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One Woman Man
Powerful follow up to One Strike
All Saints are picking up the pace of their comeback. I feel like it was only yesterday when they released their first single since 2006, “…
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…
Lobi
Armenian Jazz
They say practice is more important than talent. It seems like this guy has both of it. Plus, he is a patriot. Armenian wunder kid, 28 year old jazz…
Bible Belt
#tb When The World Met Diane Birch
When I first saw Diane Birch in 2010, my first impression was that she is a hybrid of Pattie Smith and Diane Keaton who tries to play the piano as…
Trippy Caribbean
Trippy Caribbean: Rawayana's new album
Rawayana is a Venezuelan band of reggae, ska and pop formed in 2007 in the city of Caracas, in 2011 released his first studio album License To Be…
Hello
Lyrica Anderson: freakin` Hello!
About freakin` time for the debut work of art from this amazing gal, after nothing but success with writing for the biggest industry names,…
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…
Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes
Jacques Loussier and the beautiful world of Erik Satie
When I first heard the music of Erik Satie I thought – well there is something I could listen to for weeks. And I did. But, when I heard…
1958 Miles
The Original Miles Ahead
Miles Davis’ music is the safe place where you can always find inspiration, meditate, get excited, or simply lay back and relax.…
Death Index
Death Index - Death Index
Death Index are an American noise rock/garage rock/punk band who recently came out with a fine full-length self-titled album. The album packs some…
Love
Amen Dunes - Love
Amen Dunes is a psychedelic rock/indie rock/neo-psych band from the United States. Their most notable album to date is perhaps ''Love''…
Konnichiwa
UKs Premium Grime Artist
In the second wave of British grime, Skepta released an album that goes toe-to-toe with the classic from the first wave that is Boy On The Corner by…
Virgo Tendencies, Pt. II
A Raw and Honest Story
The suburban Chicago songbird has released her winter follow-up to its summer sibling Virgo Tendencies Part 1. The triple threat superstar's…
Intoxicated Women
The Return of Harvey Gainsbourg
Here comes Mick Harvey again, continuing his tribute saga to Serge Gainsbourg that now spans four Albums - from “Intoxicated Man” in 1995, “Pink…
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,…
Shangri La
Why Jake Bugg's Shangri La Is Testament To The Talent Of Young Generation of Musicians
Saying that there is nothing interesting in today’s music, and that the old guys are making the best albums is ridiculous. There are many examples…
Intellectual Property: SOI2 (Deluxe Edition)
Recommended: The New Ras Kass Album
John Austin, musically recognized under the aka Ras Kass, is an American rapper, known for his ability and technical skill as their lyrics very…
The Deep Set
Deep Set, Deep Melodies
There are certain things that always come up to mind when you mention New Zealand and music - the first is Kiwi Rock, as a specific genre, the second…
Celtic Revival
“Celtic Revival” By The Sky Family
The songs that make up “Celtic Revival” and the performance on each one is uplifting. But the recording fidelity of the entire…
A World Out of Time
Eternal Tapestry - A World Out Of Time
Eternal Tapestry are a renowned American psychedelic rock band from Portland. They have released a great number of fine albums through almost a decade…
Lonerism
Lonerism
Critics’ new favorite band Tame Impala are becoming one of the most successful alternative acts of our time. They also have one album that I…
Tapestry
#tbt Carole King: Tapestry
I came across Tapestry last week while scrolling through my instagram. My friend posted album cover and wrote the caption: best LP ever. I was…
Bedouine
Bedouine Epitomizes Her Name in Music
Under the name Bedouine hides girl born in Aleppo. Her parents moved to United States after winning green card lottery. Migration is in her blood, her…
Heads Up
Warpaint's Semi-Lukewarm Return
The girls from Warpaint have released their third studio album. After numerous plays, it is plausible to conclude this is their most dance-y release…
Noctuary
The Holydrug Couple - Noctuary
The Holydrug Couple are a relatively well-known Chilean psychedelic rock/neo-psych band. They have released a variety of albums through the years and…
Confessions On A Dance Floor (12 Reg. Tracks)
10 years of dance floor confessions
Oh man, I can’t believe how time flies! But this week sees the 10th anniversary of Madonna’s “Confessions On The Dance…
In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
Discovering Neutral Milk Hotel
I realise I’m doing this completely the wrong way around, but I really enjoy discovering older music and identifying the newer music it has influenced…
Tomorrow Is My Turn
Rhiannon > Rihanna
Spoiler alert: Rhiannon has nothing to do with Rihanna. Ok, they both like to sing r’n’b but that is where all similarities…
From The Fires
Led Zeppelin and Bands Influenced By Led Zeppelin On Spotify Playlist!
