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Album Review: Matt Mann & the Shine Runners – Anytime but Now

by Bylle Breaux -

Article by: Bylle Breaux     Matt Mann and the Shine Runners are releasing a new album next month and it’s their finest yet.  Lead singer/songwriter, Mann, moved from Los Angeles to Nashville just over two years ago and it’s proving to be the right choice.  His budding friendship with new lead guitarist,

Album Review: Edge of Paradise – Universe

by Jason Robey -

Article by: Jason Robey   “Fire, my heart’s on fire, running straight into the acid rain” rings in the dramatic and subdued first 20 seconds of Universe, the new album from L.A. hard rock group, Edge of Paradise. As the song suddenly explodes into a wall of razor-sharp guitar riffs, the mood

Album Review: Autumn Walker – Daydreamer

by Jason Robey -

Article by: Jason Robey   The opening chord strumming of “Step Back” is exactly that - a nine-second refresher on the emo-tinted alternative rock that permeated radio from the late 90s to early 2000s, when the members of the Texas rock group Autumn Walker were growing up and shaping their musical futures.

Album Review: American Griots by Louis York

by Charles Yamabe -

Article by: Charles Yamabe Photos by: Jeremy Ryan   Chicago, IL -- American Griots, the new album by Louis York, comes out today. I had a chance to review the album and speak with the band earlier in the week and had some great takeaways. This is the band's first full length album and

Album Review: Bison Machine – Seas Of Titan

by E. Jourdain, Jr. -

Article by: E. Jourdain, Jr.   Detroit rockers Bison Machine are set to release their full-length album "Seas Of Titan" via Small Stone Records on September 27th, 2019. Bison Machine labels themselves “Heavy Rock, Stoner, Blues Rock, 70's” and I would agree completely with that description. My first impression of the album was

Album Review: TIM by Avicii

by Charles Yamabe -

Article by: Charles Yamabe // Featured Image: RollingStone.com/Sean Eriksson   Released over a month ago, the album TIM by Swedish producer Avicii isn’t exactly new. However, I wanted to give it a real chance to play in real-life situations before I gave it a fair review. After listening to the album around,

Album Review: Silvertung – But, At What Cost??!

by Steven Principato -

Article by: Steven Principato   Boldly bringing back a long lost, but never forgotten sound of late 90’s Nu-Metal, Baltimore Maryland’s Silvertung might be very well leading the charge of this very popular resurgence movement with their latest release, But At What Cost (Thermal Entertainment, 2019).   Unleashing a collection of tracks deeply inspired

Album Review: Fine Lines – Contact

by Jason Robey -

Article by: Jason Robey   “On my back I’m floating, I’m so tired, don’t care if I live or drown.” the opening line of “Floating” ruminates over a single ringing guitar chord, before Fine Lines kick into full drive to for their debut album, Contact. The song, with its bouncy rhythm, arena-size

Album Review: White Denim – Performance

by Jason Robey -

Article by: Jason Robey   Austin indie-rockers White Denim are back with their eighth studio album, Performance. The album is simultaneously the most accessible and sonically experimental the group has put out so far. The opening track and lead single, “Magazin,” sets the tone from the start as a fun album, made

Album Review: Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

by Jason Robey -

Article by: Jason Robey   Grunge veterans Alice In Chains have returned with their sixth full-length album, Rainier Fog. The record is their first since 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, and third with current lead vocalist, William Duvall. Though Rainier Fog stays true to the guitar-heavy, melodic sound the band is

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