The Left Ready – Ghost URL: http://theleftready.com/ Rock fans rejoice, the art form is clearly alive and well in 2015! Rock has received a monstrous reincarnation in recent years, what with bands like Mastodon, The Sword, Wolfmother, Rival Sons, Silversun Pickups, The Black Keys and more dominating the Billboard Charts equally alongside all of the […]
AB Clyde and the Kitty Litters – Muscle Beach FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ABClyde Considerable gumption went into the writing and recording of this album. The music and songwriting alike invites easy comparisons to Jimmy Buffett or John Prine, but Clyde sings like someone blissfully unaware of any connections. Stretching a serio-comic vibe out over the course of […]
Ron Louis Smith II – The Prince of Sunshine FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/RONLSHOUSE The Prince of Sunshine, released through Sunpire Records, marks Ron Louis Smith II’s first significant foray into a genre his father helped popularize. The son and nephew of the Smith Brothers, critical pieces in KC and the Sunshine Band’s legendary horn section, has musical […]
Kwame Binea Shakedown Primary URL: http://www.kwamebineashakedown.com/ Kwame Binea’s personal and artistic evolution extends from his Ghanaian descent, a childhood spent in London and New Jersey, and considerable experience fronting an assortment of musical outfits since his teenage years. Binea and the band’s seven other musicians draw from a deep reservoir of musical influences – reggae, […]
Band: Optimus Rex CD: Embers Genre: Alt-Rock URL – http://www.feralghost.com/ From St. Louis comes alt-pop-rockers Optimus Rex who just released their latest 9 Track CD entitled “Embers” in 2015. Optimus Rex are Songwriter Nick Stergos and Bassist Jeremy Carpenter have been churning out music together in and around St. Louis since 2001. Right from the start […]
Landon Williams – “Tonight” single review http://landonwilliamsmusic.com/ Genuine stylists don’t come along too often. The life of a musical chameleon has limited commercial appeal and, after the initial novelty wears off, certain resentments invariably set in directed at some performers. Others, however, never work in such an indelible way that they can’t maintain a strong […]
Rachel London “Runnin’” single review Primary URL: http://rachellondonmusic.com/ Rachel London, a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter, has a long personal history in the performing arts, but it’s only in recent years that her endeavors have brought her into the musical arena. During her brief but thus-far successful career, London has released singles and shared the stage […]
Call Security – To Whom It May Concern FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thishasonlyjustbegun Hoppy and boppy to the extreme, New Yorkers Call Security bring to mind The Killers, Of Monsters and Men, perhaps a little Coldplay and a hook-y indie formula that’s been a tried and true blueprint for many before them. It’s definitely a bit catchy although […]
Crimson Chrysalis – Enraptured URL: http://crimsonchrysalis.com/ The haunting strains of Crimson Chrysalis’ music have a decidedly theatrical and cinematic air, as if they are budding soundtracks for an epic production, but they are likewise sophisticated musical excursions and contain loads of evidence that the band, at heart, are storytellers. Perhaps their storytelling style isn’t entirely […]
Sydney Alese – Time SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/sydneyalese-1 Mesa, Arizona native Sydney Alese’s latest release Time is a ten song collection of surprising musical diversity. It isn’t often that you’ll find modern performers grounded in pop music who never allows that to stop them from branching out in various musical directions. The multitude of voices Alese conjures […]