Album Reviews

A keyboard ignites a firestorm of synthesized grooves as we enter “Never Ever,” the all-new single from up and coming pop singer/songwriter Szandra Mayer, but it’s soon joined by a feverish vocal from the star of the show that is much more supple and understated than the blistering music coming …

DocFell & Co. return with another surreal slice of unvarnished Americana in their incredible new album Heaven, Hell or Oklahoma, which was released last month to critical acclaim. In songs like the ominous “Peace Maker,” sizzling “A Different Drum,” rollicking “Mean Marie” and swinging “Beulah Land,” singer John Fell puts down …

“So Deep,” the first of three songs that comprise a pre-release sample set from Bud Summers’ new album Hard Lessons, starts off with a lush bass groove that is broken up by an erotic electric guitar melody intent on wrapping us in layer upon layer of sonic wonderment. Summers starts to …

Texas instrumental outfit Huelga aims to make the best of stylistic flexibility in the world of prog metal. The one-man project’s catalyst, Austin-based Michael Fonseca, is formally trained in equal parts jazz and artful noise. His name for the project, which translates to “strike” in English, proves a telling factor …

When it comes to ensuring country music’s relevance for a new generation of fans, few are displaying the pure passion that the Gary Douglas Band do in their new single “Million Miles Away.” Utilizing an old school approach to songwriting, Douglas weaves together a sonic patchwork of new school musicality …

Making an impactful record in 2019 is no easy feat for any artist to achieve in today’s fast-paced, internationally-accessible music culture, but Derrick Davis makes it look and sound all too simple in his brand new LP Anti-Social. Anti-Social isn’t your typical pop record; in all ten of its beautifully arranged songs, Davis …

Silence is quickly dismissed in the first few bars of “You Fooled Me Once,” one of fifteen new songs included on Tim J Grant’s Fluorescent Lamp Pop, with an ominous, psychedelic-tinged tonality that washes over a worldbeat-infused percussive strut. Singer Bellz weaves her melodic voice in between the gaps of …

Review of Holding Absence's Debit Album 'Holding Absence'

Brandishing a uniquely playful variety of roots rock that is defined as much by its sizzling guitar licks as it is pastoral poetry, The Muddy Crows come ripping out of the underground with their single “Straight Crazy,” from the new extended play of the same name. From the very start …

A review on Wasteland, Baby!, the second full album from Hozier.  Andrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known professionally by the mononym Hozier (/ˈhoʊziər/), is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter from County Wicklow. In 2013, he released his debut EP, featuring the hit single “Take Me to Church“. His eponymous debut studio album released in 2014, went number one in Ireland and …

A review on So What?, the fourth full album from England’s While She Sleeps.  While She Sleeps are an English metalcore band from Sheffield. Formed in 2006, the group consists of vocalist Lawrence Taylor, guitarists Sean Long and Mat Welsh, bassist Aaran McKenzie and drummer Adam Savage. They are currently an independent band in the UK and are signed to SharpTone Records in …

URL: http://theclerkchronicles.com If you love electronic music mixed with some rock spirit, The Clerk’s Xander-Vi1 will garner your attention from the outset. “The Sounds” is steeped in the electronic side of The Clerk’s musical character and he employs a battery of electronic instrumental sounds to make this a memorable beginning for his …