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11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory
11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory
This is a cute folk-rock for the masses. That doesn’t need that the guys are not fun. Dropkick Murphys is a band who connects jocks, rockers,…
High Plaine
Ghost Box Orchestra - High Plaine
Ghost Box Orchestra is a psychedelic rock/neo-psych band from Boston, and their latest album ''High Plaine'' came out in the middle of…
On Dark Silent Off
Radian - On Dark Silent Off
Radian is an interesting Austrian band from Vienna who mix post-rock, jazz-rock, electronic music elements and even noise rock. Their latest album &#…
Heaven Upside Down
Voldemort Of Metal Wins Again
Sometime during the summer before my sixth grade, I was gluing posters from teenage music magazines on my wall. It was the era of exchanging posters…
Lungs
How Florence And The Machine's Debut Teased Their Glorious Future
Let’s turn on our time machines and go back to the release of Florence and The Machine’s debut. Remember when you played Lungs for the very…
Out of Time
Out Of Time Indeed
Out Of Time es otro álbum fantástico del artista electrónico y altamente ecléctico Hugo Kant. Este álbum de larga duraci&#…
Ahora
Green Valley and ''Now'' their sixth album
Six albums and hundreds of concerts later, Green Valley continues to expand its message of positivity to the four winds. '' Now &…
There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)
After four years - Four Tet, again
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet is obviously a busy man. He has been involved, and probably is at this very moment - in a myriad of projects. Whether it…
Intergalactic Dada & Space Trombones
Radar Men From The Moon - Intergalactic Dada & Space Trombones
Radar Men From The Moon are a great Dutch instrumental psychedelic rock/stoner rock band from the Netherlands. They have released quite many good…
The Color Of Destruction
Noir Country
Here is one underestimated female musician. Even though she has a rich discography behind her, Rykarda Parasol still does not get the attention she…
Cherry Bomb
Tyler, The Creator Cherry Bomb Album Review
Fans of alternative hip-hop rejoice. Cherry Bomb has arrived. With very little notice, the young leader of Odd Future released his fourth studio album…
Blackstar
Goodbye, gender bending king!
If anyone was a true chameleon in music animal world, it was certainly David Bowie. So many personas and masks that he had change since the beginning…
Smoke Beach
Kill West - Smoke Beach
Kill West are a relatively new Argentinian stoner/psychedelic/garage rock band, who have stormed into the psych rock scene with their great new album…
Of Monkees And Men
Monkeying With The Monkees
Scott McCaughey is no more a Young Fresh Fellow. In more ways than one. For one, this legend of the Seattle music scene is no more a spring chicken…
Love
Lana Del Rey returns with Love
And it was strange that the English songwriter, Lana Del Rey, has not delivered any new material since we are accustomed to always be throwing new…
More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me
more Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me Is Encouraging
If you are sick of studio albums of Bruce Springsteen, and you are looking for something similar but more powerful, The Smith Street Band have been…
Stories
Kenzie Moore, 'Stories' Review
Soulful, confident, and sharp, Kenzie Moore’s Stories is an incredibly promising debut EP. The 22-year-old Chicago native blends the bouncy…
Whiteout Conditions
Confident Return of The New Pornographers
It’s been three years since the last album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. In this period, the members either focused on their…
Impossible Dream
Haley Bonar Is In Seventh Heaven
With seven albums in the discography, including the latest Impossible Dream, Haley Bonar has made enough to be considered as a fertile…
Sing It Ugly
Despair Never Sounded So Optimistic
It’s been only two years since Vicious Losers came out and two prophets of light, as Lonesome Wyatt and The Minister call themselves,…
Rainbow
Rainbow
Kesha’s musical career has been defined by her work with Dr. Luke. On her third album, she begins something new and promising. The story of …
The Colour In Anything
This Decade's Most Important British Musicians
British mastermind released his third studio album last year and as I am not quite sure whether I have already review it, I will do it again. I have…
Teenage Dream
#tbt Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Let's go back to times when Katy Perry was still Katy Perry, or at least she looked like one. It was the time when she was regularly in tabloids,…
All the Best Songs
Punk Storytelling
Names like No Use For A Name and All The Best Song do not sound attractive. They sound snobbish until you play the record. One of the most prolific…
Sprite Fountain
The Ruby Suns - McPhun Is Still Having Fun
The Ruby Suns can either be a shifting conglomerate or just Ryan McPhun, a guy around whom the whole band and its musical idea revolve around. That…
Geography
Front 242: Geography
The 1980's was a golden period for Industrial music. During that decade I was buying everything I could on vinyl; Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Front…
Back to the Woods
ALBUM RECOMMENDATION: Angel Haze-Back To The Woods
Ok we all know where all eyes are constantly turned to all the time... This girl... Wow, how can you describe exquisite art in words... You can`t.…
La Apertura
Arawato releases new material
Recently in Venezuela good alternative projects of many artists they have emerged; in this case it is Arawato, a musical project, formed by Luis…
On My One
Jake Bugg - On My One
Jake Bugg became famous at the age of 18, and he is an independent artist ever since. I don’t remember he was ever related with some popular…
Sand
Dans Dans - Sand
Dans Dans are a Belgian instrumental jazz-rock/psychedelic rock trio, who have released quite a few critically acclaimed albums through the years.…
Heart Like a Levee
Don’t Doubt The M.C. if He’s A Taylor
For some reason, there has been an ongoing debate about M.C. Taylor, and his Hiss Golden Messenger project. Nine years and six albums on, he has…
"Awaken, My Love!"
I have a bone to pick with end of year lists
I love end of year lists, I consume them with an almost unhealthy fervour since they provide answers to the all important question for a pop culture…
Ennanga Vision
Ennanga Vision
Electronic beats and dub effects put a heady, psychedelic spin on traditional Ugandan Royal Court music. In the early 1980s, the meeting of African…
Rebels
Eriel Indigo teases new EP
Arriving like a neon-clad day-glo 21st Century Barberella, Eriel Indigo steps off the mothership with fully-formed glitter-noir pop songs that…
If I Die Before I Wake
Suzuki Junzo - If I Die Before I Wake
Suzuki Junzo is a renowned Japanese psychedelic rock guitarist and ''If I Die Before I Wake'' is his latest album, released only as…
Exitoca
Cristobal And The Sea - Everything's souped up
Disparate musical styles souped up together can only produce two types of music - one that squarely falls on its face or one that is thoroughly…
Rub
Thesbian-Lesbian
When it comes to thinking outside of the box and confronting heteronormative status quo, Peaches is a trailblazing artist. She is one of the first…
Strange Cousins From the West
Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West
Clutch are a well-known stoner rock/stoner metal band from the US. They have released a long list of great and almost legendary albums, but my…
Polysemy
Mestís Polysemy Album Review
The progressive metal band Mestis, released a new album entitled . Mestis is an instrumental group most notably including Javier Reyes from the band…
At Swim
Lisa's Grand Comeback
It took a long time for Lisa Hannigan to drop her new baby, aka, record. I have been waiting for five years. The wait is over and At Swim…
City Music
How Kevin Morby Sees New York
Does being prolific means getting better and better at what you do? Or is it the other way around. Let's examine this on the example of the…
Child Support
Back to the raunchiness
About 20 years ago, H-Town was hot, apparently. At that time, I’d only heard of them, but with the exception of catching a video on MTV once…
Direct
#tbt: VANGELIS - DIRECT
After three bizarre, yet enormously creative and conceptual albums, Vangelis had opened the new chapter in their career with the album that went on to…
No Good
Noir Pop
The world of pop music is populated with so many artists who are trying to copy each other. It is not a plagiarism, it is just a promiscuous idea.…
Blue Lines
Blue Lines: The birth of trip-hop
Bristol, late eighties. A couple of music lovers decided to band up together and start making some innovative tunes. Merging of hip-hop, reggae, soul…
Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
#tbt Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
Marvin Pontiac was hit by a bus in June of 1977. The life of one of the most expressive music geniuses ended. He was born as a son of African father…
Path of Eight
Mouth of the Architect – Path of Eight [Review]
Three long years since post-metal juggernauts Mouth of the Architect released their last album, titled Dawning. The record was okay, not too shabby,…
Blues
Jimi the Bluesman
Jimi is probably the most influential musician in rock music. He changed the way rock guitar was played and gave the genre its fiery spirit. Hendrix’…
Deux
The Monsieurs Should Be Experienced Live
If you approach the latest LP by The Monsieurs without any information about them, you will probably think it is the closest thing to the first demo…
After Laughter
Paramore go full pop on After Laughter and it's brilliant
Paramore never should have gotten this far. Since their debut album, All We Know is Falling, the band has went through so much turmoil:…
Seven Swans
Asking Questions with Sufjan Stevens
Speaking of albums I keep returning to, it would be foolish not to mention Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans. While I appreciate Carrie &…
Cold Night in Soho
When Soho Gets Cold, The Tiger Lillies Get Colder
Cold Night in Soho is the first album in ten years in which The Tiger Lillies did not put focus on theater piece. They are everything but regular band…
Sweet Baby James
Groundbreaking Album From The Seventies
After the sixties, rock and roll was losing its power. People seemed to be exhausted with the rebellion, the war, the opposition; there was a…
Little by Little
Luckily, Soda is Streaming Again
I thought these guys were missing in action, Haven’t heard from them in a while. Almost forgot what they sounded like. But then, no matter how much…
The Purple Album (Deluxe Version)
AESTHETIC SUICIDE
I almost never write bad reviews. If you can’t say anything good or encouraging, it’s better you don’t say anything at…
Ruins
Ruins by First Aid Kit Is A Contradictory Investigation of the Past
Four years after their critically praised album Stay Gold, Swedish duo First Aid Kit are back with their fourth LP titled Ruins. The record comes…
Air
Infuriatingly positive
Blackgaze, Post black metal, hipster black, or whatever you’re going to call it became one of the most prominent metal genres during the…
Emotions - EP
From cloning and covering to being original
There are many times that I (have to) multitask and I usually end up wishing I could split myself into more than one individual, but there’s…
Sarah Eat Neon
Cut-Up and Glitch-Guru VHS Head is back!
