Upchuck’s third album, I’m Nice Now, is less an actual truce than a strategic, calculated feint. Frontwoman Kaila “KT” Thompson and the band haven’t shed their rage; they’re simply channeling it with greater focus.
Rocket’s debut album R Is For Rocket illustrates how raw talent, hard work, clear ideas and not being scared to rework old ideas can come together to make a truly remarkable recording.
Living Colour’s Vernon Reid is about to release a 14-track opus called Hoodoo Telemetry. Reid says it isn’t a linear piece, but a thrillingly tangled tapestry of genres, collaborators and material from different time periods. Its energy and chaos seems to reflect and challenge what Reid considers the “tumultuous”. The 13th Floor’s Jeff Neems gives […]
Bright Eyes’ playful companion to 2024’s Five Dice, All Threes is further evidence of Conor Oberst finding rejuvenation through collaboration. Kids Table, seven songs and a minor soundscape that are mostly leftovers from the last album, is a spirited EP punctuated by some stirring team-ups.
The Living End have dropped their latest release I Only Trust Rock N Roll after an eight year gap. Inspired by being on the ground near the turbulent LA George Floyd riots, The Australian punk trio have aimed to recapture the sound and attitude heard on their debut.
Kaylee Bell has just released Cowboy Up and the 13th Floor’s Robin Kearns gives it a spin (or two).
Season of the Peach, the latest album from Black Lips, kicks the doors down from the first warped note. What follows is a relentless 14-track, 40 minute, loud, high-speed ride through death wishes, celebrity name-drops, and glorious chaos.
Jeff Tweedy doesn’t need another write-up to “drum up listenership.” Throngs of devoted Wilco fans will simply lap up his latest solo triple album Twilight Override—a genuine fucking gem of a record, I should add—by word of its existence alone.
The Making Of Five Leaves Left, a project nine years in gestation, was released on July 25th via UMR/Island Records. This Nick Drake Estate authorised edition comprises over 30 previously unheard outtakes from the sessions which gradually became Five Leaves Left (1969) and is available as 4 CD and 4 LP boxed sets. The 13th Floor’s Faith Hamblyn has a […]
From the first hush of finger-picked guitar, Too: Matheson Bay Sessions by Something They Call Myth feels like a night around the fire with friends, music as an invitation and memory all at once. Across four songs it moves from the fading glow of Embers to the slow-burn intimacy of House of Friends, weaving stories of camaraderie, risk, and […]