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With ‘Medicine’ Orchestra Gold Celebrate Life Via Culture, Grooves & Beats (ALBUM REVIEW)

Shawn Donohue January 19, 2023 No Comments

The Oakland, CA-based Orchestra Gold combine afrobeat with psych rock, reggae and more on their third album Medicine. Singing in the Bambara language, the band delivers unique soundscapes over the course of these eight tracks. The seven-piece fuse a sixties garage/psych rock sound onto the afrobeat formula with mixed results.

Mac Demarco Shows Catchy Yet Nomadic Songwriting Approach On Instrumental ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Ryan Dillon January 18, 2023 No Comments

Through its simplicity, Five Easy Hot Dogs achieved a level of beauty that redefines Demarco as a musician. Instead of relying on cheeky guitar tones and whispering vocal melodies, Demarco created a project that expresses his diversity without it feeling forced.

Wannabe Reviews Anti-Flag’s ‘Lies They Tell Our Children’

Chris Prunckle January 18, 2023 No Comments

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Lies They Tell Our Children, the new album from Anti-Flag, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the

Art Ensemble Of Chicago Expands To Chamber Orchestra On Expansive ‘The Sixth Decade, From Paris to Paris’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Jim Hynes January 17, 2023 No Comments

Once branded musical insurrectionists when they burst on the scene in the late sixties, the two surviving members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago (AEC) original quintet, deliver an all-encompassing resurrectionist statement by expanding to a chamber orchestra on this live 2-CD recording, The Sixth Decade, From Paris to Paris.

Margo Price Breaks From Labels To Find New Voice On ‘Strays’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Shawn Donohue January 12, 2023 No Comments

Price has always been shifting, yet Strays feels like a clear breaking point where she is shaking off labels and trying to find a new/true voice.

New Orleans Legend Ernie Vincent Gets Loose On Covers & Originals On Bumpin’ ‘Original Dap King’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Shawn Donohue January 12, 2023 No Comments

The music town of New Orleans is awash in great artists and one of the longtime supporting acts is stepping out from the shadows as Ernie Vincent’s newest solo album Original Dap King, finds the guitarist/singer (with the help of some friends) getting loose over originals and covers alike.

Circa Waves Capture Big Rock Sounds with Most Ambitious Effort to Date ‘Never Going Under’ (ALBUM PREMIERE)

John Moore January 12, 2023 No Comments

The pandemic certainly had an influence on Never Going Under, the latest record from the British-based Circa Waves, but fatherhood clearly had a much bigger influence. Frontman Kieren Shuddall, who

Marcus Strickland Fuses Afrofuturism Recipes Into Vibrant Climate Change Statement -‘The Universe’s Wildest Dreams’

Jim Hynes January 10, 2023 No Comments

Saxophonist and composer Marcus Strickland leads his longstanding Twi-Life quartet in an album of compositions developed during the pandemic lockdown, focused on climate change.

Iggy Pop Keeps Hard-Hitting Avengence Alive Via Swaggering ‘Every Loser’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Shawn Donohue January 5, 2023 No Comments

Iggy Pop is never one to sit still for very long. The tanned, shirtless, leather-faced frontman has been playing with his sound for so long that each new album feels like a comeback attempt, but with the solid Every Loser, Pop, and company delivers a smattering of the styles he has used over the years with success and professional sheen.

Wannabe Reviews Isaac Hoskins’ ‘Bender’

Chris Prunckle January 5, 2023 No Comments

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Bender, the new album from Isaac Hoskins, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full

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