MUSIC REVIEWS

Foolish Deep is a five piece steadily carving out a reputation as one of the most musically inventive acts of their ilk emerging in recent years. They join a crowded field of talented peers and contemporaries confident their voice will be heard above the din. Their faith is not misplaced. …

Immersing us in a vibrant groove grown out of synthesized warmth and a strutting guitar element that makes you want to crank the stereo to 11, Dom Cotton’s “Get Me Outta Here” isn’t a track that wastes a lot of time on a big progressive intro; we’re right into the …

A folk-rock harmony is waiting to come alive with passionate indie sizzle in the title track of Jay Elle’s new album Ride the Wave, but if you think for a second that the acclaimed singer and songwriter is limiting the potent output in this record to the first and titular tune …

Sun King Rising isn’t a band in the traditional sense of the term, but you discover it doesn’t matter seconds into Sun King Rising’s first album release Delta Tales. Singer/songwriter/musician John Blangero’s desire to issue this work under a moniker likely reflects, at least in part, his musical background. He came of …

Furious adrenaline in the form of a bass and drum dynamic. A stoic synth melody in the foreground, a sense of danger hanging over the back. In Dub Fu Masters and Head Fake’s “One Step,” there’s no telling what sort of ominous creatures are lurking around in the darkness surrounding …

I like to believe, somewhere beyond the grave, Terry Kath is smiling. Todd Omohundro attended a 1977 Chicago concert and the brilliant guitarist riveted the young man with his transformative six string skills. Kath, likewise, awakened him to music’s possibilities in a wider way than ever before. Omohundro resolved then and …

Burn the Ballroom have been enjoying a pretty exciting career over the past ten-plus years. Starting off with You’re Already Mine, these rockers never hid the fact that they come into the studio with their heart on their sleeve, but finding that perfect middle ground between open-chest poetry and sharp, hard-charging rock beats …

Embracing conventionality in any manner is essentially taking the easy way out in any genre these days, but few prove this notion true quite as emphatically as Gorazde does in The Fury of Lullabies. Comprised of noisy bastions of industrial and death rock in “Diadem,” “Incubavit,” “Dead Hand Path,” and “Kiss …

“People Get Ready” isn’t a new song, but when you listen to the Skip Martin collaboration out now that is benefiting the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital – a sense of anew and contentment fills the air. Grammy winning singer and musician, Martin, holds court amongst a who’s who of …

Tom Tikka and the Missing Hubcaps are building a reputation as among the most daring veins working in a rock vein today. Chaining them to that style, however, is a mistake. Listen to Tikka and the band’s latest album This Is My Happy Face and you’ll hear several aural strands woven into …