A Place to Bury Strangers reissued ‘Exploding Head’ for its 13th anniversary.
Dry Cleaning seeped quickly onto the scene, debuting with two of the best EPs from 2019 and one of the best albums of 2021 with New Long Leg. The fact that they were so quick to rush out a second album was concerning. Was it a rush job, or a lighter album helmed on tour stops? Neither, in fact, the seeds of Stumpwork were written before New Long Leg was even finished, which cements that not only are the band prodigious writers but that when the band is given more time to hone their songs, as they do here, the results are that much stronger.
SHUFFLEMANIA! is a kaleidoscope, throwback pop rock record, ten songs from various inspiration, attitude, and emotion.
Takua Kuroda follows up 2020’s acclaimed Fly Moon Die Soon with another stew of his soulful jazz, funk, post-bop, fusion, and hip-hop music in Midnight Crisp.
Canadian Indie Pop greats Sloan return for their 13th studio album ‘Steady’.
Doug Wamble Puts A Greasy, Jazz-Infected Spin On Political Divides With “Blues In The Present Tense”
John Fusco’s Borderlands, is more diverse musically but equally as rich in terms of imagery and character development as any of the two previous albums, more so really.
Given that Carter has played on over 2500 albums, there is little point in going further except to note that the upcoming documentary Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes, or at least the soundtrack is not filled with those tracks, but rather with more recent material
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Cory Branan’s new album When I Go I Ghost, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image
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.
