Self-Released
Local Review: Mortigi Tempo – Memento Mori
Mortigi Tempo = Radiohead + M83 + The Moth & The Flam … read more
Local Review: Black Cum – American Imbecile
Black Cum = Black Cum … read more
Local Review: Sorrowset – Self-titled
Sorrowset = Hollow Earth + Eyehategod + Shadow Pride … read more
Local Review: Vid Nelson – Taste Test Pity City
Vid Nelson = The Jimmy Hendrix Experience + MGMT … read more
Local Review: Allies Always Lie – Nodus Tollens
Allies Always Lie = All American Rejects + Brand New + Mudvayne … read more
Local Review: Blood Eagle – Bloody Gull
Blood Eagle = Aksumite + Amon Amarth + Touché Amoré … read more
Local Review: J.M.P. – Bad Habits
J.M.P. = Atmosphere + People Under the Stairs … read more
Local Review: Your Meteor – Byzantium
Laying back, staring up at the vast night sky and thinking about the mysteries of life—that’s where I find myself every time I put this album on. Music works best when it’s treated like a rollercoaster of emotions, and that’s exactly the kind of ride that Your Meteor have constructed with their latest LP. Syncopated rhythms, interweaving guitar lines, playful melodic vocals—Byzantium is full of it all and much more. … read more
Local Review: Starmy – Heart Beat Breaks Glass
Local outfit Starmy’s sixth release, Heart Beat Breaks Glass, opens with a steady ruckus of thick guitar harmonies layered with Mike Sartain’s tense vocal style. The opening track, “Heart Beat Breaks Glass,” is a tightly refined song that weaves cohesively around an organ solo reminiscent of Red Bennies’ 2004 album, Adult Sophisticates. … read more
Local Review: My Private Island – Self-titled
My Private Island = Soundgarden x Nickelback / Radiohead … read more
Local Music Review: Poet – The Lone Revolutionary
The self-described “hip-hop anarchist” Poet does not fail to live up to his own hype. “Crash & Burn” sets the tone early in the album, bringing up Eric Garner’s murder and challenging those who talk about injustice from behind the protective screen of social media to take the streets and protest. … read more
Local Review: Fisch Loops and Applegreen – Jabuticaba
Jabuticaba is a split-album—longer than, but related to, a split-EP—released both digitally and on cassette by local musicians Fisch Loops (Numbs, Furthermore, Julio Child, Daniel Tiger, Dani Lion) and Applegreen. … read more
