Recognizer brings an unflinchingly beautiful intensely felt form of math rock with “This Conversation is Echolocation”. Genre-wise there is a neat mixture of post-rock, hardcore mixed with a distinct punk…
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M D M P’s “Day One” does not go gentle into that good night. An incredible hard rock fury proves to be of the essence of the sound. Such an…
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Old Man Brandon presents an awesome combination of rock with trap on the spacious open skied twang of “Lost”. The way he brings together the narrative style of country alongside…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…