JR Aquino, who often goes by simply JRA, hasn’t been on my radar for too long but upon hearing some of his work and album previews on Youtube at the early part of this year I was impressed enough to support the guy and pick up his album. That also means we get to take […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: JRA – ExposureIt’s been quite some time since this album dropped towards the end of 2009, but we’re still playing catch up on these album reviews. Violinist and singer Paul Dateh frequently collabs with guitarist Ken Belcher, so it was only natural that they would join forces and put out an album together. With a heavy emphasis […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Paul Dateh x Ken Belcer – The Good LifeAlthough Johnnyphlo debuted with a mini-album last year entitled The Notebook, he is making his first feature length album debut with his latest release, Basic Strategy. His mini-album was a very strong, albeit short, collection of songs that showed a lot of potential and promise for the relatively new artist. Though he’s spent a lot […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Johnnyphlo – Basic StrategyI discovered Alfa Garcia through her various participation in Kollaboration events and videos. I was intrigued by her unique, smoky voice so when her debut album dropped last summer I made it a point to pick it up. Well, this also means that this review is a good 6 months or so late and for that I […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Alfa Garcia – Second SkinI fist heard of Dawen when I saw the MV for his single ‘Wake Up’. I was intruiged to say the least, especially considering not only do you rarely hear that brand and style of R&B from Asian American artists in general, but you also rarely hear it from now a days from any artist period. […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Dawen – American MeMarie Digby really gained a lot of attention through her acoustic cover of ‘Umbrella’ on Youtube back in 2007. Since that time she released an album in 2008, gotten numerous TV song placements, started modeling a little bit, and even released some work in Japan (her mother is Japanese). With her sophomore US effort Breathing […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Marie Digby – Breathing UnderwaterThe Nehemiah Band is a relatively new band based out of sunny Southern California and has been steadily building a pretty strong buzz over the past couple years. Having only heard a few snippets of their music including their goofy but fun TV show medley, I was intrigued to check out their material when their […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: The Nehemiah Band – Break of DawnWhat’s going on a-Tunes readers? I know it’s been a long time since our last review and I apologize for the delays. Believe me, we got our work cut out for us as we try to play catch up with the all the albums we got to review for you all. But let’s start from […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Blue Scholars – OOF! EPMia Kim is an alt pop-rock singer/songwriter with whom I was completely unfamiliar with until her management reached out to me in regards to her sophomore album release ‘Who Is Sukey Rose?’. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect especially since you don’t see the words asian, female, and rock all in the same description […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Mia Kim – Who Is Sukey Rose?Earlier this year I remember reading/hearing about afterschoolspecial at various places online but unfortunately I didn’t have the chance to check out their material until earlier this summer although this EP has been out for months now. This band, hailing from San Diego, stands apart from a lot of current acts today with their sound […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: afterschoolspecial – not one for words
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