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!
David Mieth – 2 Song E.P. – EP Review Emotionally, mentally, or musically…no one can escape the Blues. #Sigh #TrustMeIveTried Case in-point – I’ll be heading to BluesFest today right here in Ottawa, the Canadian capitol…and the lineup is anything BUT the Blues really (as in, I’ll be seeing Sarah McLachlan tonight and I bought […]Read More
Herman Martinez – “One Hit Wander” / “DEFACTO PROTAGONIST” – Singles Review Hey now – there we go! I quibbled with this dude about how long he’d actually been away for in the last review I wrote on Herman Martinez’s music on our pages back towards the end of 2021 – but to be totally […]Read More
Shannon – “Touch” / “Nirvana” – Singles Review We spent a lot of time with the music of Shannon over the past couple months here at our pages & on our shows – you might remember the recent special on the SBS Podcast where we dedicated the entire episode to his music, or perhaps you’ve […]Read More
Hank Quillen – “Treading Water” – Single Review Hank’s got a lot of things working well for him on his new single “Treading Water,” and reveals a couple spots where he’ll be able to evolve in the future to follow at the same time – which to be fair to the guy, is really about […]Read More
Kaiak – “Kharma Never Dies” – Single Review A “Swedish Pop/Jazz/Indie duo,” you say. Sign me up for some more of this! These two dudes are gonna have no problem at all navigating their way into the ol’ independent scene we share – if “Kharma Never Dies” is any indication of what they’re capable of, […]Read More
Brian Kirchner – May – Album Review Well now! This dude’s just an outright pleasure to listen to, ain’t he? From what I can tell…this seems kind of like Brian Kirchner’s comeback record. He put out his first two, Nocturnes, and Glass City, both back in 2016 – and aside from having released one of […]Read More
Working Class Hussys – “White Lady” – Single Review Well…eventually, we all reach this point…the real question is, what comes next? Back in early 2021, I heard a track I thought came out really well for Working Class Hussys called “Things That You Do,” and reviewed it on our pages here…and then in December of […]Read More
Ludwik Konopko – “Up & Down” – Single Review I’ve long been a believer that the right music finds you at the right time. While it’d be fair to say that I’ve pretty much felt that way about instrumental artist Ludwik Konopko for this entire year so far, I think I’ve felt that way more […]Read More
Richy Snyder – “Strangers In The Night” – Single Review I love it when someone tells me I’m in for “an odd one” – according to whom? First of all, it’s a strange comment to make to a guy that listens to everything…truly odder than any song would ever be, that I can tell ya […]Read More
Any Hot Drinks – “Truncheon Meat” – Single Review “Truncheon Meat,” you say! Hellz yeah. Now that right there is one seriously killer title. Alright…so…titles aside…here’s what I can tell ya. When it comes to what a song is/isn’t about, there’s never going to be someone out there that knows more about what that really […]Read More
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