Album Reviews

Vocalist Kelly Keeling describes a dismal landscape in the first few lines of Carmine Appice’s new single “Nobody Knew,” a cut off of the freshly-reissued album Guitar Zeus, and every word he sings is made stinging by the backdrop of lush strings being plucked and strummed by the one and only Brian …

Driven by a mixture of Hüsker Dü-esque vocal harmonies and a rollicking groove steeped in alternative rock fuzz, “Sweet Nothings,” one of the cornerstone tracks in The Persian Leaps’ new album Electric Living, sweeps through the speakers and commands the attention of anyone within earshot of its aggressive thrust. Much like …

If you’ve ever pondered what mixing suffocating riffs, chugging harmonies, self-aware poetry and punishingly strong amounts of noise would sound like in a ten-track LP, Parker Longbough has an answer that you’d be wise to take note of in his latest album, the uncompromisingly heavy Green and Gold/Drink the Hemlock. Green and …

Peter Ulrich has a small but secure place in musical history. Ulrich played as drummer for Dead Can Dance during the band’s halcyon 1980’s period and, as such, helped contribute to their sound. He has since written, recorded, and released a number of solo efforts before founding The Peter Ulrich …

Jupiter in Velvet has long since carved out his own unique niche in the modern music world as a purveyor of guitar fueled rock borrowing much from psychedelic predecessors like Hendrix, The Beatles, and more modern performers like Prince. Despite the obvious influences in his songwriting and visual presentation, Velvet …

Creeping through the shadows like a thief in the night, we find an evocative melody suffocated by middle and bass at the onset of B Fhukken Have’s “XIXXCI” that will grow in size and strength in the next few minutes of play, though not without the leading vocal of B …

You don’t have to be the biggest bluegrass fan in the world to know that when Donna Ulisse enters the studio to make music, she means big business for the genre, but serious bluegrass aficionados are already aware of what her new album Time for Love means. Once again, Ulisse returns to …

Piers Faccini is a relentlessly busy man.  If he’s not releasing music of his own (his back catalogue of albums and EPs is a treasure trove waiting to be uncovered), you’ll find him releasing music for other artists on his eclectic Beating Drum label.  His new ‘Hear My Voice’ EP, …

Jeff Coffey’s album Origins: Singers and Songs that Made Me feature fifteen songs covering everyone from Rod Stewart to Queen, among others. The onetime tenor vocalist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Chicago has the necessary pipes to cover a wide musical gamut in convincing fashion and his love for the …

St. Geo is an up-and-coming American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Having initially appeared back in March with the single “Electric Revival” under the name K.E. Saint-Geo, he has since expanded his musical scope – a combination of old school beats and current lyrical insight. His latest release is a mini-album …

Amidst a backdrop of rollicking strings and a poignant piano’s purring melody, Matt Zaddy weaves together one stunning verse after another in his soft-spoken drawl in “A Dear Friend,” but what we hear in this track is only one-seventh of the charming content that anyone who picks up Zaddy’s new …

Beautifully fragile and yet entirely menacing in every way a melody can be, The Unbroken waste no time in painting us a melancholic portrait in heavy metal hues in the title cut from their debut EP, Human Crown. There isn’t any gloss in this song – only a stone cold harmony …