“Let Me Rock You” is the third solo studio album released by American musician and former Kiss drummer Peter Criss. The album was produced by Vini Poncia, who previously produced Crisss 1978 solo album (officially released as a Kiss album). “This album features the song “Feels Like Heaven”, written by Crisss former bandmate, Gene Simmons. […]
The D’Addario brothers will return this Spring with their third Lemon Twigs album, Songs For The General Public – written, recorded and produced by the D’Addarios at their home studio in Long Island, Sonora Studios in Los Angeles and Electric Lady in New York City. The prodigiously-talented brothers first emerged as The Lemon Twigs in […]
On 21st May, Matador Records will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaited new album by Mdou Moctar. With Afrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky – boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music” by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, […]
AVAWAVES, the international, contemporary virtuoso duo comprising Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer, will release their third studio album, ‘Heartbeat’, on May 9th via One Little Independent Records. A transportive and euphoric meeting of violin, piano, and synth, the LP embraces a fusion of modern composition, ambient, and electronic styles while incorporating the pair’s acclaimed soundtrack […]
Album of the Week! Preoccupations – Ill At Ease Staff Review Preoccupations are a Canadian post-punk band composed of Matt Flegel, Mike Wallace, Scott Munro, and Daniel Christiansen. Rising from the ashes of the band Women, they first made waves under the name Viet Cong, releasing their acclaimed self-titled debut in 2015 before adopting their […]
Aperture is the affirming result of that realization and letting in the light. The six members took the lessons they learned into studios in their hometowns Seattle, WA and Richmond, VA; patiently shaping and self-producing an album. More than any other record by The Head And The Heart, Aperture feels like the collaborative work of […]
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE One of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as […]
Album of the Week: Car Seat Headrest – The Scholars Staff Review It’s been a while since we’ve heard a new studio album from indie rock stalwarts Car Seat Headrest. Their last release, Making A Door Less Open (2020), followed the critical success of Twin Fantasy, Teens of Denial, and Teens of Style, albums that established Will Toledo’s band as […]
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong Album of the Week (Staff Review) The last time British collective Black Country, New Road released an album, it coincided with the departure of their vocalist and principal lyricist, Isaac Wood. Having recorded For the First Time (2021) and Ants From Up There (2022)—two critically acclaimed albums with Wood at the helm—the […]
Album of the Week – Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE (Staff Review) Bon Iver return this week with SABLE, fABLE, the first full-length album from the group led by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon since 2019’s i,i. As the title suggests, the record builds on last year’s SABLE EP, bringing together those four previously released tracks with […]
