album reviews

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…

Singer-songwriter and blues guitarist Samantha Fish's third studio release, Wild Heart, is rife with powerful vocals, raunchy guitar riffs and thunderous drumming. Fish's vocals will remind listeners of other female powerhouses like Grace…

"When spring arrives epiphany/I'm still the last leaf on the tree" As homage to the changing seasons, Papadosio has changed their musical hues from bright neon to softer, more organic colors in their fourth phenomenal studio album, …