With so much experimentalism blowing up in the underground at the moment, there’s been a lot of debate among critics as to what constitutes smart compositional dabbling and what is merely a cheap recreation of Sonic Youth, but in the case of the new record Tides from The Transonics, I think the talent of the creators speaks […]
Americana is an easy label to slap on Ben Bostick’s new album Grown Up Love but misses the larger picture. Bostick utilizes an assortment of traditional instruments seldom used in modern songwriting and his influences skew towards the blues/folk end of the spectrum but, more than anything else, these tracks are an auditory document, an autobiographical statement […]
Brielle Brown calms the storm, unleashes the human spirit of connectivity amidst an endearing pop/adult contemporary standard in her new single “She’s Come To Sing”. The track, from Brown’s The Well, draws inspiration from the idea of renewal, hope, sparking community and most of all, the idea of love. Furthering her artistry and presentation is a […]
It’s rest assured that the state of songs from the great American songbook are in safe hands when it comes to Hughie Mac. One of Philadelphia’s most beloved local singers, and a prolific one at that, his most recent collection of songs, Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Part 4, continues his sonic journey of bringing […]
We want to get to know more about the heart of the art! What has been your craziest experience when creating your album? Oh wow… There have been a few. This album “Fly Around” had a very disjunct path to its birth. One of the craziest experiences was the fact that people were actually willing […]
We want to get to know more about the heart of the art! What has been your craziest experience when creating your album? For ‘Cacophony’, it was definitely right in the middle of quarantine in June 2020. We used the thermometer gun thingy so much it was credited on the album! Social distance is fairly easy […]
As much an agent of seduction as either of the vocals in this track are, the groove supporting Mel Pacifico and Uness in RockLee’s “It’s a Feeling” has a rhythmic command over the audience from the moment we press the play button forward. There’s no separation between the singers and the beat in this single; […]
It’s really easy to fall in love with the North American underground right now, and if you’re keeping up with Canada’s own Wave 21 at the moment, you already know exactly what I’m talking about. The formerly insular Canadian circuit has been producing smashing content from the likes of Wave 21 for several years now, but the band’s new record Brace Yourself is […]
A quaint strum here, an aggressive harmony there. Spun together out of fragmented melodies and broken emotions reimagined in lyrics, we find a bittersweet story to behold in the new album String Ladders from The Color Forty Nine that perhaps speaks to the fractures in alternative music, both self-created and aesthetically inevitable. In songs like the short […]
In Cold Stares riveting and dynamic new effort, Heavy Shoes changes speeds and tempos and presents the band’s gift of creating songs with freedom and clarity. Breathtaking in scope, Heavy Shoes takes the listener on a ride back to the days of Iron Maiden, Soundgarden and classic White Stripes. WEBSITE: https://www.thecoldstares.com/?tag=heavyshoes Each song is perfectly […]