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 Printer Convention – Volume One / “Green Light” – EP + Single Review Not a bad deal at all. Apparently smoking a whole bunch of cigarettes will eventually lead you into a great band one day…the Surgeon General can go off and sit’n’spin on it after everything I’ve read about how The Printer Convention […]Read More
Christian Farrar – Earney Road Sessions – Album Review Like clockwork, here he comes…we heard from rapper Christian Farrar in 2014 with the album Kaizen, then in 2016 with Shitty Music You Won’t Understand…and now here we are, two years have passed once again and before the ball drops to start that next New Year’s […]Read More
Paul Middleton – Covers 3 – Album Sampler/Singles Review Ahhhhhhhh the cover crowd…ya gotta love’em. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking there’s no risk involved with taking on your own version of a cover tune…if you’re not careful with your selections, you can create all kinds of impossible scenarios where the odds of making […]Read More
Ankur – Shades – EP Review As I was checking out this new EP from versatile artist/rapper/singer Ankur out of Sydney, Australia, I realized that I’ve always cherished my relationship to the music from that region of the world…but that aside from the ultra-aggressive rhymes of BIG KIDD, the vast majority of my experience with […]Read More
Luanne Hunt – “Christmas Without You” – Single Review I am…about to push play here and…I am…ohhh boy…I’m crossin’ my fingers for ya Luanne my good friend. If you thought the odds were stacked against ya last time…believe me, this is gonna technically be a lot more of a challenge to make an impression this […]Read More
Maxsel – Trip To The Lost World – Album Review More than happy to green-light this with an enthusiastic YES – because MAN can this guy play! Maxsel is an incredible talent just waiting to be discovered. From what I’m reading, hearing, and researching, I’m finding out that he’s basically a one-man army of musical-awesomeness. […]Read More
Zebulon Krol – “Hate To Say” – Single Review Whatever sound you’d consider this to be or what genre you feel like it might belong to – I’ll tell ya firsthand that it’s always awesome when it shows up here at the pages…there’s more of a hole out there in this style of music than […]Read More
Revell Wins – Symmetry – EP Review InstruMETAL! Make sure you note the spelling eh? Yes it’s technically instrumental music that you’ll find on the Symmetry EP – but taking out that one letter makes a world of difference in terms of what you can expect to hear. So be ready – Revell Wins hits […]Read More
Barendo – Contradictions And Disconnections – Album Review Music, art, poetry, literature, culture, creativity…I mean…the list could go on & on as to what you can expect to find when it comes to Barendo’s debut album Contradictions And Disconnections – that’s just a sample of what you’ll hear – and you gotta love that. I’ve […]Read More
Marcelo Camela – “Make Life Look Beautiful” – Single Review HAPPY NEW YEAR! I mean…don’t go dropping the balloons just yet, it’s still November, let’s not be silly and get ahead of ourselves – I’m just saying, you’ve got something incredible to look forward to next year when the brand-new record from guitarist Marcelo Camela […]Read More
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