Oct 02
Rainbow Kitten Surprise – How to: Friend, Love, Freefall By Amal Qazi Rainbow Kitten Surprise, the 5 person indie rock band from North Carolina fondly known by fans as RKS, released their most recent studio album in 2018, following the success of their second and self titled album in 2015. The newest album, How …
Sep 18
Greg Mendez – Greg Mendez By Kate Trebra | Top Tracks: Rev. John / Friend, Maria Philadelphia born-and-raised singer Greg Mendez packs so much life into his tracks that it’s hard not to slip in between them. After writing and reworking his self-titled album for over fifteen years, then taking over a year to …
Sep 04
Gia Margaret – Romantic Piano By Kate Trebra | Top Tracks: Hinoki Wood, Cicadas, Guitar Piece I first listened to this album on an hour-long bus ride through rural Seoul, the quiet ambience reflecting the lush mountains, the pensive tones matching the light drizzle outside. Romantic Piano is twenty-six minutes of ambient bliss, rolling synthesizers, …
Jul 26
Hana Stretton – Soon By Kate Trebra | Top Tracks: Captain’s Flat and Changing Weather Home in the soundscape of Hana Stretton feels like a crackling fireplace with rain pattering on the window outside. It is intimate and soft, a warm embrace from the cold winds of (a Southern Hemisphere) winter. Soon, released seven …
May 30
To Learn – Leith Ross | By Kylie Arbini Top Tracks: (You) On My Arm, I Just Don’t Think That You Like Me Anymore and We’ll Never Have Sex Leith Ross’ short and quaint discography has been occupying a comfortable space in our radio station’s studio for some time now. Just last week, “(You) On …
May 12
Live At Bush Hall- Black Country, New Road | By Katherine Trebra Top Tracks: Up Song, Across the Pond Friend, Turbines/Pigs Following the departure of lead singer Isaac Wood in February 2022, the remaining members of Black Country, New Road promised to never perform the songs they wrote together during his absence. Thus, Live at …
Apr 18
By Kylie Arbini | Photo Credit: Amal Qazi Top Tracks: Rabbit / Sink in / Special Treat Comparisons are easy to make– no, lazy to make. Each interview and review I combed through in preparation for my very own Hello Mary experience couldn’t refrain from providing readers with a frame of reference. Be it The …
Mar 27
Love Lives in the Body by Soft Blue Shimmer/Live Show Review By Kylie Arbini | Top Tracks: Prism of Feeling, Cloudless, and 9090 From their first EP Nothing Happens Here to their debut full-length record Heaven Inches Away, Soft Blue Shimmer has spent their actively blossoming career crafting and perfectly packaging hazy sonic landscapes for …
Mar 08
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava By Emy Gladden Photo credits: google photos Top Tracks: Gliese 710, Iron Lung, Magma Australian psychedelic fusion band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are one of the most diverse and prolific acts of today, releasing multiple albums a year and …
Mar 02
Rina Sawayama – Hold The Girl By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Frankenstein, Hold the Girl, Minor Feelings | Worst Tracks: Hurricanes Photo Credit: Google Photos Synopsis: Hold the Girl has songs as good as anything Rina Sawayama has ever done, but too much of it feels misguided and limiting after such a promising debut …
