At the core of the Los Angeles-based prog-punk trio, Initial Mass, are Mark Baldwin (guitars, vocals) and Kevin Robertson (drums). Friends since jr. high school, they bounced around separately in different projects for years, until 2014, when the [Click here to open...]
Matthew Browning – Underneath The Willow Tree (single)
Trained in music theory and composition, the Colorado Springs-based (by way of Memphis, TN) singer-songwriter, Matthew Browning, creates emotive musical atmospheres right at home with his iconic influences of Peter Gabriel, Queen, and [Click here to open...]
Scenariot – Worlds Within Worlds
"...complex, intricate, and not so easily imitated." These are the words we used to describe the 2017 self-titled debut album from the wildly talented Melbourne, Australia-based prog-rock trio, Scenariot. "...explores the chaos and darkness [Click here to open...]
Super Squid – Flow Diner
Originally from Louisiana, now based in Northern California's Brentwood; singer-songwriter, composer, veteran touring musician, and father, Scottie B. Squid, picked up a bass and took some cheap 2nd-hand lessons back in junior high school. And that, [Click here to open...]
Echonest – Death With Benefits (single)
SPOILER ALERT: We've got a 2019 Top 10 Single candidate here... Not long ago in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mike Lamardo (drums) and Warren Sharp (guitar) started jamming. Soon after, Keith Lewis (bass) was invited to jam too. And just like that, [Click here to open...]
C-Wired – Angel Circuit Engaged
We called his first album, Omega, "Brave and abstract. Unencumbered and refreshing. ...like the sonic equivalent of a Tony Robins seminar, urging a freer mind and a more open heart. ...a body of work that is unique to say the least, and arguably [Click here to open...]
The Ripping Rivers – Ripped Gratification
Comprised of Jake Hackett (composer, arranger, producer & multi-instrumentalist) and Jamie Sheerman (singer & lyricist), both members of the Coventry, England-based alt-rock duo known as, The Ripping Rivers, got their respective starts in [Click here to open...]
Skinny The Apocalypse – The Digital Self (single)
Inspired heavily by EDM, Hip-Hop, Soul, and Rock, Skinny The Apocalypse (a.k.a., Stuart Pike), began as a cub DJ in the city of Bristol, UK before moving into the world of music production. Now, the rapper, singer, producer---who's influences [Click here to open...]