UK-based trio Band of Skulls are set to release their newest album By Default on BMG this coming Friday, May 27th. This is the band’s debut on BMG, and the album combines the sounds of garage rock with that of heavy metal. Starting off the album is “Black Magic,” which Continue Reading
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Album Review: JC Villafan’s ‘America’s For Dreamers’
JC Villafan’s debut album America’s For Dreamers shares the inspirational story of a couple, JC’s own parents, who come to the U.S. to seek out opportunity and build a life together. Musically, there are both pop and folk-y influences present. Villafan’s voice is strong and contains the quality of smoothness Continue Reading
Album Review: Real Friends ‘The Home Inside My Head’
The Tinley Park pop-punk band, Real Friends, are back at it again with their sophomore full-length, The Home Inside My Head, which is set to be released on Friday, May 27th, 2016. The album is jam packed with solid pop-punk anthems throughout that are sure to please listeners of various Continue Reading
Album Review: Against The Current ‘In Our Bones’
The 2016 Vans Warped Tour is around the corner with less than 90 days until it kicks off. Arguably one of the most anticipated bands set to play the tour, Against The Current, released their debut album, In Our Bones, this week via Fueled By Ramen. The album starts with “Running With The Continue Reading
Single Review: Counterfeit’s “Enough”
English band Counterfeit combine underground punk with stadium rock, delivering songs that appeal to the masses. Formed late in 2015, the five-piece group released their newest single “Enough” in April of this year to coincide with their UK tour. The song starts with a stomping beat, giving it an instant Continue Reading
Album Review: BOYFRNDZ ‘Impulse’
The opening track of an album should always be strong; it offers listeners the first glimpse at what’s to come. Oftentimes, however, it can be difficult to follow that track with a cohesive and important rest of the album. For BOYFRNDZ, their third studio album, Impulse, delivers a strong, cohesive, and alluring project Continue Reading
Album Review: Amanda Markley EP
Amanda Markley is a alternative pop artists based out of Seattle, WA. After a tough breakup at the end of 2015, she’s been building herself and set on a path of self-discovery. What an incredible song writer, although only 5 songs and 15 minutes in length, she’s managed to go Continue Reading
Album Review: 3OH!3’s ‘Night Sports’
After a long awaited three years, Colorado-based 3OH!3 are set to release another full-length studio album entitled Night Sports. The electronic-punk duo, who gained immense fame after dropping “Don’t Trust Me” back in 2008, will be dropping their next album Friday the 13th. Years after their success, their sound hasn’t Continue Reading
Live Review: The Summer Set @ Birmingham’s Asylum 13.05.16
I have seen the opening act SYKES a couple of times prior to tonight; at Kopparberg Urban Forest festival in June 2015, and supporting Against The Current in October 2015…and they seem to get better every time! Powering through technical difficulties unfazed, the electro-pop three-piece from London put on a Continue Reading
Live Review: Bare Knuckle Parade @ London’s Barfly 06.05.16
Hailing from Bath, a town in the rolling countryside of southwest England, Bare Knuckle Parade took to the stage at the prestigious Barfly, delivering their indie-folk rock sound to a crowd of excited people on a buzzing Friday night in Camden. As soon as their first song, “Patchwork”, kicked in, Continue Reading
Live Review: BABYMETAL // Detroit 5.11.2016
6 p.m. May 11th at The Fillmore Detroit. A line stretching four city blocks is snaking its way through The Motor City and it’s steadily growing. Fans ranging from a 6 year old girl with her parents, dressed in her absolute best “kawaii” (cute) outfit, to grown men and women Continue Reading
Album Review: Hanna Bech ‘Naked Bones’
Within seconds of listening to Hanna Bech’s debut EP, it’s clear that this singer-songwriter from Ontario wants to take her listeners to a world of whimsy and dimly-lit cabaret bars. “ABC’s”, the single and first track on the album, sounds like the brain child of Kate Nash and Aimee Mann: Continue Reading