Derek Burns

Juana Everett: Learning to Move On by Using Pain as Creative Fuel

Moving on is supposed to be an alleviating experience. It’s supposed to be about leaving what no longer serves us, abandoning the dark and stepping into the light, detaching from the past and embracing a brighter future. Sounds nice, but that’s rarely what it actually...

Record Review: Zoey Van Goey

Zoey Van Goey Propeller Versus Wings Glasgow, Scotland “Don’t mess with robot dinosaurs” With a band name like Zoey Van Goey, it makes sense that this Scottish indie pop quartet has been described...

Record Review: WH Walker

W.H. Walker Suds! Portland, OR “Doo-wop pop meets garage punk fun” What happens when a band fuses 1950s doo-wop pop with garage-punk and a contagious beat? Nostalgia for those laid-back summer days...

Record Review: Stereoflower

Stereoflower It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander Perth, Australia “Pop laden lo-fi on the barbie” Stereoflower’s debut It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander, is an admirable step forward...

Record Review: Sean Rowe

Sean Rowe Magic Troy, NY “American folk ready for the long haul” How refreshing to hear a voice with such conviction, with storytelling and song craft so compelling, so stirring to the human soul....

Record Review: Schuyler Fisk

Schuyler Fisk Blue Ribbon Winner Los Angeles, CA “Don’t be a ‘Zombie’: get this album” You’re walking through a store when suddenly you hear a song - maybe you can hear the words, maybe you can’t....

Record Review: Revolver

Revolver Parallel Lives Paris, France “A classical ideology” By merging compositions typically found in classical music with modern folk structures, Paris trio Revolver puts out an EP that is...