MUSIC REVIEWS

Onetime manager of Guns ‘n’ Roses, among others, Vicky Hamiliton’s Dark Spark Records are gatekeepers for Elsewhere’s full-length Life… is a Fraction. The first ten tracks of the dozen included on this release constitute a conceptual work telling a story about a character who discovers the Fractional Theory of Incremental Time …

If there’s one blues musician who is into finding new ways to get his audience stoned off of pure sonic might, it’s Steve Junot, and his latest release with the Infamous in Last Shot could be his scene’s most prolific material this year. In tracks like Last Shot’s “Chasing My Blues Away,” textures …

miQa.el isn’t just singing to us in the opening lines of the track, but instead pleading with us in the ascent towards the climax of his new single “Walking Medicine.” His words don’t have the desperation that might have with a different singer conveying them to the audience; he’s a …

In a determined clap of the drums, Jeremy Parsons launches into his new song “Tickin’,” and brings with him all of the intensity that a young singer/songwriter can muster in the recording studio and then some. The drums pitter-patter like a broken heart that has just found its other half, …

The Sisters J, collectively Lily and Elisabeth Jackson, are extraordinary young vocal talents and siblings who’ve partnered as a singing duo. The latest single from Nashville’s latest musical exports is “Clearly”, a song that marries a top-notch AOR rock backing with the sisters’ outstanding vocals and harmonies. It may sound …

Classical guitarist CelestiOwl continues adding to an already substantial body of work with his new EP release Metanoia. The four-track collection illustrates how CelestiOwl’s ambitions reach far beyond mere instrumental work and aspire to something akin to Art instead. He draws from influences reaching far beyond the typical assortment of classical …

The left field in alternative pop/rock is having a good autumn, and this statement applies particularly to one AV Super Sunshine, a veteran player whose new single and music video “Scarecrow (Rock Mix),” one of two versions of the song currently out, is capturing the attention of critics around the …

In a world so inundated with endless riffs on nostalgia and reboots/remakes, the world of pop culture and media altogether feels like a wheel spinning in the mud. It’s an extremely tiring trend to see films go through five-year bursts of trends, and it only feels all the more tiring …

With decadence coming to us in the form of a sensuous melody just about anyone could fall head over heels for, “I Just Want to Love You” asks us to set our cares aside and enter a world that is uniquely Robert Miller’s this November. One of the ten gripping …

Arbor Creek’s Thanks for Wading delivers the Chicago based band’s customary stew of classic rock sounds with a modern veneer. The nine songs included on the band’s sophomore effort do not break with the template established with the band’s self-titled debut, but they do refine the strengths present on that release and …