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The Blackmail Seduction = The Blackmail Seduction II

Written by Sebastian Cole on 22 October 2018

BANDCAMP: https://theblackmailseduction.bandcamp.com/album/the-blackmail-seduction-ii The Blackmail Seduction returns with The Blackmail Seduction II five years following their debut release and the Minneapolis/Los Angeles four piece make an enormous leap towards solidifying a position among the finest indie rock bands working today. Their traditional configuration shouldn’t suggest they are conventional; The Blackmail Seduction nails down a first class collection driven […]

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The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Little King and the Salamander (demos)

Written by Sebastian Cole on 19 October 2018

URL: www.merrymakersmusic.com Demo collections are usually dodgy curiosities at best intended, when they are released, to be consumed by the rabid faithful interested in charting the songwriting process. The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina, led by singer/songwriter/musician Ryan Shivdasani, left an impressive mark on the scene with the 2018 full length studio debut Act 3 and its follow-up, Little King and […]

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Cwiredband – Omega (EP)

Written by Sebastian Cole on 18 October 2018

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/user-183573562/sets/omega/s-faLPp If you’ve been following pop music in the last ten years, it’s been hard to ignore the diversification that every genre under the sun has been undergoing recently. Whether it be rock, hip-hop, country or jazz, there’s no denying that artists have begun to cross the invisible boundaries that once kept them segregated […]

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Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite – Canyon Diablo (LP)

Written by Sebastian Cole on 15 October 2018

AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Canyon-Diablo-Patiently-Awaiting-Meteorite/dp/B07CMNW4TN In the dazzling but restrained intro to “Hit the Ground Running,” the first song in Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite’s new album Canyon Diablo, we listen to the unraveling of a synthesized melodic band that sounds so vivid and literal that it’s almost as if we could reach out and touch it. Dee, PATM’s lead […]

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Gary Douglas Band are back!

Written by Sebastian Cole on 12 October 2018

URL: http://www.garydouglasband.com/ If you thought you knew who the Gary Douglas Band was, you’d better think again. In their new album Deep in the Water, Douglas takes us on a personal search for truth, redemption and personified clarity one torturous burst of yearning at a time, and if you’ve got the emotional depth to get […]

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Randall Ward releases LP

Written by Sebastian Cole on 11 October 2018

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/user-362426958/sets/becoming/s-6yUFS Channeling the rock n’ roll gods through his impossibly fast fingers, guitarist and composer Randall Ward unleashes pure audiological ferocity in his new album Becoming unlike anything that the late 2010’s have experienced to date. In the opening track “2+2,” listeners are assaulted with a wall of sound that is almost exclusively generated by brash, […]

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Ajay Mathur “Forget About Tomorrow”

Written by Sebastian Cole on 11 October 2018

URL: https://www.ajaymathur.com/ Switzerland based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ajay Mathur has been on a wild ride since his Grammy nomination back in 2016, and his new extended play, titled simply Little Boat, is taking the world of pop music by storm this fall. Sporting two brand new songs from the cult icon, Little Boat is a modest recording that […]

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Sarah Parker – Strawberry Moon

Written by Sebastian Cole on 9 October 2018

URL: https://sarahparkermusic.com/ Strawberry Moon is Florida born Sarah Parker’s first recording and sets the bar high for any future projects. The fourteen song release opens with the track “Sugar Town” and it’s a confection introducing listeners to her vocal and songwriting skills in the best possible way. She’s deft at conjuring a character for listeners in […]

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The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Little King and the Salamander

Written by Sebastian Cole on 9 October 2018

URL: www.merrymakersmusic.com Demo collections are usually dodgy curiosities at best intended, when they are released, to be consumed by the rabid faithful interested in charting the songwriting process. The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina, led by singer/songwriter/musician Ryan Shivdasani, left an impressive mark on the scene with the 2018 full length studio debut Act 3 and its follow-up, Little King and […]

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Abby Zotz releases new Album

Written by Sebastian Cole on 8 October 2018

URL: https://abbyzmusic.com/ Local Honey, the new record from rising folk music hero Abby Zotz, has been in my “favorites” playlist since it debuted a little earlier this year, and while I loved all eleven of the songs it features with an immaculate production, the single for “Big Hope” has got to be my very favorite. […]

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