Tag Archives: Hope

Los Angeles-based Chuck Daggers continues to produce pertinent material amidst devastating social and political strife. While host DJ at the United Against Hate March in his hometown, the sight of protesters voicing a hard stance against Donald Trump’s inauguration proved influential to him. The resulting effort came in the form …

Following my review of The Inoculated Canaries’ latest EP, Trying Times, I felt it was necessary to gain further insight into how this band, and piece of music, came to be. The New York-based alternative rock outfit had gone through a slew of incarnations, all led by founder Mike Rubin. …

The Inoculated Canaries combine an extensively modern stylistic envelope around an old school foundation. Based out of New York City, this band is armed with a ‘rock first’ mentality that speaks for the genre’s surprising, albeit mostly marginalized presence in modern music. Kicking off the decade with the EP The …

Dan Kenneth draws equally from both R&B and gospel music. As such, the Wilmington, Delaware singer’s influences are rooted not only in his current base, but his close-knit, faith-driven family. Kenneth’s local stint as part of The Vision would further prove invaluable, by adding elements of jazz to the mix …

Zack Zalon is a multi-instrumentalist and tech visionary based in Los Angeles. While pushing innovative content and products as co-founding business developer for We See Dragons, Zalon’s tenacious passion for music worked collectively. In fact, one late work night was all it would take to lay the blueprints for his …

Cinematic performance artist Angel has begun the new year on a high note. Holding solid backgrounds in film directing and score composing, the emerging Scots-Irish Australian singer-songwriter is unveiling “Hero,” her newest culminative project. As Angel states in the video’s preface, the project is “dedicated in the memory of those …

Sporting classic girl-next-door charm and thoughtful lyrical wit, Maggie Schneider comes complementarily armed with suave pop guitar hooks and an earnest voice. The Atlanta, Georgia-based singer-songwriter is a writing major at Savannah College of Art & Design, having developed a solid foundation for her creative expression. Off her forthcoming Tinted …

After interviewing singer-songwriter/rapper Deuce, I decided to delve further into his follow-up solo album, Invincible. Three singles from the album, “Here I Come,” “Bitch This Is It,” and “World On Fire,” each exhibit a distinctive hybrid of hip-hop and rock. Alone, they continue the growth from Deuce’s previous efforts with …

The Persian Leaps encompass a journey of patience and humility, but among any contending descriptor, persistence. Their mastermind, singer-guitarist Drew Forsberg, scribbled the phrase down in his Greek Archaeology notebook, simply hoping to one day write music under that name. Some 20 years later, Forsberg finally realized a band permutation …

This past Saturday, Charles Bradley, often dubbed the Screaming Eagle of Soul, had lost an otherwise optimistic, year-long battle against stomach cancer. The Gainesville-bred, Brooklyn-based singer was 68 years old, having achieved a belated, yet well-deserved ride of success since his 2010 career acclaim. Back in May, a revitalized Bradley …

Continuing their newfound journey as Hostile Array, the Maryland metal quintet followed up with “Herd Instinct,” the sophomore single to lead their second permutation’s upcoming debut album. It is chock full of dark, pounding metal riffs, while conveying a theme of faith among the ignorance of a collective society. Yesterday, …

Castle Black’s dense riff sequences and contrasting harmonic structures prove a competent force to take in. Based out of Brooklyn, New York, the alt rock trio comprises vocalist/guitarist Leigh Celent, bassist Lisa Low and drummer Matthew Bronner. In a relatively short span, they have already received critical acclaim from such …