Tag: REVIEWS
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TV Blackout – The Car Tune
“The Car Tune” is the latest release by TV Blackout, an outstanding American band based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It’s their first piece of work this year, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Circles,” another fine piece of sonic artistry released in 2023 that you should also check out as soon as possible if you’re into…
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9 O’clock Nasty – Peacekeeper
In a world where music is overly generic, predictable, repetitious, and bland, some bands stand out with their creative, fresh, unique, innovative approach to songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing. 9 O’clock Nasty, a prolific English trio based in Leicester, is known for its boundless creativity and willingness to break all rules and shapeshift boundaries of…
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Calling All Astronauts – Pray For Your Soul
Calling All Astronauts, a prolific English duo based in London, returns with “Noise Against Tyranny,” their highly anticipated forthcoming full-length album. With “Pray For Your Soul,” their first single that serves as a perfect taster of what you might expect from this full-length, Calling All Astronauts showcase not only a natural progression but all those…
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Gin Wife – Caveat
“Caveat” is the latest release by Gin Wife, an outstanding American artist based in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s her second piece of work in 2025, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Comedian,” another excellent composition released this year you should also check out as soon as possible. Lyrically, “Caveat” explores various sentiments, moods, situations, and circumstances.…
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Minoh – Where It Bleeds CD
We are living in times when musical genres feel increasingly rigid or diluted, but Minoh emerges as a band unafraid to bleed into all directions. Their debut CD, Where It Bleeds, spills sound across the floor like broken glass and velvet, and somehow, it invites you to dance through it. The Aachen-based duo crafts vivid,…
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Jóhannes Stefán – Road Trip
“Road Trip” is the latest release by Jóhannes Stefán, an outstanding Icelandic singer-songwriter based in Seltjarnarnes. It’s the fourth release this year and the seventh track from the upcoming debut album, arriving after “Revolutions,” “Midnight Star,” “Pull Me Up,” “Sestu hja mer,” “Oak In The Snow,” and “Hush My Darling,” incredible compositions you should also…
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The Lunar Keys – Dreams Are Never Spoken
“Dreams Are Never Spoken” is the latest release by The Lunar Keys, an outstanding English band based in Guildford. It’s their second track in 2025, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Bleed,” another exceptional composition released earlier this year that you should check out as soon as possible. Still, their latest piece of fine sonic…
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Tritonic – Alexamenos!
“Alexamenos!” is the latest release by Tritonic, an outstanding English quartet based in London. It’s their second piece of work in 2025, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Demiurge,” another excellent standalone single released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. Together, these two compositions serve as a perfect…
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JD Hinton – So Close So Far EP
“So Close So Far” is the latest release by JD Hinton, an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and actor based in Los Angeles, California. Consisting of five incredible compositions, this marvelous extended play arrives as a proper continuation of “Traveler,” another excellent EP released in 2024 that you should also check out as soon as possible. Still,…
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Hello London – Patterns CD
Patterns, the 2023 CD by Hello London, speaks softly and clearly. The project, led by Buffalo-based songwriter James Froese, demonstrates everything that makes independent music essential, intimacy, courage, detail, and depth. With this material, Froese offers a quietly stunning eight-track journey, four songs, each presented in both their original and acoustic versions. It’s not just…
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The Domi – Shining Far Away
After “Above The Noise,” an exceptional standalone single released on all streaming platforms earlier this year, an outstanding French artist The Domi returns with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will immediately appeal to anyone looking for tastefully assembled and flawlessly performed music. His musical direction is characterized by stacking some of the finest…
