10 Miles 2 Neptune, Change (self-released)
This New Hampshire-based fedora-pop duo features singer-songwriters Mike Birch of Derry and Merrimack’s Tammy Jann, who, for the last eight years, have co-run a Nashua-based songwriting group, I’m told, which I take to mean that they’re community-minded, which the state’s music community could always Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/09/21”
Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We (Dead Oceans Records)
Generally speaking, I’m late to the ball with this indie-piano-pop princess, who’s been making albums since 2012. In fact, I wasn’t aware that she’d opened for The Pixies a few years ago, which was what probably prompted Pitchfork Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/09/14”
Dijahsb, Tasty Raps Vol. 2 [self-released]
This Toronto-based nonbinary rapper has a Polaris Music Prize to their credit, along with a rep for good dramedy, not Skee Lo-level or anything like that, but it’s indeed kind of uplifting hearing of this person’s trials and tribulations and how they’re handling them. Not Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/09/07”
Beth Bombara, It All Goes Up (Black Mesa Records)
This Missouri-based singer-songwriter’s trip tacks to a yodely Sarah MacLachlan-by-way-of-Christine McVie angle: really pretty Americana-tinged songs with a mature, astute, well-settled vibe that will surprise you if you’re inquisitive enough to seek her out (with so many choices out there, I’m Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/08/31”
Mariion Christiian, “Still Water” / “The Weight of Things” (EMG Records)
You’d file this new EP somewhere between Above & Beyond and Tiesto, and yes, it’s that good. Christian is known as a veteran producer who has a way with melodies that “articulate emotions in a way that words simply Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/08/24”
Bluphoria, Bluphoria (Edgeout Records/UMe)
I’m late to the ball by a couple of months on this one, the debut LP from this northern California-based alt-rock band, whose guitarist/frontman Reign LaFreniere is a Black dude who grew up on stuff like Hendrix, Dylan, James Brown, Pink Floyd and whatnot; he’s all Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/08/17”
Huey Lewis & The News, Sports [vinyl reissue] (Capitol Records)
I know right, 40 years late, but hey man, this is an actual reissue on vinyl, and another notable aspect of this occasion is the fact that I’ve never reviewed a Huey Lewis record, unless I have, but I doubt it. Anyway, Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/08/10”
Babychaos, “Guilty Hands (I Bleed)” (self-released)
Initial single heralding a fast-forthcoming EP from this eye-rollingly edgy goth chick, who, like Poppy (and you’ve already forgotten how awesome Poppy is, or at least was, I’ll bet), is Boston-based (this girl won the Metal Artist of the Year award at the Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/08/03”
EbE404, Dark Ice Days (Give/Take Records)
It’s not that I’ve been avoiding the goth/industrial promo albums that have been coming in for many months from the Give/Take label; to be honest, the name of the PR company that services the imprint’s stuff is very similar to one of the nyms Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/07/27”
Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy Records)
This record is definitely in the same church if not the same pew as most slam poetry, and while I’m at this, if you’ve had the slightest interest in the ongoing saga involving my attending a Slam Free Or Die Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/07/20”
