Admittedly, I am the last person who should be writing a review for a rap artist, but “Black Swan Dive” reached into me and stirred up some emotions that needed stirring. This collaboration between Jibba the Gent and Rico James hits those dark places that reside inside each of us, nailing it down with the…
After listening to all 11 songs on the LP, Everything Will Be OK, I can confirm: You will be fine with it. In the nutshell, if the opening first ten seconds of the first song impresses you, then it’s a guarantee that the entire album will. James Walsh is the frontman of Starsailor, a band that is…
The artist known as BofBriz, from Bristol, describes her music as “weird ass feminist rap” in her own words. Her vocals have a sleek and polished sound, a distinctly English accent, and are well executed on this new track, “Charioteer”. The song flows with great lyrical content, cleverly constructed, with perfect phrasing. This is not…
From Gateshead, England, Hannah Robinson has bestowed unto us the dream pop track, “Nineteen.” Over its four minute duration, Hannah seldom strays too far from what can only be perceived as her vocal comfort zone, but she is, nevertheless, truly effective in delivering the intended message of an all too familiar inner struggle: “As I…
On the 19th of March 2010, for the world a great loss was suffered – Mark Linkous, who is famous for his work as Sparklehorse’s mastermind. In 2022, I have come to realize that their spirit is alive in Hang Ten’s song, “Balloon.” I have no idea whether they would consider this a compliment or if…
The Forensics are a four-piece band from Lancashire or the northwest of England; their first single, “Change My Mind,” is releasing on July 26th. The intro of this indie pop song is a very typical “here’s your anthem,” as it starts with a stripped-down version of the chorus, and then drummer Dan Lewis gives us…
The biggest of them is a typical indie acoustic melodic nostalgic player and the other one is Alex Francis. “If I Can’t Have You” is a masterpiece of a song, which brings to mind a montage in a feature film. Alex does a good job with songwriting and the beat moves swiftly to a hook that is…
S.T. Manville is a singer/songwriter who I stumbled upon during the end of my Spotify browsing while looking for another artist’s song. I clicked on his latest release, “How To Belong” and the Elliott Smith vibe was just right, so I invited him for a feature. And Elliott Smith fans are probably going to listen to…
Madi Foster is that kind of singer who could be on stage and you really don’t feel the need to move or do anything else but just sit down and listen to her. It’s authentic, it’s stirring, and it’s the most current and has that vintage spice. I’ve written this review about her latest single, “White Lines,”…
Whatever you gravitate to, be that country, blues, synthpop, or indie rock, Stone Mile’s latest single “Settle Down” is exactly what you need to find true happiness within yourself. They throw in all of the usual ingredients for this delightful dish: liner guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, but the delivery is special, with only enough familiarity…
From the lockdown phase of the Covid pandemic came Disco In Sochi, an act lead by Alex Allen, an Anglo-French Londoner, and their latest offering is the song “Diva”…. A tune that puts the bass and drumming to work; a fast, tight rhythm that is the standard for indie disco. This song could have been released…
Living in London, Si Connelly is a singer/song writer who is very ambitious; he is planning to release an EP every month. The seventh EP of the year, entitled July EP, is a three songs short stack, which is accompanied with shimmering production and glorious vocal melodies, on which the EP’s opener, ‘Fire’, is a good…
Whoa! The first song that I encountered, “Cut It,” threw me off guard! The song starts with a delightful verse groove/riff, but then suddenly, the attack… the sneak attack… the unexpected uppercut that you never see coming. But the changed beat, it’s a long way to the snare. The exhilaration you get from flying upward; this is a…
From his upcoming EP, I’m Really Bad with Names, Venezuela born musician Alejandro Lopes offers us the first single, “I Can’t Read Your Mind.” This track is a mid-tempo wall of sound that echoes the likes of The Jesus and Mary Chain, laying it on thick from the beginning, and somehow only getting thicker– so…
From London, England, I present to you: The Great Leslie.You should– nay! You REQUIRE listening to “Feel Alive” only because Alfie Pawsey’s bass line is the shit, and it’s a pure jam. On top of that, Ollie Trevers’ powerful vocals are in some ways the same as Brenden Urie’s in terms of intensity and vibrato. The guitar…
Out of the blue, straight at your face is Reliant with the track “Heaven or Hell” from the UK town of Reading, this band don’t care about what people think. It’s either the old skateboarder in me or the effect of four cups of coffee, but in this track I wanna break some sh*t from the…
Whether it’s the sheer quantity of material recorded during “the COVID years” or the luck of finding Sergio Napoletano in the stacks, one thing is certain: the amount of material recorded during “the COVID years” is truly endless. Memory Aisle is where Napoletano used the time of social distancing to write, record and eventually find his…
Halloween came early! The EP, Glow, by Katy Alex, is in the bag, as it were, and it’s a real bag of ear candy. These four songs that are filled with lush production and sweet hooks are the result of the heavy-duty work of a confectioner in a kitchen with the sole purpose of making tasty candy….