Following the album successes of Trademark Ribbons of Gold (Skam 2010) and Persistence of Vision (Skam 2014) and EPs Video Club (Skam 2009) and…
Refugium
Well-blended mixture of Styles
Anomalie is a one man piece hailing from Austria, its only member Marrok has worked with Harakiri for The Sky, and Refugium is his latest album,…
÷ (Deluxe)
Ed Sheeran’s Big comeback!
Every singer needs to have his/hers own unique style (that’s very different from the others) to draw attention to themselves. It’s very hard to form…
Absolution (New 09 version)
#tbt: Muse - Absolution
Let’s go back to the time when Muse were able to verify their identity. I remember buying their album Absolution, putting it in my CD player and…
The Penny Collector
Carrie Elkin - The Soul Americana
That is soul as in giving it all and having a true feel for a certain music genre. It his case the folkier version of Americana. When trying…
Murder Of The Universe
The Most Creative and The Most Prolific Band
Australian psychedelic rockers King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard are not slowing down. On the contrary, they announced release of four to five albums…
Belong
Belong
The third album from studied Brooklyn chamber-pop ensemble San Fermin benefits from a sharper focus. But its lyrics signify depth and meaning without…
Hello
Hello to 4 million albums sold in a week
''Hello. Can you hear me...'' - Yes Adele the world can hear you. To be exact near to 30 million people heard you in less than 24…
War Out There
8 Graves: War Out There EP
Hailing from New York and consisting of Brent Carpentier and Nicholas Gonclaves, 8 Graves produce warm, deep and alt-soul infused…
Circular Time
Ramleh - Circular Time
The legendary British psychedelic noise rock/power-electronics/noise band Ramleh has very recently come out with a new album after a long time. The…
That's Your Lot
Blaenavon Keep It Short and Sweet
It is funny how some band generate hype instantly, while other have to fight for their legacy for many years, even decades. Sometimes it's about…
Immolated EP
Are You Scared of Bugs?
South African-via-New York electronic artist Adrian Martens isn’t. Martens goes under the nom du plume Dasychira, a name given to…
Hozier: Deluxe Edition
On Why You Should Listen to Hozier Right Now
Es una tarea de enormes proporciones para revisar liberación homónimo de 2014 Hozier. A pesar del hecho de que es una obra prolífica,…
In Love with a Ghost
Daniel Land announces solo album In Love With A Ghost
Daniel Land After a three year hiatus, Daniel Land has announced the forthcoming release of his In…
Retrohash
Asher Roth RetroHash Album Review
Get ready for a wild and emotional ride through Asher Roth's new album RetroHash! His sophomore album takes you though some deep…
Something More Than Free
10\10 for Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell is James Blunt for people who know what music is. Even though James Blunt’s latest album proved that he knows how to sound like…
Hubris
Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
Oren Ambarchi is an Australian musician and multi-instrumentalist, who has released a vast number of albums through the years. His albums have had…
Citizen of Glass
Agnes Olsen's Perspective On Losing Privacy
Danish author Agnes Obel rewarded us with her third album in 2016. The title Citizen Of Glass refers to the concept of glaserner burger, or the…
Three
#tbt: Sugababes - Free
Some people were superfans of Spice Girls, others were superfans of N'Sync, but I was always a superfan of Sugababes. In my humble opinion,…
Incarnate
Killswitch Engage's Beyond The Flames Is Beyond Words
Everyone who doesn’t prefer to swear in millions of GB of music on their hard disk is nostalgic about the times when bands released home videos…
Night Thoughts
Suede Knows Saudade
The wait is over and it wasn’t even a long wait. After Bloodspots in 2013, which represented a sound shift, the seventh album by Suede is…
Solo
The New of Los Mesoneros already has a name and date
Caracas band, currently impeached in Mexico, has been doing an exceptional job in creating new musical material. For several months, Innkeepers have…
Metroland
Revolver: CLT comes full circle.
Metroland – Colin Lloyd TuckerSamphire Records EP. March 2019.Tracks: Metroland – The Band Stand in the Bandstand –…
Gang Signs & Prayer
Gang Signs & Prayer
The debut solo album from the breakout grime MC is a detailed portrait and full-throated riot, switching between clapping back at lesser rappers and…
Piano Rock
Just Needing More
The reason I am disappointed with this album is because there are only 9 songs in it. I simply want more. Now maybe that's a good thing…
Americana
Americana
The Kinks legend uses Americana to blaze a path through both America's rock’n’roll history and his own. Its back-to-…
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
The Greatest Living Hippie
Willie Nelson is the first country musician to receive Gershwin prize, awarded by the Library of Congress. Those who are familiar with his career know…
Dark Sky Island
Wake Up, Enya!
Eithne Ni Bhraonain, known as Enya Brennan or simply Enya is the most-sold Irish artist in the history of the world. Maybe she is born with it, and…
Caiga la Noche
Los Mesoneros finds sonorous personality and takes a risk in Caiga La Noche
Almost six years ago Innkeepers made his debut with Indelible (2011) album which received four nominations Latin Grammy 2012 in the categories of…
ATGCLVLSSCAP
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
The renowned Norwegian avant-garde/experimental/psychedelic rock band Ulver came out with a new album in the end of January. Now Ulver is a band that…
A Little Death
My Jerusalem: Post-Punkers Have Finally Made A Hit Rock Album
My Jerusalem is a band who caught music world’s attention instantly. Founder Jeff Klein had played with The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins…
The Light In You
Meditation for hispters and experiments for indie rockers
Favorite Americana players, known for their dreamy sounds, are finally back. Seven years after releasing the Snowlake Midnight and Strange Attractor,…
EntreMundos
Nomade Orquestra - Spearheading World Jazz
It seems that at the moments a few groups coming out of Brazil are spearheading world jazz. Orquestra Imperial, comprising a number of current…
The Wilderness
Growth and Rebirth
Explosions in the Sky (EITS) is one of the most emblematic post-rock bands, and for good reason, their lengthy instrumental pieces with little more…
Natural Slumber Aid
A Time for Nature, A Time For Sleep
De acuerdo con un artículo de WebMD , los adultos como usted y yo necesitan 7,5 a 8 horas de sueño cada noche. Sin embargo, el artí…
I Forget Where We Were
Forget Where We Were - a Live Masterpiece
In June of 2015, I had the great privilege of hearing Ben Howard peform live at the Grand Arena in Cape Town. I have not stopped talking about it…
The World Within
Jewel of the south
Gyros, sea, islands, enormous national debt, financial crisis, orthodoxy, birthplace of Democracy, Tsipras & Syriza are just some of the…
Last of the Easy Riders
The Last of The Easy Riders - Yet Another EP?
Ok, sometimes you have to eat your own words. Its a hard thing to do, but if has to, it has to. Reviewing the Curse of Lono EP last week, I was quite…
Origin of What
Tyvek - Origin Of What
Tyvek are a pretty well-known American lo-fi garage rock/noise rock band, who have released a number of great albums through the years. Their latest…
Nowhere Everywhere
New EP by The Wanton Bishops
The Wanton Bishops are what I imagine a contemporary blues band should sound like. Their name sounds like they come from the southern parts of USA,…
Caiga la Noche
Caiga La Noche the second single from the new Los Mesoneros
After a long wait, the Caracas grouping Innkeepers, have decided to launch the public the second single from their second album, this single was…
Amber Galactic
The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic [Album Review]
When you find out the names behind The Night Flight Orchestra you’ll think the band is another supergroup promising the world a revolution. But the…
The Epic
Truly Epic!
When The Epic was released in 2015, it marked the grandiose self-introduction of Kamasi Washington to the international jazz community. Why grandiose?…
Integrity
Tom Harrel and The Art of Improv
Fantastic, legendary trumpet player Tom Harrel continues to prove that it's possible to create masterpieces even when you are in your…
Big Band Holidays
Bring your Christmas magic in your home with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Happy winter holidays and New Year to all of you Kurrent Music blog readers! I hope you are having a great festive time. In addition I would like to…
Coffee Show
Coffee Party? Interesting,
For the purpose of better taste, this album was made in coffee machine. This is what lies in the description of the debut album by a Swiss band Coffee…
Low
David Bowie - Low
Now I have never been a huge admirer of most of David Bowie's work, but this particular album alongside Diamond Dogs are still two memorable…
Songs One Through Eight
Brilliant Side Project
DBUK were formed in 2005 as a side project of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club and Munly & The Lupercalians. Saying that they are a side…
The Sundowners
The Sundowners Vs The Coral
The second studio album of Liverpool based band The Sundowners is much related to a more popular British band The Coral. The album Cut The Master was…
Across The Multiverse
Dent May - Multi-versing the Musical Universe
Anybody who is a fan of harmony-filled pop rock the late sixties or early Seventies, s well as any current variations of this musical theme has surely…
Twitch
Ministry: Twitch
Ministry have evolved, perhaps more so than many other bands. Their sound has become unrecognisable from their formative years. When Al Jourgensen…
From A Room: Volume 1
Chris Stapleton - From His Room To Yours
This second solo album by Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1 has already been hailed as something the fans of ‘good old country’ should rejoice…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Is Dangerously Contagious
Ariana is a little girl with four-octave range, and that is her strongest weapon. With the great intonation and interpretation, it was just a matter…
Leave Me Breathless
When Ane Brun Does Covers, She Leaves You Breathless
Cover album is the new material by a Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun. Leave Me Breathless is her eighth album, released under her own Balloon…
En la memoria de la piel
Rosana returns overwhelming and authentic
Stay right there in the middle of the rush, wrap me in touch, kisses I gave you and let me off balance playing give you the world and make you smile,…
Christine And The Queens
Is The Hype Around Christine and The Queens Legitimate?
