MUSIC REVIEWS

In the first few frames of the music video for “We Could Be In Love,” a girl in cowboy boots is walking alone on a rural bridge, gripping the white pearls around her neck and contemplating her surroundings in silence when The Promised suddenly lay into the soaring lead harmony …

“Contravertical,” the opening track in Kazyak’s new record Odyssey, begins in a haze of distorted spoken word and synthesized clouds that churn into a solid harmony by the time we hit the forty-second mark in the track. The music drones forward with a confident ease, unraveling one note at a time, …

In Other Words, the new LP from the one and only Paul Jacks, comes pre-loaded with a lot of compositional contradictions, but it’s these contrasting points of aesthetical wonderment that form the most intriguing moments its ten songs have to offer those who listen this August. The growl of a …

Mutlu’s new album Good Trouble opens with the winning track “Lifeline”. It’s an ideal way to kick off the release thanks to the way it is sure to bring live audiences together, but also illustrates his songwriting acumen for those unfamiliar with Mutlu’s work. Percussion anchors “Lifeline”, but there’s strong acoustic guitar …

After four long years, Nicholas Altobelli is finally back in the spotlight with some new material in the form of Vertigo, a 35-minute studio album packed with more haunting harmonies than most records twice its length are. Altobelli introduces us to fiery riffage in “Runaway Trains,” pastoral poeticisms in “Everybody …

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=644239735992604 Though the words that Cherrie Anderson sings in the first five seconds of Paul Kennedy’s radio edit of “Call My Name” are well-articulated by the acclaimed ooberfuse vocalist, they aren’t as descriptive an entity as the quietly stirring instrumentation in the background is. Her verse is simple, her …

Pop songs with theatrical flair are a rarity these days, but no one told Davie Simmons. His latest single “Halcyon Days” not only mixes theatrical pop with a retro rock line of attack but latches on to a literary bent shared by few, if any, modern artists. The song’s grounding …

A symphony of violent noise arises from the ethers and overtakes our stereo speakers at the beginning of Good Service’s Please in the form of “And a Foot,” the first slice of audiological experimentalism that we hear in this much-buzzed debut album. A bittersweet singing quickly fades into an endless …

In his first solo album, You Know, the artist known simply as Jaco (aka Birmingham heavyweight Jake Waitzman) combines elements of punk, garage rock and contemporary pop together in an amplified hybridity that can shake the floorboards beneath your feet as often as it can impart a deeply emotional narrative. …

FACEBOOK: https://www.jennifertruesdale.com/ Jennifer Truesdale’s musical education proves to be no impediment towards making heartfelt music on her release Through the Circle. The ten track effort boasts eight original compositions and two covers from iconic songwriters Stephen Stills and John Fogerty and those two selections blend in well with the overall presentation. …