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Hallucinophonics and Kaneb Andrews Reviewed
October 11, 2025
Hallucinophonics – Existencial Dread
The greatest salesmen and the marketing geniuses of the world could’ve easily turned out to be fantastic professionals in the field of psychology. What they do well is not the result of chance or repetition. It’s a direct…
Kayla Elise - "Your Melody" Review
September 13, 2025
Artists aren’t greater than people who don’t create art. They simply have the ability to get to the very bottom of things, to pick up on what’s really important, to see through a thick smoke through which most others cannot.
While that sounds magical, it’s…
Stefan J. Selbert and PAV Reviewed
September 9, 2025
Stefan J. Selbert – Persimmons
When managers and producers make arrangements for a music artist to record new material, the assumption seems to be that the artist in question is a master in selling illusions. Stories are created, and a mythology is built…
Chris Barbini and Ella Ion reviewed
August 31, 2025
Chris Barbini – DARLENE
For the most part, people know exactly what other people like. Everyone, in a sense, gets the same set of cards to play with. With this in mind, why doesn’t everyone cater to those tastes all the time? Wouldn’t it make everyone…
Hazlett and Spare Souls Reviewed
July 3, 2025
Hazlett – mountain of a memory
The bands that tend to be most successful are the ones that understand what they’re on stage for and, somehow, manage to accept it. They’re rare. Most artists, instinctively, want to show their audiences that they’re something…
Constellation Myths – A Consolation
Everybody knows what we’re tippy-toeing down here for. All this pop music must be consumed not especially because of thrills, but because we feel that we deserve some relief, and there’s little else and there’s little else…
Bison Bone and eggcorn Reviewed
May 4, 2025
Bison Bone – The Lucky Ones
Great songwriters are, generally, people who both are unlikely to encounter terrible misfortunes and are blessed to thrive despite them. There are some, sure, who live in the Hollywood Hills and haven’t stopped smiling since they…
Asa Daniels and Matt McLean Reviewed
April 22, 2025
Asa Daniels – Miss Your Train
You’d pay whatever it takes for a stranger to tell you truths about yourself. Don’t feel bad about it! Nearly all of us do it in one way or another. There are whole industries built around this simple idea. Hollywood therapists or…
R SHEAVES and Matu Reviewed
March 31, 2025
R SHEAVES – it gets better
If you’ve heard one set of vocal auditions, I promise that you’ve heard them all, and you’ll know precisely what to expect next time you find yourself forced in this scenario. Everyone tries to be a soul singer, but few have the time…