Album Reviews

Crimson Chrysalis – Enraptured URL: http://crimsonchrysalis.com/ There is no doubting the bewildering, dazzling quality of Crimson Chrysalis. They are a kindred spirit to Nightwish and several other bands that merge graceful atmospheric ambience into bludgeoning, theatrical metal abandon that satiates a very diverse listening palette. Quite simply, this group doesn’t …

Shauna Burns -“Hazel” Primary URL: http://shaunaburns.com/music/ Singer/songwriter Shauna Burns has a decade long career working in the same vein of performers like Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. Her 2005 debut, Every Thought, introduced her personal brand of piano theatrics tinged with a light Celtic flavor. She has shown a willingness …

The Left Ready – Ghost (EP) URL: http://theleftready.com/ Montana rock revivalists The Left Ready are both doggedly retro and 90s bombastic in the way they drop a riff. The Ghost EP is stuffed to busting with zesty blues appeal, hard-hitting rock choruses and a songwriting ethic that sticks to the …

Frank Turner returns with a motivating sound in his sixth studio album Positive Songs For Negative People.

What happens when a classical cellist has the urge to rock? We get to experience the feeling of that unusual combination with Noah Hoffeld, a renowned classical artist and Julliard graduate who has turned to cello-rock for his newest album, Play Human. Hoffeld’s training began in the classical realm on …

URL: http://www.dividesmusic.com/ Score: 10/10 Fans of PVRIS and Tonight Alive are going to want to get their hands on the debut album from DIVIDES. Brokentooth is set to release on August 11th, and DIVIDES has already secured a new fan in me. DIVIDES is a passionate and dedicated group of …

St. Louis, MO’s Black Fast come forth to prove that great metal can come from the most unlikely of placed with Terms of Surrender.

My Cardboard Spaceship Adventure also known as MCSA, have released their debut full length album titled Seeker. MCSA is a quintet American pop punk band hailing from Pennsylvania. The new album is composed of ten tracks that take the listener on a roller coaster ride of nostalgia. With its crisp …

The plethoric spectacle of booming bass, dry 808 snare rolls and skewed vocal-laden hooks continues to plague EDM’s musical sincerity. Time after time, the average listener merely gravitates toward what is instantly danceable, and doesn’t feel compelled to seek the unknown. Luckily, an alternative does exist. And no, this is …

A.B. Clyde and the Kitty Litters – Muscle Beach URL: http://www.abclyde.com/press/ If A.B. Clyde ever decides to quit the music business, poker playing might be a good alternate career. There’s enough sleight of hand and trickery on his second album, Muscle Beach, to suggest there’s money in it for him. …

Former members of Three Days Grace, Staind, Finger Eleven and more join together to form the new super group Saint Asonia.

As the 90s began to wane, a late 20-something singer-guitarist Dick Prall gained fair notoriety on the Chicago indie circuit. Some 25 minutes west of his location, a much younger Kristina Priceman was well into her violin studies at the Northwestern String Academy. Whether by fate or sheer coincidence, the …