Album Reviews

Straightforward songwriting is getting big on all sides of the hip-hop spectrum right now, but if you’re like me and want something a little more unique out of your daily soundtrack this spring, the works of a young artist by the name of Snypa just might be worth taking a …

You can’t put a price on natural charisma in the music business; hence, when an artist like Miss Kaniyah comes along, there’s going to be a lot of buzz surrounding the golden touch she has in the recording studio. Rather than having to fluff up this young woman’s sound with …

Old-school mambo duets aren’t just pretty good for the genre; they’re essential to grasping the identity that the style has been built around since day one. Although he commands a lot of attention on his own, Gilberto Santa Rosa’s contribution to the new single “El Rey del Timbal” is largely …

It’s a new chapter in the history of romantic pop music, and singer/songwriters like Bruce Sudano are composing it by hand. Sudano isn’t a part of any specific movement in his scene but is instead reaching out to the audience from a truly independent place in his new single “Two …

“How Do You Feel” might be a new song and not quite a celebrated classic in the alternative rock lexicon as of this moment, but this season it’s getting a wonderful presentation from an act as devoted to masterful melodies as the influences behind this track’s construction were. BlueNevada takes …

In his most recent project since starring in the second season of hit HBO show Euphoria, actor and musical artist Dominic Fike has delivered his sophomore album Sunburn. Made up of fifteen catchy songs, Fike blends uptempo rap-style verses with slower ballads to keep listeners on the edge of their …

  This spring has been one of the more memorable in recent years for pop fans, with a virtual watershed of content pouring through the underground and the international mainstream the same. Saying competition is hot just wouldn’t be doing this generation of talent justice; to break into the modern …

  Blistering regardless of the tempo they’re set to, the most melodic parts in “High Charisma” from The Extensions are definitely reason enough to give this record a listen as soon as you can, but I don’t think they’re the sole element in “Casual Day,” “Big Tree” or “My Turn” …

Ivan Kelley, known best by his stage name Ivan the Greatness, has a lot of energy to spend in his new single “Power 2030,” but if you think he’s going to use all of his pent-up emotion to run a diatribe on the audience, you’d better think again. Keeping it …

Philadelphia, PA four-piece alternative rock outfit Cheer Up Dusty has released their latest EP Don’t Take It Personally, Take It Seriously. The six-song EP showcases the band’s continued growth and maturity, branching out beyond its pop punk roots. For songwriter and vocalist Justin Humenik, the EP represents a turbulent time in …

Las Vegas-based pop-punk outfit Mercy Music return with their unvanquished new album What You Stand To Lose out today via Double Helix Records/SBÄM Records.  Following the release of 2020’s Nothing in the Dark, which was produced by Cameron Webb (Alkaline Trio/Motörhead), What You Stand To Lose is Mercy Music’s fourth full-length album since their formation in …

Welcome to Dead Club City: a concept album bursting with characters, narratives and a walk-on part for a band called Zzzeros who, say their creators, “are desperate to find fame and status in the sleaze of the DCC but end up chewed up and spat out by the city”. Welcome to the …