The Test Drive: Shower Curtain – Something Instead
Shower Curtain has today released the new EP titled 'Something Instead'. Part lo-fi and part dream pop, with melody and hooks throughout, Shower Curtain, a.k.a. Victoria Winter, gives that signature sound a bit of the feels with her quiet way and contemplative introversion endearing itself into our record collection.
The Test Drive: Grant Pavol – Reflections
Grant Pavol has today just released his new album titled 'Reflections'. An almost cosmic concept level journey set to audio, 'Reflections' lives up to it's title from an artist with a vision and sense of self and his surroundings.
The Test Drive: Wyse – Anomalies
Wyse has released her new EP titled 'Anomalies'. Music with emotion and lyrics filled with motion, Wyse delivers a set of songs genre-neutral with the sass of a rock star blissfully unaware of the rules of the music industry. 'Anomalies' is fun.
The Test Drive: Foamboy – My Sober Daydream
Foamboy have just released their new album titled 'My Sober Daydream'. Electric fuzz in the buzz that is the electric bliss of this sonic daydream fashion the goal of soul with a set of songs meant for the masses.
The Test Drive: Vanic – Here & Now
Vanic has released his new album titled 'Here & Now'. Immersed in a world all it's own, 'Here & Now' delves into the mind of creative exploration and originality via a lucid set of tracks that span the gambit of emotion through motion with distinctive sounds in every track and explosive hooks in every corner.
The Test Drive: Jiexi Zhao – Ìnkè
Jiexi Zhao has released his new EP titled 'Ìnkè'. I have to start this off by saying Jiexi has a magnificent voice! A lucid combination of accomplished showman with a wide range and a...
The Test Drive: Goodbye Honolulu – Goodbye Honolulu
Goodbye Honolulu have today released their awaited album titled, well, 'Goodbye Honolulu'! That quirkiness and relevant personality that is the GH is alive and well on this eponymous album while that retro to the...
The Test Drive: Derosnec – Three Lives
DEROSNEC is set to drop her new album titled 'Three Lives' tomorrow. Ahead of this, we have a glimpse of what is to come with this Test Drive feature.
The Test Drive: Down Again – Bury the Bones
Down Again have released their five-song EP titled 'Bury The Bones'. Part hardcore and slightly nu-core, 'Bury the Bones' delves into the heart of heavy with melodic tracks and angelic screams with a tightness...
The Test Drive: Oliver Rodley – Sweet Green Tea
Oliver Rodley has today released his new album titled 'Sweet Green Tea'. Lo-Fi meets top-shelf with this collection of tracks steeped with the evolution of said genre with added touches of originality and out-of-the-box song-ginuity on a level usually reserved for musical masterminds.
The Test Drive: Wide Room – Hadron
Wide Room has released their new album titled 'Hadron'. Coming off as a concept on that initial listen, I find that there is more here. This is a virtuosic symphony of music that is...
The Test Drive: Tom Moran – Roommate of a Friend of Mine
Tom Moran has today released his new album titled 'Roommate of a Friend of Mine'. That subtle feeling of Americana is alive and well with a new breath of fresh air courtesy of Tom.
The Test Drive: Infamous Stiffs – Kill For The Sound
Infamous Stiffs have released their new album titled 'Kill For The Sound'. Recorded to sound like a giant middle finger to the establishment (choose one, it will fit), KFTS takes the balls-out approach to songwriting with themes of rebellion and sounds of anarchy that haven't been heard in years.
The Test Drive: The Super Moons – Real Life Heroes
The Super Moons have released their new album titled 'Real Life Heroes'. A solid set of tracks with a hint of mid '90s alternative with that brilliant meld of instruments and the sonic space...
The Test Drive: Zach James Douglas – 6X3
Zach James Douglas has today released his new EP titled '6X3'. Music made for the stage and electro-fused with fusion n' feels, '6X3' has that certain feeling running throughout of unabashed creativity and sonic originality.
The Test Drive: Wildflower – The Ocean Rose
Wildflower has today released their new album titled 'The Ocean Rose'. Starting off like a welcomed hello from an old friend, 'The Ocean Rose' is one of those heartwarming albums filled with familiar sounding songs on that first listen and a diverse set of Americana roots
The Test Drive: Space Summit – Life This Way
Space Summit officially releases their new album 'Life This Way' today (September 10th). Long overdue, in my opinion, because I have literally waited months for this to come out for multiple reasons. Marty Willson-Piper is one of my guitar heroes, for one.
The Test Drive: KINGZMN – Where Do We Go From Here?
KINGZMN have released their new album titled 'Where Do We Go From Here?'. R&B by design and original by default, 'Where Do We Go From Here' mixes elements of the creative hook and electro-pop style into a mashup of sounds and sonic landscapes
The Test Drive: The Ampersands – Happy To Be Here
The Ampersands have released their new album titled 'Happy To Be Here'. This album starts off with that distinctive personality that drives the base of your neck to do that one thing when you hear good music and keeps doing that until you realize you look like an asshole for doing it in a crowd full of people.
The Test Drive: Crystal Drake – Sirens
Crystal Drake has released her new album titled 'Sirens'. Pop as a standard has come and go as the years progress and can quickly become stale if not done right.
The Test Drive: Queen’s Pleasure – Words To Live By, Suits To Die In.
Queen's Pleasure are set to release their new album titled 'Words To Live By, Suits To Die In.' on September 10th on Bloomer Records. That classic garage band sound for the modern era with...
The Test Drive: Brigitte Bardini – Stellar Lights
Brigitte Bardini has released her new and debut album titled 'Stellar Lights'. For a first outting into the void that is music, this is solid, to say the least. Already on her way to...
The Test Drive: Dana Plato – Wrong Quotes
Dana Plato is set to drop their new album ‘Wrong Quotes’ in physical form on September 16th. An audio experiment set to album.
The Test Drive: Ivy Mor – Milestones
Ivy Mor has released her new album titled 'Milestones'. A bit of Americana with a bookended autobiographical tinge throughout, Ivy captures moments of her life with sonic precision and lyrical clarity and a lush...
The Test Drive: Dakota Jones – Black Light
Dakota Jones has today released their new album titled 'Black Light'. As if created during the highlight of the music era, right down to using a tube mixing board, Dakota Jones captures a feeling...