Flight of fancy: La Malasangre and Foreign Air review
August 31, 2022
La Malasangre – Jaque Al Rey / La Rebelión
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Latin Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: The Mars Volta, Puscifer, Alewya, Hiatus Kaiyote, Royal Blood, Måneskin, The Marias, Zeal & Ardor
Progressive rock is like a person with bad…
Nantokanaru – Emotional Damage Wreckage
Genre: Hard Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Faith No More, A Perfect Circle, Korn
No other set of artists has a more volatile audience to have to appease than metalheads. After all, if you’re going…
Going forward: Eimhin and Gravy Train reviewed
August 16, 2022
Gravy Train – A Brand New Day
Genre: Folk rock, Americana
Similar artists: Have Gun, Will Travel, The Band, Turnpike Troubadours, Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson
Songwriting has undoubtedly evolved. Long ago, would-be rockstars figured out that songs…
Sweetness of despair: Austin Albright and Vandoliers reviews
August 14, 2022
Vandoliers – Bless Your Drunken Heart
Genre: Americana, Alt Country
Similar artists: Flogging Molly, Turnpike Troubadours, Dropkick Murphys, Old 97s, Lucero
You may well be the kind of rock fan who swears by his favorite guitar solos and likes to wear his…
Fonteyn – Girl On A Motorcycle
Genre: Classic Rock, Art Rock, Indie Pop
Similar artists: Drugdealer, Margo Guryan, Todd Rundgren
Contrary to what revisionist films will have you believe, neither the U.S.A. nor the rest of the world embraced psychedelia during…
Komet City & Augustin von Arx – Les Framboises
Genre: Alternative Rock
Never get blase about what modern music can offer you! Chances are that you have to look harder. And then, once you have found something that seems to meet your criteria, you have to take…
BRANLAND – Get Them Alone
Genre: Power Pop, 90s Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Elliott Smith, The Beatles, Heatmiser, Oasis
The 1990s and subsequent decades have been a time of great redemption for fans of The Beatles. Regardless of their age, prior…
Distrust of pleasure: Ola Kvaløy and ØZWALD review
July 16, 2022
ØZWALD – Young Bloods
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: The National, Arcade Fire, The Cure, Cigarettes After Sex
The whole point about pop music, even its alt-rock variants, is how hard it is to ignore. Most pop musicians know…
The SchytëHawkës – Cover up the Hole (It seeps through)
Genre: Punk, Thrash Metal, Hard Rock
Similar artists: Stray From the Path; Comeback Kid; Havok; RATM; Skindred; Madball; Anthrax; Pantera; Metallica
If you enter a modern art exhibit and you are not…