I was a runner in highschool but then I had a knee injury and a hip injury from running, from dance. I’m still really active. I do ballet, yoga, hike, pilates but I don’t run. Not much makes me feel like running. I …
Tag Archives: rock
Album Review: Bonne Finken – Fairytales/Loveaffairs
Album Review: Bonne Finken – Fairytales/Loveaffairs Bonne Finken has a rock sound that immediately puts me in the mind of Lilith Fair artists like Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, and Fiona Apple. Her raucous guitars and gritty lyrics are sure to find fans among …
Album Review: Pleasantry – Synapses
Synapses by Pleasantry Album Review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com Pleasantry has a sweet name that just begs you to take things lightly – but their 2014 release called Synapses is anything but trite. You’ve got 10 solid tracks with some good album art …
Album Review: Modern Diet – Self Titled
Album Review: Modern Diet – Self Titled Modern Diet’s brand of indie rock is just about as cool as possible. Jake Cheriff’s lead vocals are crisp and cutting. The layered tracks on Modern Diet’s self titled album show a sophisticated familiarity with rock’s …
Album Review: Seneca and the River EP
I just got back from some time in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. We were fortunate enough to be able to attend the most lovely wedding. I’d never been there despite growing up only a couple of hours away. I didn’t expect it to …
Album Review: Brett Vogel – Never Giving Up
Album Review: Brett Vogel – Never Giving Up Brett Vogel exudes pop music. It’s the kind of music you can put on and just relax. Maybe I’m influenced by his recent music video, but it seems to me like it’s music meant for …
Album Review: Barrence Whitfield and the Savages – Under the Savage Sky
Barrence Whitfield and the Savages – Under the Savage Sky Album review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com The band’s website suggests that Under the Savage Sky “might be the most soulful punk record – or perhaps the most punk soul record you’ve ever heard”, …
Album Review: Edisun – Collision
Edisun – Collision Album Review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com Perhaps with a name like Edisun, you’d expect something science-y and smart – calling to mind the great inventor and our natural energy source. But what the band puts forward instead, is a stable …
Guest Album Review: Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
Guest Review by Govind Shanadi Jason Isbell’s follow-up to the highly acclaimed album Southeastern shows the songwriter maturing into a lyricist of the highest caliber. Isbell was a member of the Athens, Georgia based Drive-by Truckers in the 2000s before branching off into …
Ted Z and the Wranglers–Cowboy Rock and Roll
On your average day, I do not think of Southern California as a hotbed for quality country music. Here I am being wrong again. Maybe it’s not a hotbed and maybe this isn’t the most country of country music. Ted Z and the …