Led Zeppelin and Bands Influenced By Led Zeppelin On Spotify Playlist! Add Your Song To the Led Zeppelin and Bands Influenced By Led Zeppelin Playlist…
The Getaway
Red hot Chili Peppers returns with everything.
When we talk about legendary bands, bands that those 80's years that the sun still sound today and that give those hard rock instruments to…
My Girl
A love declaration from the Carnival Man
It was hard to imagine this - back in the days when The Fugees were the best thing that ever happened to hip hop - but the life and career of Wyclef…
Biased Advice
EXEK - Biased Advice
EXEK are an Australian garage rock/post-punk/noise-rock band from Melbourne. Their latest album ''Biased Advice'' came out a couple of…
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…
Is This It
Impacting Music With Simplicity and Minimalism
The Strokes are an American rock band loved and listened to by many people of all ages across the world. The band was created in New York City in 1998…
Mayhem - EP
Bedlam Jonn? Mayhem Review...
Whoo Booty man is back! From Cool Kid Cartel Collection to Heart 2 Hart, his latest EP …
Alice Glass
Ex Crystal Castles Member Strives Solo
There are some bands that mark certain era and that is crystally clear to all of us on kurrentmusic. Back in the day, when I was in between high…
Black
Black
Country megastar Dierks Bentley returned last May with his eighth album Black, the most fully-formed LP of his…
Wild Light
65daysofstatic
What would we do without postmodernism is one thing. What would artists do without is it more important question to ask. Just as postmodernism has…
Coup De Grâce
Headbanging mode: ON
There is a funny thing about supergroups, a gathering of premier musicians usually results in releasing an album(s) that are disappointing for the big…
Paradise
WEEKEND EP DUEL: Anohni vs Blonde Redhead
ANOHNI Vs Blonde Redhead Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare,…
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…
Pure Heroine
Our Heroine
It’s hard to believe that Lorde’s debut album was released four years ago. Aside from a very strong sentimental attachment that I have to it (it was…
Vacation Freeze
The Greatness Of the Lesser Men
Adult disoriented rock is a phrase that The Lesser Men use to describe the genre of music they are playing. As time goes by, that is exactly how I…
III:Trauma
A Rather Dull Experience
Another take on now hugely popular post black metal genre is in front of us, and it seems blackgaze slowly starts to develop a vicious condition known…
7/27 (Deluxe)
7/27
Prior to 2016, the last song by a girl group to climb into the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 was The Pussycat Dolls‘ “When I Grow Up” in…
If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
What Would Elvis Dream About Today?
Pronto va a ser de 40 años desde que el mundo perdió el músico más importante en el siglo 20. Con el fin de conseguir algo nuevo,…
Outcasts (DEMOS)
Savant Shares Outcasts
Aleksander Vinter is excited to release Savant - Outcasts today, a 4-CD anthology of new and unreleased material, VIP mixes, demos and more to…
Acapella - Acapella Christmas - Acapella Group
Enjoying an Acapella Christmas
This is such a good Christmas album. So good that I almost felt regretful that it took me 4 years after its release before finding it. All is not lost…
The Time Between Us - Split
Another Effective Collab Between Two Sergent House Artists
After the release of her third album Marked For Death last year (which allowed her to terminally prove her talent), Emma Ruth Rundle…
Write In
Happyness Are Not Happy
Nothing is ever what it seems to be and we might as well find comfort in that, Happyness is a London trio who reminds me more of American than British…
The Last Stand
Recycle Metal
Sabaton is on their way on becoming a recycle band and it is going to be difficult to negate this for everyone who knows the band from the beginning…
Future Artists
The Dead C - Future Artists
The Dead C are a renowned noise-rock band from New Zealand, and their discography is quite vast and admittedly as diverse as it is vast. Their albums…
Happy Days
I got no issues with Happy Days
Hoy en día, vamos a tomar un poco de un paseo por el lado salvaje, porque vamos a estar hablando de Brooke Candy. Brooke ha lanzado su segundo…
What About
A Tasty Piece Of Fusion Cake
