MUSIC REVIEWS

There’s a bit of sizzle on the riffage we come across in the new single “Heart on a Wire” from Lost Romance that reminds me of the proto-grunge era in northwest punk rock, and yet this Jersey City band is about as far away from a throwback unit as it …

“Here is the peace formula / Please take it my friends” offers a humble-toned Sankarshan Das in the chorus of his new single “The World Peace Formula,” much of his vocal getting absorbed by the grander harmony evolving from the strummed strings. His words are so simple, and their demands …

A life in the streets. A humbling experience. A moment of clarity. The story of redemption is one that has been told many times and many ways over the course of mankind’s existence, and in the new music video for his single “Order My Steps,” Kevin Phillips does his best …

Those who would tell you rock doesn’t work with the sleek pop hooks it used to in modern times just weren’t expecting a band like Pretty Awkward to debut in the last year, and with their new single “Bored,” the group puts an exclamation point on their meteoric rise to …

When you listen to Darren Michael Boyd’s new record Wonders Of The Invisible World, you know exactly how he feels. Perhaps by his own innate talent, or due to the self-released nature of the record without major label interference the anger and aggression seeps and lingers. Yet every set of …

Traveler Tales from David Arn yarns together 14 different paths, 14 different emotions. From the opening folk gem “We’re Not Broken: The Lover’s Tale” to the beautiful “Mother’s Day: The Mother’s Tale” and to the closing “When It’s Over: The Ex-Lover’s Tale” Arn, along with some special guests, weaves together chapters …

Nathaniel Bellows’ latest effort is the deceptively simple titled Three, arguably a continuation in the vein of previous works The Old Illusions and Swan and Wolf respectively. A constant in both popular and indie music is the deconstruction of stereotypes and typical attributes when it comes to image, Bellows proving …

There’s a lot of life in the modern pop-rock landscape. Little Hurt is the brainchild of onetime Mowgil’s front man and songwriter Colin Dieden and synthesizing the aforementioned musical styles with a contrast of boisterous musical energy and despairing words. Dieden understands the dynamics driving a song’s drama can manifest …

Kicking and screaming its way out of the silence and into the spotlight, we find Ronnue’s rendition of the iconic “Sex Shooter” almost bursting at the seams with a hearty synth melody before we even know what to do with it. Set to a swaggering tempo that picks up the …

Hollywood rockers Moon Fever’s new single “Cocaine” demonstrates all the attributes thus far fueling the guitar-driven outfit’s bid for popular and critical notice. Tracks such as this are a throwback to an earlier time in rock history. It isn’t glorifying substance abuse to say songs about drug use, from marijuana …