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7.6
New Music Critique: Karly C
Karly C brings her powerful vocal pipes to bear on a collection of original pop songs focused on relationship issues. “Take Me As I Am” cuts to the ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: Juvahn Victoria
From Australia, artist Juvahn Victoria embraces hi-tech production effects, including Autotune, on these dark, sexy and often exotic-sounding songs whose spare, reductive arrangements mirror cutting-edge pop. The artist ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Moonshine Saints
Searing guitar licks, buzzsaw riffs, chesty vocal swagger—these Tulsa boys have cracked the code of country rock. Though there’s nothing new here, it’s all done well enough to prove ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Colorway
Massachusetts-based trio are a tight unit whose brand of amiable pop-rock is captured here in clean, crisp recordings. Each song, whether it’s the slightly campy “Always Been Summer” ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: C3
A singer, dancer and actor by training, artist C3 (aka Curtis Charity) holds a wild card–his eccentricity–and he plays that card heavily on electro-dance songs like “HOT,” an ... -
Album Review: Love is Dead by Chvrches (9/10)
Unlike its predecessor (Every Open Eye), the second studio album by Chvrches focuses more on Lauren Mayberry as the primary vocalist and less on vocal contributions from Martin Doherty. ... -
Thrice Signs to Epitaph
Epitaph Records has announced that Thrice has joined its roster. Formed in 1998, the Orange County-based four-piece is widely regarded as one of the most ... -
Rock on the Range Returns to Ohio
Rock on the Range returned to MAPFRE stadium in Columbus, Ohio again this May, for its 12th consecutive year. As has become custom for my ... -
Comedy & Music Come Together at Clusterfest 2018
To kick off June in the Bay Area, Comedy Central’s annual festival returned to San Francisco’s Civic Center, bringing another 3-day event chock-full of comedy, ... -
Live Review: Morty Shallman at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood, CA
Material: Morty Shallman is a storyteller. His songs are sequential chapters from a self-made genre that he has labeled “Literary Pop.” His new album, Pop ...
