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The Jarred Garneau Group incited a fusionist funk rock riot in ‘Why Don’t You Beg for Me’

Posted on 22 November 2025

The Jarred Garneau Group incited a swanky funk rock riot with their latest blues reverent release, Why Don’t You Beg for Me. With the Hammond Organ making the energy of the release instantly infectious and playful keys assuring you that the fiery collective do not take themselves too seriously and neither should you while you are at the mercy of their guitar licks as they drift between funk and blues with the carefree abandon of jazzy freeform expression, Why Don’t You Beg for Me is a tilt awhirl of fusionist fire. The earworm is all tied together by the gruff magnetism of the strident vocal lines, which amplify the intensity of the track that is now always ready and waiting for you every time you need to be aurally picked up by a collective that sets the bar for artists looking to prove their euphoric mettle.

As a band led by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jarred Garneau, the group has been building a reputation across New England for performances rich with groove and emotional honesty. Their lineup pulls from some of the region’s most seasoned players, musicians who thrive on instinct and tight-knit chemistry. Years of sharing stages with members of legacy acts and appearing at venues and festivals across the area have shaped a live synergy that spills effortlessly into their studio work. You can hear that lived-in experience in Why Don’t You Beg for Me, where their blues, rock, soul, funk, and jazz inclinations sit side by side, not as a stitched-together concept but as a natural extension of who they are as players.

Why Don’t You Beg for Me is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Melissa Coleman channelled grunge soul divinity in ‘Jameson Bled’

Posted on 8 November 2025
Melissa Coleman

Melissa Coleman poured pure soul into the grunge-blues furnace with her latest single, Jameson Bled. The track captures the warmth and honesty of her live performances, opening with a spoken reflection that draws the listener into her creative ignition point. Steeped in the humidity of blues rhythm and the bite of semi-acoustic grunge, the raw revelation channels a tension between tenderness and defiance. Her voice carries through it all with a controlled ache, textured by years of lived experience, searing beyond the airwaves and into your own psyche.

Coleman’s vocal delivery carries the same fire that defined her earlier performances, yet here, it feels distilled into something sharper and more intimate. Over ragged guitar chords that groan with weary urgency, she exudes a visceral honesty that few artists manage to capture. The sonic structure may nod to blues traditions, but its core beats with the restless heart of grunge; it’s the kind of performance that could silence a crowded room, then have it breathing in time with her phrasing.

Raised in Philadelphia, Coleman’s upbringing was steeped in artistic exploration. Her ears tuned early to the symphonies of Mozart and the stormy distortion of Soundgarden, which later fed into her self-made fusion of form and feeling. After years of architectural study, she traded blueprints for melodies, shaping sound instead of space. Her work carries that same sense of line, balance, and deliberate imperfection. With Jameson Bled, she arrives as an artist grounded in experience and guided by instinct, her sound built upon a foundation of soul, reflection, and raw human truth.

Discover more about the singer-songwriter via her official website, and connect with her via Facebook.


Review by Amelia Vandergast

Vindication, Vintage Curves and Sonic Swagger Come Alive in Jimmy Stanfield’s Maybe I’m Doing Something Right By Me

Posted on 12 June 2025
Right Side of Time by Jimmy Stanfield

Jimmy Stanfield served a soul-affirming reminder to trust your own calibration with Maybe I’m Doing Something Right By Me, the third single from his forthcoming LP Right Side of Time, landing in full on July 25th. As a mash of alt-indie, rock, soul and psychedelic garage blues, the track unveils the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter as a troubadour who sees sonic lines as arbitrary barricades to pour rootsy rock colour across.

Already an icon at synthesising style, swagger, soul and substance, Stanfield shakes, rattles and rolls the new intersections right out of rock to deliver groove-led installations of euphoria. His vocals lift the track as much as the horn stabs from Joe Auckland that everyone can prise a little hedonic satisfaction from. If you’ve reached your people-pleasing limit and now it’s time to riff to your own strings, Maybe I’m Doing Something Right By Me needs to be locked and loaded into your vindicating rock playlists.

