Country Westerns – Forgive The City (Fat Possum) ⭐⭐⭐
Country Westerns come roaring back with their second album with a sound and a fury that will leave you breathless.
Album Reviews
We Will Ride Fast – Army of Invisible Zombies: Album Review ⭐⭐⭐
We Will Ride Fast is the handle for Kyle Sattler, who describes himself as a multi-media artist, multi-instrumental musician and singer. Army of Invisible Zombies is his third album in this incarnation of himself.
Everything But The Girl – Fuse (Virgin) (Album Review) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Everything But The Girl last released an album two scores and four years ago. But triggered by covid lockdowns, EBTG duo Tracey Thorn and husband Ben Watt, synthesised the best and the average of the band’s historical output to create a new precipitately perfect album – Fuse, in which EBTG’s sophisti-pop sound with is further […]
Silver Moth – Black Bay (Bella Union) (Album Review) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Silver Moth has arrived offering music of rare beauty and vision.
Ingrid and the Ministers – Boofhead (Album Review) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ingrid and the Ministers shake things up and make some noise with their second album, Boofhead, inspired by idiots everywhere.
Ian Hunter Defiance Part 1 (Sun) (Album Review) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ian Hunter releases a star studded album at age 83 that would put any rocker half his age to shame.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Angels in Science Fiction (ATO) Album Review ⭐⭐⭐
St. Paul & The Broken Bones are five albums deep in a career spanning 10 years. Reputedly one of the best live bands in the US – I’d like to make a judgement on that myself – the 8-piece serve up a southern soul sound woven around the vocals of Paul Janeway.
Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop) (Album Review)
Mudhoney has just released their new album, Plastic Eternity, celebrating their 35th year together. The 13th Floor’s Jeff Neems weighs in with his thoughts.
Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard: Album Review
Lana Del Rey releases her ninth album in eleven years, a meditation and spiritual quest inside the psyche of America. Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard aims high in its ambition to deliver a benediction for the country. In the wake of the moral crisis spanned by the 2008 financial disaster and […]
Heavy Blanket – Moon Is (Outer Battery) Album Review
Heavy Blanket, a J Mascis side project has released their 3rd album, Moon Is, inspiring our man Jeff Neems to write these words about it.