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Album Review: Terminal Bloom by Light This City (9/10)
A 10-year hiatus can have quite the effect on any band. Along with next-to-impossible expectations set, most artists return with a new writing approach, distancing them-selves further from ... -
Album Review: Future Me Hates Me by The Beths (7/10)
The Beths are a female fronted quartet from the “other Down Under”—New Zealand! Their song “Future Me Hates Me,” with its self-explanatory hilarious title, would be a ... -
Album Review: Hive Mind by The Internet (9/10)
Hive Mind by The Internet is a mixture of alternative R&B, neo-soul, funk, psychedelic soul, hip-hop and avant-garde jazz. The album’s first single, “Roll (Burbank ... -
Album Review: NASIR by Nas (7/10)
Hailed as one of hip-hop’s “Top 5, dead or alive,” Nas continues to reign as a heavy-weight in rap. Though his penmanship is sharp, with production from ... -
Album Review: Iconic by Take 6 (7/10)
Long before a cappella pop sensations Pentatonix became a YouTube, Billboard chart and touring sensation, 10-time Grammy winners Take 6 were laying the groundwork for all modern ... -
Album Review: Palo Santo by Years & Years (8/10)
Years & Years’ Palo Santo is somewhat of a departure from the indie-pop of their first LP. Many of the new songs contain upbeat sounds ... -
Album Review: Twenty Something Nightmare by Vista Kicks (8/10)
This L.A.-based rock quartet comes off last year’s Booty Shakers Ball with a sophomore effort that continues a standard of stellar harmonies and inventive songwriting. The 18-track ... -
Album Review: Cash Box Kings - Holding Court (8/10)
The Oscar Wilson/Joe Nosek-led blues band continue to move forward with their vintage ‘50s-flavored Chicago sound. All the touchstones of love, money and good times are ... -
Album Review: DragonForce -- Maximum Overload
DragonForce swing for the fences with the help of producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend) pushing the band to greater glory. These tightly orchestrated wizards ... -
Album Review: Jeffrey Halford & The Healers -- Rainmaker
Each song plays like a scene from a movie. The tunes are vivid takes on love, relationships and the human condition. Halford is the writer ... -
Album Review: il sogno del marinaio - canto secondo
Here we find American jazzpunk legend, bassist Mike Watt, doing what he does best, “jamming econo” in a trio format. This is ‘il sogno del ... -
Album Review: Nils -- Jazz Gems: The Best of Nils
Anyone who doesn’t “get” the smooth urban jazz genre would be wise to open their musical sensibilities to the infectious charms of German born guitarist ... -
Album Review: Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
This is what happens when a teenage Puerto Rican punk from the Bronx runs away from home and rides the rails until she lands in ... -
Review: Fallen Riviera - Another World
If you’ve grown tired of cookie cutter pop/rock bands where auto-tune and image take the forefront, here is your antidote. Modern rock gems such as ... -
STRFKR - Miracle Mile Review
Who knew indie electronica-pop could be so intellectually satisfying? Miracle Mile keeps ravers on their feet and dreamers’ heads out of the clouds, via dance-worthy ... -
Samantha Crain 'Kid Face' Review
Samantha Crain Kid Face Ramseur Records/Sony/Red Producer: John Vanderslice Score: 7 out of 10 This autobiographical indie/folk timepiece is a fearless ride, with the raven-haired ... -
Dropkick Murphys: 'Signed and Sealed' in Blood Review
Dropkick Murphys Signed and Sealed in Blood Born & Bred Records Producer: Ted Hutt Score: 8 out of 10 Fresh off Going Out In Style, ... -
Sean Paul's Tomahawk Technique
Sean Paul Tomahawk Technique Atlantic Records Producer: Various Score: 7 out of 10 By Jonathan Widran As the album title and warrior artwork implies, ... -
Tristan Prettyman's Cedar + Gold
Tristan Prettyman Cedar + Gold Capitol Records Producer: Greg Wells Score: 8 out of 10 By Andy Kaufmann They ...
