Album Reviews

In Manuel Aspidi’s latest single, “Let out This Light,” the acclaimed Tuscan vocalist incorporates colorful influences into what is inarguably an already iconic sound. At the onset of the song, a gentle piano melody awakens the treasure chest of tones that will form a sonic backdrop for Aspidi’s magnetizing vocal, …

Pulsating grooves are woven into an elegant swing in “Hush Hush,” and though they render a hard rock rhythm into something far more balladic in nature than what we hear in “Only American in the Room,” the emotion in the former song is as obvious and transcendent as it is …

Randi Fay is a multigenre singer/songwriter based in Green Bay, Wisconson. Initially, Fay held an extensive career in veterinary medicine before a debilitating hand injury would force her out of it in 2001. A decade later, after regaining her momentum by way of non-profit work, music fast became one of …

The harmonies float as high as the heavens can take them in “Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait for Me,” and while Streaking in Tongues stir up a similarly transcendent vibe in the Harry Nilsson-reminiscent “Inside out and on My Ass,” they’re no less a captivating gem as they are in …

Released today is YUNGBLUD’s newest EP the underrated youth. The six song compilation has everything from headbangers to lullabies, and takes you on a short but steady journey through the mind of Dominic Harrison. The British songwriter is currently on his Twisted Tales Of The Ritalin Club Tour, promoting tracks off …

It’s only been a year since their last release, Vitriola. The writing and production of these two albums bumped together closely. Singer and guitarist Tim Kashner has even said “they may forever be considered companion pieces.” But don’t think for a minute that Get Fixed is just b-sides and leftovers. …

A melody that is as soft as silk yet stained with a melancholic angst that doesn’t seem to ever go away greets us as we sink into the first minute of the new pop opus from Zaritza, “Slot Machine,” and as the critically acclaimed singer claws her way into the …

Members of Pinback, Hella, Mock Orange and more, team up on Byre’s new Here In Dead Lights EP, due out on October 11th. With leader, Aaron Tanner (Off-Ox), and Zach Zint (Thunder Dreamer) also in the band, you don’t get this type of combo just anywhere. It doesn’t matter what …

A strutting groove meets a sizzling guitar melody in “Miles Upon Your Heart,” one of the eleven songs on Dave Vargo’s new record Spaces in Between, and although the harmony that Vargo conjures up in this track is among the sharper that he’s shared with us in his career, it’s joined …

I’ve been listening to Cassidy Waring’s new single “Nostalgia” non-stop since I received the link for review. It’s a deeply personal and touching track with a message that is universal to any listener. As it’s sung in the bridge: “Hard times, sweet to remember. Sweet times, hard to forget.” That …

A harmonica moans a grim melody at the start of Brother Spellbinder’s “Aching Eyes,” and in the shadow of its glare we discover a treasure chest of textured string play and siren-like singing just waiting to seduce us in this selection from the band’s new EP We Were Children Yesterday. Eclectic, …

Canadian natives Sights & Sounds are finally back with their second full length album, No Virtue. The band burst onto the scene almost ten years ago with their debut album Monolith, and apart from an EP in 2013, have been quiet ever since. With loads of experience touring around the …