MUSIC REVIEWS

I admire how Dave Isaacs reins in the instrumental breaks for his new song “I Like What I See”. He gives us just enough of a taste from the tantalizing secondary musicians he’s working with that we understand even better how much the material means to him and, no less …

Many popular music fans of a certain age will think of Jethro Tull when they think of flute in a song. It’s a statement that probably dates me, but I don’t care. Steve Markoff and Patricia Lazzara’s flute driven duet “(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight” doesn’t recall the …

Equal parts metallic melodies and raging rhythm, the latter being as strong as a hurricane-force wind in spots, comprises the opening cut in Aquarius’ Equinox, but don’t be fooled by the onslaught of intensity – there’s as much a sense of delicate decadence in this EP as there is physicality in …

Harmony is the cornerstone of every hit pop single, but in the case of the new track “You’re My Crutch” from burgeoning singer/songwriter Chris Zurich, it’s at the foundation of every creative move he makes inside of the song’s run time. Nothing is inhibiting his expressiveness in this piece; from …

The beat is pulsating like beating heart bewitched by tat of another lover in the new single “PFH” by Vineet, and although this is a single and music video largely inspired by the aftereffect of pandemics, it’s ironically one of the most outgoing listens I’ve had the chance to spend …

Some songwriters need a lot of energy to get behind a big groove while others simply need a solid harmony to create a profound record, and in the case of one Frank Jurgens, the latter is absolutely true. Jurgens’ new self-titled LP is a testament to the soul he puts …

Jacob Kinniburgh’s one-man project Content debuts with a five song EP cut in a self-professed modern New Wave style. I don’t really hear it, however. Kinniburgh’s songwriting is an anagram of styles; keen-eared listeners will hear strands of rock, pop, and even reggae coiling around other threads. The tapestry of …

Guitarist and writer Ian Bouras’ latest musical offering, “The Accidental Artist”, is a composition. Bouras wrote the piece for the PVD International Looping Festival and it reflects his long-standing preoccupation with atmospheric and unconventional guitar textures. He utilizes two different Holzer guitars for the performance, as well as an Ebow, …

A little humble, more brooding than it has to be, and constantly reinforced by the texture of the string play it’s surrounded by, Rory D’Lasnow’s lead vocal in the new EP Songs From An Empty Room occasionally verges on countrified aesthetics tethering folk-rock and Americana, but it never becomes defined by scene …

The vocal in Tarot Cat’s “Am I Dreaming” might be coming from a normal, everyday human, but it could still fool most folks into thinking it’s coming from a much more venomous entity just by listening to a minute or so of this fierce punk anthem. “Am I Dreaming,” despite …