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Developing Artist Showcase – Niina Soleil

CrypticRockCrypticRockJune 2, 2024

The creative process can be an agonizing one. Looking for perfection in each written word, brush stroke, or music note, mostly in an attempt to satisfy our own anxiety of an artistic vision, no one said it would ever be easy. Something to consider when ... Read More

Better Than Ezra – Super Magick (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMay 7, 2024

Emerging from a crowded room of Alternative Rock bands during the 1990s was no easy task, but Better Than Ezra is one of those which managed to do just that. Initially coming together in 1988, and releasing their debut album Surprise in 1990, ultimately it ... Read More

Interview – Guernica Mancini of The Gems

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 14, 2024

Sometimes when we feel defeated, the easy way out is to surrender and give up. An initial, natural reaction, what we really need to do is pick ourselves up, battle through the pain, and move forward. The more difficult path to take, this is exactly ... Read More

Another Sky – Beach Day (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 4, 2024

The Doors’ Jim Morrison said it best in the 1967 song “Strange Days,” but just fast forward nearly six decades later… and the times are even stranger. No question one of the oddest periods in recorded history, among those sustaining collateral damage due to technology ... Read More

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Exploring Birdsong – Dancing in the Face of Danger (EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 11, 2023

Still relatively fresh to the music scene, the UK trio calling themselves Exploring Birdsong are rather unique to much else going on at this point in time. Formed back in 201, they signed on with German label Long Branch Records, going on to release their The ... Read More

Blondshell – Blondshell (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 11, 2023

Qualifying as one of the top new artists to look out for in 2023, you have what is known as Blondshell. The project of Jewish American Singer-Songwriter Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum, Blondshell is the next step in her musical evolution. Initially begun with the more Pop-leaning ... Read More

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Developing Artist Showcase – Niina Soleil