REVIEWS

Vincent Minor’s bright, fun piano melodies are instantly reminiscent of Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright. There is something different about […]

Mike Lombardi of TV’s Rescue Me fame has taken the road of other actors; Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars)

Rock Opera reigns again.   In stores now is the culmination of a trilogy that will go down in rock

The words “Rural” and “Advantage” are rarely grouped together in the same sentence when speaking within the scope of indepedent

Gather around the campfire, take a few swigs from the bottle of ambiguous alcohol, start banging worn-down pots and sing

The Most Serene Republic are what happens when a bunch of young, earnest musicians get together in a room and

Pill Hill Radio rocks out with pop-heavy hooks and a rootsy-type sound.   The group’s self-titled album is full of

Shakyfoot is one hell of a jam band–no joke!   From the moment I pushed play, the energy was high

Mellow tunes for the 21st Century = Owning Up To A Life.   Ben Cooley Hall brings you this decade’s

From the moment I pushed play on the CD player, I could tell one thing right away: this girl can

PepperDome and this new record is the sole idea of one man known as John Tokarczyk.   This musician of

As read verbatim from their CD booklet, Buckfast Superbee is made up of four members:   Timothy Joseph on vocals,

Five Year Mission is John O’Mara’s debut solo album and hopefully the mission will be complete after five years.  

Light a few candles, not because you’re haphazardly attempting seduction, but because you’re reveling in a moment or two alone.

Super group, haven’t had one since Velvet Revolver. Here’s a kick ass good one.   It occurred to me that

Freddie Sipo wrote, produced, mixed and engineered all songs on Year of The White Rose.   Sipo also took care

Originally from the Philippines but residing in Florence, Italy for the last 20 years, Faye Miravite brings you multi-cultural jazz.

Italian-born singer/songwriter, Gala, brings her version of Tough Love to you.   Gala Rizzatto is now based in Brooklyn and

UFO, The Visitor (SPV Records) In this installment of SPV Records’s continuing missionary expedition to find survivors of the shredder

One could believe that Beware Fashionable Women derived their moniker from their new surroundings in L.A. However, it is more

Hand’Solo is a Toronto based independent record label that is often underrated, but it’s catalogue constantly   leaves you with

Born in Africa and now living in Southern France, Iras is a true renaissance man.   Tired of playing politics

Portland’s Rachel Taylor Brown has created an oddity of an album on her fourth release. Expertly entwining geekish novelty with

With a name like Lloyd Dobler Effect, how can you go wrong? Back it up with some peppy indie-rock anthems,

Transgradulate is a made up term that roughly means “to graduate into a new phase of life with joy”.  

Whether you’re looking to entertain your guests for a dinner party or have a romantic evening with your significant other,

Soft, smooth and sophisticated, saxophonist and composer Gian Tornatore’s third album, “Fall,” is a delight to listen to.   The

This band is made up of Foster McGinty on guitar & vocals, voices and sound effects, Trifon Dimitrov on electric

It’s Frightening is the second album from the six-piece indie rock band White Rabbits and is a strong follow up

Whisking off to dreamland with the Six Red Carpets’ release, “Nightmares + Lullabies,” brings you to a mystifying, and nearly

A compilation of upbeat and smooth jazz embodies the Los Angeles Jazz Collective’s “Sampler Vol. 1,” which was released earlier

This record is so quick and punchy; seems it’s over before it’s even begun!   Not necessarily a bad approach

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