album review

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.…

German extreme metal artist Rainer Landfermann recently dropped his solo album, entitled Mein Wort in Deiner Dunkelheit. Explaining the album, Landfermann says, “Mein Wort in Deiner Dunkelheit, which translates to ‘My word in your darkness,’…

Meet Cemetery Gates, the musical project of Gene Priest and Derek Jones – horror-centric music composers and creators of “synth-driven death ballads.” The duo’s latest venture was to rescore Häxan, the 1922 biopic silent horror…

Pop singer-songwriter Michelle Creber recently dropped a dazzling full-length album – On Display. Creber’s distinctive sound blends elements of pop, jazz, rock, and R&B into wonderfully contagious songs full tasty washes of sonic dynamism. As…

Detroit, Michigan indie-rock outfit ATMIG released a new album, called Wishes, not long ago. The band’s name – ATMIG – is an acronym for “after the money is gone.” Made up of Tobias (vocals, guitar),…