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!
Kiev – Swish – Album Review Bro…way to take it to the next level homie! It’s not like I wasn’t impressed the last time I had the opportunity to check out Kiev’s music on his Infinite Positivity EP…but for real – this album is like…way better isn’t it? Is it just me? I remember thinking […]Read More
Dobie – “Ballade Pour (Extended Mix)” – Single Review For fans of electro-music and the vocal-trance genre, there’s a good chance you’ve got something to love here with the new single from Dobie, “Ballade Pour (Extended Mix).” From the steady structure, pulse & rhythm in the music, to the poetic way Dobie crafted the words […]Read More
Henry Metal – So It Hath Begun – Album Review And the award for best band name out there in the independent music-scene goes to… HENRY METAL! So It Hath Begun. Damn right it has! I’m rare to strip a direct quote unless I really see one that says something better than I feel like […]Read More
Eleven Dollar Bills – “Waves” – Single Review They created the one. Depending on where you live, they created the two. They created the five and the ten…and now here we are with Eleven Dollar Bills. And life is GOOD! The real currency here is their fantastic grip on their style, sound & songwriting. Their […]Read More
Last Time Only – Anything For You – EP Review If memory serves correctly, this is the third time I’ve reviewed the music of Last Time Only, the acoustic-based solo-project from Jared Woodruff. I feel like I always look forward to seeing LTO pop onto the playlist with something new – I’m pulling for this […]Read More
Samantha Leon – “Bright Yellow Shoes” – Single Review Sweet stuff from singer/songwriter Samantha Leon & her brand-new tune “Bright Yellow Shoes,” she’s written herself a tender melody that swings & sways with an invitational and welcoming sound. From what I’ve seen online at her social-media pages, Samantha is only mere days away from the […]Read More
Julia McDonald – “Gravity” – Single Review Hmmm. Yep! When I scan through my own mainstream collection of music to see what I might want to listen to, the process is a strange one. Say I get like, 100 new downloads…ten songs roughly a piece…I’ll check through them all in the late-night hours here at […]Read More
The Ghost Of Brooklyn – Alive In The Subway – Album Review Holy Ghost! This dude’s still on our main page from the LAST time we reviewed him, which was like, only ten days ago when we reviewed The Ghost Of Brooklyn’s album Graveyard On The Hill. We haven’t even had a full rotation on […]Read More
J Speed – Sehm2yce – Album Review Where the REAL Hip-Hop fans at? Cause if that’s you, you’re gonna wanna turn up for this one. I’ll admit…we’re just catching up to J Speed’s music now…from everything I’ve read, the dude might very well have at least a dozen albums floating around out there since his […]Read More
Roger Cole – “Final Curtain” – Single Review So here we are with the latest single from Roger Cole &… Hmm. Sorry…just hang on a second…not sure what’s up with my keyboard here. …the latest single from Roger Cole &… Heck? Oh! My bad. There’s no & at all! We’ve got solo Cole in review […]Read More
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