MUSIC REVIEWS

“Christmas Festa” (SINGLE) by Franchesco De Rosa

If you’re looking to galvanize your Christmas and holiday musical library, then “Christmas Festa” (Mountain Rio Records) is your jam. The EDM fueled gem is courtesy of United Kingdom’s Franchesco De Rosa, whose real name is Frank Robinson, and is an uplifting surround-sound experience. It’s like child’s play to immerse …

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Manny Cabo – “The Last One” (SINGLE)

Singer Manny Cabo catches wildfire again in his new country-rock fused barnburner “The Last One”. And once again Cabo teams up with frequent collaborator, the touching songwriter Bonnie Warren. “The Last One”, a fierce reminder that tomorrow is never promised and don’t put off ‘till tomorrow what can be done …

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Electric E Releases “Ella” and “Sight Unseen”

Multilingual poeticisms. Raging bastions of white noise manipulated into bittersweet melodicism. Harmonies that test the limits of their own construction. A rhythm that doesn’t seem to know where it’s going – or why it’s even chugging forth in the first place. There are contradictions, conflicts and aesthetical riddles that follow …

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Carolina Blue – Take Me Back (LP)

Carolina Blue don’t waste a shred of time getting us excited about the magnificent zeal they offer in the new album Take Me Back; right out of the gate, “Grown Cold” pumps up the energy with a fast-paced groove that will only get more infectious as we press on. The first …

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Anders/O’Bitz – This Mortal Farce EP

Anders/O’Bitz – This Mortal Farce EP, is their second release in 2020 (after the recent American Bardo album), and it comes with four marvelous numbers worth adding to any current library, playlist or however you select these days, as this duo hope listeners do without any fuss and bother between …

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“Everybody But Myself” by Rad Horror

Rad Horror aren’t your average millennial indie rock act, and in this sense, their new single and music video “Everybody But Myself” isn’t your average millennial indie rock single. Beyond its post-pop cues and stylistic origins that seem clearly rooted more in the cerebral side of rock’s history than it …

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Number Prophets Releases “Notes on the Crises” (EP)

With a raging rhythm immediately distinguishing their passion from that of their closest rivals in and out of the American underground, alternative rock crew Number Prophets welcome us into their new EP Notes on the Crises with a bang, signaling much of what listeners can expect to hear in all four songs …

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