MUSIC REVIEWS

Bass. Minimalist groove. Eroticism via a restrained vocal delivery. It doesn’t take much to draw together a certifiable hit in hip-hop when you’ve got the kind of talent ALYST does, and in his new single “Gleeming,” he puts that talent to use in an efficient, brilliantly thoughtful expression of self. …

Stylistically speaking Elektragaaz is a super unique musical experience founded by a reclusive Frisian composer who goes by the name Poppo Redband, and a group of talented musicians from the New York Metro area. Their hird EP, “The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 3,” was released on September 14th …

Compilation albums are usually hit and miss affairs. There is usually little effort, frankly, put into assembling such collections. They are released as afterthoughts or cash grabs from fly by night companies. There are often shaky licensing agreements justifying the presence of some songs, outright illegality in the case of …

For the record we don’t normally review books on this platform, but in this rare case we made an exception. Why you ask? To put it simply – “Because it Rocks.” Veteran rock photographer Lisa Johnson’s new book is simply titled Immortal Axes: Guitars That Rock. If the semi-esoteric first …

Paul Avgerinos creates a whole new layer of chill and contentment in the super cool “Ganesha”. The single is from Avgerinos’ album Devotion and features singer Emma Kiara. Their voices bounce off each other like raindrops falling from the sky, beading together like a perfect pattern. “Ganesha” is riddled with ambient sounds, …

Nestled tightly together like an a capella choir that has sung together for decades, Margaret Dorn and The Accidentals deliberately communicate an almost solemn, yet rich song after song in the new album, A Capella Holiday Classics. An onslaught of merriment, the voices on this record preserve the stronghold that Christmas …

Arizona based Celtic quartet Swann’s third studio release Under a Willow Tree embraces tradition, but only so far. The four piece, also known as Cockswain, doesn’t adopt a thoroughly purist approach to their songwriting but lovers of Celtic music will appreciate their fluency with the form. It has earned them the status …

The newest single by the flamboyantly bombastic Ronnue, is simply titled, “Why.” The track also features Ronnue right from the onset doesn’t mince words, to say the least. The song simply asks the question of why some people seem overly preoccupied with the sex lives of others. Why/are you worried …

William Maselli’s “Feeling Good About Us” from his album release On the Back Nine expresses a welcome note of optimism in a period when hope seems scant. Penned by Steve Brochu, the track hails from the sessions for Brochu’s album Friendly Territory but Maselli interprets the song as if he composed it in white …

Even The Undertaker is excited for Once Great Estate’s new album. No, not The Undertaker who was managed by Paul Bearer, but the non-descript undertaker, that Once Great Escape is referencing. Once Great Escape is based in North Florida, and is the brainchild of frontwoman, Tracy Horenbein. They are essentially …