Album Reviews

Angela Easterling and her musical and life partner, Brandon Turner, deliver a rich album of eleven originals that run the gamut from parenthood to gun violence to gender identity, and by covering Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee,” immigration issues as well.

Pianist and composer Emmet Cohen picks up where he left off with his 2021 Future Stride, while continuing to augment his trio with a couple of terrific horns on select tracks for Uptown in Orbit.

The Arctic Monkeys continue to evolve their sound on their new album ‘The Car’.

The fourth album from the UK-based Young Gun Silver Fox is a continuation of the group’s Yacht Rock-inspired sound. Straight out of the late 70’s/early 80’s Ticket To Shangri La grooves with polished shiny efforts. 

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 for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

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. 

Memories to Burn from The Williams Brothers, twins Andrew and David, is 28 years in the making. In fact, the duo no longer performs together. With three albums cut for Warner Brothers from 1988 – 1994, this is the elusive fourth album that never was until now. According to Andrew and to just about anyone […]

Green Light is the hard-working road band’s sixth full studio release and follows 2020’s Natural Born Hustler which was recorded and produced by Color Red co-owner and guitarist of The New Mastersounds, Eddie Roberts.

Not even a week removed from their last album King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are back with Laminated Denim

Truth & Salvage Co. make a rock and roll return from their hiatus with their new album ‘Atoms Form’.

Another Green World is still Brian Eno’s highwater mark, and he does his best to capture that magic on Foreverandevermore.

With Australia, a hotbed for many forms of rock music these days Ocean Alley’s newest album plays with their laid-back beach life formula a bit but stays very accessible to the masses as Low Altitude Living delivers radio-friendly pop rock throughout the twelve strong tracks.  Things start positively from the first notes of the opener […]