Zaa is a band from Serbia and is one of the most original bands coming from my country. On the first two albums their music was a classic mix of…
Damogen Furies
Welcome to the party, we've been waiting for you - Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
Well now. Here we are. It's taken a while, but we feel somehow like we've come full circle without ever having started walking.&…
Lightning At The Door
All Them Witches - Lightning At The Door
All Them Witches are a great American psychedelic stoner rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. Their music tends to be a mixture of fine low-tuned and…
Far From Over
Jazz Pianist Of Our Generation
Vijay Iyer is one of the most relevant contemporary jazz pianist of newer generation, and alongside Jason Moran, he represents the most inventive…
Skylarking
XTC's Skylarking remixed by Steven Wilson
It has been 30 years now, almos to a day when XTC issued their seminal Skylarking an album that should be on practically any best of all times albums.…
The Balcony
The View From The Balcony Looks Familiar
Don’t call it plagiarism, call it a promiscious idea. Just because someone sounds like someone else, it doesn’t mean that they…
The Electric Lady
Sophisticated Icon
Janelle Monae is a young glamorous lady who has rhythm, blues and soul running through her veins. There is no blood in her music. Everything is clean.…
ANMLS
Anger Imported From Chile: ANMLS
In the light of recent events, it could be said that the music scene is mostly not interested in confronting with the problems of the Earth. There are…
IN DREAM
Editors Have Kunst and They Are Not Afraid To Use It
When their debut album The Black Room was released in 2005, it represented a true revolution of post-punk. Editors became a band everyone was taking…
In Rainbows
Albums that turn 10 in 2017 Radiohead: In Rainbows
If Moon Shaped Pool ends up being Radiohead’s final album (there are rumours) then it’s possible to split the bands career into three distinct acts.…
Big Love
Simply Meh
I am sure everyone in this whole wide world had listened to Simple Red’s single Stars when it came out. Guys from Simply Red had a nice…
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Difficulty: Normal
Just a year after Juggernaut got out, Periphery bring us another piece of their vision of math metal combined with djent, and…
Before the World Was Big
Girlpool - Before the World Was Big
Girlpool’s June 2015 release, Before the World Was Big, will sound familiar to many young listeners. The album gives a sensation of…
I Got Your Medicine
Shinyribs Has Your Medicine
When he was 14 year old teenager, living in Beaumont, Texas, Kevin Russell found a sewing machine, guitar and box full of comics underneath his father…
Striker
Striker Strikes Another Traditional Heavy Metal
Canadian heavy metal band Striker have dropped five studio albums in the past ten years, and If we dig even more in detail and observe that their…
Bad Posture
On The Back Porch
Sometimes it is hard to portray your music on its album cover. For John Andrews & The Yawns, that seems to be no problem on “Bad Posture”.…
Minor Victories
Mediocre Amalgam
Minor Victories are the new supergroup of people, comprising Rachel Goswell from Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai, Justin Lockey from Editors…
Gargoyle
Lanegan's Gargoyle Is An Art Piece Of Rock
One of the most important contemporary musicians, with plentiful collaborations and participations in wide variety of his colleagues projects has just…
Majestic (Live)
Kari Jobe's Majestic (LIVE)
Worship singer Kari Jobe is a singer who is just dripping with the holy spirit. Many of the songs that she sings on her albums are full of the spirit…
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,…
OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER DEFINITELY OK
Twenty years ago, British rock had its Annus Mirabilis. Radiohead, Verve and Spiritualized created their best works in the 90s. At the end, OK…
Always Ascending
Yours Cowardly, Franz Ferdinand
What was happening during Franz Ferdinand's five year hiatus that preceded the release of their brand new LP Always Ascending? The most important…
What Went Down
Foals Continue To Stand Out In The Ocean Of Indie
Making good music is not about putting notes together by simple, generic instructions like it is some kind of kinder egg toy. Boys from Oxford are…
More Songs About Buildings And Food
What band did you finally discover in 2016?
