MUSIC REVIEWS

With a raging rhythm immediately distinguishing their passion from that of their closest rivals in and out of the American underground, alternative rock crew Number Prophets welcome us into their new EP Notes on the Crises with a bang, signaling much of what listeners can expect to hear in all four songs …

There’s nothing particularly unconventional about the way that Moon Fever attack the opening bars of their new single “Undertaker” on the surface; there’s a lot of distortion on the riff, plenty of adrenaline behind the percussion – though the rhythm is more pendulous than it is rushed – and the …

You’ve worked hard all day or all week and now is the time to get that body grooving. Get that body of yours dancing. The contagious beat and infectious chorus in the song “Get Up And Dance (electro remix)” from Zarbo is the perfect anecdote to low-energy and taking away …

Nathan Oliver’s – Thank You For Your Generosity, is his fourth release and could be his best work to date but that is yet to be heard by me, it’s just that the buzz is extremely good and it does indicate this one to be a fan pleaser that way. …

Marcello Vieira is electrifying. In his unique prose-like lyrics and churning rhythm section in the new single “Southern Outlaw” listeners might find themselves part of the cavalry chasing after this bandit. It’s a fun song with at times serious messaging, but by its end, it’s still the type of song …

Country is in an interesting state right now, and though a lot of critics will tell you that it’s moving in a more surreal direction than the previous generation of megastars would have allowed for, I think the rise in outlaw throwbacks like Marc Miner proves otherwise. Miner’s debut album Smile …

For some of us who keep up with the pop beat on both sides of the dial, the insularity of the mainstream and its most popular artists’ output has become more than a little hard to deal with in 2020 – honestly, it’s a rather shocking and deafening response to …

I cannot urge music fans too much to give this album a chance. There are too many who love music, truly value it in their lives, that remain sadly shut down to certain styles thanks to cultural or personal bias. We are told and taught music such as the songs …

Mardini gets his first words out with the enormously satisfying Out Of Pocket EP, his ultimately qualifying debut release that is one of such high standards it was produced by Grammy Marc Swersky (Hilary Duff, Joe Cocker, etc).  The top-notch skills of Tony Black (Alicia Keys, Jay-Z), and Mark Needham …

“For What It’s Worth” is the well-known folk tune most know and from where it originated, but this has an interesting coinciding pattern to it with Scot Celani being from Buffalo and the original being from Buffalo Springfield and who knows if that is an accident or not.  What matters …