Category: Features

Posted on: December 15, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Wonka Peel-a-pops

Willy Wonka creates a number of innovative candies and their freezer line is no exception. Their latest products builds off of the Japanese mocha snack food and creates something that is tremendously palatable for Americans citizens. The freezer pops, which are available in grape and banana flavors have a softer consistency of ice cream on the outside of the pops. The consistency is more like a blend of putting pudding…

Posted on: December 15, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Plastic DVD

Plastic is an engrossing film that has the perfect blend of up and coming actors. The casting of Plastic is incredibly solid establishing a dynamic between the lead actors that lends the film an honesty that few titles are able to provide their viewers. Together with intelligent casting choices, Plastic as a film that is extremely visual – the steps that are utilized in progressing the plot during the film…

Posted on: December 14, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Scarlet & The Harlots We Can’t Seem To Get Enough CD Review

Scarlet & The Harlots is one of the most interesting acts that we have had the chance to hear. There Once Was A Girl is the first track on the band’s current EP, We Can’t Seem To Get Enough. The strong vocals of Scarlet are part torch song, part coffee shop, and are absolutely intense. The band has the musical chops to keep up with her, with a walking bass…

Posted on: December 14, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Laura Cole Dirty Cheat CD Review

Sweet Escape is the first track on Cole’s latest, Dirty Cheat; the track is able to take on the overall sound and styles of the fifties with a much more contemporary and current set of vocals; this trend continues with Cole’s next two tracks, Darlin’ Sweetheart and Death Row. The blues-infused style of Cole during this effort is absolutely effecting and will be remembered by listeners long after the album…

Posted on: December 14, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Peppermint BellaVitano

The peppermint and cheese flavors one would presume to be incompatible. We received peppermint-flavored products that seemed more like gum than juices or other snacks utilizing peppermint’s unique flavor profile to great effect. However BellaVitano peppermint cheese is one that we would continually come back to as the array of different flavors that are present in each and every bite are enough to change one’s mind about the inclusion of…

Posted on: December 13, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter cups

I may just be locked into my ways but the largest most well-known types of peanut butter cups are those usually that I search out when I am at a supermarket. It is not as if they are the only peanut butter cup product that is being released but they typically are the best tasting. We may have finally found a product that supplants a great many of the famous…

Posted on: December 13, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Outback Steakhouse – Akron, Ohio

We were lucky enough to be invited to the Outback Steakhouse in Akron Ohio. We are pleased to say that the experience that we had at the restaurant was amazing. When we entered it was only a few minute wait before we received our table – the person at the front was extremely hospitable. After we sat down it was only another few brief moments before our waiter for the…

Posted on: December 13, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Steve Henrichs Feature

There is virtually no way that individuals can guess that Dawn is Steve Henrichs’s debut album. The deftness and skill that he brings to each violin, piano, and synthesizer line he lays down with collaborator Eduardo Del Signore will have listeners presuming that he is a grizzled veteran. The fact that Dawn is Steve’s first album bodes well for his future prospects, as he is able to establish a considerable…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Healing Rain Worship Team Interview

Hello. Can you provide us a little information about yourself and what you are attempting to do with your music? “Healing Rain Worship Team” is a vibrant ministry in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and our maiden praise and worship album is titled “Miracles Still Happen”.  To give you a little background, Healing Rain Worship Team is a subsidiary of Healing Rain Christian Music and Media Production, a local group of…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mountain Rio She’s In Love With Santa and Let The Lights Shine Single Reviews

The biggest problem during the holiday season is that a great many of the Christmas-themed songs that are played are those sample old tracks that listeners have been hearing their entire life. The United Kingdom’s Mountain Rio (the nom de plume of Frank Robinson) looks to establish a new seasonal tradition with the release of two new tracks, She’s In Love With Santa and Let The Lights Shine. She’s In…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tostitos Rolls

  The traditional tortilla chip is something that a wide variety of individuals will gladly eat but there is some sense that the snack is a little on the staid side. To counteract this Tostitos has created their Rolls product line extension. The tortilla chips are rolled up into a tight shell meeting that individuals can dip with impunity. Furthermore there is a slightly different flavor profile that exists when…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Steve Henrichs Dawn CD Review

Dawn is the latest album from Steve Henrichs, and it will immediately hit listeners with a funky, soulful composition that does more with the interplay between musical elements than vocal-heavy bands can do in the space of their album. There’s A Song feels at home at all periods; there are subtle nods to the seventies, nineties, and the current generation – when the vocals kick in, listeners are given a…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Whiskey

Whisky is one of my favorite spirits but the amount of different types of whiskeys that are on the market is considerable. There are good, decent, and bad efforts so finding the proper whiskey for your taste and uses is essential. Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Whiskey is a versatile spirit that will work equally well in mixed drinks, on the rocks, and even as a shooting spirit. The overall flavor profile…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Fistmas Ale

This is the time of the year for Christmas beers and Chicago’s Revolution Brewing has just released their Fistmas Ale. The beer pours with a dark oche to copper coloration with a tannish head that will take some moments to dissipate. The beer is not overwhelmingly sweet like many of the Christmas offerings but provides imbibers with hoppy, malty, and lightly sweet elements. The higher ABV of Fistmas provides a…

Posted on: December 9, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Healing Rain Worship Team Miracles Still Happen CD

There Is No Other God has a tremendous instrumental side, with considerably more complex and intricate interplays between the synth, bass, and vocals than other similar efforts; it is this care and dedication that is taken in the creation of the songs on Miracles Still Happen that will get the most listeners interested in what the act has to say. Freedom Released is a bouncy, bassy track that unites a bevy…

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jupiter in Velvet Interview

We’re sitting down with Jupiter in Velvet. It’s been a while. What has the band been doing this last year? Well, writing songs, rehearsing, recording, making videos – in addition to living a reckless rockstar lifestyle.

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Salt Interview

Q. The Greenman is your latest album. What does the disc add to the story that is Salt? A. The Greenman attempts to provide an insightful 5-track EP that provides listeners with a glimpse of the diversity of song-writing and sounds that the band have been working on over the past year. However, it is only a scratch on the surface of the material that is coming out of the…

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tripod Interview

Which artists most influence the band’s overall sound? Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains are maybe in the core,  but of course we listen to a lot of different music that plays it’s part. From Billy Joel to the Dillinger Escape Plan.

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Elements Series: Etheria by Peter Kater

“Heaven’s Window” is the first track on Peter Kater’s Etheria and is a bold track that extends to nearly the eight minute mark.  A microcosm of the styles, approaches, and influences that are near and dear to Kater’s heart are presented here.  The track is able to easily ensnare listeners with the wide array of sounds and distinct movements that are presented at the onset.  Where many pop tracks fade…