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!
Roman – Empire – Album Review Well now. I’d be willing to bet that the mischievous smile on Roman’s face on the cover of his new album Empire could be likely inspired by the story on the opening tune, “Come On Over Here.” What a beginning to an album and what a visual first-impression; I […]Read More
Jack Of None – Who Shot Bukowski? – Album Review There aren’t too many bands that I’ve been looking forward to coming back as much as this one – Jack Of None is by far one of my favorite projects out there right now for its combination of cutting edge sound, dark & brilliant poetry […]Read More
Danny Baxley – Love Sex Alcohol – Album Review What a bold handful of innovators we’ve had at the homepage since coming back from vacation! Artists & bands like David Sempier, Static Choke and just yesterday with David Stephenson – this summer is bringing out some intensely genius music. Even the stuff that we expected […]Read More
Roger Cole & Paul Barrere – “In My Prison” – Single Review Sometimes it’s just rad to have something that sounds cool. As in, last time with Roger Cole’s solo-single I read like, waaaaaaaay too much into it. Back with his regular cohort Paul Barrere for their new song “In My Prison,” they’ve created an […]Read More
Handsome Balla – Soundcloud Songs – Singles Review On the one hand, I can listen to Handsome Balla and feel like I’m listening to a quality tune that’s tightly made and well-executed…on the other hand, the old-guy in me sure wonders sometimes what makes people write about what they choose to write about. It’s not […]Read More
David Stephenson – I Become Disaster – Album Review An eclectic & diverse palette in music can lead artists to supreme moments creatively. Having a large knowledge of different styles & sounds, whether they’re always ‘your’ thing or not doesn’t end up really even mattering…by sheer exposure, influences bleed into our work. If you’re one […]Read More
Vlado Jozic – Soundcloud Songs – Singles Review One thing is for certain – Vlado Jozic clearly likes to rock. Based in Jönköping, Sweden – you can find all kinds of material at his Soundcloud page from originals to covers, solo-tunes to collaborations with featured performers. You get the sense that as long as there’s […]Read More
Smoking Martha – In Deep – Album Review This band of all-stars is like the gift that keeps on giving. Ever since their release of their self-titled EP, I’ve been yelling at the top of my lungs about this crew of five from Brisbane, Australia. Quite honestly, there’s been every reason to yell – partly […]Read More
Rich Anthony – Album Pre-release – Singles Review We’re well in advance of the release date on this new album from Rich Anthony, which is due to come out sometime next year in 2018…so just keep in mind, anything/everything might change in between now & then – it’s always interesting to see where a project […]Read More
Against Time – Slow Burn – EP Review After all, it IS Canada Day…suppose I should post a review about something out there in the ol’ Canadian music-scene…seeing that Ottawa-based heavy-rock band Against Time was on my list of stuff to check out made it a natural choice to be today’s celebratory review. They’ve got […]Read More
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