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The Aftermath of 2016 by Trish Discord: Album Review Following her lockdown EP “Is This My Mental Breakdown?” the Alternative Indie artist is back with her full-length album The Aftermath of 2016. As the name suggests, this is somewhat of a concept album on the impacts of political and social…

PENA HUGHES-JOHN started writing songs when she was just 8 years old. During various times in her life, she dabbled in music. Music has always been her “safe solitude,” her “security blanket” through all of life’s ups and downs. She does various musical collaborations in addition to her own solo…

Endless by Kirk & StarAV: Review After coming across the Bay Area-based musician Kirk on soundcloud, the Australian producer StarAV felt an instant connection and reached out to collab on this beautiful single, Endless.   This shoegaze-inspired lo-fi record’s moving beat is anchored by a resonant guitar melody that flits…

Pistola by Jonathan Crayne: Review Jonathan Crayne comes in with blazing guns on the third track of his EP, OKNOW with the aptly named track, Pistola. The EP takes a slight turn in sound on the third track. The song starts with a prog-ish overdriven guitar riff that is played…

Who Shot Them Down by Robbie Rapids: Review Robbie Rapids tells the chilling story of The Dark Days of April 1964 through his groovy debut single Who Shot Them Down. Inspired by the Tony Tiffin book Arc Road, the song tells us the chilling story of three police officers being…

Empire by Mulholland Jive: Review The Irish multi-instrumentalist and composer Ben Mulholland’s instrumental funk-rock project Mulholland Jive has released its latest single Empire. This grand high-voltage fast-paced instrumental piece was recorded in its entirety at Ben’s home using both real and midi instruments. Most of the Mulholland Jive songs were…

Past Summer Notes by When Colors Are Fading: Album Review Instrumental post-rock/ambient shoegaze project When Colors Are Fading’s debut album Past Summer Notes is a soundtrack for nostalgic memories. Matthieu Sachs’s solo instrumental project When Colors Are Fading takes its listeners on a journey through beautiful nostalgic memories with the…

The Buildings Are Fake by Rachel Bard: Review Rachel Bard shows the heartbreaking façade of the city of angels to the listeners in her new single “The Buildings Are Fake”. Rachel Bard wrote this song after visiting Los Angeles as a first-year film student. The imagery in her lyricism strips…

Dressed as a Wolf “Elektric Animals,” a five-piece alternative band from Denver, combines blues-driven riffs with edgy production. A tasteful reimagination of 90s garage rock, blues, indie-rock, and a smattering of post-grunge emerges in early 2018. Nick Sanders, Oscar Jara, Will Hubert, Jerrid Vans, and Eric Everhart on drums make…

The Only Way Out Is Through by Tison Duni: Review Swedish guitarist and composer released his second full-length studio album titled ‘Poets & Adventurers’. The Only Way Out Is Through is the second song of the 8-track album. Compared to the rest of the album, the song embodies a different…