Thought-Provoking Indie Folk-Pop: Builder of the House’s Ornaments
Indie folk/pop duo Builder of the House has constructed a warm and welcoming debut album named...
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LIGHTNING STRIKES – Lake “Forever or Never,” Heather Trost “Agistri,” Kim Rancourt “plum plum”
Soft, mid-70’s-inspired singer-songwriter rock doesn’t, on the face of it, sound so appealing, and in fact... -
Down To Earth Angel: Heaven Sent Delinquent by Shawna Virago
NYC native, transgender rights activist, and veteran anti-folk/Americana singer-songwriter Shawna Virago is an ace at creating... -
Reaffirming in the Purest of Terms the Healing Power of Music – Vanessa Collier’s “Meeting My Shadow”
Toward the end of her second album Meeting My Shadow, Maryland-born singer, songwriter, and saxophonist extraordinaire... -
LIGHTNING STRIKES – Quick But Essential Reviews for the Discerning Listener – Max Bouratoglou “Idle Intuition,” Flamingods “Majesty,” The Flywheels “I’m For the Flowers”
Never let it be said that having friends in high pop places isn’t a potentially huge... -
Surging With Anthems: Hollerado’s Born Yesterday
Over the course of their ten-year career, Hollerado have never been a band short on power.... -
A Suspended State of Rhapsodic Detachment – Dunedin band Elan Vital’s debut “Shadow Self”
Emerging from the same former-pharmaceutical-factory-turned-artist-run creative hive as Death and the Maiden (None Gallery in Dunedin), Èlan... -
SHADOWPLAY – Bleib Modern “Antagonism,” Sick Wish “Riddelvoid,” Modern English “Take Me to the Trees”
When forced to chase it down, both for my own satisfaction – the issue had nagged... -
An Undiminishable Flame – Das Fluff’s New “Flower with Knife” LP
Some things never change and thank fucking god for that. The last we heard from Dawn Lintern... -
What Shall Be Left of Us?: “Grimspound” by Big Big Train
Big Big Train has been on a roll. Since drummer Nick D’Virgilio and vocalist David Longdon...