MUSIC REVIEWS

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/50vBpQeIQqm2c3iLor6B3N  Canadian born Drake Jensen has a handful of studio albums to his credit and his latest single “Talk Me Down” shows the signs of continuing growth we hope to hear from talented artists and songwriters. This new single is culled from his latest album, 2019’s Sideshow, and while it …

Nigerian Afrobeat/R&B performer and songwriter Victor Pedro draws from a variety of influences for his unique brand of pop music like Chris Brown, UB40, Wizkid, and others. Based out of South Africa, Pedro has experienced considerable success since his 2013 debut, but Pedro has blazed a trail towards global recognition …

Canada’s own Midnight Shine get experimental in their new single and music video, a cover of “Heart of Gold” (originally by Neil Young, for those few who aren’t already aware), with debatably affective results depending on how you choose to consume it. The song starts off familiarly, to such a …

URL: https://www.charliemariemusic.com/ Lap steel guitars poetically make merry with a jittery percussive track in “Rhinestones.” The electric grooves peppering the otherwise plaintive rhythm seem to sweep us clean off of our feet, much like the gilded strumming that adorns the opening bars of “Rodeo” does every time we give it …

URL: https://www.projectgrandslam.com/ Galloping out of the ashy remains of “Torpedo of Love,” Robert Miller’s bubbly bass sparks our attention as “I Don’t Know Why” comes roaring into existence in the eleventh track of Project Grand Slam’s PGS 7. The four-string ferocity is a beast to say the least, although it …

“From a third-person view, you got your friends in the moon, each one looking at you / What’s the matter, why you closing your eyes? What a pointless disguise, only think that you hide,” Trevor Drury sings in his signature honeysweet voice, his vocal peppering a sophisticated piano-driven melody that …

URL: http://www.adrunksdreamcomestrue.com/ Tommy Botz is a songwriter on a journey that is said to be one of “hardship, compassion, and redemption.” And out of that long story comes the song “Teddy Bear,” sung by Logan Wells, and written by Botz, for a fellow inmate while locked up in an Ohio …

The last couple of years have left a lot to be desired in rock music on the mainstream level, but in the case of underground up and comers Stars in Toledo, those who worship at the altar of rock n’ roll gods will find a fine collection of songs in …

URL: https://www.caseyahern.com/ If you’ve been looking for especially stylish country grooves with a fresh, pop/rock edge, Casey Ahern might just have exactly what you’ve been yearning for in her new extended play He Was Summer, which is out now everywhere that indie music is streamed and sold. Ahern brandishes a versatile …

URL: https://www.respectables.ca/ The Respectables deliver a signature blend of epic tonality in their all new album The Power of Rock ‘N’ Roll, an eleven-track masterpiece that fuses hard rocking rhythm with adept, colorful lyrics that are often spiked with seductively stylish hooks. With songs like “The Shotgun Seat,” “Give Some” and …