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?

Matt Westin Rocks Our Socks Off On New Country Radio Ready Single, Farm Town

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 9, 2018 4:07 pm Tagged With: Country, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, United States

Following up the success of his previous single, Redneck Of Our Woods, Matt Westin is back with another radio ready, country rockin’, body movin’, guitar squealing hit titled Farm Town. Farm Town is packed to the gills with a potent mixture of high energy, top class production, soaring guitar solos, in your face drums, Westin’s […]

Gary Douglas Takes Us On A Sonic Voyage Through The Heartland On New Single, River Road

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 1:13 pm Tagged With: New York, New York City, pop rock, Rock, singer, songwriter, United States

NYC native, recent inductee into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, singer/songwriter Gary Douglas doesn’t necessarily fit the stereotypical image or persona of a lawyer…or of a singer/songwriter. However, his life of experiences defending the innocent and powerless against corporate malice, the bureaucratic abyss of our legal system, and helping people bring peace back into […]

Dynamos Hit Us With Energetic Rock and Roll On New Single and Video, Stainless

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 12:48 pm Tagged With: indie rock, Los Angeles, Rock, rock n roll, United States

Following up on the success of their singles Shake Rattle and Roll and Knowledge, Los Angeles based rockers Dynamos are back with their strongest rocker yet. The new single is titled Stainless. Accompanied by a music video (watch below), Stainless hits us from the get-go with big drums, slightly distorted but perfectly toned electric guitars, […]

Joshua Ketchmark Delivers Upbeat Vibes and Irresistible Songwriting On Her Voice In My Head

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 12:28 pm Tagged With: alternative rock, indie rock, Rock, singer, songwriter

Ready for some irresistible sounds? A tune that will make you move? A jam that will make you dance? A song that sounds so good and hits you so hard you can’t help but love it? Joshua Ketchmark has your back with his single and music video for Her Voice In My Head. Highly infectious […]

Ranzel X Kendrick Delivers 2nd Installment of Texas Series Trilogy, Texas Sagebrush

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 12:11 pm Tagged With: Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Roots, singer, songwriter, Texas, United States

Arriving with the second installment of his Texas Series trilogy, Ranzel X Kendrick delivers a charming, engaging blend of organic roots music with Texas Sagebrush. Texas Sagebrush is the follow-up to Texas Paintbrush (released in 2017) and the precursor to the trilogy finale Texas Cactus. Featuring a variety of styles from solo singer/songwriter with a […]

Rob Ashley Delivers Familiar Yet Fresh, Engaging Sounds On New Record, Premier. Farewell.

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 11:52 am Tagged With: alternative rock, Pop, pop rock, singer, songwriter

Singer/songwriter Rob Ashley has one of the most appropriate titles for a first solo album I have yet to see… Premiere. Farewell. Taking into consideration his history and how the songs on the album came together, that album title finds even more profundity. After nearly 30 years in the New England music scene working on […]

Bud Collins Trio Delivers Atmospheric Pop Rock Vibes on New Album, No 5uch Th1ng

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 11:07 am Tagged With: Alternative, Connecticut, Electronic, Pop, pop rock, progressive rock, singer, songwriter, United States

The formation of the Bud Collins Trio is a bit of a debatable topic. Some say they came together in the ’70s. Some say the ’80s. Some don’t really care. All they know is the Trio’s sonic prowess has been stimulating their senses for decades. Spawning from the Northeastern US, their early days were spent […]

Turn The Volume Up Loud, Dirty Dollars Goes Hard On New Single

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 9:59 am Tagged With: Georgia, Hip Hop, rap, United States

Southeast Georgia based Hip Hop artist Dirty Dollars has delivered a hard hittin’, adrenaline pumpin’, hustlers’ anthem with his latest single and music video Loud. With trunk rattlin’ bass hits, crisp hi-hats, some classic Dirty South vibes and the confident, seasoned flow of Dirty Dollars, the music video for Loud takes us through the day […]

Country Music Isn’t Country Anymore, Richard Lynch Returns With Another Winning Single

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 2, 2018 9:14 am Tagged With: Country, singer, songwriter

I can certainly agree with Richard Lynch on one thing… Country music just isn’t country anymore! We’ve been supporting Richard Lynch’s music for quite some time now. One of the main reasons is because he consistently delivers great, radio-ready songs founded in that charming, traditional, classic country sound. Having grown up surrounding by the sounds […]

New music from Sam and the Womp

by Featured Guest May 1, 2018 8:04 am Tagged With: dance, Experimental, Rock, United Kingdom

Sometimes a track comes along so catchy that it would be criminal if it were a one-hit wonder, and ‘Bom Bom’ by Sam and the Womp was just such a track. Released at the end of summer in 2012, it exploded into the public consciousness as a love/hate track that divided dancefloors all over the […]