Melancholic dudes from Texas had recorded their fourth studio album when their chief and creative director Tim Smith had a breakdown and decided to…

You will agree that there is an ever-occurring phenomenon called a disappearing artist. I am not adverting to artistic people who were kidnapped or…

Anybody who is a fan of harmony-filled pop rock the late sixties or early Seventies, s well as any current variations of this musical theme has surely…

In times before the Internet, it was so easy to miss a good band. You simply could not have heard of them, particularly if they went the independent…

Don’t call it plagiarism, call it a promiscious idea. Just because someone sounds like someone else, it doesn’t mean that they…

  Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…

Remember “The Wicker Man” movie? No not the 2006 remake, but the 1973 English mystery horror classic based on the 1967 novel “The Ritual”, involving…

The name of the band sometimes tells  what we can expect from it. Joanna Gruesome is an ironic reference to folk singer Joanna Newsom but…

 The Head And The Heart is a young band from Seattle who got recognized with their self-titled debut due to its irresistible sensitive…

Third studio album by British author Lucy Rose was preceded by two month journey across South America, partly organized by her latino fans, so she…

So, I have a new roommate, he’s from Ireland and seems like a really cool dude. He’s also a musician, and the main reason for his…

Seth Swirsky I said. Seth who? A composer sonngrwiter, movie director... Never heard? How about a guy who wrote Love Is A Beautiful Thing that was a…

An oldie, but a goodie, I was re-acquainted with this album whilst noshing on pizza and sipping white wine at a restaurant last night. Although the…

When I first saw Diane Birch in 2010, my first impression was that she is a hybrid of Pattie Smith and Diane Keaton who tries to play the piano as…

I often find myself drawn to certain songs because of the mood that they create. Cigarettes After Sex is such a prime example of this in each of their…

My dream is to listen to dreampop all day and all night long. Luckily, the internet has allowed me to have access to infinite number of musicians who…

The Drums are back with abysmal thoughts. The follow-up to Encyclopedie (2014) is their fourth album and the first album without guitarist Jacob…

   Chase McBride seems to be the much-needed breath of fresh air in these topsy-turvy times. Even though McBride's third studio…

Wooden Wand has been around for a while and has come up with a batch of great albums with equally great music and even some greater lyrics. A great…

If you are sick of studio albums of Bruce Springsteen, and you are looking for something similar but more powerful, The Smith Street Band have been…

Over time, Arcade Fire turned from a serious band to one of the most irresponsible banda. They are full of subtle and flat jokes, and the monumental…

From the very first seconds of Sphynx, the opening song from the second album of this French band two things are clear. On one hand, this is an…

Listening to tons of music it is usually two groups of artists that draw your attention - those that sound incredibly good and those that sound so…

Usually I perk up my ears for anything that comes out on the, what some people consider out there label, Sacred Bones.  Wymond Miles has…

The Ghost Who Walks from 2010 was made under the mentorship of Jack White, the guy who was Karen Elson’s husband at the moment. It was Karen’s first…

Give man a beard and  a guitar and he can rule your emotional world. After only first few notes, I have realized that this is a magnificent…

Another day, another Seattle band that has been around since the first part of the Eighties. And again, more of a cult, particularly among the music…