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Driven by a mixture of Hüsker Dü-esque vocal harmonies and a rollicking groove steeped in alternative rock fuzz, “Sweet Nothings,” one of the cornerstone tracks in The Persian Leaps’ new album Electric Living, sweeps through the speakers and commands the attention of anyone within earshot of its aggressive thrust. Much like …

If you’ve ever pondered what mixing suffocating riffs, chugging harmonies, self-aware poetry and punishingly strong amounts of noise would sound like in a ten-track LP, Parker Longbough has an answer that you’d be wise to take note of in his latest album, the uncompromisingly heavy Green and Gold/Drink the Hemlock. Green and …

Peter Ulrich has a small but secure place in musical history. Ulrich played as drummer for Dead Can Dance during the band’s halcyon 1980’s period and, as such, helped contribute to their sound. He has since written, recorded, and released a number of solo efforts before founding The Peter Ulrich …

Creeping through the shadows like a thief in the night, we find an evocative melody suffocated by middle and bass at the onset of B Fhukken Have’s “XIXXCI” that will grow in size and strength in the next few minutes of play, though not without the leading vocal of B …

You don’t have to be the biggest bluegrass fan in the world to know that when Donna Ulisse enters the studio to make music, she means big business for the genre, but serious bluegrass aficionados are already aware of what her new album Time for Love means. Once again, Ulisse returns to …

Jeff Coffey’s album Origins: Singers and Songs that Made Me feature fifteen songs covering everyone from Rod Stewart to Queen, among others. The onetime tenor vocalist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Chicago has the necessary pipes to cover a wide musical gamut in convincing fashion and his love for the …

Amidst a backdrop of rollicking strings and a poignant piano’s purring melody, Matt Zaddy weaves together one stunning verse after another in his soft-spoken drawl in “A Dear Friend,” but what we hear in this track is only one-seventh of the charming content that anyone who picks up Zaddy’s new …

Beautifully fragile and yet entirely menacing in every way a melody can be, The Unbroken waste no time in painting us a melancholic portrait in heavy metal hues in the title cut from their debut EP, Human Crown. There isn’t any gloss in this song – only a stone cold harmony …

20 years is a long time for a band to be together, it’s a huge accomplishment and a great reason to go on tour and celebrate. Atreyu’s last stop on their 27 date tour was in Ventura, CA at the Majestic Ventura Theater and they went out with a bang. …

Pittsburgh-based country artist Gary Burk III’s debut single with MTS Records, “Friday Night” stormed into the iTunes Country Songs chart Top 20 (Canada) with its infectious groove and “good time” lyrics. The track received more than 50,000 Spotify streams, while the lyric video has surpassed 18,000 Youtube views. While the …

Dethklok are back after a 5 year absence and we couldn’t be happier. Last Friday, November 15th, at the Adult Swim Festival in Los Angeles at the Banc Of California Stadium we were graced with the presence of Brendon Small and his band Dethklok. Joining Brendon in the band are …

Melodies like laser beams assault us from every angle in “Down.” They smack us with enormous basslines in “Beef in D Minor,” psychedelic grooves in “Dream Valley” and fierce, cutting harmonies in “Venus Feels Like That.” Traditional EDM arrangements are skewed with contemporary experimentations in “Freaks and Lovers” and “New …