Five Best Contemporary Releases in 2021 (‘Til Now!)
Best albums first half 2021 Photo: LTTL Best Albums (So Far) in 2021 By Tony from Instrumental Gobal We’re halfway through 2021 and it already seems like this year is going to be great for music. Over the past few months, we’ve seen some excellent releases that have taken the world by storm, whether it’s Olivia Rodrigo’s breakout single “Driver’s License” and following album “Sour”, which had people reminiscing about their teenage...
Albums Of The Month – June 2020
Our monthly top six BJ Barham American Aquarium – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases June 2020 By Rob Dickens American Aquarium Lamentations New West Records 1 May 2020 American Aquarium leader B.J. Barham is a tour de force. A self-proclaimed difficult person – a recovering alcoholic with a trail of departed band mates in his wake. After a B.J. solo stint, the band has been re-formed and the result, Lamentations, is a master...
Albums of the Month – April 2020
Our top six releases Whitney Rose – Photo: LTTL Our Top Six New Albums April 2020 Blackie and the Rodeo Kings King Of This Town Warner Music 24 January 2020 Recently signed with Warner Music Canada, the fabled and enigmatic cult trio Blackie and the Rodeo Kings celebrate twenty-five years together with their tenth full release King Of The Town. Three solo artists Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson decided to do a...
Albums of the Month – March 2020
our top picks for Mar 2020 Tami Neilson – Photo: LTTL Top New Releases – March 2020 By Rob Dickens Teddy Thompson Heartbreaker Please Thirty Tigers 8 May 2020 Teddy Thompson with Kelly Jones – Photo: LTTL Teddy Thompson has been quietly forging his own musical path, away from the shadow of being son of Richard & Linda Thompson. His previous albums have been well-regarded and he has been successfully showing his...
Albums of the Month – February 2020
our top picks for Feb 2020 Caleb Caudle – Photo: LTTL Top New Releases – February 2020 By Rob Dickens Caleb Caudle Better Hurry Up Soundly Music 3 April 2020 Caleb Caudle really raises the ante here. A full, grounded groove permeates throughout, helped with some A-list friends such as Elizabeth Cook, Courtney Marie Andrews, Gary Louris and John Paul White. The eleven songs on Caudle’s eighth release are...