Album Reviews

Roaring out of the silence on the back of a blistering but steady drumbeat, a carnal riff-rock assault is waiting to take listeners by storm after pressing play on the new single “Fuck Yeah,” one of the eight songs comprising the fourth studio album from Whiskerman, Kingdom Illusion. Much like its …

Deciding if her voice or the words are the most impactful is the ultimate question while listening to Diane Patterson’s “Somewhere There’s A Song Still Singing.” The remarkable simple, folk track diverges into two camps: Patterson’s stirring vocals wrought with determination and near exhasperation or powerful lyrics calling for the …

Radiofix is a hard rock trio from Phoenix, Arizona. True to their band name, the band’s 2013 debut, Already Gone, encapsulated a statement of modern rock music’s power as a still-vital asset in repairing the monotony in radio and the general music industry. In the seven years they’ve been together, …

Resplendent in effervescent indie pop guitars and layered vocal harmonies, ‘Leavin’ by award winning Canadian artist Cory M. Coons superbly showcases his songwriting and performance ability. Musically, the track sounds at home with big budget studio recordings, but retains an independent spirit which appeals to the listener as genuine and …

John Vento and Neid’s Hotel Band deliver a single that leads the listener on with sultry saxophones, then smacks them in the face with a punchy drum and bass section. An electrifying combination of funk, rock, blues and soul, ‘I Need a Lover’ is both saucy and fun. Hailing from …

  2020 is shaping up to be a really interesting year in country music, and if we’ve learned anything from the releases that brought the 2010s to a close, it’s that hybridity is going to play an important part in who and what dominates the genre in this next decade …

Love waits for no one in this life, and when you find the person that you’re supposed to be with, there’s no sense in holding back from confessing your feelings to the whole world around you. Dan Ashley, a newcomer to the independent singer/songwriter scene, is using both smart poetry …

Bay Area, California Rockers Strange Culprits have released Smith’s Creek, a two-track EP, as a follow-up to 2018’s self-titled debut. While two tracks might not seem like much to get to know a band, and as a listener understand their vision, just a few listens to these tracks and one …

With a solemn pendulousness, the first few bars of “Play Dead” begin to form around us in a binding harmony that will become a familiar friend over the course of the next half hour that Kodacrome’s new album The Banff Sessions will last, but as hypnotic as their droning is at the …

If you’re one of those who would like to celebrate Halloween more often, then Razor Candy has a surprise for you. Their debut self-titled EP will make you feel like your favorite holiday never ends. Paul Wiley (Marilyn Manson, Deveraux) and Chad Cherry (The Last Vegas, The Claws) worked together …

Rap metal band Body Count is back with the upcoming seventh album Carnivore. The band is known for combining heavy music with a straightforward lyricism, but this time they proved they can be even more hardcore with a lot of thrash metal influence in their sound. The first single “Carnivore” …

Joseph Pagano’s “Take Me” is a single with tons of moxie and pop attitude for an EDM track, but that is probably why it works so well. It doesn’t matter what age group you’re in, or whether or-not you even like EDM music. This is done with the utmost integrity …