Album Reviews

Album Review: Elexa Dawson – “Music Is Medicine”
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . January 16, 2020
There is a gospel quality to Elexa Dawson’s Music Is Medicine and maybe that’s a testament to its “healing” effect. Dawson grabs cosmic ideas and

Album Review: Thighmaster – “Between The Knees and Squeeze”
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . January 9, 2020
Rumbling surf rock simmers on Between The Knees and Squeeze, the debut album from Lawrence’s Thighmaster. The dual vocals blending crystal clear with super fuzzed

Review: Adam Scott York – “Twin Rivers” EP
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . December 19, 2019
A quiet intensity surges throughout Twin Rivers, the subtle, buzzing four track EP from singer/songwriter Adam Scott York. “What I Need” begins with gentle guitar

Album Review: Bearblood – “Dormant Truth of the All-Mother”
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . December 11, 2019
Brutal and heavy, Dormant Truth of the All-Mother is the relentless new album from Bearblood. The trio howls and growls through nine ripping tracks, slamming

Album Review: Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy – “Dirtflowers”
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . December 6, 2019
A hybrid of roadhouse country and heartland rock rages through Dirtflowers, the latest album from Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy. The energy is high and

Thighmaster debuts “Jane Fonda You” Single
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . November 26, 2019
Thighmaster give us a preview of their forthcoming album Between The Knees and Squeeze, out this winter on High Dive Records, with “Jane Fonda You”

Here are some of the best local releases of 2019
- By Fally Afani
- . November 21, 2019
2019 was a pretty fantastic year for local releases. In addition to rock and indie bands producing exciting new work, electronic and industrial music made

Elliot Fox releases gorgeous, electronic ballads for the heartbroken
- By Fally Afani
- . October 17, 2019
One of the most underrated electronic artists in the area just released a real gut-punch of an album. Elliot Fox, known for his gorgeous electronic

Review: Other Americans – “OA2” EP
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . October 9, 2019
Bombastic rock ’n’ roll soars to new heights on the new EP from Other Americans. Their sound is ready to fill arenas with these anthemic,

Album Review: Spencer Raymond – “Future Holds”
- By Nathan Cardiff
- . September 25, 2019
Sultry and sweaty beats swarm Future Holds, the pulsing new LP from Spencer Raymond. The tension boils over as Raymond not only seduces the listener