MUSIC REVIEWS

Sound Animal isn’t interested in business as usual. This neo-psych project wants to push the envelope regarding music’s capabilities rather than relying on time-tested tropes and predictability. There is familiar ground in their music tethering it to earth, but Sound Animal uses such familiarity merely as a launching pad to …

Electrifying us with a leering lead guitar at the onset of a stunningly organic harmony between acoustic strings and a slothful bassline, “A Whole World Waiting” doesn’t disguise its romantic elements very well at all – it wears them on its sleeve quite profoundly. Much as the case is with …

2021 has been a surprisingly good year for alternative music, and you don’t need to look beyond underground acts like ViennaCC to know exactly what I’m talking about. In his new single “Twenty Four Seven Love,” ViennaCC is driving home a classic alternative sound with a definitively more modern touch …

In rich kaleidoscopic colors that transcend sonic limitation rather arrogantly, the powerful melodies of “Pavilion” come rushing through in stereophonic sound as we listen in on Bard’s Flying Vessel’s new LP I, released just this past October 27th and currently available everywhere quality indie rock is sold and streamed. This abbreviated …

AV Super Sunshine takes full advantage of the full moon and the ghouls and goblins that come out in droves this Autumn – the frightfully cool single “Frankenstein” is further proof this rock outfit still has a few tricks up their sleeve. With its signature tagline ‘Peace, Love & Modern …

In a perfect homage to the mixed-media hypnosis one would find at the start of a Pink Floyd LP so many decades ago, “The Ballad of Sanaleigh” starts in a fog of reeling noise and passive pulsations before quickly fading into an acoustic guitar’s charismatic melody, where we’ll stay for …

Forever is a seven song collaboration between award-winning flutist Bill McBirnie and singer/songwriter Bruce Jones. Several impressive achievements mark McBirnie’s career but perhaps the most notable are winning all three of the National Flute Association’s competitions in the Soloist, Masterclass, and Big Band categories. Iconic flutist Sir James Galway has picked …

Stephen Wrench’s single “Storm in My Heart” is an unabashed love song. It’s more evidence of Wrench’s deep connection to the muse in an over forty-year music career. He’s worked in virtually every capacity within the music world, among them tour manager, performer, and songwriter, and has relationships of varying …

The newest single by Singer/Songwriter, Lorenzo Gabanizza, is a blues soaked ballad, with an existential overtone. “You’re Not There” is one of those titles that tells you just enough to peak your interest, yet holds the potential to go several directions. In this case, Gabanizza is by turns, self-reflective and …

With a strutting groove to set the tempo, Neal Fox explores a chillwave-style beat with extra melodic moxie in the title track of his new album Unhinged this October, making it clear in this song’s first sixty-seconds what kind of a carnival thrill ride we’re in for in this LP. The lyrical …