Category: Music Review

— Folk, Music Review —

Music Review: Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World – ‘Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World’

August 18, 2014

Indie alternative folk rock band Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World successfully crowdfunded the release their first full length album on June 23 of this year. Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, Matt Townsend began writing songs in secret around 2008. His first performances date back to 2010, from street performances and local coffeehouses,… Read More Music Review: Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World – ‘Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World’

— Music Review, Rock —

Music Review: Lovesick Saints – ‘Dia de los Muertos’ EP

August 17, 2014

Quirky intros, rhythm-led songs, high energy, and a sound that seems to come straight from the 1990s define Lovesick Saints’ Dia de los Muertos (2013), the last of four EPs, following The Punk Rock Honky Tonk, Resurwreckshun, and Outside Looking In. Since they formed in 2007 in Scottsdale (Arizona), the alternative/punk rock band produced original,… Read More Music Review: Lovesick Saints – ‘Dia de los Muertos’ EP

— Ambient, Music Review —

Music Review: Andrea Remondini – ‘Non Sequitur’

August 14, 2014

Classically-influenced progressive instrumental synth pop artist Andrea Remondini is an Italian musician, sound engineer, and music composer who has worked with hit-making dance artists over the past few decades. From Verona, Italy, he has been writing music since the 1980s, when he was 12 years old. He seems to have been quite the astute and… Read More Music Review: Andrea Remondini – ‘Non Sequitur’

— Glee, Music Review, TV Review —

Music Review: Glee, The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers (Deluxe)

June 15, 2013
Glee

Straight on the heels of the best-selling Power of Madonna mini-album comes Showstoppers, the music to the second half of Glee’s first season. Now while some people might find Glee filled with cheesy clichés – and let’s be honest, it is – the cast members really know how to sing. Even if you don’t watch… Read More Music Review: Glee, The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers (Deluxe)

— Glee, Music Review, TV Review —

Music Review: Songs from the Glee Episode “Laryngitis”

June 15, 2013
Glee

Glee’s 18th episode of Season 1 featured many songs, five of which are available as part of a digital bundle tied in with the episode: “Jessie’s Girl”, “The Lady Is a Tramp”, “The Boy Is Mine”, “Rose’s Turn” and “One”. These songs all have to do with the assignment Will gives the Glee club members… Read More Music Review: Songs from the Glee Episode “Laryngitis”

— Glee, Music Review —

Music Review: Songs from the Glee Episode “Bad Reputation”

June 15, 2013
Glee

In Glee‘s episode “Bad Reputation”, the effects of backbiting and gossip were explored. As the episode shows, things are never quite as black and white as we wish them to be. In short, “Bad Reputation” has Will investigating the origins of a list circulating around McKinley High casting an ugly shadow on the reputation of… Read More Music Review: Songs from the Glee Episode “Bad Reputation”