NOW HEAR THIS
Music. Comedy. But Mostly Just Music. And Comedy.
Now Hear This: The Wall - David Thompson
Rating: **1/2 If you spent some time in the Philly indie scene in the early 2010s, you might remember a band called Big Tusk.They didn’t...
Now Hear This: Thoughts & Prayers - Idiot Grins
Rating: *** Walk down that dirt road over there...farther...just a little bit farther... Now, you see that ramshackle old church at the...
Now Hear This: Culture War - Paul Maged
Rating: **** Protest music used to be a thing. I suppose it’s less of a thing now, simply because with each successive news cycle,...
Now Hear This: Vast Caldera 1 - Vast Caldera
Rating: ****1/2 The word ‘cinematic,’ when applied to music, is overused, and for most critics, it usually means “there’s a lot going on...
Now Hear This: Karma (single) - Sonic Fuel
Rating: *** Sonic Fuel brings us a sonic hard rock assault from Knoxville, Tennesee. The single "Karma" promises to be a track fueled...
Now Hear This: The Distances - Cosmopolis
Rating: ***1/2 Cosmopolis comes to us abroad (The UK, Belgium, and Australia respectively) to bring us the dark and brooding pop music...
Now Hear This: Knockout - Lord Sonny The Unifier
Rating: **** Lord Sonny the Unifier is a rare breed. Part rockabilly scenester, part pure punk throwback. He generally makes a statement...
Now Hear This: Memories - Vipid
Rating: *** Ambient music has been a commercial thing since Brian Eno released ‘Music for Airports’ in 1978, and here’s the deal with the...
Now Hear This: Magic Beans - the smallest creature
Rating: **1/2 Okay, maybe I’m not the best person to review the new release by Cyprus’ The Smallest Creature. It sounds, start to finish,...
Now Hear This: Eight Days Across America - Grapefruit Sound Lab
Rating: **** I didn’t used to listen to a lot of dance music. I DANCED to a lot of dance music, but it was never something I would ....