Advance – Deus Ex Machina (Redux) – Album Review Big synth, big beats and big anthems rule throughout the electro-composition that makes up the music of Advance on this hefty double-disc version of their 2014 release. Helmed by the soaring vocals of Tom Perrett, Advance has recreated these tunes in a monumental fashion – each […]Read More
This Is A Joke Please Be Offended! – X Marks The Spot – Album Review If I didn’t live just outside Vancouver, BC…chances are this might have been a joke to me! The basic-gist is that the joke itself is pretty much that almost any set of average music-loving ears out there would probably run […]Read More
Alex Hall’s Figurehead – Alex Hall’s Figurehead – EP Review Ohio’s progressive-rock band Alex Hall’s Figurehead have taken the lid off this project and let the musical goodies spill out through your speakers on this debut, self-titled EP. If you’re a fan of intense & intricate instrumentation – these three new songs have a ton […]Read More
The Liquorsmiths – This Book Belongs To – EP Review When you look up San Diego, CA’s folk-rock band The Liquorsmiths on their social media pages, you’ll see they make ‘music for listeners,’ how cool is that right? I don’t know if The Liquorsmiths happen to know this or anything else about me…but I’m one […]Read More
Tunde – “Jesu Feran Mi” – Single Review On one level of thinking I think it’s kind of incredible how much the independent music-scene thrives in religiously-based music; on the other side of that coin…in a way it boggles the mind with so much being available on an independent-level but not so much in the […]Read More
Jody Loud – Letters From Rehab – EP Review As much as it can sometimes jerk the impulse of ego to be offended that everyone on the internet throughout the globe yet, I also can’t help but appreciate it big-time when an artist or a band comes at us looking for the ‘honest’ review…the ‘real-deal.’ […]Read More
The Grind Theory – “Heartbeat,” “Kissing You” & “Tonight” – Singles Reviewed New single from The Grind Theory, the third to be exact but first time on our pages here; “Heartbeat” pulses along with innovative and creative electro backing a strong vocal performance and overall catchy groove that certainly warrants a listening from both of […]Read More
Prose In Rosette – Abstract Retract – EP Review Prose In Rosette is making sweet alternative music with a large indie-vibe running through it. Fans of bands like Sparklehorse or James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins will get that melodic sound they love with what Douglas Jay Hertel has been coming up with in the […]Read More
Audiopium – Boonie Mayfield Presents: It’s Audiopium – Album Review Some of you people out there outta be recognizing this name by now! We’ve spent a lot of time with Solomon Vaughn, aka Boonie Mayfield, a hip-hopster with a mad desire to take hold of his destiny and bring the beats to the people. In […]Read More
Return For Refund – Return For Refund – EP Review Big rock sounds echoing out of Toronto, Canada, coming from the amplifiers of Return For Refund – a three-piece rock’n’roll crew built on frantically-intense, straight-to-your-face music. Incorporating skilled musicianship, complex timing signatures and blazing-hot performances, Return For Refund is making sure you get every pennies-worth […]Read More
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