The Test Drive: My Cruel Goro – My Cruel Goro
Likely not many have pondered on what the result would be musically if you were to add one dash of Italy and one dash of Icelend, for instance. Sounds more like the recipe for...
The Test Drive: The Spitfires – Response
The Spitfires bring me back to the days of The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Steve Jones' later project The Professionals as well as later pioneers Bad Religion and Rancid. What sets The Spitfires apart...
The Test Drive: Rock Back For Nepal Volume 3
A couple weeks ago I reviewed the Rock Back for Nepal Volume 2 and, after hearing Volume 3, now think Volume 3 is the strongest of the three. But not by much as all...
The Test Drive: Painted Fish – Painted Fish
With a distinct swagger all their own combined with the attitude of The B-52s, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and Alannah Myles, Florida based band Painted Fish have painted themselves as the feel good pop-rock...
The Test Drive: Yeti Love – Yeti Love
"Yeti Love" is the new album from songwriters Peter Hamilton and Dave Sears aka Yeti Love and are the modern folk explosion of the indie scene. This album is a well thought and crafted...
The Test Drive: Zurich – Small Wars
Zurich are a three piece that sounds like five. The album is called "Small Wars" but these five tracks won a big battle and that battle is near perfection. The band has very carefully...
The Test Drive: Downers – Noose
"Noose", the new album from Downers, is a seamless hybrid of pop sensibility and the sonic boom of the grunge of old. Think Dinosaur Jr meets Pearl Jame meets The Smashing Pumpkins (but with...
The Test Drive: Elora – Cada día es así
Elora is a band from Barcelona, Spain and they are clearly on a mission. Their new album, titled "Cada día es así" (translated "Every Day Is So") is a perfect balance of white noise...
The Test Drive: The Jackals – People
The Jackals hail from Scotland's capital city Edinburgh. A tight knit musical unit who are known for their blistering live performances, the band's sound combines cryptic lyrics with expansive guitars, underpinned with the solid...
The Test Drive: Silverbird – Pureland
Pureland is Silverbird's debut album and is set to be released on September 18th 2015.
Songwriter Tim Barr founded Silverbird after spending several years on New York's vibrant music scene playing gigs as part of...
The Test Drive – High Tiny Hairs – High Tiny Hairs EP
Swirling, dreamy pop hooks accentuated with the haunting sounds of a Farfisa organ cloak the sombre and sardonic musings of former Fuck Knights guitarist and Nightinghales front man Ben Bachman in his new project,...
The Test Drive: Elasea – Where I Belong
Elasea have a new album set for release this Monday entitled "Where I Belong". After just listening to it I realize I belong right here listening to "Where I Belong". Each track is a...
The Test Drive: Ilana J – Free Falling From The Ground Up
Ilana J is a British singer songwriter. Having turned down the opportunity to enter the prestigious London College of Music at thirteen in favour of a more traditional academic education, a successful healthcare career...
The Test Drive: Damien J Brennan – Shine
Damien J Brennan was born and raised in County Down, Northern Ireland. He learned to play the guitar and began busking whilst backpacking through Italy and Australia. Shortly after his return home he began...
The Test Drive: Icicle – Theorems
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Icicle's second album 'Theorems' is released on September 15, 2015.
This follow-up solo record consists of twelve very strong and personal compositions created during an exceptionally intense period for the artist....
The Test Drive: Various – Rock Back For Nepal Volume 2
You may remember that a couple of weeks ago we reviewed "Rock Back For Nepal Volume 1" and were pleasantly surprised by the album. This installment starts of heavier than the last and for...
The Test Drive: Gatherer – Heavy Hail
Gatherer are a band from Melbourne, Australia and they are releasing a new album titled "Heavy Hail" on August 7th. Part Industrial. Part Heavy. Part Pop. Part EDM. All substance. This album does not...
The Test Drive: The Goood Things – EP #2
When I first interviewed The Goood Things back in September I instantly considered lead singer Mike Hannah a friend, and I'm glad to say that we have been ever since and I've since interviewed...
The Test Drive: Ancient River – Keeper of the Dawn
Ancient River, the sonic brainchild of singer/songwriter James Barreto, is an ever-evolving source of rock n’ roll and psychedelia, its influences flowing from the swampy roots of the American south to the far reaches...
The Test Drive: The Train Set – Never California
Back in the mid to late eighties The Train Set emerged from the Crewe/Winsford indie music scene to make an impact on the Manchester and Liverpool gig circuit as well as the national music...
The Test Drive: Dresden – Dresden
Dresden is a band on a musical mission. Based in Georgia Dresden is set to explode upon the world scene with a force that can only be originated from pop/emo sensibility and an uncanny...
The Test Drive: Victory Kicks – High Wires
"High Wires" is the new ten track LP from London based Victory Kicks. What's drawing me to this album the most at the moment is the stylistic diversity of each track in comparison to...
The Test Drive: Various – Rock Back For Nepal Volume 1
Nothing speaks the true nature of an artist like giving ones art for a good cause. And in "Rock Back For Nepal Volume 1" we have 17 artists who do just that. But like...
The Test Drive: Tits, Tats and Whiskers – Laugh, Dance, and Cry
Tits, Tats and Whiskers new album, "Laugh, Dance, and Cry" is one raucous track after another. The only way I can describe it is that one kid in class that will bring the most...
The Test Drive: Absent Sound – Black Dots
If I could describe Absent Sound it would be a cross between Sigur Rós and a really good meal. And this is a good complement in my opinion because Sigur Rós is a groundbreaking...