album review

NorCal post-hardcore outfit Down Again dropped their debut album, entitled The Devil Is A Gentleman, just moments ago. The album channels the inner thoughts and emotions of guitarist/vocalist Lenny Costa, as he dealt with the…

Drink is the title of the new album from Victor Rice – Grammy-winner, producer, engineer, and musician extraordinaire – who dropped Smoke in 2017. Smoke was not only Rice’s first solo album in more than…

Alt-metal outfit Fervence recently released their debut album, Ghost. Commenting on the album, the band shares, “Our debut album ‘Ghost’ is a dialogue on the greater thoughts of what lies beyond the pale, the idea…

Indie-rock outfit Mother Yeti released a new album, My Best Please, just a short time ago. My Best Please is almost a solo effort from Bill Tracy, the band’s frontman. Exceptions include the title track,…

Presently based in New Zealand, Ecuadorian indie-pop-rock singer-songwriter Oriana Setz will release her new album, Metamorfosis, three days from now. Explaining the album, Setz says, “’Metamorfosis’ is about embracing the painful yet inevitable transition of…

Brainsqueezed, the musical project of France’s Sébastien Laloue, released a new album, Scarred, not long ago. Laloue created Brainsqueeze during the mid-‘90s and started recording after the turn of the century. His first release, the…

Chicago-based experimental folk outfit Magical Beasts recently released a new album, entitled Yes, My Love, I am Reaching. Commenting on the album, the band says, “This album is full of love songs and devotional music.…

Folk-Americana singer-songwriter Todd Warner Moore recently released Path Overgrown, his fifth album in eighteen months, beginning with June 2018’s Lapis Lazuli, followed by Spark, Love and Change, Starry Sounds, and now Path Overgrown. Originally from…

Lithuanian composer, producer, arranger, guitarist, and singer Robertas Semeniukas recently dropped a new album, entitled Backstage Stories, a collection of 20-tracks, of which 12 are instrumentals, with eight vocal tracks, including a cover of Mississippi…

Canadian prog-rock/post-metal outfit The Basement Paintings recently released a new album, entitled Antipodes. Right from the get-go let it be known that this album is superlative, definitely one of the best albums of the year.…