Pop-rockers A Cursive Memory have been around and under the radar for the past couple of years, but they’re finally attempting to breakout with their full-length debut Changes. A laid-back Southern Cali feel permeates the entire album, which is no surprise given the bands South Bay origins. Changes is pleasant...

Even though you may not recognize his name you may very well be familiar with the music of Adam Green. Green, a co-founder of the Moldy Peaches, most recently of Juno fame, is also an accomplished and profound solo artist. His new album, Sixes & Sevens, runs the gamut of popular...

I like Aisha Raine’s voice; it reminds me of Evanescence’s Amy Lee, only a little deeper and richer. I did not care for the mixing of all kind of styles to form something “new.” I guess I come from the philosophy of 'simple is better.' The instrumentals have an industrial...

There are some CDs that, for one reason or another, you try to like but just can’t. Then there are CDs that have their own charm, like a little (or a big) schoolkid, so full of mischief and humor that you just have to let them into the...

Allene Rohrer's sonorous voice grows on the listener as she takes them on a somnolent journey traversing musical styles and decades in her latest release, Alchemy.  Rohrer's songwriting skills save the album from her powerful voice which, at times, seems overbearing and occasionally sounds pitchy. Her strong voice sounds best...

An enduring trend in the progressive/power metal genre has been the all-star effort, where one musician writes up an album’s worth of material and invites all his friends to perform on it. Some of these albums have been duds, but usually it’s a win-win situation for the fans – people...

Welcome to a world of interesting and carefree melodies topped with a warm voice that draws you in like you've just met your new best friend.  Oh, My Darling, the new album by Canadian singer Basia Bulat, is this world I speak of.  The album is THAT engrossing; it's as...

I first popped this CD into the player in my car when I was driving to Atlanta, and I had to take it out after the first two tracks because I was drifting off to sleep. Blowing Trees’ debut album is as relaxing and mellow as lying down under blowing...

We are given the definition of Afterparty Babies by Cadence Weapon a few minutes into Do I Miss My Friends?, the opening track of his brilliant sophomore effort. Weapon, it turns out, is an afterparty baby, the end product of a conception occasioned by a drug and/or...

Places by Canoe was initially a real conundrum for me. I didn’t like it at first (it’s not the type of thing I regularly listen to) yet I was so impressed with how well it was done --- conceptualized, written, played, produced --- that I have had...