Album Review

Indie artist Luiz e os Louises will drop his first album, Life’s a Cigarette, on September 20. Explaining the album’s genesis, Luiz says, “This is the collection of melodies that have appeared in my mind…

Irish artist and producer Uwmami will drop her new mixtape, entitled Uwmami Presents: Summer Series, August 30. The mixtape is a collection of songs released one by one, every Friday during the months of July…

San Francisco alt-rock outfit Drowning Effect recently dropped their self-titled debut LP, featuring 10-tracks flavored with elements of garage rock, psych-rock, post-punk, and space rock. The album was mixed by Gabriel Shepard and mastered by…

Based in Miami, alt-R&B/hip-hop artist Speakea5y drops his debut album today, entitled Circles, which utilizes the solar system as a metaphor for social commentary. Revolving around the inexorable gravitational pull of the sun and its…

Alt-rock outfit Itch recently dropped their sophomore album, entitled Round 2, via Latticesphere Records. Formed in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2010, Itch dropped their debut album, Lullulu, in 2012, followed by playing beau coup gigs, as…

A few months ago, Chicago DJ and producer Matt Warren dropped Music Is My Life, a full-length album of contagious Nu House music, on the Wake Up! Music label, founded by MyMy Lady G, aka…

Jaco, aka Jake Waitzman, drops his debut album, entitled You Know, today, on Cornelius Chapel Records. You Know features dazzling contributions from Les Nuby (lead guitar) and Greg Slamen (bass). Based in Birmingham, Alabama, aka…

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Newman dropped Empirical Truth, his new album on July 12, via Danal Music. The monarch of almost any instrument with strings, including electric, acoustic, and lap steel guitar, along with the…

Miami’s Grammy-nominated reggae fusion outfit Locos Por Juana dropped their new studio album, Crazy For Jane, just a few days ago. Crazy For Jane has already hatched three hit singles: the title track, featuring Common…

One of rock’s hardest working goddesses, Betty Moon, recently dropped her ninth studio album. Entitled Hellucination, the album merges the contagious alt-rock sound Moon is known for with elements of electro-pop. In an interview with…