Album Reviews

[rating=8.00] Those familiar with Lynn Drury’s music would say, “It’s about time.”Following eight regional releases, the singer-songwriter, who has lived in New Orleans for the past decade, has launched Rise of the Fall, her genre-defying national release. There’s plenty of ingredients in Drury’s gumbo: country, folk, rock, pop, and classic New Orleans R&B. Hence, she […]

[rating=8.00] You could say Margo Price is the tenacious type. Her first solo offering, 2016’s Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, shared the hardships and heartaches she’s dealt with all along, beginning when her family’s farm went into foreclosure and from there, through the loss of her child to a heart disorder and her subsequent battle with the […]

[rating=7.00] Following in the alliterative footsteps of previous releases Psychology and 2016’s Pleasure, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have delivered an album that will satisfy their most loyal fans: Pizazz. Clocking in at just under an hour long and 11 tracks deep, all of which have been stretched out and experimented with in their live shows, […]

[rating=8.00] When you think of three-part harmony, The Persuasions and Crosby, Stills, and Nash inevitably come to mind and perhaps on the female side, Trio (Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt). In this millennium though, The Wailin’ Jennys are inarguably among the best, especially in terms of a cappella. It’s almost as if they […]

[rating=8.00] Don’t expect the alt-rock glory of early 90s Spin Doctors on Chris Barron’s Angels and One-Armed Jugglers. This is Barron taking a rather meandering journey through eleven originals, that touch on jazz, blues, Broadway, and solo performance. In fact, every tune was written by Barron alone with his guitar and they will ultimately be […]

[rating=7.00] Since the release of their debut full-length LP, Holy Water Pool, in 2015, Michigan-born psych-rock band Heaters have been churning out an album each year. Matterhorn is the follow-up to last years, Baptistina and continues in the same vein as their previous work. Following the departure of co-frontman Andrew Tamlyn last year, the now […]

[rating=9.00] It’s 8:32am on a brisk New Jersey morning, October 19, 2017. I’m about halfway through my third rotation of Porter & The Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes’, Don’t Go Baby It’s Gonna Get Weird Without You, wondering if my heart is going to dropout again when I get to “When We Were Young”. Like most folks who […]

[rating=6.00] Like like a British version of the Robinson Brothers who founded the Black Crowes and oversaw a tumultuous career for those southern rockers, the two Gallagher siblings who fronted Oasis have continued to bicker even as they’ve pursued careers of their own. As You Were is the younger Liam’s initial solo album (after leading […]

In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews Highway Queen, the new album country rocker Nikki Lane released earlier this year, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

[rating=9.00] Thirteen albums into his storied career, alt-pop chameleon Beck returns to a more energetic form with triumphant party record Colors. After the excellent but subdued Morning Phase returned Beck to the acoustic singer-songwriter form that he has visited several times throughout his career, Colors brings back the pop energy of early Beck work. Colors […]