After Aura – In The Dark

After Aura – In The Dark – Album Review Cool crew of people here in After Aura…one understanding group of individuals I’d assume!  I’ve often pointed out just how theoretically impossible it would be for me to be in a band of more than one or two people…anything after that seems like it would just […]Read More

Mike Contoni – Here Comes The Weekend

Mike Contoni – Here Comes The Weekend – Album Review So what if it’s Monday!  If you’re like me and truly believe that time itself is a human-construct and don’t want to be limited by those confines – then join me in listening to Here Comes The Weekend!  Technically it’s not inaccurate to release this […]Read More

Catherine Clarnette – Bold

Catherine Clarnette – Bold – Album Review I’m up late here in Canada…almost 2 a.m. in the morning…not running out of steam whatsoever, I’m still wide-awake…but truthfully, I needed some music with real character and life to it…a little bit of something that I might not hear amidst the soundtrack of the everyday-grind. And then […]Read More

Alien Skin – European Electronic Cinema

Alien Skin – European Electronic Cinema – Album Review Always inspiring to read about the life of a musician and listen to all the twists and turns that their music & career will take them; case in point, the man behind the music of Alien Skin, George Pappas.  Even if you’re unfamiliar with the name […]Read More

Shadows & Mirrors – Aria

Shadows & Mirrors – Aria – Album Review Ahhh yeah, some of that good ol’ reliable darkwave industrial-electro music – I’ve always got time for this kind of stuff.  Ever since ordering Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine on cassette back in the day – the dynamics of this genre’s style have always pulled me […]Read More

Tabitha Elkins – Upside Down World

Tabitha Elkins – Upside Down World – Album Review Interesting stuff from Tabitha here…she’s got an album that kind of plays like an open-book journal.  With various states of recordings and different methods clearly being applied to how the music is being made – Upside Down World is a great title for a record like […]Read More

Laura Ellis – Broken, Lovely

Laura Ellis – Broken, Lovely – Album Review If there’s one thing that my eyes have trained themselves to see – it’s a cover of “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence and the infamous wasted-talent of Amy Lee’s legacy.  I’ve been more than critical of such an incredible talent sitting on the sidelines after having […]Read More

Charles Wright – Something To Make You Feel Good

Charles Wright – Something To Make You Feel Good – Album Review Back again with Mr. Charles Wright venturing into solo-music aside from his role as leader of the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band – I was looking forward to what the man might come up with this time around.  A highly-skilled musician, we had […]Read More

Shellshock Lullaby – A Lighter Shade

Shellshock Lullaby – A Lighter Shade – Album Review I was digging on the sounds of the background-vocals of Shellshock Lullaby even before the first song “I’ve Walked That Road” began to fully bloom.  Met with a sound that mixed the acoustic-vibes of tender indie moments like you’d find in the music of Superchunk mixed […]Read More

Alx – Rise & Shine

Alx – Rise & Shine – Album Review Cool story that follows the music of Alx Kawakami…certainly a respectable one.  I’ll admit to a piece of the bio that caught my eye as I was reading first-off, because you all know I like to form my own opinions – but when I had started “Rise […]Read More