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Playful, slightly restless, and instantly infectious in every way that a thoughtful extended play of any genre should be, The Real J Israel’s latest dispatch – Glass Half Full – doesn’t waste a second getting our attention with an especially bold melodicism as it’s presented in “A Better Me” and “I Am …

You cannot claim that Gary Sohmers is aiming low. The collaborative work on the new concept album Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera is a bit of delightful madness for the 2022 music world, a release flying in the face of fashion and following its own path. Sohmers recruited an eclectic cast …

Greg Loftus started playing music and writing songs at the tender age of 12 years old. The southeastern Massachusetts native weaned on punk rock before moving in the direction of alt-country acts such as Drive-By Truckers and their ilk. The two-song teaser EP Western Medicine for Loftus’ album release illustrates the wisdom …

R&B/Soul artist Moody Bank$ has released the EP “Feeling Colors.” This EP would suit anyone who enjoys listening to R&B and soul music and who likes love songs. Finally, anyone who is a fan of 90s vibe should also listen to this EP. “Feeling Colors” contains nine tracks: “Note To …

In rock, and really any pop genre, most of the concept pieces that I review as a critic tend to begin with a drive rather than a specific theme, and in this regard I would say that the new EP On the Day That You Come To by Del Vertigo fits the …

There’s a lot of tension behind the swinging opening steps of Mary Broadcast’s title track in the new record Panic, and it’s not going to waste. With seemingly every move the percussion makes, Broadcast’s words grow a little larger in the mix, giving into a chorus just past the :45 mark …

New Jersey born Rory D’Lasnow embarked on his musical journey early, as most great talents do, and his first memories involving the guitar are his father playing for him before bedtime as a child. D’Lasnow played the guitar upside down, not because he’s left handed, but equally fundamental but less …

Creating a balance between the light and the darkness is essential to making any record work no matter the genre, but in the case of the new extended play Equinox from Aquarius, I think it’s all the more critical to producing as enjoyable a final product as possible. Although there’s an argument …

Stefan Kristinkov’s Clarinet Vibe is a glittering example of instrumental excellence. This excellent musician and composer surrounds himself with comparable talents on this five track EP and serves listeners thoroughly accessible fare despite his considerable skills. He’s well versed in classical, post-modernism, Eastern European minimalism, and jazz so there’s little he …

With a gently rollicking beat and guitars that flank the lead vocal leaving only the most melodic points of interest in the song at the forefront of the master mix, it would be accurate to say that the new single and music video “Still” by Burn the Ballroom has pop appeal. There’s …

Electronic music without vocals has become the classical music of our time. Musicians are favoring keyboards and drum machines over violins and cellos, but the end result is the same. They are able to invoke emotion and create a moment without language. Bloomfield Machine’s new 4-track EP, “Units of Uncertainty,” …

New rock acts of every ilk, at one point, primarily emerged from three different areas of the United States. They came out of New York City and its surrounding environs, Southern California, or an assortment of points throughout the Midwest. There are exceptions, of course, and some era specific – …