Exploring the Folk-Rock Fusion in 'Hanlon's Razor'. A band from Calgary, Alberta, with a sound as diverse as Canada's landscape, has emerged. The Dust Collectors are an interesting alternative folk quintet whose sound spans from country and blues to rock with a heavy folk influence. Matt Easton (lead guitar and vocals), Steve Rozitis (bass and vocals), Scott Stolee (drums and vocals), and Luke Giblin (lead...

When Indianapolis-based progressive metal project Pentrilox announced "Apotheosis: The New Frontier", I genuinely didn't expect to be handed a literal digital antidepressant. But here we are. Operating entirely out of their in-house production studio, this independent outfit utterly rejects the exhausted, dystopian sci-fi tropes we've all been choking on lately. Instead, they’ve engineered a massive, heavy sonic blueprint for celestial optimism. https://open.spotify.com/album/1lXMirFmYCFLZ8CJ8LJGfi?si=oXWz-hzbSV-i2MNymOiwDA The physical force of...