Nearly five years after gracing us with their debut Red, Strange Kings have returned with an even more impressive follow-up in Blue. The all-star line-up of Holly Nelson, Herb Grimaud, Brady Esquivel, and Campuzano bring the echoing, dreamy, driving alternative rock that we have come to know and love from them. The band describes their…
White Lighter snarls through so many gruesome tracks of guitar rock awesomeness that it’s hard to not love this. The players list reads like a “who’s who” of underground alternative rock superstars: Mark Salomon, Steve Dail, Andy Prickett, David Brotherton, and Trey Many are the players (with Jason Martin, J.R. McNeely, and T.W. Walsh behind…
Every so often I hear a band and make such a strong connection to the music that it becomes hard to even convey through words. Stranger Kings is one of those bands. It is a band that must be experienced by listening and it is an album that makes a connection in your soul. Fans…
The new SP3 record has been one that fans of the entity CUSH have been waiting on for a long time. I was super stoked to get this for a review, and almost asked to get it sooner than I did just because I hard a hard time waiting to hear it knowing that it…
After years and years of promise, Cush is back. If you have been following the band’s website for long enough, you have heard most of these songs. The deal with Cush is that they never sound the same from outing to outing, but still somehow retain some characteristics that sound familiar. This description can be…
Luxury’s 2005 release starts out soothing, warming and softly engaging… with minimal guitar, cymbal and drum work. Lee Bozeman’s vocals come into play and that distinct Luxury vibe takes over. The distortion bleeds in with a soft and casual stream and the vocals accent the sounds that permeate my listening space. Luxury is a one-of-a-kind…