REVIEW: MAPS & ATLASES – BEWARE AND BE GRATEFUL (2012)
Maps & Atlases are an art rock band that’s no stranger to the touring or festival circuit. They have been quietly building a dedicated following, playing small venues all across America over the past few years and they have played a number of festivals. This summer, they will
REVIEW: MANAFEST – FIGHTER (2012)
If you read Mezzic regularly or are in tune with recent releases from faith-based artists, you would know that Ontario, Canada’s Thousand Foot Krutchhas been getting a lot of buzz surrounding the release of their recent foray into independent music, The End is Where We Begin. Front
Review: Ramona Falls – Prophet (2012)
Ramona Falls came out of a delayed album and thirty-five people. Ambitious, yet thankfully those people were part of the process leading up to the debut Intuit instead of a touring caravan of Polyphonic proportions. Brent Knopf is at the heart of the indie rock beast, someth
REVIEW: THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – THE END IS WHERE WE BEGIN (2012)
Ontario, Canada’s Thousand Foot Krutch have encouraging audiences large and small to throw up their rawkfists since the late 1990s. After a long stint on Seattle’s Tooth and Nail Records, they found themselves ready to embrace a new chapter in their career. After pouri
REVIEW: CFCF – EXERCISES (2012)
Montreal-based DJ and electronic artist CFCF aka Michael Silver has released his second album, titled ‘Exercises’. Influenced by Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Borden, and inspired by “institutional architecture and 70’s Canadiana”, this album is subdued and minimalisti
REVIEW: SIX-GUN RHYTHM – EP (2011)
To comment on Six-Gun Rhythms’ self-titled EP, one could easily rail against the over-produced, sterility of modern music, hailing Six-Gun Rhythm as a glorious return to gutsy, trashy, power pop/folk rock. There are easy comparisons to The Strokes and The Fratellis, or any other band beginni
REVIEW: DROPKICK MURPHYS – GOING OUT IN STYLE (FENWAY PARK BONUS EDITION) (2012)
There’s been an experiment I’ve been doing of late that has been yielding some pretty great results in terms of me enjoying and becoming better attached with music. It’s quite easy. You shut off this computer or iPad or phone or whatever. You go see a show. Caveat? Don’t listen to the band b
REVIEW: ANNA VOGELZANG – CANARY IN A COAL MINE (2012)
While people debate about the accuracy of live music rankings, there’s no denying that Madison has a strong scene with collaboration at its heart. You don’t move to many cities and see such a level of involvement or just simple curiosity in what everyone is doing as you do in Wisconsin’s capit
REVIEW: SENT BY RAVENS – MEAN WHAT YOU SAY (2012)
Sometimes there’s a place for rock record that’s simply just fun to listen to. Enter Tooth and Nail Records’ Sent By Ravens, from South Carolina. Tooth and Nail has a history of breaking bands to the masses, some examples being Anberlin, Mae, and Underoath.