Album Reviews

2019 has been producing some horrific hybrids and painfully mundane melodic rock, and I think that is the main reason why Safe as Houses’ “Lucky Lucky” (from the album Lucky Lucky) is the breath of fresh air that so many critics are describing it as this month. Fashioned like a …

More than any other performers in the country, Canadian singer/songwriters have been all the rage this spring, and though some of my peers might be inclined to disagree with me, I don’t think that Whitebeard fits the conventional profile of his peers in this movement. While his new single “Paris” …

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Jon-Dowling-123571992875/ Music is one of the most expressive forms of communication known to humankind, as it allows us to translate emotions that words simply cannot convey on their own, and in Jon Dowling’s “Don’t Wanna Own the World,” the rising indie star shares the intimate relationship that he has …

URL: https://www.brooksforsyth.com/ Pulsating strings give way to muscular strands of melancholic melody in “So Much Beyond Us.” A slow-churning percussion opens up the door to a heroic swing in “Anna Lee.” “Girl from Caroline” aches with all of the yearning that a disheveled heart holds so close as it tries …

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/2k05vn2KVMGeuTKhQeLEvL?si=H8QproQXTEOv8pkmw6h57Q If you’ve been following indie pop lately, it’s more than likely that you’ve already heard about the guy I’m reviewing today. Jerad Finck, the pop singer who wowed us over the holidays with his ornate ballad “White Christmas” is back this spring with an all new single titled …

In their new EP, an advance on upcoming cd titled Silhouettes, The Brothers Union expand on the blueprint put forth by their previous releases Paper Hearts and Little Blue Room by diving as deep into the experimental side of their songwriting as possible and they emerge from the studio with …

There is something worth pointing out about Gary Burk: the man is a huge guitar fan and he lives and breathes for this craft, so it’s not surprising that his career has always been in a constant state of development, striving to do better and to create much more musically …

Fitzsimon and Brogan (FaB) is a very interesting project: it was founded by Neil Fitzsimon as the songwriter and Bee Brogan as the vocalist, keyboardist and drummer. Based in London, their goal with this project was to deliver quality pop of a very classy vent and they were backed by …

URL: http://www.goldlightmusic.com/ Sonic daggers disguised as playful string melodies assault us ever so slowly in the dirge of percussive strums that form “Heart of Black.” The voice of an angel finds its perfect match in “Nobody’s Baby.” Acoustic guitars adopt a surreal swing that is only tempered by a devastatingly …

Whilst most people know Danny Worsnop to front the metalcore band, Asking Alexandria, and some know his work with We Are Harlot, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his solo work is also equally appreciated. What does is the genre that he decided to take on with his first …

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/elbuenlaban/ A sly percussive track breaks the silence at the start of “Para Ti,” Labán’s new single, and in its highbrow beats we’re instantly transported to a smoky nightclub with no more than a dozen tables and a small stage where this intrepid vocalist will pour his heart into …

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/joeycurtinmusic/ A piano’s exquisite melody is chock full of yearning as we enter the opening bars of “Chrysalis,” one of the amazingly angelic tracks comprising the album Tigris and Euphrates from the one and only Joey Curtin. Its simplistic drawl dispenses a poetic emotiveness that is not all that …