Alternative rock has had quite the odyssey in the last half-century. Since the genre’s infancy, when the likes of the Amboy Dukes and MC5 were laying the groundwork for what would ultimately become an entirely new style of music in garage rock and proto-punk, its most important players have always been driven by the desire
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Over the past forty-five years, rock n’ roll as we’ve known it has evolved arguably more than it did in twice the time ahead of the new millennium, and at its purest, most emotional form, it’s produced music in the style of The Make’s The Make Up Sessions, a premium indie LP you should get your
In the spirit of Jack Johnson and Ben Harper, comes David Kahn. David is a Los Angeles based Singer/Songwriter, with little more than an acoustic guitar and some stories to share. Hard working and optimistic, David is more of a throwback than a modernist. With a tall slender frame, and a friendly face, there’s something
Michael Aroian, Adam Soucy, and Kevin Swaluk have been writing and playing music for some time now under the banner Elsewhere with great success. It’s obvious, however, they wanted more. The band’s latest album “Life… is a Fraction” is nothing less than a massive swing for the artistic fences, the long bomb for the end zone
Few genres in the American pop lexicon can evoke as much emotion out of their listeners as the blues do. As integral an element in our national artistic history as the very instruments that it would need to make its most profound creative statements, the blues have arguably never been as important to the identity
A little restrained but significant enough to the backend of the master mix that we wouldn’t be listening to the same song without its presence, the beat we discover beneath the verses in “Buttercup” is indeed a major point of interest for Little Hurt fans this November. Though perhaps not as important to the understanding
With nothing more than a sonic ease to guide his every word and a pastoral backdrop that suits the tone of his harmonies better than anything else on the planet would have, miQa.el delivers a wonderful performance in the music video for his single “Walking Medicine” which feels quite on-point with what pop fans have
With a fierce introduction that is louder because of how soft it is, Jeremy Parsons welcomes us into his incredible new single “Tickin’,” his much-anticipated latest single. Right off the bat, we’re hypnotized by the chic stylization of the percussion, the marvelously melodic crooning of Parsons, and the industrial tonality of the melodicism, which has
CelestiOwl has released over forty albums over a three decade plus long professional musical journey. This staggering rate of productivity suggests that, at this point, he may be slowing down. His new EP release Metanoia dispels any such notions. Four songs may seem like a paltry offering to some and, even more, no evidence of ongoing creative
A smoldering string arrangement peeks at us from behind a curtain of passive silence as we set upon Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys’ new single “Goth Beach.” Though the first thirty seconds of this track more or less give us a pretty solid indication as to what kind of gothic pleasures await
Of Limbo’s new single “Let’s Go” is out now and has already generated considerable buzz. Its recent addition to Amazon’s “Breakthrough Rock” list is a feather in this young California-based band’s cap that will get a lot more eyes and ears paying attention. The power trio format has made a remarkable comeback in 21st-century rock
When AV Super Sunshine is singing, it’s easy to get distracted by the control he exudes over every other element around him in a song. No matter the size of the guitars, the plushness of the Hammond, or even the danger element created by the right sort of beat, his voice is one that has
So excited to be chatting with Brian Congdon today! Welcome! Let’s dive right in.When did you first know you wanted to become a musical artist? What was the first song you ever wrote? I would say I first started thinking about it when I was 20 years old right before I started playing in bars
Rock’s best attribute has been its ability to stand on the outside and represent, no matter what the time of year or the culture of politics it’s rebelling against happens to be, and in “Unstoppable,” Different Moon continues the tradition of 80s-influenced art-pop avant-gardism in a manner that is bound to get a lot of
Playful, slightly restless, and instantly infectious in every way that a thoughtful extended play of any genre should be, The Real J Israel’s latest dispatch – Glass Half Full – doesn’t waste a second getting our attention with an especially bold melodicism as it’s presented in “A Better Me” and “I Am Me.” The beats don’t have
Hi Seamus! Great to speak with you today! What projects have you been working on lately? I Just finished an off- broadway play called New York Circa 1909 Written and directed by Geoffrey Cantor in which I played a critical role as an Irish Mobster! It was such a fun role! I also played a
Welcome to Melody Maker! We are chatting today with Marliii. Tell us more about yourself and how you got into music? Thanks for chatting with me! I first realized I wanted to become a musical artist when I was really young. My dad would play guitar a lot around my home when I was growing
Arbor Creek’s second studio album Thanks for Wading carries on many of the characteristics established with the band’s self-titled debut. The band sounds even more confident, however, with a well-received first album under their belt and there’s certainly an even stronger sense of identity burning in the heart of the songs. They have a physical sound that
“Flesh and Blood” will end 2022 as one of the most heart-rendering singles released in recent memory. The Finnish musical collective Hi Status Qualified, otherwise known as HiSQ, is responsible for this deeply felt confection and reaped the rewards of vocalist Marko Hietala’s singing for the track. The ex member of Nightwish related to the
Instrumental records are often tailored to one specific audience over another, whether it be fans of jazz or another form of iconic music enthusiasts, but that’s hardly the case with the new virtuosic instrumental album Here at Last by Dan Engelhardt. Though most of the material on Here at Last qualifies as critic-approved without having to get too deep
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