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
Reviews
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
Album Review: The Griswolds ‘High Times For Low Lives’
Australian indie pop band The Griswolds came onto the scene with their 2013 EP in which they introduced people to the next indie pop band. People caught word of The Griswolds and wanted to know what they were about. Listeners were begging for more. Two years later, the band delivered Continue Reading
Show Review: Wild Wild Horses, Made Violent & From Indian Lakes // Seattle, WA 11.1.2016
Swinging through the Vera Project in Seattle, Washington on November 1st were three incredibly talented and underrated bands. If Wild Wild Horses, Made Violent, and From Indian Lakes are not on your radar or playlists quite yet, now is the time to hop on the bandwagon. Hailing from the UK, Continue Reading
Album Review: Sleigh Bells ‘Jessica Rabbit’
Review by Morgan Sheridan Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, better known as the self-proclaimed noise pop duo Sleigh Bells, will release their much anticipated fourth album Jessica Rabbit on November 11th through their own newly established record label Torn Clean. The band set the music genre ablaze when they stepped Continue Reading
Album Review: Night Riots ‘Love Gloom’
Love Gloom is the debut album from California natives Night Riots. After previously releasing two EP’s since 2013, it is refreshing to finally have a full length album from the band. Packed to the brim with an astonishing 15 songs, Love Gloom is entirely Night Riots down to the core. Continue Reading
EP Review: Molly Moore ‘Now You See Me’
Molly Moore began her musical career at the age of seven when she sat down with her father and wrote her first song “Anarchy Girl”. Since then, Moore has moved from New York City to Los Angeles to pursue her musical career and has been living a busy lifestyle as Continue Reading
Album Review: Sleep On It ‘Lost Along The Way’
Chicago-based pop-punk band Sleep On It have released their third EP, Lost Along The Way, via Equal Vision Records. The five song EP shows maturity and growth from the band and allows listeners a sneak peek into what the future holds for them. Recorded with producers Seth Henderson (Real Friends, Knuckle Continue Reading
Album Review: Balance and Composure ‘Light We Made’
Balance & Composure’s most recent album, Light We Made, shows a leap towards the mainstream. Their sound has evolved progressively over time, and is continuing to do so. Light We Made captivates the best parts of Balance & Composure’s previous albums, and polishes them, along with tailoring their sound to Continue Reading