From the execution of the authentically timbered production to the way suspense grips before every vintage curveball is thrown to the liberating lyricism, the single proves that if anyone has the chops to push rock back into the mainstream spotlight, it’s Jimmy Stanfield.

Featuring players from Lana Del Rey, Elvis Costello, The Libertines and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, this indie launch has major-label magnetism without compromise.

Maybe I’m Doing Something Right By Me is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Bandcamp. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Nick Cody & The Heartache’s ‘Next Up’ Is A Swaggering Alt-Rock Serenade to Survival

Posted on 11 April 2025

With their latest single, Next Up, from the freshly pressed LP This is Love and the Heartache, Leeds-based Nick Cody & The Heartache have decidedly dialled up the swank and swagger. Frenetically paced grooves pull listeners into a sandstorm of Jim Morrison-esque desert-infused vocals, while backing harmonies create a dynamic, kinetic whirlwind of alt-rock reverence. The ensemble seems charged with an infectious energy that leaps effortlessly from musician to musician, ensuring the track becomes a certified serotonin shot—even against the stark refrain, ‘you don’t know what it’s like to die ‘round here’.

Clearly the band’s boldest sonic exploration to date, the creative gamble has spectacularly paid off. Genre boundaries crumble away as Next Up seamlessly sways from funk to college radio rock, slipping into vintage soul without missing a beat or dropping intensity. Released via Green Eyed Records—an imprint championing creative collaboration, previously hosting acclaimed artists like Jon Gomm and Martin Simpson—the single underscores Cody’s razor-sharp lyrical instincts and penchant for crafting melodies that refuse to fade.

Next Up is now available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Rasha Jay Transforms Pain into Power in her bluesy soul rock call to arms, ‘SAY’

Posted on 28 February 2025
Rasha Jay

With a voice that refuses to be confined and a sound that cuts straight to the bone, Rasha Jay is set to send shockwaves through the alt-rock landscape with ‘SAY’. Due for release on February 28th, the lead single from her upcoming EP, Lavender, seizes attention and demands rhythmic surrender.

Written in the wake of a phone call from a friend facing domestic struggles, SAY is a visceral reckoning with the need for action beyond words. Every lyric, every note, is charged with urgency, demanding movement rather than passive reflection.

Jay’s signature fusion of alternative, rock, and soul forms the backbone of the track, but SAY doesn’t sit neatly within any genre. Instead, it twists through brooding basslines, stormy guitar grooves, and a rhythmic pulse that never lets up. The weight of the message is never diluted; instead, it’s amplified by a rawness that recalls an era when rock still had teeth.

Jay’s vocals are both an anchor and a force of nature, pulling you in while roaring through the mix with an undeniable presence; the impact is undeniable.

Find your preferred way to listen to SAY and connect with Rasha Jay via her official website.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Keith Rayburn – Shine On: Guitar Strings as Gospel

Posted on 19 September 2024

For his latest eagerly anticipated release, Shine On, Keith Rayburn rendered funk-laden rock into smoky, Motown-esque soul intersected with bluesy grooves to offer conjurings of catharsis so intense the single borders on sonically sacred.

Each progression plunges the listener deeper into a hazy, irresistibly immersive soundscape that echoes the nostalgic aura of The Doors as his guitars speak gospel in chorus with the lyrics which attest to how dimming your light is never the answer when the illumination of resilience is an option.

Rayburn is well on his way to riffing his way into the rock pantheon with his peerlessly cultivated sonic signature that will scribe its way through your synapses long after the outro of the sublimity-soaked sanctuary of a single which is easily one of the most sincere feel-good releases you’ll hear all year.

With tens of thousands of monthly Spotify listeners from around the globe behind him and his versatile musicianship, Rayburn is well on his way to reaching the acclaim his superlative song crafting deserves. Make his ear for a melody your new aural remedy.

Shine On arrived on the airwaves on September 4th; stream the single on Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Danielle Dennis glammed up blues rock with her latest hit, Fool’s Gold

Posted on 10 August 2024

With her latest single, Fool’s Gold, the rising-through-the-industry-ranks rock phenomenon, Danielle Dennis, proved that when it comes to emotional labour for those with an aversion to accountability, a woman’s work is never done.

