Album Reviews

Once upon a time, the notion that human beings inhabited a flat earth was accepted as fact. Today, devotees of the Flat Earth Society maintain this belief and have formed a quasi-religion. Against this landscape, Ottawa based artist Darren Michael Boyd has crafted an instrumental, prog-rock / metal piece that …

An ongoing musical project spearheaded by American artist Atlas Cage, Strings of Atlas takes listeners back to the halcyon days of fuzz saturated 90s grunge. On the band’s latest offering, ‘How Far We’ve Come’, Cage’s weighty vocals sit atop the bare-bones arrangement with distinction and clarity. This emphasises the importance …

Softer than silk but strong enough to hold all of the delicate sonic facets behind it together, the vocal harmony in Heartracer’s new music video for the single “Darling” is undisputedly the backbone of the song, but despite its spellbinding nature, it isn’t the only element that will have you …

Relying much more on the beat and the invasive rhythms, “Someday (Future Bass Remix)” is a pleasure groove. This new electro pop dance track from London’s Ilja Alexander is a euphoric sonic sensation. Alexander collaborated with German electronic DJ/producer Marvin Dörsam. “Someday” is a universally-themed track centered on love and …

GVNG GREEN is a California-based rap project. The Los Angeles duo, who goes by the pseudonyms Goddi and StaJe, was originally introduced to one another in 2018 by manager and business partner Andrew Jin. They released material separately – Goddi with his debut mixtape, Luke 11:23, and StaJe with five …

GMB GunnaMan is an up-and-coming hip hop artist from Cleveland, Ohio. In his formative period, he attended Shaker Heights High School, the same school as future stars Machine Gun Kelly and Kid Cudi. In fact, it was Cudi who had influenced him the most – everything from his ad-libs to …

Drawing us into their web of melodicism like a sorcerer conjuring up some sort of ghostly pinwheel, the guitars in Frogbelly and Symphony’s new single (and its music video) “Benjamin Went Fishing” are arguably the most glowing quality that the song has to offer, but make no mistake about it …

A charismatic swinging beat breaks up the silence at the onset of LVVRS’ new single “Iconic” in a violent tear, but as this latest release from the lauded Louisiana pop/rock group begins to take shape before us, their seductive rhythm and catchy rhymes wind up accounting for only half of …

In Ricky Comeaux’s new album If I Ruled the World, an LP that is essentially a collection of covers stylized around a one of a kind vocal master, we aren’t introduced to anything we didn’t already know about its numerous and nostalgic songs, but nevertheless, to say that every one of …

Arranged on a glistening bed of acoustic pop guitars and a steady rhythm section, ‘We Are Us’ by country influenced artist Savannah Nider is engaging from the get-go. Packed into a radio friendly, neatly produced single, the song is full of life and positivity. Savannah’s voice carries the meaningful lyrics …

Alongside her brother, the incomparable MkX, in the power duo Michael & Marisa, singer/songwriter Dynamyte proved that she can handle the bright lights that come along with opening for artists like Christina Perri or Ariana Grande. At Brown University, she demonstrated the educational strength that it takes to graduate from …

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 …