Heloise Letissier, known as Christine and the Queens, is a French musician who shook up the music scene this year. Her debut was released…
Born To Play Guitar
Born To Play Guitar
After B.B. King has passed this year, Buddy Guy is left alone as inviolable king of blues (all due respects to legendary protagonist of golden age of…
Body Language
#tbt Kylie Minogue - Body Language
Kylie Minogue was just a teenager when she became famous in her Australia. As the years have gone by, her fame was taking off to the new level, and it…
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Never Mind The Bollocks..Here's The Sex Pistols
Creating a sense of chaos throughout the 70’s, the Sex Pistols are everything punk rock should be – all about image, extremely…
The Direction of Last Things
The direction of metal evolution
I fell in love with Intronaut from the moment I heard their, at the moment, best album ‘till date, Valley Of Smoke. After that fantastic…
Giros
Giros, the thirtysomething album by Fito Páez
There was a time when Fito Paez made good records. It began exactly 30 years ago with Twists, the album currently the singer pays tribute with a…
Crosseyed Heart
Old Dipsomaniacs Just Wanna Have Fun
What is the difference between Keith Richard’s album and The Rolling Stones? Well, The Rolling Stones sound like Jagger and the music is…
The Silent Partner
Havoc and The Alchemist's new album: ''The Silent Partner''
Kejuan Muchita alias Havoc is a rapper and producer descent Igbo , born on 21 May 1974 in Queensbridge, famous square in the US city of New York .…
The Unkindness Of Crows
Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows
Eagle Twin are a great sludge metal/stoner metal/doom duo from Salt Lake City in Utah. Their best album to date has probably been The Unkindness of…
Pool
Big Meh
Aaron Maine, known as Porches, released his second album Pool. After his debut in 2013, this album serves as a turning point in his career. Not only…
Welkya
Welkya
“Welkya” is an album I first heard when it came out in 2006. It was around the time when I first had the chance to personally meet with Theodosii…
No Cities To Love
Punk is Better Than Feminism
One of my favorite punk bands from the 90s have decided to release another album after 10 years hiatus and upgrade their discography with another…
The Search for Everything
The Search For Everything
John Mayer suffers simultaneously from an excess of taste and an oblivious lack of it. It makes his seventh studio album neither sensitive nor scuzzy,…
Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies - Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies is an Austrian band with which I am already acquainted with via their 2020 album Anthropocene. While that album was pretty good, then…
Ti Amo
Phoenix Sound Like Italian Summer
Can you hear the sound of the summer? If not, you will hear it now. French synth-pop collective Phoenix decided to be a herald of the upcoming summer…
Stimmt
Aidan Baker - Stimmt
The highly prolific Canadian drone/noise/shoegaze musician Aidan Baker seemingly comes out with new albums every few months or so. May it be Nadja,…
On Our Way Home
Empire of the Sun's Visual Mind-bending Continue With Their On Our Way Home EP
It was certainly apt that Billboard's August 2017 interview with Empire of the Sun frontman Lukas Steele (which marked a…
D
#tbt: White Denim - D
Sometimes some band blasts you from the past, and you have no choice but to investigate their discography. Few weeks ago, that happened to me when I…
Water on Mars
Purling Hiss - Water on Mars
Purling Hiss is one of the best and most unique garage rock/psychedelic rock bands currently out there. Hailing from Philadelphia, Purling Hiss…
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
Making Room to Feel with Brand New
In my previous article I talked about the capacity that music has to make an emotional impact. While my review of Pharrell Williams’ G I R L…
Strange House
#tbt: The Horrors - Strange House
Do you remember The Horrors? They looked like they came from horror movies: obscure appereance, messy hairdos, pale faces and strong makeup. Nomen est…
Blood of the Saints
#tbt: Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints
Key years in career of Powerwolf occur in two year intervals, and everything started in 2003. Two years later, Return inBloodred came out, and then…
The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Tragic Rock Opera
After three radiant albums, Titus Andronicus are back with another radioactive material for your rock brain cells. It is not a tragedy as the title…
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Two men, one of them in flames, shake hands in a studio back lot. The image of a nude woman emerges from a red veil. A diver breaks the waves of a…
Art of Asian Meditation
Turning Music Into Meditation
I have recently discovered Jean-Pierre Garattoni, and I am glad that he helped me discover Asian sound in his three-part combo titled Moods of Asia.…
Ouroboros
Transcendental LaMontagne
When Bon Iver first appeared, he scored a nickname ‘dark version of Ray Lamontagne’. Meanwhile, Ray Lamontagne, the…
Fm
Farewell to Milwaukee From Minneapolis
In times before the Internet, it was so easy to miss a good band. You simply could not have heard of them, particularly if they went the independent…
Canadiana Grotesquica
Geoff Berner - Canadian Gargantua and Pantagruel
For those that decided to skip reading the Francois Rabelais literature classic Gargantua and Pantagruel, Canadiana Grotesquica, the new, seventh…
Best of Luck in Future Endeavors
Noisy Amalgam
Savak were formed in 2015, with the band including the members of The Obits, Holy Fuck, Nation of Ulysses and The Cops. Erudite…
Elder
Elder - Elder
Elder are a great American psychedelic rock/stoner doom band from Massachusetts. They have released a bunch of great albums through the years, but…
New Bermuda
Deafheaven New Bermuda
The California-native, black metal innovators, released their 3rd full-length album entitled on October 2nd, 2015.New Bermuda Deafheaven has the…
Sketches Of Brunswick East
Sketches of Brunswick East Confirm King Gizzard's Status
Just when you think that King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard got stuck on psychedelic rock and progressive hard rock, using recursive motives, the most…
Twin Fantasy
Lo-fi Classic On Steroids
Twin Fantasy has been alive for 6 years. That is why Will Toledo, a frontman of the group Car Seat Headrest (known in indie alternative circles as gay…
Sketches Of Brunswick East
King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizzard - Psych jazz this time around
When King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizzard announced that they will issue five albums this year, even their fans (myself included), who were…
Bressa Creeting Cake (Deluxe Edition)
Bressa Creeting Cake - A Rediscovered Golden Nugget
The importance of the New Zealand’s Flying Nun label has been quite fairly recorded, particularly through the works of such seminal bands as…
Product 3
Beat Connection Product 3 Album Review
Organic and wild, Beat Connection’s gives the listener a inside look on modern electronic indie pop. These four young musicians from…
Under The Red Cloud
Under the Red Cloud by Amorphis: Another home run
First, I need to say that this album was by far the toughest to review in my short career as a music reviewer. I listened to it for the whole month,…
Apocalypse
Reverie After Dark
It has been five years since Brooklyn-via-El Paso ambient pop collective Cigarettes After Sex's first EP. After millions of…
Hosanna
Perspective on Praise Music Part II
Previously I had written an article on Christian Music, to summarize; there I referred to this kind of music as an expression of religion and culture…
Clouds
An Air of Mystery
Rangleklods is an electronic music duo (Esben Nørskov Andersen & Pernille Smith-Sivertsen) from Denmark who spend a lot of…
Someone That Loves You
What Is Love? Someone That Loves You
Someone That Loves You by HONNE & Izzy Bizu ratifies a necessary element. The surprise nature of love or more importantly love at first sight.…
Oh Woman Oh Man
Orchestral Grandiosity
British indie pop trio London Grammar (Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic 'Dot' Major) have just released their sophomore album …
Don't Be so Sure
Tulipomania Presents Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'
Philadelphia-based Tulipomania have announced they will release a new single, the Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'.…
Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)
The song you won't get over
Only “Happy” from Pharrell Williams kept “Rather Be” from being the most played song of 2014. It put Jess…
Instruction
Jax and Demi's spicy instruction
I’ve not been too excited about the most recent releases by Demi Lovato in collaboration with others, but her recent collaboration with Jax…
Woodstock
COVERLAND Vol.17: Woodstock
This is an unusual situation when talking about covers. “Woodstock” is a song which is hard to determine which is the original…
Good Goodbye (feat. Pusha T and Stormzy)
And it just gets worse: Linkin Park, Good Goodbye
For a band that has been globally popular for over fifteen years you wouldn't think Linkin Park would need to worry about gaining new fans. I'…
Everything
Bublé: Everything
Inspired by major musical influences such as Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Michae Bublé has gone a long way earning and…
Something To Believe In
On The Wicked Side Of Belief
Young The Giant are coming back with boxing gloves on to take over the indie spectrum. This time around Young The Giant will release their third…
A Bridge Over You - (Radio Edit)
Songs That Are Meant To Heal & Inspire
“If we got to No 1, it would be insanity but a really good version of it.” - Katie Rogerson, NHS choir member. “A Bridge…
Live And Let Die
COVERLAND Vol.8: Live and Let Die
A great song can chart several times just like “Live and Let Die” did, the first time with the original version by “…
If I Had It All
New Artist: Julia Fanning
I tell them that I came across this new artist on Twitter, is a native of Virginia United States, and from very small knew that serious music of his…
Wild Things
The Queen of the Uncool, Rebellious, Misfits
All hail, Alessia Cara! Staying close to her anti-social, introverted roots, Alessia Cara once again proved that being cool ain't all…
Night Walk
Mysterious Energy
Little is presently known about London duo Gold Fir, who have only revealed their first names (James and Mabel) and the fact they are long-time…
Runnin' Outta Luck
Alex Cameron's Danceable Grittiness
‘And there's blood on my knuckles 'cause there's money in the trunk/ Keep running out of luck, keep running out of luck&…
Company
T Fires That Company Dance!
