MUSIC REVIEWS

Casually strutting into focus from beneath a layer of ominous silence, “See Me See Me” welcomes us with open arms into the new album Live from Lockdown by Streaking in Tongues, and though its initial demeanor is icy, it warms at the first appearance of a vocal harmony. From this track on, …

In The Garden by The Collect Pond is an EP to watch for, and it is the brainchild of pacific northwest artist, Danny Moffat. But the travels of Moffat reach from Bellingham, WA, to the east coast and ultimately as far as New Zealand. Moffat also did session for hip-hop/EDM …

Some bands don’t mind using the same formula over and over again, and while 308 Ghost Train haven’t been in the business of making rock music for very long, they’re already proving that they’re not a part of the aforementioned group of artists in their new single “Bleed Over Me.” …

AV Super Sunshine’s music has long fixated on making people smile. He’s just that type of artist that always has some positive reinforcement for his listeners. He’s back with his genre-shifting spectacle “Baby Goodbye”. Like a roadmap for what awaits the day’s itinerary, AV Super Sunshine returns to keep things …

Unearthing rock’s gauntlet, Zero Theorem teases what’s about to be unleashed in the first single from their Killing II EP (out later this year) in the explosive “Swarm”. Rob Zombie or Disturbed re-imagined, Zero Theorem is a Los Angeles-based band with brazen guitars and perceptive lyrics. “Swarm” is just one …

Jesse Lynn Madera’s debut studio album Fortunes brings a high degree of musical and songwriting acumen together in a stylish package. The collection is brief, only seven songs, but Madera synthesizes country, jazz, and soul with such completeness that few listeners, if any, will feel cheated by its length. She builds her …

Little Hurt’s new single “Alaska” doesn’t feature a lot of grandiosity, and when it starts to play, there isn’t an enormous instrumental introduction that prepares us for the pop wonderment about to come pouring out of the stereo speakers. Off the top, the first thing we come in contact with …

Those in need of a change of pace from the pop mundane can’t go wrong with Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s Unexpected Guests this summer, and not only because of the record’s uniquely multidimensional take on out of this world grooving. In songs like the record’s title track, there’s a connection between the musicians …

Fading-in from the silence like a thousand screams condensed into a near-whisper like strand of noise, Cinemartyr’s Death of the First Person awakens with “CGI” and only gets more gripping as we press on in its ten-song tracklist. From this initial offering of math rock-style chaos, we enter the clutches of the …

Calling themselves ‘California Dreamers’, rock outfit Greg Hoy and the Boys bring rock to reality in their new killer hit “Leaving While You Stay” out now via Hoy’s 30 Peak record label. Judging by the audacious guitar wall of sound, this is protest rock at its finest. Gluing together an …