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May 14, 2022May 14, 2022

Experimental Electronic Musician Restless Mosaic Defies Convention on “Made By Thawing Ice”

Experimental Electronic Musician Restless Mosaic Defies Convention on “Made By Thawing Ice” Seattle-based Experimental Electronic Musician and Producer Restless Mosaic defies convention and expectation with a smile on his far-reaching new album “Made By Thawing Ice”, out on May 13, 2022. Jon Ireson of Music-News.com aptly described his previous album as ‘a boon for your neuroplasticity’, and the new album finds Restless Mosaic totally comfortable...

March 28, 2022April 4, 2022

Thursday’s Mighty Return to the Nile Theater

By ELI JACE > In 2002 Thursday played the Nile Underground in Mesa, Arizona. It’s a cave of a basement, underneath the main Nile Theater venue. Then, the band’s second album Full Collapse had just been released on Victory. The video for the single, “Understanding In A Car Crash,” made MTV. The secret was out....

November 5, 2020August 27, 2021

An in-depth look at Tom Petty’s 9LP edition of Wildflowers and All the Rest (Part I)

tompetty.com As of right now, the rerelease of 1994’s Wildflowers, Tom Petty’s second “solo” album (and accompanying second disc of the originally intended double album) is number 1 on the rock charts. A well-deserved...

July 10, 2020March 6, 2022

Music From the Women of New Nashville

Music From the Women of New Nashville By Jessica Brant Demystifying the music industry inside Nashville’s throbbing heartbeat is a task left to niche music journalists excited to crack open its chasm and expose undercover talent. Nicknamed the “Buckle of the Bible Belt,” and home to the Grand Ol’ Opry and North America’s...

June 29, 2020March 6, 2022

John Frusciante’s Trickfinger negotiates between chaos and peace in real-time

John Frusciante’s Trickfinger negotiates between chaos and peace in real-time When we think of an artist embarking on a solo career, it’s usually seen as a narcissistic endeavor to some degree. The dissenting member feels that their ideas need to break free of the crucible of the band and perhaps that their clout as an...

June 22, 2020April 28, 2021

Consciousness Amid Crisis: Elaquent’s ‘Forever is a Pretty Long Time’ and the Superiority of the Arts in Our Lives

Consciousness Amid Crisis: Elaquent’s ‘Forever is a Pretty Long Time’ and the Superiority of the Arts in Our Lives by Jessica Brant Our longest days are barely over. What feels like a sci-fi feature set in a distant, dystopian future is the current reality for millions of Americans that were forced into home confinement for...

March 26, 2020April 28, 2021

Bright Eyes Return to Our Sad World

By ELI JACE > As we step carefully six feet apart to avoid total societal collapse, Bright Eyes have returned to share in our collective moan. “Persona Non Grata” is the group’s first chunk of new music in 9 long years. Musically the song is very simple, providing a walking rhythm for singer Conor...

September 20, 2019April 28, 2021

New Hip Hop Albums on Vinyl: Denzel Curry “ZUU” and Schoolboy Q “CrasH Talk”

Highly recommended new hip hop/rap albums on vinyl include two heavy hitters and highly anticipated releases in their own right; Florida rapper Denzel Curry’s “ZUU” and Los Angeles rapper Schoolboy Q’s “CrasH Talk”. Schoolboy Q doesn’t waste any time hitting you in the face with heavy beats and dark, heady synth-infused production on album opener...

April 13, 2016April 28, 2021

Beat Poet Turned Mystic Saul Williams Shines on Martyr Loser King

Review by Jon C. Ireson With Saul Williams latest stream of consciousness, the beat poet, turned mystic, turned rapper, turned icon satire, turned crooner (whew!) has managed to coalesce his strengths in to an innovative and compelling piece in Martyr Loser King. Williams previous full length release Volcanic Sunlight was a hit and miss effort...

May 2, 2014April 28, 2021

Thee Oh Sees Get Surfedelic on Return album, Drop

The hiatus lasted four months. Last December Thee Oh Sees leader John Dwyer announced at a show on their home turf, San Francisco, they were taking an indefinite break. Maybe Dwyer’s mind scales time differently. On April 19 Thee Oh Sees released their eighth album, Drop on Castle Face Records. It comes almost one year...

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December 7, 2013April 28, 2021

The Haxan Cloak conducts waves of doom on Excavation

The music of The Haxan Cloak could be the internal soundtrack in Walter White’s head as he runs around Albuquerque covering his tracks. It’s dark, foreboding and urgent; the monotonous heartbeat of waking demons. Excavation, released this year on Tri Angle Records, is a jet-black pack of drone and ambient suspense. It doesn’t really exist...

January 17, 2012

A.L.Beatz releases “Go-Go-Girl”, hip hop and pop from Dallas, Texas

A.L.Beatz, also known as A.L.B, an up-and-coming hip hop/r & b/pop solo artist comes to us all the way from Dallas, Texas with one of his newly mastered club-ready creations, “Go-Go-Girl”. The man behind this project, Antonial Barnes, honed his skills by singing in the local church choir, a move that definitely seems to have...