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!
GREYE – “What If I” – Single Review Sometimes you can’t help but see a piece of information or comment out there that catches your eye. When I checked out the lead-single “What If I” from GREYE’s latest record Under The Weather, I happened to glance at a couple of contrasting comments that indicated a […]Read More
Tough On Fridays – “Let Down” – Single Review Context matters. When I last wrote about the music of Tough On Fridays back in July when we reviewed their single “The Waywards” – that was my first experience with the duo from Georgetown, Texas. I’ll fully admit that as a music-reviewer dude, I don’t always […]Read More
ODELLA – “Shine” Featuring Ivory Lee – Single Review Not gonna lie…from the professional look of ODELLA’s main site I was expecting something…hmm…I suppose something that wasn’t this! I feel like maybe it looks like it’s built for a more traditional style of music or something…that’s not a knock against ODELLA, just an observation…I’m more […]Read More
The Marica Frequency – “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” – Single Review Been a big fan of this band since first hearing them back in…beginning-ish of 2017 I believe…started with a video we posted up for the single “Hallowed Ground” by The Marica Frequency, which was where I formed my first positive opinion of the vibe […]Read More
Ronald Williams – Magnificent – Album Review Full disclosure…I’ve had a few conversations with Ronald Williams behind the scenes here…gotta say – I like this dude…the man has a good head on his shoulders and just like many of you independent musicians, bands, and artists out there – he’s got that sincere desire to communicate […]Read More
Benny Charles – Rhythm, Blues, & Gospel – A Story Of Love, Hope, & Faith – Album Review Now that’s the way to open a record! Especially when we’re talking about the faith-based music-scene – we’re all kind of conditioned to expect an acoustic guitar to come out with some variation on the same old […]Read More
J.Asadi – Lazarus Experiment – Album Sampler/Singles Review Well hot damn, I think I just found my new anthem for the rest of the summer at least! J.Asadi has got a record coming out soon, it’s called Lazarus Experiment…just so happens I got myself a few of these cuts in advance on the down-low…so I’m […]Read More
Stephon Foster – “Panties” – Single Review Stephon! Tell us how you really feel will ya? I’m playin’ around with her of course…believe me, she’s not the kind of artist to hold anything back. You’ll know beyond the shadow of a doubt what she’s singing about on her new single “Panties” – this is some […]Read More
David Gielan – Where The Heart Breaks – Album Review I’ve had a pretty good run this week…there’s really been some fantastic singer/songwriters and powerful new voices out there in the scene popping up here at the page – and here’s another one. Based out of LA, David Gielan is definitely an artist I’d easily […]Read More
Nicole C – Singles Review Reading about Nicole C and checking out the all the music she’s released over the past several years tells a slightly different tale than the one you might read here today. A songwriter, a composer, a musician – she’s taken on all kinds of different styles & sounds, she’s a […]Read More
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