With a delightful wink and beaucoup style, on ‘Into the Heart,’ Sarah Banker invites listeners into a world of uplifting warmth.
Baked with love for the groove of New Orleans’ distinctive sound, “NOLA Song” brims with addictive, enthusiastic flair.
While ‘Nevertake’ (Equal Vision Records) is a different take on the band’s LP, it is not simply a recording, but a tribute to their fans, old...
On their new LP, ‘Fortune Cookie’ (Hand Salad Records), Jangus Kangus delivers a tasty variety of styles, emerging as a remarkably articulate band.
With ‘Everything is OK’ (Superfluous Records), The Indestructible Water Bear distills dream-pop and indie-rock into a remarkably satisfying debut album.
Populated with incisive lyrics and perfectly torqued melodies, ‘Collected Pieces’ is a provocative meditation on the bizarreness of life.
There’s a subtle grace, an indefinable elegance to ‘CreateBecome,’ akin to a delicate reminder to cherish the magic of life.
Suffused with an alluring freshness that makes it much more than just another prog-rock album, The Far Cry’s ‘Once There Was’ is outstanding.
Packed with harsh sensations of torment and unflinching candor, ‘SAVE ME 4 THE SPANK BANK’ confronts the bracketing oxymorons of life.
On ‘World Turtles,’ Close to Monday delivers sleek synth-pop beats brimming with dreamy vibes and dynamic, retro panache.
Chock-full of traditional jazz as well as experimental tangs, ‘The Drovers Unlimited Orchestra, Vol. 3’ is a sublimely wonderful album.
Uncomplicated and fresh, decorated with bravura horns, with ‘Hit Music,’ Greg Hoy just keeps on getting better and better.
In keeping with its title, The Color Forty Nine’s ‘A Whisper’ radiates magical, sighing textures that suffuse the songs with a yearning for the unattainable.
Despite its sometimes-forlorn lyrics, Mark Ciani’s ‘The Catacombs’ provides a wonderful listening experience, introspective and sonically alluring.
At times beautifully retro, at other times edged with the atavism of punk and grunge, ‘(510)’ (Mint 400 Records) is an irresistible example of superb songwriting.
Assembled with care and delicious quirkiness, Le Big Zero's ‘How to Use a Semicolon’ (Mint 400 Records) offers listeners music at once avantgarde, and splendid.
Bummer Camp drops ‘Stuck In A Dream’ via Trash Casual, an album packed with compact, formidable beauty, both wonderfully tighter and coarser than almost anything extant.
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BATTLEFLAGG’s ‘Solastalgia’ evokes the delicious sensation of feeling and seeing too much and yet having it unwrapped gloriously before your eyes.
Lord Sonny the Unifier’s ‘You Were Born to Save Your Life’ (Interstellar Smoke Records) is a special album brimming with punk motifs and savors of imminent,...
Utilizing his tattered perfection of a voice, with ‘Cover Story’ (Imagine House/Vere Music), Russ Taff delivers an immediately unforgettable album.
Gratifyingly diverse, Eric Cannata’s debut solo album, ‘Holding Onto The Holy’ (Industry Houseplant), is a masterful pop-rock accomplishment for the artist.
A captivating masterpiece, Arcology transports us into zircon’s world, a mesmerizing depiction of his wondrous creative universe.
Profoundly experimental and saturated in proximate context, Zabus’s ‘Automatic Writhing’ breaks open the ears and heads of listeners.
Authenticity and respect for tradition make ‘Birna’ a guaranteed hit with an audience that ranges from leftovers from Wardruna’s ‘metal’ days right through to cultural afficionados.
On their fourth album ‘Soulsex,’ Souls Extolled channels a delicious, maximalist energy that’s at once sharper and more direct.
Old-school death metal savagery awaits on ‘Within The Viscera’ from the new-school Danish ragers Neckbreakker, out now on Nuclear Blast Records.
