Album Reviews

Chris Bender’s newest single, “Glad In It,” is an up tempo, inspirational track that will have you singing along before you realize you even know the words. A minister since the age of 13, Bender has spent his life spreading the word of the Lord through song and lifting up …

Colorful landscapes and still-shots from vibrant live performances fill the screen upon pressing play on the new video for Mad River’s “Come As You Are” single, but the visuals are hardly the main attraction here. With a mightily melodic bend to every verse we hear (not to mention a swaying …

With a lustrous slink to its rhythm and rhyme, David Drake’s “Shooting Arrows at the Sun” begins to take shape before us. Whether we’re watching the video for the single or simply taking in the song as it was originally recorded, there’s a profound darkness that overtakes most every word …

“Butterfly” is the new track from London-based singer Ilja Alexander. From his album Nature, this new song is a spirograph of harmony, flickering lights and crystalline vocals. Alexander’s easy to like lyrics and drop beats give “Butterfly” the wings to scale the highest of charts. Alexander is from Amsterdam, but …

Who can resist the melodious “Come Fly With Me”, the endearing “Try A Little Kindness” or the lovable “Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”? It’s hard to not find something that tap your toes, sway your hips or add a smile to your face when it comes to Hughie Mac …

Fans won’t have to wait much longer for new music from Cory M. Coons! The Canadian roots-rocker is set to release his new EP, “33.3,” in early July. The album features singles “Leavin” (released March 2020) and “Good Times Gone” which will be released in conjunction with MTS records on …

With a lustrous slink to its rhythm and rhyme, David Drake’s “Shooting Arrows at the Sun” begins to take shape before us. Whether we’re watching the video for the single or simply taking in the song as it was originally recorded, there’s a profound darkness that overtakes most every word …

From the moment that the seductive swinging groove makes contact with listeners in Rocky Dawuni’s “Champions Arise” forward, there’s little that anyone can do to break the spell this accomplished reggae singer/songwriter unveils in his latest music video and single. With his velvety vocal and a soft melodic backdrop to …

Much like the twisted figure with a robot head that comes creeping into the bedroom at the start of the music video for Bovine Nightmares’ “Giving Little Robots to Children,” the first couple of bars in the song drift into focus rather ominously. It doesn’t take more than a couple …

A simple strumming of the guitar speckled with a palm-muted lead is waiting to welcome us after pressing play on the new music video and single “Go Do That With Sharon” from David Haerle’s Death Valley, but as stone cold as this instrumentation is, it’s just the tip of the iceberg …

Terry Blade is an R&B and soul singer from Chicago, Illinois. Blade’s songs may primarily highlight issues among the black and queer demographics, but his raw, unpolished emotion resonates universally. Back in late March, his debut single, “The Unloveable,” was certified gold via DistributeKings.com, having accumulated over 500 thousand combined …

Lamb of God, ‘Lamb of God’ Epic Records June 19, 2020 It has been five long years since thrash mainstays Lamb of God released an album of new material (2015’s “VII: Sturm und Drang), and during the greatest pandemic to strike the world in recent memory, Lamb of God has …