Alt Reviews

Inner Oceans – Islands 777 Inner Oceans makes mid-fi headphone landscapes balance genre-bending sonic textures with pop. Here’s our review of his newest single Islands 777. Inner Oceans doesn’t sound so much as dream music, but rather as the music of…

Blakk Mantra have been watching the Dead Skeletons and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from the sidelines for a while. If my assumption is true, they’ve spent the time taking good notes. The driving boogie fuzz of the guitars propels the song forward like a car running…

The Slim Kings are retro apostles, renouncing all recording techniques that appeared post-1971. They are inspired by the sound of the Byrds and the Rolling Stones, feature two younger industry pros, and the legendary drumming of Liberty Devitto. I was always distrustful…

With an intro that could soundtrack the battle at the O.K. Corral and vocals that are reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s cowboy days, you’d think Shoken Boys were the latest indie-country darlings. They are actually from Israel, and judging by their single Woke up in…

Bi-Product – Little Bitch Bi-Product is an Australia’s meets So-Cal Punk Rock unit, formed by Liv Roush and featuring members of The Overrides. Here’s our review of their single Little Bitch Bi-Product deals with the horrors of sexual assault through…

Tash Sultana’s Through The Valley, a cover of Shawn James, sounds like the music of a Southern-drama if it had been co-written by Chris Cornell. There’s a trace of Terrence Trent D’Arby in the moody, soulful singing of ms. Sultana, a successful…

Trickster Figures are a rock duo that between them appear to possess near-perfect communication. Much like great rock couples of the recent past (the White Stripes, Two Gallants) they are also inspired by roots music and complement this by the addition of banjo, acoustic…

According to LoveLeo’s official bio (real name Leo Reilly) the first song that he ever recorded was a rap fed directly into the Soundcloud app. In a matter of days, the kids at the school that Leo was attending all knew the song which turned him into a local…

I have to preface this by saying that I was listening to a lot of corporate rock before hearing this song. Austin Bullock (terrific terrible name) came on like a dazed and confused teen, walking while blind drunk and stumbling into the furniture. Naturally, I had more…