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Tom Woodward – Beautiful Shadows
Tom Woodward has really got a mouthful of meaningful, and heartfelt lyrics that reflect the beauty and misery of our reality; our brief spark of consciousness that we can’t hold on to forever. His latest, upcoming album ‘Beautiful Shadows‘ drops this coming Wednesday, and is definitely worth the download. Ranging across genres, this haunting, psychedelic,... More
GEA – Pink
GEA, a native of Finland, and life-long musician, is releasing a debut EP called ‘Pink‘… and it is beautiful, and haunting. Wishing so much that I could share the EP in its entirety with you all, I must be relegated only to giving you the titular track. The EP itself does not drop until April... More
MYFEVER – Golden
“This is burn-worthy music. Theft-worthy music.” This is according to the likely self-written bio of MYFEVER, and while they’d rather not be relegated to a mere comparison to a specific genre, or artist, that is (at least in part) what they will get. Those who call their music “burn worthy” exude a special kind of arrogance... More
Edward & Graham – Menomonee Road
First and foremost, this new single from Edward & Graham is undeniably fantastic. Menomonee Road is a hard-hitting, heart-thumping, technical-Americana-meets-metal sort of tune. That might sound a tad on the ridiculous side, and sure, upon reading that sentence over…it really does seem ridiculous, but from the opening/constant guitar thrum, subsequent and continuous bass kick, chord changes, lead... More
Saint Mars – Ocean Blues
Saint Mars is perhaps the greatest up and coming alternative rock band to come out of the U.K. for some time (one might say even out of the whole European Union, but…) This wonderful bridging of talent from either side of the channel creates a sophisticated, and surreal epic about the troubles of youth; an... More
Guy Grogan – Glitter In The Gears
Now ten albums into his solo music career, Guy Grogan has dropped, just the at close of 2016, Glitter In The Gears… and interesting melange of musical influence and taste. Likening his sound to a mirror, Grogan is relatively unsure about just how his music is taken: “Knowing what you sound like is kind of like... More
Jared KF Jones – Turn Up The World
Wow! This brand new single is by no means in the wheelhouse of music I listen to very often, if at all, but it is exactly what I would expect to hear on dance stations, and at clubs the world over. Jared KF Jones has created a wonderfully inspirational song that clearly pulls influence from... More
All Is Fused – Of The Musical
Award-winning bassist Jon Torres presents an All Is Fused jazz production called Of The Musical. Why we need to have a billing on the album like the theatre productions of old, I’ve no idea, but all the same, this scattered, rough-housing, experimental bit of jazz certainly has the ability to get one…well…jazzed. As one may have sussed out, All... More
Echo Texture – Inter-Sting
Here we are, yet again, with that most interesting of new genres, so-called “Shoegaze” music. Previously in the form of Astral Cloud Ashes, this Shoegaze music is pumped out today by surfer, space-punk-rock band Echo Texture, with their debut album ‘Inter-Sting’. “Echo Texture is that little sliver between amazing and indie,” according to the band themselves (or... More
Greg and the Granules – Answer to Influ...
Greg Maechling, from the So Cal psych/surf-rock scene has come out with one hell of a change in pace with his new EP Answer to Influence, under the guise of Greg and the Granules. This six track EP is a sort of country-folk, meets alternative piece, which takes a huge departure from Maechling’s previous work. The breathy, and... More
Astral Cloud Ashes – Too Close to the N...
Well, there’s nothing wrong with a bit of alternative space rock. What confuses this journalist is just what the hell ‘Shoegaze’ music is. I know there are many genres of music, and there will always be several I will have never heard of…but I can’t begin to think just what ‘Shoegaze’ describes, as a genre.... More
Von Konow – Lieder
What do you get when you take David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode, Falco, Ultravox, Tears for Fears, and Devo, throw them into a heap, mash them all together, and then begin to form songs out of the pile of musicianship on the floor? You get Von Konow’s debut solo album ‘Lieder‘ (translated from German... More
Marty McKay – New York City Dreams
Coming up this February 24th, out of Zurich, Switzerland, from hip hop DJ to alternative rocker, Marty McKay will be dropping his second studio album: New York City Dreams. This dark, and dismal album is about a journey of far away adventure, love, loss, and return. This full circular movement is spattered with those beautiful moments... More
Luxury Mane – Lux Runnin Out
If you’ve ‘Got A Need‘ for some experimental space rock from Florida by ‘The Bay‘ area in St. Petersburg, then look no further: Luxury Mane is to the rescue. These spacey beach bums, just south of Tampa (seemingly circa 1975) have just dropped their latest album ‘Lux Runnin Out‘: a nine track journey along some... More
Matt Chanway
There is one man at the forefront of Canadian progressive metal, and his name is Matt Chanway. Hailing from the West coast city of Vancouver, Chanway has married thrash, and instrumental prog metal to create something that truly rivals the guitar greats of old. When first I happened to glance at the list musicians that... More
Seneko – Debut EP
Originally dropped in the Fall of 2016, the alias of one Stan Olshefski is Seneko, and is conveniently the title of his debut EP. Now to be fair, Olshefski has been dropping country music out and about for years now, and is no stranger to the industry, but his love is more “indie-pop” as it would happen.... More
Michael Van and The Movers – A Little M...
So, first…wow…I’m not typically a country fan by any means, but the American, bluegrass, down-home country vibe of Michael Van and The Movers is wonderfully tight in a very loose-country-jam kind of way. Their latest album ‘A Little More Country‘ dropped just before the end of 2016, and is chalk full of classic country tropes,... More
Gentoo – Structures
Perhaps it might be considered a bit unfair of me to review this album, given that I have little to no experience with ambient, and electronic music like that of Gentoo, but music is indeed a universal process, and so I shall endeavour to review it all the same. Gentoo is the baby of Texas artist... More
Steve Hussey & Jack Eddy – The Mil...
Steve Hussey and Jack Eddy have got a great sense of bluegrass-country-folk music; it’s just that right time, that right mood, and that right feel for a jam. Each and every one of these songs could be belted out at a fireside jam, everyone taking their turn with guitar, banjo, and mandolin runs all over... More
Thorin Loeks – Thirsty Hearts
Wow! Thorin Loeks, come from the Yukon, knows just how to create Thirsty Hearts for his incredible music; touching Bare Bones, so deep is his musical influence on the body, mind and soul. Before the lyrics are even considered, the simplicity of the compositions, even with their specific, and separate intricacies, is astounding, and is certainly part... More