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!
OculusOtomica – Leaked Insta-Clips Promo Review Alright…as has been explained to me behind the scenes, “OculusOtomica is not a normal band,” so what better way to start out listening to them than by checking out…some…hmmm…fifteen second clips or so? I don’t know whether to love these guys because they’re clearly going to be fucking incredible […]Read More
Young Party – “Bath Time” – Single Review So…on the one hand, we’ve got a tight punk band that can clearly grip it & rip it on the inside of ninety-seconds…that much is clear on the new single “Bath Time” by Young Party. A capable crew of musicians from out of Montreal right next door […]Read More
Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins – Pawn And Prophecy – Album Review You can always tell a band is ready to rock when the first words you hear are shouts of “whoa” & “yeah” – am I right? Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins are back in the mix here at the page with a brand-new record called […]Read More
Sebastian Azul – Singles Review Much like the music an artist makes, you can understand everything a lot more if you just listen. You’d think this would be the obvious part of a music-reviewer’s job…yet so few actually DO that, it’s embarrassing to read them more often than not. I’ve made those comments several times […]Read More
DJ Crillo – “Friday” Featuring Jocelyn Mathieu & OLC – Single Review Here’s something you can pop on in your ride and seriously cruise to. And besides…everyone out there could use a little more “Friday” on their Tuesday nights, am I right? DJ Crillo’s done real well here on this new single – the texture […]Read More
Marc Payne – “Push The Button” – Single Review I haven’t quite been able to put my finger on it until now, but it definitely feels like independent Rap struggled harder this year than it has in the previous five or so before it that I’ve been reviewing here. We’ve seen & heard a few […]Read More
Convey – “Inside Out” – Single Review I mean…I don’t wanna brag or anything…but guess which guy with two thumbs predicted that Convey would be back real soon with more new music for us after they released their last single “Terror” in October? As it turns out, after much scanning of their social-media pages & […]Read More
GianFranco Lo Schiavo – “Meravigliosamente”/”Trovati a Parlare” – Singles Review Good times, good times…GianFranco Lo Schiavo has got a couple of solid tunes on his hands with his latest singles, proving to have that crossover ability & appeal that an international artist often needs to have in order to translate from place to place over […]Read More
Chasing Giants – “Drunk” Featuring Adam Kearns – Single Review Hard to argue with stunning execution, facts are facts. Chasing Giants, the ever-collaborative crew based out of Australia have a core of talented musicians that aren’t the type to make mistakes when it comes to gettin’ it done right from the stage or in the […]Read More
Klem – Aesthetic EP1 – EP Review Can’t knock the side-hustle yo! Ryan Klem…aka Klem…this is a guy that gets it. As far as I can tell & what I’ve read, the dude’s a musical multi-talent of all kinds from his own stuff to producing other people’s material – and the collaborative spirit is really […]Read More
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