Howard Louis – Survival Mode & Things

Howard Louis – Survival Mode & Things – EP Review Dude’s always been a good singer, and he’s sounding as solid as ever with the way he opens up his new Survival Mode & Things EP with “I Don’t Trust Myself.”  Fun fact – he’s got this cut so perfectly on each end of the […]Read More

Paul Bibbins – Disenchantment At A Distance

Paul Bibbins – Disenchantment At A Distance – EP Review From the same man that brought you The Last Perfect Performance! I guess he figured there was still something else he was able to offer your speakers or he wouldn’t be back with a brand-new EP, right? Paul Bibbins also happens to be one of […]Read More

speakeazie – Forsaken Melodies

speakeazie – Forsaken Melodies – EP Review Alright…so…where did we leave off in the last chapter back in July of last year?  I mentioned speakeazie had one of the best songs of the year with her single “Love Me Wild, Love Me Crazy,” right?  I think that’s the way it went…I’d have to brush up […]Read More

Cornbread Wallace – Drivin’ Like Hell

Cornbread Wallace – Drivin’ Like Hell – EP Review When you’ve been doin’ this music thang as long as I have been, you definitely know what to expect when you come across a name like Cornbread Wallace on your playlist.  I ain’t claiming to be some kind of savant or anything…take the Pepsi challenge for […]Read More

LUI – Graduation: The American Dream

LUI – Graduation: The American Dream – EP Review “It’s A Mood” for sure, but as the story behind the man goes, everything you’re listening to represents significant accomplishment as well.  LUI’s story takes him all the way back to being “born in the slums of Peru” before he migrated to America, where he pushed […]Read More

Chubbz & Hari Upfront – The Cap & The Hoodie

Chubbz & Hari Upfront – The Cap & The Hoodie – EP Review Chubbz & Hari Upfront, you say…nice.  Those are good Christian names right there. Lemme tell ya about two dudes that certainly do not give a flying fuck whether or not their material offends you – Chubbz and Hair Upfront.  They’re beatin’ up […]Read More

Les Fradkin – Artist Kit Sampler

Les Fradkin – Artist Kit Sampler – EP Review Someone out here has gotta be brave enough to say it, so it may as well be me.  That jacket and that guitar are…well…they are certainly at odds with each other, Les.  Maybe that’s just my perspective…it might be some kinda signature thing he’s got goin’ […]Read More

benj – as chaos ensues; I remain

benj – as chaos ensues; I remain – EP Review You gotta at least be as amused as I am about the thought of someone out there making time for the kind of punctuation like a semicolon, yet having clearly no use for capitalization.  That’s what we call interesting in the nerd world of writing…but […]Read More

Captain Highside – In Southern Cities

Captain Highside – In Southern Cities – EP Review I mean…if I was judging this record from the first impression you’ll get on the way in the door, I’d readily tell ya that you’re all about to be in-store for the best of Captain Highside that I’ve personally heard to-date.  “Sway” is a fantastic song […]Read More

Luke Brown – Impressions

Luke Brown – Impressions – EP Review “Written over a weekend, recorded in 3 hours.”  #WordUP #JustCreateYall #MakeMusic And that’s just the thing, ain’t it?  As many of you out there have heard from me over the years, we can spend our entire lives perfecting one song…at some point, you just gotta call it finished, […]Read More