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!
Annie Fitzgerald – “Black & Blue” – Single Review Fully approve! Good lordy – what’s not to love about this fantastic artist & amazing song? Annie Fitzgerald is just about ready to officially release her brand-new album You & Me & The Sun – it comes out officially tomorrow…so we’re like, hours away at this […]Read More
Atratune – “Destiny”/”The Only One” – Singles Review Like I had mentioned on the SBS Podcast in our latest episode, Atratune has already had quite a busy year! Videos & music of all kinds, thousands upon thousands of plays on his channels continuing to rack up – the support behind the ever-sweet sound of Atratune […]Read More
Stepping Sideways – “Destined To Fall” – Single Review Right on – this gets beefy. In those initial seconds of my first experience listening to “Destined To Fall,” for just a brief moment there, I thought I might be in for just another hard-rock/metal song. No knock on Stepping Sideways – every song’s gotta start […]Read More
Roman Kharkovsky – Rituals – Album Review Here’s a name you might recognize – Roman Kharkovsky! We’ve spent a good portion of this week reviewing his music, which started with checking out his 2013 record Tales Of Kharkov Through The Eyes Of My Nightingale, and eventually led to us picking his brain in our most […]Read More
Riverman – Something This Way Comes Promo – Singles Review According to legend, aka the info I’ve got in front of me, Riverman started in 2017, built upon three players that were looking to depart from their strictly Metal backgrounds in search of something new. Don’t get me wrong…Metal’s great…but this crew is onto something […]Read More
Roman Kharkovsky – Tales Of Kharkov Through The Eyes Of My Nightingale – Album Review Welcome to the mysterious soundscapes, dark ambient music, & experimental sounds of Roman Kharkovsky! Over six cuts, Tales Of Kharkov Through The Eyes Of My Nightingale is almost double the length of a Weezer album, packing in nearly fifty minutes […]Read More
Chris Pietrangelo – “Hard To Be Sad In Nashville” – Single Review Well Nashville…here we are again my friend. Each time I kick your tires, you still keep on coming back like nothing ever happened. Are you trying to tell me that our little corner of the internet isn’t enough to convince the world of […]Read More
Screaming Red Mutiny – Screaming Red Mutiny – EP Review This is atomic! If you’re a regular reader here at our pages – you’ll probably remember these guys from when we posted up the video for the scorching lead-single “Iron Disposition.” If you’re not familiar with this killer four-piece crew, just know that Screaming Red […]Read More
Ced Wynez – Blood On The Church Steps – EP Review Mr. Ced Wynez! Homie! It has been a minute or two! Time & perspective has treated this emcee extraordinarily well. It was roughly like…what…three-plus years since we last heard from Wynez, when we reviewed his album The Rebellion, back at the end of 2014. […]Read More
Rachel Troublefield – “Put Me In” – Single Review In terms of sheer entertainment, there’s no argument to be had here – Rachel Troublefield puts an incredible performance on the microphone throughout her new single “Put Me In.” This glossy cut from her new record Come Closer certainly shines as bright as possible at every […]Read More
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