Harold Nono – ‘We’re Almost Home’ (2020)
Edinburg musician Nono has been releasing intriguing music under various permutations and via numerous collaborations (Haq, for nearly 20 years now. This is his fourth solo release. As...
Reviews
With A Little Help From My Friends
Fans of the Beatles based in the United States will not be able to attend the annual New York-area Fest for Beatles Fans on the last weekend in...
Everybody Had a Hard Year Part 2
This is part two of our look back at 2019. The releases below represent some of the more interesting and unique reissues and soundtracks of the year. Not...
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – ‘Texas Sun’ (2020)
With the four song vinyl EP arriving at your door in a variety of colours, it does make for a nice visual presentation. That said, even with the...
Eric Burdon & The Animals – ‘When I Was Young-The MGM Recordings 1967-1968’ (2020)
Following the breakup of the original Animals, Eric Burdon & The Animals came together in December, 1966. The new lineup consisted of vocalist Burdon, guitarist/pianist Vic Briggs, guitarist/violinist/bassist...
Galaxie 500 – ‘Copenhagen’ (1997/2020 Record Store Day Reissue)
Copenhagen was recorded at the end of Galaxie 500’s European tour (the very last show), where the band had finally gelled and slipped into a hypnotic groove only...
Rose City Band – ‘Summerlong’ (2020)
With Rose City Band surfacing purely as a recording project, where Ripley Johnson's role was almost entirely obscured for the band’s first self-titled album, the dreamy easygoing release,...
Everybody Had a Hard Year
Awards season is finally over. Although most of the 2019 releases below didn’t even receive any nominations, they represent some of the more interesting and unique releases of...
Death To Dr. Madd Vibe
BEFORE the phrase “punk” became well-known, a Beatles and Alice Cooper-inspired black band in Detroit called Death consisting of three brothers was bashing out songs just as rocky...
Casualties of Cool – ‘Casualties of Cool’ (2014)
Who’d have thought Casualties of Cool would be a wondrous of sorts concept album of the science fiction nature, with the story going something like this. Seems there...