The Menzingers – ‘Hello Exile’ (2019)
A whole lot of fun ... The Menzingers, a Philadelphia quartet, by way of Scranton, find themselves on a solid ground with Hello Exile, complete with anthem laced...
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Haq – ‘Evaporator’ (2019)
Evaporator is the sophomore album from the international trio Haq, a collaborative effort between Japanese duo N-qia (vocalist Nozomi and sounds programmer Takma) and prolific Edinburgh artist Harold...
Humble Pie – ‘Tourin’: The Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 4’
Drummer Jerry Shirley continues the series of live releases by Humble Pie with this four disc release including two shows from 1974, one in Germany, the other in...
The Babe Rainbow – ‘Today’ (2019)
Babe Rainbow have taken a few moments from their hypnotic wayward wonderings and dropped by a postcard in the form of Today, a fine breezy funky laidback record...
Jim Sullivan – ‘If the Evening Were Dawn’ (2019)
With the glut of reissue labels that have emerged over the past few decades, it can be a mess to try and sort through all of the supposed...
Vanishing Twin – ‘The Age of Immunology’ (2019)
Another pleasing and disconnected record that resounds and embodies a variety of structures visions attitudes and genres, sounding at times entirely yet warmly haunting, while both of this...
Paul Weller – ‘Other Aspects Paul Weller Band & Orchestra (Live At The Royal Festival Hall)’ (2019)
Paul Weller has had one of the most acclaimed careers of any British musical artist to emerge from the post-60’s scene. Through the punk mod of The Jam,...
Stardust & Satisfaction: Art & Music
This summer, the Glenn Dallas Gallery in Santa Barbara celebrated music, iconic musical artists, and festival culture with an exhibition titled Stardust & Satisfaction: Art & Music. Named...
The Black Sand – ‘Kaleidoscope’ (2019)
Highly reverberant notes shimmer like distant memories, where our wayward wander’s vocals echo with the voice of a ghost from somewhere deep within the back of my mind,...
Giant Sand – ‘Recounting the Ballads of Thin Line Men’ (2019)
I’ve always wondered why it is that more musicians haven’t gone back and re-envisioned previous albums, rethinking and reworking them from an older and wiser standpoint, as it...