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New Music Critique: Paul Childers
Any show booker on the lookout for an immediately likable artist whose music conjures a smooth and abiding optimism will find these recordings by Paul ... -
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 ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Johnny Coull
Montreal native Johnny Coull is a classic piano man, a born storyteller steeped in tradition, who, with a full backing band, paints vivid scenes and encounters from ... -
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New Music Critique: Neko Soto
NY-based composer/bassist Neko Soto has carved out a definite style and sound, one with an often light, appealing touch, and it is on full display in his recent, ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: Victoria Ginty
It’s not every day you hear a singing voice that’s this skilled, but Victoria Ginty brings expert control to the mic—apparently without even a drop of reverb. ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: Tony Ingerson
Tony Ingerson has a complete grasp of what makes blue-collar country music great. On “In It,” his powerful XXL vocal cords bleed country music with ...
