Ben Harper: Bloodline Maintenance [Album Review]
Ben HarperBloodline MaintenanceChrysalis Records [2022] Ben Harper’s longevity as an artist has been enriched by a series of smart collaborations. Known for favoring a Weissenborn … Read more
CLAMM: Care [Album Review]
CLAMMCareChapter Music [2022] Melbourne punk power trio CLAMM have returned with a sophomore release in Care that is their most fierce and confident effort to … Read more
The Sadies: Colder Streams [Album Review]
The SadiesColder StreamsYep Roc Records [2022] Toronto band, The Sadies are practically a Canadian indie-rock institution. Playing a mix of rock, country, psychedelia and punk … Read more
Tony Molina: In The Fade [Album Review]
Tony MolinaIn The FadeSummer Shade/Run For Cover Records [2022] Hands down, veteran Bay Area talent Tony Molina writes some of the best under two-minute song … Read more
Florist: Florist [Album Review]
FloristFloristDouble Double Whammy [2022] Sometimes you put on a record that you just know is going to be fantastic. That was the immediate vibe I … Read more
Joseph Airport: Vector 23 [Album Review]
Joseph AirportVector 23Joseph Airport Records [2022] On November 24th, 1971, during a Northwest Orient Airlines flight from Portland to Seattle, a man going by the … Read more
Adrian Belew: Elevator [Album Review]
Adrian BelewElevatorBliss Entertainment/Ingrooves Music Group [2022] Adrian Belew may have played an essential role in King Crimson’s 80’s revival, accompanying Robert Fripp into the 90’s … Read more
Ben Craven: Monsters From The Id [Album Review]
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Green/Blue: Paper Thin [Album Review]
Green/BluePaper ThinFeel It Records [2022] I like it when a band is on a creative streak and they just keep rolling the dice. Minneapolis’ Green/Blue … Read more
Porridge Radio: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky [Album Review]
Porridge RadioWaterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The SkySecretly Canadian [2022] The power of song is always something you hear people say but you can go … Read more
Kevin Morby: This Is A Photograph [Album Review]
Kevin MorbyThis Is A PhotographDead Oceans [2022] This Is A Photograph is singer/songwriter Kevin Morby’s 7th album which once again is a record that captures … Read more
Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island [Album Review]
Kikagaku MoyoKumoyo IslandGuruguru Brain [2022] It is always better to go out on your own terms. So many times, things can implode and just leave … Read more
Wet Leg: Wet Leg [Album Review]
Wet LegWet LegDomino Recording Company [2022] “Excuse me?”, “What?” is the inquisitive back n’ forth question that gets repeatedly posed between Rhian Teasdale and Hester … Read more
Pattern-Seeking Animals: Only Passing Through [Album Review]
PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS LINKSWebsite | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Inside Out Music
Pinch Points: Process [Album Review]
Pinch PointsProcessMistletone/Exploding In Sound Records [2022] Melbourne’s Pinch Points released an excellent record of post-punk with their 2019 debut Moving Parts but their sophomore album, … Read more
Oso Oso: Sore Thumb [Album Review]
Oso OsoSore ThumbTriple Crown Records [2022] The surprise album release is something I really can get accustomed to because the adrenaline rush a music lover … Read more
Young Guv: GUV III [Album Review]
Young GuvGUV IIIRun For Cover Records [2022] In the spring of 2020, Ben Cook — a.k.a. Young Guv — was grounded in New Mexico due … Read more
M Ross Perkins: E Pluribus M Ross [Album Review]
M Ross PerkinsE Pluribus M RossColemine/Karma Chief Records [2022] Colemine Records is best known for their soul and funk acts like Durand Jones & The … Read more
JPL: Sapiens – Chapitre 3/3 – Actum [Album Review]
JPL Review History: Sapiens – Chapitre 2/3 – Deus ex Machina (2021) / Sapiens – Chapitre 1/3 – Exordium (2020) JPL LINKSWebsite | Facebook | … Read more
Midnight Oil: Resist [Album Review]
Midnight OilResistSony Music [2022] The standing joke among those of us old enough to remember is that the opening months of 2022 feel a lot … Read more
Marillion: An Hour Before It’s Dark [Album Review]
MARILLION LINKSWebsite | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Racket Records
Guided By Voices: Crystal Nuns Cathedral [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesCrystal Nuns CathedralGBV Inc. [2022] If I asked you today to make me a list of current rock bands that have been putting … Read more
Kendra Morris: Nine Lives [Album Review]
Kendra MorrisNine LivesColemine/Karma Chief Records [2022] Kendra Morris has been releasing music for over a decade, putting out several albums, EPs, and singles since 2011 … Read more
The Flower Kings: By Royal Decree [Album Review]
The Flower Kings Review History: Islands (2020) THE FLOWER KINGS LINKSWebsite | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Inside Out Music
Spoon: Lucifer On The Sofa [Album Review]
SpoonLucifer On The SofaMatador Records [2022] With the release of Everything Hits At Once: The Best of Spoon and a summer tour opening for “The … Read more