Album Reviews

The Metamorfosi – Chrysalis URL: http://metamorfosiband.com/chrysalis-the-new-album-by-the-metamorfosi/ Chrysalis, the follow up to The Metamorfosi’s debut album Chimica Ormonale, is their first English language effort and sets the bar high for any future releases. The Metamorfosi are quite unique in their seemingly effortless ability for blending a variety of sonic elements into …

Estonian synth-pop outfit Tehnoloogiline Päike have released Technological Sun, their third full length LP. It’s a dreamy, stumbling, seven track journey through the mind of Tehnoloogiline Päike frontman Evar Anvelt, complete with tinny synth hooks and expansive, all-encompassing reverb. The origins of Technological Sun are fairly literal and to-the-point: Technological …

  My Wild West is Lissie’s third full length studio album, a highly personal account of the decision she made to leave California and return to the Midwest, tired of the Hollywood scene. It’s her most vulnerable album yet and excellently weaves in both up tempo songs and ballads to …

Message to the Masses have spent no time dwindling in an “awkward” stage of their music. For having started in September 2011, the four man group has already impressively gained over 6,000 likes on social media accounts, released professional music videos, and have performed with well-known bands, such as Crown …

Nathan Mathes – Anajune Rival URL: http://nathanmathes.com/albums.html Sometimes album titles come from the oddest places as we tend to connect in our head space more than one influence into our creative genius. Exactly the combo needed evidently for Nathan Mathes latest folk-indie-alt-rock album, Anajune Rival. A blend of things that …

Wicked Maraya might have been one of the few bands to leave real impact on metal during grunge’s uprising. Originally based in New York, the quartet brewed a small but tenacious flame of merit into Los Angeles’s Sunset Strip. They often presented themselves with a darker, more progressive sound—a contrast …

Sweden’s Amon Amarth bring a tale of love and vengeance in Jomsviking.

Alternative rockers, The Aesthetic, have truly hit the nail on the head with their debut EP Abandoned Homes, released on March 4. The EP features the band’s first single, “Come Home To Me,” serving as the finale. The album although consisting of five tracks, brings to life the narrative of …

“Heart & Soul” by The Rideouts URL: http://www.therideouts.com/ “Heart & Soul” is the newest album by the Italian pop-rock band The Rideouts. Founded in 2003 by guitarist and vocalist Max Scherbi, the current lineup is rounded out with Andrea Radini on guitars, vocalist Michela Grilli, drummer Federico Gullo, and bassist …

Boskovic – A Temporary Lapse of Heaven URL: http://www.boskovic-music.com/home1 Luca Boskovic Bonini, artistically known simply as Boskovic, was born in Vicenza on a cold December day in 1970. He inherited his passion for music from his father, who daily listened to classical music and was mostly attracted to Beethoven, Bach …

  The People the Poet are about to release their new EP Paradise Closed, and if you like alternative/rock that spans the decades, then this album is one for you. It starts off with the energetic “Happy Being Miserable” in which lead singer Leon Stanford repeats over and over again …

Spacebear – Straight for the Sun Related URL: http://spacebearband.bombplates.com/ Rock power trios are often visceral, high-energy outfits and Texas’ Spacebear is no exception. Their debut EP Straight for the Sun immediately grabs listeners and holds their attention close for seven songs. Though Spacebear crows a little about their light spacey …