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Although the title is Busted Stuff, there is certainly nothing busted about Dave Matthew’s latest album.  The record is polished with more profound depth than some earlier works and less mainstream upbeat sounds from Under the Table and Dreaming.  It seems that post-9/11 that artists feel the need to divulge ...

Here Comes Everybody is a definite home grown project, with the trio (Rene Ormae-Jarmer, Michael Jarmer, and Justin Clarke) producing the project and composing all of the tracks (Rene the music, Michael the lyrics) but one (a passable cover of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric?"). Therein lies the strengths, and ...

Reminiscent of an early Black Crowes sound Ingram Hill delivers a steady debut album from the heartland of country music.  The Memphis based band features a mixture of many styles throughout, reflecting the mixed background of the band having their roots planted in rock, country, and new wave music.  The ...

In spite of their ill feelings, “Mad” At Gravity still manages to take to the sky for their latest “Resonance” release, a fine mix of driving Hard Rock and atmospheric temperament -- “Walk Away” is the catchy obvious choice for lead single with its forthright rigidity in simplicity and a ...

As with many hard rockers who’ve swam in the glistening waters of the mainstream, there’s usually a past to be reckoned with… or ignored, depending of course on how the sweet taste of success has or hasn’t fueled a live for the moment ego.  So Nickelback have arrived in style, ...

When record execs sit around a table and decide how they're going to release a CD, they're going to be laboring under a conundrum. There is an element of conventional wisdom that says that an artist need to put all of their good tracks in the front of the CD ...

I cut my teeth on progressive rock.  Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Supertramp … they were mainstay super groups of the ‘70’s and ‘80’s.  But somewhere along the line the crowds began to dwindle and the musical and lyrical mastery of Prog Rock had come to be identified by fell by ...