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Loveskills – What About Us
There are multiple ways to discover music these days. One of my favorite ways is when I get sent an e-mail suggesting I check something...
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Story of the Year – Bang Bang
As someone who adores music as much as I do, one of the best feelings in the world is seeing a band you truly loved...
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Ian Bouras – Absence (live looping)
Absence (live looping) from SDMP Records is the latest solo release from sound auteur, songwriter, and guitarist Ian Bouras. Bouras has been a fixture on...
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Sinoptik – Standalone Syndrome
Ukrainian alternative/hard rock band Sinoptik originated a few years ago in the city of Donetsk. Its band members had to flee the region due to...
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Cameron Blake – Fear Not
Personal experience and profound artistry provide Cameron Blake’s second album Fear Not with all the gravitas it needs to loom as one of the year’s...
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FXRRVST – May XXVI
FXRRVST’s nine song first studio release, May XXVI, will likely end the year as one of the more creative efforts in guitar-centric music. Their impressive...
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Michael Shynes – Cold Day in Hell
It’s refreshing to hear traditional sounds finding new expression in 2017 and showing continued relevancy. You have to measure relevancy by more than just sales...
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The Great Escape – Universe In Bloom
Venice, California neo-retro revivalists and reinterpreters The Great Escape released its bright, dynamic, and polished second album Universe In Bloom this past summer. The hybrid-genre...
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Mainland 11-15-17 (Live @ Mercury Lounge)
My main purpose of coming into NYC last Wednesday to do press work was to see Mainland. I first discovered the band on accident a...
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The Technicolors 11-15-17 (Live @ Mercury Lounge)
Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of making a trip into NYC to do press coverage of the sold out early show at Mercury Lounge...
