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!
A&L – “Hot Mess” – Single Review Let’s face it…if you’ve spent your time in the club/bar scene then at some point in time, chances are you were around for a ‘last call’ two in your prime…those moments where the bartender announces the closing and eyes begin to dart around the room for prospects to […]Read More
Quiet Leader – Album Pre-Release Singles Reviewed Alright…homie is still assembling the album…details are all a little bit scattered still…but I’m cool with it…you can tell he’s got a lot on his plate right now, could of sworn he mentioned there were twelve songs on this ReverbNation – yet low & behold, there’s fourteen. So […]Read More
Down Solo – Back To Camps Bay – Album Review Alrighty…truth coming at ya here…real-talk kinda-stuff… I was really only supposed to dig into the song called “The Edge Of The World” from the new record from Down Solo. In my curiosity and pursuit of all-things-music…just so happens I might have maybe pushed the button […]Read More
Mario Petrix – “Voyager” – Single Review Italian-born & based electro-artist Mario Petrix recently showed up on our pages with his recent single “Electro World” which we reviewed, absorbed and fully enjoyed. Not surprised to see this consistently creative, progressive House-music-making producer/performer back in the mix so soon…Mario definitely seems to be the creative-type that […]Read More
OnPlanetZu – “My Kind Of Party” – Single Review Have you ever watched the big game? You know the one I’m talking about. Your team has phoned it in for the first-half but rally to redeem themselves by the end of the movie? Errrr…I mean game…you know what I mean… This new cut from OnPlanetZu’s […]Read More
Bad Mary – We Could Have Saved The World – EP Review Ya gotta know your punk to really ‘get’ Bad Mary. If you’re not okay with a few rough-edges and rough-elbows being thrown-in along the way to the center of their own rock-storm, this will be tougher on you. If you’re all-good with the […]Read More
Rain Valley People – “Lovers” – Single Review Chilled grooves reign supreme on the latest single from Rain Valley People, “Lovers.” With a beautiful mix of acoustic guitars, smooth bass-lines and clever percussion…the atmosphere of “Lovers” is audibly an exact replica of what it sounds like to be-in, or fall-in love; this is gorgeous. The […]Read More
STV – SOS – Album Review No pressure here STV…but it’s my birthday…so…know that I’m going into this with the expectation you’ll make it a happy one for me! Not that I’d necessarily expect the subject matter, moods or atmospheres to necessarily be laden with joy…not when it comes to the emotional-textures you’ll find in […]Read More
Howard Louis – Having Stung Moves On… – Album Review For grooves so subtly-woven…you’ll be impressed at the amount of hooks Howard Louis has found here on his new album Having Stung Moves On… Smart writing and clever melodies make themselves known on this acoustically-driven, folk-laden, storytelling set of songs; Howard is clearly a writer […]Read More
Kenny Fame – Goodbye… – EP Review Kenny Fame! WHAT sir…is your excuse? I have been expecting you since the moment the clocks & calendars turned over to 2016…like, 12:01 new Kenny Fame instantly kinda-thing…you’re LATE Kenny! For those of you that aren’t familiar with our consistent reviews on this one-man-music-factory…you’ll have to catch-up quickly…there’s […]Read More
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