local music review
Local Review: Marqueza – Salty
Marqueza = Giselle + Kelela + Andrea Valle … read more
Local Review: Rose Colored Roots – The World is Flat...
Rose Colored Roots = Franz Ferdinand + STRFKR … read more
Local Review: American Humor – Currency
American Humor = Social Distortion + Bad Religion … read more
Local Review: Freaky Jason – Some Lovey Dovey Shit
Freaky Jason = Usher + Childish Gambino + Jinsang … read more
Local Review: Samsonite – MY NEIGHBOR SAMSONITE
Samsonite = moow + Gold Panda + Esbe … read more
Local Review: Rufio – Nothing’s Free
Rufio = Chiddy Bang + The Dean’s List … read more
Local Review: NVM – Thermal Memory
NVM = Hum + No Sun + Hyperview-Era Title Fight + Seahaven … read more
Local Review: Sam Burton – Until Returning
Sam Burton = Department of Eagles x (Nick Drake + Jackson C. Frank) … read more
Local Reviews: Julio Child
The most impressive thing about this group is that both Fisch and Ebay Jamil write the music. While most of the album tightly grasps their hiphop origins, several tracks digress into acoustic ballads that almost sound like a completely different group. Julio Child may lose the attention of some hardcore hip hop fans, because of this transition on tracks like “A Long Cold Winter,” but they’re trying to create something original. … read more
Local Reviews: Johan the Angel
This fun little four-track goes something like “The General’s Son” Pt. II, I, III, and IV and in that order. Or is it one track that just lasts eleven minutes? I think they are trying to trick us. Where is Ashton Kutcher? If I’m not being punk’d, then what was Johan the Angel thinking when they wasted however much money to put out an EP with four slightly, and I mean slightly, different tracks? … read more