The Membranes “Black Is The Colour” What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away Post punk legends, Membranes, are back in a huge way. Sounding like Nick Cave crossed with Godspeed You Black Emperor, Membranes literally blow your mind and make your … Continue Reading
Chelou “She Rock I Roll” Out Of Sight This is definitely a mix of styles that, on paper, doesn’t have a chance in hell of working. The sound is as if Leonard Cohen met electronic ambient dance music, and you … Continue Reading
Beaches “Void” Second Of Spring Magnificent album here by Beaches. The iconic Australian psych rock quintet Beaches is releasing their new double album on September 8. Usually double albums have some clinkers, but not this album. Every one of these tracks … Continue Reading
Snowball ii “Anais & Me” Flashes Of Quincy L.A.’s Snowball ii have done it again. The shoegazer/noise/indie rock group has come up with another surprise. Just as on the first two Snowball ii albums, band leader/producer Jackson Wargo took … Continue Reading
ExSage “Tripwire” Out Of The Blue If X had left LA for the desert, this is the type of music they’d make. Except Kate Clover’s vocals can kick anyone’s ass with its smokiness and harmonic beauty. Tim Foley and Kate Clover … Continue Reading
Henika “The River” Henika What is going on in New Zealand? Here comes Henika, from Auckland, making beautiful, heart-felt music. Henika is Henrieta Tornyai, a multi-instrumentalist artist originally from Slovakia who produces music that bridges the sky between alternative rock, … Continue Reading
Gideon’s Army “Red Lips” King Of The League Gideon’s Army have done it again. This time, the tempo is slowed down to a languid pace, but Robert Bray’s vocals remind me more and more of John Cale’s solo stuff, especially … Continue Reading
Mick Harvey “Don’t Say A Thing” Volume 3 – Delirium Tremens I love Mick Harvey. He has always worked with the greats like PJ Harvey and Nick Cave, but it is always such a treat when he releases his solo … Continue Reading
Sonny Smith “The Exterminators” Sees All Knows All Here we have the most honest but saddest album I have heard since Lydia Lunch or Nick Cave. A spoken album, it tells the story of a bohemian man having a quarter-life … Continue Reading
onDeadWaves “Blue Inside” This spring, onDeadWaves will be releasing their album on Mute Records. OnDeadWaves is James Chapman, better known as Maps, whose critically acclaimed debut We Can Create was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, and whose latest album Vicissitude, came out on … Continue Reading
Ten Ton Man “Bone To Pick” Permission To Sin Ten Ton Man has done it again. They’ve release a new single from their new EP that sounds like Nick Cave, Tom Waits, and Louis Armstrong came to together and made … Continue Reading
The Grand “I Don’t Want To Make You Happy I Want To Make You Cry” Incapacitated, Ill Fated, And In Love Welcome to The Grand, three guys from Wakefield, UK, who have this really unique, awesome sound. Some have compared … Continue Reading