Jesse W Johnson’s Primal Scream EP begins with the titular effort, an insistent type of rock that builds upon the framework of Placebo and dusty desert rock. The intense guitar work and immersive instrumentation will immediately interest listeners can keep them focused in as Johnson moves into Fucked Up First. The challenging time signatures of Fucked Up First benefits from a ropy bass line and a deft blend of indie,…
As a magazine from the Akron area, it’s always invigorating to find a talented band from our neck of the woods. The L.A. Knights create a track in Devil On My Heels that links together the work of metal acts like Motley Crue and Malice, tying together intense guitar works, a vocal braggadocio that has the chops to back it up, and on-point drums that fit perfectly while amazing with…
This chugging dance track ties up hints of late-nineties electronic with hints of Miami dance to create a nostalgic look back into an earlier EDM tradition. There is a vibrancy to Fast Work that ensures that the cut’s melodies are tattooed deep into the psyche of listeners, along with a breadth of influences ensuring that fans of a wide variety of genres can find something to appreciate here. The hammered-home…
Whenever talking about financial education, we have to acknowledge the fact that most people out there think that they know much about the subject when the truth is that this is incorrect. It is really important that you are patient and that you learn all that you can about how to control your finances. This is something that is difficult to explain and in order to be able to properly…
The process by which one brings draft beer home is a perilous one despite the technological innovations that have occurred over the course of the last decade. When one utilizes the brown bottle glass growler that has a screw off top, there’s a good chance that the carbonation and nuanced flavors of a beer will be lost by the time the one leaves the brewery to say nothing about the…
On our trip down to the Columbus area we were able to drive on Interstate 76 until we got to the exit immediately before its terminus with Interstate 71. We decided to get off the road and get into a restaurant. We found a rarity around this part, a franchise of the storied Huddle House chain. Huddle House is for those uninitiated a restaurant with hundreds of locations available through…
The Classic Saison by Tennessee’s Blackberry Farm Brewery has such a unique blend of flavors placed upon a wonderfully dry backbone that individuals that may not even like the Saison style will find something that they can appreciate. Hints of grains of paradise, pepper and the smallest taste of lemon can be discerned in the early goings of the Classic Saison on while a bready, yeasty body rises and falls…
The Spanakopita sold by Athens Foods is some of the richest and flakiest appetizers that we have ever had. There are a wide variety of Spanakopita available on the market and depending on what company that you purchase them from, the quality can dip considerably. There is a popular offering by Trader Joe’s supermarkets that is tough and mealy instead of lightening a meal; while it is perfectly serviceable when…
The Russian Imperial Stout is a style that has a variety of different twists and turns to it and as a result no two efforts in that style will be absolutely alike. Hopworks Urban Brewery’s Motherland Russia Imperial Stout is thick with a dark brown to black coloration and a fair amount of tannish head that dissipates quickly. The beer hits individuals quickly with a variety of oaky and tobacco…
Drôle de dilemma is the first track on Jacques Pellarin’s My French Cinema, and it provides listeners with an entire range of styles and sounds. Primarily beginning in a classical tradition, Pellarin is able to take up many of the early modern approaches and styles in a bouncy, light-hearted affair. The sweeping sounds of Hans Otto Strasse is provided considerable depths through the numbers of twists and turns that Pellarin…
ENTER SHIKARI are announcing a Spring Tour to carry some of their adrenaline-drenched shows to North America. “We’re really looking forward to getting back into more intimate venues and once again meeting the people who’ve given us great support in over in the U.S.,” says vocalist Rou Reynolds of the upcoming 30-date tour in support of their latest album The Mindsweep which was released early 2015 (tour dates below). Hands…
One of my favorite ways to unwind after a long day is to watch my favorite TV show. Lately my favorite has been Gotham, an American drama based on the lore of Batman, Currently the show is only airing in the United States, so it makes it less accessible to anyone outside of the US. This show is addicting good, you really get involved with the plot and characters. My…
Ryan Shupe ‘s We Rode On is a tremendously hopeful effort that showcases the power of the American spirit with a rich set of vocals and a catchy vocal style that ties together Maroon 5 and Walk the Moon. The Sun Will Shine Again has an intense instrumental opening that gives ground to allow Shupe to marvel with his vocal output. The production of this track is amazing, as the…
A modern form of indie-pop that looks back to the electronic styles of the mid-eighties for influence, while still having enough chops to make for a musically interesting style during the EP’s first effort, Strangers. The challenging time signatures present during Taylor will have listeners sitting on the edges of their seats, while the raw power of Lionheart’s vocals link together artists as disparate as La Roux and Taylor Swift.
Come Down is the latest single from Water District, possessing an emotive sound and fuzzy guitars that unite to make a wall that washes over listeners. Tremendously interesting guitar lines and rich vocals are present in spades, giving the track a sound that would work as well in 1993 as it does in 2016. Water District make an effort that tie together equal parts emotive rock, punk, and alternative/indie rock.…
Kate Brown’s Bring Me Down Dixie is a tremendously affecting track that shows the sheer vocal range of this inimitable performer. The rich instrumentation of this single provides highlighting for Brown’s vocals in all of the right position, with a production that allows the timeless vocals, splashy drums and wistful strings to create something greater than their constituent parts. The narrative quality of Brown on Bring Me Down Dixie will…
Today, we are speaking with Florida’s Russell Foisy. Can you give us a little background information about yourself? How has your style evolved and changed over the time since you first started playing? Hi James, thank you for the opportunity. I am a singer songwriter from Tarpon Springs, Florida, about 30 minutes from Tampa Florida. I had a dream and a goal to create my own cd of original lyrics…
The Haze Dual V3 Vaporizer is an intelligent device that allows individuals to key in exactly what temperature they would like their plant material, e-liquids or concentrates to be processed. The intuitiveness of this vaporizer is such that one should be able to open it straight from the box, briefly familiarize themselves with the various functions that are available to users, and then begin making use of the Haze Dual…
One of the most difficult tasks that a parent has to do with a young child has to be the aspiration of their nose. The child or infant does not have the ability to go and blow their nose so a parent has to go and use one of many different sorts of devices to manually extricate material from the nose. The aspirator that we received from the Baby Comfy…
There is a tendency for breweries to come forth and create winter warmers or other spiced beers in the last quarter of the year to capitalize on the holiday season. As a result the shelves get stocked with a variety of beers that are roughly the same, meaning that they will be very strongly spiced, malt heavy and full of dark fruit flavors. Pike Brewing (Seattle, WA) has decided to…