New Albums - Page 96

Piano prodigy Joey Alexander has spent the past few years blowing everyone’s minds with his off the charts playing. Now the fourteen-year-old has returned with Eclipse, an eleven-song album that mixes his original compositions with jazz standards and gospel. The album is pinned together by bassist Reuben Rogers, who creates a solid rhythm section alongside drummer Elrick Harland. Check out...

Jimi Hendrix inspired countless musicians to pick up their instruments and become better at their craft. One of those musicians was Dug Pinnick, who has just released a new tribute album to the legendary guitarist. Tribute to Jimi: (Often Imitated but Never Duplicated) covers eight of Hendrix’s most iconic songs including “Fire”, “Purple Haze”, “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”, and more....

Jazz bassist Dave Holland has returned with a new album with a very appropriate title. Uncharted Territories is an exploratory album that reunites the band leader with longtime friend and saxophonist Evan Parker. Pianist Craig Taborn and percussionist Ches Smith round out the album. “In addition to quartet improvisations, they also broke off into every possible subset of duo and...

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has released his third solo album, entitled Heaven/Hell. The album came about after writing several songs that didn’t fit into the rest of Pearl Jam’s style. “I usually end up having a group of songs that goes to the band, and then there are songs that don’t feel right, or they feel too personal,” he...

Dr. Dog has released their 10th studio album, Critical Equation. And although the psychedelic pop band has been at it for quite some time, that doesn’t mean they aren’t finding new music in themselves. “This band has been at work a long time and this record is about a concerted effort to push ourselves to grow with courage and confidence...

An Anthrax concert is one of the highest energy live shows you’ll ever see. Now one of their performances has been released on a new DVD called Kings of Scotland. The February 2017 show was captured at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow where bassist Frank Bello says they always have a good time. “Playing for our friends at the Barrowlands...

Fourteen years after their last studio album, A Perfect Circle has returned with Eat the Elephant. The album has been in the works since at least 2008, though main songwriters Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel have kept busy with other projects. Even with the hiatus, it continues the band’s evolution toward a more melancholy and introspective tone, but that...

Groove master Bridget Kearney and Lake Street Dive have released Free Yourself Up, a 10-song album described as their most intimate and collaborative record to date. The band self-produced it at Goosehead Palace Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. “This album is based in the realities in our time, which have inevitably become part of everyone’s daily life,” Kearney states. “It’s something...

The early days of the New York Dolls have been documented in a new release called Personality Crisis Live Recordings & Studio Demos 1972-1975. The 5-CD remastered box set showcases rare and unreleased music from the lineup of vocalist David Johansen, guitarist Johnny Thunders, bassist Arthur Kane, guitarist Sylvain Sylvain and drummer Billy Murcia. It includes three demo sessions from...

Bassist Nick Montou has released the debut album from his new instrumental project, Dub Habitz. Dreaming About Tomorrow blends together different styles of island music that is prevalent in the Gulf Coast region from which Montou hails. “This album is a fusion of various genres including reggae-dub, laid-back island style grooves with a mix of funky rhythms and a few...

Christian Metal band Stryper has returned with their 12th studio album, God Damn Evil. The follow-up to 2015’s Fallen, the album is the first to feature new bassist Perry Richardson, who came into the fold after longtime member Timothy Gaines left last year. “We jammed and heard him play, and he’s a really killer player,” Sweet said of Richardson. “He...

A unique performance from The Who is now available in a three-LP or 2-CD set. Live at the Fillmore East 1968 captures the band in New York City nearing the end of a long tour, but more importantly, the shows took place one day after the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. “America was already a country...