LP – Black Vinyl. Haram is a collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer The Alchemist, for Best Rap Album for his 2020 collaboration with Freddie Gibbs. Looking back more than four years later at Haram, it is easier to see the forest for the trees. At the time, much of the attention fell on how this outsider duo would fare […]
Cinematic, folk-metal trailblazers Equilibrium are thrilled to announce that their new studio album, Equinox, will be released on November 28th via Nuclear Blast Records.Today they’ve also released firey new single ‘I’ll Be Thunder’ accompanied by a raw, earthy performance video. Equilibrium commented:“‘I’ll Be Thunder’ is a very impulsive song that shows the experimental and uncompromising […]
Album of the Week: Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unclouded Staff Review Melody’s Echo Chamber, the solo project of French musician Melody Prochet, first grabbed our attention (and likely many others) with her Kevin Parker produced self-titled album back in 2012. The psychedelic pop and rock of Melody’s Echo Chamber have remained a constant across […]
Following his bold 1983 solo debut ‘Walk Into Light’, Ian Anderson – the legendary flautist, songwriter & frontman of Jethro Tull – returned in 1995 with ‘Divinities: Twelve Dances With God’, a richly textured & wholly instrumental work that showcased a different side of his musical imagination. A sweeping, genre-defying suite in twelve parts, ‘Divinities’ […]
You can’t overstate how big of a deal NOFX is for punk rock.They combined catchy music with smart, funny, and offensive lyrics that fans loved.They basically created the sound of ’90s California punk and made it possible for the next wave of bands like Green Day and The Offspring to get huge. This LP is […]
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma returns with Gift Songs, a deep distillation of touchstones and influences drawn from the natural world and his spiritual practice. Enlisting a brilliant cast of collaborators, and blending a rich sonic palette of guitar, modular synthesizer, and acoustic instrumentation and arrangements, Cantu-Ledesma illuminates a profound sense of humanity and transcendent possibilities across a […]
On Love Made Trees, Loaded Honey have carved out a lush, immersive world where heartache and wonder grow side by side.This is an album rooted in deep feeling, blooming with rich analog textures, gauzy guitars, and vocals that land like late-night confessions.Drawing from the spectral haze of shoegaze, the warmth of Laurel Canyon folk, and […]
In A Freezer sees acclaimed composer and producer Alex Somers (best known for his work with Sigur Rós, and for his prolific film and TV work) join forces with the London Contemporary Orchestra to create his third solo album. Recorded in an abandoned industrial freezer in London in July 2019, the whole album has a […]
The Year Of The Radical Romantics is a document of the juicy, throbbing missives used to woo crowds from Sydney to Seattle on the globe-trotting There’s No Place I’d Rather Be Tour in support of 2023’s Radical Romantics. The new album consists of live versions of tracks from Radical Romantics in addition to highlights […]
Among the most revered voices in funk, Marva Whitney holds a special place thanks to her fierce energy and unmistakable style on tracks like the classic ‘Unwind Yourself,’ a long-time favourite for DJs and dancefloors alike.Emerging from the dynamic world of the James Brown Revue in the late 1960s—alongside iconic names like Lyn Collins and […]
