At first, the visual setup for Wave 21’s video for the single “Why Does It Happen” feels like a throwback to the off-surrealism of ‘90s alternative rock, but as we look on, it quickly becomes clear that the Canadian outfit wasn’t necessarily going for a straight retro theme here. Much like all …
Read More »Album Review: Dan Ashley “Out There”
Dan Ashley’s new album Out There is an exciting and bold exploration of life in America. Mixed in with romantic and bright songs, Ashley explores topical issues throughout the album. This deep dive into the realities of our daily life is subtle and well thought out. Out There never feels like its preaching at …
Read More »DAWN OF ASHES: Embrace their Identity
People who are familiar with the very prolific Los Angeles-based band DAWN OF ASHES know they have struggled with their identity a bit over the years. When they debuted in the early 2000s, they were more electro-industrial. Then, in 2008, the band went a melodic black metal direction. When the …
Read More »Album Review: Carrie Biell – We Get Along
The latest release from Seattle’s Carrie Biell is a ten song album entitled We Get Along and it rates as arguably her finest moment yet. Her songwriting powers, especially, are reaching a point of refinement that sets her on a higher level than others working today. She falls into the Americana field, …
Read More »Album Review: Little Muddy “Chain Link”
If you were to sit someone down and have them list their top ten instrumental artists, barring mention of any classical or film composers, you’d either have a confused friend struggling to remember that “one lo-fi beats guy” they used to put on and study to in college, or you’d …
Read More »Album Review: Go to Space Die “Red Air Don’t Care”
Progressive music doesn’t always have to contain a lot of campiness and indulgence that only serves to please those who love the genre the most; in fact, sometimes it can center on a concept of efficiency, expressiveness, and the absence of linguistics altogether. The latter is true of the debut …
Read More »EMO-Hip Hop Artist, Cornelius Wright Releases New Music Album “Songs About Life”
Los Angeles based indie Emo-Hiphop artist, Cornelius Wright returns to release his first full length music album, Songs About Life. Recorded at Arch Audio Records in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the project comes as a follow up from his album project, Bandit (released 2021). The eleven track music composition, Songs About Life, …
Read More »Album Review: Suzanne’s Band “Ice & Fire”
There’s irrefutable artistry on display from the moment Suzanne’s Band’s latest release, the nine-track LP Ice & Fire, begins. Utilizing a stripped-down, classic blues riff fueled by nothing but acoustic guitar and vocals in the opening seconds of album opener “Back To Brown,” there’s clear and concise attention to detail …
Read More »Album Review: Elizabeth Sombart “Singing The Nocturnes”
Elizabeth Sombart has dedicated much of her life to music since age seven and it shows. Because of this she has manages to transcend Space and Time via her latest 21 piece masterpiece. The pianist’s latest collection Singing the Nocturnes revisits the compositions of Polish born master Frederic Chopin. She achieves the …
Read More »Album Review: Eric Colville “Philadelphia”
There’s a heck of a big difference between the post-hipster acoustic content coming out of the underground and the bohemian throwbacks a lot of singer/songwriters have been playing the past few years, but the new album Philadelphia from Eric Colville is quite honestly neither. Rather than aligning himself with one of two …
Read More »Album Review: God Of Love “Do Your Worst”
Post-punk’s footprint can be heard in almost every corner of the contemporary pop lexicon, and if we’re looking specifically at the indie rock coming out of the American underground in the past couple of years, this footprint is all the harder to ignore. Although they aren’t pillaging from the greats, …
Read More »Album Review: Whoop – (self-titled)
Although there’s something to be said about the lyrical lashing that Whoop dishes out in their new album, titled simply Whoop, songs like the bashful “Demons” don’t need a heavy linguistic presence to feel expressive to the audience. From the sizzling strings of “Jaded” to the inelegant swing of “Feel Good,” …
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