reviews
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Across Phoenix – “We Are Echos” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Shoegaze appears to be alive and well, as is the case with trip-hop and jangle pop, and I know that because indie rock collective Across Phoenix just blessed us with a mighty slab of all these elements mixed together. Taken off their 2026 EP “Dreaming Opaline” (oh, such a dreamy title), “We… Read more
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2OF13 – “fracture – Album Mix” review
This review was paid for by 2OF13. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 7/10 ★★★⋆˙⟡☆ Look, if you told me that there is a Christian rock band out there whose debut single sounds like it could’ve been the brainchild of… Read more
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Reggie Braxton – “Flirtin’” review
Final verdict: 9/10 ★★★⋆˙⟡☆ Smooth, jazzy, soulful, flirtin’ – all of the aforementioned are adjectives that aptly describe Reggie Braxton’s newly-arrived single “Flirtin’.” The singer-songwriter – as hard as it might be to find any definitive information about him (“age of information” be damned!) – appears to be a master of the laid-back RnB craft, and… Read more
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I AP – “The Zookeeper” review
This review was paid for by rileyssmiley. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ In a strange turn of events, UFO artist (a term I coined to mean “fascinating and elusive music project,” do you like it?) I AP… Read more
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Acting as Functional – “No Go Battle Zone” review
This review was paid for by Acting As Functional. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Acting as Functional and I go way back – and if you happen to be a keen reader of this very blog, you… Read more
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The Heard Eye – “Free Everybody” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Another day, another The Heard Eye feature. Except this tune is not new, no, not at all – “Free Everybody” is a track off the funk-rock collective’s 2023 album “Funkalypse.” That is to say, it has been out for a while now, but that is no deterrent for the purposes of this… Read more
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Darrell Kelley – “ICE Cold Killerz” review
This review was paid for by miamindmusic. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Have you made the grave mistake of reading the news recently? If so, you may be familiar with the mayhem ongoing in the United States… Read more
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Acting as Functional – “Tick Tock Bump and Boom” review
This review was paid for by Acting As Functional. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 6/10 ★★★☆☆ Ladies and gentlemen, today I present you with what might be the most impressive redemption arc in all of music history; do you… Read more
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Danjul – “Dirty Playground” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Danjul is an up-and-coming artist hailing from the land of all that is peculiar – Los Angeles, California. The singer-songwriter has a humble-yet-mighty backlog of singles in his arsenal, but I would say that his recent release “Dirty Playground” is his most promising display of pop craftsmanship to date, all by a… Read more
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KIES – “You’re Golden” review
Final verdict: 6/10 ★★★☆☆ There are two types of “space music” out there: Louis Armstrong (space age), and Guernica (alien transmissions). Then there is KIES’ new single “You’re Golden,” which is rather preposterously queering the binary. Listen, I cannot understand what the guy is saying. His singing style can most aptly be described as “slurred mumbling”… Read more
