The Test Drive: Traveller – All This Time
The summer of 2012 saw Gerry Sheridan and Simon Usher begin their songwriting partnership, which progressed to become Traveller in January 2016 when they were joined by Martin Yves on guitar and Brian Socha...
The Test Drive: Echo Arcadia – Visions of Symmetry
Echo Arcadia are six piece Indie band from Edinburgh, Scotland who strive to "make music that will break your heart while your foot taps along." Guitars underpinned by thumping drums, thick bass lines and...
The Test Drive: Carly Thomas – Explode
Born in Thailand and raised in Argentina, France, and various parts of North America, singer songwriter Carly Thomas can trace her insatiable wanderlust to a childhood in which she never lived anywhere longer than...
The Test Drive: Fiona Brown – Demons
Singer songwriter Fiona Brown is inspired by roots, rock and soul music and her latest EP 'Demons' sees her embracing these influences wholeheartedly. Demons represents a coming of age for the multi-instrumentalist who says...
The Test Drive: Mike Milan Dedic – Mike Milan Dedic
Virtuosity is never a feat easily achieved, but in those rare times there comes a musician who makes it easier than it actually is. Toronto guitarist Mike Milan Dedic is one such musician. Seamlessly...
The Test Drive: .bipolar. – Seven
Making metal with heart is never easy, but .bipolar. pull it off with brilliance. The tracks on "Seven" have groove and an aural assault second to none as each riff would wet any guitarist's pallet...
The Test Drive: Memories In Broken Glass – Enigma Infinite
Masters of the thunderous rhythm, a.k.a. Memories In Broken Glass, are getting ready to release their upcoming album titled "Enigma Infinite". The "memories" may be in broken glass but the solid hammerhead beat and seething...
The Test Drive: Norquay – Vices
"Vices", the new EP by Norquay, is a varied texture of music genres combined in a seamless bliss of aural audacity that can re-invigorate the imagination of any music fan or musician proper. This...
The Test Drive: Bentley Jones – My December (The Closing of the Year Reissued...
Last year we reviewed Bentley Jones' album "The Rebellion", which later earned a well deserved spot on last year's "Best #Indie Albums of 2015". I really began to like Bentley around this time. I...
The Test Drive: Under Static Movement – The Mirror
A tight sound with a plethora of modernistic and unabashed hooks in every song, Under Static Movement are able to capture and re-release that special essence that so often aludes modern metal and that...
The Test Drive: Something Like December – We’ll All Die Laughing
Something Like December has released their refreshing new EP titled "We'll All Die Laughing" featuring 7 tracks of fueled and on-point musicianship designed to keep the listener's attention as much as a well-crafted author. Each...
The Test Drive: Citrus Clouds – Imagination
Citrus Clouds really give a surrealist view of Shoegaze in the most honest and fulfilling way possible. Above all else, they have a sense of complexity about their music in that their music, song...
The Test Drive: James Edge and the Mindstep – Machines He Made
The songs that would ultimately form 'Machines He Made', the second album from James Edge and The Mindstep, had their beginnings in the band's 2013 tour. With a slimmed down gigging lineup featuring just...
The Test Drive: The Missendens – The Missendens
The Missendens are a rare breed: a band of like-minded individuals who have all earned their stripes the hard way, treading the boards at countless gigs for countless bands before coming together to create...
The Test Drive – Electric Sheep – The Exciting New Sounds of Electric Sheep
Eclectic at the core and enigmatic in execution, Electric Sheep have recorded an obscure masterpiece that is part rock, part shock, strongly solid and presented with a lucid fascination for popular music with "The...
The Test Drive: Hook Turns – Night Shift
Eclectic at the core and creative all the way to the top, Hook Turns new LP "Night Shifts" accomplish a complex yet serene journey musically with each and every song. Each track captures a...
The Test Drive: Death Valley Rally – Northern Lights
The new album from Virginia-based Death Valley Rally titled "Northern Lights" is a well-crafted journey via four musicians who can sonically communicate with each other thru laid back alt-rhythms and melodies worthy of any...
The Test Drive: COPE – Challenge Oppression // Pursue Equality
Thrash is renewed with the upcoming release of COPE's new EP "Challenge Oppression // Pursue Equality". The songs are solid and the tempo never lets up, which are the two best ingredients for any...
The Test Drive: Jasmine Rodgers – Blood Red Sun
Thinking back to our interview with Jasmine Rodgers back in May, I can't help but remember thinking how excited I got by listening to what she had to say about music about how her...
The Test Drive: Art Of Dying – Nevermore
Conceived of fury and born by fire is the best way to describe "Nevermore", the new EP from Art Of Dying. Man, these tracks simply don't let up. They pin you down and shout...
The Test Drive: Tyler Hilton – Winter Tour
From his performance as Elvis in 'Walk The Line', Chris Keller in the hugely popular American drama 'One Tree Hill' and Charlie in Steven Spielberg's sci-fi TV drama 'Extant', Tyler Hilton has established himself...
The Test Drive: The Blet Project – Now Live
Scotland’s fourpiece electro-pop outfit The Blet Project proudly introduce their debut album 'Now Live'. Written in early January 2015 by Stephen Dennis, 'Now Live' is a concept album based on Stephen’s experiences grappling with...
The Test Drive: Dalton Deschain and the Traveling Show – Roberta
Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show have delivered a new and original genre of music that I am calling "Circus Rock". As we stated in our review of their lead single, they are true...
The Test Drive: Fervency – Lowering Entropy
Fervency began in mid-2010 with Danish songwriter Thomas Blæsbjerg on analogues/synths, guitars and bass and UK/Luxembourgian co-collaborator Calvin Batley on vocals, lyrics, guitars and bass.
With a sound and vibe reminiscent of acts such as...
The Test Drive: Bauer – Impossible is Nothing
Manchester favorites Bauer have fan-funded their new album 'Impossible is Nothing' via a worldwide campaign through PledgeMusic. The band, who have played shows with Snow Patrol, I Am Kloot and Turin Brakes amongst others,...