Album Reviews

The Vics I have to say this upfront: not many bands know how to play the blues these days. We could blame this to modern music or the fact that there are a lot of musicians that do not value skills in the same way, but I think it’s a …

The intense interplay between expressions of longing grief and shining optimism lays the groundwork for Tedeschi Trucks Band’s fourth studio album Signs. The masterful musical soundscape could be painted only by collected talents of their twelve-piece ensemble, drawing inspiration from each member’s experiences and emotions to combine and conceptualize one cohesive …

A review on Helix, the fifth full album from Japan’s Crystal Lake.  Crystal Lake is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo, formed in 2002. The band currently consists of Ryo Kinoshita (vocals), Yudai Miyamoto (lead guitar), Shinya Hori (rhythm guitar), and Gaku Taura (drums). #CrystalLake #Helix #Metalcore 

After 5 years since her last album release and fight with Lyme Disease, former pop punk princess Avril Lavigne is back with her sixth album Head Above Water. As someone who’s been completely obsessed with Avril since my childhood, I obviously got too excited for this record from the moment …

In Kamryn Marie’s new single “Baby Girl,” the burgeoning pop songstress breaks away from her peers stylistically and forges a bold identity that is all her own, utilizing a smart blend of prose, emotion and utterly addictive melodies to win over even the harshest of critics. Marie’s no stranger to …

It’s been said time and time again that pain yields the most powerful art known to mankind, and that statement is proven true in the works of Tommy Botz without debate. Botz spent a good chunk of his life battling a terrible addiction to alcohol that took him to the …

Not even two months into the new year and 2019 is starting off with a blast. On February 22nd New Jersey’s very own Thrash Metal veterans Over Kill will release their nineteenth studio album “The Wings Of War” on Nuclear Blast Records. For almost forty years the band has been …

While his lifestyle as a successful actor and burgeoning solo musician is far from relatable to most of us, Tom Proctor’s songcraft makes for a surprisingly accessible affair in his all-new single “In Hollywood,” out now wherever independent country music is sold. Humble in narrative and construction, “In Hollywood” shows …

John Vento is the living definition of “been there, done that” in the best possible manner: he’s a musician with a lot of experience in the field and at this point in his career he knows very well what he can offer and what he can’t. This is something that …

Resin – by Pezzettino (aka Margret Stutt), was recorded at Tiny Telephone Oakland, with engineering and mixing by Jacob Winik and mastering by Justin Perkins. Stutt wrote and performed all the songs on piano, accordion and vocals with Carly Bond on guitars, b/g vocals, clarinet and synth, along with Andrew …

Horns covered in a grimy bass dirge slither their way to the forefront of a blistering mix riddled with abrasive volume in “All Stems (Ready to Fast-Forward Now),” one of nine stylish tracks that make up The Mere, the previously unfinished final album by The Empty Mirror that is out now …

Like a distant radio transmission, “Porch,” the new single from MoeDell, comes rambling out of the darkness on the strength of the singer’s signature vocal, which carefully emits lyrics against a grainy atmosphere of acoustic guitar strumming. Slowly the volume begins to swell, and both the instrumentation and the vocal …