Pete Mancini singles out some special stories with two new songs
In today’s music landscape, especially with artists facing a need to recover some ground from what they lost during the height of lockdown and loss…
John Thayer and the wondrous worldliness of “Akaku” (Premiere Play)
Pieces of music are like short stories. Whether a song has words or is purely instrumental, it conveys either a set of feelings, thoughts, or…
“You Must Be This Tall To Die” and ride Action Park’s emotionally turbulent debut
The newest addition to the global punk canon, You Must Be This Tall To Die, the debut full-length from emo pop-punk band Action Park, fits right in…
“Cheers” to Jukebox the Ghost and their supportive new single
If there’s one thing that’s intrinsically associated with pop music, it’s catchiness – followed closely by choruses. Songs written in the style aren’t always the…
Hold a place in your next playlist for Title Holder’s debut single “Animal”
Albert Einstein said, “Genius is 1% talent, 99% hard work.” Though a man with a legacy firmly rooted in science and mathematics, Einstein’s sentiment could…
Don’t press snooze on Tin Can Collective’s “Axiomatic Alarm Clock”
There’s something about the particular way in which Long Island, NY quintet, Tin Can Collective, repeatedly leaves listeners stylistically stumped and-or cramming multiple musical labels under…
Op-Ed: The doubled-bladed power of fans
Fans of music and the musicians that make it are about as old as the art of music itself, save perhaps for the times in…
Find your latest keepsake in Souveneer’s “Dream Journal”
The reasoning for someone in an established band to pursue a solo record can stem from a wide range of places and personal motivations: interest…
Flowering Branches’ “Pendulum Hearts” doesn’t miss a creative beat (Premiere Play)
Long Island, NY progressive jazz quartet Flowering Branches, introduced themselves to the world back in March, with a rhythmically vibrant and melodically poised single that…
Evil Sweet’s new EP is more than just “4 the Singles” out there
Not all that different from the way life is now playfully referred to under the dual pandemic related contexts of either “the present” or “the…