“Sorry seems to be the hardest word and it seems / It’s something you’re not very good at / You’ve got to vent it out – nothing just goes away” whispers a melodic voice on the other side of Ready, Steady, Die!’s new single and music video “Vent,” these lyrics …
Read More »Single Review: Chad Rico “New Level”
In his latest single and music video to see widespread release around the globe, Chad Rico is all about highlighting the self-control he’s cultivated inside of the studio, and it’s my opinion that a song like “New Level” is probably the best vehicle to show us how disciplined he’s truly …
Read More »Single Review: Elsewhere “The Pledge”
The three piece Elsewhere defies easy labels. You can’t peg them as any one thing. There are pop textures, heavy rock guitar, singer/songwriter sensibilities, and progressive flavor present in the latest single “The Pledge”. The band, led by singer/guitarist Michael Aroian, is a fixture in the Boston area and surrounding …
Read More »EP Review: Trey Warner – Meant for You
Trey Warner is a Utah-based musician and actor. Warner first gained local ground as frontman and lead guitarist of pop punk band Rated Hero, playing shows with bands like Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, and Incubus. However, after some time, Warner departed from the band, choosing instead to pursue a …
Read More »Album Review: Spiral Vortex “Prisma”
Spiral Vortex comes from a school of musical thinking that is all about two major concepts: subverting expectation and always maintaining an element of surprise. If the cover art of the group’s new album Prisma stands as any indication, the group is about ushering a post-modern version of classic, Hispanic-tinged …
Read More »Single Review: Milquetoast & Co. “Hummingbirds”
While animated and presented in sepia as if to suggest an ancient quality not made clear to us in the song itself, the video for Milquetoast & Co.’s new single “Hummingbirds” is an imagistic treat that doesn’t deliver its eccentricities to us in limited doses. We’re brought into what feels …
Read More »Single Review: Lucky Harmon “Party Life”
Lucky Harmon’s intent on cutting loose and having a little fun in his new music video with Bboy Fidget, “Party Life,” and whether you’re able to get on their level of late night exceptionalism or not, the fun is more than provocative to put it quite mildly. Lucky Harmony delivers …
Read More »Single Review: Makes My Blood Dance “Communion”
The thrust of “Beaming Right Up” is indeed alive and well in the groove that sits beneath the distorted melodic volley driving home “Communion” this December, but if you think Makes My Blood Dance simply repurposed the setup for their debut in this fourth official single, you’d better think again. …
Read More »Single Review: Tsunami Of Sound “Motor Oil”
Guitar. Bass. Drums. What more do you need in true rock n’ roll? According to Tsunami of Sound, nothing else, and they demonstrate just how much truth there is to this notion in the new single “Motor Oil” and its accompanying music video, both of which were recently released independently …
Read More »Single Review: Moonray “When You’re Around”
The video for Moonray’s “When You’re Around” starts off like a true motion picture complete with more props and character depth than most indie acts can assemble inside of a six minute document, but don’t be fooled by the larger than life cinematic elements; this is indeed a vehicle meant …
Read More »Single Review: David King Jones “The Covid 19 Christmas Song”
A thousand new rules and a constant feeling that we’re living in uncertain times have become quite common in the last ten months or so, and in the music video for “The Covid 19 Christmas Song” by David King Jones, this emerging shift in culture is translated into imagery and …
Read More »Single Review: Greg Hoy “Can You Take It?”
Throttling us with a physicality that is earned rather than implied, Greg Hoy’s “Can You Take It?” doesn’t sit back in the shadows waiting for us to discover the charisma of its rock n’ roll groove. This is a track and music video that get in our face with their …
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