Sienná – Wa-Kei-Sei-Jyaku 和敬清寂

Sienná – Wa-Kei-Sei-Jyaku 和敬清寂 – Album Review Go ahead and ask me.  Ask me if I’m surprised to find that one of our previous winners of our annual SBS Best New Sound (2017) is still out there crushin’ it with incredible music year after year.  Tell ya what…in the interest of time & moving things […]Read More

BLOOODHOUND – happpy ending

BLOOODHOUND – happpy ending – Album Review Ohhhh man, here we go…gonna have to battle Microsoft Word’s spellcheck all the way through this review.  Fun. On the bright side, the music of BLOOODHOUND happens to always be worth any extra aggravation in that regard…this is some of my favorite stuff to listen to from the […]Read More

John Kline – Rixile Elixir

John Kline – Rixile Elixir – Album Review Joyful stuff!  John Kline has always been an expressive artist/musician for as long as I’ve had the honor of listening, and I’m quite positive that he’s been that way for much longer than I’ve been around for.  Many of you out there will recognize the name from […]Read More

The Punk Crone – Rage Against The Dying Of The

The Punk Crone – Rage Against The Dying Of The Light – Album Review If you don’t recognize the title of this record from the legendary poet Dylan Thomas, then study up y’all – you certainly should – the influence of his poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night & his writing continues […]Read More

Augustwolf – Visual Music

Augustwolf – Visual Music – Album Review “It does not matter how others perceive or accept your art.”  I couldn’t agree more! So why am I here then?  #AskingForAFriend #ActuallyThatFriendIsMe That is…quite the set of notes that come along with this album…to say the least. Anyhow.  I’ll stay in my lane and simply make some […]Read More

The Key Of Green – Literal Fires

The Key Of Green – Literal Fires – EP Review Pay close attention kiddos…in just a little over three years’ time, if you put your nose to the grindstone and do the work, you too might go from making Metaphorical Fires to Literal Fires one day.  #LifeGoals I’d be the first to admit that it […]Read More

G Clef Fusion – Recondite Obbligato

G Clef Fusion – Recondite Obbligato – Album Review It always makes me super nervous when I see an artist or band has pumped out EIGHT records in less than two years’ time.  Crossing my fingers for ya G Clef Fusion, and with the others I’m pushing play… “This is my Protest album, a critique […]Read More

Gary Lloyd Noland – THERE’S NO THERE WHERE?

Gary Lloyd Noland – THERE’S NO THERE WHERE? – Album Review There ain’t no forgetting an artist like Gary Lloyd Noland.  Heck, I still haven’t forgotten the other players this one-man ensemble plays with, which includes Orlan Doy Glandly, Lon Gaylord Dylan, Arnold Day Longly, Darnold Olly Yang, and of course, the inimitable Dolly Gray […]Read More

Captain Highside – Mistake/Mend/Master/Meditate

Captain Highside – Mistake/Mend/Master/Meditate – Album Review Mmmm – the title of this record seems like its own lifecycle or notes on how to live.  Are we supposed to do things in that order?  Mistake/Mend/Master/Meditate?  Seems like if we skipped the queue and started with the last two elements, we might not even have to […]Read More

Nick D. Frenette – Space-Bound: The Search For Stardust

Nick D. Frenette – Space-Bound: The Search For Stardust – Album Review Always awesome to have an artist or band back to our pages, and always a pleasure to find out they’re doing something new with their music!  Way back in the day, somewhere towards the end of 2017 we ended up reviewing a duo […]Read More