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No Fun Aloud

The solo career that Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey navigated between the band’s…

Jason Warburg

We Can’t Be Stopped (2026 vinyl reissue)

Originally released in 1991, this third album from Geto Boys (formerly called Ghetto…

Tom Haugen

Inner Secrets

Accurate or not, my impression is that a lot of people believe…

Jason Warburg

Doll Domination (2026 vinyl reissue)

Both of The Pussycat Dolls albums were reissued this year on vinyl…

Tom Haugen

Pathways

Vancouver psych rock outfit Meltt’s third release Pathways is lush: swooshing synths,…

Vish Iyer

Live From Antone’s

Madam Radar are a four-piece band from Austin, Texas, consisting of husband…

D. Cullen

Brother Where You Bound (2026 Half Speed Mastered Vinyl Reissue)

This eighth studio album from British legends Supertramp arrived in 1985 and…

Tom Haugen

Hello, I’m Dolly

With the recent passing of music legend Dolly Parton, it’s sometimes difficult…

Christopher Thelen

Light Beam

The Greek pianist and composer Markos Chaidemenos is joined by plenty of…

Tom Haugen

Hotel Usona

Sometimes, you look at the state of things in the world—let alone…

Benjamin Ray

Kiss Of Death (20th Anniversary Edition)

Back about ten years ago, I finally got around to reviewing Kiss…

Christopher Thelen

Vacation

Sometimes artists leave subtle clues to their audiences about their state of…

Jason Warburg

The Empire Child

The recording moniker of the London artist Ruth Rothwell, as Empire Child…

Tom Haugen

Waking Up (2026 vinyl reissue)

If you've been waiting for OneRepublic's sophomore album, Waking Up, to get…

Tom Haugen

Transformer

While I’m still in the beginning stages of my journey into Lou…

Christopher Thelen

Islands (Elemental Mixes)

One of King Crimson’s most maligned albums getting the dubious “elemental mix”…

Benjamin Ray

French Postcard

The Tennessee tenor saxophonist Bennie Wallace brings his inimitable playing to these…

Tom Haugen

Down On Earth

Turnover’s sixth release Down On Earth feels like an album created in…

Vish Iyer

James Taylor

Saying James Taylor had a wild start to his career is like…

Jason Warburg

Reality Awaits

There comes a time in most rock band’s careers where a dodgy…

D. Cullen

Tyranny And Mutation

Every band needs time to coalesce as a solid unit. The more…

Christopher Thelen

Last Of The Independents

After delivering three top-notch albums straight out of the gate—1980’s epic self-titled…

Jason Warburg

Cursum Perficio

Once upon a time, Anthrax were counted among the “Big 4” of…

Christopher Thelen

Who Do We Think We Are

By 1973, Deep Purple had to be asking themselves: “Now what?” Since…

Christopher Thelen

Traneing In

After numerous starts and stops in my attempts to fully comprehend and…

Christopher Thelen

Ready Or Not

Lou Gramm’s decision to record a solo album in 1986 while still…

Jason Warburg

Eavesdropping

Los Angeles-duo Ill Peach bring together opposites – bitterness and sweetness, smoothness…

Vish Iyer

Enlightened Rogues

Three years after the Allman Brothers Band dissolved, they somehow were able…

Christopher Thelen

Tracks From The Attic Revisited

Brit-rock legend David J is the co-founder and bassist for Bauhaus and…

Tom Haugen

The Residency

Sammy Hagar did not need to do this. After more than five decades…

Jason Warburg

PCD (2026 vinyl reissue)

This debut album from the Pussycat Dolls arrived just over 20 years…

Tom Haugen

From Dublin To Duluth

Travis McKeveny was an outstanding songwriter.That’s the first thing to know. The…