I pride myself on being a connoisseur of classic 80s indie. From Joy Division’s Closer in 1980 to Disintegration by The Cure in 1989, and all of New…
Angels & Ghosts
Dave Gahan is a Restless Wanderer
Infective voice. Potent appearance. Sincere desire for all kinds of pleasures. On top of that, being the lead singer of Depeche Mode. Dave Gahan is…
Climbing The Colossus
Sunnata - Climbing The Colossus
Sunnata are one of the most well-known Polish stoner metal/stoner doom/sludge bands along with the likes of Belzebong. While Sunnata recently released…
Rock N Roll Consciousness
I Miss You, Sonic Youth
It is necessary to recognize the gods and goddesses who are walking among us. For me, it is easy to spot them in the music. Each of their albums is…
Heart On (Deluxe Edition)
Zipper Down
Zipper Down came after seven years of waiting. Take that, those who whine about Adele’s 3 year period of latency. Same as their previous…
Beauty Behind The Madness
Review: The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind The Madness'
While the abrasive opening guitar riffs of “Real Life,” the first track on Beauty Behind The Madness, bear a striking resemblance…
The Centre Cannot Hold
Is Ben Frost a Poser?
If you are composer and producer from Australia, but you create your music in Island, I guess you are bound to presenting outstanding art. Ben Frost…
Mirage
Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation - Mirage
Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation is a Swedish psychedelic rock/space rock/neo-psych group, who recently released their new album ''…
Winter Thrice
Norwegian All-Stars
Ok, Vintersorg is born in Sweden, but the band is Norwegian, so, you get the picture. Now that I explained the title, let’s talk about the…
iii
iii
Swedish indie pop trio comes back with their third release that is both exuberant and ebollient, but incosistent when it comes to genre. Do you…
Eat the Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas is a pretty renowned American psychedelic rock band that mixes some post-rock infused atmospheric psychedelia with space rock and…
Phenotype
Dissonantly Extravagant
If we compare Phenotype, the album reviewed here, with recent Select Difficulty from Periphery it’s obvious Textures selected the highest…
Back to Harbour
The Harvest Ministers - A Bumper Crop
William Merriman has been behind the quietly sophisticated Dublin band The Harvest Ministers for some thirty years now. Even though it doesn’t seem…
Hands (Standard DMD)
#tb Little Boots - Hands
When I opened up a profile on last.fm, electro-pop music was ruling everyone’s charts. I have become obsessed with the genre in a matter of…
Somersault
Somersault is the new Surf, According to Beach Fossils
Third album of Brooklyn based indie collective titled Somersault represents a step forward in comparison to its predecessors Beach Fossils…
I Never Learn
She Never Learns
Eccentric world of indie pop duchess is something you can take a sneak peak in just by looking at the cover of her album I Never Learn. Behind an…
Unseen
Time To See The Unseen
If there was a band in recent times that could easily pick up the title of American Gothic, then it is the Handsome Family. Even more fitting is the…
La Ira
Hamlet's undisputed wrath
If there was an album that drew attention in the Spanish metal was Wrath of Hamlet band. A job that was well received by the media and the public,…
Iv
Part Chimp Turn Down The Noise
Part Chimp is a band that's been active from 2000 to 2012, and many members walked through. Since we live in times of reunions, it comes as no…
Toy
Toy
The fourth album from Austin, Tx.’s A Giant Dog fuses the gaudy delivery of 1970s rock and the pillars of modern punk. Its songs offer lyrics about…
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…
Radio Static High
Hey Colossus - Radio Static High
The London psychedelic/krautrock masters Hey Colossus came out with a new album earlier this year, and this album surely did not disappoint. The album…
La Mort Du Christ
Reke Presents: La Mort Du Christ
Gustavo Ferrin (Caracas, Venezuela. 21 day of September 1982), known as Rekeson or simply '' Reke '', is a Venezuelan…
The Pale Emperor
The Pale Emperor
Brian Warner and his music vent Marilyn Manson were hardly going to shock anyone in 2015. There are a lot of weird stuff in the world that are…
Not An Apology
Bea Miller owes no apologies
She may only be sixteen but Bea Miller’s debut album, “Not An Apology”, is on par with those of artists who are both…
Puncture
Puncture
Most people are too lazy to to anything but jump on the bandwagon with the rest of the sheep. They don't make any effort at all to support small,…
Hang
Foxygen's Hang Is An Amalgam of Retro and Modern
Do we make mistakes or do mistakes make us? I am not going to get metaphysical, don’t worry, but I am trying to emphasize the importance of occasional…
Not A Little Bit
K Michelle says: K’s Over It!
