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In his second record, titled Incendiary Heart, Andy Michaels throws out the rulebook when it comes to making a sophomore album and focuses solely on getting back to the basics of songwriting, and though this approach could rightly be described as somewhat minimalistic compared to what he did in Revisited, his 2018 debut, it’s an aesthetic that […]
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Guitars sizzle with just the slightest bit of electrified overdrive in “In Another World.” A gentle string section dances around us in a simple strut in “John R. Brinkley.” Melodies rumble with a menacing melodicism in “Wings of a Rumor.” “Beauty Amongst the Trees” calls out to us with its unrealized catharsis just as “Every […]
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Reverend Doctor! Thank you for your time today. We loved your single Dance Warrior, so we have to ask – do you have plans to release new music soon? Anytime! And thank you for the kind words! I’m glad you’re enjoying. I have lots of new music coming down the pipe. My next single, “Better […]
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In a violent stomp that sets the tone for all of the melodic carnage soon to follow, a fiery riff lays out a rhythm for Jupiter in Velvet’s “Forever & a Day” within moments of pressing play on this fifth song in the tracklist of Anthems 2 Love, Jupiter in Velvet’s latest EP. “Forever & […]
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Shot in Hong Kong and filmed in Moscow by Luca Lovisetto and Sam Regan, the companion video to “Hong Kong Hike” is a myriad of images and captures the simplicities of everyday life. Transportation and the pulse of large cities emerge at their core it’s all about the human existence. The smiles are as optimistic […]
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Kerry Pastine and her husband/guitarist Paul Shellooe have with “City of Love” a single leaning hard on vintage musical values yet sounding thoroughly modern and never imitative. Yes, Pastine works within an established tradition on this release, but it doesn’t stop her, Shellooe, or the other members of the Crime Scene from recasting these time-tested […]
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Based on the song title alone, listeners may expect Jesse Rundle’s “Captain Profundo” to be some sort of psychedelic musical trip, but they couldn’t be more wrong. This is a folk song, through and through, with some modern adornments helping ground it in the present. “Captain Profundo” isn’t purist folk, a musical butterfly trapped under […]
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Pittsburgh natives now based out of the Boston area, The Keymakers are two brothers, Rome Alexander and Rederic, who have made their presence felt in the modern music scene since first combining their talents in 2016. Spectra is the duo’s first extended release, running seven songs in all, and contains material that should figure into the duo’s […]
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Velvety and accented with a unique country melodicism, we enter Rob Georg’s “When I Make It Home for Christmas” on the back of a brittle acoustic guitar’s painful yearning. It isn’t long before Georg himself steps into the fold, adding a vocal to the mix that could warm listeners up on even the iciest of […]
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The piano melody that signals the start of White Collar Crime’s “To Be Real,” one of two songs that they’re releasing ahead of their latest record 30 Years In The New York Rain, is glittery and bright, adorned with a gentle drumbeat that persists through the whole of the track. A soft lead vocal joins […]
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