It’s hard to feel bad for John Mayer. In the 20 years since his debut album Room for Squares turned the Berklee dropout into a pop-rock heartthrob, Mayer has done practically everything any rock star would want to do: make…
Album Review: Kevin Daniel – ‘Been Here Before’
Been Here Before offers scrummy country zest, lying somewhere between outlaw country and bro-country. In other words, old-style country music dripping with heart and soul.
Album review: CLOUDLAND impress with vivid, eloquent lyrics on ‘Where We Meet’
The band out of Athens, Georgia, known as CLOUDLAND releases their debut album, Where We Meet, a 10-track collection of songs spanning stylistic savors of indie-rock, pop, and folk music. Made up of four outstanding musicians, CLOUDLAND got together four…
‘Pink Noise’ review: Laura Mvula goes supernova
Emerging with more vitality than ever after a messy breakup with her previous label, Laura Mvula’s first album under Atlantic, ‘Pink Noise’ tells a story of reinvention and jubilance amidst great personal hardship. Pink Noise’s first point of contact is…
‘A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals’ review: Sweet Trip’s newest indie adventure pays homage to 90s’ underground
No matter how many return projects fall flat, one thing is certain: musical genius doesn’t just fade. Kanye West’s lesser projects (if there are such things) are not worse than My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy because he lost his ability…
Album Review: Paul Rocha releases appealing retro-flavored ‘Apophenia’
At times dark, while at other times radiant, ‘Apophenia’ is simultaneously picturesque and tenderly sad, balancing on the threshold of the sonic terminator line.
‘Butterfly 3000’ review: King Gizzard’s synthetic journey shows hints of STRFKR
King Gizzard’s musical approach has garnered much praise and many fans throughout the past decade. Releasing a whopping eighteen studio albums since 2012, the group is never done creating and experimenting, resulting in an endless discography worthy of thirty years…