Buddy Guy – The Blues Is Alive And Well (Silvertone/Sony)
At age 81, Buddy Guy is still playing the blues, sounding very much as vibrant now as he did 60 plus years ago when he was a young upstart at Chess Records.
Album Reviews
Neko Case – Hell On (Anti- )
Neko Case has a new album full of irony and depreciation. “God is not a contract or a guy,” claims Case in her opening salvo, Hell On. Oh no. “God is a lusty tire fire.” What utterly brilliant nonsense.
Snail Mail – Lush (Matador)
In 1993 Liz Phair gave a strongly male dominated indie rock a dose of femininity with the release of her album Exile From Guyville. Twenty five years later her influence is even stronger and has been embodied in up and comer Snail Mail on her first album Lush.
Jonathan Bree – Sleepwalking (Lil Chief)
Brunettes frontman and Lil’ Chief Records co-founder Jonathan Bree is back with his third studio album, Sleepwalking, an album that takes the listener on a trip down memory lane via 1960s lounge pop and melodic songs about love and relationships.
Katchafire – Legacy (Zojak Worldwide)
As I fight the freezing winter rain, there’s a summer party raging inside my headphones. That’s because Katchafire, Aotearoa’s favourite reggae act, is back with what I believe is their best album yet.
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Downey To Lubbock (Yep Roc)
Two venerable Americana veterans team up for the first time.
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer (Sub Pop)
The only soundtrack you need for the chilly times upon us has landed. Suitable for a myriad of soul-warming needs and a formidable follow-up to the cult favourite and Grammy-winning Pure Comedy, Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty introduces us to God’s Favorite Customer, his fourth studio album that brims with thawing toe-tappers all the way […]
LUMP – LUMP (Dead Oceans)
LUMP is a Yeti fronted folk project (yes, Yeti) by Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay (Tunng).
Review of Born Under A Bad Sign by Albert King on RadioLIVE by Marty Duda (Listen Here)
Each Monday night, founder of The 13th Floor, Marty Duda, is a guest on RadioLIVE to share and chat about classic albums from the past. On this occasion, Marty and Mitch Harris check out Albert King‘s second studio album, Born Under A Bad Sign, regarded as one of the most influential blues albums of all-time. Listen to […]
Bridge Burner – Null Apostle (Art as Catharsis)
What exactly are we hearing here? The press release for Bridge Burner‘s debut full-length Null Apostle calls it blackened hardcore / grind, which is certainly a way to cram three genres into one descriptor. Even that effort doesn’t encompass the range of sounds the album subjects the listener to, as the band draws from anywhere they […]