There have been plenty of Simpsons books, most filled with trivia and episode guides. But former Shift editor Chris Turner’s Planet Simpson...

The Soundtrack of Our Lives has never pretended to be anything but a revivalist act, unashamedly borrowing sounds and ideas from the classic...

Arriving on a stage blasting a portable stereo into the microphone, Evan Dando set the tone for what will surely go down as one of the year'...

The second part of Jason Pierce’s catalogue clearance sale is far less essential than last year’s Volume One. There’s over 120 minutes of mu...

A fun, rockin’ debut EP that suggests a promising future for this Toronto-based artist. Chakra draws from the classic rock and soul of the l...

On his second album under the Disclaimer banner, Michigan-based singer-songwriter Chris Willie Williams explores the emotional responses tha...

Led by former Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized guitarist Mark Refoy, Transcendental features mostly unheard Slipstream material recorded from 19...

The debut record from these swingin’ Swedes follows in the line of great retro-rock records to come from the home of Abba. Employing every p...

An ambitious sophomore release from the Manchester quintet who refer to themselves as "prog without the solos.” The record’s immediate appea...

As someone who was only familiar with Jeff Beck’s ’60s and ’70s output, I was quite shocked when I put on this record. It’s an electronica r...

For the first time since forming Spiritualized in 1991, Jason Pierce has taken a step backwards. Leaving the heavily orchestrated arrangemen...

Following in daddy’s footsteps is never an easy thing to do, especially in the rock’n’roll universe, so it’s probably going to be a long way...

Sacramento’s Low Flying Owls are the latest addition in the long line of great psychedelic bands to come out of California, although their s...

Originality is obviously not the aim here on the debut album from Toronto’s Crash Kelly. Happily laying down their glam rock influences for...

While any one of the songs on this record wouldn’t sound out of place sandwiched in between Uriah Heep and Strawberry Alarm Clock on your lo...

California singer-songwriter Dan Potthast’s sophomore solo release is so fun and catchy that it’s easy to ignore the braininess of his music...

Bestowing the jazz-rock/prog-rock label on a band might not be the best way to help them win over new fans albums but Halifax’s Grand Theft...

A double-disc collection of singles, B-sides, and EPs released up to 1995’s Electric Mainline EP that does a tremendous job of showcasing al...

If Idlewild have one thing going for them, it’s that they sound nothing like Echo & the Bunnymen. Unlike most Brit bands making a splash the...

Remember when Our Lady Peace didn’t suck? Before they started writing ultra-polished, ultra-radio-friendly songs that my mother likes and Ra...