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?

Dust of Days Rock Their Souls Out In New Single, Heavy

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 11, 2017 10:16 am Tagged With: alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, New Jersey, Rock, United States

New Jersey based rockers Dust of Days deliver beautifully dissonant grungy rock and roll packed full of soul and substance. Their newest single, Heavy from their album Analog Mind Bender, is no exception. Heavy comes at you like an inescapable wall of sound prepared to infiltrate your senses, rock your soul to its core, and […]

Gregg Stewart Releases Intriguing Project Twenty Sixteen, Listen To Starman

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 11, 2017 10:03 am Tagged With: composer, singer, songwriter

Gregg Stewart has quite the story and impressive resume under his belt as a musician, composer and songwriter. Gregg has composed scores for a dozen or more indie films, documentaries, and shorts. As a musician, he has written and produced with the likes of Michaela Paige, The Mazarines, Brian Seymour, Alex Davis and many more. […]

Introducing the Space Wave Sounds of Space Diaries

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 11, 2017 9:43 am Tagged With: Los Angeles, Rock, United States

Eddie Olguin orignially founded Space Diaries in Los Angeles in 2015 as the moniker Sunset. Having lost hope in the “band experience” after living through the ups and downs that go along with keeping a band organized, Eddie took some time and began writing songs focused on trials life had put in his path. With […]

Diamante Lavendar Is A Multi-Faceted Creative: Award Winning Author, Artist and Musician

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 11, 2017 9:23 am Tagged With: author, singer, songwriter

Diamante Lavendar is a multi-faceted creative talent. As an award winning author, artist and musician, Diamante believes it’s important to use art to bring positivity and light into the world. A true fan of reading and books since a very early age, it was only natural that Diamante would find success as an author but […]

BUCK50ENT Presents Rollin featuring C Dolla, Get Right Sour and OG Kaylyles

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 9, 2017 12:45 pm Tagged With: Hip Hop, rap

BUCK50ENT Presents the new single and visual accompaniment Rollin‘ featuring C Dolla, Get Right Sour and OG Kaylyles as well as production by Klarity Tracks. Rollin is a smooth, hard hitting track. C Dolla, Get Right Sour and OG Kaylyles each lace this infectious beat with confident flows and a memorable, catchy hook (by C […]

Carter Lou & The Project Release New Rockin’ Jam Titled Evil Game

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 9, 2017 12:19 pm Tagged With: Blues, blues rock, Rock, singer, songwriter, United States, Washington DC

Carter Lou was preparing to head to college when life happened. His two best friends committed suicide one day apart from each other. If that wasn’t hard enough to deal with, Lou’s girlfriend had just left him with a broken heart. It’s moments like these that can either kill a soul or cause it to […]

Guest Actors Deliver Charming, Hypnotic Alternative Rock Vibes, By Demand Now Playing

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 9, 2017 11:55 am Tagged With: Alternative, Israel, Middle East, Pop, Rock, singer, songwriter

Tel Aviv, Israel based alt-rockers Guest Actors create unique and refreshing music through a seamless fusion of indie rock, contemporary rock and infectious pop appeal. The band began recording in 2015 and consists of Avi Ilani, Shaked Yaakov, Yoni Talias and Matan Wexler. After developing their unique sound, the band began performing around Tel Aviv […]

Andre Blaack Teams Up With Providence Health & Services Alaska To Promote Hand Hygiene

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 9, 2017 11:24 am Tagged With: Alaska, Hip Hop, rap

We recently featured Andre Blaack and his video for Better and Better, find that article here. This time we are sharing Andre’s fun but also educational and motivational single and visual treatment for Look At Me (Hand Hygiene). For this project, Andre teamed up with Providence Health & Services Alaska to create a hard hitting […]

Lift Your Spirits With This Funky New Jam From Nick Black

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 9, 2017 11:15 am Tagged With: Funk, Pop, singer, songwriter, Soul

Nick Black‘s uplifting, infectious and very fun single (and video) for his song Joy To The Girl is the perfect track for a boost of energy and a positive mood shift. Nick’s flavor of soulful pop jams has resulted in a quick rise for this momentum building shooting star. His last album, Deep Blue, garnered […]

Miles Above The Baseline with I, Symptom

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman August 7, 2017 10:12 am Tagged With: electro rock, Electronic, Experimental, Rock, singer, songwriter

We’re drifting Miles Above The Baseline with no certainty of returning home on the new single from electro-rocker I, Symptom. Exploring the concept of disconnecting from everything you know and love to drift into outer space is the main topic of I, Symptom’s newest composition featuring engaging electro-melodies, cosmic ambience, and energy boosting rhythms. Expect […]