New Year, new time, new days and brand new music videos curtain called are here! And who is better to start this Year with then our R`n`B&…
Thrill
The Sounds Gives Us A Thrill
2016 may be the year of resurgence for certain bands, The Sounds certainly are one of those bands. While hot on the heels of a new United States tour…
Saw You In A Dream
Hazy Wistfulness
There's a compelling origin story that details why Amber Bain, a young solo female artist from Buckinghamshire, England, decided to…
La Bicicleta
Carlos Vives and Shakira came to YouTube on their bicycle
And boy has been a long wait, but it has already reached Youtube La Bicicleta the new topic of Carlos Vives in collaboration with the Barranquillera…
Rolling in the Deep
Fans, viral covers and the power of music
When an artist manages to conquer his audience with a song, some of his followers who sing or play an instrument, are encouraged to pay homage with a…
Michigan
Built For Speed
Arms Akimbo uses wit and a basic instrumental approach with their song 'Michigan'. At first, as the track plays on the Pop/Indie sensation is…
Cone of Shame
Faith No More with a new video for Cone Of Shame
I’m proud to present the new video for the song Cone Of Shame by Faith No More. Why would I be proud, someone could ask? Well, it was…
Te Recuerdo Dulcemente
Juanga and Calamaro locked themselves in the study
I think it sounds crazy but when you analyze it makes sense. The Mexican Juan Gabriel, a legend of music, is joined with Argentine Andres Calamaro,…
All Night
Bringing back the original boyband
If you thought that old fashioned R&B boybands were a dying breed, than you are wrong. Recently, I already introduced you to UK’s Mic Lowry,…
Down Under
Iconic Australiana
It's hardly suprising that Australians aren't proud of Australian-born rapper Iggy Azalea, since her cultural appropriation of Southern black…
Piece By Piece
Strung Together With Pieces
What would the world be like without Anna Calvi? Showing us a clear indictor of the type of musician and artist Anna intends to be or even become. &#…
The Bay
Stereo Honey's The Bay: Haunting and Strangely Uplifting Desperation
London alternative/indie quartet Stereo Honey only have one EP (Monuments, 1st December 2017) to their name thus far, but they have already…
I Just Wanna Live
songs that come back to you
There are songs we heard during a stage in our life, in adolescence, for example, the sounds we hear are often associated with our personality and…
Rest Your Love
Teenage Wreckage
The Vamps are the newest british boy band to come out from across the pond. Now with The Vamps gaining some notoriety within the last year, seeking…
If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn
Creatively Written Promise Song
Florida's “Sleeping with Sirens” falls on the more melodic side of the post-hardcore world create a whirlwind of emotion with…
Mad World
Revisiting Tears for Fears
This song reminds me of every day when you run through your motions and everything is the same and everything is dissatisfying and disappointing and…
Each Time You Fall In Love
Lush Hypnotism
Each Time You Fall in Love follows K and Apocalypse as the third track from Brooklyn ambient pop quartet Cigarettes After Sex's full-…
Will He
Joji Detoxifies With will he
A man in a lean panda costume sways alone, among the passed out attendees of a surreal suburban house party. A melancholic singer sits in a bloodbath…
Bare
Bare As Skin When It Comes To Wildes
The alternative/indie scene that has grown and flourished in London never ceases to surprise me. From the singers to the instruments they are able to…
B.M.
Kris Wu’s “B. M.” (Burberry Made): High on Style, Low on Semantics
Over a decade ago, the chief executives working for British luxury fashion house Burberry were worried that their unexpected off-brand association…
Distance
O Drops A New Grind Vid!
Long time since this sexy R`n`B superstar dropped some new flavor for our eyes. Two days ago, Omarion`s latest…
Sahara
Songhoy Blues and Iggy Pop's Sahara Imbue the Desert With Joie De Vivre
“Sahara”, a collaboration between Iggy Pop and “desert blues” guitar quarter Songhoy Blues, aims to correct…
Sick of Losing Soulmates
The Only Song You Need on a Rainy Day and a Broken Heart
Sick of Losing Soulmates tells us an emotional story of how two people try to still be friends after a break up. This is one of Dodie Clark’…
Wrong Victory
Skin Deep
Skin tight latex body suits, bejeweled face cloth and golden paint. MS MR are no strangers to the weird, odd and fascinating aspects of music videos.…
RAW EXIT
Channy Leaneagh's Schizophrenic Feminism
Noisey: Your new record “Shulamith” is named after the radical feminist Shulamith Firestone. How did you come about her?  …
Let It Happen
WATCH: Let It Happen Music Video (Tame Impala)
Tame Impala's new and extremely disorienting music video features a plane crash, heart attacks, a shortened version of the song, and a trippy…
This Mess We're In
Songs that Started it all. (3 PJ Harvey, This Mess We're In (feat Thom Yorke)
It will come as no surprise that Radiohead are responsible for a lot of my music tastes. It was through interviews with them that finally pushed me…
Hero Of War
Have You Seen the World? What Would You Say If I Said That You Could?
Hero of War, originally released in 2008 on the 5th studio album of the alternative/punk rock band Rise Against, was the first release with guitarist…
Siren Call
Heeding the Siren's Call
Little Daylight is a Brooklyn-based alternative band consisting of Nikki Taylor, Matt Lewkowicz and Eric Zeiler. Taking their band name from the story…
Keep Running
Sensuous Momentum
After two well-received EPs and over 3 million Youtube views for Bassically, Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi (Valerie…
Cloud
Elias: A Hard Man To Find
Once in our lives we find ourselves asking a very important question while watching our favorite TV series: Who in the name of everything holy sang…
Window
Joji Plays the Damsel in Distress in the High Octane, Anime-Inspired Window Music Video
Last November, New York-via-Osaka singer-songwriter Joji (George Miller) revealed to i-D that Brooklyn based film production duo BRTHR had directed an…
Ghost Reindeer in the Sky
The Carolyn Sills Combo Spreads Spirit With Ghost Reindeer in the Sky
The Carolyn Sills Combo who have been literally everywhere this year, are giving fans a holiday gift! Their new song and video for Ghost Reindeer in…
Take a Walk
Let's All Take A Walk
If you have listened to Passion Pit before than you know just how great their music really is. Each song is a unique journey synthesized by the…
Stop Playing With My Heart
Timeless Anguish
What kind of music would you expect a former US marine and drum corps member to produce? A stage name like Avid Dancer or the retro-inflected…
Lust for Life (with The Weeknd)
Newfound Optimism
Fans have never had to look to hard to find the melancholy, fatalism and nihilism in Lana Del Rey’s many, many songs about doomed love (with…
Main Title/Laura
JAZZ STANDARDS VOL.10 - Laura
“Laura” is a popular song from the mid-forties of the 20th century, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura starring…
It's My Brown Skin
Your Brown Skin Will Keep You Safe
“The song is about self love, thinking about my own brown skin. It’s a song I thought of as a children’s song and also…
Simple Song
A Simple Song Indeed
I was recently asked to perform Simple Song by The Shins as the bride at an upcoming wedding walks down the aisle. Although I am well acquainted with…
Mi primer millon
American Dream, Latin Dream and Venezuelan Dream
When the eyes are closed, not only rest, but you dream, it is a time when the unconscious is released, and everything comes to light, and only you…
Anointed
Blaqk Audio - Anointed
Davey Havok and Jade Puget are Blaqk Audio an industrial electronic band. Though best known for their work with multi-platinum…
Make Me (Cry)
Drop it like Noah Cyrus
Even without seeing the name, you can tell by the high cheekbones, the nose, the lips and the eyes that she is the sister of Miley Cyrus. Noah Cyrus,…
Your Song
Rita's new song is your song
A few weeks ago, I’d seen Rita Ora’s name pop up on a list of expected music releases. After 4 years of waiting, it was really nice to know for…
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Longevity and Connection
I’ll be honest, I’m one of the latecomers when it comes to Belle and Sebastian. I should also confess that I discovered this song…
24K Magic
Bruno Mars premieres 24k Magic
Bruno Mars has always been on stage as a super cool guy and this video is a fine proof of that, enjoying her male squad, synchronized dance steps and…
Freedom
Pitbull takes a cruise full of women in his new video
The Cuban singer has just released his video Freedom is the second single from his upcoming album to be released in this 2016 is expected to be…
Gold Chains
Funkadelic and Slightly Tragic
Goldensuns have popped out their latest track 'Gold Chains' where Funk rhythms are processed through a slight trembling and tragic lyrically…
Love Don't Feel Right
The Cairos' Dreamy Unease
Is there something in the water Down Under? There seems to be an influx of stellar Australian indie acts gaining international prominence in recent…
Slide
Toronto's Ekelle drops new Hood Pop track Slide
Ekelle is a multi-genre artist and songwriter from Toronto who rhymes about what she knows best: her real-life experience. Money, sex, drama and…
You Know I'm No Good
Far Too Good To Not Be Good
'You Know I'm No Good' references several of Amy Winehouse's own views about herself. Self-image, emotional stability and the rocky…
New York
Sara Lov's Angelic Melancholy
Hawaiian-born Sara Lov (once-frontwoman of dream pop band Devics) begins her heartfelt, sentimental track 'New York' with a slowly-drawn step…
Pleasure
Feist Writes About How Pleasure Should Feel And Sound
Feist is back. Our favorite Indie Mother who solidified a genre with a quirky unique structure stylized within music that could only somewhat fit…
Sugar for the Pill
Bittersweet
Having released their first album in more than 20 years, Slowdive does not disappoint with this melancholic love track Sugar for the Pill. The low,…
Lover's Spit
The Longing in Lover's Spit
Since its release on Canadian indie rock music collective Broken Social Scene's critically acclaimed second album You Forgot It in People …
Praying
Cathartic Comeback
In a 2013 interview, Kesha revealed that she had little creative control over her music and expressed her desire to showcase other…
Used To Love You
Heartbroken Gwen
It Was hard not to notice the whole thing that was happening in Gwen Stefani's life. It was all over media. Local and world's. It was hard to…
Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Bohemian Rhapsody with Ten Fingers
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of the most popular songs and among the best selling singles of all times. All of this is strange because even by today’s…
Random
G-Eazy Random
I had the opportunity to see G-Eazy this summer at Lollapalooza. After fighting my way through a crowd made up of mostly females, I found a spot where…
Major Tom
Hard-hitting American dramas want you to like this song
Whoever has seen both shows can agree that Breaking Bad and The Americans are two of the best dramas of the last ten years. Both shows are firmly…
Freal Luv (Far East Movement X Marshmello)
Eclectic Hybridity
“When we were first starting in the music industry people were telling us to wear glasses and change our name from Far East movement because…
Real Deal
Is Jessie J's return the real deal
It feels like the release of a new Jessie J single, last week, got very little attention. There was just too much music news going on to keep…
Let's Hurt Tonight
One Republic are not as strong as before
I have to admit, I thought I’d be a much bigger One Republic supporter than I turned out to be. From the moment they did their collaboration…
The Boxer
A Unique Highlight From Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
Recently, Joan Baez had a big concert to commemorate her 75th birthday. The concert was a huge turn out, featuring many Baez original compositions…
Come Closer (feat. Kr)
Jessica Jarrell Visual Come Closer !!!
