If I wasn’t watching the video that goes along with this band I wouldn’t have guessed their vibe. To me it comes off a little Kelly Clarkson although I assume from their look that they are trying to be more…
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Inner City Basement : Colour & Sound EP Review
Dark End Times Sounds For Your Face!
Brilliance, as in, the solar light flaring as it burns up a doomed planet somewhere. Such crisp production. So sad, so smooth. I love this release. Thank you once again, France.
I’m waiting…
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RYAN POLLIE: ON THE NOSE
I sold my ticket to go home
I’m never going home again
I bought my ticket to the show
They’re never coming back again
I’ve been looking for a dime or dozen reasons to get old
I’m never getting old…
MINT 400 RECORDS PRESENTS AT THE MOVIES II: LOWLIGHT VIDEO PREMIERE AND SPECIAL MOVIE PLAYLIST
LOWLIGHT VIDEO PREMIERE “Scarface Main Theme”
When Mint 400 approached their artists with an opportunity to work on a cover from a movie soundtrack, Lowlight jumped at the chance to pay homage to 1983 classic, Scarface.
“First of all, we…
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Subtastics - Collector’s Edition
Baltimore is smelling a little fresher today! In the recommended interval for changing your refrigerator's baking soda, pop punk practitioners, Subtastics, have recorded and released their first full length album. This 12" LP, on recycled, mixed color vinyl hit the…
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DAVID WILSON AND THE SUMMER HUSBANDS: A CITY, A MARRIAGE
If you’ve ever heard David Wilson’s previous project Miss Ohio, a local North NJ band that was kind of indie rock mixed with some Wilco you’d be surprised to hear some of the musical elements of his new project. Their…
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BABYSHADES: SUMMERHEARTS
About a thousand bands currently sound like this. I don’t mind it but man, that Drive soundtrack really inspired a lot of songwriters huh? This feels 80’s in texture and feel. I always think of Simple Minds, Tears For Fears…
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INCA BABIES: WALK IN THE PARK
This reminds me of something and I can't quite put my finger on it. It's self -described as prog but in more of a Yes way but that mixed with almost The Posies and The Smiths. It has a nice…
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DAN VAPID AND THE CHEATS: RUNAWAY JANE
Dan Vapid sports an amazing resume listing bands from The Queers to Screeching Weasel but this, this is so far from amazing. First, I fucking hate jokey songs. Unless you are Childish Gambino, Flight Of The Concords or possibly even…
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Paper Tigers : ‘A Schism Cataclysm’
The single, Ursa Minor, smacks you in the face with an anthem type vibe. I was hooked until the vocals seemed to go flat here and there. The music sort of has a Muse quality to it but the lyrics…
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