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!
Webs & Marionettes – “Saturday”/”Nicknames” – Singles Review Well hell – these three dudes are definitely out to kick not just some, but ALL of the ass out there. Based out of Oxfordshire in the UK, Webs & Marionettes have a seriously gripping Alt-Rock sound that is as gripping as it is boldly entertaining – […]Read More
Ete AhPing – You Don’t Fit In But You Belong – Album Review There are a great many things that’ll clue a regular music-review in as to whether or not they’re about to be in for something they enjoy whenever they push play on a brand-new record if you’re looking in the right places. For […]Read More
Eric McGrath – Quests Of Inventive Warrior Phinasor – Album Review It’s rare, but it can certainly happen – we’ve got a five-song full-album for ya here in review today. According to the ol’ notes where it’s posted up online, this is Eric’s third solo record – and for only five tunes on it, you’ll […]Read More
Imani Wj Wright & Muammar Muhammad – “Motherless Child” – Single Review You know how it is people…Swano crew, in full-effect, takin’ over the nation one music hotspot at a time – that’s just how Imani Wj Wright rolls y’all. This time he’s landed at Sofar in Seattle, playing for a packed house alongside label-mate […]Read More
Deltiimo & The Grandkids – “Buzzy Bees Are Everywhere” – Singles Review “You know what? I think I like bees.” Surprisingly, somehow, I find myself feeling the same way! I’ll admit…when I first heard that Deltiimo might have a kid’s-cut that could rival the “Baby Shark” craze, I braced myself. I mean, I AM pushing […]Read More
ReLoVe – “Fly Away (Anything Is Possible)” – Single Review What have I always told ya folks? If you rock whatever style of music you choose to rock, and you truly commit to it – you can end up crossing over all kinds of borders with the people out there and actually sell them on […]Read More
Tough On Fridays – “Open My Mind” – Single Review What are these punks up to now? The damsels of distortion, Katie and Caleigh of Tough On Fridays, have been making truly impressive moves with their music & career over this past year-or-so since we first started listening to their stuff last July with their […]Read More
Southernayers – “Slumber” – Single Review I’m always a bit confused on how to approach reviewing a song that I’m every bit as curious about how other people out there would hear it…or if they’d feel just as strongly attached to it as I certainly am. Because right now, I’m pretty convinced that I’ve got […]Read More
Larry Walters – Singles Review Huge checkmarks in the WIN column for Larry Walters here…these new singles are completely rad. Not JUST rad, but highly diverse for a set of three tunes…each of these releases from 2019 have their whole own thang goin’ on…it becomes pretty clear, pretty quickly, that Walters is ambitious, adventurous, and […]Read More
Bonne Finken – “Down Down” – Single Review Bossed UP yo! Bonne Finken sounds fantastically in control and in charge on her new single “Down Down” from her new album called Gauntlet, officially released as this weekend, back on the 5th of July. In terms of excitement & enticement – this lead cut does absolutely […]Read More
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