Stars are back, folks. Well, at least the Canadian indie pop band is back to doing what it does best: writing deeply emotive, vividly detailed analyses of the issue of love (or lack of it). Theirs are the words most of us would write or sing if we had…

Poor Archy Marshall; one cannot help but want to embrace him with a warm hug considering the heart-wrenching misery beneath the lyrics of his debut album, 6 Feet Beneath The Moon; lyrics that wrestle with themes ranging from suicide to unrequited love. The Ooz King Krule Oct. 13 Under the moniker King…

Within the improbable outcome in which romance comes together in full reciprocation at a singular instance, there exists an intricate artistic inspiration in this rare moment of soulful sentimentalism. Enter Canadian art-pop/R&B singer-songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage. Savage has maintained a low profile while establishing himself as one of the hidden gems…

Liam Gallagher, “As You Were.” “There’s no time for looking back,” Liam Gallagher sings on “I’ve All I Need,” the closing track on his debut solo album, As You Were. The strings swell in classic Oasis fashion, the song crescendos with chiming guitars and a loopy lead comes in…

Wolf Alice, ‘Visions of a Life’ The debut album from Wolf Alice, 2015’s My Love Is Cool, was a solid introduction from the London band, a confident set of more or less straightforward rock songs. Visions of a Life Wolf Alice Sept. 29 On its second album, the four-piece…

With the upcoming release of their fourth LP, Detroit post-punk overlords, Protomartyr, augment their distinctively piercing gloom with their latest album Relatives in Descent. Once again, the band, helmed by the weighty pessimism of lead vocalist Joe Casey, unearths intoxicating new shades of socio-political criticism within their drab musings.…

Cut Copy had always been a fun but polarizing group of electro-rockers. Over the years, the group consistently besieged ears with a sugar-coated pop sound that many continue to dismiss for its simplicity. Even now, pretentious cynics still undervalue Cut Copy as mere Nu Romantic counterfeits from the ‘80s. Those listeners…

For those unfamiliar with English post-punk collective The Horrors, comparisons with any iconic post-punk act, namely Joy Division are inevitable. This applies to any band that brandishes thick bass and reverb-heavy baritone vocals. The Horrors are sometimes written off as paper-mache imitations of the genre’s pioneers. These comparisons are feeble and…

At some point, Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor will realize their creative scope is finite, right? Wrong! Luciferian Towers Godspeed You! Black Emperor Sept. 22 Once again, the nine-piece collective that never ceases to amaze, lulls listeners with a record exceptionally postured by the band’s unique instrumental punch. Its seventh…

When you think of Snow, Australia likely doesn’t come to mind. Yet that’s where we’re getting our latest Snow from in the form of a new album by sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone. Snow Angus & Julia Stone Sept. 15 Snow is the group’s fourth album, and if…