A punch to the stomach comes with this music as it plays out and the vocals are yelped. There is a lot of emotions in the music and the vocals push those along as well. The album hums along at a happy bop with melodies that play around the distorted bass and guitars. TRACKS: 2,3,4 […]

Rock n’ roll being revisited. There are vocal back and forths that give the vibe of a live show; there are big solos that climax in hushed vocal harmonies. The sound is swampy and builds around blues riffs. You could call it musical regifting with the band’s use of old sounds reimagined in this new […]

Folky, Americana, country that is very calming in the vocal arrangements. There are great stories, as all country-folk albums are meant to have, and the musical arrangements are very pretty with hints of influence beyond the typical realm. TRACKS: 1,2,4,5,10, RIYL: Shakey Graves, Grateful Dead

Powerful electronic pop ballads. The music is aggressive and calls for all of the attention that it is given; it moves around with cool melodies that glide over the music like a skate over the icy electronic grooves. The whole EP keeps it light and does not dwell on some of the darker ideas that […]

I could not conceive what was cooler while listening to this album; was it the laid-back guitar-driven music that gave each song a pulse or the descriptive lyrics and ideas that were spoken over each note just melodic enough to be considered singing? Fred Thomas plays it cool and seems to understand it. His songs […]

Electronic music that is composed of delayed synths that create a chill atmosphere with a heavy dose of manipulated vocals. The music is awesome for a montage of a fun day at the mall. It has a very heavy pop sound with a clear influence of 80s movie scores like Beverly Hills Cop or Fletch. […]

Slinky guitars and rambling drums that build soulful composition with a unique walk. The music continues to build and build until there is a full sound of beauty that blends blues guitar with Americana airiness. It is a grab bag of influence with cool lyrics that slide seemingly effortlessly out of the singer and create a […]

Diamond Youth present very sweet music that shows a bit of sadness that really only shows in the slightest note change in their melodies. The music is grand and sweet, similar to a gigantic sour gummy worm. It swallows you up in the apparent happy rock and power chords, but their is definitely a scene […]

Canada has shed its puffy jacket as the “nice country up north” to reveal a bullet-proof vest with a red maple leaf over their heart. With Drake repping the 6, Sonreal’s new album is full of references to some of the most frequent topics of rap albums; there are drugs, girls, self-importance, pop culture references, […]

Leonard Cohen’s tour is recorded and a select few tracks are placed on a CD for the future’s sake. The songs are so clean and his voice comes out of the tape with his raspy growl that is oddly pretty paired with the poetic lyrics he draws out, the music wrapping around each word and […]

Slow burning electronic jams with soaring vocals that give a retro feeling akin to the 80s slow ballads. There is more energy than the typical jam ballad, but the feeling is there so I will write it. Keeping the synth players in business, the album is centered around the synth and vocal pairing. The group […]