Album Reviews

In the new single “Alone (With Me),” the artist known as Katmaz explores neo-psychedelic harmonies while sticking to what is essentially a conventional pop formula, yielding surprisingly smart results for a structurally experimental track. The music video for “Alone (With Me),” shot in high definition clarity, plays out much as …

Kansas City, MO-based heavyweights Orphans Of Doom will release their second album, aptly titled II, on February 28 via The Company. Orphans Of Doom are mostly influenced by prog, heavy metal, and sludge which is quite visible throughout the whole set of 8 tracks. The band went much havier this time …

On this Valentine’s Day, country singer and songwriter Ashley Puckett hopes you fall in love with her debut project. Never Say Never is the culmination of those early days spent in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, performing at local open-mic nights, to the countless time spent in the studio crafting timeless music …

Coming off fresh from his debut project Love, Lust, and Other Wreckage from 2019, John Vento has returned early in the new decade releasing an eleven track effort entitled Nied’s Hotel Band. The Pittsburgh native shows off his energetic side on a majority of the record while pairing that with …

Appropriately titled Panic Attack, the sophomore album from Dallas punk rockers Clifffs, the lucky 13 tracks on the album give modern music the swift kick in the ass it needs. It’s bruising guitars, punishing drums and rumbling bass lines are all right here and ready to rock for fans of …

Strange Days is a solo band project ran by Brody Mullikin, a twenty-one-year-old from Port Orange Florida. On February 1st Strange Days kicked it off with their debut album titled Summer Red. From an hour of 14 songs, Summer Red is a roller coaster of feelings from cheerful to gloomy, …

Hollywood Undead are back with the first half of their double record and sixth full length studio album, New Empire, Vol. 1.  First emerging onto the scene in 2008 with the release of their debut record ‘Swan Songs,’ Hollywood Undead has been labeled as a “rap rock” band. Over the years …

Against the backdrop of a spellbinding acoustic guitar’s gentle melody, Thomas Charlie Pedersen starts to sing in a vocal stained with bittersweet melancholia. The harmony he forms with the strings is painfully unsubtle; from the get-go in this song, titled “Faithful Mistress,” we’re unable to escape the wallop of emotionality …

Pennsylvanian rockers Another Day Dawns have just released their newest EP Stranger which features 5 tracks. With Dakota McGeehan‘s signature vocals, Nick McGeehan on drums and Tyler Ritter‘s guitar skills, the three-piece teamed up with a producer Joe Rickard for this release. The record starts heavy with “Beautiful Suicide” and …

Denver, Colorado R&B/neo-soul artist Anna Orsborn, who records and performs under the mononym Annabelle, is kicking off 2020 right. In the two weeks since her full-length album, XI:XI, was released, it has been continually well-received among various musical outlets and streaming sites. Prior to that, Annabelle achieved initial success with …

Forgotten Door traces their origins back to 1994 when Johndale Stanley and Lonnie Danley first began performing together as a duo. Their ambitions soon expanded and the evolution of the band into its current moniker and lineup is the result of the two-decade-long process with one of their end goals being able …

Lil Dream is an emerging Washington, D.C.-based rapper. Since debuting in 2016 with the single “RBB” (featuring acclaimed Maryland rapper Rezt), his skills have earned him exposure on both national and international levels. He stands out in having gained support from Grammy-nominated artist GoldLink, as well as a unique identity …