Our in-depth album-reviews reflect the sincere passion in the way we listen to the music of the independent-scene. Representing genres of all-kinds and offering honest insight into what we hear in effort to do our part to assist artists/bands in the evolution of their sound – we do our best to highlight the positives and offer objective constructive-criticism with added personality and quality you can truly see. Your music deserves it!
Violet Orchestra – “Sunshine Yellow” – Single Review Let it not be said any otherwise – listening to Violet Orchestra is always a verifiable trip. Easily one of the most artfully-minded bands out there in the scene today, this duo of Sister Nyx & Spiros Maus has proven time & time again that the vibrantly […]Read More
NFG TAH – Masha Ta – EP Review Hustle-up NFG TAH – it’s time to get movin.’ Don’t get me wrong…I’m not sayin’ she doesn’t have her social media pages up & ready to roll…maybe she does – but at the moment, all I know is I can’t find’em. So either we’ve got mad work […]Read More
No Serial Killer – No Serial Killer – Singles Review/Album Sampler Do my eyes deceive me? EIGHTY-THREE tracks!?! No Serial Killer clearly ain’t messin’ around here folks…a set-list of this magnitude is certainly bound to make a memorable impression, even just by lookin’ at it. The artwork is pretty damn eye-catching too while we’re on […]Read More
Chris Murphy – “Halfway Around The World” – Single Review It’s been more than a minute since we last had artist Chris Murphy on our pages here…in fact, the last time was all the way back in 2017 when I was checking out tracks like “Hard Bargain” and “I Swear I’m Going To Learn This […]Read More
Chris Wayfarer – “Light At The End Of The Tunnel” – Single Review So…look…I mean…you really can’t deny that Chris Wayfarer knows his way around the DJ decks & how to produce a solid tune from start to finish…at least, not after listening to “Light At The End Of The Tunnel” – it’d be mighty […]Read More
EM – “Hear Your Love” / “Say What You Mean” – Singles Review It seems to be a fifty/fifty split over whether or not it’s Em or EM…in which case, it’s dealer’s choice. I’m also not the guy who’s afraid to admit when a concept goes flyin’ right over my head. Don’t get me wrong […]Read More
Ab-Salam – “D.R.E.A.M.” – Single Review “Structure that data, pull it in every nizzzzzight.” Well let’s just be real here…Ab-Salam’s love of data is far from normal…but like I always say around these pages of ours, we all gotta write about something, right? I look at it this way…and you can consider this to be […]Read More
Era’Nay – Elevate – EP Review Ay yo! Royalty up on our pages here y’all – pay attention! Some of you might already know her, some of you were just introduced to this artist through the latest episode of the SBS Podcast, and there’s perhaps still a few of you out there just learning her […]Read More
Granular Injections – “Closer” Feat. Damien Q & David Downing – Single Review This whole collaborative crew has been pushin’ real hard over these past couple years eh? It’s been awesome to witness…truly…every time Granular Injections, Damien Q, and David Downing show up, they have proven in a variety of ways that they’ve always got […]Read More
L T Balkin – “Hearts A Mess” Feat. Alison Newman & Nyukyung – Single Review Back in February earlier this year, it certainly wasn’t lost on me that L T Balkin was rapidly surging into something genuinely special, and a real breakthrough year in his music. For real y’all – if you haven’t checked out […]Read More
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