MUSIC REVIEWS

The indie culture in American music has been holding up through 2020 a lot better than the mainstream end of the spectrum has been, and to appreciate what I mean, you don’t need to look much further than the new record Affirmation Day from Jake Allen, currently out and available …

If you’re looking to galvanize your Christmas and holiday musical library, then “Christmas Festa” (Mountain Rio Records) is your jam. The EDM fueled gem is courtesy of United Kingdom’s Franchesco De Rosa, whose real name is Frank Robinson, and is an uplifting surround-sound experience. It’s like child’s play to immerse …

Singer Manny Cabo catches wildfire again in his new country-rock fused barnburner “The Last One”. And once again Cabo teams up with frequent collaborator, the touching songwriter Bonnie Warren. “The Last One”, a fierce reminder that tomorrow is never promised and don’t put off ‘till tomorrow what can be done …

Gasoline Tequila has a new single out – “Sonder” is the title, but there is so much to talk about when it comes to this band it is also worth going the entire distance to review this song and also a music outfit not quite like any other I have …

Multilingual poeticisms. Raging bastions of white noise manipulated into bittersweet melodicism. Harmonies that test the limits of their own construction. A rhythm that doesn’t seem to know where it’s going – or why it’s even chugging forth in the first place. There are contradictions, conflicts and aesthetical riddles that follow …

Wisconsin’s AV Super Sunshine is one of the brightest stars in the indie music world for many reasons. He adopts a comprehensive approach to his art. AV Super Sunshine isn’t aware of music’s power alone, but exhibits a sharp awareness of how music and visual imagery complement one another. His …

Carolina Blue don’t waste a shred of time getting us excited about the magnificent zeal they offer in the new album Take Me Back; right out of the gate, “Grown Cold” pumps up the energy with a fast-paced groove that will only get more infectious as we press on. The first …

Anders/O’Bitz – This Mortal Farce EP, is their second release in 2020 (after the recent American Bardo album), and it comes with four marvelous numbers worth adding to any current library, playlist or however you select these days, as this duo hope listeners do without any fuss and bother between …

Rad Horror aren’t your average millennial indie rock act, and in this sense, their new single and music video “Everybody But Myself” isn’t your average millennial indie rock single. Beyond its post-pop cues and stylistic origins that seem clearly rooted more in the cerebral side of rock’s history than it …

Sound is relative. So is emotion. Everything is individualized at the most fundamental of levels when we break down art, whether it be rock n’ roll music or sculptures made of clay, but there’s something particularly transcendent about a piece that breaks the boundaries between two mediums. What is it …