SHARK-FIN AWARDS

After four long years, Nicholas Altobelli is finally back in the spotlight with some new material in the form of Vertigo, a 35-minute studio album packed with more haunting harmonies than most records twice its length are. Altobelli introduces us to fiery riffage in “Runaway Trains,” pastoral poeticisms in “Everybody …

In his first solo album, You Know, the artist known simply as Jaco (aka Birmingham heavyweight Jake Waitzman) combines elements of punk, garage rock and contemporary pop together in an amplified hybridity that can shake the floorboards beneath your feet as often as it can impart a deeply emotional narrative. …

FACEBOOK: https://www.jennifertruesdale.com/ Jennifer Truesdale’s musical education proves to be no impediment towards making heartfelt music on her release Through the Circle. The ten track effort boasts eight original compositions and two covers from iconic songwriters Stephen Stills and John Fogerty and those two selections blend in well with the overall presentation. …

Atop a piano’s sexy chime and a bassline’s weighty sway, Ronnue and Figuz deliver a party-starting powerhouse in the song “Why,” one of the twelve tracks that you’ll find in the former’s new full-length studio album, Introduction 2 Retro-Funk. Released this summer to a warm reception from both fans and critics, Introduction …

Hughie Mac has covered some of the most iconic songs in the history of pop music, and for those familiar with his latest album, the poignant Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs, Pt.3, his new star single “Let’s Get Away” is certainly one his very best performances so far. “Let’s Get …

Still G & Slapy’s “Endless,” which recently scaled the Euro Indie Music Chart to the #10 slot whilst receiving airplay on hundreds of stations in over five dozen countries around the world, opens with a menacing synthesized salvo that will grow stronger with every verse that the Italian lyrical wizards …

Percussive palm-muting marks the disturbingly barren opening bars of “Carpet,” the new single from Wilhelm’s debut full-length album Lace, with a menacing texture that will only grow stronger as we delve deeper into the annals of this surreal acoustic ballad. Wilhelm’s lyrics are difficult to hear at first, as they’re sung …

URL: http://www.shanesmithmusic.com/ Menacing heavy rock riffs are met with forbidding harmonies of an acoustic nature in Hail Mary, the latest release from the one and only Shane Smith & the Saints. Singer Shane Smith tackles drama, dreams and demons of a personal variety in songs like “The End,” “Oklahoma City,” …

Saddle of Southern Darkness, aka SOSD, is the brainchild of brothers Trent and Chase Williams, and they bring metal and country together like that of no other on the single “Killbilly” which is graphically depicted in the promo video, but the song itself is quite a twang-fest crossed with a …

“Take a walk / Around the block / Down the hill / And through the park” sings Liz Kennedy in the opening verses of her latest single, the patient and chilling “Hike Up Your Socks,” with a graceful groove shadowing her every utterance. Kennedy’s voice is dripping with a vulnerability …