Beautiful and kind 21-year old Jessica Jarrell, a young R`n`B slayer, just came back hard with the latest video, showing off her sexy dance…
Golden Slumbers - Remastered 2009
The Beatles: Golden Slumbers
With over one billion records sold there is no doubt that The Beatles are one of the greatest bands ever to exist. Everyone knows and loves them for…
I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around
Stylized Moodiness
Chromatics' much-anticipated fifth album Dear Tommyis still nowhere in sight, but the electropunk-Italo disco quartet have…
I Miss That Feeling
Tennis' I Miss That Feeling: A Love Letter to Anxiety
The most memorable songs have often lived through a few lives before reaching listeners in its final form. &…
We Are All On Drugs
A Bunch Of Happy Kids
Even though Weezer are not kids or teenagers anymore 'We Are All On Drugs' acts as a right of passage. In that complete coming-of-age…
Call on Me - Ryan Riback Remix
Starley's overnight success
Australian singer-songwriter, Starley Hope, has been on rotation for a long time now with her song “Call On Me”. The track was originally released…
Snow
Folksy Synergy
Fans of Sydney indie-folk brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone who were concerned that the duo might be too engrossed in their…
Hard Times
Paramore's New Song Will Get You Through the Hard Times
After their 4-year hiatus, everyone was stoked to hear that Paramore was coming back. Certainly, their rest has not made them lose their sound but…
We Can Swim
Swim or Die
Face+Heel is brand-new duo (lyricist and guitarist Luke Taylor, and vocalist Sinead McMillan) from North Wales, UK, who have just…
I Love My Friends
Foster The People Don't Conform, They Invent
Foster The People's newest album Sacred Hearts Club is light-hearted compared to the band's previous albums. With that being said, the band…
Lost Boys
Boys in the Twilight Zone
Lost Boys is the lead single from UK dream pop duo Still Corners' (British vocalist Tessa Murray and Austin-born multi-…
Walking In My Sleep
Andrew McMahon Slides Through A Waking Sleep
To state that Andrew McMahon is one of the only musicians deserving of some type of award or congratulations based on the music McMahon makes. Between…
Seasons (Waiting On You)
Waiting for Change
The agonies of unrequited love is a musical theme that can easily devolve into mere cliche and hopeless sentimentalism - but Baltimore synthpop band…
I Need A Silent Night
Needing That Silent Night
Fourteen evenings from now and it will be Christmas eve. And my search for Christmas songs to play for the season continues. While doing so, I came…
XXXO
M.I.A. Is Not Your Pin-up Girl
I recently came across some interesting opinion pieces by Noisey writer Kat George, each detailing her appreciation for pop stars…
Fall Together
Radio-Friendly Grit
Melbourne indie-rockers The Temper Trap (Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, Toby Dundas and Joseph Greer) have yet to recreate the inescapable…
Playground Love (with Gordon Tracks)
Entrapment of an Era
In any other musical element the French duo Air would be known for their electronic based setup. Yet, if The Virgin Suicides soundtrack has not…
You Know What I Mean
The Ultimate Love Song 'You Know What I Mean' By Cults
We are in the midst of summer. Some places are experiencing heat waves that shouldn't. But, this summer has upped the ante this early in the game.…
Roller
Bringing More Noise
Quilt is the type of band that taps loudly by making suggestions. Their newest album Plaza shows a forward evolution into a heavier fuzz territory…
Hurt A Little While
Hurt A Little While as Patty Griffin Makes It All Better
Patty Griffin may be deemed a well-known musician but actually, Griffin falls more towards the underground world of music. While everyone could…
Last Christmas
Carly sleighs the Holiday Season
See what I did there? Well it's not exactly an exaggeration and Carly Rae Jepsen has officially dropped what might just be the year's first…
When I'm thinking in your mind
Montreal Duo Finer/Haggart Shares Debut Single “When I’m thinking in your mind”.
While Dustin Finer and Patrick Haggart make no claims regarding powers of interstellar awakening, they do boast a visionary take on saxophone and…
Utopia
Katie Stelmanis Anticipates Dystopia
Toronto-based electronic band Austra (Katie Stelmanis, Maya Postepski, Dorian Wolf and Ryan Wonsiak) will follow up their…
Mourning Sound
Enigmatic Rhapsody
Critically acclaimed Brooklyn/LA indie rock quartet Grizzly Bear's new music video for “Mourning Sound” - “a playful…
Switch Up
Sobae is Here to Switch Up Future R&B
The relatively narrow space that Asian and Asian American artists have carved out for themselves in the Anglophone American music market has been, for…
Somebody Else
Guilty Jealousy
Somebody Else is the fifth single from Manchester alt-rock quartet The 1975's (lead singer and guitarist Matt Healy, drummer…
Summer Of '69
The original ending to the Summer of '69
Music is always subject to change. Over the years a lot of changes have passed us by in popular music. Most changes happen almost organically. One…
You're a Germ
Wolf Alice Throws Ill At Ease Chaos With You're A Germ
At one point no one had heard of Wolf Alice and within a two-year span, everyone was sharing a song or two from the acclaimed English band. …
Started from Beginning
Charlie Blvck - Started From Beginning
Born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, raised in Juba, South Sudan and based in Vancouver, Canada, Hip Hop artist Charlie Blvck recently dropped Started From…
Touch
Cool Touch
Kloe offers an intriguing look into a teenage craze of touching and love. Throw in a few wild parties, drinking and delightful light play...Kloe's…
You're in Love With a Psycho
Highs and Lows
It is hardly suprising that English rock band Kasabian music video for their new single You’re In Love With A Psycho (from their…
Madonna
Not Your Typical Madonna Statue
If the rockin' embodiment of the 1960s could fit in a red cadillac bucket seat and cruise down Santa Monica avenue...Black Honey would be…
Star Roving
Celestial Dreaming
On 12 January, English shoegaze and indie rock band Slowdive released their first track in 22 years, since their third album (1995). As they…
Incapable
Keyshia's very capable
There’s something about when current day R&B singers take on an old retro soul sound in their ballads. I have always had a major weak for…
Play That Song
Catching the Train
When I heard about the new music video by Train, it was described like a fairytale. A catchy song on someone's ear buds would, magically, make him…
Must Be Nice
Varsity Explores the Anxieties of Young Adulthood with Must Be Nice
Chicago quintet Varsity - singer-songwriter/keyboardist Stephanie Smith, guitarists Dylan Weschler and Patrick Stanton, bassist Spencer Smith and…
Crave You
Dripping in Gold, Craving You
First off Crave You featuring Giselle by Flight Facilities...literally plays in my head every other weekend. A catchy intimate dance number that…
Runaway (feat. The Original Wailers)
About reggae and love
We all have a song to listen for a few seconds, we know the letter, who is the subject or genre. It is as if an emotion invade your whole body and…
Player
Tinashe: Player Review
Relationships come and go, ride up and down, all around, and any what way you wanna say. They can be fun, happy, sad, crazy, or all of it at once.&…
Stuck
Lodged Love
One man band Day Wave's single Stuck has soothing musical undertones in relation to its subject matter, a persona who is stuck…
Cheap Thrills
The Sia Formula
With the release of 1000 Forms of Fear (2014), 40-year old Australian music veteran Sia Furler stepped out of the shadows of…
It Ain't Safe
It Ain't Safe... But the Music is Good
So if you're new to Grime then you must make your first listen available for Skepta. He's the king of Grime, bring his name up in the UK and…
You Don't Know Me
Terrifying the Masses
Son Lux may just so happen to be the only artist that can equally terrify and thrill an individual that comes upon his music for the first time. With…
Hot Thoughts
Hot Thoughts
Critically-acclaimed Austin indie rock band Spoon recently released the titular track of their upcoming ninth album …
Love On The Weekend
John Mayer's New Single
On Thursday, November 17th, John Mayer released his highly anticipated single “Love On The Weekend” through a live-stream event held on Facebook. John…
Protection
A Knock At The Door
Call Emma Ruth Rundle a deity that could open up the gates of heaven and the pits of hell with one song. 'Protection' comes of off Emma Ruth…
Chica Ideal
Sing to him! : What You Sing Is What You Think
When an artist writes a song makes thinking and feeling, is inspired by a person, his thoughts and feelings become tangible, writes on paper and…
Adiós
La Toma also bets on the bolero
Decision is not all you hear on his records, his power lies in vivo. Its ability to explore and expose different rhythms, makes him one of the most…
Dreams Tonite
Sublime Melancholy
Canadian synth-pop quartet Alvvays have followed up on In Undertow with Dreams Tonite: the second glimpse of…
Where Ya At
Lean Cups & Kleenex
What a time to be online. Up until last week, Drake and Future's collaborative mixtape was nothing more than a collection of…
Siberian Nights
The Kills release new album.
British / American band, The Kills, founded by Mosshart (vocals) and Jamie Hotel Hince (Guitar), in 16 years of experience have given the public good…
La Vida Mejor
Music Teaches You: How to Build a Country?
