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!
The Kings Rising – “Afternoon In Bloom” – Single Review Note the grammar here people…we’re not talking about a singular king rising here…not the King’s Rising, but The Kings Rising…as in multiple kings! In this particular scenario, I assume we’re talking about Stone Mason, James Lippert, Ryan Mason, and Josh Fritschle – those specific kings, […]Read More
Isobella Caroline – Cupid’s Arrows Album Sampler – Singles Review I’ll tell ya what my ears always appreciate – that’s an artist like Isobella Caroline, who has the courage & commitment to follow through on some seriously unique ideas to discover something new about music. While it’s clear that it’s still early on in Isobella’s […]Read More
Tough On Fridays – “Summer” – Single Review I’ve never attempted to hide it…if you look up Tough On Fridays at our pages here on the internet, you’ll find multiple reviews that give high praise to the kickass duo of Katie & Caleigh for the music they’ve made over this past year or so – […]Read More
Stephon Foster – “SNAKE” – Single Review What I can definitely tell ya about this new single…is not to cross Stephon Foster! Not 100% sure if she’s having a full-on Swift or Morissette moment here…but if you’re out there and you’re listening to “SNAKE” and you’ve done Stephon wrong at some point…you just never know, […]Read More
Soul Recruiter – “A Better Way” Featuring Nichole Turner & NoahSoundz – Single Review No better day than Sunday to drop some new Soul Recruiter up on ya! Y’all know this name by now…we’ve been featuring this faith-based project in review over the past year or so, from the early days all the way back […]Read More
Wallace Rahming – Life Cycles – Album Review Dig the mystic sound to the opening and the way Wallace has got a set of wise words coming at you instantly on “Prologue” – a short but effective intro into Life Cycles that’ll tell ya much about what you’re about to experience in words, and present […]Read More
Dazor – “All Night” – Single Review Man these guys SCORCH! I can only hope that you guys aren’t sleepin’ on Dazor…I’ve ranted, I’ve raved, I’m screamed, I’ve shouted…they were even nominated in our top-ten list at the end of 2017 for the all-out wicked cuts on their Back To The Lounge EP…but perhaps until […]Read More
The Last Great Kings – Starry Eyed Kids Album Sampler – Singles Review I’m here to talk about a sample set of select tunes from this new record Starry Eyed Kids today…but make no mistake, even though it ain’t one I’m discussing here in review, right from the moment that “A Musical Thing (Intro)” on […]Read More
Ryan Klem – “Dried Up” – Single Review Hmmmmmmmmm! Trying to decide how I feel about this new single from artist Ryan Klem… …ain’t gonna lie, it’s been tougher to assess that this time around than it has been in the past. Definitely still positives here to be found in the DNA of “Dried Up” […]Read More
Matt Movin’ – Basic Instinctz Mixtape Sampler – Singles Review Okay wait…is this what Chattanooga, Tennessee, sounds like these days? Who knew? He might not be busting out of the part of the world you’d expect, but Matt Movin’ is indeed, makin’ moves with his career. With a brand-new mixtape called Basic Instinctz out this […]Read More
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