AltCtrlToob Video Review: “On Fire” by EverIgnite

If you’re looking for pop rock, EverIgnite is your new favorite band.  This Denver quartet just released their debut album Shift on September 28, 2018, and are ready to tour the country in a blaze of glory.  The featured single “On Fire” (ignite, on fire, get it???) is a hooky melange of harmonized vocals and… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Review: “On Fire” by EverIgnite

EP Review: Nocturnal Animals’ Dark Lit Places

In their 2017 EP Dark Lit Places, Atlanta’s Nocturnal Animals serves up four tracks of mysterious, surf-tinged alternative rock.  Fans of Green Day will enjoy this band — vocalist Mason Jones has a vibe reminiscent of Billie Joe’s nasal whine, especially in “Red Shoes.”  (Unrelated to the Elvis Costello tune of the same name, as… Continue reading EP Review: Nocturnal Animals’ Dark Lit Places

Album Review: Psychocide’s Alcohol & Bad Decisions

The March 2017 album from Canadian rockers Psychocide, aptly titled Alcohol & Bad Decisions, is surprisingly catchy for being named after a cliche of everyone’s early twenties.  (Or mid… Or late… Or early thirties…)  But there’s truth in cliche — in “Temporary Friends,” Goldwyn Thandrayen croons, “Seems I could never get this right.”  Haven’t we all… Continue reading Album Review: Psychocide’s Alcohol & Bad Decisions