No Confidence Man is an effort that ties together a wide variety of styles, whether it be Computer Love-era Kraftwerk, Franz Ferdinand, or Muse. The Woolly Mammoth, who have just released the single, are able to weave together an engrossing track that takes fans over this wide swath of sound in the course of three and a half minute. The single is similar to an onion; one can continue to…
Silver is an assertive, dominant track that immediately hits listeners over their heads with a sultry set of vocals, sizzling guitar licks, and a brooding instrumentation that will catch listeners’ attentions. The guitar/vocal dynamic on Silver pushes each to a higher plateau, but it is the bassier synth line that is weaved through the single that shines in the first half of the effort. The intense psychedelic-styled guitar work that…
The Camino Side Project have released an effort in Wheels that ties together the sultry rock of INXS with a bit of the seriousness of Depeche Mode. The haunting instrumentation that is laced through this single will keep listeners on the edges of their seat. The breathy, intense vocals that play at the top of Wheels interact nicely with the instrumentation. Adding a ropy bass line into the mix at…
Hello, Pablo. How are things going? How is 2019 shaping up for you? A: Very good. Thanks for hosting me at NeuFutur, James. 2018 has been indeed a very exciting year from the musical perspective and I envision great things will also happen next year as I have started working on a new music project which I hope will expand horizons much further beyond “Nobody’s Land”.
Keith Mosfet’s newest single Let Me Go effortlessly ties together 1960s pop, 1970s folk, and the Britpop of the 1990s. The taut instrumentation on Mosfet’s latest provides a robust backdrop for the paired (female and male) vocals. The guitars are technically proficient while building off of the folk-rock of performers like Neil Young. Let Me Go’s chorus will tattoo itself deep into the minds and hearts of listeners, while the…
Barry Abernathy and Darrell Webb present Appalachian Road Show, the first joint musical effort between Abernathy, Webb and guest star Jim VanCleve on fiddle, is a multidimensional foray into the realm of bluegrass and its southern relatives constructed out of the trio’s love of the Appalachian landscape, and it doesn’t waste any time dispensing the rich melodies that the region is synonymous with. Abernathy commands our heart-strings with his lightning-fast…
Eye Bender’s Tomorrow is an effort that looks back to the days of Vixen and Heart. With a tremendously engrossing set of vocals kicking things off, this cut ensures that listeners will be on the edges of their seat as it continues to gain momentum. Tomorrow kicks into a rocking track that is able to impart considerable emotion in each note sang. The instrumentation is used sparingly with guitars and…
If we were to define The Cold Stares’ new album Mountain purely by its lush lyrical content, to describe it as anything other than a cryptic dreamscape that presses all of the psych-tinged bluesy cues hinted at in Head Bent into full blown experimentalism simply wouldn’t be accurate. Mountain is a gorgeous realization of singer and guitarist Chris Tapp and drummer Brian Mullins’ original audiological blueprint in high definition sound, still fitted with a razor sharp…
Long before Dan Wilson became the go-to songwriter for an incredibly diverse range of musicians from Adele and Taylor Swift to Weezer and Nas, he was known as that guy who sang that earworm “Closing Time.”
The second single from Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite’s album Canyon Diablo, “Strange Intuition”, accelerates the momentum the collaboration between producers/writers The Grand Brothers and singer/songwriter Dee generated with the album’s first single “Electrified”. The band cites a variety of influences for their material, but the latest single demonstrates no clear pedigree while still working well within the realm of electro-influenced rock. The hard-hitting, yet immensely stylish, approach to this single moves…
Kazyak’s Reflection is the sort of album I think you’ll be able to keep returning for years to come and never fully exhaust its appeal. The band complied eight demos, b-sides, and outtakes to form this album, but this unlikely method for structuring anything more than a hodgepodge collection lacking rhyme or reason pays off, instead, for Kazyak in a big way. Patterns and connections aren’t always apparent in an artist’s work…
Laced with distortion and a pristine spring reverb, the searing riff that opens “Gold,” the first track of Emma DeCorsey’s new extended play The Dream, pushes and shoves its way into focus with an unforgiving brutality that is only curtailed by DeCorsey’s smoky, melodic vocal. The stomping beat guides us along as we get lost in the angst-ridden delivery of the lyrics, which overpowers the content of the verse but significantly…
We reviewed the lead single from VIKINGO!’s new EP, Set It on Fire, a few months back. We were quite happy to learn that the rest of the EP continues with the same care in arrangements and fire present in each lick and drum beat that is inserted within this release.
What Are You Running Away From is the first track on Simon XO’s Covering, and showcases a confident performer that has a stellar production uniting a bevy of different instruments, influences, and sounds. Simon XO has the same hopeful sound of early Oasis or Steven Curtis Chapman. Waiting For Me To Break begins with booming drums and a distinctive sound that will immediately draw listeners into the release. It’s a…
When Love Was Young is the first track on Payson Lewis’ new extended play, Take Me Apart. The bouncy beginning of this release is reminiscent of works by performers like 5 Seconds of Summer and the Jonas Brothers. Lewis puts his own tack on this genre.
You Know You Want It is a slinky rock track that succeeds due to tremendously charismatic vocals and a rich, thick bass line that allows the act to link together funk, pop rock and soul in a fashion that will immediately draw the attention fortunate enough to listen in. Sky Pines has all of the trappings of late-nineties alternative rock. Hints of Edwin McCain, The Goo Goo Dolls and Dave…
The mk5 Isolator Earphones ($69.99) by Etymotic Research are a solid purchase for anyone that wants to dip their toe into audiophile gear without breaking the bank. These earbuds are designed in a way to firmly fit in one’s ears, decreasing the tendency for the buds to fall out the second that they are jostled or when the wearer decides to start any sort of fitness-based activity. For those that are concerned…
MaWayy’s “Blame” is a high-energy EDM track that will get listeners out onto the dance floor this autumn. Different tempos and approaches are utilized by MaWayy here, where a more soulful male set of vocals gradually give way to emphatic claps and a rapid increase in the tempo. By the time one gets to the chorus of Blame, the effort has transformed into a dubstep-laced effort that tweaks things into…
On “Speak Life”, HEЯITAGE creates a style that effortlessly links together pop-rock, EDM, and alternative in a fashion that makes things sparkles. A slinky instrumentation and bright focus combine to make something alluring and musically proficient. The guitar line at the 1:45 mark builds off of Californication-era Red Hot Chili Peppers, while the presence of a sizzling saxophone adds further variation and oomph to Speak Life. While dripping with late…
Jim Clements’ latest work of art A Failure might have the most deceptive title in the world, but it starts off in more honest, plain speaking tones than any other album I’ve spun in the folk genre in at least ten years’ time. “Saul’s Blood (A Dream)” acts as our foray into the monumentally euphoric eight track swan song by instantly capturing the full extent of our focus with a staggering guitar…