Fire Track: Ride – “Monaco”

Ride releases “Monaco,” the latest offering from their forthcoming seventh studio album, Interplay, out 29th March via Wichita Recordings / PIAS. The track follows the previously released BBC Radio 6 Music A-listed “Peace Sign” and, most recently, “Last Frontier.” For new track “Monaco,” frontman Mark Gardener’s powerful lyrics are matched by an icy, throbbing synth-rock intensity … Read more

Neil & Liam Finn: Lightsleeper [Album Review]

Neil & Liam Finn Lightsleeper Inertia Music/[PIAS] [2018] Fire Note Says: Neil Finn, best known for work in Crowded House, Split Enz before it, and most recently as a touring member of Fleetwood Mac, keeps it in the family, recording with his son Liam to create a dreamy soundscape that honors the ties that bind. … Read more

Eels: The Deconstruction [Album Review]

Eels The Deconstruction E Works/[PIAS] [2018] Fire Note Says: The Eels 12th outing. Album Review: On the 12th Eels album in 22 years, principal singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, known as E, continues a long and lengthy practice of deconstructing the major myths of the American Dream, and the myths and fables of romance, Capitalism and … Read more

2012 Holiday Album Spotlight (Part 2)

Sufjan Stevens Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas Asthmatic Kitty Records [2012] 59 songs at an almost 3 hour running time is a ton of Christmas but when you are talking about the quirky and confident Sufjan Stevens this is the collection for your indie music aficionado. Stevens also gives you an 80-page booklet, stickers, … Read more

[PIAS] will Re-Release Classic Albums on Vinyl for 30 Year Anniversary

30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY LAUDED INDEPENDENT LABEL TO CELEBRATE 30TH BIRTHDAY BY RE-RELEASING CLASSIC ALBUMS ON VINYL [PIAS] Recordings, one of the UK & Europe’s most influential and successful independent record labels, is celebrating its 30th birthday. The company will mark this milestone by re-issuing classic albums from its extensive catalogue on vinyl, including records by … Read more