Vectralux:Â Each Morning and the Morning Thereafter

Vectralux Each Morning and the Morning Thereafter (Vectralux) The jumpy “Hey” gets us started on Vectralux’s new 11-song album Each Morning and the Morning Thereafter. And while a sure tight little ditty, I dig the arpeggiating keys and desperate pace of the second tune, “Hidden Days,” even more. As this album progresses, things get More...

Kris Heaton: My City of Gold
Kris Heaton My City of Gold (Kris Heaton Band) The gospel styled title track of My City of Gold, a piano ballad with lots of space, a solid, simple drum beat, and Kris Heaton’s strong vocal, opens the rock/pop/blues More...

Tawni Bias: SEL Fellow
Tawni Bias SEL Fellow (Self Released) Thirty-three seconds of weird trumpet bleats and warble vocal slips and slides us on “Admonition” into the beginning of the flicky beat of “Two Poodles One Cake,” More...

Modern Monsters
Modern Monsters EP (Modern Monsters) Bay Area hard rock quartet Modern Monsters offer their new 3-track self-titled EP of hard riffing, growly metal for your submission. Opening with “Furrow,” at once plodding More...

Modern Monsters
Modern Monsters EP (Modern Monsters) Bay Area hard rock quartet Modern Monsters offer their new 3-track self-titled EP of hard riffing, growly metal for your submission. Opening with “Furrow,” at once plodding More...

Seneko: ’69 Camaro
Seneko ’69 Camaro (Torrez Music Group) A big slicing guitar and laconic harmony vocals push the plodding rockin’ of ’69 Camaro, the opener of Seneko’s EP of the same name. “No Goin’ Back,” follows, More...

Sines:Â A Series of Moments
Sines A Series of Moments (Sines) Synth-Pop/disco artist and producer Sines delivers dance beats and melodic passages on his latest album A Series of Moments. Starting these 14 tracks off with a high female More...

Louise Aubrie: Antonio
Louise Aubrie Antonio (Carrot Bone Records) A slicing electric guitar begins the jumpy desperate love/lust opener “Ours” of Louise Aubrie’s 5th studio album Antonio. Aubrie slows things down with a delicate More...

Santana: Blessings and Miracles
Santana Blessings and Miracles (BMG) One can’t help but feel amazed listening to Blessings and Miracles that an artist of Carlos Santana’s caliber is still producing music. His new album features guest More...

Sluka: Figure It Out
Sluka Figure It Out (Sluka) Vangelis-like keys wash into trickling arpeggiation with rolling drums pushing us along begins “Figure It Out,” the opener of Sluka’s new album of the same name. Sweet strings More...