Gang of Youths the angel of 8th ave. Review
Holy hell, after 4 (long) years Gang of Youths are back. If you saw my Go Farther in Lightness review, you’ll know that that album in particular established the Sydney, Australia by way of London, England rock five piece as one of my favorite artists today. It’s not often that an artist creates one of …
Indie Rock Playlist June 2021
Here’s our indie rock playlist for June 2021, featuring the best in independent rock and punk music: 4th of July, Philadelphia (SANDY) (Cymbals Eat Guitars) – My absolute favorite song from Cymbals Eat Guitars which features a nice nod to Alex G. I love LOVE that chorus vocal melody. The lyrics recall the previous (dicey) …
Indie Rock Playlist May 2021
Here’s our indie rock playlist for May 2021, featuring the best in independent rock and punk music: This is the first monthly indie rock and punk playlist from Music Guy’s Music Discovery Online feature. Every month on the 15th, we will be sharing a brand new curated playlist with the best indie rock and punk …
Indie Pop Playlist May 2021
Here’s our indie pop playlist for May 2021, featuring the best in independent pop and alt music: This is the first monthly indie pop and alt playlist from Music Guy’s Music Discovery Online feature. Every month on the 1st, we will be sharing a brand new curated playlist with the best indie pop and alt …
Go Farther in Lightness Review
I recently tackled and broke down the admittedly clickbaity subject of what does is rock dead mean? The TLDR of it is that while it’s not making a dent in the charts like it once did, the rock genre is alive and well with arguably more artists putting out great music than ever before. One …
What Does Rock is Dead Mean?
The viability of the rock genre has been debated to death over the last decade. More often than not music publications and independent music journalists use this proclamation as clickbait to incense a certain reaction from the reader and attract them to click. I tried to pour a little water on that fire here by …
The Sidekicks – Happiness Hours Review
Oftentimes you’ll hear of a record which was ahead of its time. Here the assertion is that the record in question was released some time before the genre or concepts it effectively demonstrated became en vogue in the greater mainstream. But perhaps rarer are the records which are released well after a genre has peaked …
Today We’re the Greatest Review
Among the most common ways to launch an album these days is to steadily release a string of singles ahead of the record they’re from. This method admittedly requires a great deal of confidence from the artist as not only do the songs which didn’t get released ahead of time have to be good, but …
Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset Review
This is the first of what will likely be many music reviews here on Music Guy Online, so I figured I should begin with an album and artist I know pretty well at this point in Richard Edwards. Most folks will know Richard Edwards as the longtime frontman from Indianapolis based indie chamber pop and …