OMG! How much I love this track. K Michelle dropped the audio for “Not A Little Bit” on YouTube, about 6 days ago, and I&rsquo…
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…
A Weekend in the City
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City
I'm going to talk about something different in this series today. All the other 10 year articles have been about albums that I would consider as…
Rot
Bed Wettin Bad Boys Can Wet My Bed
Garage punk quartet from Sydney Bed Wettin Bad Boys started off as a side project of Nic Warmock (founder of R.I.P. Society Label) and Joe Sukit,…
Young Mopes
High Hopes for ''Young Mopes'' by Louise Burns
Louise Burns is one of the names of Canadian indie scene. She has been active for a long time, and she is only thirty. Her debut Mellow Drama was…
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…
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…
Blood Moon
This is How Spending Time in Nature Sounds
Martin Craft is a composer and a producer who currently resides at Berlin, London and Joshua Tree. He is performing under a stage name M. Craft and,…
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…
Lions
Crowes and Lions
The Black Crowes were among the first artists in the nineties to embrace the retro sound and looks without hesitation. They simply looked like, let’s…
Synthesis
Plot Twist: Evanescence Rocks!
After almost fifteen years of career and only three studio albums, many will have a hard time accepting Evanescence as serious emo-rock and nu metal…
The Bad Testament
Obscure Blues of Scott H. Biram
Self-proclaimed one man band and one of the damned guys of outlaw country, Scott H. Biram, brings The Bad Testament, an album that comes after various…
St Germain
The Return Of St Germain
It took him fifteen years to release an…
Harmonies
Harmonies Aplenty
Whoever thinks that it is easy making good sounding sampled music couldn’t be more wrong. First, you have to have a bottomless knowledge of music…
Live At The Troubadour
Live at The Troubadour: Paying Homage to an Iconic Venue
The Troubadour is a highly regarded music venue located in West Hollywood, California that was opened by Doug Weston in 1957. This venue was so…
HDYNATION RADIO
Flosstradamus HDYNATION RADIO Album Review
The Chicago natives J2K and Autobot better known by their stagename Flosstradamus, released a new album this week entitled . This power duo are some&…
Caracal
Why So Many Duets?
Two brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence were always surrounded with music. They parents were professional musicians, they have studied classical music…
Weathered Meat
Nearly Dead - Weathered Meat
Nearly Dead is a Canadian noise-rock band from British Columbia, and they have so far released a handful of fine noise rock albums. The latest of…
Evolve
Whatever It Takes already has its own Video Clip
Cool Ruler Come Again
Cool Ruler Come Again
The only thing I could do here is simply to repeat the title of this just issued Gregory Isaacs album - “Cool Ruler Come Again”. It has been more than…
When You Cut Into The Present
Møster! - When You Cut Into The Present
Møster! are a renowned Norwegian experimental avant-garde psychedelic noise-rock outfit, who happen to mix a variety of subgenres in their…
House in the Tall Grass
Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
Kikagaku Moyo are a well-known Japanese psychedelic rock band, who essentially mix psychedelic rock, space rock, psychedelic folk and acid folk…
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…
Can Summer Love Last Forever?
