SHARK-FIN AWARDS

FACEBOOK: https://m.facebook.com/Scatter-Swept-302057330669284/ In Modern Remains, an all-new collaborative album from post-punk practitioners Brookhaven & Scatter Swept, atonal white noise finds itself fused with studded harmonies and gripping grooves that seem intent on stirring a reaction out of us. Songs like “Centerform” and “Already Moving Away” break through the speakers with an …

URL: http://gotimeband.com/ Drums explode out of the silence and come to life before our very ears in “Hard to Pull the Trigger,” the first of nineteen tracks in Go Time!’s incredible album Midway, out this winter everywhere indie music is sold. The white noise of the amplifiers is manipulated and forged …

URL: https://www.stephanierosemusic.com/ I loved Stephanie Rose’s Sprout from first listen. Rose has a lot of nuance, but she’s thankfully the sort of songwriter and singer who shows her cards from the start and doesn’t traffic in much, if any, artifice. The EP has an assuming sound on some songs, leaning heavily on …

BANDCAMP: https://toymoonmusic.bandcamp.com/ When it comes to making music that adheres to a no-rules philosophy, few bands rise to the task with the spirit and passion that experimental noise rock trio Protovulcan do, as they demonstrate in their new record Life is Twigs/Psychic Pinball. Divided into two distinct sections and consisting of …

URL: https://www.terryohms.com/ Terry Ohms’ Terryfirma boldly goes where few alternative rock albums are will to go anymore – beyond the limitations of contemporary pop and into uncharted sonic territory – in what is arguably the most robustly arranged collection of songs that 2019 has seen so far. Terryfirma isn’t your run of the mill …

Dizzy Box Nine returns to the stage with Pop Fantasy, the follow up to their 2017 debut Electric Illusion. This is a full-length LP with a ton of musical style and creativity on the offering. The group is led by Randy Ludwig, who himself is a bit of a musical …

URL: http://www.thechrisrubenband.com/ Stampeding from beyond the silence, a bold drumbeat comes galloping through our stereo before giving way to a sharp lead guitar bent on cutting into our souls one note at a time. The lead scratches against a synthesized tidal wave of anti-melodies, eventually combining their forces and saturating …

URL: http://www.merrymakersmusic.com/ Ryan Shivdasani is a bit of a musical magpie or polymath, take your pick. His band The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina canvassed a vast array of styles on their first studio release Act 3; experimentation isn’t so much of an anomaly, but pulling it off such artistic dexterity without fail definitely …

A glimmering note slips through a dark synthesized wall of sound in the opening bars of Angelo David’s “This Place” only to start expanding before our very ears, slowly at first and then suddenly without any warning. The subtle bass that skirted the forefront of this anti-melody falls backward as …

URL: https://www.officialtrevordrury.com/about/ Multitalented singer and performer Trevor Drury has proven himself to be an exquisitely adept vocalist and songwriter in his critically acclaimed original solo material, and this Christmas he takes on arguably the hardest subgenre in all of pop – holiday music. Covering the undebatable seasonal standard “Blue Christmas,” …