Album Reviews

This section includes a running list of the music reviews we publish. We also publish a lot of interviews, curate playlists, and podcast. Want to submit your music?

California Torpedo Away! Electric Ray and The Shockers Are Here

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 8:24 pm Tagged With: Alternative, Austria, Europe, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, surf rock

Austrian psychedelic alt-punk surf rockers Electric Ray and The Shockers have launched an unstoppable sonic force with their new, and impressive first, studio album California Torpedo. Where do I begin?! You’re going to rock. You’re going to roll. You’re going to uncontrollably grab the nearest instrument nearby (air instruments are fair game) and begin having […]

Maryama Takes You Where The Mermaids Are

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 7:48 pm Tagged With: Los Angeles, Pop, United States, World

Los Angeles based Iranian American singer/songwriter and artist Maryama has arrived with a hypnotic and trance inducing single and video titled Where The Mermaids Are. Before moving to her current home in California, Maryama studied with Iranian rock stars Ardavan Anzabipour and Homayoun Majdzadeh. She then found her way to American River College where she […]

Freddy Hale Releases New Single Troublemaker

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 7:31 pm Tagged With: Alternative, Hip Hop, Los Angeles, Pop, R&B, Soul, United States, urban

Los Angeles based soulful singer/songwriter Freddy Hale has arrived with an infectious R&B infused pop single titled Troublemaker. From the moment the music starts playing you are immediately pulled into the mix of driving bass, smooth grooves and charming vocals of Freddy Hale. Walking along the musical spectrum somewhere between Lana Del Ray, The 1975 […]

HundredMillionThousand Releases Intense Sonic Debut, lp1

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 7:01 pm Tagged With: Canada, Electronic, Experimental, Hip Hop

HundredMillionThousand is the moniker of Canada based experimental/electronic/Hip Hop producer Noel Jon and his album lp1 is an intense sonic journal exploring the intricacies of moods and what some would classify as mental illness. Suspenseful compositions backed by aggressive, gut-churning percussion patterns interweave with lingering pads, haunting atmospheres, Iranian vocalizing, spiritual chants and Tombak (a […]

The Psyatics Unleash Famous Monsters

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 6:09 pm Tagged With: garage rock, Punk, Rock, surf rock

Las Vegas based garage rockers The Psyatics have unleashed their latest album Famous Monsters. In your face, energetic, raw rock and roll sprinkled with dissonant jazz, noisy surf rock and some serious punk attitude collide in this fierce and adrenaline pumping sonic ride through tales of history’s most infamous serial killers. Famous Monsters is exciting, […]

Mama K and The Shades, A One of a Kind Experience

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 3:55 pm Tagged With: Austin, Funk, jazz, R&B, Soul, Texas, United States

Get ready for Austin, Texas’ newest and hottest 11-piece one-of-a-kind sonic experience Mama K and The Shades! Their debut album Honey Made is now ready for your consumption! Having opened for George Clinton & P-Funk, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, The Motet, Roxy Roca, Lee Fields and having made appearances at Wakarusa Festival, Texas Reds […]

Andrew Goldring’s Alt-Lofi-Americanadelic Cosmic Dance

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 1, 2017 3:29 pm Tagged With: Alternative, Americana, indie, lo-fi, Psychedelic, Salt Lake City, singer, songwriter, United States, Utah

Salt Lake City singer/songwriter Andrew Goldring has delivered an engaging, soothing alt-lofi-Americanadelic wave of frequencies on his new single Cosmic Dance. Like an asteroid or even a small piece of debris gently floating through the cosmos, Goldring creates a captivating soundscape that leaves you wanting more once the 4 minute and 24 second journey ends. […]

Kawil Drops Latest Single and Video, Talk Is Cheap Pt. 1

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 27, 2017 12:15 pm Tagged With: Europe, Hip Hop, Netherlands, producer, rap

Netherlands based emcee and producer Kawil has delivered his latest single and accompanying visual treatment, Talk Is Cheap Pt. 1. As a lifelong Hip Hop Head and indie Hip Hop artist, simply put… this song goes hard! For those not familiar with Hip Hop lingo, allow me to expand. Opening with a Malcolm X sample, […]

Justin Allen and the Well Shots

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 27, 2017 11:51 am Tagged With: Country, Nashville, singer, songwriter, United States

Justin Allen might be new to Nashville but he’s no rookie when it comes to the rock and roll life. I’ve been in bands since I was a kid, barely 13 and writing my own songs and playing in bars. It’s all I ever really wanted to do”; he explains while taking a quick pause […]

Prepare To Travel The Long Dark Road

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 27, 2017 11:25 am Tagged With: Alternative, Canada, Metal, Punk, Toronto

Jeremy Cavan has traveled The Long Dark Road. On the band’s self-titled debut album, Jeremy and his team of hardcore rockers pour out every bit of their heart, soul and musicianship into an epic, spine tingling, eardrum bursting, head banging wall of sound which explores the finer nuances of surviving in a world divided by […]