Review: Sister City – Carbon Footprint (2011)
The Awkward White Boy’s Burden: Writing Poetry with Nothing to Say Adam Linder, songwriter for Sister City, is “that guy.” The guy at the party, who upon finding an acoustic guitar, sits in the kitchen with a PBR tall-boy asking for requests that invariably lead to covers of Ell
REVIEW: WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE – KONKYLIE (2011)
The Danish foursome grew up together in the same neighborhood in Copenhagen. Having worked together on a tech-house side project called Kenton Slash Demon, keyboardist Jonas Kenton and drummer Silas Moldenhawer are well versed in club and house music. While blending jazz and neo-soul is keyboar
Review: August Burns Red – Leveler (2011)
Metalcore is regard by many critics and fans to be one of the most oversaturated music genres in business today. More brutal breakdowns? Yawn. Growled/screamed verses with sung choruses? Been there. An album full of tracks in drop D? Done that. No question about it; Augu
Review: Priory – Priory (2011)
The Northwest is a fertile breeding ground for original sounds and Priory is rooted in that innovation. This group of four handsome fellas from Portland got together to flood your senses with a cocktail of folk-electro fusion. Mixing tambourine, guitar, bells, bass, keyboards, xyloph
REVIEW: SEBASTIAN – TOTAL (2011)
Oh! My music buds were tingling a few months back when I first heard SebastiAn’s new tune “Embody”. It was rich in funk, full of texture, and made the body want to jack to its slow house groove and engaging vocal track. The video that accompanied it, directed by “Me So” also turned a few
REVIEW: HANGIN FREUD – SUNKEN (2011)
Did you read the National Best seller, The Devil In The White City? Did you want a soundtrack to accompany you as you read through the haunting accounts of lost souls in Erik Larson’s Novel? Hangin Freud’s album, Sunken is that perfect soundtrack. The duo made up of Paula Borges (
Review: White Wives – Happeners (2011)
When two dudes from Anti-Flag partner with some other dudes from (relatively) under-the-radar acts (Dandelion Snow and American Armada) to create a concept album with heavy allusions to 1960’s anarchist movements and Eastern philosophy, it’s safe to say the result will most l
REVIEW: SHERLOCK’S DAUGHTER – SHERLOCK’S DAUGHTER EP (2011)
I can’t say I know for certain that Sherlock’s Daughter took their name from the partially-eponymous fictional detective. Even if that’s not the case, the fact that they share part of a name is somewhat appropriate. You see, Sherlock’s Daughter recently released a self-titled EP filled with
REVIEW: DEAS VAIL & FAREWELL FLIGHT – SPLIT EP (2011)
Today we welcome Ryan G to our contributor staff! Based in Columbus, Ohio, he is a recent college graduate from Wheaton College in Illinois currently exploring his music and business interests. “When I’m not around people or indulging my music obsession, I enjoy learning about theology, playing