Avid Vodka readers will remember Ebony Buckle. I’ve reviewed three of her tracks over the last year and change. There’s a reason for that: Buckle’s voice! It is at once beautiful, clear, and precise lyrically. While the storyline may not be perfectly clear, this leaves a space for the listener’s interpretation. The best creative minds have always written this way. They know their lyrical intended meaning, but they allow the listener space to experience their own vision. Enter Wild Woman, the single released back in July (seen/heard here), and…
Read MoreIf you are twisting in the ebb and flow of a confusing relationship, then The Trusted’s most recent single, Criminals (seen/heard here) might be just what you are looking for! Exploring the whole idea of the rules that are created within the confines of a relationship and the breaking of those rules, even though the love remains, is what Criminals seem to represent: “I broke your laws and then you left town My inner-visions turn me around I’ve been driving my pain into the ground So you look at me, like I’m your criminal We’re…
Read MoreA powerful new voice in the independent music scene, Zola, forges an ode to petty young girls who flaunt what they believe to be their superiority, while all the while being exactly the opposite in Not Like Other Girls (seen/heard here). This is the first single from Now You See Me, the long-player that is due to drop later this year. Lyrically, Not Like Other Girls paints a vivid picture. Zola sings: “She was a fake bitch Wanted to be famous Don’t know what I saw in you She didn’t love…
Read MoreConcept Humanity has a universal language that we need to use as often as we can-the language of music. Music speaks to the soul, reminds us who we are to make us better people, healing wounds, providing a catharsis from fears, anger, love loss, and more. Bands have a tendency to create themselves within a formula and then, whether they like it or not, that formula can bind them to it forever. That can restrict the universal impact of their music and even the enthusiasm the band has for…
Read MoreWhether quality releases are slow because it is the first part of the year or whether they have been depressed by the pandemic (probably a little of both), it’s been a bleak search for new music this month. Rather than post something that is less than the quality that I look for here, It seemed more appropriate to take a look back and revisit a review from a few months ago. Enter Sandtimer and You Never Had Control from their wonderful digital-only release at the end of…
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