MUSIC REVIEWS

URL: http://www.thechrisrubenband.com/ Stampeding from beyond the silence, a bold drumbeat comes galloping through our stereo before giving way to a sharp lead guitar bent on cutting into our souls one note at a time. The lead scratches against a synthesized tidal wave of anti-melodies, eventually combining their forces and saturating …

by Mark Druery NSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thechordaes/ The contrast generated between the bassline beating against the familiar rhythm that we find in The Chordaes’ new single “Venus” isn’t the only draw that the interstellar rock song boasts, but it certainly is one of its more refined attributes. The Chordaes strut with total confidence through the subtly …

YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrm2nCV_Dm4&feature=youtu.be “Cigarette” mesmerized me with a single hearing. Having no experience of Ashley Delima’s talents before hearing this song, I immediately searched out some information about her and versed myself with her previous work. This new performer on the pop scene has a previous single, “Stay in America”, …

The latest release from the Robert Miller led Project Grand Slam, Greetings from Serbia, is an attractively packaged seventh recording from this self described jazz rock fusion six piece. Miller, one of the best bass players you will ever here, took his band mates with him to play the famous Nišville …

“Took a train to Brooklyn, but Harlem was on my mind,” David Yim croons in the opening lines of his solo endeavor Mount Hudson’s new single “Write a Book,” his words cascading across the gentle acoustic backdrop the music is generating. Yim’s confidence is contagious, so much so that the …

URL: http://www.merrymakersmusic.com/ Ryan Shivdasani is a bit of a musical magpie or polymath, take your pick. His band The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina canvassed a vast array of styles on their first studio release Act 3; experimentation isn’t so much of an anomaly, but pulling it off such artistic dexterity without fail definitely …

In the first few seconds of DawgGoneDavis’ new EP I’m Here for Thee, the stampede of the album’s namesake track careens through our stereo speakers with a fierce brutality that is both unforgiving and yet infectiously decadent. The Kansas City rapper slices through the flutes, synths, horns and every other textured …

A glimmering note slips through a dark synthesized wall of sound in the opening bars of Angelo David’s “This Place” only to start expanding before our very ears, slowly at first and then suddenly without any warning. The subtle bass that skirted the forefront of this anti-melody falls backward as …

In order to properly define rock music, you must be able to understand and subsequently appreciate sonic physicality. One of the greatest songwriters of the last 25 years said that rock n’ roll isn’t about safety, and although some would argue that the statement doesn’t apply to modern rock music, …

URL: https://www.officialtrevordrury.com/about/ Multitalented singer and performer Trevor Drury has proven himself to be an exquisitely adept vocalist and songwriter in his critically acclaimed original solo material, and this Christmas he takes on arguably the hardest subgenre in all of pop – holiday music. Covering the undebatable seasonal standard “Blue Christmas,” …