Forget everything you've sense, music is part of the story and your story, and as history, is responsible for displaying the mistakes of the…
Still Feel Like Your Man
John Mayer brings out his whimsical best in brand new video
There’s always a first. And, John Mayer fans are about to be treated to one such first as the singer shows off his awkward dancing skills in a fancy…
Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
London Grammar unveil album details along with new single
London Grammar are fast becoming one of my favourite bands. While their first album is nothing more than fine (it's first half is excellent, then…
One More Dollar
A Migrant's Tale
If it wasn't for Berklee's Songwriting MOOC on Coursera, I would never have known of Gillian Welch's gem of a song. One More Dollar is a…
Si Tú No Estás
Regarding musical stereotypes and Viña 2016
Although I was born and live on the same continent, I have never asit Festival of Vina del Mar, this time there are no limits to the Internet or…
True Colors
Justin and Anna team up for True Colors
Some time ago we know that about the release date of the new animated film from DreamWorks TROLLS which reached all the cinemas at the time of…
A Thousand Years
Lindsay Solo Shares Her Powerful Rendition of A Thousand Years in Her Debut Album
Lindsay Solo is a talented vocalist. Her soulful and raspy voice carries any song you put in front of her. She recently released her debut album,&…
Femme
Francophone Chic
“Honestly, we’re no Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel or Félix Leclerc ... As artists who sing in French, I feel like…
7 Years
7 years
Just when we thought we didn't have any more space in our life for 21st century Denmarkia, along comes another slice of Danish. This time, it'…
Dusk Till Dawn - Radio Edit
Zayn and Sia Join Forces on a Formulaic Stadium Pop Number
The prestige crime drama-inspired music video for Zayn and Sia’s power pop ballad “Dusk Till Dawn” may be mostly…
So Sad, So Sad
Perfected Sad Pop For A Sad Day
Is sad Pop a thing? I wish in the world of music journalism this could be figured out...for one reason, the band Varsity have simplified a sad Pop…
Don't Matter Now
George Ezra is happy to be back
George Ezra is best known to me by his major hit “Budapest”, which had a long reign on the charts since 2014 (and lasted throughout…
No Hope
No Hope As The Vaccines Idealize Coming Of Age
I could write endlessly about the band The Vaccines. Whether you love to hate or love to love the band, come on their second album Come Of Age was a…
Black Tornado
Poetic Minimalism
Black Tornado is a track from singer-songwriter Chris Staples' sixth solo album American Soft (2014), and a great…
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 Remastered Version
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Only lasting only five years, releasing afour studio albums and splitting up many years ago, The Smiths still have a passionate and dedicated fanbase.…
Baila Conmigo
Juan Magan invites you to dance with his new single
This time the famous Spanish producer has teamed up with the London singer Luciana for the creation of this new topic. A few days ago have made the…
Dilemma
Hazy Introspection
San Francisco's lo-fi duo Acid Ghost (lead vocalist and guitarist Ace Barcelon and drummer Mikey Mendoza) share an unexpected similarity with pop…
Want You Back
Haim change gears on I Want You Back
Right Now was an understated return for Haim, a song that confidently, if quietly, closed the door on a relationship that had become toxic. What Want…
The Rolling Stones
Peru rocked for the first time with the Rolling Stones
Hello Lima, Peru hello, hello my causitas said the microphone the legendary Mick Jagger in what was the first presentation of the Rolling Stones in…
Dead Elephant
The Elephant Man
Loud hysteria; drums are f#cking up my nerves. I see something I don’t wanna see. I try not to look but my eyes want more and more. My mind…
Sting
Puting The Sting back in rock
After hearing about it for months, I can now finally write about new music released by Sting. His new single, “I Can’t Stop…
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio in the sweet wait
After weeks of rumors finally the Golden Girl of Mexico announced yesterday that it is expecting her second child at 44 years of age, confesses that…
David Bowie
David Bowie's Progressive Anti-Racism
So much can be said about a chameleonic performer like David Bowie, whose musical career spanned five decades, twenty seven studio albums, two iconic…
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn ‘Full Circle’ – Album Review
When I first heard that Miss Loretta Lynn was releasing a brand new record, I was ecstatic. I was fortunate enough to grow up with parents who exposed…
Ariana Grande
Real Danger
There is a sense of tragic irony to the fact that Ariana Grande was singing an encore of her hit song Dangerous Woman at her Manchester Arena…
Amy Winehouse
Soulful To The End
Whether a lot of people pick Amy Winehouse, Amy definitely deserves a moment in the spotlight to continue on singing the way that had all of…
The Infamous Stringdusters
The Infamous Stringdusters ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ – Album Review
In case you haven’t heard of them, the Infamous Stringdusters are a bluegrass band comprised of Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar),…
The Rasmus
The Rasmus release new single
After four years of absence, the Finnish band The Rasmus returned to the ring with the release of a new single. Paradise is the name of the theme by…
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro acoustic tour
License to sing is the name of the first acoustic tour by the Argentine singer Andres Calamaro, who was to first stop the Argentine cities of Cordoba…
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam Environmentalist, demand sanctions for those responsible for ecocide in Brazil.
American alternative rock band (Grunge) formed in 1990, Pearl Jam demanded an exemplary punishment to those responsible for the dumping of sludge and…
Fergie
Fergie surprises us with her new single.
This time he showed that his solo career is in full swing to achieve great success and presents the video for her new single entitled MILF $. Note…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney is working on a new album
Rock legend and former Beatle, Paul McCartney, revealed during the weekend to BBC 6 Music that is working on a new production by the acclaimed…
Sam Riggs
Sam Riggs and The Night People ‘Outrun The Sun’ - Album Review
Texas music. That impossibly large and infinitely popular subgenre of country, rock, roots and all things southern; bloggers such as Rita Ballou at…
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera does not plant the farewell flag
After Noel Schajris and Leonel Garcia had announced their definitive move away from the stage, it turns out that they are increasingly fond of magic,…
Dame Daniels
Who the F*ck is Dame Daniels?!
Daniel Stephen Hernandez ( Born May 28, 1985), better known by his stage name, “Dame Daniels,” is an American hip hop artist from…
Fanfickk
Getting Poppy with Fanfickk
Fanfickk is quickly becoming one of our musical obsessions. The electro-pop songstress takes us on a magical musical journey that definitely has our…
Pantha Du Prince
Pantha du Prince
Pure Vulnerability The skies of glass are so clear and bright! The hands of glass touch my body and make me relax. These hands have dozens of fingers…
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves - Roll the Bones
Shakey Graves is a charming fellow. Born Alejandro Rose-Garcia, he is an Americana musician from Austin, Texas, United States. His music is a cross…
Theo Bard
Theo Bard ‘Memories of Dublin’ - Single Review
We last featured indie folkie Theo Bard back in August with his track ‘Never Alone‘, the lead offering from his latest EP &…
Soda Stereo
Cerati A Million Light Years Away
It was expected news. At 55, Gustavo Cerati rests in peace. Four years in intensive care became a punishment, not only for his relatives, but for his…
MGK
All Night Long already has its music video
American rapper from Cleveland, Richard Colson Baker, better known by his stage name like Machine Gun Kelly released his second studio album entitled…
Barbara Weldens
Barbara Weldens died while singing on stage
French singer, songwriter and musical interpreter Barbara Weldens, 35, died on April 19 while she was on stage giving a concert. The singer collapsed…
The Rita
Tourist Gaze
Feels like I’m in Twin Peaks. Feels like I’m touring the weirdest places of this reality constantly. The places of the unknown…
Viniloversus
Vinylversus and Fried Tomatoes united their voices for freedom of expression
Venezuelan groups Viniloversus and Fried Tomatoes were the highlights of a day of music that was the impetus to promote the defense of freedom of…
Tommy Emmanuel
Emmanuel returns with new album
It is 60 years old and over 36 artistic career, but Emmanuel continues and producing new music. The king of Mexican pop posted on Tuesday December 1,…
Rihanna
Rihanna launches her ANTI World Tour
ANTI World Tour is the name of the upcoming world tour of the renowned singer Rihanna, which will begin on February 26 in the city of San Diego, USA,…
Eagles
The Hotel California is sued by the Eagles group.
The band The Eagles sued the owners of the Mexican Hotel California, as they claim to take advantage of their famous song with the same name. Rockers…
Pia Salvia
Blissful Sigh by Pia Salvia is WORLDLY in More Ways Than One!
