Tag Archives: Album Review

Essa Rowena’s sophomore release Untelling is a seven-track collection following up her 2021 self-titled debut EP. The Melbourne, Australia native is an artistic veteran, however, and a former member of Melbourne shoegaze band Snowblind during the 1990s, a forerunner of the later band Motor Ace who scored an Australian number 1 album. …

Rap has come a long way since its late seventies birth on the street corners and in the community centres of the South Bronx. But one thing that unites music being made in that genre today with those early pioneers: is the music’s reliance on deft world play and innovative …

Breaking up is hard to do, according to Neil Sedaka. This is a song that Daphne Parker Powell probably felt all too deeply, as she composed her 6th studio offering; The Starter Wife (Pleasure Loves Company.) Having reached the finality of what she now sees as something of a doomed …

Music such as that made by Stuart Ross Carlson reminds us just how close the worlds of classical and contemporary music are. There have been iconic figures of the past, such as Bartok, Grieg, and especially Vaughn Williams, who have been keen collectors of the folk music of their respective …

While his sound and overall presentation may not fully indicate it, Clash Bowley is keeping the spirit of Punk Rock alive. With his irreverent and somewhat recalcitrant approach to the music business, Bowley make his music on his terms. He’s quite frankly unencumbered by the disingenuous posturing and endless campaigns …

As jaded as we are in the world right now, it’s easy to accuse a lot of music for not having a level of sincerity that some might dismiss as hokey, when in fact it’s a source of discomfort due to how real it feels. Those types of musicians who …

Lamb of God just finished up The Omens Tour which took them across North America and they brought a healthy dose of heavy metal bands with them. Killswitch Engage accompanied them throughout the entire trek and on this particular night Animals As Leaders and Fit For An Autopsy opened the …

The Bay Strikes Back Tour cruised through Ventura, CA at The Majestic Ventura Theater on October 12th and gave metal fans a healthy dose of Bay Area thrash metal for the entire night. Theses 3 bands on the bill are on top of the thrash metal world and each could have done their …

The King James Boys didn’t intend to ever be touring and making albums for the faithful or plain music fans. Their five-piece performances began as church-only affairs with zero intention of ever moving their talents beyond that sphere. The obvious chemistry they shared as musicians and fellow believers, however, led …

Diver Through’s third album release All Nighter is the next natural development in a musical story that songwriter/singer/guitarist Michael Baynes kicked off in 2013. The project has transformed some since those fledgling beginnings almost ten years ago and the latest offering boasts a three-member configuration serving up intelligent alternative rock. The power …

Thomas Charlie and Daniel Pedersen long ago set the bar high for their songwriting collaboration and their latest release under the Vinyl Floor moniker, Funhouse Mirror, raises the stakes without sending them creatively off-course. This fifth full-length studio collection finds the brothers looking back, a bit, to the songwriting direction defining …

Oklahoma has never been known for its heavy rock scene, but that might change if the likes of Sisteria have their way this fall, and it’s all because of their new album Dark Matter. Dark Matter is getting some seriously positive feedback from rock critics and serious fans the same, …