An electronic duo consisting of Clay Cornelius and Brandon Hoogenboom collaborate for a fine indie dance album. Their most unique track, Face to Face, has everything you need from a indie-electronic group: a progressive drum beat, syrupy chords, and catchy vocal track and a thick funk guitar solo to end it. A personal favorite is the […]
Album Review, Music, new drop, Record Release
International Touring Band, The Academic, retraces their roots and writes an EP from their bedroom
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Jul
Jul
Don’t let their production methods fool you, for a bedroom studio it definitely is among the higher quality recordings in the industry. Teaming up with Capitol Records, they were able to layer the instruments incredibly well. After opening for bands like Pixies and The Strokes, the singer Craig Fitzgerald said he took inspiration from their […]
A Conversation With, Album Review, Local Music Pick, Music, Record Release
A Conversation With: Harbor Area Hardcore Punk Band Deviated State + Album Review
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Jun
Jun
Pictured (left to right): Sean Palce (Guitar), Johnny Ramirez (Bass, Backup Vocals), Joseph Angel (Vocals), and Robert “Caveman” Lara (Drums). Photo by Kevin Avila. TOO HARDCORE FOR PUNK, TOO PUNK FOR HARDCORE I had the opportunity to come and sit in on Deviated State’s band practice on June 24th, 2021 at Cideshow Studios in Gardena, […]
Local Music Pick, Music, new drop, Record Release, Staff Pick, Uncategorized
High Morale Releases Single “Face to Face” with Visuals by Artist Robbie C. Ward
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Jun
Jun
It all started as a friendship which became an outlet of self-expression for their members. High Morale is an up-and-coming Indie electronic band that was formed by three friends and named after their catchphrase “The morale is high!” This upbeat and electric indie band consists of SoCal Singer/Songwriter Brandon Hoogenboom, NY Producer Clay Cornelius, and […]
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Jun
Jun
The opening lyrics could be a well rehearsed monologue to a significant-other, post break up. With a solid acoustic strumming pattern to match, Sean Perry’s vocal cadence flows through the intro organically, not pinning himself to a rhythm too soon. Like melancholic memories in the early stages of heartbreak, the keys swell in. Accompanied by […]
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May
May
Hailing from New Jersey, Mike Chiarappa is a twenty-five-year-old who started writing songs and recording them on his laptop while his band The Stolen was on hiatus. After compiling enough songs, he started producing the tracks at DIMM Studios, a recording studio he worked at. The product of these sessions is Range Life, a collection […]
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May
May
The Californian musicians have given us previews for what’s to come in their forthcoming LP Four years after their last album You’re Welcome was released, Wavves have announced that they are finished with their seventh album, HIDEAWAY. The album is set to be released on July 16th on Fat Possum Records, the label that dropped […]
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Aug
Aug
Hailing from the PNW, Aminé is in the hip hop carousel representing Portland all by himself. This, however, fails to stop him from releasing his debut studio album ‘Good For You’ in 2017 (packed with hits like ‘Caroline’ and ‘Spice Girl’), as well as his mixtape ‘ONEPOINTFIVE’ in 2018. On ‘Limbo’, Aminé delivers incredible tracks […]
Album Review, Music, new drop, Pinkston Films, Record Release, Uncategorized
Free Gun With Purchase: Death By Stereo Has Risen…
06
Aug
Aug
In what’s shaping up to be a killer album, Death By Stereo has released their second single and subsequent music video, “Free Gun With Purchase” off the upcoming album “We’re All Dying Just In Time”, which couldn’t be a more fitting title for what’s going on in the world today. With the band hitting it’s […]
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May
May
Melatonin Feast By Syd Trip Melatonin Girls made their resurgence last year by releasing two singles and playing a string of live shows. In 2020 they are back with a new song entitled “Humanity Advances”. I had the opportunity to do a virtual interview with founding member, singer, and guitarist of the group, Jacob Mandel. […]
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