Music

A raw grit defines Taylor Caspersen’s 60s psychedelic garage rock atmosphere with his self-titled effort. The dignity shown to the sound’s origins feels masterful and the guitar riffs race on…

Michael Regina offers spacey, ambiently hued classical suites on the symphonic “Time’s Illusion”. The sound itself has a dilated quality to it for stretches time out into a dreamy world.…

Songs From Other Places by Stacey Kent (2021) One thing leads to another and suddenly you find yourself travelling to England to study at the school your favorite author went…

All-encompassing dance-rock fusion Nevadasky’s “Nevada Sky” works as an anthemic, arena-filling sound. Volume is a given. These are songs that deserve to be played loud, real loud, the sort of…

An acid-fried psychedelic rock rages through Dr. Peel’s fevered dream “Much Voodoo About Nothing”. Garage rock, lo-fi, surf, the blues, all of these get tied together in a way that…

A totally unexpected series of twists and turns, Herman Martinez creates a powerful hybrid of genres with “Continuity Errors”. Nothing here is off-limits, for the instrumental variation to the psychedelic…

St Eriks Street outright refuses categorization on the funhouse of sound that is “Moonstruck”. A clear love for electronic rolls through the whole of the mix. Elements of house, hip-hop,…

The Crux gets the party started on the playfully and aptly titled “Club Soda Bump”. A strong funky vibe ties the whole of the EP together, with glitch, disco, dance,…

Nightbird Casino evokes a haunted, retro-futuristic ethos on the mysterious journey of “Russian Carpet”. For their new album, they have expanded beyond the core members of James Moore and Don…

Uncle Jesse sings with such soul on the tender “Terrapin Creek” reveling in a rebellious bit of southern rock Americana. Volume is not a must it is a given for…

THREE OF THE FIVE’s “self love” screams across the sky with an animalistic fury. Deep within these two tracks, THREE OF THE FIVE prove what rock is supposed to be…

The raw intimacy of a live performance done with solemn dignity, Karl McCann’s “Ruptured Dreams” touches upon the magic of the blues in a barebones, soulful way. Despite the adherence…

Sometime in the mid-’90s, I had a phone conversation with my older brother David (who prefers the moniker “DaveR”), in which I shared my growing appreciation of New Music—avant-garde work…

In time The world fails and falls Belching its oils White of all colors Lighting the universal mind Of which I know not I feel It has yet to rain…