If the indomitably raw edge of Hannah Wicklund met the creative conjurings of Stevie Nicks, the meeting point would be the affecting high-octane alchemy in Dennis’ scintillating sonic signature which ensures the singer-songwriter’s ink goes beyond skin deep and permeates the soul.

The San Francisco-born, New Orleans-based artist and producer unequivocally evinced that all of the best people would have been burnt at the stake for Witchcraft in the days of Salem; what she manifested in Fool’s Gold is almost beyond the realms of tangible comprehension.

If you can’t get enough of Fool’s Gold, pin her to your radar and await her forthcoming debut EP which will span all her influences through an amalgamation of gritty blues rock, synth-heavy pop, organic folk, and vibey trip-hop.

Fool’s Gold will be available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud, on August 9th.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Flames of funk and soul lick JANAYAH’s latest indie rock earworm, Can’t Get Enough

Posted on 22 July 2024

Janayah’s latest rhythmic revelation, Can’t Get Enough, mainlines funk-licked soul into indie rock euphoria through a filter of ’60s and ’70s nostalgia to breathe life into timeless tonality.

Born and raised in Auckland and now based in London, Janayah has graced stages from a tender age and has left lasting impressions with her dynamic live performances. Her sophomore single, imbued with the raw vocal power of Christina Aguilera with moments that oscillate back to old-school soul around rhythmically magnetic melodies is an embodiment of her soul-rock fortitude.

The single, which testifies to the insatiability of desire, showcases her signature style that crosses boundaries from pop to rock and dance, with each genre succumbing to the weight of her powerful vocals. Her previous works, including collaborations with EDM artists and features in prominent music venues, have all paved the way for this riveting return to her roots.

Ironically, every note in Can’t Get Enough promises to leave Janayah’s audience wanting more from the one-woman powerhouse.

Can’t Get Enough was officially released on July 12; stream the single on Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

ARCTISKY became the Chris Isaak of his Generation with ‘Unreal Love’

Posted on 14 June 2024
ARCTISKY

ARCTISKY’s latest single, Unreal Love, is the smoothest slice of rock-fervoured seduction your rhythmic pulses have ever wrapped around.

Impassioned in the same vein as The National’s Trouble Will Find Me LP, the single, prised from the Maldives-born, Melbourne-based troubadour of slick soul’s debut album, Roots Vol. 1, is a tapestry of lush tonality, stitched with edges of indie pop, the passion of RnB, funk grooves, and rock roots which puts the singer-songwriter in the same league as Chris Isaak.

Your heartbeat will become the second most important rhythm coursing through you as soon as you immerse yourself in the authenticated hit which exhibits ARCTISKY as one of the most sincere revolutionists on the airwaves. With vocal harmonies that pour as deliciously as the mellifluous melodies that unravel as a confluence of ornate piano keys, reverb-swathed synths and soaring guitar lines over the propulsive rhythm, Unreal Love is as close to heaven as you will get on the airwaves.

Unreal Love will be available to stream on all major platforms with Roots Vol 1, including Spotify, from June 14.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Witness the resurrection of old-school soul in Shaun Finn’s plea for salvation, Mrs. Doctor

Posted on 18 May 2024

There’s no aural cocktail for the soul as alchemically potent as the opening soul rock salvo, Mrs. Doctor, from Shaun Finn’s debut EP, Oak & King.

The conduit for the soul of old-school soul and blues used euphonic melodic cadences to filter raw and confronting lyricism through, ensuring the vintage timbres of the track hit with maximum dualistic impact. The urgency within the pleas for medicinal salvation matches the sincerity of the delivery, which is sure to strike a chord of empathy with anyone who isn’t a long way down the sociopathic spectrum.

Just when you thought that Shaun Finn couldn’t possibly impress anymore, the smoky laidback arcane air slips away to make room for one of the most paralysing blues-rock guitar solos carved on this side of the millennium.

The Vancouver-based artist’s ability to reach out directly to you while immersing yourself in his emotional expression is one thing. The talent exhibited in this vignette of a soul searching for a cure is another. Why his name isn’t in lights across international stadiums is honestly beyond me.

Stream Shaun Finn’s debut EP, Oak & King on Spotify or stream the official music video on YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast