When listening to New Order’s new live album, NOMC15, it’s phenomenal to think that most of the band has been playing together for more than 40 years. The reminders come in the tightly orchestrated introductions and delicate details layered under the synth and guitars. NOMC15 New Order May 26…

Listening to “Dragonfly,” the opening track on Pumarosa’s debut album, it’s easy to imagine how the song could fill the abandoned Italian theater in which the band honed their sound. With bass riffs that would echo off cavernous walls, distortion that might vibrate from floor to ceiling and frontwoman…

My favorite quality of Alex G has been how he could consistently write diverse songs with such a succinct lo-fi sound; usually through an arsenal of unique vocal melodies and cheap noisy recording equipment and synths. Rocket (Sandy) Alex G May 19 Rocket is perhaps his biggest change in sound yet. He…

Baseball, apple pie, and Pokey LaFarge are all American to the core. LaFarge’s eighth studio album, Manic Revelations, fits his Americana roots as well as the classic chinos and fedora he sports on the cover of the new album. Manic Revelations Pokey LaFarge May 19 If you’ve never heard a…

Since the release of his 1977 debut LP, In The City, Paul Weller has continuously broken boundaries as a musician. With his 25th overall studio album, A Kind Revolution, he continues to impress. A Kind Revolution Paul Weller May 12 Recorded at his Black Barn Studio, A Kind Revolution embodies the essence of Weller’s…

From working with musical partner and husband Steve Tannen, to raising three children, to beating Stage 3 breast cancer, Deb Talan gives herself time to reflect and rebuild on solo album “Lucky Girl.” Lucky Girl Deb Talan May 12 The best way for a musician to overcome an obstacle is…

Dreamcar, courtesy Steve Erle. The fate of a supergroup is never certain. After all, there tend to be more Monsters of Folks and SuperHeavys than Creams or Travelling Wilburyses. Davey Havok (of AFI and Blaqk Audio) and all the members of No Doubt who aren’t Gwen Stefani have been…

Pond‘s seventh album, The Weather, embodies its classic psych rock style with experimental ’70s-infused melodies. The Weather Pond May 5 The Australian band transformed both lyrically and musically since its 2009 debut, Psychedelic Mango. The Weather, produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and described by the band as a concept album, reflects…

Back in November 2016, Jackson Phillips, the sole member of indie pop band Day Wave, released what would eventually come to be known as the first single off his upcoming album, The Days We Had. The well-polished track was unexpected, especially coming from a someone who had just released…

Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art marks a new direction for the Black Lips. The flower punk group has been reduced to the core duo of Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley, working alongside producer Sean Lennon. The group has kept the gritty, edgy garage roots that were a staple from the beginning, and…