COTE, Meet Me In The Morning Review Taryn Randall is a Brooklyn-based singer and songwriter that is the mastermind behind COTE, a project that captures an indie-rock feel, creative progressions and a luminous attitude into focus with influences of the song-driven rock tradition. Randall ‘s lyrics cover a wide range of topics, but always bring … Read more
Anna Wolf, Believer Review Anna Wolf is a London-based vocalist that was born in Pretoria, South Africa to a nurturing mother and a troubled father. Wolf’s childhood was often a nomadic existence with her father’s demons forcing the family to leave town at a moment’s notice. “Believer” is the first single from Wolf’s up-coming debut … Read more
The five-piece Southern California metalcore innovators Atreyu have released In Our Wake. Atreyu is: Alex Varkatzas [vocals], Brandon Saller [drums/vocals], “BIG” Dan Jacobs [guitar], Travis Miguel [guitar], and Porter McKnight [bass]. In Our Wake is twelve tunes that finds the band building on their metalcore roots, while adding more classic rock sounds and influence. Atreyu’s … Read more
Michigan Rattlers is an Americana band made up of lifelong friends and deep-north natives. The Michigan Rattlers are: Graham Young (guitar and vocals), Adam Reed (upright bass and vocals), and Christian Wilder (piano). The three began writing music and performing together in their Northern Michigan high school and have been crafting their countrified rock ‘n’ … Read more
Maryland is the nation’s leader in the production of blue crabs and soft clams. Marylanders are known for eating copious amounts of crab from the Chesapeake Bay. Also, Maryland is the home of rock band Clutch. The rockers devour fifteen songs on their new album titled, Book of Bad Decisions. The band is Neil Fallon on … Read more
Coming from Savona, Italy, there is a four-piece rock band that is mixing ’70s heavy fuzz and ’90s riffage to concoct a sonic potion that’s both powerful and refreshingly current. The band is Black Elephant and their latest full-length album, Cosmic Blues is a marvelous set of seven tracks of psychedelic fuzz rock. The band … Read more
There is a special kind of magic that happens when two songwriters can align their creative universes and produce a coherent and meaningful song, much less an entire album. That magic has happened in the new group Arthur Buck. The two songsters are: Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck (of R.E.M.). The two have released their … Read more
Broken Testimony is a four-piece alternative rock/metal band that is focusing their overabundance of youthful energy into making some serious music. The band formed in Upstate South Carolina by drummer Bryce Chism and lead guitarist and vocalist, Judge Page (both 16 at the time), soon added two additional members; Justin King (bassist) and Nic Delvaux (rhythm … Read more
Ian Burden is a composer and keyboard player that was a member of the 80’s band Human League. Burden co-wrote “Do or Die,” “The Sound Of The Crowd” and “Love Action” on the Dare album, as well as others, but over the last thirty years he has been kept a low profile. Hey Hey Ho … Read more
The hip sounds of the ‘60s are alive and evolving with Shannon Shaw, finding more ways to tour the music that speaks to her heart, few are doing it better than singer-songwriter Shannon Shaw, of Shannon & the Clams. On her debut release, Shaw establishes herself as the queen of smoky, blue-eyed soul with her … Read more