GRiZ: Good Will Prevail
GRiZ Good Will Prevail (All Good Records) The latest release from the Michigan-born electronic music producer and musician features his brand of future-funk at its best while branching out to include other unique sounds from a variety of collaborators, seamlessly infusing their styles with his own. He teams up with Big Gigantic on “Good Times Roll” More...
Phoebe Nir: Side Hustle
Phoebe Nir Side Hustle (True Groove) Cutesy vocals from Phoebe Nir inform the jangly cover of “Lust for Life” that opens the New Yorker’s new EP Side Hustle. “Joe!” is a big horn mover, showcasing More...
Logan Metz: The Last Remaining Payphone in L.A.
Logan Metz The Last Remaining Payphone in L.A. (self-released) Logan Metz’s The Last Remaining Payphone in L.A. is an absolute delight. Eleven tunes strong, this is singer-songwriter stuff in the wry and fun More...
Slaves On Dope: Horse
Slaves On Dope Horse (The ILS Group) A straight-ahead, slapping snare with swelling guitar distortion flowing into a roiling, quick riff opens the album’s first track, “Electric Kool Aid,” from Slaves On More...
Barry Gibb: In the Now
Barry Gibb In the Now (Columbia) A breathy warble falsetto informs the obviously big, commercial single-of-a-title-track of Barry Gibb’s In the Now. This is the sole surviving Bee Gee’s only second solo album More...
Bon Iver: 22, A Million
Bon Iver 22, A Million (Jagjaguwar) Five years after their last release, Bon Iver has delivered its third full-length album, a daring, experimental collection of songs full of messaging that drives toward the More...
Van der Graaf Generator: Do Not Disturb
Vander Graaf Generator Do Not Disturb (Esoteric Antenna) Progressive rock stalwarts Van der Graaf Generator have just released their 13th studio album, Do Not Disturb. Opening the album with the guitar jangle More...
Electra Day: Quiet Hours
Electra Day Quiet Hours (self-released) The simple acoustic plucking and Julie Hampton’s earthy warble with her overly sustained vocal clutch on “Big Sky” opens the new nine-song Electra Day album Quiet More...
Cactus: Black Dawn
Cactus Black Dawn (Sunset Blvd. Records) Cactus was born from the detritus of Vanilla Fudge in 1970 when drummer Carmine Appice and bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert were planning to create a band with Rod Stewart and More...
Dreezy: No Hard Feelings
Dreezy No Hard Feelings (Interscope Records) South Side, Chicago has a bunch of talent coming out the woodwork, but this particular artist has something special. I can’t recall how I came to find Dreezy’s More...
