album review

Northern New Jersey acoustic pop/punk outfit Scary Hours recently dropped Live to Serve, the band’s debut album on Pyrrhic Victory Recordings. Scary Hours is the musical project of Ryan Struck, who got his start in…

Bass player nonpareil and funk guru Freekbass dropped a new album not too long ago. It’s on the Color Red label, and is called All The Way This. All The Way That. Like the Roman…

Alternative synth-pop artist Leon Seti recently dropped his latest musical creation – Cobalt. The title of the album – Cobalt – mirrors the mysterious wonder of the sky and ocean, with their vast expanses of…

The Derek Woods band just dropped their new album, From Now Until Then, a collection of nine-tracks of ‘60s/’70s-flavored rock/Americana. Made up of Derek Woods (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Joshua Carns (lead guitar), Chris Schaney (bass),…

Big Terror is the musical project of Rebel ACA & French Monkey Wrench, who have released a bunch of grand singles, like “John Wayne,” along with an album, Sunday’s Cool, also on the Buttercuts Records…

Chicago-based DJ and producer Matt Warren recently dropped Music Is My Life. The album features Warren’s first new music in ten years. According to Warren, “This is my first release of my own music in…

Meet the Nell & Jim Band, who have a new album – Steel – dropping February 15. Produced and engineered by John Cunibert of Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani fame, Steel features a dozen tasty…

A decade after The Empty Mirror split up singer-songwriter Grant Huling just released the band’s second album, The Mere. Huling calls the album “a nocturnal, unsettled work,” a phrase indicative of the band itself. In…

Singer-songwriter Bobbie Morrone will drop a new album February 4. Entitled Lonely St., the album features the talents of Morrone (vocals, guitar), Isaac Vining (drums, percussion), and Adam Skinner (bass). Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Morrone…

The Pearcy/Gratzmiller Jazz Quintet (PGJQ) recently dropped their debut album, called Over the Edge, a collection of 10-tracks blending classic jazz, bebop, blues, and fusion jazz. According to PGJQ, “Our goal in creating Over the…