Folk Diamond For Winter Days
The story of Swedish duo Flora Cash begun with the meeting on Soundcloud, continued on Skype and it is still on. Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole…
One Stone
Trixie Mattel is a Drag Version of Dolly Parton
Every time I hear super awesome music from none other than a drag queen, one fairy gets born. Drag queens who are also a great musicians are extremely…
Lazaretto
Jack White's Lazaretto
Jack White is definitively a true superstar of his generation. What he did with The White Stripes was seminal in bringing rock’n’…
Relatives In Descent
Protomartyr Deservingly Became More Popular
Detroit based quartet Protomartyr includes Joe Case (vocalist), Greg Ahee (guitar), Alex Leonard (drums), and Scott Davidson (bass). This year,…
White Light
The Corrs Like they’ve never been gone
When you listen to The Corrs’ album, “White Light”, you can’t imagine this group has been gone for about 10…
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…
Future Nostalgia
Future Nostalgia
The Sheepdogs are Canadian rock band who released four albums since their debut Trying To Growin 2007. Their self-titled album even peaked around the…
Perfect Illusion
Lady Gaga Releases Perfect Illusion Tracklist
First we were surprised with the announcement of his return to the studio to record what will be his new album he decided to head Perfect Illusion,…
Selections From A Voice On Air (1935-1955)
Sinatra--The First LP
Frank Sinatra—The brilliant and colorful vocalist properly came into to prominence during the era of the second World War. His proper first…
Preoccupations
A Disinterested Listener Reacts To Preoccupations
Un oyente desinteresado reacciona a las preocupaciones por Joseph Kyle Debo admitir, que no / no tengo una opinión sobre el / la controversia…
Winter's Gate
Insomnium – Winter’s Gate [Review]
One-song albums are not something new in the metal world. Green Carnation did this with their famous record Light of Day, Day of Darkness.…
Live at Reading
Remembering Nirvana
Lately, I have been rediscovering my passion for Nirvana and I have found some great live albums by one the greatest bands of all time. Nirvana’s Live…
No Sometimes Yes
Luca Draccar - “No Sometimes Yes”
An Italian native by way of Berlin, DJ Luca Draccar is affected by many things in his life and art including being bipolar. There is a long tradition…
Daybreaker
Moon Taxi 'Daybreaker' Album Review
Upbeat. Soulful. Creative. These are the three words that came to mind as I listened to the new Moon Taxi album entitled . These Nashville native…
Transformation
Transformation to an early stardom
“Transformation” is the first studio album by bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, the young prodigy who rose to fame early in her youth, playing alongside…
DEATH MAGIC
Where Is The Noise?
Noise rockers from Los Angeles had two great albums that catapulted them into the orbit of the most intriguing noise rock bands. Enigmatic sound…
Aground
Carlton Melton - Aground
Carlton Melton are a renowned American instrumental psychedelic/space rock band. They have become known for their fine far out psychedelic jamming…
Getz/Gilberto (Classics International Version)
An Iconic Record
Getz/Gilberto is an iconic record in many aspects. First, it’s one of the first and best crossover records of all times, blending jazz and bossa nova…
America 2.0
Paul Messinger - America under review
What should be more fit to be given an Americana treatment (with quite a twist, though) than America itself? Paul Messinger who hails from North…
Heart Blanche
Why, CeeLo, Why?
Aquí es un cumplido que se le puede dar a un artista: un gran cantante puede cantar una agenda y hacer que suene extraordinario. Por desgracia,…
Boxes
Dull Dull Dolls
At one point, it looked like Goo Goo Dolls could become one of the biggest mild-stream American bands. What happened? Sequence of mediocre…
Monuments To An Elegy
Smashing Pumpkins Monuments to an Elegy Album Review
On December 9th, 2014 The Smashing Pumpkins released their 9th studio album entitledMonuments to an Elegy. This album still embodies SPs …
After Laughter
Bring the laughter back...
Despite having been a Paramore fan for roughly ten years now, I have to admit that I’ve fallen a little out of the loop with the band. My younger…
An Evening with Friends at Huvila (Live)
Amorphis - An Evening with Friends at Huvila [Review]
I don’t often do reviews of live albums but every now and then a marvelous live performance appears that deserves to be shared with others. One of…
December
This Christmas We Chill with Ari
Well, you know it`s all about them Holidays and like usual, every artist`s focus is exactly on that; giving you that new special feeling, a new…
Gravediggin'
Western Noir
Los Angeles surf-garage quintet The Buttertones (bassist Sean Redman, guitarist/singer Richard Araiza, drummer Modesto &…
BURNITUP! (feat. Missy Elliott)
Missy Jackson Burnout Comeback
The two most powerful women in music industry when we speak about original taste, talent and real quality, finally get their golden era lit with the…
