MUSIC REVIEWS

Sarah Clanton drops new album

URL: https://www.sarahclanton.com/ Medicine and law may well be noble professions, but I would argue that no calling is more emotionally taxing and demanding than music is. For fans like most of us, a good song can be the soundtrack to our daily lives; it can be there for our greatest …

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Brother Reverend – The Tables Turn Too Often

URL: http://www.brotherreverend.com/ Employing a more sensitive take on rip roaring American garage rock, Brother Reverend have unleashed a sonic juggernaut in their new album The Tables Turn Too Often, which is available everywhere this September 28th. The Tables Turn Too Often sees Brother Reverend expanding on their trademark sound, which fuses elements from …

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The Fibs release Self-Titled LP

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheFibsOfficial/ A singer/songwriter/musician who says they wrote the lyrics for their new album while reading famed poet Lorca might draw a slightly arched eyebrow from those with antenna raised for possible pretension. The Fibs’ front man, Preston Newberry, isn’t some hipster dilettante however. The self titled second album from his …

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Nate Smith – Some Kind of Dancing 

Anchored by the riveting single “A Girl Named America,” Nate Smith’s new album Some Kind of Dancing is a poetic slice of viciously dark Americana as imagined by one of our generation’s most provocative songwriters. Smith’s last album, Around and Around, captivated critics including myself with its delicate prose amidst stern social commentary, …

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Jonathon Zemek releases Hillcrest

YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsXTKpDY3Y If it weren’t already enough to construct a brilliant concept album the likes of which his generation hasn’t seen before, Jonathon Zemek wanted his new record to be an experience that would engage his audience on every possible level; audiological, visual and physical. With the help of …

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Lord & Lady release  “No Ghost” EP

YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsZwuz2Idyo Like a painter carefully applying a brush to a canvas, singer/songwriters Rachel Panchal and Scott Oatley artfully contribute one stroke of colorful tonality after another inNo Ghost, their brand new EP hitting record stores this summer, and their painstaking attention to detail is devastatingly moving in every …

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Champ de Mars – Rancho Seco Victory

URL: https://www.champdemars.net/ “Forlorn Cowboys of Nuclear Winter” opens Champ de Mars’ first full length studio album Rancho Seco Victory. In a bit of evocative misdirection setting a tone for everything following, the first track kicks off with moody sonic misdirection before settling into an airy, melancholy groove. The offbeat nature of …

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Oberon Rose – “No Stranger” (single)

INSTAGRAM: https://insta-stalker.com/profile/oberonrose/ A grinding organ gives way to the coarse and violent strumming of a haunting guitar. At once all of our emotions are bottled into a singular container and shaken like soda pop; the frothing fizz leaks out and spills onto our hi-fi with an uncompromising scowl that can …

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DawgGonDavis releases EP

REVERBNATION: https://www.reverbnation.com/dawggonedavis During the nine to five, she’s rocking the IT world managing the day to day workings of corporate America. But when she’s off the clock she takes on another identity – one of the Midwest’s most intriguing rappers and philanthropists. She is DawgGonDavis, and her new EP Anthem Pandemonium is …

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