“Cocktails and Cannabis / They take me to another place / Cocktails and cannabis / I get high looking into your face,” croons Australian rock n’ roll rebel Rhett May in his latest studio cut “Cocktails and Cannabis,” but he’s not singing about the joy of partying in this all-new …
Read More »Swimming Bell Release LP
Slowly rising from the silence, an intimidating wall of melodic white noise starts to envelop everything within earshot in a lush, radiant texture. Soon, its stoic complexion is penetrated by the piercingly beautiful voice of Katie Schottland, who starts to color the textures surrounding her with delicately dispensed lyrics that …
Read More »Young Doctors in Love Release 12 tracks
In the music video and first single from Young Doctors in Love’s …In Love, “Julianna,” the Toronto indie rockers weave together a patchwork of atonal white noise, thunderous percussive grooving and melodic lyricism in a smooth and efficient pop juggernaut captured in DIY visuals. Singers Stephanie Matos and Melissa Peters are …
Read More »Album Review: Okilly Dokilly – Howdilly Twodilly
A year after their 2015 formation, Okilly Dokilly became the world’s only “Nedal” act, boasting predominately metal instrumentation with grandiose devotion (via blatant clothing and thematic leanings) to Simpsons character Ned Flanders. Simply hearing about such a concept before then would have initially generated a few off-chance chuckles. However, what …
Read More »Album Review: Hands Off Gretal – I Want The World
Hands Off Gretal released their new album I Want The World today via Puke Pop Records. The fiercely independent South Yorkshire rockers preceded I Want The World with the single release of the title track and visual in January – a colorful explosion of grime, grit, and attitude. Drawing inspiration …
Read More »Ashley Delima Drops new Single
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydelima/ Lush Latin grooves and pristine pop hooks come together to comprise the juggernaut single “Fire in the Sky” from up and comer Ashley Delima, which is out now everywhere that new music is sold and streamed. In this latest cut ahead of her debut extended play, Delima paints …
Read More »Album Review: Devin Townsend – Empath
A review on Empath, the ninth solo album and eighteenth studio album by Devin Townsend. Devin Garrett Townsend is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. Across all his bands and projects, Townsend has released twenty-three studio albums and three live albums. Townsend’s trademark production style, featuring a heavily multitracked wall of sound, …
Read More »This Is DR King’s New EP “It’s My Life”
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/1stc6RmpcWwkIb2bkDQGV7 Bumping basslines waging war with a moaning organ. A grizzly guitar riff that is brutally subdued by a vocal that knows nothing of the boundaries that a stereophonic recording would usually create for a melody. Harmonies that rise like a tidal wave and crash into a pulsating percussion. …
Read More »Steel Blossoms Release Sophomore album
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/steel_blossoms When it comes to making organic roots music that speaks to the core of our being, the fabric of our culture and the nature of humanity itself, there are few – if any – on the Nashville circuit who do it better than Hayley Prosser and Sara Zebley …
Read More »Jas Frank & The Intoits Release Pure Pop Prowess
Croatian indie rockers Jas Frank & the Intoits release pure pop prowess in their engrossing debut album, The Girl from Cherry Valley, which was released on January 31st of this year to critical acclaim. Featuring the single “All the Highs All the Lows,” which is given the Hollywood-treatment in an adjoining …
Read More »The Sweet Kill Declare “War”
URL: http://www.thesweetkill.com/ Pete Mills’ project The Sweet Kill illustrates another turn in Mills’ personal journey through the modern music world. Mills originally settled in Los Angeles after his one time band, Flash Bastard, signed with former Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s recording label, but he soon detoured into production gigs …
Read More »Cynister Releases “Stuck”
Cynister, a three piece featuring two men and a female vocalist, is a bit of an oddity. The unusual appearance of the band’s two male members, particularly juxtaposed against their vocalist, obviously nods to the band’s theatrical sense and makes an effective visual hook for listeners to delve deeper into …
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