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!
The Ghost Of Brooklyn – I Am The Ghost Of Brooklyn – Album Review The off-kilter & ultra-imaginative ghoul you love to groove to, The Ghost Of Brooklyn is back with his signature style & sound…which is, quite to his credit, not a sound you’d likely mistake for anyone else out there. It’s music for […]Read More
Nile Groove – “We No Surrender” – Single Review Uh-oh…do I need to watch how I behave in this review? Challenge #1: Reggae has rarely, if ever, been my thing… Challenge #2: Nile Groove is not only a Reggae band…but they’re also directly from the area that I’m just about to head into and call […]Read More
Daxton Monaghan – “I Don’t Mind” – Single Review This is one seriously accomplished, talented and driven dude! Checking into the music and career of Daxton Monaghan reveals a guy that is constantly making music. Playing shows on the regular throughout the continent of his homeland in Australia, Daxton has gone on to tour the […]Read More
The Voices Of Terror – Once Upon A Nightmare – Album Review When The Voices Of Terror came across the desk and onto my playlist, it was described to me as ‘Alternative Rap’ – and that got me thinking about what may/may-not be considered ‘alternative’ by the two rappers that make up the duo…or I […]Read More
Red Martian – Slow Motion Samurai – Album Review When I think about Red Martian…I think of them fondly. You might remember me talking about this band on SBS Live This Week, or from here at our pages, or perhaps your own playlists…Red Martian moves to a different beat than the rest out there do; […]Read More
Jonny Goode – Revelations – EP Review Excellent! I’ve always identified with the way Jonny Goode approaches music and melody…been a solid fan since reviewing his album Snakes & Ladders about a year ago here at the homepage. There was an instant bond & kindred-spirit, whole musical-brotherhood thing going-on. Jonny tends to pick out the […]Read More
Hannibal Smith – “Raw” – Single/Video Review I mean… Hannibal…what are you up to here man? How is a dude NOT supposed to like this new song & video of yours? I’m not even kidding…this is the video-equivalent of stacking the deck at your favourite card-game isn’t it? Hannibal Smith’s new song/video “Raw” focuses heavily […]Read More
Dr Ant – “Measure Of My Love” – Single Review I can see/hear that what Dr Ant is doing on his latest single “Measure Of My Love” would be a sound that could potentially catch on with the masses. It’s close to right where it needs to be…there are a few stylistic choices and instincts […]Read More
Tersa Rian – “That Girl” – Single Review Believe it or not…I’m interested in what Tersa Rian is up to. Seems like an incredibly sweet lady with nothing but the most fantastic of intentions; even though it appears after researching into her that she is devoutly religious, you know that doesn’t stop me from checking […]Read More
Boxing The Needle – The Bunker Sessions – EP Review I’m digging on quite a bit about Boxing The Needle…right from the music up to and including the pictures they’ve posted to social-media…these guys genuinely look like FUN. That being said – they also look like they absolutely know what they’re doing as musicians, which […]Read More
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