Album Review: Pitfalls by Leprous
These are songs from the inside, a discovery of hope in understanding one’s own hopelessness.
The MusicTAP Guide To Record Store Day Black Friday 2019
The list for 2019 displays a few prominent trends: (1) Christmas music (of course), generally in the form of a collectable 7”. (2) Live albums. (3) Replicas of long-OOP items…
Damanek Reveal Details For New Album, Making Shore
Damanek—ostensibly a progressive rock supergroup but in reality much more than words like ‘supergroup’ or ‘side project’ can represent—are one of those gems in the contemporary prog scene whose light…
Interview: Rise Twain (Part 1)
J.D. Beck & Brett Kull of Rise Twain talk songcraft, collaboration, ambiguity, and other “deep stuff."
Review: The New Routine by Port Noir
The rhythmic power of Motörhead melded to the heavy groove of Rage Against The Machine then filtered through the pop sensibilities of a Muse or Randy McStine = sophisticated dynamism.
Singled Out: “In The Air Tonight” by The Choir (Phil Collins Cover)
Is Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” a great song without that drum fill? With their latest single, The Choir have taken on the task of answering that question in…
Album Review: Bruised Sky by We Are Kin
With Bruised Sky, We Are Kin inhabit this third meaning, taking progressive rock far beyond mere "prog" or even "rock" into neo soul and deliberate soundscapes grounded in compelling synth…
#MetalMonday: “Evin” by Confess
Good luck on being more extreme than that, every other metal band in the world.
Anneke van Giersbergen Recording New Acoustic Solo Album
Now, for the first time, van Giersbergen is preparing a solo acoustic album. Recorded with engineer Gijs Coolen (with whom van Giersbergen collaborated on the aforementioned Drive), the upcoming album…
#MetalMonday: “Freedom” by Alice Cooper
The PMRC had seized national attention with their (literal in their minds?) witch hunt, and a new generation of traveling preachers were making their careers by telling ghost stories of…
Singled Out: “Catch Light” by Bent Knee
But Swain’s vocal delivery and the organ stabs punctuating the chorus paint it plain. This is a gospel song. This is indeed something drastically new.
Rush Return to Theaters for a Cinema Strangiato
Though Rush the band is finished, we are nowhere near finished with the band, whose legacy only grows in the 4 years since Neil Peart’s retirement. And their final tour…