album reviews

The coronation of Fivio Foreign has long been in the works. Since the death  Pop Smoke over two-years ago, there has been a void within the New York music landscape and it seems as though Fivio Foreign has been handpicked to carry the…

They say love is all-around. Sometimes the feeling is as palpable as an embrace. Yet, finding the accurate words to frame love into its proper context remains one of the world’s greater mysteries. Love can be all-encompassing, it can be…

As Benny the Butcher and his Griselda cohorts further entrench themselves in the music industry and the lines between mixtapes and studio albums continue to blur, the Buffalo-bred rapper returns with another edition of his cult-like…

The latest release from Sean Rowe, The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights, is not just a thrilling listen. From first glance, the project begins its journey with listeners through its arresting album cover. The thought-provoking artwork…

Kendrick Lamar once said, “Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin’/ Motherf*****, if you did, then Killer Mike would be platinum.” As great of a line as that was, let’s make one thing clear; all forms of hip-hop are…

Just try not to dance when listening to this album and your body might just spontaneously combust. Groovy, tight, spacious, perpetual - all things that describe the Vaporeyes' third crack at a full length jam/progressive rock album. The…

“If there's one thing that can be said about the album, it is that it is brimming with emotion,” said guitarist Sam McGarrity. Boy, he wasn’t kidding. This emotional direction is a new concept for this group, but that doesn't mean they…

This album is a true inspiration to aspiring artists and those currently running through the trials and tribulations of beginning adulthood. It's a complicated time to be alive but it's comforting to know that there's a number of people in…

Come on out to the garage, it's hot in here. Rochester's St. Phillip's Escalator released its latest batch of psych-garage-blues rock on Record Store Day. The Derelict Sound, the band's second full-length, is just that, an amalgam of the…

Those crazy kids from Colorado are it again. String Cheese Incident, one of the true pioneers of the modern jamband scene, has just released a feature length LP entitled Believe, their seventh studio produced LP and second with famed…