THE BLACK PACIFIC HERE COMES OUR WAVE DINE ALONE RECORDS The Black Pacific, a Jim Lindberg (Pennywise) side project, delights in classic Californian skate punk style with Here Comes Our Wave on Dine Alone Records. This punk subgenre, all the [...]
DAVE GUY RUBY BIG CROWN RECORDS Perhaps best known as the trumpet player for Menahan Street Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and The Roots, Dave Guy has released his debut solo album, Ruby. The incredibly lean 12-song collection feels as [...]
CHANCE PEÑA EVER-SHIFTING, CONTINUAL BLOSSOMING ONErpm It is hard to believe that Ever-Shifting, Continual Blossoming is the debut album for Chance Peña. The album is overflowing with confidence and strong songs. He may have gotten his start [...]
PORCHES SHIRT EXPLODING IN SOUND RECORDS/DOMINO RECORDS Shirt serves as a brutal self-introspection in the form of an indie rock album equipped with piercing grunge tones and an eerie production style brought to you by Aaron Maine of Porches. [...]
COIN I’M NOT AFRAID OF MUSIC ANYMORE 10K PROJECTS Confidence is often referred to as a facade, and COIN’s newest album, I’m Not Afraid Of Music Anymore, hints at the vulnerability of the songs in this collection and how there is strength [...]
DEAR ROUGE LONESOME HIGH PHEROMONE RECORDINGS/CADENCE RECORDS Dear Rouge consists of husband-and-wife team of Drew and Danielle McTaggart. In the past 10 years they have established themselves as one of the best Canadian alternative rock bands [...]
PRINCE FAR I CRY TUFF CHANTS ON U ON-U SOUND Subtitled “Prince Far I At On-U Sound 1978 – 1984”, that may be as much as the reggae DJ’s fans need to know before they buy this. But if you’re not in that small select band (no pun intended), [...]
ALLYSHA JOY THE MAKING OF SILK FIRST WORD RECORDS An instantly recognizable voice is something that can make or break an artist’s work. If it works, it gives the music that specific touch that the listeners could attach to, even if the [...]
