From the plodding beat of an ascending “Battlefields” to the staggered march of “Outcast,” Twin Flames aren’t relying on harmonies alone to convey some deeply emotional statements in their new album Omen - they’re employing the beats, the melodies, the cosmetics of their lyrics and everything in...
In her new single “Believe and Become,” singer and songwriter Sharon Hendrix continues to assert herself as a masterful vocalist first and foremost, and while this isn’t the first track of note to be submitted under her moniker, it has the look and feel of...
Brought forth by a disturbingly subtle drumbeat, we are drawn into a surreal soundscape in “Deep,” the new single and music video from Ready, Steady, Die! out this fall, with little fanfare - what counts here more than anything else is texture, an element that...
Jake Winstrom’s songwriting for his latest release Circles has a singer/songwriter aesthetic. Its musical pedigree mixes acoustic folk, folk, electric folk, and indie rock together in a stew you can label Americana, but it is much more idiosyncratic than that. Winstrom works with producer Jeff...
Blushing with a grainy melodic distortion in “Get Out.” Melding a gothic synth melody with a guttural industrial beat in “Please Don’t Ever Let Me Go.” Attacking us with sheer speed and a take no prisoners mentality in “Not Again.” Strutting with an angst-ridden, garage...
Hughie Mac – Sings Some Great Songs, Pt. 4, is another chapter in his series which features him singing the classics, most of which are of the higher echelon of easy listening and jazz standards. This release features 23 songs with Mac doing what he...
In his cerebral 2020 LP Being Human, singer and songwriter Matt Smith explores the depth of his songwriting in a way he never has before; freely and without any consideration for aesthetical parameters. There’s no underlying pop component tying songs like “How We Got to Here,”...
It is my first time hearing long time bedroom folk/rock act Skittish and, obviously after hearing Savannah Sessions, a good time to be introduced to the band’s work. It isn’t a traditional band, per se, but rather the moniker under which Jeff Noller writes and performs...
“Tonight / I got so much on my mind / And I’ve seen the way this is gonna go” croons a dejected but nonetheless melodic Giadora in the first three lines of her new single “One Last Thing,” out everywhere quality alternative pop music is...
Strumming together a gilded harmony as intriguing as they come in “Free Again.” Touching on simplistic mountain melodies with an ambitiousness infrequently found in a song as polished as “You Gotta Walk That Lonesome Valley.” Bound with the instrumentation equally steeped in folk and country...