Make no mistake about it: Seratones are a rock and roll band! That said, the super-powerful vocals of lead singer, guitarist, A.J. Haynes could reside on any of the very best R&B and soul labels. It has those tonal qualities, lifted from the echos of a gospel choir; Simply astonishing to hear! Her voice is absolutely perfect as a vehicle for the ten knock-out tracks on the band’s new long-player, Power (August 2019), the band’s second long-player, and the first music to emerge since 2016′s Get Gone….
Read MoreNorwegian singer-songwriter Thom Hell was one of the first artists that Vodka reviewed, back before I was really writing reviews and just posting the videos, for the most part, of music that I liked. That video still stands out as both a beautiful track and one of the most innovative and thoughtful uses of technology in a video ever (my opinion). That video was posted back in January 2012 for the song Over You. The Love Is Gone (seen/heard here) is a single that was released…
Read MoreBears of Legend are one of the best under-appreciated bands out there. Using a disparate blend of folk, classical, rock, and progressive, the band weaves a sound that is intricate, complex, and yet very accessible. The band’s most recent single, Any Road to Anywhere (seen/heard here) from the 2018 long-player A Million Lives, is a case in point. The single presents itself initially with a pop lead-in, there is just a hint of the progressive rock elements of the song by the time the first…
Read MoreRegular Vodka readers will remember Dropkick from previous reviews here. One of the founding members of Dropkick, Andrew Taylor, recently released his second solo long-player, containing music created over the last 10 years and finally recorded and released. Somewhere To Be (September 2019), the title track of which is posted here, contains introspective Americana-tinged pop musings, for the most part, beautifully rendered, with folk stories included for good measure. The closest thing to rocking outcomes in the bridge for Growing Older Than You, a raucous fuzzed-out guitar fill…
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