The newest effort from multi-talented artist Franz Nicolay is an engaging mix of poetic songwriting and overly dramatic staging that rambles like its title, New River.
The first solo release from Dean Fertita as Tropical Gothclub is a mix of all the dark and somewhat exotic bands he has played in and supported over the years: Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather, and The Raconteurs.
The third album from the New York City-based Ghost Funk Orchestra is a continuation of the band’s funk/soul/jazz roots. A New Kind Of Love on Colemine Records is the type of throwback album that retro soul fans will devour with its easy-flowing warmth, charm, and spirit.
The Los Angeles-based Wand has made a name for itself with an expansive live show which deploys an amalgamation of dissonance, heavy and blissful rock. Now, for the first time, they offer that experience via a double live album titled Spiders in the Rain which was captured on their California tour in January 2020.
The second release from the adventurous supergroup Dead Cross was recorded through pain and torment as guitarist Michael Crain was progressing through chemotherapy while laying down his guitar lines, the pandemic was in full swing, and lead singer Mike Patton struggled with alcohol and agoraphobia. II finds the group digging deeper into despair, hatred at organized religion and other offenses over the nine pummeling efforts, rarely finding easy solutions or anything to be positive about.
The fourth album from the UK-based Young Gun Silver Fox is a continuation of the group’s Yacht Rock-inspired sound. Straight out of the late 70’s/early 80’s Ticket To Shangri La grooves with polished shiny efforts.
SHUFFLEMANIA! is a kaleidoscope, throwback pop rock record, ten songs from various inspiration, attitude, and emotion.
Anthony D’Amato’s first proper solo album in six years is a rumination on life, love, death, race, and more as the artist fuses probing lyrics with lots of instrumentation in indie-folk-rock style.
With Australia, a hotbed for many forms of rock music these days Ocean Alley’s newest album plays with their laid-back beach life formula a bit but stays very accessible to
The sophomore release from Ghost Light finds the Philadelphia collective mixing synths, rock guitars, and male/female vocals that lyrically focus on the aftermath of pain. The Healing can be unsettling,
