Album Reviews

[rating=7.00] Hoboken, New Jersey’s Yo La Tengo continues their long indie rock career with their fifteenth studio release There’s A Riot Going On. It is just over an hour of mellow psychedelic movements showcasing a new recording process for the band yet still managing to satisfy old fans with their patchwork, dreamy tracks. Completely self-produced, […]

[rating-8.00] When North Carolina’s 6 String Drag made their bow in 1993, all the doors seemed wide open. Boundaries were being broken between rock, pop, punk and country, and bands like Uncle Tupelo, the Jayhawks and Son Volt were leading the way as far as eagerly affecting that transition. At the same time, 6 String […]

[rating=6.00] Now veteran purveyors over gloom and doom, Birmingham’s Editors have always been – if nothing else – divisive. Opinion over their Joy Division inspired rock drama has been split down the middle from basically day one. It’s a divide that’s haunted their music throughout their career, the band feeling as though they’re seeking balance […]

[rating=8.00] Primarily known for his work with the late Colonel Bruce Hampton, AJ Ghent — or j-ent as he prefers to be known — is an Atlanta-based lap steel virtuoso whose penchant for blues, funk, indie, jam and rock is providing him with a stellar reputation all his own. With his solo debut, The Neo […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Sleepwalkers, the new solo album from The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

[rating=8.00] Dulcie Taylor has been making increasingly better records now for 18 years. This, her seventh, Better Part of Me, may be her best yet. Working with her long-time collaborator George Nauful, a multi-instrumentalist and terrific guitarist, along with 15 musicians across select tracks, including cellos and string orchestration factoring into the mix. Taylor, as […]

[rating=8.00] Back in 2015, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats rocketed to “house-hold name” status on the strength of the immensely catchy “S.O.B.” and a memorable performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that quickly went viral. It was a long time coming for Rateliff, who had achieved some acclaim for his earlier solo […]

[rating=9.00] Ostensibly completing the trilogy started with two previous compilations, Valleys of Neptune and People, Hell and Angels, Jimi Hendrix’s Both Sides of the Sky contains thirteen tracks recorded between 1968 and 1970, ten of which have never before been released. A handful of cuts with the ill-fated Band of Gypsys provides the foundation for a […]

[rating=8.00] This is a different gig than the solo Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack projects. Together as Daddy on Let’s Do This, their third album as a duo, they stay in the Daddy groove, meaning cranking it up and letting loose.  Their witty songwriting is still very evident but is commentary on serious social issues, while […]

[rating=9.00] This is a different gig than the solo Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack projects. Together as Daddy on Let’s Do This, their third album as a duo, they stay in the Daddy groove, meaning cranking it up and letting loose.  Their witty songwriting is still very evident but is commentary on serious social issues, while […]