album reviews

Written by Lauren Rosier The Idiot Grins’ fourth full-length album is a song-for-song covers album of the Louvin’ Brothers’ revered 1959 album, Satan Is Real. Idiot Grins’ Randy Strauss explains: “This all started back in 2017 when the band went to Nashville to master Read More

Written by Lauren Rosier Nonviolenze is the solo music moniker of Shri Baratan. Born in India, but now based in Austin, TX, Baratan is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist, who takes influences from Pink Floyd, John McLaughlin, Jethro Tull, Yes, Al Jarreau, Joni Read More

Written by Killian O’Neil For years, Taylor Swift has continued to deliver records that have revolutionized and changed the way we think about music. Swift, who started her career at the ripe age of fourteen, has surprised everyone at each and every turn. Swift has gone Read More

Written by Eric Sperrazza As a child, I grew up listening to some great rock bands and subsequent albums, rich with elongated guitar solos, power ballads and experimental synthesized instrumentals. But, as my teen years were in full force, in the late nineties, I spent more time Read More

Written by Lauren Rosier Gifted with a soulful voice and killer guitar skills, Patrick Droney, should also be recognized for his ability to deliver rock-solid, pop-rock melodies filled with real-life lyricism. On his new EP, State of The Heart, Droney does just that. The 6-song Read More

Written by Olivia Baxter The experimental, electronic music duo, Turning Jewels Into Water, releases their new record, Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars, an album that FPE Records refers to as a “beat-and-ritual based project” by Ravish Momin, an Indian Read More