MUSIC REVIEWS

If a song has the opening line “And then I saw you, breakfast table at Lo-Fi Betty’s, making love to your biscuits and gravy, that big gorilla on your arm,” there’s a high chance no matter what follows could turn my enjoyment of the track sour. For “Dangerous” by CrashMonkeys, …

Bands like The Chillbumps litter rock and roll’s long history. The Alabama-based five-piece first formed in the late 1980s and, at first, devoted themselves to covers and playing the college circuit in the American Southeast. Auburn University students themselves, The Chillbumps did eventually record one album of originals in 1991, Welcome …

Blues music is quite literally at the foundation of all western pop and rock music, but when it’s being presented in its purest of forms, there’s no denying its charismatic tone as it exists independently from the genres it has influenced in the past century. A lot of singer/songwriters do …

Vineet Singh Hukmani understands his audience like few pop performers today. He’s had one success after another during the comparatively dark period of the pandemic at its zenith and all of its accompanying lockdowns and, without question, performed a service to music fans worldwide with his relentless optimism and hope …

You know when people make music for more than just fame and fortune. It’s as much of a cliché as anything else in this world to say some people possess the still relatively inexplicable compulsion to make music and share it with the larger world. Being a cliché doesn’t make …

Pop music doesn’t have to be complicated and, truth be told, it’s often a lot more fetching when it’s presented simply as opposed to with a lot of frills. There are plenty of singer/songwriters who might disagree with me on this point, but if there’s one who is sympatico with …

If you’re looking for something that sounds and feels fresh, but with a dash of nostalgia, look no further than “Y Nos,” by Welsh Rockers. WoodooMan. It’s the 8th studio album for the band, who have been called a mash-up of Psychedelia, Underground and Stoner-Punk. The group’s founder is Iwan …

Atlanta-based rock group Pistols At Dawn have never felt more at home than they do on their latest single “The Truth,” which also acts as the lead-in for their upcoming fourth album Ascension (their first full-length in five years.) The band, a quintet comprised of Adam Jaffe, Devin White, Billy …

Chris St. John’s duet with vocalist Leah Haley on the former’s latest single “I Just Knew” isn’t a novelty track. Some may hear it as such when they grasp the subject matter and accompanying music video. There’s no question that St. John, Haley, and particularly songwriter Stephen Wrench, are cognizant …

There’s something so overwhelmingly charming and invigorating about stumbling across a truly original Americana rock star. Most artists these days have thrown in the towel when it comes to crafting genuine and original music, so to find a guitar-forward EP with emphasis on lyrical storytelling and musical performance feels like …