Immediately laying down the needle to this new LP by the Cold Stares, this listener feels the great kinetic energy and technical prowess of a classic and dynamic hard rock album. A beautiful listen from start to finish, Heavy Shoes fills the room with a stirring sense of rock joy. The title track “Heavy Shoes”
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To know Louise Cappi is to know one of music’s freshest, most humble voices. Hailing from the cultural melting pot of New Orleans, Louisiana, and still finding time to perform in the city as well as in NYC, there are very few acts truer to the indie mindset and indie trajectory than Cappi herself. Her
When a global pandemic rose in early 2020, no industry was hit harder than the entertainment industry. Hospitality and restaurants were hit fairly hard but a year later, they’ve recovered and mostly recouped their losses. In entertainment, however, theater chains have completely gone under and vinyl pressings are delayed by over a year — the
“Homesick” introduced us to their sound, and now in the new single “County Fair,” folk/country duo Eller Rhodes gives us a closer look at their identity as a modern acoustic pair in an increasingly electrified genre. Although the demand for country/rock hybrids has been much greater than that of others in the past year, Eller
As we hum along this year and we’re inundated with releases from the past year and some odd months, we’re still seeing a wave of reactionary music for the past pandemic, and the years leading up to it. Division amongst people is incredibly high, and those who seemingly don’t even take a side just find
Leo Sawikin’s “Row Me Away” is the title track for the singer/songwriter’s debut solo release and a vibrant synthesis of different styles. Sawikin draws from the idiosyncratic tunings Joni Mitchell utilized in her music for his own songwriting and further flavors the compositions with grunge stylistic leanings. It creates a sharp contrast. Sawikin benefits greatly
“And those who were seen dancing with thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music”…. Friedrich Nietzsche Undeniable epiphany and insatiable anthemic masterpiece by the irresistible composer, film score legend, and producer Randy Edelman, “Comin’ Out The Other Side” was unveiled on July 2, 2021 via Tribeca Records, a SohoJohnny Enterprise,
Strung together quite literally out of the acoustic sounds of an old school Americana we don’t get to hear enough of on the mainstream anymore, Webster’s Wheel’s new LP Milk & Grass captures the Alabama twosome sounding more divinely in touch with the medium than ever before. They break off rollicking melodies in “Country Peepers” as
Executive Order’s “A to Z” is a stirring new rock song from the Honolulu, Hawaii based trio. Led by front man Joseph Olson, the band has made considerable strides forward with this single thanks to many factors. Its unique synthesis of various styles, however, is the song’s chief strength. There are pop inclinations heard in
Hi Mark! Thank you for joining me today! It’s my pleasure! Thank you so much for having me. What have you been working on lately? I’m actually just about to go into the studio to start work on a new album! It’s a concept album based on the idea of the “Hero’s Journey”. Each song
For what it’s worth, Mauri Dark did spend two and a half decades biding his time within the music industry, allowing his contemporaries to catch up before he released a solo album of his own. He tried to give others the leg up but waiting that long proved futile for anyone trying to go up
“We Demand Change” is the newest single by India born Singer/Songwriter, Rohan Solomon. Solomon immigrated to the United States in 2015, and settled into NYC. Since then, he has returned to India, and expanded his catalog of work, as well as amassing an impressive resume as an audio engineer. Rohan also works as a music
As much an R&B slow jam as it is a hip-hop ballad of the most direct and focused strain, there are a lot of ways you can break down the new single “Be in Love” by Kiron Rasheed, but to make things simple, let’s start with the track’s greatest attribute – its intoxicating harmonies. With
In his new single “Louisiana Voodoo” alongside Tony Joe White, The Netherlands’ own The Mark flirts with the softer side of Americana while increasing the depth of his harmonies, making use of the skillful guitarist he’s accompanied by for far more than a master of the backdrop. The Mark has a voice that could do
Music is the greatest bond connecting us with our past and future simultaneously, and this is all the more impossible for us to deny when listening to a song like “Hämärästä aamunkoihin” by Juha Jyrkäs this June. “Hämärästä aamunkoihin” is work that wouldn’t be possible without the use of ancient instrumentation, but to this end,
Grooves rarely eclipse the tones we’re greeted by in the best electronica records, but this just isn’t true of Elektragaaz’s new EP The Synaesthetic Picture Show – Now Playing, Pt. 2. Here, rhythm is as important a role player in the arrangement of instrumental brawn as the actual substance of the robotic melodicism is, if not
Melanie Rogers’ new single “r.u.o.k.” is a steep improvement over the already exceptional qualities distinguishing her preceding release “Fever”. We’ve witnessed this sort of trajectory before with other shooting star songwriters/performers, but the Santa Barbara, California native has all the characteristics of someone talented enough to endure for decades to come. She’s coming from a
R&B Singer/Songwriter, Darrell Kelley has shifted his focus to Ronald Greene, on his new single, aptly titled, “Ronald Greene.” Darrell Kelley has based his music around cases of African Americans, being a target and subsequent casualties of police in various instances. Darrell Kelley is highly consumed by these cases, and has seemingly now devoted his