REVIEWS

Buzz bands walk a very, very fine line. More often than not, the first thing your average music consumer hears […]

Where do the blues come from? Is it a persistent hole in one’s soul that’s only filled by dirty jams

First off, there are hordes of great, eye-popping guitarists roaming the stages across the globe.   Steve Vai is in

This release is a documentary, featuring rare glimpses of the Fab Four, and dialogue by many of their associates like

Infected Mushroom, Legend Of The Black Shawarma (Adrenaline Records) Lot of blah-de-blah on the blogs and such about this not

If Tool and Jimi Hendrix had some kind of post mortem love child, it would be Slant. And if Tool,

I’ve been saying this to myself for awhile now, but I think I’m ready to get it out in the

Let’s all raise a glass for The Oranges Band. On The Oranges Band Are Invisible, the Baltimore smart-punk outfit combine

The ETTES are a 3-piece rock outfit from Nashville, Tennessee and they are dropping their third album Do You Want

The legendary rock band Pearl Jam has been known for plenty of things throughout its near two decade career. However,

Jer Coons has plenty of things standing in his way of becoming a rock star. First off, he doesn’t reside

I was fortunate enough to get a pair of Ultimate Ears 700 headphones. When I first opened up the package

I just want to throw this out first, so it’s clear for everyone and that is that this new five-song

This Dallas-based singer/songwriter, Tim Miller, brings you a disc titled Sessions Lamar.   Acoustic/Folk/Rock are all blended together beautifully to

It’s no grand coincedence that Amy Millan’s second solo LP, Masters of the Burial was released in late September. Depending

If you could float through everyday with Octoberman’s Fortresses in your head, constantly on repeat, you’d probably share a comfortable

Elwood Emission is made up one creative-minded individual by the name of Lucy Kalantari.   Her music includes a little

I have to be honest that when I saw the band title, Sprockets, I first thought of that hilarious bit

Poking their heads out from obscurity in London, all-girl noise-pop trio PENS is what you would expect to hear from

Unless you’re an musical icon like Bob Dylan or an indie darling like Conor Oberst, being pegged as a singer-songwriter

With a name like Vangough, you’re assuming top-notch precision & artistry at its finest.   Now, you and I know

This Kentucky-based rock group is literally bringing The Painful Side of truth on this new record.   You get a

This past year has seen plenty of rock bands that ruled the 90s reunite in an effort to relive their

This Canadian rocker from Edmonton known as Greg Wood is ready to rock the spot all night long.   With

This Berlin-based singer/songwriter brings you a 4-song EP titled Kite. I have to mention the cover art due to its

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the

With a voice that’s impossible not to fall in love with, and a heaping helping of Audrey Horn (Sherilyn Fenn)

It is hard to believe that it has been only three years since the Arctic Monkeys burst onto the rock

While Ted Kooshian named his album Underdog, and other Stories… Kooshian is certainly not an underdog, nor is his Standard

If My Bloody Valentine were to ever make a baby with Crystal Castles, you’d basically be able to figure out

There’s something about Scotland. Mysterious, seeing as how so many North Americans consider Scotland as England’s little brother. And hard-edged

You know what you’re getting into with The Stone Foxes from the moment you drop the needle on their debut,

Between 10 and 2 is not your usual piece of music by any standards.   Vocalist, pianist and cellist, TyLean,

Katrin goes by only one name, but she wrote from several perspectives on her latest CD Soul Wide Open. The

When a band as young and as talented as Still Life Still make a record as swarming yet precise as

Built to Spill has served as the influence and inspiration for many other indie bands. They inhabit a secure area

What best way to pay tribute to one of the biggest music moguls today than to give a five-hour concert

Some of the greatest hits in music today were made from grassroots bands working on low budgets. The same goes

Hailing from Toronto, LIGHTS is formerly Valerie Poxleitner; a girl who cooled off Warped Tour-goers with her light hearted synth-driven

There are not many hip hop albums out there that have impressed me from start to finish as much as