Tag: The Test Drive
The Test Drive: Keys – Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia
With such a gloriously iconic title, Keys' new album ‘Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia’ is not only a collection of road-tested songs but also a bold new start for the band. It’s...
The Test Drive: Ollie Trevers – Cordelia
Ollie Trevers officially drops his new EP titled 'Cordelia'. The first thing that strikes me is the almost breathtaking combination of bell toned guitar and powerful and crooning vocal work by Ollie himself. The...
The Test Drive: Elizabeth The Second – Two Margaritas at the Fifty Five
Elizabeth The Second has officially dropped their new EP titled 'Two Margaritas at the Fifty Five'. This set of songs is a modern guitarist's dream to listen to. The riffs are varied and ethereal,...
The Test Drive: Nova Soon – You Are Alive
Nova Soon delivers a dreamlike state-of-mind with his new album titled 'You Are Alive', set to drop on November 29th, 2019 on all major platforms. This album gives a lucid and candid listen to...
The Test Drive: Ade – Sweetest Thing I Know
Ade drops his new EP titled 'Sweetest Thing I Know'. The EP is a solid collection of feel-good friendly acoustic guitar-driven tracks suitable for any intimate setting of lounge that showcase Ade's penchant for...
The Test Drive: Jackbow – Is This Forever
Jackbow drops their new album titled 'Is This Forever?' on November 8th. From the opening salvo fired in 'Animal', I knew this was going to be a dripping syringe of adrenaline shot right into...
The Test Drive: Owen Denvir – Sticks
Owen Denvir drops his new EP titled 'Sticks' today (November 1st, 2019). With the panache of a showman and the creativity of a troubadour, Owen gives a varied and stylistic set of tracks that...
The Test Drive: Fly My Pretties – The Studio Recordings Part One
New Zealand's Fly My Pretties drops their new album titled 'The Studio Recordings Part One' today (October 25th, 2019). Let me start this off by saying that this album is the reason I review...
The Test Drive: Thunderpussy – Milk It
Thunderpussy is set to drop their new EP titled 'Milk It' tomorrow (October 25, 2019). the first thing I MUST say about Thunderpussy is something I feel they really deserve, beyond this EP, beyond...
The Test Drive: River Drivers – Big Oak Road
Roots music finds its roots with the new album from River Drivers in the form of their new album titled 'Big Oak Road' out this Friday (October 18, 2019). 'Big Oak Road' gives a...
The Test Drive: Vidar Norheim – X Ray Eyes
Vidar Norheim is more than just a songwriter/multi-instrumentalist in my opinion. He is a genius. Pure and simple. I can prove that with these excerpts from his upcoming album titled 'X Ray Eyes', out...
The Test Drive: Devon Welsh – True Love
Devon Welsh has, what I consider, one of the more heartfelt and original voices in the #indie music scene today. That is no more evident than in his new album, released today, titled 'True ...
The Test Drive: The King Dukes – Numb Tongue
Bristol Soul Rebels The King Dukes are based around a classic core of Guitar, Bass, Drums and Hammond Organ, they further encompass a fiery three-piece horn section paired with sweet backing vocals, all topped...
The Test Drive: Gutter Sparrow – The Waker Dreams
For any time of folk music to work, whether it be Americana or Alt-Folk, or anything in between, it has to be earnest. Gutter Sparrow (aka John Mosloskie) achieves that with his sense of...
The Test Drive: Sebastian Straw – Welcome Yesterday
Sebastian Straw really shows his mastery at songwriting with his new album titled 'Welcome Yesterday', out today via Seahorse Recordings. The album is epic in scope, to say the least. And I say that...
The Test Drive: Miriam Clancy – Astronomy
Would you believe that Miriam Clancy has taken a decade off between albums? Yes folks, 'Magnetic' is ten years old. But that time was not wasted and now we get her new album 'Astronomy',...
The Test Drive: Christopher Esse – Resonance Part 2: Digital Rain
One really has to get into the mind of multi-instrumentalist Christopher Esse to really appreciate 'Resonance', the four-part album collective that he is in the middle of creating. Well, we get a second glimpse...
The Test Drive: Mono Sources – Mono Sources
When multi-talents collide the magic happens. This is none the truer than with Mono Sources aka Brett Bixby and Jesse Nason. Their new eponymous album is a spectacular blend of memorable musical passages and...
The Test Drive: Gary Daly – Gone From Here Remixed
When we last checked in with Gary Daly he had released his new album titled 'Gone from Here'. And now he has released a remix EP titled 'Gone From Here Remixed' as a gift...
The Test Drive: Nigel Thomas – Well Well
Nigel Thomas is back and better than ever with his new album titled 'Well Well'. Ever since our interview with him back in 2015 I've thought that Nigel is one of those rare talents...
The Test Drive: Tony Volker – Where The Light Gets In
Tony Volker gives another stellar performance with his new album titled 'Where The Light Gets In'. His stylings have always been a bit eclectic, which is something I love, but his pop and hook...
The Test Drive: The Bartells – Standing On The Edge Of The World
The Bartells make Rock fun again in a real and exciting way with their new EP titled 'Standing On The Edge Of The World'. Each song has that classic sounding rock hook albeit from...
The Test Drive: Pikes – People in Cars
Pikes has dropped his new EP titled 'People in Cars'. From the start of the EP, the title track sets the tone with an almost orchestral feel surrounded by a lush canvas of synth...
The Test Drive: Deadmall + Rothstein – Deadmall + Rothstein
Brooklyn bred artist Rothstein has collaborated with the dynamic duo known as Deadmall in what sounds like a sonic melding of the music in ways that give the listener a sublime groove and an...
The Test Drive: Watch Clark – Couch
Watch Clark returns with a stellar collection of electro-dominant and hook-prominent tracks in the form of his new album titled 'Couch', set to drop tomorrow (September 6, 2019). Seattle is set to get a...