Jessie Clement – Slow Motion Philosophies Release Date: February 14, 2020 via Corum Hill Records Before I even spoke with Jessie Clement to talk about her new album, I was already hooked on her music. Now having heard the entire version of Slow Motion Philosophies, I can tell you that my ear doesn’t lie. The […]
Bad Wolves – N.A.T.I.O.N. via Eleven Seven Interview + Album Review On October 25, 2019 – Bad Wolves released their second full length album, N.A.T.I.O.N. This twelve track crusher demonstrates the band’s ever evolving songwriting and growth. Having been a fan of the first album, 2018’s Disobey, which produced the monster hit ‘Zombie’. The Cranberry’s cover […]
Grace VanderWaal – Letters Vol 1 Release Date: November 22, 2019 via Columbia Records Boy oh boy, what a time to be a Grace VanderWaal fan. As I’ve said previously, I was a little late to the GV party. This full-of-life-comet didn’t hit my radar until this past summer. That’s when I attended one of […]
Pearl Jam – Vitalogy Release date: November 22, 1994 I’ve written hundreds of album reviews, dozens of retrospective reviews but I’m not sure there are many albums that I’ve listened to more than Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy. In fact, I just published a look back at the Incubus album, Make Yourself. The reason why I bring […]
Slim Gambill – Fake Jazz & Theme Songs – Holy moly, this is becoming one of my favorite albums released this year. Ten songs on this instrumental opus (outside of Over Getting Over You – which we will get to later on), none of which allows you to lose interest. There’s so much going on […]
The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger Release Date: June 21, 2019 via Third Man Records 10 June 2019 Welcome back, guys. We’ve missed you. The Raconteurs last released a full length studio album eleven years ago. During that time a lot has changed in the musical landscape. The way music is played, made and […]
Tal Wilkenfeld – Love Remains Release Date: March 15 via BMG 12 March 2019 Some people (myself included) are familiar with Tal Wilkenfeld as a killer bass player. She expertly plays the bass with Jeff Beck and has made several high profile guest appearances with artists like Mick Jagger, Prince, Herbie Hancock and The Allman […]
I’ve been hot and cold on Jack White since the early stages of his career. And not just from album to album. In some cases it’s song to song. Many times I have hurried through ‘Get Behind Me Satan’ in order to get to the “good songs”. The first time I heard ‘Lazeretto’ I thought […]