Hailing from Sydney, Canada (yes, Canada, not Australia) Carleton Stone is a 28 year old singer/songwriter who’s new album “Draws Blood” on GroundSwell Music is heartfelt and and poetic. The 10 track album is a perfect accompaniment to a gray, rainy day as it lifts your spirits and soothes your soul. Carleton’s voice has a hint of David Gray and his music has the beautiful simplicity … Continue reading NEW ARTIST: Carleton Stone
I am a fan of covers and of the “Punk Goes…” The 90’s gave us many one hit wonders and bands that have become iconic in the world of music. Some of those hits and bands are covered by current artists in Fearless Records’ “Punk Goes 90s Volume 2”. Here is our track by track break down: 1. Get Scared – “My Own Worst Enemy” originally … Continue reading REVIEW: Punk Goes 90s Volume 2
We stumbled onto Norwegian siren, Mr Little Jeans (aka Monica Birkenes) courtesy of NPR and it took one track “Good Mistakes” to fall in love with her infectious and airy voice. Luckily, on this day, her full length album Pocketknife (iTunes) was released and we bought the whole shebang after hearing that one track. Pocketknife is twelve tracks of pure gold. Springtime captured on wax. Each track is placed perfectly and … Continue reading NEW ARTIST: Mr Little Jeans
First, I want to say that David Nail needs to to smile a little more. In most of the press photos I’ve seen, he’s not smiling. He’s not a bad looking dude and a smile could make him about 75% hotter. Now that I got that off of my chest, I will say “I’m a Fire” is a solid third album. Of the 11 songs, … Continue reading REVIEW: I’m a Fire by David Nail
We’re going a little country on 16 Clefs this week. Today, we’re giving you a review of Austin Webb’s Radio Sampler. I was able to see Austin perform for a radio station a few weeks ago and his personality is definitely the “life of the party.” The 6 song sampler came on a nifty credit card size card that had a USB card that flipped … Continue reading REVIEW: Austin Webb Sampler
I didn’t know anything about Real Estate when I started listening to their new album Atlas (released March 03, 2014 on Domino Records) but the name of the band and the name of album intrigued me and I hoped that it would at least be a record that was up my alley. And I was relieved that it was. Atlas is light and airy with hints of … Continue reading REVIEW: Atlas by Real Estate
Often times, I try to tune out of the music world. There are so many people with opinions and so many artists with new music that every now and then it’s nice to just disconnect and not know what’s what and who’s who. I saw the name Twin Forks and chose to listen to the album because of the name of the band/self titled album. … Continue reading REVIEW: Twin Forks
I am a fair weather Beck fan. I neither absolutely love or absolutely hate Beck. I don’t rush out to buy or listen to his music. I think with every album Beck has released, I’ve been in love with another style of music. In other words, Beck’s music and I have never had the right musical timing. Until now. When I first heard the lead … Continue reading REVIEW: Beck – Morning Phase
When I heard that Sasha Grey had a novel coming out, I was jealous. I think my thought to myself was “great, even a porn star gets published before I do.” In reality, I had to tell myself, “No shit Sherlock. Her novel is actually written and yours is not.” If you do not know Sasha Grey, she is a former adult film star turned … Continue reading Review: The Juliette Society
If you know me, you know I love the band The Constellations and will push their music to anyone who will listen to it or listen to me talk about them. Don’t roll your eyes, I have to listen to a lot of crappy music sometimes and when I find something that gives my ear an orgasm instead of vomiting, I will share it. If … Continue reading LISTEN TO: The Constellations – Sold Out EP