Pia Salvia - harpist and singer extraordinaire - is a highly talented and accomplished musician we just can't get enough of. She has studied music…
Baby Alpaca
A Psychedelic Inner Wilderness
Baby Alpaca is a psych-folk duo that consists of lead singer Chris Kittrell (who also designs a hand-painted knitwear line called Beautiful…
James Hetfield
James Hetfield Says Metallica Won't Wait Too Long To Release Their Next Album
The American band Metallica just made all his fans delirious and metalhead public with their new album Hardwired ... to Self Destruit. The disc has…
Joe Fox & The Frantics
Cooler Music Out Now From Joe Fox and the Frantics Single Dancin’ Shoes, on Spotify and Youtube
Joe Fox and the Frantics release with their cooler single, “Dancin’ Shoes”, available on all music platforms including Spotify and Youtube. …
LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn is transformed to disco queen
Fue un titulo sorprendente que me llamó la atención en Twitter, LeAnn Rimes lideraba las listas de baile. ¿Huh? ¿No hace paí…
Coldplay
Expectations before new Coldplay album
A six-sided figure made up of multicolored circles enough to spark the curiosity of fans of the British band Coldplay. Users of social network…
The Game
NEW HOT COLLAB: The Game ft. Skrillex-El Chapo
If you have only one chance to represent your next big step up and convince the crowd you are still the next best thing, this single will…
Los Mentas
Sabbatical period for Los Mentas
The Venezuelan band Los Mints issued a statement through their social networks in which the temporary separation of the group described as a…
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie under the roar of the monster
The aesthetics of the eighties our heels. In another article we mentioned how we came to, back, the music of Michael Jackson and his Off The Wall…
Drake
Drake- Summer Sixteen
Just when I thought Drake couldn’t top what he’s already put out, he drops yet another hit track. Summer Sixteen is, without a…
Nacho
reggaeton empire
Say You Want Me Bailame Despacito It seems the CD of a same artist, same genre, lyrics of romance, some more explicit than others, the first are…
Marco Antonio Solís
Anxious and happy for his nominations for the Billboard Awards
The great Marco Antonio Solis, no doubt, is anxious night comes delivery of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, since it is nominated in three…
David Bowie
Leaderless Spiders from Mars
Rarely are there bands that share the creative burden collectively. Usually, and that’s good, there is a leader, an author or team of…
KUILL
FALL IN LOVE WITH KUILL, THE NEW ELUSIVE POP ARTIST
‘I See How It Is’ is the new debut from the exceptionally mysterious artist, aptly named KUILL. The artist refers to his…
Chino & Nacho
New remix for the world
Since the issue of the very renowned Chinese and Nacho Venezuelans, You walk into my head , go public, millions of people have chanted their letters…
Eddy Marcano
Violinist on the asphalt: Wuilly Arteaga
Weezer
Weezer Releases Video Honoring Guns N' Roses
Weezer is a Californian alternative rock band that has been on the world music scene for 25 years. In its trajectory you have composed 10 studio…
David Bowie
An immortal Bowie: the singer's blonde lock is auctioned
The immortality of the legendary David Bowie is unquestionable. Especially when, nearly six months after his death, endless revelations about your…
Maluma
Maluma singing in English?
The reggaetonero has a private instructor who helps you perfect the language. The artist says he has tried to be very disciplined and it also makes…
Aldemaro Romero
Dinner in Caracas with Aldemaro Romero
A musical celebration of Caracas would be incomplete without the participation of the great Aldemaro Romero. A native of Valencia (Carabobo), he…
Fergie
Fergie back
This time the singer America has unveiled a short video through your Instagram account which is quite mysterious and seductive. The video lasts a…
Bijelo Dugme
THE MOST FAMOUS BAND YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF
“Bijelo Dugme” (White Button) is the band that early in their career managed to summon 100.000 people on one of their open-air…
Hillsong Worship
Hillsong Captures Again With “Jesus, I Need You”
Hillsong gets a hit again with Jesus, I Need You, another captivating gem. This beautiful song just breaks my heart. It's a song that reminds us…
Hélios González
Helios Gonzalez premieres video clip of Llegar A Ti...
The Puerto Rican singer and composer, Helios Gonzalez, premieres the videoclip of his most recent musical work Llegar A Ti. The track, the first…
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
This Stray Cat Still Struts
Brian Setzer is an iconic Rockabilly guitarist and singer from my home town of Massapequa, New York. USA. He attended Massapequa…
Dexeter
Dexeter ‘4000 Miles To Nashville’ – Album Review
With ‘Brighter Skies’ being an EP that was added to later on, ‘4000 Miles To Nashville’ is, in effect, Dexeter’s first full-length album. The part-duo…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber gets upset with some fans in full concert
In one of his recent concerts in the UK, Justin Bieber tried to strike up a conversation with her fans about her new album, although it was not like…
Lecrae
Lecrae: The Rising Light in Hip Hop
Rap has changed and evolved in many ways throughout the years. According to one’s liking, that could be good or bad. Interestingly…
John Lennon
Lucy's diamonds shine in Caracas
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, a simple song, simple, while deep, deep, dichotomies that are usually presented in the songs of The Beatles, inspired…
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2 The Ressurrection
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “The Ressurrection” The life of Gustav Mahler is one of a reclusive style,…
Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless ‘Honky Tonk Angel: The MCA Years’ – Album Review
It’s hard to picture Kacey Musgraves, Lindi Ortega and or even Carrie Underwood to name a few without Patty Loveless. The country music star…
Okills
Okills keeps going up
Brutal is the growth that has taken the Venezuelan music in recent years. Going through the roof. Our work is being recognized worldwide. An example…
B.Knox
B.Knox Unveils Prominent Debut
B.Knox is far from your average singer-songwriter. Making waves in a major way, he brings to life his new and debut song DEEP DARK LOVE, for the…
Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan ‘Crash My Party’ – Album Review
From the initial driving drum beat, hip hop bassline and cringeworthy “uh uh”s that begin opener to ‘Crash My Party’ and hit single ‘That’s My Kind of…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande on Twitter: We will not let hate win us over
Ariana Grande confirmed that she will return to Manchester. Through an open letter published in her Twitter account, the singer said that she will…
Ted Z and The Wranglers
Ted Z & The Wranglers ‘Like A King’ – EP Review
We first introduced you to Ted Z and The Wranglers back in our Stray Plectrums feature of last April, along with their single and…
5Nizza
Ukrainian reggae. 5nizza.
5nizza is a Ukrainian reggae duo. Also most of their songs are in Russian (still some of them are in Ukrainian). The band existed from 2000 to 2007…
Leona Lewis
When you like a version more than the original song
Ever you hear the same song, but with different sounds or voices? The era globalized feature of today's world brings with it, instead of…
Khalid
Khalid – American Teen: New Song
The singer from Texas, Khalid, sack last February 22 its first song from his upcoming album, called American Teen, like this new song. American Teen…
Cristian Castro
“They say”, the new Cristian Castro
October is a transcendental musical scene for Argentina month. This time, the capital Buenos Aires will have the pleasure of receiving the Mexican…
Harpooner
Carolines
The pounding drumline instantly brought me in on Harpooner’s newest single, “Carolines,” which hovers around the concept…
Urban Fu$e
Getting the BIG Lowdown with Urban Fu$e
Urban Fu$e has quickly become one of the most sought after acts in the current music world. Their hot new EP comes in the form of DLW1, with the…
Bernays Propaganda
BERNAYS PROPAGANDA
Coming from the west side of , where punk and hard core were always youth’s favorites, Bernays Propaganda reached an iconic status in the…
Artists for Grenfell
Music can build bridges
The UK, and especially London, has been hit so hard on several occasions, lately, and each time I'm amazed at…
Danny Barnes
Danny Barnes Interview
Danny Barnes returns to Country Fried Rock to discuss his recent accolade, the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Barnes has…
Mungbean
Am Your Eyes makes us high.
Is it possible for a track to make you lose self awareness? Can music transport you past sobriety? Mungbean answers these questions and more with the&…
Rosana
20 years of career celebrates the singer-songwriter Rosana.
The Spanish singer Rosana Arbelo meets 20-year career as part of the celebrations today launched the first single from their ninth album, which has…
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato is temporarily retiring
The singer Demi Lovato will take a break in 2017, and communicated it in his Twitter account with the message: '' So excited to 2017.…
Maroon 5
marry a song
This is impossible; Yes, marrying a song, but in real life even against everything that is said of love people are still committed to a person; A man…
Drake
Drake's new album is out now!
The wait has come to an end, as the Canadian singer - rapper released his fifth album entitled Views From The 6, which features 20 songs, including…
Andy Stott
Uncanny Valley
Black, a track featured on Mary Anne Hobbs' (2006) compilation, is a great introduction to Manchester-based producer…
Akapellah
New Promotional ''God Level 2016''
Through social networks it was presented the new promotional event '' God 2016 level '', with the participation of…
Beck
Beck announces the release of his new album
After winning the 2015 Grammy for best album of the year for his album Morning Phase, the Californian Beck has left all music lovers very attentive…
Mick Jagger
Memoirs without memories by Mick Jagger.
Mick Jagger, leader of the Rolling Stones, says he does not remember having written his autobiography despite a publisher claims to have a copy of a…
Mac Demarco
Another Side of Mac Demarco
Mac Demarco has an abundance of demos that fans of Jizz Jazz all over the world can enjoy. Captured Tracks releases demos for each…
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean presents his album Blonde
New Orleans has a new prodigy son called Christopher Edwin Breaux, better known as Frank Ocean. The singer who revolutionized R & B in 2011…
Sun City Girls
Sun City Girls
Run To the Sun This cold is so annoying. Seems like it’s never gonna end. And it makes me pissed and angry; I just go crazy not knowing what…
Pentatonix
And The Country Music Grammy Goes to....
And the Country Music Grammy Goes to.... The Line up of Country nominees for the 2017 Grammy…
Simply Red
A simply red symphonica
This last week held a surprise. It was announced that Simply Red would be next year’s main act to perform at the Symphonica In Rosso concert series in…
Logic
Logic releases first track from upcoming studio album
On 30 March, the American rapper Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, better known by his stage name as Logic, released the first song from her next studio…
Whitney Houston
Oh Whitney....!
The latest music documentary about legendary singer, Whitney Houston, has definitely opened up my eyes to her life. “Whitney: Can I Be Me&…
MAX
Introducing MAX
Max Schneider performs as if he is one hundred feet tall. The moment he steps onto a stage, his larger-than-life personality transcends the…
Coldplay
Coldplay and Back to the Future
Coldplay is delighting her fans this year. This time the band on their last concert brought a special guest, who was none other than Michael J. Fox,…
Ulrika Ölund
Ulrika Ölund ‘Paper Planes and Skylines’ - Album Review
Swedish singer/songwriter Ulrika Ölund has been obtaining fans in her native country since 2008, when she released her debut EP ‘Memorylane’. The…
One Direction
Is One Direction over?
It seems that sad news for fans of One Direction is coming. The successful British boyband could come to an end after almost 6 years of being on top…
Zara Larsson
Teenage Duo Slick Club Banger !!!
They`re maybe young, but their ages of 18 and 19 have nothing to do with their awesomness in practical talented skills and their art maturity. Swedish…
Lady Gaga
Artists Annoyed by not paying them the money that corresponds to them for their work.
