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New Music and Video
Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.
VINYL OF THE MONTH: The Fireworks – “Switch Me On”
VINYL OF THE MONTH The Fireworks Switch Me On Brighton & London, UK (Shelflife Records)...
MUST LISTEN: the one and only PPL MVR
the one and only PPL MVR EP Hometown: Unknown (Elektra)...
Record Review: Speak Easy
Speak Easy Words Have Power Atlanta, GA Sean Fahie has chosen the right moniker. As Speak Easy, rapping over jazz horns and soul riffs, his voice transports the listener to an alternate 1920s...
Record Review: Roh Delikat
Roh Delikat Sunny Boston, MA An endearing quality about most alternative music is the fact it can readily change itself to various forms of dark imagery, while retaining a strong sense of fluidity. ...
Record Review: RIBS
RIBS British Brains Boston, MA Head banging to a melody is not an easy feat. There is always the very real risk of dislocating your neck while incorporating a smooth-yet-jerking motion into any rock...
Record Review: Mikie Lee Prasad
Mikie Lee Prasad Jukebox Folktales: Volume Two Oakland, CA One of the hardest working musicians in the Bay Area, Mikie Lee Prasad has been performing his rollicking brand of energetic Americana in...
Record Review: Mermaids
Mermaids Tropsicle Atlanta, GA The cover of Tropsicle contains a weird, collage-like image of summertime pictures from long ago. The sounds within the album perfectly fit this image. The 11 tracks...
Record Review: Kordan
Kordan The Longing Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn natives Kordan provides a lush backdrop to a winter night, just right for a cruise through downtown NYC. Full of fierce passion and insight, the band’s...
Record Review: Kim Taylor
Kim Taylor Little Miracle Cincinnati, OH Written and recorded in just three days, Kim Taylor’s Little Miracle captures raw emotion. The lyrically driven album features sparse instrumentation,...
Record Review: Jon Lindsay
Jon Lindsay Escape from Plaza-Midwood Charlotte, NC Jon Lindsay dazzles his way into the limelight as one of Charlotte’s premiere musical poets, delivering his first full length, Escape from...
Record Review: John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice Green Grow the Rushes San Francisco, CA Few musicians have given as much to the Bay Area indie scene as John Vanderslice. The former frontman of MK Ultra in the latter half of the...
Record Review: The Honored Guests
The Honored Guests Please Try Again Chapel Hill, NC The last time The Honored Guests put out a full-length record was in 2006 with the experimental pop sounds of Tastes Change. Decidedly a “grower,”...