Infierno Cielo
''Hell and Heaven'' Reke's most recent video
Gustavo Ferrin (Caracas, Venezuela. 21 day of September 1982), known as Rekeson or simply '' Reke '', is a Venezuelan…
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…
So Far Away
Carole King's So Far Away
One of the most influential and groundbreaking albums of the seventies was “Tapestry” by Carole King. Virtually every song on that record is memorable…
Some Kinda Wonderful
The Cheeky side of Betty Who
She's the favorite of the underground, friends with many other artists and creatives, and she's a proud…
Peace Bomb
Eric Scott Drops A Peace Bomb
Eric Scott is no stranger to folks in Washington DC. He’s a 15-time Wammie winner (WAMA - Washington Area Musicians Association) and he has…
My Signature Move
Pink Unleashes Her Imagination To Create “Just Like Fire”
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Reverie
Desire's Horrors
When it comes to music from contemporary openly queer artists, there are roughly two camps. There are the 'mainstreamers', who…
Sorry Not Sorry
Demi's loudly not sorry
There was another major female pop singer, who had released a single last week other than Selena Gomez. Yes, Demi Lovato, whom I recently blogged…
I'm In Love With a Monster
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Never Destroy Us
Never Destroy Us
The Dears are one of the leading indie bands coming from Canada. The Montreal-based group is fronted by the husband-and-wife duo of singer-guitarist…
Long Gone
Phum Viphurit's Long Gone Dissolves Separation Anxiety Into Mild Euphoria
Bangkok-based singer-songwriter Phum Viphurit spent most of his teenage years in Hamilton, New Zealand - a cross-cultural experience that helped shape…
Air
Airy Inertia
Juno and Hanna are a Malaysian synth-pop duo that consist of siblings Hanif (production) and Hanna (vocals). With the release of Air last year (from…
Mythological Beauty
Big Thief Open A Cinematic View Into The Vision That is Mythological Beauty
Capacity the second album coming from Big Thief follows vocalist/guitarist Adrianne Lenker through the stories she has lived throughout her life. One…
On Sight (feat. Fetty Wap)
Tiff And Wap, That`s What`s Up!
In her latest edition, Tiff, better known as Tiffany Evans decided to drop her extra hot radio/club banger called On Sight&…
Mama Said
Lukas Graham's Hard-Knock Life
Have you ever seen the musical or movie Annie? Do you remember that scene where the kids are scrubbing the floors and singing a song? Now, keep that…
7 Years
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I recently learned a valuable lesson. Tuning in to the local radio on a rainy Sunday morning does have its perks. In my country, listening…
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…
The Man
Maximalist Masculinity
It only seems fitting that The Killers - one of major rock bands of the 21st century,[and certainly the most successful rock band from the…
Love On The Brain
A Side No One Has Ever Seen
The Billboard Music Awards of 2016 shed a lot of insight, one being (in my opinion) the best performance from Rihanna as she performed the track '…
Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Mahler’s 6th And The Lucerne Festival Orchestra
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is one of those special orchestras that seems to top itself in marvels performance after performance. The strains of…
Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)
Enjoy Chicano Batman's Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm) ahead of March release of Freedom is Free
Chicano Batman came out of L.A.; four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía…
We Are All On Drugs
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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…
K.
Cigarettes After Sex Drives A Hopeful Melancholy
Besides the typical indie genre Cigarettes After Sex drift (literally) towards a more ambient soundscape. Take the latest single 'K.' for…
Sweep Me Off My Feet
Throw The Towel In Because Pond Have Come Out With A Need To See Music Video
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Sorry Is Gone
Gone Girl
La cantante country de Ohio, Jessica Lea Mayfield, estrenó recientemente la pista titular de su cuarto álbum de estudio (el 29 de…
You
You Equals Death
Keaton Henson folk rock appeal comes in the form of soild, captivating performances. In the song 'You', death is at the forefront of the idea…
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…
Runaway
Young Aurora
I did not think she was only 19 when I saw her video Runaway. I was very surprised when I read she was born in 1996. She seems very mature and like…
Sour Patch Bounce - Original Mix
Sour Patch Bounce - Tony Sour
Tony Sour dropped a pretty sweet single with his first release called Sour Patch Bounce. Sparse on lyrics but heavy on bass, Sour Patch Bounce should…
Liberty or Death (Remastered)
The Rolling Stones and Bands Influenced By The Rolling Stones Playlist on Spotify!