Jason Warburg

The Rosy Red World

Pat King, Will Hochgertel, Steve Kurtz and Kris Hayes make up Philadelphia’s…

Tom Haugen

Talk Tales

Montreal artist Everly Lux’s unique take on folk music is armed with…

Tom Haugen

Jump Rope Gazers

“All songs by Elizabeth StokesArranged by The BethsProduction, mixing and engineering by…

Jason Warburg

Always Sun

A Norwegian duo with an affinity for dream-pop sounds, Misty Coast (i.e.…

Tom Haugen

Shelved First Attempt

Shelved First Attempt is, as the title might suggest, a version of…

D. Cullen

Wired

UK outfit Basement have been around for some time and have amassed…

Vish Iyer

Shades Of Deep Purple

Let’s make one thing very clear at the start of this review:…

Christopher Thelen

VVVVV

Vienna, Austria trio Lucy Dreams flesh out a concept album about humanity’s…

Tom Haugen

Trampoline

The Mavericks were unicorns.They began as a “country” band more because of…

Jason Warburg

Gish (35th Anniversary vinyl edition)

I didn’t even give this record a chance when it came out…

Tom Haugen

The Fourth Crossing

I do love a good progressive rock instrumental.It’s a weirdly specific soft…

Jason Warburg

Suzette Charles

The saga of the 57th Miss America pageant has two endings. The…

Peter Piatkowski

So Help Me God

Los Angeles-based cellist and singer-songwriter Kelsey Lu’s sophomore release is a juggernaut.…

Vish Iyer

Wild At Heart

I’ve never actually sat down and listened to a Neil Diamond record.…

Tom Haugen

The Disease And The Cure

The Bay Area punk scene is something I’ve been interested in for…

Tom Haugen

Train On The Island

If you know Aldous Harding, you know she is a folk singer-songwriter…

Vish Iyer

T.I.T.S.

The globally revered artist Raymond Pettibon and avant-garde composer Daniel Adams come…

Tom Haugen

New Day

John Corabi is not a name many may recognize at first, having…

Benjamin Ray

The Complete Flyboys 1978-1980

California punks Flyboys didn’t last long, but they sure made in impression…

Tom Haugen

The Resurrection of Funk

André Cymone is a bass player, a singer, a famed pioneer of…

D. Cullen

Engines Of Demolition

Anybody who says about life that less is more—except for coffee and…

Benjamin Ray

Tusk

Providence, Rhode Island composer, improviser and sound and media artist Kristina Warren…

Tom Haugen

Vacation

Nashville-based New Translations are trendsetters, making synth-based music in the country music…

Vish Iyer

Kill ‘Em All (Deluxe Box Set)

Somehow, when I think back to 1983 and Metallica’s debut release Kill…

Christopher Thelen

Disco Rally

Otobo are a promising young Albany, New York outfit, making music that…

Vish Iyer

Music For Mandrax

This debut album spearheaded by the husband-and-wife-duo of Jessica Weeks and Greg…

Tom Haugen

Niebla

I began my review of Gabriel Vicéns’ previous release, 2024’s Mural, with…

John Mulhouse

Fitzcarraldo

My review of The Frames’ Fitzcarraldo may be 31 years behind its…

D. Cullen

Peaches!

Ohio Players was a mess of a record for Black Keys in…

Benjamin Ray

The Odyssey: Songs Of Odysseus

It’s a trope as ancient as The Odyssey itself: the person who’s…

Jason Warburg

If The Sun Dies

On this album, Elverson, Pennsylvania artist Greg Weeks returns after a 17-year…

Tom Haugen

Forever Now

The guitars are back.It’s been a long road since Switchfoot last made…

Jason Warburg

The Acrobat

Canadian singer-songwriter Tenille Townes pens her most introspective album yet with The…

Tom Haugen

But Here We Are

When a band has a key member die, which sadly is all…

D. Cullen

Angels, Demons & Coin Flips

Sometimes you just need it loud—bruising guitars, pounding drums, urgent vocals, high…

Jason Warburg

Dreaming Out Loud (2026 vinyl reissue)

