Joe Ely – Driven To Drive (Rack ‘Em Records/Thirty Tigers) 13th Floor Album Review
With five decades of touring behind him, Joe Ely has amassed plenty of material for this, his first “road” album.
Miranda Easten – Concrete & Honey (13th Floor Album Review)
Miranda Easten has released Concrete & Honey an album that, as the title indicates, collects some sweet sounds made possible by an artist willing to put in the hard yards.
Holly Arrowsmith – Blue Dreams (Leather Jacket Records)
Holly Arrowsmith albums come to us at a snail’s pace. This is Holly’s third long player…that’s three albums since her debut back in 2015.
American Aquarium – The Fear Of Standing Still (Losing Side/Thirty Tigers)
American Aquarium turns up the heat following the relatively mellow Chicamacomico (2022), despite front man BJ Barham’s new-found domestic bliss that finds him sober, married and a father.
Silk Cut – Silk Cut (Self) 13th Floor Album Review
Silk Cut release their second long player today. It’s an album that uses their bandmembers’ rich musical past as a way to move forward.
Four Tet – Three (Text Records) 13th Floor Album Review)
Since first encountering his installment of the excellent DJ Kicks series released in 2006, I’ve taken a casual interest in the output of Keiran “Four Tet” Hebden.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention – Whisky a Go Go, 1968 (Zappa/Ume)
Fifty-six years ago Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention threw a party and everybody came…or at least they had a really good time. Now, finally we can hear what went down on July 23, 1968 at the Whisky a Go Go.
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – TexiCali (Yep Roc)
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore reunite after their 2018 Down To Lubbock album and this time they are in TexiCali.
The Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything (Mute) Album Review
Melbourne instrumental/experimental trio of Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White – The Dirty Three, never broke up, they haven’t released an album since 2012 because they’ve been a bit busy, and they live in Paris, Melbourne and New York respectively, so getting together has been a bit tricky.
Earth Tongue – Great Haunting (In The Red) 13th Floor Album Review
There is a synergy in Great Haunting’s arrival on a Friday. It may be a day late for the 13th, but a day cloaked in grey skies, and replete with sudden downpours and the threat of thunder. A fitting weatherly backdrop for this brooding, opaque and often clamorous soundscape from Earth Tongue, the two-piece band […]
The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB/Thirty Tigers)
The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy has already claimed As It Ever Was, So I Will Be Again is the band’s best album in its 20+ year career, so who are we to argue?
John Cale POPtical Illusion (Domino) 13th Floor Album Review
John Cale continues to prove to be one of music’s most vital, most intriguing and most influential artists with this, his second album in as many years.
Ms. Mia – Living In The Shadows (Ms. Mia)
Ms. Mia is a Filipina singer-songwriter based in in Auckland. And, after releasing three singles, we now get her debut EP, titled Living In The Shadows.
Georgia Lines – The Rose Of Jericho (Nahla & Nahla) Album Review
Georgia Lines finally releases her full-length debut album and The Rose Of Jericho is very much worth the wait.
Moving Away From The Pulsebeat: Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981 – Various Artists (Cherry Red)
Moving Away From The Pulsebeat features 105 tracks from nearly as many artists culled from one of the most fertile eras in music history, compiled by a label that was there when it happened.
Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG) (13th Floor Album Review)
Crowded House is about to release Gravity Stairs, an album that illuminates the multiple branches of Neil Finn’s musical tree, while sprouting a few new ones in the process.
The Advocators – Songs From A Sleepless Night (Self) (Album Review)
Here’s one that will keep you up at night. The Advocators are a NZ-based duo who make unhinged, raw rock and blues and their debut album is Songs From An Endless Night.
C. Zukey – Stone Fruut (Really Nice Records) (Album Review)
C. Zukey is a Canadian-born, New Zealand-based singer/songwriter who has just released Stone Fruut, a debut album of remarkable depth and beauty.
theSlacks – Information Ape (The Rolling Vibe) (Album Review)
Taranki-based rockers, theSlacks have just released Information Ape, their third album overall and first in almost nine years.
Beat Rhythm Fashion – Critical Mass (Failsafe) (Album Review)
Beat Rhythm Fashion, Wellington “Post-punk”, “Terrace Scene” trio formed in 1980, dissolved in ’82 and reformed in 2018. Critical Mass is the band’s second long player since reuniting.