AMY JAY MNEMONICS INDEPENDENT For many listeners it might seem a somewhat easy thing to navigate the currently widening field of singer songwriter pop. All you have to do is come up with some good melodies, engage a stellar producer/arranger and [...]
DEVIN SHAFFER PATIENCE American Dreams Many artists these days start out by releasing music completely on their own, including recording their music wherever they could, without initially getting to a proper studio. That is exactly the way Devin [...]
LEVELLERS ZEITGEIST (30th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION) WARNER MUSIC By the time The Levellers released their fourth studio album, Zeitgeist, the group had firmly established themselves, both as an excellent and exciting live band and craftsmen in the [...]
SLASH LIVE AT THE S.E.R.P.E.N.T. FESTIVAL EARMUSIC Last year saw the release of Slash’s highly collaborative studio album, Orgy of The Damned, which was a record of covers featuring Gary Clark Jr. Billy F Gibbons, Demi Lovato, and Iggy Pop, [...]
TOMO NAKAYAMA OCEAN PORCHLIGHT RECORDS Seattle via Japan musician Tomo Nakayama isn’t an artist that likes to stand still and tie himself to a certain genre or a specific musical setting. He’s been making music for over two decades, [...]
CATHERINE BROOKMAN IF A SONG FADES OUT, IT’S PLAYING FOREVER SOMEWHERE LONG ECHO RECORDS Brooklyn-based Catherine Brookman presents herself as a performer and composer, rather than going under the somewhat worn-out term of singer and songwriter, [...]
STRANGE PASSAGE A FOLDED SKY MERITORIO RECORDS Do you remember the heyday of the ‘80s guitar-driven indie rock where bands like R.E.M., Felt, The Feelies, The Church and the melody-oriented phase of Hüsker Dü were among those spearheading some [...]
THE DEARS LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! NEXT DOOR RECORDS In contrast to Lovers Rock, the last release in 2020 from Montreal’s The Dears, which was shrouded in doom, newly minted LP Life is Beautiful! Life is [...]
