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The Cast of Cheers – Family album review
As soon as I saw the assignment for my next album, the first thing that popped into my mind was “where everybody knows your name”. Unfortunately, this wasn’t an album from Sam and the gang, but what I found from this frenetic purveyor of math-rock was a band that didn’t quit and is really good at making you bob your head and go nuts. The Cast of Cheers with their new album “Family” have hidden too long in the shadows [...]
Tell Me That You Want Me – A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac album review
Fleetwood Mac is simply Fleetwood Mac. Rumours is one of the greatest albums put together and there is a reason why it is one of the best-selling ever. With that said, the only way to truly do a tribute album to a band that is as iconic as Fleetwood Mac is, is to go do a complete 180 with the artists and their renditions. Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute Album to Fleetwood Mac does just that [...]
Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine album review
I have only reviewed one other black metal band before and I remember being rather lukewarm on the album. I’m not sure if it’s the genre of the actual bands themselves, but this output by Nachtmystium makes me think it’s more the genre, because behind my general dislike for the particular sound Nachtmystium’s latest effort, “Silencing Machine” is a tour-de-force of energy and technique that I believe is a must-own for all black metal fans. Although, I do admit I [...]
Alex Riggen – Rabbit album review
One thing I love about this writing position is the chance to experience new artists each and every week. Sometimes they are good and sometimes they are bad, but it is never not interesting and enlightening. People revel in discovering what is new, especially in the entertainment world where we always want to be the first person to tell our friends about the new, awesome song/singer and how that person should listen to it right away. Now, I do not [...]
Shovels and Rope – O’ Be Joyful album review
Shovels and Rope are a folksy, country-inspired folk duo who most closely resembles the sounds of The Civil Wars, to touch on a band that is pretty hot right now. Their lyrics on their new album O’ Be Joyful are infused with Christian themes, but it plays out more as a belief and faith in each other. While this isn’t my favorite genre of music nor has this inspired duo become my favorite depiction of this genre, Shovels and Rope’s [...]
Magic Trick – Ruler of the Night album review
Magic Trick is the newer side project of the incredibly prolific Tim Cohen, more famous for bands such as The Fresh and Onlys, Black Fiction, Sonny and the Sunsets, and others. Magic Trick started out as a solo project back in 2010, but after the release of his first cd he attracted members from other bands around the California area leading to this very well crafted, much more lush and haunting album that really encompasses a smorgasbord of instruments you [...]
Saray Pray – A May Morning album review
I never caught Sarah Pray’s first album, and frankly speaking, I didn’t know this album wasn’t her first album till I started doing some research. I’ve just returned from hiking for a week and the first thing I did when I returned (well, not the first thing, but you know what I mean) was to check my email and I saw this assignment, so I immediately found the album and listened to it straight through while relaxing after a much [...]
Toe – The Future is Now EP
Truth be told, I don’t get out into the world of music much. I know, it is something I chide myself on and the band Toe is a shining example of why. A mostly instrumental band from Japan they are categorized in the Post Math Rock genre (for obvious reasons), but on their new EP The Future is Now they are so diverse, fluid, and free that it really makes you want to pick up the rest of their albums. [...]
Soho – The Debut EP
It was not easy to find information on Soho. When I finally found their website, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a decently sounding band that has the potential to turn into something once they mold their sound and technique more, but the question is will anyone be there for that seasoning needed. Soho are a band based out of London whose sound most closely resembles classically rendered pop infused with folk and rock. If you are a fan of [...]
Smoke Fairies – Blood Speaks album review
Any musical act that has the support of Jack White immediately becomes “aces” in my book, which is precisely the case for the Smoke Fairies and their new album Blood Speaks; well, on some levels that is. This blues-folk rock duo from England has a true smooth, mellow sound unlike any other. This would be their second full album and compared to the few songs that I heard from the first album, they have created a bigger, more technically sound [...]
