Against Time – Slow Burn

Against Time – Slow Burn – EP Review After all, it IS Canada Day…suppose I should post a review about something out there in the ol’ Canadian music-scene…seeing that Ottawa-based heavy-rock band Against Time was on my list of stuff to check out made it a natural choice to be today’s celebratory review.  They’ve got […]Read More

Fast Talkers – Suburban Nowhere

Fast Talkers – Suburban Nowhere – EP Review This works for me!  Listening to the new EP from Fast Talkers was like listening to an old EP from Death Cab For Cutie, back when the recordings and writings had equally stunning levels of honesty.  On those early records from Death Cab you could hear the […]Read More

Static Choke – Low Resolution Solution

Static Choke – Low Resolution Solution – EP Review Let it not be said that you can’t accomplish a whole hell of a lot on the inside of two minutes if you know how to really make the most out of a moment in time.  Static Choke gets it – this three-piece band of punks […]Read More

Durells World – Call Me Later, Way Too Busy

Durells World – Call Me Later, Way Too Busy – Pre-release EP Review *BEEP* – just an announcement before we get right into it here today…this is pre-release y’all…the Call Me Later, Way Too Busy EP from Durells World can still most certainly change anything from the songs to the album art to the writing […]Read More

Last Time Only – Anything For You

Last Time Only – Anything For You – EP Review If memory serves correctly, this is the third time I’ve reviewed the music of Last Time Only, the acoustic-based solo-project from Jared Woodruff.  I feel like I always look forward to seeing LTO pop onto the playlist with something new – I’m pulling for this […]Read More

Xxodys The Intellekt – Presents…Movement Muzyk

Xxodys The Intellekt – Presents…Movement Muzyk – EP Review More often than not, a glimpse into social-media will give you a good sense of what’s going on with an artist/band along their journey.  Whether it comes through spelling out the progress directly, posting at random or saying nothing at all after dropping an important hint […]Read More

NowFuture – Spy Killer

NowFuture – Spy Killer – EP Review You gotta love the punk-minded musicians out there when you find’em…they’re a clever bunch.  Take for example, NowFuture from Montreal – they know what I’m talking about; they’ve certainly got that classic mix of hard-hitting music alongside the quintessential sarcastic & character-laden attitude that has always filled the […]Read More

Meshach Abednego – Psalms For Mother

Meshach Abednego – Psalms For Mother – EP Review It seems appropriate to release this review in time for Mother’s Day. Meshach Abednego, one of the prodigal-sons/songwriters out there in the independent music-scene returns to our pages with an EP full of songs played in tribute to the amazing woman that raised him.  You can […]Read More

A Truth Called Nothing – Science – Like Religion But

A Truth Called Nothing – Science – Like Religion But Real – EP Review I’m always on the lookout for this band to return…to the scene, to the speakers, to the parking lot outside or the 7-11 down the road…doesn’t really matter to me where they want to choose to show up as long as […]Read More

Yo Daddy Doe – IM2 (Unmastered)

Yo Daddy Doe – IM2 (Unmastered) – EP Review Alright…so today, for the most-part, we’re evaluating ideas on the new IM2 (Unmastered) EP from Yo Daddy Doe.  As the full-title implies – these are concepts and rhymes still in the incubator, yet to have their finalized mix and mastering…production comments would be redundant here.  As […]Read More