Concert Review: Striking Matches and Tyler Rich
"One of the finds of the decade"
Young States concert review
"It would be a very different experience without you here"
Album Review: You’re Going To Die by Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra
"...a surprisingly fun, hectic and ultimately life-affirming record..."
Album Review: Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors – Dragons
"A happy-go-lucky album that nonetheless explores deep themes"
Jason Aldean We Back: innovative 360 video
All things considered, Jason Aldean is a king amongst men in the type of country music that rules U.S. airwaves. That’s because he’s had 23 number one singles, sold over…
Mean Mary: Cold album review
Mean Mary (Mary James) was inspired by her own journal entries and the work of Edgar Allen Poe. Born in Alabama then moved to Florida, she also roughed it in…
Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts Ohaboy album review
Ohaboy by Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts “I’ll take you back again if you give me everything/and if everything’s anything, then I want it all” is repeated for a…
The Faim State of Mind album review
The Faim – State of Mind There’s quite the falsetto to open the album. That’s followed by a Fall Out Boy style vocal and a Panic! At The Disco vibe…
Album Review: Can’t Stand Still by Annie Keating
"...This EP expertly shows Keating's versatility. No song is like the others..."
Dinzy’s dizzy video proves that Nashville rocks!
"The buzzy power pop rock song has shades of Republica, Paramore and Avril Lavigne, with the attitude and style of Gwen Stefani"
Album Review: Angela Perley – 4:30
Drop D guitar, indie-pop vocals, driving riffs and a restless spirit of defiance
Goon: “my new obsession” – Tom Ravenscroft
“I think they might be my new obsession” – Tom Ravenscroft, BBC Radio 6 Music Featured in L.A. Times and picked as one of NPR’s Artists To Watch at last…
Live concert review – a triumphant return
“It feels so good to be back on stage with my brothers from junior fucking high school!”
Album Review: Great Divides by Massy Ferguson
"...taking in prairie vistas, 50s imagery and a heavy dose of 90s modern rock vibrancy..."
Album Review: Billy The Kid – Look At Me, I’m Fine
"Emotion pulsates and it's draining...importantly, it ends with the possibility of contentment and hope."
Album Review: Mavis Staples – We Get By
We Get By balances confrontational rallying cries with the personal, alluding to what Mavis Staples has sacrificed and what she's still got to give.