On his new, genre-blending record, the idiosyncratic and versatile classic-rock magpie Aaron Lee Tasjan meshes together acoustic and electronic sounds from different eras to conjure free-flowing, interstellar pop melodies with a tangy zest. The music career of the thirty-four-year-old singer-songwriter and ex-glam rock guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan has followed a crooked and … [Read more...] about Aaron Lee Tasjan: Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! – Review
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Ryan Sambol: Gestalt – Album Review
Ryan Sambol, the ex-Strange Boys singer-songwriter, discovers the joy of scaling back, pursuing understated lonesome cabin folk missives for quarantine times. The Texan musician and poet Ryan Sambol first came to prominence as leader of rootsy Austin garage-rock combo The Strange Boys. Since the demise in 2012 of the band he’d formed as a teen, his muse has followed him to … [Read more...] about Ryan Sambol: Gestalt – Album Review
Dizmation: Sea Area Forecast – Review
Dizmation creates an everchanging indie-based sound on the twisting and turning new record, Sea Area Forecast. Music producer, songwriter and visual artist Dizmation really knows how to manipulate sounds into an interconnecting whole. With the number of styles used on new album Sea Area Forecast, some artists would get swamped down in certain aspects, but Dizmation just … [Read more...] about Dizmation: Sea Area Forecast – Review
The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy – Review
The Hold Steady continue their tradition of producing addictive indie music for the ears through their eagerly anticipated eighth studio album, Open Door Policy. Many dedicated fans could be forgiven for wondering how the six-piece could follow up such a great comeback after they released their last album; Thrashing Thru The Passion back in 2019. This preceding record … [Read more...] about The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy – Review
The Staves: Good Woman – Album Review
The Staves continue with their persuasive and poignant indie music on the honest and sincere Good Woman. The Staves are a trio that definitely deserve more recognition in their genre. A band known by some as the openers for Florence + The Machine, during her How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful tour, they have existed in the upper fringe of indie music since 2012, never quite … [Read more...] about The Staves: Good Woman – Album Review
slowthai: TYRON – Album Review
For someone who was embroiled in a whirlwind of controversy almost a year ago, slowthai and his second studio album TYRON takes an engaged approach to addressing his actions; whilst maintaining his distinctive mélange of stylistic influences to create a sound that is unmistakeably his own. Instead of blithering and self-righteous justification, TYRON explores slowthai’s … [Read more...] about slowthai: TYRON – Album Review