MUSIC REVIEWS

Psychopath Etiquette are the Southern Maine-based duo of brothers David and Paul Sprague, with roots in folk and branches in rock which often puts the music in its own class or winds up Americana as of late. The six tracks on their EP – Rough Draft, depict them equally in …

Russ Still and the Moonshines’ country and southern rock influences are audible in the new single “Poison in the Well” but concentrating on these strands at the expense of others does this great band a disservice.  There’s much more going on with Still’s music than paying tribute to the past. …

Wandering around the sound in “Biznasty”, this is the type of groove that feels best when you’re outside. Or it’s the type of big, landscape song that begs to be played loud while rushing down the highway, windows down. The Dream Logic, the power trio behind “Biznasty”, stands alone and …

Slinky vocal harmonies. An eroticized finger-snapping. Piano keys that ache with the sort of lust entire motion pictures are written around. In her new single “Hurt Me,” singer and songwriter Taylor Colson isn’t concerning herself with keeping up with the biggest trends in the American underground today – she’s too …

“Sins of Me” from the upcoming album Shineye Landing by Billy Jeter, is the single from what are several to choose from on his soon to be released fourth record combining his influences with his own songwriting. The point is that Jeter makes no secret of where he is coming from, and …

Toronto based Jonny Porter brings his multi talents to together on the Look Out EP, and with it comes six great songs to get through the times like only he knows how. And with Porter also comes a story of everything from playing on the road of success to reaching …

Those who love real, brooding rock music have been left hungry for something to satisfy that sweet spot for far too long now, but answering their prayers this summer is a band by the name of Moon Fever, whose third official single in “Shaking Off The Evil” is as emotive …

The first couple of seconds that precede the deluge of percussive storming in “Flutter for a Day” are steeped in the warmth of piano keys. The delicate nature of this opening melody is anything but indicative of what The Nylon Admirals’ new LP Drama is truly all about, and yet it …

In the darkness that seems to wash over us in the first ten minutes of the extended improvised jam session that is Ian C. Bouras’ “IMP (Live at Utica Brews),” there are shards of a melody that never fully join together and yet remain stoically connected through a broad conceptualism. Bouras, …

Seattle’s own Pretty Awkward are back this summer with a smart jam in their new single “Misfits,” and whether this is your first time listening to the band or you’ve been following their story since last year, I think most pop fans are going to like what they hear. Polished, …