Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet Ladilikan (World Circuit) One of the most striking things about 40-year-old world music collective Kronos Quartet, is their ability to seamlessly weave cultures and collaborations More...
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet Ladilikan (World Circuit) One of the most striking things about 40-year-old world music collective Kronos Quartet, is their ability to seamlessly weave cultures and collaborations More...
Living Colour: Shade
Living Colour Shade (Sony Music Canada Inc) For the better part of thirty years, Vernon Reid’s funk-punk metal pioneers have been raising social awareness with songs like “Open Letter To A Landlord,” “Information More...
Iron & Wine: Beast Epic
Iron & Wine Beast Epic (Sub Pop Records) For the past couple of years, Sam Beam (better known as folk/Americana project Iron & Wine) has mostly been collaborating with other artists, including Band Of Horses, More...
LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
LCD Soundsystem American Dream (Columbia) I vividly remember LCD Soundsystem’s “last show.” I was new to the band, but my friend had an extra ticket and promised me it was not to be missed. As monumental More...
KMFDM: Hell Yeah
KMFDM Hell Yeah (earMUSIC) In addition to its exuberant title, which seems equal parts defiant and optimistic in that charming way that only Sascha & Co can pull off, the first thing that struck me about KMFDM’s More...
Danzig: Black Laden Crown
Danzig Black Laden Crown (Nuclear Blast America) Heavy metal crooner/shrieker Glenn Danzig and his hard-hitting band have been a little quiet for a few years on the Danzig front. This is the first new album (of More...
Cage The Elephant: Unpeeled
Cage the Elephant Unpeeled (RCA Records) Raucous indie rockers Cage The Elephant have evolved a lot since they first played the Outside Lands Festival and Lollapalooza in 2009, and started getting noticed. Their More...
The Fall: New Facts Emerge
The Fall New Facts Emerge (Cherry Red) While catching up on The Fall’s more recent history I was surprised to find that the band has consisted of a total of 66 members throughout its impressive and rather surreal More...
Pumarosa: The Witch
Pumarosa The Witch (Harvest Records) Pumarosa has been around for a little while now, having released a self-titled EP in 2016 and their “Priestess” single in 2015, which was remixed by indie-electro solo More...
