby imprint. … Read more
Big Heet: Playing The Bug [Album Review]
Big HeetPlaying The BugLiving Lost Records [2021] David Settle has been on a hot streak for releasing music this year as the Philadelphia musician is … Read more
Bloc Party – “Traps” [Video]
Bloc Party announced details of their forthcoming sixth studio album Alpha Games, out April 29th 2022 via Infectious / BMG. Alpha Games is the band’s … Read more
Ovlov: Buds [Album Review]
OvlovBudsExploding In Sound Records [2021] Connecticut four-piece Ovlov has released two LPs and a handful of EPs over the last decade and have called it … Read more
Fire Track: Eels – “The Magic”
“The Magic,” is the latest track from EELS’ upcoming fourteenth studio album Extreme Witchcraft, which is out January 28 via PIAS and the band’s own … Read more
Robert Plant | Alison Krauss: Raising The Roof [Album Review]
Robert Plant | Alison KraussRaising The RoofRounder Records [2021] The huge success created by the first collaboration by Led Zep rock howler Robert Plant and … Read more
Erin Rae – “Modern Woman” [Video]
Erin Rae has announced, Lighten Up her anticipated new album which was produced by Jonathan Wilson and features guest appearance from Meg Duffy (Hand Habits) … Read more
Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo – “The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime” [Video]
Peter Doherty, now resident in Normandy the land of Calvados and camembert, has teamed up with composer/producer Frédéric Lo, and created a wonderful nouvelle vague … Read more
Charlie Megira: Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic (Tri-Color Wax | Limited Copies)
Israeli guitarist Charlie Megira brewed a heady amalgam of ’50s trash rock, surf-y tremolo, and reverb-drenched goth during his all-too-brief 44 trips around the sun. … Read more
Ross Jennings: A Shadow Of My Future Self [Album Review]
Ross JenningsA Shadow Of My Future SelfGraphite Records[2021] Ross Jennings is not a household name. Nor are either of his bands, Haken and Novena. But … Read more
Loop – “Halo” [Video]
LOOP have announced their first album in 32 years and shared the video for new track “Halo.” Sonancy will be released via Cooking Vinyl on … Read more
An Evening With Gary Clark Jr. [Concert Review]
Gary Clark Jr.: Express LIVE; Columbus, OH; Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Before the lights went down and Gary Clark Jr. led his band to the stage … Read more
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine: A Beginner’s Mind [Album Review]
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De AugustineA Beginner’s MindAsthmatic Kitty Records [2021] Just as Sufjan Stevens turned to video game culture to inspire the music of … Read more
Aeon Station – “Fade” [Video]
As the release of Observatory approaches on December 10, 2021 via Sub Pop, the debut album by AEON STATION, Kevin Whelan (one of the main … Read more
Curtis Harding: If Words Were Flowers [Album Review]
Curtis HardingIf Words Were FlowersANTI- [2021] Atlanta’s psychedelic vintage soul champion Curtis Harding set the bar high with his first two albums, 2014’s Soul Power … Read more
Jack White – “Taking Me Back” [Video]
Jack White has announced the upcoming release of two brand new albums – his first new full-length collections in over four years. FEAR OF THE … Read more
Courtney Barnett: Things Take Time, Take Time [Album Review]
Courtney BarnettThings Take Time, Take TimeMilk!/Mom+Pop Music/Marathon Artists [2021] Aussie indie/rock singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett’s third album, Things Take Time, Take Time, is the kind of … Read more
Fire Track: Pinegrove – “Alaska”
New Jersey-based group Pinegrove announced their new album 11:11 will release on January 28th through Rough Trade Records. Self-produced with mixing by Chris Walla (Death … Read more
IDLES – “Car Crash” [Video]
“Car Crash” sees IDLES operating free from constraints and unshackled from any notions of what an IDLES song should sound like. It chronicles frontman Joe … Read more
Laura Jane Grace: At War With The Silverfish (EP) [Album Review]
Laura Jane GraceAt War With The Silverfish (EP)Polyvinyl Records [2021] By now fans of Laura Jane Grace are well acquainted with her transitional journey, the … Read more
Fire Track: Failure – “Headstand”
Failure, the L.A.-based trio of Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards and Kellii Scott return with their highly-anticipated sixth album, Wild Type Droid which is out December … Read more
My Morning Jacket: My Morning Jacket [Album Review]
My Morning JacketMy Morning JacketATO Records [2021] From all reports, there was a pretty good chance that the last music recorded by the members of … Read more
Spiritual Cramp -“Earth To Mike” [Video]
San Francisco punk outfit Spiritual Cramp return with their first new music since late 2018, when they released a collection of recordings to date entitled … Read more