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The sticks slam into the drums and a lightning bolt of a guitar lick comes slinking out from behind the clatter as King Falcon’s “Shake! Shake! Shake!” gets started up, and though the first few moments in this song are quite ear-catching, they’re not even half as enamoring as what’s …

There’s no room for debate – hip-hop is now the biggest genre in the world, overtaking a spot previously dominated by rock n’ roll for the better part of the last century. As rap has ascended to the top of the heap, so have its many underground markets, including Rich …

Part Laurel Canyon rock sound and part jam band, with Jack Kerouac-level road stories, the unwearied and ever positive Free Yourself casts a spellbinding aura in the wonderful “Take Your Breath Away”. From the debut album Free Music coming soon, this honey-dew dipped track is the perfect backdrop to ease …

Lurching forward from the darkness like a wild animal that’s ready to come out of the shadows and take hold of its prey, Psycho Village’s “Unstoppable” is a creeping metallic wonder right from the start. It doesn’t make a difference where you leave the volume knob on this track, or, …

Tumbling from the speakers like tiny raindrops on a lazy afternoon, we find the opening notes of Ethan Gold’s “Our Love is Beautiful” waiting to kiss us hello with their elegant melodicism. Theirs shall be the foundational harmony for this song, and though they’re not quite as magical an element …

Set to a jittery but consistently engaging tempo, Pennan Brae’s “Pay Dirt” is definitely an edgy alternative rock jam. Its opening bars set the tone while its lead vocal cuts into the harmony created by the guitar parts like a hot knife through butter – all while being nothing more …

Coming into focus with a sly drumbeat as its opening salutations, we begin with Nuke the Soup’s “Oceans and Mountains” with a confident instrumental strut that only gets more swaggering as we press on in the track. Whether we’re watching the sunshine-clad music video for “Oceans and Mountains” or just …

Trav Torch has a lot on his mind in the new music video for his single “Give It to Me Baby,” and social distancing isn’t going to get in his way. He’s looking to get close to a vixen on the other end of the phone, but more importantly, he’s …

Lumbering guitars, punishing percussive beat-downs and anthemic vocals are common ingredients in the classic rock formula, but in 2020, they’re not as easy to find in some of the contemporary rock n’ roll endorsed by the corporate mainstream – nonetheless, Makes My Blood Dance are a band on a mission …

Out of the morning mist that you often find on the Midwestern open road in the autumn, there’s a gentle pulsation that guides us into the first few bars in Tris McCall’s new single and lyric video “The Unmapped Man,” and as it grows in the background, so does the …

The feeling and passion of country music looks like the soul of Ohio Singer/Songwriter Richard Lynch. The artist has a fruitful professional career in the entertainment industry, especially in the active world of country music. Lynch’s devotion to composition is one aspect that he seems to be increasingly promoting. This …

Although obviously composed as a tight piano ballad on paper, there’s nothing black and white – nor particularly conventional – about the melodies that are unleashed when Arina Mai starts to play “Get Closer,” her new single currently out everywhere quality independent pop music is sold and streamed this summer. …