• WeatheredMan – Salty Dish

    Hybrid music collective WeatheredMan is the idea of Liverpool, England-based Simon Bradshaw, the frontman and songwriter of modern mariachi band Roja. WeatheredMan’s debut release, the...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...