Reading-based quartet Sundara Karma began to creep out of the shadows in late 2016 after wrapping up their first full North American tour. Now, with the release of their debut album, Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect, Sundara Karma are proving that they stop for nothing and will make 2017 Continue Reading
Reviews
Album Review: You Me At Six ‘Night People’
Nearly three years since their last release, British rockers You Me At Six have returned more mature and ready to show off their newest album Night People. Where their last release Cavalier Youth stretched into the realms of pop infused rock, Night People shows listeners the grittier side of You Continue Reading
Album Review: A Loss For Words ‘Crises’
Any pop-punk fan would probably cite A Loss For Words as being one of the underrated bands in the scene. The Massachusetts rock band has been around for over 15 years and with the release of Crises, their fifth and final album, the boys are closing the doors on this Continue Reading
Punk Rock Underground Group The Human Darts Release New EP
In the 1970’s, a punk rock band called The Human Darts released a record then disappeared. Since then, countless punk groups have covered their music and tried to capture the unique sound of that fateful record. Recently, one of the original producers, who calls himself Mr. Zelk, has recruited the Continue Reading
EP Review: Tuval ‘Overseas’
My heart dropped a little when I was asked to review Brighton based Tuval’s new EP “Overseas”. With his dark mop of hair and woeful expression, I was deceived into believing I already knew just how his music would sound. Yet my shallow judgement of Tuval’s music were rewarded with Continue Reading
Album Review: The Narrative ‘Golden Silence’
Often times, they say “silence is golden.” In this case, it is. Golden Silence by The Narrative is a beautiful album. The Narrative, an indie-pop band hailing from New York, has gone four years without a new album. However, once listeners hear Golden Silence, they will completely forget that there Continue Reading
Album Review: The Edge of Seventeen Soundtrack
Edge of Seventeen, currently in theaters, is the perfect tribute to the 1980s. In the style of John Hughes, the film is funny and funky and fantastic – and so is its soundtrack. In keeping up with the 1980s time period of the film, the soundtrack features a ton of Continue Reading
Album Review: Crystal Lake ‘True North’
Despite forming 14 years ago, Japanese hardcore metal band Crystal Lake are still rearing to go. After releasing three albums and embarking on many nationwide tours, Crystal Lake still did not feel up to their fullest potential. The band underwent massive band changes in order to achieve their highest goal, Continue Reading
Album Review: Sparrow Sleeps ‘Sparrow and Friends Start a Band!’
Sparrow Sleeps has been producing cover albums of notable pop punk albums for a few years now – but what sets them apart is that the renditions are all in the form of lullabies, meant for parents and siblings to play around young children, toddlers, and babies. Sparrow Sleeps has Continue Reading
Album Review: pronoun ‘There’s no one new around you’
In her debut EP, There’s no one new around you, Alyse Vellturo, better known as pronoun, has unleashed some of the most raw and emotional songs. “It’s a heartbroken girl in her shitty apartment in Brooklyn,” she says of the EP, which she recorded alone in the corner of her Continue Reading
Album Review: Thieves ‘No Motive’
Hailing from Austin, TX, aggressive pop-punk band Thieves are releasing their first full length album, No Motive, since their debut LP in 2011. However, the past five years have been big ones for the band. Releasing two EP’s, landing a slot at Fun Fun Fun Fest and SXSW, opening for Continue Reading
Album Review: DNCE ‘DNCE’
Former Jonas Brothers frontman, Joe Jonas, has shed his factory produced Disney exterior and embraced the weirdo funk pop persona of his new band DNCE. The pop band unleashed their double platinum hit “Cake By The Ocean” off their debut EP, Swaay, last year and have now delivered fans with their Continue Reading