We can not overlook this news over a billion of musicians internationally and Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Elton John, David Guetta, Ed Sheeran,…
Lyrica Anderson
Lyrica answers back!
The woman behind the golden fame pen. She writes for Bey, Tinashe, Jason Derulo, J Hud to name a few, and if that does not impress…
Amy Winehouse
#SundaySpotlight: Amy Winehouse
I don’t know , but I sincerely hope someone in her close surrounding can intervene and help her. This is so sad.Amy Winehouse Those were…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande will perform in Manchester two weeks after the attack
Ariana Grande will return to Manchester on Sunday to head a large charity concert, almost two weeks after the bombing, just after a performance by…
Run The Jewels
Quick Album Review: Run the Jewels 3
Just over a week ago on the 24th of December 2016, Run the Jewels released their third studio album simply titled Run the Jewels 3. The album was…
Famasloop
Nothing happens, the new Famasloop
The band's pop / rock Venezuelan, Famasloop, announced the release of the video for her new song No Pasa Nada, directed by Joe Torres, which…
Sarah Gayle Meech
Sarah Gayle Meech ‘Tennessee Love Song’ – Album Review
Recent recipient of the Female Outlaw of the Year award at the Ameripolitan Awards, Sarah Gayle Meech is back on March 31st with her sophomore record…
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's Full Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Symphony 9--what do we say? Sure we all are familiar with famous “Ode To Joy.” That is certainly appropriate for the day…
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Underrated Alternative: Catfish
In 2007 two guys names Ryan 'Van' McCann and Billy Bibby began playing guitar together in McCann's parents house in North Wales. These two…
Royal Blood
Royal Blood releases new song and music video
I Only Lie When I Love You is the new single from one of the UK's most recognized emerging bands, Royal Blood . The same is one of the cuts…
Blake Shelton
A Guy with a Girl
Blake Shelton's latest release, A Guy with a Girl is actually about how he feels regarding his relationship with singer, and The Voice co-star,…
The Strokes
The Strokes prepare new album
For many musicians, fans and critics, the New York-based band The Strokes were the saviors of rock when they released their first album Is This It in…
The 1975
The 1975’s Love Me: Love it OR Hate it?
My first reaction when I heard the first beat was, “Hang on, did I play the right song?” I had to do a double check and make sure…
The Rolling Stones
After 10 years Latin America will enjoy the Rolling Stones
The best rock and roll band of all time has just announced it will tour Latin America in the first quarter of next year, with many dates and sites…
Noblesse Oblige
Noblesse Oblige
“It’s just the two of us, my coitus feels fabulous” Here are my favorite perverts. These two are like a good wine and…
Demi Lovato
You'll be amazed at what these pop stars listen to
Have you ever wondered that genre listen to their favorite artists while they are not recording? The first thing you would think is inspired by…
Jacob Forever
Jacob Forever makes himself felt in the remix of Súbeme La Radio
Jacob Forever has transpired throughout Latin America achieved great popularity after his collaboration with Enrique Iglesias. The artist joined Beam…
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner in Round Trip
Argentine by birth but Venezuelan breeding, Hector Eduardo Reglero Montaner, better known by his stage name as Ricardo Montaner, has garnered an…
Luis Julio Toro
Luis Julio Toro talks about his experience in El Sistema
In the seventies the flutist Luis Julio Toro was part of the Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Simon Bolivar, who left in 1979, before traveling to…
Reik
Reik and Nicky Jam together in I already found out
The Mexican band Reik, known for its pop songs and romantic ballads, dared to try new genres. This time the new genre was neither more nor less,…
Coldplay
The Superbowl Halftime Show 2016
From afar, the Levi Stadium was a spectacle of pastel fantasy madness with three of the most anticipated artists of this time. When I saw the line-up…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire announced the tracklist for their new album
Arcade Fire is the only band that has won its first and only Grammy Award for best album of the year in history. That was achieved in 2008 with his…
Recordatorio
Reminder surprises with a new video clip.
On October 28, Armando Áñez, former lead singer of Americania, now also known for his solo project entitled Logic Resbalosa has released…
Mando Diao
#SundaySpotlight: Mando Diao
Mando Diao formed at the end of last century in Borlange, a place in the central province of Sweden. They had their ups and downs. They raised with…
Kanye West
Kaney West, the voice of Sia and the crying of Kim Kardashian
It was not the quality of the composition nor the melody held most striking in the latest video clip of singer Kanye West American hiphop. His…
Zabby
ZABBY PRESENTS HIS SINGLE UN OPPORTUNITY
Zabby releases his new single titled Una Oportunidad with the record company Castro Music Ltd The song was produced by Danny Garcia Dnova El Dean…
C4trÍo
C4 Trio celebrates ten years of music
For some, it is four young men who have put their skills to the service of music with traditional roots of Venezuela. For others, four of the top…
Death From Above 1979
Death From Above announces new album and releases Never Swing Alone
For some time now the two-piece band Death From Above , previously known as Death From Above 1979 , has been giving us some new material with the…
La Vida Bohème
La Lucha will be the new La Vida Boheme
Venezuelan rock band, La Vida Bohème, has finally disclosed what the name of his third studio album that will be called The Fight. Caracas group…
Prince
Prince: A Multi-Instrumentalist to Draw Inspiration From
The incredible musicianship and songwriting of Prince is undeniable, however many people don’t realize that he was one of the first artists…
Juan Gabriel
Children of Mexican singer Juan Gabriel dispute the inheritance
The children of the Mexican singer Juan Gabriel fight a strong battle for their inheritance, with challenges to the will and an attempt to enter by…
Juanes
Juanes preparing production with HBO
El Paisa offers abrebocas My plans are to love, a work that is touted as the first mass visual album of a Latin American artist. On May 19 HBO…
Sting
Tickets for Sting's concert at the Bataclan sold out in less than an hour.
Tickets for the Sting concert held on the occasion of the reopening of the Bataclan theater a year of jihadist attack that caused 90 deaths, were…
Drissa Kone
The Music of Mali Vol.4 - Other Instruments
In the previous articles on Mali music, we said something about the kora and other calabash harps, which are the trademark of this culture. Today, I&…
Tommy Torres
Daddy Yankee and Tommy Torres team up in the studio
Although some say that reggaeton and romantic ballads are far from resembling (especially in the ways of conceiving the relationships in their lyrics…
Агата Кристи
Agatha Christie. Russian rock decadent tragedians.
“Agatha Christie” appeared in 1988. It was fund by two brothers: Gleb Samoylov and Vadim Samoylov. This band was one of the most…
Céline Dion
This song will be your anthem of life
First comes the sound, and then, the lyrics, these elements are determinant to know if a song is your favorite or not. A theme of a song, that many…
Sebastian Yatra
Puerto Rico is conquered by Sebastián Yatra
Sebastian Yatra still captivates his fans throughout Latin America. It is one of the most promising figures that is conquering the radio with his…
Generasion
GeneraSion City of Light
If something has been clear Lutheran Christianity is that the music that accompanies them is attractive and current. We can go back to the baroque…
Shakira
It premiered with the Dorado!
In addition to The Bicycle (Carlos Vives), Deja vu (Prince Royce) and Chantaje (Maluma), the artist has the collaboration of Nicky Jam in Faithful…
Justin Bieber
Bieber on the pitch with Barcelona
The pop idol Justin Bieber is present in activities of all kinds. The young Canadian took advantage of his stay in Barcelona to share an afternoon…
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Summer new theme of the Ear of Van Gogh
After five long years without enjoying record material of this band of Spanish origin, they joined again to give birth to their new studio album,…
Flatbush Zombies
The Heart & Sole of Converse
Although Converse is most widely recognized for its iconic sneakers, the roots of the brand run much deeper than footwear. Converse was built on a…
Piso 21
The rage of Piso 21
Colombia has become the springboard for the new values of Latin music, which is being represented Mexico years ago, the dream of any artist who…
Carolyn Sills
Up Close and Personal with The Carolyn Sills Combo
A mainstay in the Americana scene, The Carolyn Sills Combo is an enticing and unique brand of music for your soul. Releasing a successful…
Synthetic Epiphany
Devil’s Picnic
What a perfect time for a picnic, right? Picnics are always great and appropriate if you know what to do. Picnics can be freaky, horrific, exciting…
Michael Gira
Michael Gira: I Am Not This
Well, this is Gira. And that means everything. Gira is so human that sometimes he seems to be not a human at all. He is a monument and a spirit; he is…
Gary Numan
Hunted, Gary Numan
The synth pop and electropop have in Gary Numan one of its most fervent worshipers. This British musician has had a sustained career, which began in…
Frank Vieira
Frank Vieira ‘Three Little Words’ – Album Review
If you’ve been reading the site for some time, you may remember that we featured Frank Vieira in our first ever Stray Plectrums post…
J Balvin
New J Balvin album will have great collaborations
The artist J Balvin, has reaped several successes in the last couple of years in the genre of reggaeton; in fact last year I danced everyone with his…
Rels B
Re-Member
B. relays, also known as relays or lately Skinny Beats Flakk, is an MC and producer from Palma de Mallorca. The multitalented artist has become one…
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Cuban rumba and Dominican merengue are World Heritage Sites
Two Latin American musical genres were proclaimed by UNESCO as Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Cuban rumba and Dominican merengue were raised with…
Los Amigos Invisibles
The Invisible Friends will perform a benefit concert for Venezuela
The current situation in Venezuela, has caused much of the cultural-musical movement in the country, is pronounced to stop violence in the streets.…
Dave Valentin
Dave Valentin: live flute
The New York musician Dave Valentin died on March 8, after suffering a stroke from which he never recovered. He was 64 years old, and still a lot to…
The Bones of J.R. Jones
Bones of JR Jones Interview
The Bones of JR Jones is mostly a one-man band, although JR sometimes plays with a variety of setups. His recent album, Dark Was The Yearling, was…