Album Reviews

Water and Man – Phantasie YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jF3WBD4VmQ Fusing shoegaze inspired distortion with dream pop melodies and a jarring knack for rhythm akin to the electric R&B of the 21st century, Water and Man have been cratering the 2018 music scene and establishing themselves as the most important band of their generation …

aVIEonearth is a project that, like its founder Avie, encompasses a world-reaching musical approach. The project would be gradually shaped by the artist’s parents; his father is a nomadic project engineer who’d move the family on a quinquennial basis, and his mother, a classically-trained Indian musician. Avie proceeded to then …

A review on Rainier Fog, the sixth full studio album Alice In Chains. Alice in Chains is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993. William DuVall joined the band in 2006 as co-lead vocalist and rhythm …

A review on Misery, the sixth full album from Australia’s The Amity Affliction. The Amity Affliction is an Australian metalcore band from Gympie, Queensland, formed in 2003. The band’s current line-up consists of Ahren Stringer (clean vocals, keyboards, bass), Joel Birch (unclean vocals), and Dan Brown (guitar). The Amity Affliction has released five studio albums …

NIK:11 releases 4Play (single) URL: https://www.nik11.com/ Human beings are a pretty diverse group. We all have different tastes in art, music, food and other humans, and no two of us are quite the same when it comes to how we see and translate the world around us. There are a …

Claudia Alende URL: www.theclaudiaalende.com Some people say hip-hop is dead. It’s a populist’s opinion as of late, but that doesn’t make it any more accurate than it really is. The fact is that if you think that hip-hop and its creative reach across all of pop culture as we know …

URL: http://the-eyebrows.com/ Volume, by Charlotte NC’s The Eyebrows, is an album full of a variety of pop and rock songs to sooth the souls of the masses. Although they’re self-releasing in August 2018, at the helm of the project is none other than REM producer Mitch Easter, recorded at his …

Since their debut in 1997, Florida hard rockers, Nonpoint, have been making waves in the music community for over 20 years, with 9 studio albums under their belts, and constantly evolving their sound through the 2 decades they’ve been together. And in their 10th album, fittingly titled X, they progress …

Randy Forte – “Chas Randall” SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/randyforte/sets/chas-randall Randy Forte has a number of releases under his belt positioning him as one of the most talented singer/songwriters working in popular music today, but his latest Chas Randall may be the fullest realization yet of his skill. The eleven song collection is guided by …

Corinne Cook – Yes I Can URL: https://www.corinnecook.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/corinnecookmusic/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/corinne_cook Corinne Cook’s music crosses a lot of borders and has broad based appeal. This is by design, naturally, but don’t think the California born singer’s choice in material doesn’t reflect her inner life as closely as possible and …

Daisy Hicks URL: https://www.daisyhicks.com/ With her most recent output being hyped as possibly the breakthrough material of the decade, Daisy Hicks doesn’t exactly have a lot to complain about right now. Her last two singles “I Choose You,” and “Upside” were released to universal applause from North American, European, Asian …

Little Rock, Arkansas based, Couch Jackets new release – Go To Bed, is an all-out eclectic delivery of delicate Progressive Rock music with an amalgam of different song ideas that makes it exciting, fresh and remarkably compelling. The most interesting part of that is their music is experimental and wildly …