Our review of Setting Sun’s “Fantasurreal,” their fourth full-length album, available on June 1st.

by Greg Ragland
It’s not often I get excited about an Album that has yet to come out. I tend to shy away from reading the hype about coming releases, because let’s face it – PR is supposed to push Artists to get them airplay, favorable reviews and buzz. It was these things I pondered as [...]

Studio albums have always been a strange beast to me. They are usually a clean, straight ahead version of the music a performer is (or has) become known for, and they generally don’t expand past what they are expected to deliver

Headliner singer/songwriter Kyler England with Mark Kano playing our July 17, 2009 show in Wilmington, NC at the Soapbox. Partial proceeds for this show went to Coastal Horizons – The Rape Crisis Center, Inc.

Singer/songwriter Mark Kano playing our July 17, 2009 show in Wilmington, NC at the Soapbox. Partial proceeds for this show went to Coastal Horizons – The Rape Crisis Center, Inc. photo credit: Melissa Hebert Photography

Our review of one of the best bands on the independent scene, ilyAIMY, with their latest release “A Gift for Saint Cecilia.” Their sound is a nice blend of country, metal, acoustic rock, neo-folk, with flickers of bluegrass and sometimes strokes of R&B with masterful, poetic lyrics.

Tysa Banks reviews American Idol Alumni, Katharine McPhee’s “Unbroken,” which focuses on getting through tough times with perseverance.

Don’t miss this fun, hot acoustic cover of Lady Gaga’s hit “Bad Romance” by lead singer of The Cliks, Lucas Silveira!

Our review of The Cliks’ “Dirty King”, who Georgie PenDragon says “Should Rilo Kiley and Sam Phillips ever have a life-changing encounter in a dark alley, they could easily fuse into this creature known as The Cliks.”

John Harvill’s review of Spiral Beach’s “The Only Really Thing,” indie rock which hit John’s high standards of groovy.