CD Reviews

Telling a story through straightforward music and lyrics is rather simple in comparison to building something conceptual from the ground up, creating character profiles within verses, and developing a poetic narrative that isn’t limited to […]

Corey Stapleton & The Pretty Pirates delivers an open and honest performance on their new album Sea Change. Stapleton broaches a myriad of subjects both political and personal throughout the album. He accompanies these topics […]

Chris St John leaves no stone unturned on his sophomore album Fly Away. Witty, vulnerable, and incredibly honest St John doesn’t hold anything back. After writing enough songs to fill two albums (his debut album […]

Using tempo to control the mood is a staple attribute of any keen R&B player both now and historically, and it’s something Jarea Wilson proves to be very capable of doing in her new single, […]

Typically when we think of rock music, the first elements that come to mind right off the bat are loud guitars, anthemic vocals, and an arena-shaking groove that feels as endeared to blues music as […]

Conceptual records don’t have to extend aesthetical ambitions with the use of camp, and I think the new progressive outing from L.A.-based alternative rockers Illuminaut does a lot to solidify this statement as truth. While […]

There is welcomed plasticity to the synthetic melody we open “Count on Me” with that I would normally detest in any setting outside of pure pop music, but for whatever reason, it precludes the stirring […]

In pop music, using lyrics to create an identity at the start of your career isn’t especially uncommon, but to do so the way that Angel Hilson does in her debut release “Just This Once” […]

With evasive fretwork and a fleeting dissonance in the melodicism directly behind her in the track, Psyclo constructs an intimate performance in her new single “I’m Not Lovesick” that might surprise a lot of listeners […]

Using music to create some perspective among the audience is a part of the fabric of what American pop is, and in his powerful new single “Chariots of Fire,” this is exactly what rapper Bobby-G […]

Traveling, whether it be a road trip or a venture across the ocean, requires a certain kind of a soundtrack to really complete the experience, and in Mumex Trio’s Folds of Time, I think 2022 gets […]

Darko the Super got a lot of critical acclaim for his album Great White Buffalo, and behind the verses in the record were samples from the one and only Dean Friedman, whose influence is unquestionably […]

When a pop song is centered on vibrant vocal harmonies, you’ve got to have a strong singer driving the hook home, which is exactly what “Promised Land” has going for this February. With the incredibly […]