Articles - Album Review
The Shootouts - Switchback
The Shootouts, an Akron based band, brings a fresh new look with their new album Switchback. Each of their three previous albums has drawn inspiration from honky tonk sounds and artists like Roy Orbison....
The Glamour Machine
"Some people have told me it's a classic rock album," says Jonathan Epstein of his Detroit band the Glamour Machine's eponymous debut album. "I don't know, I kinda think it goes...
Brandy and the Butcher - Dick Circus
When those first cowbell hits merge with raging power chords at the beginning of Brandy and the Butcher's debut album, Dick Circus, a listener could be forgiven for thinking they had been transported...
Nappy Roots to Headline Hip Hop: The Remix
Charleston's Wine and Food Festival is coming soon, and Independent Music Guide is proud to cover many of the events this year. The 2023 lineup looks fantastic! One of the most sought after performances...
5th Annual Rock The Block Is On!
Home Team BBQ hosts the 5th annual Rock the Block fundraiser and blowout block party. Saturday, February 25th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m join the fun in front of the downtown Williman Street Home Team BBQ...
The Outfit Releases New Album, Viking
"Rock and roll is dying!" "Rock and roll is dead!" "Nobody makes good rock and roll any more!" Those are the phrases I hear all the time by "peers" who think that...
Alcatrazz - Born Innocent
Growing up a headbanger in the '80s, every one of us knew who Alcatrazz were, whether you were a hardcore thrasher, glammy pop metaller or just old an school hard rock/ AOR purist. Singer Graham Bonnet...
Shovels & Rope - By Blood
Halfway through the latest album "By Blood" from Shovels and Rope, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst sing pleadingly, almost desperately, to each other, "Carry me home, I'm no good when...
International Supergroup Nuclear Power Trio Release "A Clear and Present Rager"
‘A Clear and Present Rager’ is the debut EP from international supergroup, “Nuclear Power Trio”. An ambitious amalgam of progressive metal, Latin-inspired flamenco played on nylon...
Dead Swells Set To Release Self-Titled Album
Dead Swells, a Charleston band, is set to release their new self-titled album on August 7th.The album is a collection of songs that have been forming over the past two years. The overarching theme of the...
Chris Knight - Almost Daylight
"I rock as well as I can," says Chris Knight, one of those country singer/songwriters who enjoys legendary status among a dedicated core of both country and rock fans. On his latest album in...
Brad Keaton - Full Circle
Brad Keaton – Full Circle (EP) ©2019 BKeaton Music Release Date: April 19, 2019 www.bradkeatonmusic.com @bradkeatonmusic (Instagram/Facebook/Twitter) That voice. A couple of...
Up and Comer Jean Deaux Releases Empathy
Jean Deaux, a Chicago-based singer/rapper/director and artist recently released an EP, Empathy (Empire), with her first single Anytime (ft. Kehlani). Anytime markes only the second time the two friends...
John Shakespear - Spend Your Youth
John Shakespear’s first full-length solo album Spend Your Youth delivers a brightly atmospheric swell of nostalgia for childhood dreams and first romances – for simpler times. But Shakespear...
Silvertung - But At What Cost??!
Baltimore's Silvertung deal in a melodic but pummeling brand of modern hard rock with it's roots stretching back to mid-era thrash and late '90s nu-metal, but firmly accessible to rock radio...
Carsie Blanton - Buck Up
New Orleans conjures different images for everyone. Whether you’ve spent time there or not, odds are you’ve heard tell of the free-flowing libations, the Bourbon Street shenanigans, the colorful...
On a Mission by Bloody Times
Bloody Times is the brainchild of German metal musician Simon Pfundstein, a bassist and songwriter who has taken the blueprint Dave Grohl gave us in 2004 with his Probot project and ran with it; a group...
Dopamine Noir by Pain in the Yeahs
If you like music about isolation, blood and vampires, but still like to hoist a few with your friends, you will love Pain In The Yeahs new LP – Dopamine Noir. James K. Ultra started experimenting...
NOWthen by Rich Krueger
Rich Krueger’s earnest baritone voice, reminiscent of The Band’s Rick Danko, implores us to listen right from the beginning of his new album NOWThen. By day Krueger is a neonatologist at the...
"Late Bloomer" by Todd Morse
After more than two decades in the music business, Todd Morse is setting out to prove that age is truly nothing but a number with his debut album "Late Bloomer". Based out of Los Angeles, Morse...
Gasoline Gypsies - Vagabundos
All in their mid-20's and with a collective past of rock and bluegrass anchoring their sound, Port Huron, Michigan's Gasoline Gypsies are making the old seem new again. With a sound that's...
Sister Hazel "Wind"
Sister Hazel, for me, has always been about nostalgia. Looking back on the days of my youth, many were spent lounging around the public pool, "All For You" blasting over the poolside speakers...