REVIEWS

It’s not everyday when one comes across a music DVD that is enjoyable from start to finish. That’s the feeling […]

Howard Forman jammin’ away on guitar and Irene Marc belting out the vocals make up the heart and soul of

The CD right away has a real earthy/true-to-heart feel with Ronda Matson smiling away and flowers shown on the back

“Happier Than You” brings music out of it’s usual passive attitude. With its earworm worthy infectious pop hooks, and lyrics

A native of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, Lorraine Leckie is a former world-renowned make-up artist who quit her day job and

Chris McLeod is a man with an acoustic guitar and a broken heart. His album Television Dreams is a love

Get your pop rocks on with a slight alternative twist on Estrella Cristina’s newest release, This Is Life.   Having

The fourth album, Crack The Skye, from heavy metal rockers Mastodon takes you on an epic journey through space and

It is clear from the beginning of Passion Pit’s debut full-length album Manners that lead singer and keyboardist Michael Angelakos

Curators of alarmingly aware films take note: your next soundtrack is waiting for you with open arms. Years, (Ohad Benchetrit

These United States describe their latest effort as “It’s about crimes – good ones, bad ones, accidental ones, purposeful ones,

Everything’s bigger in Texas. So it’s no wonder that Girl in a Coma has big influences, a big resume, and

Either come with it to rock out or just simply go home should be this LA-based band’s motto.   People

Desillusion is a 3-piece band made up of: Westin Halvorson on lead vocals & guitar, Jay Keller on bass and

Starting parties with their pop and dance fused songs since 2006, The Friday Night Boys is made up of Andrew

Singer/Songwriters, Gina Quartaro & Perry Martin are fully responsible for the contemporary country band known as SWAY.   The founding

There are various feelings that are sprung from listening to Gaucho’s “Deep Night,” but one thing is for sure —

Jared McCloud’s sophomore album, “Romance of the Atlantic,” offers a look into his story — one of working towards stardom,

Jennifer Logue is bringing infectious attitude & sound on her new EP, Pretty.   The NYC-based singer/songwriter offers up a

Much in the vein of The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method and Moby, Kava Kava toe the line between electronica

Often the main benefit of the live album is its ability to capture a dynamic that is either lost in

Curators of alarmingly aware films take note: your next soundtrack is waiting for you with open arms. Years, (Ohad Benchetrit

To first set the record straight, the artist formerly known as Lee Villenueve now goes by Lee Villaire.   For

“This is the music of yesterday, today, and tomorrow,” Bobby Sanabria tells the audience. Jazz itself is timeless, but this

Lucia Seas is coming from the land of The Bronx Bombers with a new studio release titled Keep The Drive

Three years since their last album, the lovable trio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, have returned with ‘It’s Blitz!’, and synths.

Kaleo stands for “The Voice, The Music and The Song” in the Hawaiian language.   This futuristic kat is bringin’

There is a war going and it is putting hip hop artists against the music industry. This newest DVD offering

As Segments begins, you have no idea where you are. Perhaps you have been transplanted into a fantasy sequence of

Composer and jazz guitar extraordinaire Mike Clinco certainly has a passion for melodies, which is evident throughout all of the

La Forza is an instrumental duo made up of Divina Klein and Douglas Mackar.   Klein is a classically trained

Singer/songwriters & guitarists Dave von Beck and Darren Smith make up the core of Straw Dogs.   Bassist, Eric Bryson

“The recipe: Find a nice room, invite friends, put a great band together and record.” That is written in the

Within the bounds of the music industry, the Internet has emerged as the paramount vehicle of choice for up and

I posit that as a music journalist, you aren’t working these days unless you are writing about the proliferation of

Sweet, Action: The Sweet Anthology (Shout Factory   Records) With one purchase you can become a true 70s-arena-rock know-it-all instead

The multi-cultural and multi-dimensional artist known as Jean-Pierre Simons brings us one diverse piece of work.   The title track

The record industry has without a doubt become an industry in flux. The standard formula for making a record, marketing

Welcome to Kicksville. Your tour will last roughly an hour and will consist of an episodic journey into a genre-bending

Bell X1, Blue Lights on the Runway (Yep Roc Records) You know you’re in for a flurry of dishwasher-safe accountant-rock