Mike Patton and composer John Kaada reunite for another beautifully evocative trip into strange new worlds.
[rating=8.00] “Hello, this is Charles Bradley,” the prolific soul singer introduces himself in the powerful and emotional spoken word intro “God Bless America” on his latest record Changes. Never one
[rating=7.00] A Mineral Love is the kind of record that transforms with each listen. There are so many personalities inhabiting the musical world that Bibio, née Stephen Wilkinson, has created on
[rating=8.00] If you’re of the mind that Robbie Fulks cannot make a bad record, you know that you will gladly consume anything he creates. And with his latest creation, the
[rating=6.00] The first I heard of Shonen Knife was “Cycling Is Fun,” their contribution to 1989’s Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 3. The cutesy twee pop leanings of that song were
[rating=7.00] Moderat is releasing their third album titled appropriately III. Happily, that is the only part of the album not worthy of comment. As with their previous albums, III is
[rating=8.00] Every few years an artist comes along that makes you wonder where they’ve been hiding all this time and why you’ve never heard them before. And when Margo Price
[rating=7.00] Over the past decade, Vancouver-based Black Mountain have never been afraid to experiment with their sound. While each of their past albums hold a nostalgic sound of the 70’s,
[rating=7.00] One of the greatest things about music is that it acts as a living, breathing memory catcher, soundtracking your activities and becoming the mental time machine that can take
[rating=9.00] Violent Femmes live up to the title of this first album in 16 years from founding members (and erstwhile enemies) Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie: given enough time, you
