Month: July 2015

Posted on: July 9, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Ryan’s (3743 Burbank Rd, Wooster, OH, 44691)

Ryan’s in Wooster is a buffet that has a wide variety of options that will ensure that visitors of all ages and tastes to find something that they can appreciate. The protein side of the buffet is stocked, with sausage, fried chicken, grilled steak, popcorn shrimp, two varieties and fried pork chops. The salad bar section is well-stocked with considerable amounts of vegetables , fruits, and dressings. There are a…

Posted on: July 8, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Jacques Pellarin Fleur de bossa Single Review

Fleur de bossa is a tremendously intricate composition that touches upon modern jazz and Latin music to make a lively effort. The guitar work (Jim Cohen) and accordion (Jacques Pellarin) are highlights to the track, telling more with plucking of strings than artists can hope to tell with an entire lyric book.

Posted on: July 8, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Curioustin – Dreamescape EP Review

Dreamy Clouds Of Glass is a tremendously emotive track that is able to tell a story even despite the instrumental focus of the opening minutes. There is a twinkling sound created that will bring listeners on a journey, with Curioustin changing the overall focus to provide listeners with considerable variation. The harsher, more instrumental-themed side of this track provides further tools for Curioustin as well as increasing the overall momentum…

Posted on: July 8, 2015 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Instant Empire – Lamplight Lost CD Review

The recent inexplicable emo revival has reminded us that there was a lot wrong with music in the early-aughts. But for every band like Simple Plan and New Found Glory, aimed at heartbroken teens clutching lyric journals filled with 7th grade poetry, there were far better bands that knew how to write solid, complex songs of angst and confusion that never really got the accolades they truly deserved – bands…

Posted on: July 7, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

CLOVR – Kebra Negast, Neverland ft. Zed eff and Fresh

Fresh is a track that looks to refresh the electronic music of the late nineties and early 2000s into something that an entirely new audience can appreciate. There are hints of Underworld, Plastikman, and Massive Attack rubbing elbows with jungle, house, and current (dubstep / trap) genres. Vocal elements work to imbue the composition with a human element as well as further increase the palette that is available to CLOVR.

Posted on: July 7, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Vegard Skrede Dans, baby! Single Review

Vegard Skrede has a high-energy opening to Dans, baby!  that will immediately draw listeners in to the composition. The track will elicit comparisons to Hot Hot Heat and Franz Ferdinand, as Skrede’s vocals build off of the works of Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco to establish something that could easily make it onto pop and rock rotation. The production of Dans, baby! is stellar, allowing the disparate…

Posted on: July 7, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Liquorsmiths This Book Belongs To EP Review

San Diego’s The Liquorsmiths has crafted a six-song mini-album that provides listeners with a wide array of styles and approaches. The release opens up with Coy With Me, an effort that links together the folk-rock of the sixties, the singer-songwriter tradition of the nineties (Bright Eyes, The Wallflowers), and a current and contemporary sound that will appease fans of X Ambassadors and Imagine Dragons. What The Liquorsmiths do on this…

Posted on: July 6, 2015 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear) by Jon Fine (Book)

Unless you were an Indie Rock geek in the ‘90s, obsessed with chasing down the obscure non-commercial bands that could only be found in photocopied zines, you likely have never heard of guitarist Jon Fine. That doesn’t matter; co-founding and playing with Bitch Magnet, Vineland and a handful of other somewhat obscure indie noise bands, Fine is in a unique position so many decades later to tell about what it…

Posted on: July 6, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Ajay Mathur 9 to 3 Album Review

9 to 3 is the latest album by Switzerland’s Ajay Mathur, and Sitting By Your Cradle starts thing off with soulful singing and a light and air instrumentation which takes equal portions folk and desert rock. Nothing Really Matters is an emotionally and instrumentally intense effort that will resound loudly with listeners long after the track has ceased. Ajay’s vocals during this track pull double duty in that they establish a…

Posted on: July 4, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

ZVOX Soundbase.220 Soundbar

The Soundbase.220 is a perfect introductory model for anyone that wishes to have faithful recreations of audio, atmospheric sounds, and music. The small form of the Soundbase.220 means that one will be able to stick the soundbar anywhere near their television / home theater system.  This soundbar is a single piece; ZVOX has made it easy to coordinate the soundbar with the television remote, meaning that the bass and treble…