Behind the grooves: Youth Sector and Dea Matrona
March 2, 2023
Dea Matrona – Get My Mind Off
Similar artists: Queens of the Stone Age
Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
One important piece of advice that I could give young musicians is to steer clear of band members obsessed with having the band’s…
Classic and sweet: The Zombies and Stargurl
February 28, 2023
Stargurl – A Walk With Your Favorite Girl
Genre: Classic Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop
It’s hard to say without sounding flippant, but the world has produced a lot of great music made by people uninterested in the manner in which they were about to present…
Yours only: The Ability and Dominick Fields Reviewed
February 10, 2023
Dominick Fields – Imitations End
Similar artists: The Beatles, Ben Folds, The Strokes, Day Glow
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop
There’s no denying the fact music from the mid-1960s sounds positively joyful and innocent. Try as you might; you can’t quite…
Bittersweet truce: Anna Rose and Roller Derby
February 4, 2023
Roller Derby – Always on My Mind
Genre: Surf Rock, Indie Pop
Most guitar-powered bands can’t waste any time pretending to be relatable. It could cost them their reputation. Their careers could be the next to go. That is, at least, the logic that managers and…
The big push: M(h)aol and Steph Copeland
February 4, 2023
Steph Copeland – What Sleep
Genre: Alternative Rock
Everyone seems to want to go on a fantastic journey, but nobody has the time. This is expressed in plenty of ways, especially in the way that modern audiences take on new music. They all expect it to do a lot in…
Precious relics: KOALA BAR & Shannon Clark And The Sugar
February 3, 2023
Shannon Clark And The Sugar – The Mountain
Genre: Americana, Alt-Country
One of the main jobs of a songwriter is to make the ordinary seem outstanding. A lot of the most important songwriters in the history of pop-rock have had a glorious knack for making the…
Original feelings: Conflict at Serenity Pools and Yvlz reviewed
February 2, 2023
Yvlz – A Garbage Bag
Genre: Indie Rock, Emo, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Radiohead, Jay Som, Japanese Breakfast, Muse, Land of Talk, Jane’s Addiction, The Strokes
There have been plenty of visionaries working behind the scenes in the music…
Louise Burns – I Don’t Feel it Like I Used To
Similar artists: Caroline Polacheck, Japanese Breakfast, Cocteau Twins
Genre: Indietronica, Dream Pop, Alt Pop
In 2023, I find that taking the time to get lost in a piece of modern music takes as much…
Land of hopes: Leah James and GlorySergei
January 29, 2023
GlorySergei – Wrecking Ball
Similar artists: White Stripes
Genre: Blues, Americana, Lo-fi Rock
Music critics cannot escape hearing and then referencing certain albums. Those are the records that did the most to prop up the things we now label as pop, rock…