White Lies To Release New Album, Five, In 2019
Since 2009, UK’s White Lies band has entertained with a retro “post-punk” element to their music not unlike the lamented The Enemy UK. And for four albums, I’ve posted about…
Steve Hackett To Release New Album in 2019, At The Edge Of Light
Perhaps one of the more influential guitarists that not a lot of people know of is Steve Hackett, ex- of Genesis, prior to …And Then There Were Three (1978) beginning…
Review: Colin Mawson – “Death of the Ego”
It begins in isolation: a descending piano line, a star-twinkle gradually picking up speed as it traverses the lonely sky. The song – the title track to Colin Mawson’s Death…
Chris Squire Receives Respect With A Life In Yes – The Chris Squire Tribute
Tribute albums can be interesting artifacts. They can be horrible; they can be beautiful. What is essential to almost every tribute arrival is that they come from respect. One of…
Jon Anderson To Release Long Awaited Solo Work, 1000 Hands
In the early days of 2018’s January, Jon Anderson was reported to be finishing a solo work that he began nearly 30 years prior. With everything that gets in the…
Jah Wobble To Release New Album, The Butterfly Effect
For a lot of us, Jah Wobble represents a period of tumult inside music, a directional change that catapulted music from the blues/rock of the ’60s and early to middle…
New Lovespirals Album, Life Goes On, Arrives in November
Since 1992, the genesis of the current Lovespirals began a recording career as Love Spirals Downward (Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry). After four exquisite recordings (Idylls – 1992, Ardor –…
Review: Jessica Moss – “Entanglement”
The violin can be a beautiful thing and there are surely moments on Entanglement – sound artist/Silver Mt Zion member Jessica Moss’ sophomore outing, out next week via Constellation –…
Review: Peel Dream Magazine – “Modern Meta Physic”
Peel Dream Magazine, a fuzzy-eared nod, in part, to BBC man-about-town John Peel, makes pillowy, fey and sometimes borderline-experimental pop. And on the group’s new LP – Modern Meta Physic,…
The Neal Morse Band Returns With New Set, The Great Adventure
Neal Morse, once an integral part of Transatlantic, and Spock’s Beard, and who eventually went solo, released his last album, Life & Times early in 2018. His last with The…
Review: Jacob Duncan Quintet – “It’s Alright To Dream”
I just feel cool, like everything’s alright, when I’m listening to Jacob Duncan, don’t you? Well, thankfully for all of us who like feeling like the world’s not completely coming…
The Raconteurs Celebrate The 10th Anniversary Of Consolers Of The Lonely With Limited LP Reissue (And Cool Bonus Single)
Jack White has taken on a mysterious aura in the world of Rock and Roll. With his humble beginnings with The White Stripes, and his continuing saga over the course…