The Indie Rock Dojo

 Anarchy & Son is a father/son project out of Los Angeles and Michigan in the United States.  Dejected is a solid rockin' mix between metal and punk, with definite heavy riffage often with fast soloing on top.  Often times, the song kicks into double-time speed.  The guitars bring the metal aspect to the song with rhythmic and fast-moving chord progressions, with the vocals adding the melody and angst found in punk. I LOVE  the diversity between different areas of this song.  The beginning of the song starts with a drum intro, and the bass comes in alone with the drums to get us going.  The guitars then blast in full-fledged!  In the middle of the song, an instrumental kicks in that brings the song to a new level!  It starts similarly to the beginning of the song with drums and bass building it up, then the lead guitar starts to melodically lead us to a driving piece of the song that makes me feel like I'm in the middle of a battle with a...

 "2 Winks and a Shot" by Book of Golems is an impressive mesh of high-level guitar skills and slamming drums with heavy riffs in varying rhythms carrying on smoothly throughout! It has a strong classic rock feel with the guitars carrying the lead as well as the rhythm chord progressions simultaneously.  When the vocals come in, I hear a strong inspiration from the great Ozzy Osbourne! I really like the transition between verse, pre-chorus and into the chorus!  Different rhythms carry them, like the verse is getting funky, the pre-chorus moves to a groove led with the ride's dome, and the chorus moves into a fast-paced punk-like drive! There is a challenging aspect to this song that was nailed...which is the tightness between all band members.  There are areas of the song where the drums will do a masterful improvisation...then the guitars and drums with hit the groove together and move into yet another tasty improv.  I'd love to see this connection live and LOUD...