Sweet Science and Vegetable Oil By Nate Williams When one thinks of all the things a band does and might spend its money on while touring, one might not think of the extraordinary amounts of gas that can go into a van full of musicians and gear. But it can be incredibly expensive for...
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Slingshot Dakota – Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours is the Golden Ghost Self-released Indie-pop with some punk influences that delivers simple tunes infused with genuine feeling. With sincere melodies in tow, the two-member Slingshot Dakota delivers Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours is the Golden Ghost. The songs do not suffer at all...
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Burning Building Recordings Energetic pop-punk at a breakneck pace. Speaker Speaker’s first full-length album Call It Off contains music that you can not just simply sit down and listen to. From the very first few seconds, it is clear that this is music meant to inspire toe-tapping, head-nodding, singing along, and, most importantly, jumping...
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The Out_Circuit – Pierce the Empire with a Sound Lujo Records Well-crafted rock that pulls from alternative, post-hardcore and shoegazing elements. One can not begin to slap a genre on The Out_Circuit, as there are too many influences. What one can do is applaud front man Nathan Burke for an impressive repertoire of genres....
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- The Thomas Jefferson Starship Existentialist Dilemma I don’t like politics. I think it’s a messy, horrible enterprise. I know, however, that it is a necessary evil. That’s why I keep up with the scary, messy, ugly, occasionally corrupt dealings that are the inner workings of this country very closely. Because of this somewhat...
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Pocket-sized Music with a Big Punch By Megan Morgan Once upon a time in a land where rock and roll was new, the vinyl record reigned supreme. Large though they were, the vinyl record remained popular with its subjects throughout the sixties and seventies. Later, it was dethroned by the much smaller cassette tape,...
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