Jordan Carroll – “You Know That I Know”

Jordan Carroll – “You Know That I Know” – Single Review Back-to-back Jordan’s on the page! I feel like it’s 1997-98 up in here and we just took home a set of championship rings in Chicago for the stellar new music on the page today from the two Jordan’s we’ve discovered. First Jordan Paul and […]Read More

Jordan Paul – “Archetype X”

Jordan Paul – “Archetype X” – Single Review WhatEVER! Is this for real? Here’s a guy that should truly find himself in a lifelong music-career…I know there’s certainly a place on my playlist for songs like “Archetype X” from Jordan Paul…this is absolutely outstanding. Like…’picking the ol’ jaw up off the ground’ kind of outstanding […]Read More

Red Air – Simple Life

Red Air – Simple Life – EP Review Toronto, Canada’s own modern-pop/punk band Red Air braces frantic, intense vocals amidst hook-laden guitar-riffs their own brand of amped-up anthems. You can definitely hear the influence of that alterna-punk era; they’ve listed bands like Sum 41, Ramones, Rancid and Blink 182 on their social media pages as […]Read More

SBS Podcast With Ryan & Jer 008

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh snap!  Ryan @ SBS talks with Kyle Schepens of the indie-pop/rock-alternative band AZTEC! We also hit up some music from Montreal’s Oh My Snare! As if that wasn’t enough…we’ve got some awesome music from Stocatta on the show…good ol’ Canadian mix & mayhem on the podcast today – come check it out! To become […]Read More

Astral Darkness – Surreal Dreams

Astral Darkness – Surreal Dreams – Album Review After a moment of slight hesitation, I was suddenly a lot more sure that I loved what Astral Darkness has put together. The opening of “Pulsing Star” leans itself towards the quickly-solved mystery of ‘am I about to listen to an amateur or a pro?’ within the […]Read More

Robin B. Czar – Mission Bizarre

Robin B. Czar – Mission Bizarre – Album Review When I tell ya that what you’ll hear from Robin B. Czar (Hey! I see what you did there!) isn’t like anything else you’ve got in the house…you’ll probably wanna trust me on that. And if your curiosity level rivals or equals my own…chances are that […]Read More

Keith Richie – March Of The Inanimate

Keith Richie – March Of The Inanimate – Album Review I tend to get lost hypnotically into the music of Keith Richie – it’s a pleasure to have more music to hear from him and have it represented up here on our pages again so soon after reviewing his latest album Ambient Highways. Released in […]Read More

Russian Roulette – Out Of Control

Russian Roulette – Out Of Control – EP Review Here we go…instant promise on display from the moment that the debut EP from Russian Roulette starts up with “Drown” – that’s definitely the kind of guitar riff that hooks me in, and FAST! From Toronto – you can absolutely hear the Canadian influence on the […]Read More

Syndrome Of Fire – “Not A Slave”

Syndrome Of Fire – “Not A Slave” – Single Review Two years ago we got our first dose of the electro-mechanical rock-grind of Syndrome Of Fire – and since that time we’ve kept a close enough eye on this band to say definitively that the train of success has kept on a-rollin for this talented […]Read More

Tanked – Tanked

Tanked – Tanked – Album Review You gotta love it when the first words that come to your mind have anything to do with ‘Dave Grohl’ when listening to someone’s music. Overall, Tanked is nothing like the Foo Fighters 99% of the time, but there are those rare moments, the moments that you catch Grohl […]Read More