Tag: REVIEWS
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Maverick Smith – We Make Fire, They Make Smoke
“We Make Fire, They Make Smoke” is the latest release by Maverick Smith, an outstanding American band based in Weirton, West Virginia. It’s their second piece of work in 2025, arriving after “For Streams,” a critically acclaimed full-length album released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. Carrying nine…
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Back One Out – Anthem Of The Lost
“Anthem Of The Lost” is the latest release by Back One Out, a superb Italian duo based in Livorno. It’s their first piece of work in 2025, arriving after “Bitter End,” “Letters From September (Acoustic),” and “No Romance,” three critically acclaimed compositions released last year that you should check out as soon as possible. After…
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Sluttony – Hazel
“Hazel” is the latest release by Sluttony, an outstanding all-femme band based in Los Angeles, California. Heavily promoted by “Dice,” “June Gloom,” “Smoke Screen,” and “Lights,” four incredible compositions that vividly showcase what you might expect from the remainder of the material, this collection of songs represents their debut full-length album. Lyrically, the band explores…
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ByDS – Our Long Weekend
ByDS’s new album Our Long Weekend takes listeners on a danceable odyssey through 24 years of shared life, creativity, and love. Bee and Diego, the duo at the heart of the project, are not simply collaborators, they are partners in every sense, and their music pulses with the intimacy and honesty that can only come…
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Paulo And The Problems – Lotus Blanc (feat. Dude Low)
Some artists rely upon an already proven formula, repeated by renowned acts over the years. Others tend to break the rules and shapeshift the boundaries of their music, delivering fine pieces of artistry that will immediately resonate with the broader auditorium. Paulo And The Problems, a US artist based in Raleigh, continuously expands his sonic…
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Farewell, Manchester – Found CD EP
Found, the 2014 EP by Farewell, Manchester, is one of those rare offerings that bypass the noise of indie’s constant churn and instead plant itself in the emotional core of its listener. Quietly powerful, richly textured, and undeniably sincere, it exemplifies the expression of dream pop. Their sound drifts between geographies, pulling in the gray…
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We Contain Multitudes – Minako DLP (Expert Work Records)
There is a rare thrill in hearing three seasoned musicians return to the studio. Minako, the debut LP from We Contain Multitudes is a record that shines with experience, knowledge, creativity, talent, skills, brilliant ideas, and outstanding musicianship. It takes its time, it moves with purpose, and it never loses its hold on attention. The…
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The Secluded – Dreamscape
Some records resonate like letters from a faraway past, a voice you thought you’d forgotten returning with new wisdom, older and quieter but more necessary than ever. Dreamscape, the long-awaited, highly anticipated new album from The Secluded, doesn’t come knocking on the door so much as it materializes in the room, already there, like smoke…
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I Forget Myself – A Countenance In Involution
“A Countenance In Involution” is the latest release by I Forget Myself, an outstanding singer-songwriter currently based in Hong Kong. Arriving after “Some Err Then Winter,” a critically acclaimed album released in 2024, “A Countenance In Involution, ” his highly anticipated eighth full-length studio album showcases his tremendous songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing abilities. This…
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SKLOSS – The Pattern Speaks LP (Fuzz Club)
The Pattern Speaks by Austin/Glasgow duo SKLOSS is a record that transcends the tropes of post-metal, psych, doom, and shoegaze, while simultaneously harnessing their heaviest virtues, resulting in an immersive, at times pulverizing, yet often startlingly beautiful listen. It is, quite frankly, one of the most distinct and emotionally resonant heavy records of recent years.…
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The Bateleurs – A Price For My Soul
“A Price For My Soul” is the latest single by The Bateleurs, an outstanding Portuguese quartet based in Lisbon. It’s their second piece of work in 2025, arriving after “For All To See,” another fine piece of sonic artistry you should check out as soon as possible. Together, these two compositions serve as an adequate…
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Getting Started – 30 Years
“30 Years” is the latest single from an debut album of the name by Getting Started, an outstanding American band based in Chicago, Illinois. Arriving after “Get Up,” their recently released single, this particular track further showcases their creativity, talent, skills, knowledge, and experience. Lyrically, “30 Years” navigates the complexities of adulthood, so it’s a…
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