MUSIC REVIEWS

Foundry Town Survivors “Blue Sky” (SINGLE)

Burgeoning talent is attracting a lot of people to the American underground right now, and whether you’re looking for something urban or bucolic, you can rest assured there’s going to be something to suit your taste out at the moment. URL: https://foundrytownsurvivors.com/ Those who prefer the latter over the former …

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JD and the RetroRyders “HOTNSIXY” (EP)

Consider JD and the RetroRyders to be proverbial keepers of the flame. This unique seven piece band based out of Huntington Beach, California is led by front man Joe DeMeo with two supporting vocalists, a drummer, guitarist, bass player, and an additional percussionist. They have four well-received releases under their …

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Cinemartyr “Opt Out” (LP) 

Noise-rockers Cinemartyr have a particular philosophy when it comes to making music – “the body dictates the note” – and it’s very much in this spirit that we find their new album  sounding like one of the more imposing releases of its kind out this summer. From the moment the …

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Francesca Beghe “Francesca Beghe Live” (LP)

Francesca Beghe Live presents the wildly talented veteran vocalist in fine fettle. The fourteen songs included on the release, drawn from Beghe’s first three live performances with a full band behind her in twenty-plus years, are an indistinguishable blend of originals and covers. I say indistinguishable because nothing Beghe does ever …

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Chris St. John “Fly Away” (LP)

From the moment we press the play button on the warm, sunlit string play of “My Sunrise,” it’s obvious that we’re in for a special treat in the new Chris St. John album uncommon on the mainstream level of country music nowadays. While St. John isn’t reinventing the wheel with Fly …

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Karen Turner “Tonight There Might Be Stars” (EP)

Indie singer/songwriters are enjoying their moment in the spotlight right now, but it hasn’t come without a lot of divisiveness among critics. In her debut EP Tonight There Might Be Stars, Karen Turner isn’t putting her music in one particular aesthetical camp over another and is instead focusing on melodic charm …

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ExoGeo “The Nightmare Lottery” (LP)

Experimental music and the esteemed city of Seattle are about as intertwined as cities and genres can be, with the genre of grunge exploding out of the Pacific Northwest back in the early ‘90s as a response to mainstream pop and punk, and then the modern indie genre spawning out …

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Pidgie “Just Breathe” (LP)

Just Breathe is the galvanizing new album from singer/songwriter and disability rights activist Pidgie. With themes of empowerment and creative perseverance Just Breathe is a breath of fresh air. Packed full of inspirational rock anthems and a dynamite cover of Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel …

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