It’s been an abundant amount of hard work and perseverance that has lead to the LA-based quartet Stampead’s four albums, from their self-titled release to the new record, “Oh Boy.� The latter was a self-financed effort, and it’s worth your attention – a bold series of realizations of sto...

Jesse Rifkin, the pure free agent of the music world, is ready and willing to go anywhere with anyone in order to make his music. The story behind The Wailing Wall is that it initially started out as a solo project for Rifkin, writing and preparing music to be played with a smorgasbord of musicians....

Beth Rowley is good. Scary good. So good that the little song bird from Great Britain once caused a fan to take a straight noise dive into the floor as she belted the lyric, “Lightning strikes me down� from the tune “Only One Cloud.� A beautiful voice is one thing, but the power to sweep the...

So many of the write-ups about Thriving Ivory (and even their own bio) focus on the fact these guys; Clayton, Scott, Drew, Bret and Paul are creating a sound that is both captivating and mysterious – something that is truthfully hard to describe. I probably can’t do it any justice, but a lot of ...

For those of you out there that are like me – in agreement that the sound of bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Eagles never went out of style – you’re going to love Corey Crowder. He describes his sound as folk rock, but as you listen to this strummer play his acoustic driven tun...

Talk about spunk for the business – Lauren Ianuzzi is a lot more than you might see on her web site or myspace page. This girl has life! And optimism! The kind of lady who could bring you up any time you’re feeling down. The Jersey girl packs a lot of punch in her little person – using a boomi...

Bands like Slightly Stoopid are the shit. Period. They go along with their business, never once thinking about selling out to anyone for years and years, and eventually flourish the only way they know how – their own way. If you haven’t heard of Slightly Stoopid, these guys have been together fo...

It was just recently that I started getting familiar with the very young Anarbor out of Phoenix, Arizona – but man… I do like what they’re all about. Whether it’s how they write their songs or how they treat their fans – they seem to have it all together. When asked about their creative pr...

You look at a guy like Chuck Wicks, and may think to yourself, “Damn. That guy was born to sing a song under a spotlight. He’s got it all! It musta been easy!� If this is you, then you’re going to be surprised by his story. The opening sounds kind of nice – Wicks began honing his craft in ...

Many of us can all relate to Matt York, the soulful folk singer from the north. The Canadian, like many of us, is a workaholic. We here at PensEyeView feel York’s pain when he says there is “a constant feeling of being behind a little bit.� While we’re still trying to catch up, it seems York...