All posts by

  • Taylor Jules – Helicopter

    Singer/songwriter Taylor Jules, coming out of a crowded California scene this January, demonstrates a brilliant soft melodicism shaped into a worthwhile power ballad in her...

  • Brian Shapiro Band – Better in TX

    Brian Shapiro and his musical compatriots come together again for their latest single “Better in TX” and the results stick with you. The Philadelphia based...

  • Justine Sletten – Dandelion

    Justine Sletten has every opportunity to play the part of a stereotypical country songstress in her new single Dandelion, she instead bewitches us with a...

  • La Need Machine – Killer Instinct

    If you’ve ever heard the music of La Need Machine before, you know that charging guitars are a big part of their sound – but...

  • MUMEx Duo – Heat The Silent

    As both a fan and a professional critic, I can’t help but notice the uptick in increasingly conceptual output coming out of the underground lately....

  • The Refusers – Eat The Bugs

    The Refusers’ brand of modern hard/punk rock emerges again with the Seattle quintet’s new single “Eat The Bugs”. Michael Belkin’s latest lyrical tirade against the...

  • Paul Nourigat – Complex Truths

    Paul Nourigat’s Complex Truths are a brief collection of demos, but many acts/artists would be happy to release three songs packing the cumulative impact of this...

  • California – Perfect World

    You can hear and describe California featuring Les Fradkin’s new single “Perfect World” in multiple ways. One of those is as a promise kept. Fradkin...

  • Dawg Gone Davis – Love’s Boss

    The newest single from Rebecca DGD is in line with her previous work. It’s zany satire, and at times, slightly ribald. The middle-aged Housewife began...

  • Anika – Self Titled

    Laguna Beach, California’s Anika has a couple of great songs under her belt such as her popular debut “Are You Down?” and its follow-up “Make...