Deni Gauthier – He Said She Said
Deni Gauthier is a longtime friend of Down the Line, and the fact that he released a new album should be enough to get you to go out and buy it. Well, unless you are in Coronavirus lock-down, then you … Continued
Sea of Orchids – Washed Out Colors
Sea of Orchids is a new band that evolved from The Distortion Mirrors, a band that long-time readers might remember was reviewed here way back in 2014. Well, now it is Luke Worle on his own doing “technicolored love letter … Continued
Fireworks on Ferris Wheels – Fireworks on Ferris Wheels
Fireworks on Ferris Wheels is the new collaboration between singer-songwriters Amy Courts and Paul Koopman. With Courts and Koopman coming together, I knew it would be a great album. But I didn’t know how great until I pressed play on … Continued
Writ on Water – A Charcoal Night
Writ on Water has returned with a new ep of two older songs and four new songs. Don’t worry if that description makes it sound like this is a disjointed ep of leftover tracks – A Charcoal Night sounds like … Continued
Aberrations of Light – Banuary
This ep almost slipped through the cracks. That would be a shame if it did, because this is an excellent album of drone/ambient/instrumental music. Aberrations of Light is Mark Skelton, who set out to record one song a month for a … Continued
King Never – All These Things
King Never has been working on this EP for quite a while, through many ups and downs… and the wait is worth it. If 80s and 90s alternative were still a major thing today, this is what it would sound … Continued
Seaside Holiday – Grand Tours
Seaside Holiday returns with the follow-up album to their impressive 2012 self-titled debut. Right out of the gate, “Wartime Reflections” strikes a very intriguing balance of electronic and indie rock… or “dream pop” as their BandCamp page labels it. That … Continued
Wickeds End – The Grand Decay
Wickeds End is still alive and kicking! I never really thought I would be saying that in 2017, but Glenn Rowlands has defied the odds and come back with multiple albums over the past few years. Of course, this is … Continued
DW Dunphy – The First Thing That Came To Mind
This album encompasses everything I love about modern, independent, underground music. I feel the same freeing elements on DW’s latest release that I was going through during the early stages of the Bloody Strummers album I took part of a … Continued
Mike Indest – She’s Gone (One Take Acoustic Demos)
Remember the 90’s when 4-track cassette recorders and free time brought out the best in some of our heroes of alt-rock? Jack Logan, Guided By Voices, Godstar and Palace are some of the pioneers of true DIY indie-rock. Nowadays, with … Continued