Solid Method – Blend In

Solid Method – Blend In – EP Review As slick as many of you solo-musicians out there truly are, I have to admit, most of the time when you’re doing it all on your own…we know.  I don’t mean that in terms of you telling us about it or advertising – I mean that in […]Read More

O.D.D. – The Disorder

O.D.D. – The Disorder – EP Review Always risk involved with a statement like “influences like Kiss, Black Sabbath, Rush and Led Zeppelin are glaringly obvious…”  To be fair to O.D.D., this insinuation refers to their debut self-titled EP…and we’re talking about the new record, The Disorder EP today…I’m just saying it’s one hell of […]Read More

LAYER – Synapses At Work EP 1

LAYER – Synapses At Work EP 1 – EP Review If nothing else, it can certainly be said that LAYER has its title-game on-point…but of course, in saying that, the accuracy of this new EP’s title should certainly also indicate that there IS a whole lot more to be said about the music you’ll find […]Read More

J Speed – This Side Of Green

J Speed – This Side Of Green – EP Review I don’t often reveal this information early, because nothing’s ever set in stone…but if you were to look at my shortlist for this year’s award for Best New Sound coming up in December this year, you’d already find the name of J Speed listed there […]Read More

Dave Wirth – The Big Heavy

Dave Wirth – The Big Heavy – EP Review It’s a sad yet perfect day to discuss the music of Dave Wirth…so that’s what I’m going with today.  If you’re Canadian…if you’re a fan of The Tragically Hip or if you’ve been lucky enough to hear any of the poetic words from the mind/mouth of […]Read More

Aidan Koop – Context, Sensitivity, for the purpose of feeling

Aidan Koop – Context, Sensitivity, for the purpose of feeling – EPs In Review Three projects on the go from the young ambient/instrumental artist known as Aidan Koop – that’s not just one big long title up there, it’s referring to separate EPs.  Makes sense when you read into Koop’s social media and places where […]Read More

Andy Michael – If We Try

Andy Michael – If We Try – EP Review A lot of passion and a lot of potential here on Andy Michael’s debut EP, If We Try.  Everything I’ve learned about him and listened to suggests that he’s a humble singer/songwriter that puts his heart & soul into his music…he’s a very likeable guy whether […]Read More

Shaka Banton – Mi Vida

Shaka Banton – Mi Vida – EP Review Interesting.  It’s definitely not like rapper/trapper Shaka Banton doesn’t know where the beat is in the bars of the music he’s rhyming to…he does…but he makes…hmm…interesting choices on the mic that others wouldn’t; and for those of you that have tried to go left instead of right […]Read More

In Closing – In Closing

In Closing – In Closing – EP Review I’ve been writing for years about that…that thing…that indescribable feeling you get when you hear something extraordinary…that tingle in your spine…that chill that runs through you when you stumble upon music from an artist or band that seems to resonate within the fabric of your DNA…THAT thing.  […]Read More

Suburban Vermin – TV Head Nation Part II

Suburban Vermin – TV Head Nation Part II – EP Review You know…there was a time only about three or four years ago that when people would ask me what it takes to change the music-industry that my answer was we had to morph musicians into superheroes and attack the entire business like they do […]Read More