LoFi Chill – Isolation

LoFi Chill – Isolation – Album Review Here’s the scenario…chances are, if you’re like most people out there this year, you’ve probably had yourself a very long day.  Let’s face it – you work hard doing what you do, you’re all good people and you probably ALL deserve a freakin’ break from the everyday grind, […]Read More

Roger Cole & Paul Barrere – Lost In The Sound

Roger Cole & Paul Barrere – Lost In The Sound – Album Review Well would ya look at this lineup of tunes!  Practically plays like a greatest-hits album with the number of pre-released singles that are featured on Roger Cole & Paul Barrere’s latest record, Lost In The Sound.  Take note, independent musicians & bands […]Read More

Henry Metal – V

Henry Metal – V – Album Review This guy!  There is so much personality and character in the music of Henry Metal that it should blow your mind.  Here’s another solo-act that has the ability to sound like a raging full-band – this dude puts in an insane amount of work into his music that […]Read More

Kiev – Half Man Half Amazing

Kiev – Half Man Half Amazing – Album Review Psssssst.  Hey.  Hey emcees. Kiev’s outworking you. Back for the third release of this year, rapper Kiev has thirteen savage new cuts on a brand-new full-length record called Half Man Half Amazing.  We heard the Infinite Positivity EP at the beginning of the year and got […]Read More

Ivansson – Gotcha!

Ivansson – Gotcha! – Album Review Not to brag or anything…but the independent music-scene has been pretty damn kind as of late.  I’ve had the good fortune of taking in some great tunes over the past week or so – and more or less, it’s all been somewhat ‘outside’ of my normal taste…bands like Dave’s […]Read More

The Gangsta Rabbi – Psycho At The Hospice Gates #34/72

The Gangsta Rabbi – Psycho At The Hospice Gates #34/72 – Album Review I’ll let the man in charge here explain this one in his own words to start… “I continue to seek my sound in my last days.  I want this to be anarchopunk with a big ass lower brass section to provide so-called […]Read More

Timi Alexander – Timi Alexander

Timi Alexander – Timi Alexander – Album Review Ooooooooh boy!  Christmas came early – I love artists as diverse, versatile and talented as Timi is. Setting the stage, the “Intro” lets you know via voicemail…the record is finished and it’s ready to roll.  The immaculately inviting electro-rhythm and melody of “Cold Leather” that immediately follows […]Read More

The Chicago Vin Coalition – American Dream

The Chicago Vin Coalition – American Dream – Album Review It might just be me, but when the connection to music is an authentic one, it sure makes listening to tunes, artists & bands outside your normal genres of choice a lot easier to take on.  Vin Earnshaw clearly just wants to ROCK…so he enlisted […]Read More

Herman Martinez – Secret Doors Hidden Stairs: Season II

Herman Martinez – Secret Doors Hidden Stairs: Season II – Album Review Some artists and bands out there can really inspire you with the journey their music is on – creative genius and solo-artist Herman Martinez is one such person.  Early on in 2016, I checked out a record he put out called Solopsi Radio […]Read More

Blackmyth – Remixes By Blackmyth

Blackmyth – Remixes By Blackmyth – Album Review Here we go!  I can get behind electro when it’s like this for surely. Somewhere in the middle of EDM and IDM, Blackmyth exists happily, creating glitch-filled edits and wickedly-imaginative remixes that rework the originals into an all-new experience.  This new record, Remixes By Blackmyth, is a […]Read More