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!
Black Astronaut – “Life’s A Dream” Featuring Sticky Bud – Single Review Black Astronaut continues an impressive run of singles with the release of “Life’s A Dream,” this time around featuring the vocals of Sticky Bud alongside Charles Luck and his limitless creativity. Dude really understands atmosphere and how to write, create and assemble structures […]Read More
Black Astronaut – “The Corn Cob” Featuring InZane – Single Review Because you’ve gotta keep at least one eye on the porkchop…they’re shifty. Alright…so…the tale of “The Corn Cob” might at first maybe make you think that Charles Luck of Black Astronaut has done lost his mind in creating this narrative…until it reveals knowledge-bomb after […]Read More
Subtle Kind Of Murder – Soundcloud Singles – Singles Review Let it never be said that where there is work & effort put in that there is no reward! In the case of Subtle Kind Of Murder, it works in both our favor – as I was checking out the latest singles they’ve posted to […]Read More
Black Astronaut – “Earthquakes” Featuring Addie & Tino Red – Single Review Definitely contrast between the latest two tracks we’ve been checking out from Black Astronaut! Whereas the song I reviewed yesterday called “One Love,” which also features Tino Red, was all about a chilled-out atmosphere & vibe – this next single “Earthquakes” brings in […]Read More
Black Astronaut – “One Love” Featuring Tino Red – Single Review Man! Sometimes I have to push back from the keyboard, give my head a bit of a shake and take a moment to be grateful for the privilege it can truly be to hear some of the music made out there in the independent […]Read More
Vaultry – Eulogy – Album Review I’ll start by saying this – there really aren’t that many bands out there with the courage to make a record like this. Regardless of any opinions I have on the music of Vaultry’s sophomore release/first full-length record Eulogy – you have to admire the courage and strength within […]Read More
LAPP – “Most Doubt” – Single Review Great way to start the day! LAPP has got a brand-new single being released on February 9th called “Most Doubt” – and on a day that’s full of new music to explore, what better way to start than with something like this? Not a damn typical thing about […]Read More
MrOrijinal – “Grigora X1” – Single Review Life in music is about to open-up for solo-artist/multi-talent Josh Payne, aka Diesel, aka MrOrijinal – this new single “Grigora X1” is the electro-jam to set the standard for the rest to follow in 2017. I’ve put a lot of listening into this track over the past couple […]Read More
Dan Weintraub – Singles Review Thankfully…Dan has made this one easier on me than I’d anticipated. Songs written in tribute of tragedy can put an honest music-reviewer like myself in an awkward situation…I always have empathy, but I also have a responsibility to, as accurately as I can, describe what I hear in the music. […]Read More
Magazine Gap – “In Two Minds” – Single Review One of the best assets that London-based band Magazine Gap has working for them is their pure & organic sound…there’s a uniqueness in this band that’s both calming & comforting to listen to. We last checked into the three-piece’s combined creativity on their Calling Card EP […]Read More
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