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!
Rob Sielski – “Drive” – Single Review The question was posed to me, not too long ago, in all-caps – “IS THIS THE SONG OF THE YEAR?” I’ll be real with ya, as I always am…Rob actually makes a really good case for that being possible. While I can never speak for the masses altogether, […]Read More
Fever Moon – Keepers Park – Album Review Been looking forward to tellin’ ya about this record…Fever Moon has got some great things goin’ on. Looks like this project/band based out of Tokyo has been extra active if you’re looking at their pages like Bandcamp online, where you’ll find they’ve got not only Keepers Park […]Read More
Sweet Lily Love – “Femboy Fantasy (Remastered 2022)” / “Femboy Fantasy (Femboy Hooters Epic Remix)” – Singles Review If you’re looking for that jolt of energy first thing in the morning, you can count on Sweet Lily Love to be the one to supply. I mean, let’s be real here – every single cut from […]Read More
Kabir Sheikh – Scared New World – Album Review No surprise to me – this dude rocks a solid solo album. I’ve listened to Kabir’s music plenty in the past, though always through his band The Silver Bayonets. I liked what I had heard before…I think like most people in this world, I had my […]Read More
Marshall Oakman – “She’s No Doll, She’s A Woman” – Single Review Alrighty Marshall…I remember how things went the last time around and how you were able to get me onboard through the execution and musicianship of the single I was reviewing, called “At The Boiling Point” from back in 2021 – that’s all still […]Read More
Mad Hugs – Mad Hugs – Album Review “…just a good instrumental album to get faded to or what not.” Ahem. I’ll be the judge of that, thank you very much. *Crrrrrraaaaaaaaack Looks like it’s been a busy year for Mad Hugs…errr…more like months that is, from what it looks like online. This is the […]Read More
Luke Brown – Rain – Album Review Word on the street is that this record was originally made a couple years back, but just dropped online into the world here in 2022 – so what you’re hearing from Luke Brown is actually a reflection of where it all started…the past of his beginnings echoing right […]Read More
Vertacyn Arc Materializer – “Nicotine Chewing Gum” – Single Review Oh you know me…just doing what I do, reviewing music & seeing what’s out there in the scene like I always do whilst contemplating my existence… …let me see what’s next on the ol’ list here… Vertacyn Arc Materializer? Huh? What am I doing with […]Read More
Stone Portal – Stealing Airwaves – Album Review Well here ya go…Stone Portal is clearly here to ROCK – pun both intended, and obviously unavoidable. No joke though folks…you wouldn’t be able to miss that fact if you tried – the opening-track/title-tune/lead-single of Stone Portal’s new album, “Stealing Airwaves,” instantly gets the blood flowing and […]Read More
Queen Omara – “Come On 2 Me” / “Kno Who I Am” – Singles Review The Queen is in the building y’all! Or at the very least, she’s been on my playlist this week, and I’ve been learning all I can about this young mogul of the m-i-c. From what I can tell online in […]Read More
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