After making strides towards top quality material in the late 1990s, Paul McCartney reached the apex of his later career with the solid double LP, Driving Rain, in 2001. Here, one will certainly find plenty of musical diversity, both stylistically and tonally as the album spans from extremely polished to nearly improvised and each track … Read more
Buy Mylo Xyloto Coldplay is a band that people either love or hate. Their 2011 album Mylo Xyloto is just as polarizing. Many fans were a bit thrown off by 2008’s Viva La Vida. It was a drastic change from Coldplay’s previous piano driven soft core sound. There were also those who loved the new … Read more
Buy The Crane Wife Featuring a theme loosely based on a Japanese folk tale and eclectic music rooted in many American and British traditions, The Decemberists hit commercial pay dirt with their fourth album, The Crane Wife, released 10 years ago in 2006. All songs on the album were composed by group leader and lead … Read more
Former Blue Öyster Cult bassist Joe Bouchard has released his fourth solo album called The Power of Music. This album is at once a tribute to Bouchard’s talent and reach as well as a nod back to the unique style of hard rock by the band he co-founded and played with throughout their prime years … Read more
A hard rock band from suburban Philadelphia, Winston’s Dog plays melodic, guitar-driven rock. The band has released their third full-length album, Tactics 1-12, which is a result of several years of development and refinement of the band’s sound into a richly layered style of alternative with impressionistic lyrics delivered through melodic phrases. The album’s title … Read more
Buy Stationary Sun New York based composers and performers Brad Stoller and Lesley Stoller are musician brothers who have played together for decades. Through the many incarnations of collaborations they have written many songs but it was not until 2015 that The Stollers officially made a record of their own with Stationary Sun. This album … Read more
Buy Nobody Gives a Damn For his second solo album, Nobody Gives a Damn, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Owen Sartori delivers a collection of sonic gems with consistent musical quality throughout. The album’s title (and title song) comes out of the frustration that this industry veteran feels with the modern music industry in which many … Read more
A rock quartet from Berlin, Germany, Strange-a’-Delic brings some authentic-sounding classic rock elements into the present day on their self-titled debut. The group’s sound is greatly influenced by the blues and psychedelic of the 60s and the 70s, along with their distinct mixture of “krautrock”. The band strives to remain true to their musical origins, … Read more
Buy Disconnected Disconnected is the fourth studio album by the Norway-based prog rock quartet Airbag. The album features extended tracks which are delivered in a measured and methodical way. The music is reminiscent of late seventies era Pink Floyd, especially the rich and bluesy guitar textures of Bjørn Riis, while the vocals of front man … Read more