Album Reviews: July 2, 2018

 Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch (Cleveland) As Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor's music has changed, the intense and abrasive styles have taken so many shapes across the years. For his latest album however, Reznor makes something with a pop core, to let his more eccentric writing add flavour

Album Reviews: June 25, 2018

 Protomartyr - Consolation (Detroit) After their last album, Protomartryr needed to clear the chamber on their material to move forward. Though it doesn't bring the same over-arching thematic glory of their recent LP, this new record is a fierce and dynamic set of songs. Rallying cries and vicious riffs roar

Album Reviews: June 18, 2018

 Neko Case - Hell-On (Tacoma, WA) Whether it's been alt-country or something indefinable in the world of  modern folk, Neko Case has always blown audiences away. After some recent work with the New Pornographers and case/lang/veirs, Case comes out swinging with a record that has something to say. "Hell-On" starts

Album Reviews: June 11, 2018

 Halo Maud - Je Suis Une Île (France) After her previous work with Melody's Echo Chamber, Maud Nadal has crafted her own music that fits the bill while also standing perfectly unique of anything that's come before it. With a masterful use of tone and addictive melodies, this album mixes

Album Reviews: March 19, 2018

 Fischerspooner - Sir  (New York City) While the wide swatch of electronic music has seen the more creative writing fall to the shadows, the genre-defining acts like Fischerspooner are still showing people how it's done. With songs that make you move as much as they make you feel uncomfortable, the

Album Reviews: November 29, 2017

 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Of A Woman  (New York) While Sharon Jones passed just a year ago, the anniversary of her passing brought with it one of the finest albums of her entire career. The best goodbye record an artist could ask for, Jones' final record straddles

Album Reviews: November 13, 2017

 Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears  (England) While Baxter Dury (son of UK Punk legend Ian Dury) may still be somewhat of an unknown outside of his native England, he makes a strong case for his breakthrough on his latest record. Proving aggressive unconventional sounds mixed with clever pop writing

Album Reviews: October 23, 2017

 Beck - Colors  (Los Angeles) No one consistently surprises listeners quite like Beck has been able to do across his 20 years in the business. Going back to overt pop on his latest release Beck blends equal parts dance and utterly weird for a record that delightfully bizarre. "Colors" sweeps

Album Reviews – Lorde, Royal Blood and more

 Lorde - Melodrama (New Zealand) Few artists become as critically acclaimed as Lorde on a debut without a few stumbling blocks on their follow up, luckily Lorde has always been an anomaly. Taking her latest album to more bombastic and dance-focused territory, it nails both the fun and artistic qualities

Album Reviews: March 28, 2017

 Finn – Godsend EP (Winnipeg) Short and sweet is better than long and boring, and that’s obviously what Winnipeg alt-rockers Finn thought when crafting their new EP Godsend. Across the concise effort the band layers a dynamic range of melodies with amazing sounding results. Opening tracks like "Godsend" and "

Empire building, one city at a time

 Young Empires‘ highly anticipated album Wake All My Youth feels like it's been a long time coming – from the 1980s, in fact. Not that you can blame singer and keyboardist Matthew Vlahovich , bassist Jacob Palahnuk, guitarist Robert Aaron Ellingson, and drummer Taylor Hill, as they've been busy as hell. Touring and