This debut album from OneRepublic was released in 2007 and apparently I’m…

Tom Haugen

Don’t Settle, Vol. 2 (Transmissions West)

Don’t Settle (Vol. 2 - Transmissions West) is the second of two…

D. Cullen

New Ways To Lose

American Aquarium is one of those bands I’ll never stop rooting for—which…

Jason Warburg

The WOW! Signal

Muse is back! Well, to be fair, I don’t know if they…

Benjamin Ray

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21

The Maine renaissance man Aaron Wyanski is a composer and pianist who…

Tom Haugen

If I Had a HiFi

Over the last few years, I’ve been on a sort of personal…

Pete Crigler

Inferno

Boards Of Canada fans who had waited patiently for new music for…

Benjamin Ray

Famous Last Words (2026 Half Speed Mastered Vinyl Reissue)

Supertramp's final album with the classic line-up of Hodgson, Davies, Helliwell, Thomson…

Tom Haugen

2014 NYC

Although there has been a glut of live King Crimson made available…

Benjamin Ray

Vol. II

In the running for the weirdest groups of 2026 is Quebec’s Angine…

Benjamin Ray

Attachment Theory

There sure are a lot of sub-genres of country music these days,…

Tom Haugen

Aurora

I wish it was possible to write a review of Yes today…

Jason Warburg

Grandma’s Gospel Favorites

Yes, you read that right.Back in 2007, Jason Mraz, at a career…

Pete Crigler

I Built You A Tower

Easily this storied band’s best album in a decade, if not more,…

Benjamin Ray

The All-Night Costume Company

The Tacoma, Washington singer-songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig is back with a ninth…

Tom Haugen

Rising Force

In 1984, to the best of my knowledge, there was no such…

Christopher Thelen

King Of The Dogwoods

The longest running Celtic band in America, Minneapolis’ Boiled In Lead, returns…

Tom Haugen

Let It Hiss

Let It Hiss is an all-round vibrant record that leaves you feeling…

Vish Iyer

Even In The Quietest Moments… (2025 Half Speed Mastered Vinyl Reissue)

This fifth album from the almighty Supertramp was released in 1977 and…

Tom Haugen

Maybe Things Will Be Alright

Jim Allen sure knows how to get an indie music reviewer’s attention.Last…

Jason Warburg

Mud Blood Bone

The Canadian artist Cat Clyde surrounds this fourth album with the notion…

Tom Haugen

Fibronostalgia

Fibronostalgia might just be the most Kowtow album title in the history…

Jason Warburg

You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love

Olivia Rodrigo has proven once again that she has the most mighty…

D. Cullen

Night Whispers

There’s a lot of promise in Plasma Driver’s debut, once they can…

Benjamin Ray

Breakfast In America (2025 Half Speed Mastered Vinyl Reissue)

Supertramp continues their anniversary celebrations with another half speed remaster reissue, and…

Tom Haugen

Citizen Kihn

It doesn’t feel like an exaggeration to say that the Greg Kihn…

Jason Warburg

Elvis ’56

Originally released in 1987, this documentary narrated by Levon Helm (of The…

Tom Haugen

Cinematic

Josh Groban is an anachronism, similar to Barbra Streisand. He found great…

Peter Piatkowski

Phantasmagoria

On Phantasmagoria, Americana singer-songwriter Robert Francis uses his sister’s collection of analogue…

Vish Iyer

Lou Reed

Confession time: I never got into the Velvet Underground. Other than “Femme…

Christopher Thelen

Hot Fuss

In the late 1970s, in the wake of the punk rock revolution…

D. Cullen

From A Hole In The Floor To A Fountain Of Youth

Like a lot of people, I first became aware of Baltimore’s Future…

Benjamin Ray

Awake (25th anniversary vinyl edition)

This sophomore record from Massachusetts rockers Godsmack arrived in 2000, and to…

Tom Haugen