Album of the Week: Wednesday – Bleeds Staff Review ‘Bleeds is the sixth studio record from Asheville, North Carolina indie-rock band Wednesday. The follow-up to 2023’s Rat Saw God is another triumph from the Karly Hartzman–led quartet, with the preternaturally talented MJ Lenderman once again in the mix as a studio member. This album […]
Sarah McLachlan first emerged as a global phenomenon over three decades ago, introducing an unprecedented new voice into the pop canon: soulful, spellbinding, and supremely capable of transforming pain into transcendence.On her first album of new material in 11 years, Better Broken finds the Canadian singer/songwriter widening her creative circle and furthering her legacy with […]
ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. Alive in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music filtered through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the […]
4 LP + MINI CD Big Mess colour vinyl 4LP plus a mini 3” CD. Also includes a large double sided poster , colour inner sleeves and liner notes by Gerald V Casale. Spuds rejoice. After years of requests, Futurismo are thrilled to announce a brand new limited pressing of the DEVO’s incredible Recombo DNA […]
LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl with printed inner sleeve.First album in 8 years from The Barr Brothers. It’s been eight years since Montreal’s The Barr Brothers released a full-length album.In that time, life pulled them in new directions – personally and professionally – altering the way they make music together.Their fourth studio album, Let […]
What is a “boogie”? In the common tongue, it’s a dance or an occasion to dance. This being a Destroyer album and not the common tongue, the implications of a title like Dan’s Boogie are at once more alluring and dangerous. “A boogie is a hustle, a scam that doesn’t quite work, the moves we […]
FLETCHER has built a one-of-a-kind legacy on speaking her truth in exhilarating detail.She returns with her highly anticipated third studio album Would You Still Love Me If You Really KnewMe? Arriving July 18 via EMI Records, it marks a pivotal moment in her journey as one of pop music’smost essential queer voices—ultimately adding a whole […]
Album of the Week: Big Thief – Double Infinity Staff Review The last we heard from American indie-rock band Big Thief was in 2023, with their magnificent, sprawling fifth album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You voted Tower Records staff’s favourite album that year. This week, the band return with their eagerly anticipated new […]
There has always been a Reggae inuence in the music of El Michels Affair. From their cover of “Hung Up On My Baby” done in a Reggae style, to the general sound and approach that permeates Leon’s production style. While recording Bailey’s 2020 Ekundayo album, they did some straight forward reggae tunes inspired by different […]
CD In August 2022, Joe Henry, a seasoned but unconventional songwriter, taught at a Nashville songwriting camp, feeling out of place among more commercially successful instructors.On the first night, he met fellow instructor Mike Reid—former NFL star and acclaimed songwriter.Despite Henry’s initial awe, Reid immediately engaged him in a heartfelt conversation about poetry, sparking a […]
