Sandflower: The Quantum Seed
Sandflower The Quantum Seed (Sandflower) Naughty rapping in the verses with a cool beat going into a big sing-along chorus on “Quicksand,” featuring Unstoppable Death Machines opens Sandflower’s new The Quantum Seed. A Brooklyn-based genre-fluid artist (although I’m not sure what that term means), the lady in question has some decent pipes, More...
Doug Henthorn: Three
Doug Henthorn Three (Doug Henthorn) An easy-going conga beat, and a laid-back bending, bird-squeaking electric lead from Travis Feaster floats above Doug Henthorn’s acoustic and strong, expressive vocal on “Set More...
Combinator: re/combinator
Combinator re/combinator (Combinator) The metallic tapping that flows quickly into the heavy stomping of opener “Guest In Your Own Skin” surely grabs the listener by the throat, pretty much as Combinator More...
Modern Monsters: Malice
Modern MonstersMalice(Waiting For Peri Records) Brody Bass’s low bass growl thumps under Josh Weaver’s vocal before the rest of Modern Monsters crash in on “March 3rd, ’91,”, the first of five on the More...
Stevie Cornell
Stevie Cornell Stevie Cornell (Stephen Cornell) A great shimmery 50’s torch song “If Cryin’ is a Crime,” goes into a Beatlesque “I Couldn’t Reach You,” with a deceptive snare and pedal steel, begin More...
Envy Of None
Envy Of None Envy Of None (KSCOPE) Rush guitarist/songwriter Alex Lifeson has a new band, Envy Of None. Along with Alf Annibalini, Andy Curran, and Maiah Wynne, we definitely get a full band effort here, not just More...
Black Dog String Quartet: A Thousand Times Brighter
Black Dog String QuartetA Thousand Times Brighter(Black Dog String Quartet) Vancouver’s Black Dog String Quartet—Elyse Jacobson playing violin, Molly MacKinnon on same, John Kastellic on viola (and some lead More...
Yuval Ron & Uyanga Bold: Scared Spiral
Yuval Ron & Uyanga Bold Scared Spiral (Metta Mindfulness Music) Yuval Ron joins with Uyanga Bold for a trip through vocal flights of space and synth sounds on their Scared Spiral release. The 7-song collection More...
Sickpay: Pureocracy
Sickpay Pureocracy (Alien Body, Trespasser Sound) A noisy metallic jangle plodding of “Quiet As A Joke” opens Sickpay’s new EP Pureocracy. The Brooklyn-based composer/drummer/guitarist Mike Birnbaum layers More...
1st Base Runner: Night Stalker
1st Base RunnerNight Stalker(1st Base Runner) The pulsating synth and plucky top single notes of “In The Neighborhood” begin 1st Base Runner’s new 4-song EP, Night Stalker. It’s pretty simple, stark quick More...
