Jonathan Cavier’s “Blue Room” is a delightful effort that refreshes the rock of the 1980s to make for a new and catchy sound in 2017. The guitar / synthesizer dynamic gives Cavier’s vocals highlighting in all of the right points. Cavier’s vocals both provide fans with a narration as well as adding further layers to the instrumentation.
Amilia K Spicer’s “Lightning” builds off of the traditions of Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, and Ani DiFranco. The care taken in crafting an immersive experience ensures fans will stay interested. The bit of rock and alternative styles that bubble onto the track – fuzzy guitars, a bit of echo, and a jangly composition – provides a further boost to its momentum. Spicer’s Lightning is a truly timeless track, one that…
Marc Daniels’s Summer Song is a powerful country anthem that shines not only through Marc’s vocals but by the premise of intense guitars, ropy bass lines, and on-point drums that will resound loudly with fans. Daniel’s vocals does double duty, drawing upon a rich rock and traditional country sound.
Scott Free’s “How I Live” features Rocko, providing listeners with a solid introduction to the rapper. The backing beat blends together trap with the brooding sound of a Hynotize Minds production, while Scott Free’s vocal styles tie together performers as diverse as Dorrough, I-20 and The Game. The addition of a Rocko feature into the mix provides a wholly different sound to the single, giving a boost to the momentum…
Another year, another lineup change, another name tweak and thankfully another record from the prolific and consistently solid Oh Sees (formerly Thee Oh Sees, The Ohsees…).
Dan Wilson is probably best known by most as the front man for Semisonic, and Trip Shakespeare before that. But, he’s been anything but taking it easy since Semisonic stopped recording and touring in 2001.
England may have had Badfinger, but we had The Raspberries. Up there with Big Star and The Hollies in terms of their lasting influence and simply how tragically underrated each band ultimately was, in 2004, The Raspberries treated a hometown Cleveland audience to a remarkable reunion show to open the local House of Blues. The show, captured in this two-CD set from Omnivore, prompted a short tour the following year.
Silver Citizen’s single “Why We Plunder” is sure to make waves in the rock genre. Their sound is reminiscent of earlier 90’s rockers such as Stone Temple Pilots or Rage Against The Machine , but that’s not to say they don’t have their own sound. The guitar riffs are edgy and fast, accompanied by deep thick bass, and resounding vocal ranges giving Silver Citizen a hard rock back bite with…
