Guordan Banks: Unpopular
Guordan Banks Unpopular (Bank on it Entertainment) Music is in a really good place, a really really good place, but for many classic R&B is a debatable topic. Some say it died, some only classify 90s R&B as pure R&B, claiming that rise of Auto-Tune killed it. That last part I personally don’t believe, but I can see how many could be led to think that. The More...
Avenged Sevenfold: The Stage (Deluxe Edition)
Avenged Sevenfold The Stage (Capitol Records) The Stage is Avenged Sevenfold’s first concept album, featuring themes of creation, destruction, and the relentless onslaught of technology, inspired by the writings More...
Ministry: AmeriKKKant
Ministry AmeriKKKant (Nuclear Blast) Perhaps one of the few contexts in which I can tolerate Trump’s voice is when it’s slowed down to darkly a humorous effect like in the opening sample in a Ministry album More...
Richie Kotzen: Telecasters and Stratocasters
Richie Kotzen Telecasters and Stratocasters (The Store for Music Ltd.) From teenage guitar wailing wunderkind, creating masterfully rich (and often funky) solo albums, joining Poison in the early 90s as well as More...
Staring Into Nothing: Power
Staring Into Nothing Power (Antares Records) Beginning their new 10-song Power collection with “Puritans,” a dramatic piano vocal piece, that turns into a messy jam near its end, the trio Staring Into Nothing More...
John Hiatt: Slow Turning
John Hiatt Slow Turning (A&M Records) The first time through you’re not gonna find too much fault with John Hiatt’s Slow Turning. Originally released in 1998, this 9th album from the singer/songwriter/guitarist/ More...
Jaden Smith: Syre
Jaden Smith Syre (ROC Nation LLC) Being the son of mega star Will Smith can’t be easy. The genetic predisposition to make music was passed down to both Jaden Smith and his sister, Willow. I like him as a person, More...
Evanescence: Synthesis
Evanescence Synthesis (BMG Rights Management) When I’m writing about an artist I particularly love, I try not to be biased, but it’s so hard. I am a true connoisseur of Music and thoroughly enjoy close to all More...
Evanescence: Synthesis
Evanescence Synthesis (BMG Rights Management) When I’m writing about an artist I particularly love, I try not to be biased, but it’s so hard. I am a true connoisseur of Music and thoroughly enjoy close to all More...
Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins
Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins (RCA Records) In the mid-2000’s, the nebulous genre known as indie-rock was at the height of its popularity. With the exception of Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear were probably the biggest More...
