The Test Drive (Early Album Previews)

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    Oliver Jones - Ugly

    The Test Drive: Oliver Jones – Ugly

    Oliver Jones has released his new album titled 'Ugly'. More realized than released, the album is signature from start to finish featuring Oliver's unique staccato lyrical machine gun style. Firing off each lyric like...
    Frame 42

    The Test Drive: Frame 42 – Undercroft

    Frame 42 has today released their new album titled 'Undercroft'. Taking that Midwestern flare for the harder edge rock (believe me, I'm from Indiana) and taking it to the next level by carefully crafting...
    Loops & Loops - Fake Face

    The Test Drive: Loops & Loops – Fake Face

    Loops & Loops has today dropped his new album titled 'Fake Face'. Almost a cacophony of subtle beats and glorious retro styled hooks, Loops & Loops (aka Peter Bogolub) delivers an album that you...
    Simon Husbands

    The Test Drive: Simon Husbands – Pop

    Simon Husbands has released his new album titled 'Pop'. Simon has taken all those years of experience in music and placed them individually in each and every song on 'Pop', giving a a mature...
    My Name Is Ian - What's The Point?

    The Test Drive: My Name Is Ian – Fantastic Company

    My Name Is Ian has today released their new album titled 'Fantastic Company'. For being a band that has had such a sturdy and steady work and release flow over the last decade, to...
    Distance Dealer

    The Test Drive: Distance Dealer – Mind Dawns

    Distance Dealer have released their new album titled 'Mind Dawns'. Openly sporadic where it counts and mindfully brooding where it means to be, 'Mind Dawns' is that introvert's angst and electrolushness wrapped in a spiked dildo ready to penetrate your mind.
    Andreas Moe - All Our Worries Are Poems - Pt.1

    The Test Drive: Andreas Moe – All Our Worries Are Poems – Pt.1

    Critically acclaimed Swedish artist Andreas Moe has today released his highly anticipated EP 'All Our Worries Are Poems - Pt.1' today (May 28th). Released via Cosmos Music
    Jim McHugh,Pretending to Wake Up,The Test Drive

    The Test Drive: Jim McHugh – Pretending to Wake Up

    Jim McHugh has today premiered his new album titled 'Pretending To Wake Up'. Jim has that 'wear his heart on his sleeve' approach to his music. His lyrics are earnest and honest. His music,...
    Forty Nineteens - New Roaring Twenties

    The Test Drive: Forty Nineteens – New Roaring Twenties

    Forty Nineteens have released their upcoming album titled 'New Roaring Twenties'. Sending a positive message about the not-to-distant future, the Garage Rock Kings of California pronounce that this decade will rock with a set...
    Molosser

    The Test Drive: Molosser – Appear

    Molosser have released their new album titled 'Appear'. Beginning as a cathartic musical journey, 'Appear' is dark, brooding, and, at times, very lucid musically and even spiritually on a certain level.
    Rocket Report

    The Test Drive: Rocket Report – Overmorrow

    Rocket Report is set to drop their new album titled 'Overmorrow' on June 18th. The songs have that vintage electronic sound tinged with retro-pop in the vein of Depeche Mode, New Order, and more....
    The Vendettas

    The Test Drive: The Vendettas – The Vendettas III + New Video

    The Vendettas have released their new album title 'The Vendettas III'. Along with that is their new video for the track 'Guardians'. I have been an avid fan of The Vendettas ever since they...
    Pardoner

    The Test Drive: Pardoner – Came Down Different

    Pardoner are set to release their new album titled 'Came Down Different' via New York's BarNoneRecords on Friday (May 14th).
    Fiona Brown

    The Test Drive: Fiona Brown – Mundane

    Fiona Brown is set to drop her new album titled 'Mundane' on May 28th. A layered album, to say the least, 'Mundane' is anything but. Coming from extreme and unlimited inspirations, that leaves a...
    Silverware

    The Test Drive: Silverware – No Plans

    Silverware has released their new album titled 'No Plans'. Silverware is the project of San Francisco-based artist Ainsley Wagoner. Ainsley is an artist with an original sound. Think of it as a cross between...
    Razorbats

    The Test Drive: Razorbats – Mainline Rock ‘N’ Roll

    Razorbats have officially today released their new album titled 'Mainline Rock 'N' Roll'. Multiple eras clash in multiple ways and collide with originality in this new album that showcases Razorbats' songwriting and musicianship.
    Trace Kotik

    The Test Drive: Trace Kotik – Everything Has Been Done By Now, So Now...

    Trace Kotik has released his new album titled 'Everything Has Been Done By Now, So Now Everything Is Possible…'. What we have here is a travel companion in the form of music. This is one of those albums you press play on and let roll while you drive.
    LAPP

    The Test Drive: LAPP – Selvacava

    LAPP (Luke Papini) has today released his new double Alternative Folk album titled 'Selvacava'. Named after a village in Italy, 'Selvacava' paints a picture of a place you want to live. Grand in scope...
    TRIPLE X SNAXXX

    The Test Drive: TRIPLE X SNAXXX – TRIPLE X SNAXXX Plays MYYYLR DBBBO DGGGR...

    TRIPLE X SNAXXX have today premiered their new EP titled 'TRIPLE X SNAXXX Plays MYYYLR DBBBO DGGGR FLYYYBY'. Creating soundscapes in this decade can be more of a lazy than labored effort, but Patrick O'Neill and Alex Maiolo, the minds behind the music that is TRIPLE X SNAXXX, pull it off with ease and emotion.
    Superdrone

    The Test Drive: Superdrone – ▽

    Superdrone has released their new album titled ‘▽’. More of an immersive concept and ethereal soundtrack than a mere string of songs bound together under a worded titled, ‘▽’ gives meaning to the music behind the madness and creates a soundtrack to a memory you will have eventually, after listening to this.
    Addison Clapp

    The Test Drive: Addison Clapp – A Drive Down Hollywood Boulevard

    Addison Clapp has today premiered his new album titled 'A Drive Down Hollywood Boulevard' on Jammerzine. Addison Clapp is an artist who is obviously young, but, his music is way beyond his years.
    Sunlust - Geek Confessions

    The Test Drive: Sunlust – Geek Confessions

    Sunlust are set to drop their new album titled 'Geek Confessions' on April 12th. The album is a solid set of hooks harking back to when alternative was still alternative, and not he mainstream....
    Feral Ghost - Speed Of Light

    The Test Drive: Feral Ghost – Speed Of Light

    Feral Ghost has released their new album titled 'Speed Of Light'. Feral Ghost is a band that has one of those sounds that feels as complete as it sounds. A Thick blend of Rock,...
    Pat Fulgoni - Dark Side Of The Blues - (Pat Fulgoni Live In Prague)

    The Test Drive: Pat Fulgoni – Dark Side Of The Blues – (Pat Fulgoni...

    Pat Fulgoni (Kava Kava, Cabinet of Millionaires) has released his new live album titled 'Dark Side Of The Blues'.
    Pinhdar - Parallel

    The Test Drive: Pinhdar – Parallel

    Pinhdar has released their new album titled 'Parallel'. Angelic and operatic vocals soaring over lush and vivid soundscapes would be the immediate way to describe Pinhdar.