Gabe Close – Leave That Light On – EP Review With some of the most warm & inviting sounds you’ll hear this year, Gabe Close opens his new EP with comforting tones of home, with lyrics and sentiment that’s relatable and easy to take in on “Weary Mind.” With a slight twinge of Tom Petty-ish […]Read More
Impending Lies – Believe – EP Review Can’t help but almost be slightly amused by the music-industry and its fickle nature when listening to this new EP from Impending Lies; back in my Jurassic-day, a band like this would have been snapped-up instantly by major labels all bearing the vicious fruit of the post-grunge era. […]Read More
Joseph Pagano – Time And Colors – EP Review There is a strong mix of emotions on Joseph Pagano’s latest EP Time And Colors, his second release of the year to be exact, following February’s release of the Graveyard Of Dreams EP. This is our first introduction to this indie/alternative-rock artist and his tender, sincere […]Read More
Neighborhood Goliath – Between Satellites & Settling – EP Review Following one of the best nights of live-music I’ve seen in Vancouver in years, it’s a good thing I listen to as much of this music as I can before writing these reviews…I knew exactly which EP to turn today. I needed something solid that […]Read More
Gold Wolf – Gold Wolf – EP Review Sometimes you hear a sound of a band that comes out gunning so professionally that it just makes sense to the brain that one day you won’t be the only one hearing what you’ve just heard. I got that feeling about twenty-five seconds in when the bass, […]Read More
Dylan Sesco – Good Villain – EP Review From Vertlife Entertainment, rap-artist Dylan Sesco comes out swinging on the Good Villain EP with six new songs in a darker-vein produced in follow-up to a project that took place earlier on called Pacific Coast Pharoah. Musically and lyrically, it does find a gritty, late-night-back-alley, dangerous vibe […]Read More
Von – Thoughts After Midnight – EP Review Interesting approach to the R&B genre from Von on his latest EP, Thoughts After Midnight. A highly-personal and self-reflective EP that really has an atmosphere of late-night thoughts in motion; Von lets the music pulse, click and swell in behind low-key, minimalist beats that pack in emotion […]Read More
Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes – I Think I’m Going To Kill Myself / Dear Darling – EP Review Believe it or not there are only two albums from my time growing up spent listening to everything I could get my hands on that I do not in fact possess today. For nostalgic purposes…a […]Read More
Brent Best – Your Dog, Champ – EP Review Sometimes I really can’t imagine being the kind of reviewer that might judge something so instantly, review it based upon a biased perspective and reveal through the writing that…well…no…the music really WASN’T listened to, or at least for very long. Like high-school students reading the beginning […]Read More
Alex Hall’s Figurehead – Alex Hall’s Figurehead – EP Review Ohio’s progressive-rock band Alex Hall’s Figurehead have taken the lid off this project and let the musical goodies spill out through your speakers on this debut, self-titled EP. If you’re a fan of intense & intricate instrumentation – these three new songs have a ton […]Read More
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