Album Reviews

This is specifically for all my party people right now, the opening DJ’s voice commands on the new track “Rude Boy Summer”. Out now from Miami’s multi-instrumentalist and multi-talented, Casely, the song features Braveboy on vocals, too. It’s easy to immerse yourself in the island-like beats and cool breeze bumps, …

Wilber Leon is a singer/songwriter and rapper based in Kent, Washington. Having marked the late 2010s with three full-length albums under the mononym Wilber, he aims to bring the city’s often overlooked modern hip hop scene to greater recognition. Wilber’s latest release is 4 Package, a four-track EP that continues …

Alternative hip-hop is breaking the mold in 2020, and if you want to understand precisely what I mean, you should take a peek at the new music video for Sanya N’Kanta’s new single “I.C.E. at the Door,” currently out and trending online. Comprised of provocative animations that allude to an …

Sleekly arranged but entirely more acrylic than anything I’ve heard in mainstream pop music lately, there’s no getting around the experimental edge that guides forth some of the smartest moments Blindboss’ new single “Fake Internet Points” has to share this September. Stylistically bringing to mind elements of a retro funk-rock …

Wingman is a Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter and producer making a name for himself blending a unique mix of rap and energetic electronic drops. He came out swinging, dropping a debut album as his very first release. Weird New Feelings, the eight-song debut, has already garnered a few million streams online since …

Psychopath Etiquette is literally a band of brothers. David Sprague and Paul Sprague are based out of Southern Maine, and the founding members have been playing music together for more than a decade. They formed the band in the summer of 2019 as a culmination of everything they had been …

In their debut single, a cover of the iconic “Aces High,” the newly-formed metal supergroup The Wheelblocks dispense a classic thrasher from Iron Maiden that is both heavier than what today’s mainstream standard calls for and stands alone in terms of its fluid stylization. Rather than trying to replicate Iron …

What questions do you ask of your loved ones, of your parents? Do you explore that relationship different then you did when you were younger? In the new song “Preguntame Algo” Arzalez treads vulnerable territory in his polished mix of Latin-influenced pop rock. Dabbling in reggaeton, but truly a multi-genre …

Part rock opera, a sliver of pop and a mild case of Electric Light Orchestra, the catchy “System Crash” from Les Fradkin is an unexpected sonic journey. Fradkin, a MIDI guitar pioneer, suspends the listener into his societal statement. Swirled into the hum-along melody is Fradkin’s quiet demeanor and assured …

Michael “The Metropolitan Cowboy” Coleman’s See Your Shadow Songwriting collective has returned to its roots. Having spent the better part of the past few years writing and recording primarily dance-focused tracks, the group has shifted their focus back to country. “My Worth” is a cascading instrumental track featuring smooth electric …

Grinding out a bassline as grungy as it is reminiscent of a noise-laden American punk underground still not properly recognized for its importance nearly thirty-five years after its advent, we find the opening bars of Nocturnal Animals’ “LHW” ready to smother just about anyone who comes in contact with them …

Ed Roman is cranking up the intensity with “Tomorrow is Today,” the latest single in what has been a busy summer for the Canadian singer-songwriter. Coming on the heels of “Stronger” a blue sky, summer anthem, “Tomorrow is Today” raises the volume and intensity as he stomps his way through …