Category: Music Reviews
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Stray Blue – Wake Up & Smile (Song Review)
… an irresistible head-nodding Alabama 3 strut. Just as the neck ache starts from all the head bopping, the rhythm breaks into the chorus. An open, rapturous soundscape that’ll have your eyes gazing up at the blue skies of Chania, and that’s even if you’re listening in duller places.
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Fabio Cicala – The Words I Didn’t Say (Song Review)
Cicala possesses an uncanny ability to channel emotion through his playing, pouring pure soul into every note and out of the soundhole for your ears and heart. Balancing classical sophistication and Latin passion, The Words I Didn’t Say invites you to unwind and drift away into a meditative state.
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Eoin Shannon – Dark November (Song Review)
the waltzing melancholy of Leonard Cohen and even erupts into a searing guitar solo straight from the Eagles’ playbook. Shannon’s voice, sincere yet gruff, tells a story with the weight of experience. Like Johnny Cash, when he sings, you believe every word, fully immersed in the narrative he weaves. It…
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Matt DeAngelis – Rock And A Hard Place (Song Review)
… the raw great songwriting of yesteryear is alive today. Albeit drenched in emotion, Rock And A Hard Place feels like a warm soft-rock hug from an old friend.
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RPBLIK – Everything is a Copy of a Copy (Song Review)
Everything is a Copy of a Copy is an alternative rock anthem for the modern age. For those questioning the wrongs of the world we live in, this could be your soundtrack.
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DONEFOR – Realigned (Song Review)
It’s epic, euphoric, and delivered with characterful vocals that scream for a stadium. Like pop-punk survivors Paramore, DONEFOR have the tools to go the distance.
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Emergency Break – Hometown (Song Review)
Before you declare bands a thing of the past, hold that thought—Emergency Break is here to carry on the legacy of British guitar music.
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Reaven – Something To Remember (Song Review)
This is a track that has FIFA—or any big game soundtrack—written all over it! Firmly rooted in pop, it lives up to its title and has the kind of catchiness that’ll have you singing, “I’ve got something to remember,” all day long.
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bravo charlio – The Ballad of Jim McGhee (Song Review)
The Ballad of Jim McGhee is an enticing amalgamation of influences. It sounds like Duran Duran being bullied by Gang of Four into making an indie post-punk record—and that’s an inventive mix we can definitely get behind.
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Only Martin – 6am (Song Review)
Only Martin delivers the lyrics with a finesse reminiscent of a mix between Yannis Philippakis of Foals and David Byrne of Talking Heads. While the melodies may lean towards pop, 6AM is far from commercial fluff.
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