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In a passionate lead vocal that has become her calling card, Mia Suzanne Walker, driving force behind Suzanne’s Band, lays into the chorus of “Look Up” with as much strength as she can muster from behind the microphone, but as anyone who explores her new album Back to You will discover, she …

“And when the night is over / And daytime reveals your new lover / One more cigarette / One more coffee / Will help replace your torn cover” sings an aching Andy Michaels, his words reflecting the heaviness of the string harmony he’s detaching from the back of the master …

The trio of brothers known to the world at Flat River Band has quickly returned from their Christmas Time album to deliver their latest body of work. The latest album, Every Dog Has Its Day, is their most cohesive project to date showcasing their growth together as musicians while creating …

2019 has been a spotty year for the American and Canadian undergrounds at best, but the northern-dwelling This Time emerge with a real treasure in their latest release, the ten-track LP Two. Aesthetically rooted in a classic alternative rock sound, Two is a reliable and consistent pop album that plays by the rules …

The underlying groove in the title track of Benny’s TV Repair, the latest album from Irene Kelley, comes out of the darkness swinging like pendulum, but it isn’t until Kelley’s voice enters the picture that it starts to feel as intoxicating as a summer glass of whiskey. Even amidst as subtle …

Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene lead off their third release City of Love with the album’s title track as the first single. This, in and of itself, is a rather assertive statement. Listeners traditionally consider title songs centerpiece numbers on a release, definitive tracks of a sort, and leading the way …

The power trio concept has been coming back in a really big way this year, and in The Turnback’s new single “You Kill Me,” we essentially learn why – efficiency. By keeping things limited to the guitar-bass-drums formula in “You Kill Me,” a band like The Turnback are able to …

Portland doom-metal duo Fox Medicine craft a very unique and eclectic sound. Combining the harsh, distorted riffs of sludge metal with the bubblegum-sweet vocals that BABYMETAL have made famous creates combination. Their newest album, Procédures Mystiques creates the strange and terrific soundtrack to a pastel apocalypse. The album opens with …

Like a long-legged spider slowly creeping out of the shadows, the strings that greet us at the start of “Luv U Girl,” the first single from Jon Patrick Walker’s new record Welcome to the Edge Times, are hypnotizing and yet subtly threatening. Over the next ninety seconds of play, we’ll become …

The last time Iggy Pop released an album (2016’s Post Pop Depression), it was promoted as the punk rock godfather’s last studio album. After nearly fifty years of recording, performing, and touring, Iggy was throwing in the towel and calling it a career. So the context of the previous album …

The Goo Goo Dolls have been a consistent player in the pop rock game since their formation in 1986. Their 1998 single “Iris” catapulted the band into the mainstream, and alternative rock radio will play that song till the end of time. Unfortunately, twelve albums into their career, Johnny Rzeznik …

Sweet and sour; the balance of these two conflicting flavors are what Boston alternative rock legends Pixies have been perfecting since frontman Black Francis and guitarist Joey Santiago formed the band back in 1986. The band’s blend of metal, punk, and pop resulted in the band becoming one of the …