This is one of the few songs “The American Boys (The Ballad of Frank Gusenberg and the St Valentine’s Day Massacre)”, to bring a 90-year-old true crime story to life. With real style, Dave Omlor does it. The first few seconds you know what kind of ride you are in for. It’s loud, it’s fun, it’s this kind of energy […]
FOLK ROCK/Review Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard – Travelin’ Heart
Some songs make you want to get in a car and just drive. Travelin’ Heart is definitely one of those. It opens slowly and quietly, and you enter into a particular headspace. A bit wistful, a bit relaxed, but very ready to go somewhere. The acoustic guitar and mandolin are the backbone of the song and really add to the […]
Electronic/Review MOMARZ – Party Moves
Some tracks simply get you moving. That’s it! Party Moves does what it says on the tin and it does it with a real sense of fun that is contagious. You’re nodding your head before you even realise that the main synth groove has kicked in. There’s a really easy energy to the track from the start. Nothing feels forced […]
ROCK/Review Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends – Bells of Silver
There are songs that feel like a warm hand on your shoulder. Bells of Silver by Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends is one of those. It is soft, deliberate and quite easy to sit with. As if it draws you back to it on lazy nights, perhaps when you just want a feeling of honesty and human nature to […]
ROCK/Review VHS PANTY RIOT – Peel The Sun
It’s a thing about good synthwave, it’s like, I’m in a different place. Peel The Sun does that from first note. It immerses you into this cozy and somewhat disorienting universe, which seems like a movie you’ve already watched but forgot. It’s a feat seldom achieved. The production here is really amazing. Each layer is in the correct position. The […]
ROCK/Review The Plastic Pals – Decisions
There are songs out there that just have a swing to them that you can’t help but get into. Decisions is a track of that sort. It’s immediately apparent when you start the track that there’s the groove in you, and it never leaves. It’s a song that will make you feel good without you realizing it. The track pulls […]
ROCK/Review Nils Lassen – Under Your Spell
There are songs that have no description but are very easy to feel. Under Your Spell is just such a song. It slowly wraps itself around you and by the time you realise what’s going on you are already lost in it. That’s not a bad thing, it’s a good thing. This is a really satisfying instrumentation, breezy and layered. […]
Pop-Rock/Review Lana Karlay – For the Weak
Some songs simply make you want to turn up the volume. For the Weak is one of them. It comes in with a sense of urgency, a sense of restlessness, it’s alive, guitars crash in. No soft start here. It goes for it and that confidence is contagious. There’s something very immediate about the energy of the track. It doesn’t […]
ROCK/Review The Shrubs – Let Us In
There are some songs that take some time to show themselves. Let Us In by The Shrubs is one of these. It slowly fades in, like it’s sneaking up on you, and you’re all in before you know it. This gradual development is one of what makes it so effective. The drums established the mood from the get-go. This pulse […]