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!
C-Rod – The Devil Is Real – Mixtape Review First thing that hit me off C-Rod’s latest record, The Devil Is Real, was the incredible beats he had found throughout this mix. C-rod himself has a wicked flow…almost sounds like he would have fit in with the Onyx crew from back in the serious-rap heyday. […]Read More
Linadrena – The Journey – Album Review There are a lot of things to like about what Linadrena is up to. For instance, you can start with the fact that nothing you’ll hear on the new album, The Journey, will fit into any kind of particular format…these are nearly soundscapes in many ways, with real […]Read More
Arid Garden – Arid Garden – EP Review Big fan of these five songs on this new EP from Arid Garden, let me say that right from the get-go. This is a highly ambitious band bringing a form of progressive jazz right to the top of my playlist right now. There’s a complete wealth of […]Read More
DonDonTheGreat – The Great Deception – Mixtape Review There’s a seriousness that runs deep throughout The Great Deception; you can hear DonDonTheGreat put the hard-work, sweat and the vicious-edge of conviction into the mic as he lets rhymes rip quickly with about a full novel’s worth of words in a verse. Starting with strong beginning […]Read More
If These Trees Could Talk – Above The Earth, Below The Sky – Album Review Why do I feel like I should be bracing myself? As the opening tones of “From Roots To Needles” start out this new album Above The Earth, Below The Sky by If These Trees Could Talk, they start in a […]Read More
Genuine Bush – Sitting On A Bench In The Middle Of A Scattered Mind – Album Review I am really going to have to take this one with a grain of salt…and perhaps an aspirin. Alright…so here’s the quick backstory in a summed-up sentence…you always want to make sure that your music is both easily […]Read More
Akon Baker – “We Won’t Go” – Single Review/Short Interview Here’s a danceable track that’s guaranteed to get the body moving. Akon Baker has just released his brand new hit club-single, “We Won’t Go,” and put out an excellent video to go with it. Not only is the song completely well-made, full of hooks coming […]Read More
Saints Eleven – I Told You – Album Review Well…if there’s definitely one thing I can tell you, it’s that the album you’re about to hear about from Saints Eleven is so true to the rock-country music genre – the REAL one, not the modern-pop version; so genuine and authentically played I can all but […]Read More
Joe DeVita – Liquid Slumber – Album Review It’s not too often you’ll find me speechless not quite knowing how to describe what I’m hearing…forgive me if I stumble a bit here in this review for Joe DeVita’s latest album, Liquid Slumber… It starts with beautiful, haunting guitar work that literally gave me chills. From […]Read More
Oh My Snare! – Høyeste Gang – Album Review Some albums just sound fuckin good when you max the volume…turn this UP! For our Canadian followers…and well, for the rest of you of course, the band in review – Oh My Snare! comes to us from Montreal, Quebec, the eastern-side of our beautiful country and […]Read More
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