Oktayne – Prime Potential – Album Review Eazy? Eazy is that really you? Rapper in review – Oktayne – references how he used to want to rap like Common, but after a thorough listen to his new LP Prime Potential you might come to the same conclusion I have here; Oktayne is much like what I’d […]Read More
Various Artists – Take Me Home And Love Me – Compilation Review Nothing makes me crack a smile like random creativity. This multi-artist disc, Take Me Home And Love Me, is all over the musical map and full of ideas you could sit on your couch for years and still never dream up. And I appreciate that! So […]Read More
Qon J. Jamal – One Man Show – Album Review There are two things I can really dig in rap verse spit WELL; commitment and style above all. Qon J. Jamal has just recently dropped this album One Man Show – a complete rap set that leaves no room for doubt about just how much hard […]Read More
Young Coconut – I Got A Vibe – Album Review I’m not exactly sure why I assumed this was going to be an emcee ripping rhymes into the mic…I couldn’t have been farther off! Well…for the most part at least. Young Coconut is much more pop/rock/experimental… This album is a musical project a long time in the […]Read More
Ian Marquis – Faces From The Static – Album Review I don’t think I’ve ever wanted some structure to come into the music as badly as I did during the opening moments of Faces From The Static – yes it’s super-early in the morning but c’mon – that was all kinds of confusing! Those prayers are […]Read More
The Yellow Dress – Faint Music Ordinary Light – Album Review When you look up The Yellow Dress on Facebook one of the first things you see and notice might very well be the same first thing that caught my eye. At the top of the page, right by the “about” button where I usually go […]Read More
Bees In A Bottle – Quiet Room – Album Review It feels oddly like it has been awhile since I’ve done a review, though we all know it hasn’t been long at all… Whatever the case is, it’s great to be here and I’m stoked to be able to talk about this latest album, Quiet Room […]Read More
Teni – Afrodisiac – Album Review I love how every time I think I’ve reviewed it all, another genre pops up that I’ve put on the shelf for a while only to be resurrected by all of you wonderful independent artists and bands. Awwww! That’s sweet right? Well here’s something else that’s sweet – this album by Teni […]Read More
Joey Jive – Joey Jive – Album Review Yessssssssssssss. Remind me to thank Joey personally if I’m ever to meet him in person for making an album tuned to my particular ears. With a brand new album full of music as interesting in the writing as it is in the texture and production – there’s so much […]Read More
Iggy Taylor – Ataraxis – Album Review I wasn’t prepared for this. Maybe I’m still not… Iggy – first off, I want to tell you direct it is completely WRONG of you to make a heavily-bearded man like myself enjoy a song called “Coochie Coo;” brother, that’s just straight evil! Ataraxis is an extremely interesting album […]Read More