In Manuel Aspidi’s latest single, “Let out This Light,” the acclaimed Tuscan vocalist incorporates colorful influences into what is inarguably an already iconic sound. At the onset of the song, a gentle piano melody awakens the treasure chest of tones that will form a sonic backdrop for Aspidi’s magnetizing vocal, …

Pulsating grooves are woven into an elegant swing in “Hush Hush,” and though they render a hard rock rhythm into something far more balladic in nature than what we hear in “Only American in the Room,” the emotion in the former song is as obvious and transcendent as it is …

“Traditionally Lynch” comes to European TV Ohio Country Music Hall of Fame artist Richard Lynch will have his traditional country music program broadcast to 36 countries in Europe on Euro Indie Music TV. We are all thrilled with this opportunity and sure excited to share our traditional country music in …

The harmonies float as high as the heavens can take them in “Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait for Me,” and while Streaking in Tongues stir up a similarly transcendent vibe in the Harry Nilsson-reminiscent “Inside out and on My Ass,” they’re no less a captivating gem as they are in …

It starts off in a stumble, but before long, it starts to rumble like nobody’s business. It’s got the size to smash anything that gets in its path, but under the command of Down the Lees, it’s too controlled to do any damage that the band doesn’t see fit. It, as …

A melody that is as soft as silk yet stained with a melancholic angst that doesn’t seem to ever go away greets us as we sink into the first minute of the new pop opus from Zaritza, “Slot Machine,” and as the critically acclaimed singer claws her way into the …

Members of Pinback, Hella, Mock Orange and more, team up on Byre’s new Here In Dead Lights EP, due out on October 11th. With leader, Aaron Tanner (Off-Ox), and Zach Zint (Thunder Dreamer) also in the band, you don’t get this type of combo just anywhere. It doesn’t matter what …

A strutting groove meets a sizzling guitar melody in “Miles Upon Your Heart,” one of the eleven songs on Dave Vargo’s new record Spaces in Between, and although the harmony that Vargo conjures up in this track is among the sharper that he’s shared with us in his career, it’s joined …

Toronto-based artist Kristen Karma has released a music video tribute to her father, “Dear John.” The single hits stores on October 19th, Kristen’s birthday. This song is about wondering if they are watching what we are doing, and are proud of what they see. ”— Kristen Karma “Kristen Karma melts …

A harmonica moans a grim melody at the start of Brother Spellbinder’s “Aching Eyes,” and in the shadow of its glare we discover a treasure chest of textured string play and siren-like singing just waiting to seduce us in this selection from the band’s new EP We Were Children Yesterday. Eclectic, …

In the Next Life deliver one of the most brutal melodic rock EPs of the season in their new record 4FriendsInARoomWithAGun, a five-song affair that is best described as a sonic colon cleansing outfitted with striking vocals, intricate riffing and freewheeling lyrical diatribes. As indebted to proto-grunge ala Malfunkshun, Gruntruck and …

“This album tells an evolutionary story about my past relationships, and how I learned to prioritize my relationship with myself.”— Cami Galles Cami Galles has known since the age of 4 she was here to sing. Yet, over the years, she’s succumbed to her own fears and yielded to the …