Making music is about expressing yourself, but sometimes, it’s also about paying tribute to those who inspire you. There are many artists who pay homage to those who have come before them, and it’s always a fascinating when they do. Usually, the style itself will be a reference to the …
Read More »Album Review: Amber Nicholson “Far Away Dreaming” EP
Those who want to make it big in pop music these days have no choice but to go big or go home, and ironically enough it’s a simple EP from singer Amber Nicholson casting the largest shadow over the indie pop genre this late winter season. Nicholson’s Far Away Dreaming is …
Read More »Album Review: Sean Hopkins “Chasing Ghosts in the Dark”
New Hope, PA’s Sean Hopkins has garnered deserved acclaim for his collection Chasing Ghosts in the Dark. The dozen songs he’s composed for the release began with his voice and an acoustic guitar, but he’s expanded on that vision without ever losing the core intimacy of his sound. The adornments, …
Read More »EP Review: Louis Siciliano “Ancient Cosmic Truth’
A powerful thrust of faint chaos is joined to a staggered beat in “Bambara’s Symmetries.” A jazzy sway starts something in “The Secret of Mansa” that stays with us well after the song has reached its rather flamboyant conclusion. Simplistic struts give way to a virtuosic concept from Louis Siciliano …
Read More »Single Review: Kool & the Gang – “Let’s Party”
In the new single “Let’s Party,” critically acclaimed legends of funk that need no introductions, R&B, and pop Kool & the Gang perfectly exemplify that warm feeling that we all get when the sun breaks through the shades at the beginning of a brand-new day. I wouldn’t exactly describe Kool …
Read More »Single Review: Greg Hoy & the Boys’ “Everybody Wants To Be Somebody”
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 …
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