'Brand New Shoes' unleashes Josh Pfeiffer's velvety baritone to excellent effect.
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Music Review: Betty Moon – ‘Natural Disaster’ Pumps Out Raw Visceral Rock and Roll
'Natural Disaster' exudes rampant hypertrophic brawn. The melody punches listeners in the solar plexus with Jovian impact, as the rhythm sucks you in with vacuuming force. And Moon’s voice slices the air like a propeller blade, heaving with defiant energy.
Read More »Music Review: Chris Sullivan – ‘By the Light of the Radio’ Delivers Potent Rock with Emotional Impact
'By the Light of the Radio' is outstanding. The contagious melody thrums with allure, while the rolling rhythm growls with hormonal exuberance.
Read More »Retro Modern: Gorillaz – ‘Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)’
'Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)' is delightfully weird, addictive and promises that its parent record 'Humanz' will be yet another post-modern masterpiece―and head-scratcher―like the four albums that preceded it.
Read More »Music Review: Dino Jag – ‘Breakthrough’ EP
Dino Jag’s Australian summer spirit, filled with hope and energy, brightens even the darkest moments.
Read More »Retro Modern: Jamiroquai’s ‘Automaton’
'Automaton' gives voice to the fact that Jamiroquai was, and still is, a prominent fixture in classic and contemporary dance and funk music.
Read More »Music Review: Scott Smith – ‘Down to Memphis’ EP
The second release from the Americana-country-rock singer-songwriter is another layered, emotion-laden effort.
Read More »Retro Modern: George Michael’s ‘Freeek!’
In the wake of the singer's untimely death on December 25, 2016, critics, fans and the curious have delved back into George Michael's expansive catalog. Brash, fun and just a little bit rude, 'Freeek!' is one of George Michael's stickier urban-pop confections.
Read More »Music Review: Brother Spellbinder – ‘When The Earth Was Still Flat’ EP
‘When The Earth Was Still Flat’ seems to have been written for a time when we believed in things that long have been disproved.
Read More »Music Review: Joey Stuckey – ‘Six String Soldier’ EP
‘Six String Soldier’ is a richly textured and highly enjoyable Americana, blues, and rock EP.
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