In a flustered expelling of pessimism in the form of a percussive eruption, Greg Hoy & the Boys’ “Everybody Wants To Be Somebody” starts to play. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds for the track to explain in sonic terms just what Hoy has planned for us here; …
Read More »EP Review: Glitter Wizard “Kiss the Boot”
San Fransisco-born psychedelic glam rock band Glitter Wizard are back with glimmering new offerings on their new EP, “Kiss the Boot”. Out today via Kitten Robot Records, the five-piece rock outfit tune into the outlandish sounds of the 70s in an unabashed fashion. For fans of platform shoes, vintage synths …
Read More »EP Review: Renee Ruth “Renee Ruth”
Driven primarily by a searing piano balladry that brings everything from a cover of “Creep” to the original “Here to Stay” to life as nothing else could have, you can tell Renee Ruth is serious about music when listening to her new eponymous EP. There’s nothing particularly sophisticated about the …
Read More »Single Review: The Cofields – “Royalty”
An ominous tidal wave of an intro is shattered into a million pieces by an epic melodic drawl and a bulging bass spitting out grooves as big and bold as they come. In a sweeping sonic shift of the spotlight, our attention is redirected towards a fluttering vocal that seeps …
Read More »Album Review: Clash Bowley – “Elizabethan Age”
Boston based musician and songwriter Clash Bowley initially plied his trade during the halcyon days of the 1970’s before dropping out of the music world. He pursued a different path divorced from the music scene for the next three decades before buying a guitar in 2016. Relearning his art proved …
Read More »Single Review: Major Spark – “Birds Aren’t Real”
“Birds aren’t real the government is full of lies / Birds aren’t real drones up in the skies / AI floating up in the sky / Beautifully designed / Looking inside our minds / Don’t get me started on dogs” sings Major Spark in a memorable string of verses near …
Read More »Single Review: Sonarpilot – “Citadel”
Ambient sensation Sonarpilot returns with yet another stunning slice of surreal audio incarnate in the all-new single “Citadel,” out now everywhere that independent music is sold and steamed. Sonarpilot doesn’t placate us with any of the banally dreary atmospheres that have become so commonplace in modern avant-garde music here; from …
Read More »Single Review: DMF Musa – “I Feel”
In “I Feel,” the brand new single and music video from the one and only DMF Musa, surprisingly soulful melodies straight out of the OG hip-hop songbook are skewed with a streamlined, almost cosmopolitan groove that is unstoppable once it gets fired up, and though the combination might seem strange …
Read More »Album Review: Harry Cloud “The Cyst”
Experimental rocker Harry Cloud shows off an expansive imagination and musical range on The Cyst, released February 7 via Kitten Robot Records. The multi-genre album is the Georgia native’s sixteenth project and weaves through a hodgepodge of absurdist concepts and storylines. Each song is a vignette of situations ranging from …
Read More »Single Review: Shaheed and DJ Supreme “Skates & Crates”
Shaheed and DJ Supreme have been making amazing music as a duo for years, and with their combined skills as sharp as ever, they dish out their very material yet in “Skates & Crates,” a new single and video out this February. With their diverse backgrounds influencing the experimental nature …
Read More »Single Review: “All Yours” Krish Valentine
Smart indie songwriter Krish Valentine returns to the limelight with his scene’s slickest stuff yet in “All Yours,” a single that melds the club-laden elements in his singing style with a swanky pop groove that has the power to induce chills upon first contact. “All Yours” starts with a hazy …
Read More »Single Review: Pedrito Martinez “Avenida Malecon”
Through the lush intro that greets us at the beginning of Pedrito Martinez’s new music video “Avenida Malecon,” the unlikely start of a celebration of Latin pop’s grandeur starts to form before our very ears. Melodies cascade from above, with Martinez’s energy already filling the speakers with raw charisma. Without …
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