The Minimalistic Music Blog

  • Big Brutus [unedited]

    Big Brutus on SpotifyBig Brutus  Interview & Review       Big Brutus is filled with rock and a singer/songwriter kind of sound, just don’t tell Sean that.  “That’s not what I consider myself as,” Sean tells me rather persuasively. “I’ve been in bands that wrote happy dance music, and I’ve been in bands that…

  • Straitjacket Union [unedited]

    Straightjacket Union on YouTube  Straightjacket Union  (Facebook) Interview & Review           “I (Michael, the guitarist) think that our wide range of influences can make our songwriting unique. I listen to, and play, just about everything- pop, rock, jazz, metal and hip hop. The list goes on. To me the trick is to…

  • Crybaby Special [unedited]

    Crybaby Special on Spotify (Facebook) Crybaby Special      Crybaby Special’s newest song, Let The Boy Down, is a piano driven rock song that has a flow to it that makes you want to sing “let the boy down” along with the band. In fact all the songs are like this, and in that way…

  • Luna Rosa [unedited]

    Luna Rosa on Spotify Luna Rosa     Rockin’ out since 2014, Luna Rosa have played basically everywhere in the UK. With songs that range from sounding like Oasis to the Libertines.        Luna Rosa consider themselves as an “Alternative/Psych/Indie” genre, and they are from Corby, Northamptonshire, UK.        Their free…

  • Wolfe Sunday [unedited]

    Wolfe Sunday on Spotify (Google) Wolfe Sunday      I love Airborne Toxic Event and Green Day, and this guy is both of these bands. His voice, especially in Kith & Kin/Sick to the Bone,  sounds like ATE, and his punk background sounds as simple as Green Day.       Wolfe is one of many…

  • MUX [unedited]

    MUX on SoundCloud Review of  Italian Alt-Rock Band  MUX      The very first person that had reached out to me while I was promoting my blog was Rebel Rebel PR manager, Nick Connett. He wanted me to help him with promoting his bands from RR, and the first band was MUX. The first song…