Protected: Baby Booder’s ‘Whatever You Wanna Call It’ Turns Personal Chaos Into Alternative Hip-Hop
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Protected: Rico Fabello’s November 2008 is About The Things You Can Never Really Go Home To
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The Stray Lions’ “Small Talk in Stereo” Leaves Plenty Of Afterthoughts
Have you ever listened to a record that feels so close yet distant at the same time? Like there’s a certain pull to it, like something just draws you in without ever letting you get too comfortable. That’s exactly how Small Talk in Stereo leaves you feeling. And it makes sense coming from a band
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Protected: Sacha Mullin Has No Fear of Expression With “Social Touch”
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Hoxsey’s Harvest Moon Sessions Is When Fall Turns Strange
There are albums that aim to sound autumnal, and then there’s an album that sounds like it was recorded somewhere behind an abandoned farmhouse while the trees were secretly plotting your demise. Hoxsey’s Harvest Moon Sessions is very much in the latter camp. Over 13 songs the album is a mixture of gothic folk, alt.
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Segana’s Midnight Masquerade Is a Neon Noir Trip With Nowhere to Go
There are albums that just arrive with their own lighting department. You know the type. The press copy says “after-hours.” There are probably signs that glow faintly in the dark. Someone’s definitely wearing a leather jacket. Every couplet or so is about the intersecting themes of wantonness, risk, seduction, running away, or running away from
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BR33Z WORLD’s Black Heart Is a Tale of Life, Suffering, and Success
BR33Z WORLD’s Black Heart features eight tracks, but there’s much to unpack. It’s about survival, treachery, allegiance, ambition, the blocks, and resilience, but it’s not eight songs sounding the same. BR33Z WORLD moves through rage, regret, mistrust, edge, and resolve, making his personal story multifaceted. Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, but shaped
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Dorian’s RECONNECTED Finds a Lively Median Between R&B Throwback and Modern Day Expression
Dorian makes nostalgic music. One second you’re listening to a song and the next, you’re reclined in the backseat of your car staring out the window, questioning why you had called someone back and then questioning why they didn’t call you back. This is what Dorian knows. His sound is rooted in soul and R&B
I Plead Irony Took 10 Years to Finish This Monologue Conversation. Thankfully, It Was Worth the Wait
There’s something inherently funny about a band called I Plead Irony spending ten years making an album about contradiction. You could accuse them of taking the joke too far, but then This Monologue Conversation arrives and makes a rather persuasive case for letting them have the last laugh. The third album from Farnborough trio I
CIRCA 99 Blends Psychedelic Pop and Electro Funk on Debut Album LOST IN SPACE
CIRCA 99’s debut album Lost In Space is the kind of record you’d imagine being made by someone in a bedroom studio with way too much free time and not nearly enough self-control over cool sounds once they’re discovered. With over 10 tracks, the album weaves elements of psychedelic pop, electro-funk, synth-heavy production and ambient
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