Paul Waller - Reviews
Jesus Jones
South-West England’s one time indie-dance trailblazers Jesus Jones return with a sixth album into a musical landscape where they may struggle to break through, but long-term fans will, however, love it
Dead Meadow
Washington DC’s psych rockers Dead Meadow breeze through album number eight like nothing has changed at all
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
More of the excellent same from comedian, film actor and bluegrass banjo maestro Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
Beaches
Exciting yet overlong return from Australian rock space trippers Beaches
Meniscus
Hard-to-define third full-length album from instrumental and early post-rock influenced Australian group Meniscus
Blood Command
Enjoyable latest album from Norwegian band Blood Command who combine an adventurous spirit with infectious rock hooks
Bardo Pond
More than welcome return from the American purveyors of psychedelic rock Bardo Pond with an album that rises above all clichés of what fuzzed out guitar noise should sound like
Mothership
Mothership, who are the new leaders of the USA retro rock revival, deliver a perfect pastiche of what’s been before but that is surely the point
Dead Witches
After being ousted from not one but two seminal line-ups in both With the Dead and Electric Wizard, Mark Greening takes to the drums once again onDead Witches' hard-hitting doom metal debut
Delicate Steve
Small in scope but effective third album from New Jersey multi-Instrumentalist Delicate Steve
Nick Olivero's Mondo Generator
Ex-Queens of the Stone Age multi-instrumentalist Nick Oliveri stuns with killer track after killer track delivering a ‘best of’ compilation worthy of its name
Field Mouse
Hook-laden retro rock from New York-based indie rockers Field Mouse on the burning hot Topshelf Records label
Silver Apples
Modern yet retro first album in fifteen years from New York electronic art rock originators Silver Apples
Julie Ruin
Three records in and more of the same from Riot Grrrl queen Kathleen Hanna’s most permanent project in years
Gong
Fantastic latest album from prog rock outfit Gong and their first without their co-founder Daevid Allen who died last year
Swans
Overwhelming but repetitive double album and the final one in the present line-up of Swans before it calls it a day
Dead Forest Index
Slow-growing but sublime new album from potential future leaders of the bleak wave, New Zealand-formed but now London-based duo A Dead Forest Index
Spain
More of the same from Californan alternative rock group Spain on their seventh album, which proves to be always a good thing
Kyle Craft
Mixed bag debut offering from Sub Pop’s latest signing, singer-songwriter and solo artist Kyle Craft
Motorpsycho
Subtle and delicate latest album from Norway’s elder rock statesmen Motorpsycho now some twenty-five years down the line and creating their most impressive music yet