Indie Music Review

Michael Stollaire
Holy Avenger
reviewed by Nicolo

Well, Mike is a real, loosened-up rocker with the spirit of a romanticist. It’s evidenced by his lyrics and his special words directed to his beloved flame in the CD’s liner notes. (more…)

Royal Jones
a Dear in the Head Lights
reviewed by Cherry Herring

“Somehow in the process of life itself I’ve become jazzy…” - Royal Jones (more…)

Hogjaw
Devil in the Details
reviewed by Gary Levinson

Hogjaw’s music is transcendental: I turned it on, sat down on our listening couch to take it in, and suddenly I was transported to I-95. I was sitting behind the wheel of an 18-Wheeler and yappin’ into my CB radio: “breaker one nine, breaker one nine, c’mon back gooooood buddy!” (more…)

Catherine Duc
Visions and Dreams
reviewed by Gary Levinson

Looking for some music to relax to, I tried this and that, often changing the disc after just a few seconds of play, ’cause I knew that was not what I wanted to hear. Then I put on Catherine Duc’s Visions and Dreams, and before I knew it, the whole CD had played…. (more…)

Eisenhower Field Day
Tyrants and Spies
reviewed by Gary Levinson

Is Eisenhower Field Day a Cold War leftover, or a fresh shot of post-rock music? My very first impression when listening to their CD Tyrants and Spies was that it sounded like an an English mod revival band like The Jam or an English New Wave band like Squeeze. (more…)

WHY
Red
reviewed by Craig Rempel, The Tub Magazine

“I saw the world was changeable by the actions of one for one”

-Brian Cook, WHY (more…)

Bischeop Csynnikal
1st of A New Breed
reviewed by Damon Hodge

We’ve heard Bischeop Csynnikal’s tales of hardscrabble adolescence and rough-and-rugged adulthood from local emcees many times before. What we’ve rarely been gifted with is a tough-guy rhymer willing and able to step outside rap’s formulaic box and cover unexplored terrain, both topically and musically. (more…)

Effusion 35
Stonewind
reviewed by Gary Levinson

I received Effusion 35’s CD with an info sheet that put a heavy emphasis on the fact that the band comes from Philadelphia. After reading that I expected something in the way of the typical Philly-Sound, maybe some R & B with a bit of Funk thrown in (Martha And The Vandellas: “Dancing in the streets - Philadelphia, PA!”), or some such. (more…)

caeser pink & the imperial orgy
all god’s children
reviewed by Gary Levinson

How refreshing to receive a neo-new wave, neo-punk disc! While checking it out, I came upon the lyrics. They were great: (more…)

Charles Brown
Journey in a new Land
reviewed by Gary Levinson

Dynamic, progressive instrumental rock music, with some elements of fusion, intricately textured, varied and based on a theme. That describes Charles Brown’s album Journey in a new Land. Reminding me of the group Yes, Charles Brown creates sophisticated, enrapturing instrumental rock music. (more…)