Album Reviews

Anomie Belle – Flux Primary URL: http://www.anomiebelle.com/ The naysayers about popular music’s future never account for artists like this. They bandy declining sales figures around, the resulting dearth of new artist development and label support, and studies about an across the board decline in substantive quality, but they fail to …

Young Guns attempt to let go of the past and move toward a brighter future with “Echoes”.

  Act As If’s lead singer Peter Verdell, who releases the EP Lovers Online on September 16, has based the album around real life online dating experiences he has had. In a way it’s a concept album, and while a few tracks fall short of making it a five star …

The Fylls – Interrupted URL: http://www.thefylls.com/ Bringing around their debut album for a spin, Interrupted, the band The Fylls out of New York City have taken their strong influences ranging from Wilco, The Pixies, Nirvana, Rain Machine, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, the Beatles, and even American Poet and Author …

Monica Pasqual – Is Fortune a Wheel BANDCAMP: https://monicapasqual.bandcamp.com/ Indie Award winning recording artist Monica Pasqual presents a deeply personal album with “Is Fortune a Wheel” – a vivid, daring journey into what happens when unforgettable memories are lost by a lover whose ability to recall the past is fading. …

  A 14 track album can seem intimidating to listeners, but on Second Hand War Thomas Charlie Pedersen makes it easy to digest by breaking up longer songs with small interludes which all culminates to a solid LP. It all kicks off with “High Dust Devil,” full of folk like …

The Damnit Jims – Just Punk Enough  Primary URL: http://thedamnitjims.com/  Released from Squidhat Records, the second release from The Damnit Jims entitled Just Punk Enough recalls the glories of prime Social Distortion and Nirvana while still blazing its own individual trail. The band hails from the Nevada/Southern California region but …

The Gashers – In Trust We Bleed  URL: http://www.thegashers.com/  Rising from the ashes of longtime Las Vegas punk mainstays The Peccadilloes, The Gashers are a three piece whose second full length album, In Trust We Bleed, continues their tradition of delivering old school punk rock to a modern audience. Power …

Of Mice and Men’s fourth studio album, Cold World, is a welcome addition to the metalcore scene, and it is one of the most intensely personal and emotive albums I have listened to this decade. Vocalist Austin Carlile found inspiration for this record through his struggle with chronic illness, but …

Andrew V. John – Goodbye Is Not Forever FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/andrewvjohnmusic/  The beauty of a release like Goodbye Is Not Forever comes from its effortlessness. We can be sure there was actually a virtual bucket load of sweat and spit poured into the actual writing, recording, and release of this five …

Hard rock band Letters From The Fire overcomes a turbulent origin to (re)introduce themselves with their debut full-length album, Worth The Pain. Available on September 9th, these 12 tracks are packed with pure energy, killer riffs, and passion. Formed in 2012, the San Francisco Bay hard-rock band is made up …

  An album start to finish with no skipworthy songs is hard to come by, even more so when it’s a debut record. But Marlon Williams self titled album is magnificent all the way through, dabbling in country, doo wop, folk, and alternative. Williams showcases with each track that he …