The Rolling Stones and Bands Influenced By The Rolling Stones on Spotify! Add Your Song To The Rolling Stones and Bands Influenced By The Rolling…
Knocked Around
Bait and Switch
“Knocked Around” is the song that provided veteran alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. with the name of their eleventh studio album…
Perfect Symmetry
geographic sound
When a song manages to get your attention for its pleasant sound, and can identify with letter, simply he did, at the time that you come to listen,…
Flesh Without Blood
Grimes Flesh Without Blood
The self proclaimed alien love-child of Aphex Twin and ABBA, Grimes, released a new single this week entitled . The Canadian singer songwriter cites a…
Crash
Usher surprises with two releases in one week
The famous R & B singer Usher in the summer of this year will be premiering which would be his eighth album which called Flawed, which comes…
Bored To Death
Back In The Saddle Again
Now each friend from the 90's that you may or may not talk to but happen to be friends with on Facebook heard about Blink 182's newest single.…
As Long as Water Runs
Roan Yellowthorn EP
Daughter of famed “American Pie” song man Don McLean, singer-songwriter Jackie McLean has announced the release of her…
Somebody Who
Delicate Dreamscape
The all-girl trio that make up Au Revoir Simone - Erika Forster, Annie Hart, and Heather D'Angelo - may remind you of HAIM, except for…
Slumlord
Urban Thrills
Most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More…
Hide
Dreaming of Hiding in the Woods With Saavan
Hide is the dream of a night in the woods. Walking without trying to find our way. This is how the group Saavan explain their newest single 'Hide&…
Enough
Drag Us Down and Let Us Live
With a band name like Counterfeit, a mixture of punk and rock should not be a surprise. However, once the music video for Counterfeit's newest…
I'm Done
The Julie Ruin’s Answer to Internet Haters – “I’m Done”
Honest Lyrics –Check Socially Relevant Art – Check Pure Punk Gold – Check Trust Kathleen Hanna to call a…
Toothbrush
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The video merge in the Karaoque 2.0, show us more of a story made song, voice and melody that makes up part of the band of your life. Surely when…
S.O.S.
COVERLAND Vol.19: SOS
What Portishead did with ABBA’s “SOS” is a remarkable example of a true cover - completely altered in mood,…
When You Die
MGMT's When You Die: Surreal Tragicomedy
Synth-pop duo MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser) appears to be making good on their promise to re-dominate our mind holes in 2017 &…
Ici & Maintenant (Here & Now)
The Art of Now
After three albums and crazy intense touring over the world, we felt we needed to pause...to be connected to the present. Here and Now. That&rsquo…
Wherever You Will Go
The Oscar Awards and the Soundtrack of the Subconscious
One of the most famous awards in the world and the history of cinema, has always had a place for the Best Soundtrack for Film, a category that has…
Becomes The Color
Stick Around for the Credits
It seems to be a bit of a pattern for me to discover new music through television and cinema. I recently watched the wonderfully creepy Stoker, and…
Hard Girls
Femme Rock-Pop
Hard Girls is the first track from Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall's fifth album Kin (2016), which explores a very different…
Come
Come Closer to the She-Devils
This is where Pop should be going. Changing and everlasting effects from the duo She-Devils will have your mind altered within the candy haze ideas…
I Don't Wanna Dance
Jumpy Defeatism
Like Scissor Sisters' I Don't Feel Like Dancin', Nashville indie quartet COIN's (Chase Lawrence, Ryan…
West Coast
West Coast Drive
A fundamental tune, capable of ripping your heart out, aching to head to the West Coast and call it home. Lana Del Rey showed the troubled…
Cámara Lenta
Mariana Vega premieres her single in “Cámara Lenta”
This romantic singer and Venezuelan composer had us while wanting some new tunes and finally the wait is over, as we knew had been immersed in the…
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…
On Hold
Disco-Tinged Bittersweetness
In The Key of Awesome's 2010 parody of Lady Gaga's Telephone, there's a line that resonates powerfully in the smartphone and social media…
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…
Nothing in Return
Monsune's Nothing In Return is a Euphoric Ode to Unrequited Love
The lyrical substance of “Nothing in Return”, the debut single from 20-year-old Toronto-via-Ontario singer-songwriter,…
The Sound of Silence - Overdubbed Version
Sounds of Silence—A Rare Version, A Treat for You All
In awe and surprise I give you all a rare version of a classic sixties folk rock gem, featuring Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. It was said in the title…
Rise
Katy shows us more of Rise
So as you read, on 4 August it is the date chosen for the launch of Katy official video for his song Rise, which so far has been highly touted. On…
Breakin' Point
Gaining Perspective
Swedish indie pop/rock trio Peter Bjorn and John (Peter Morén, Björn Yttling and John Eriksson) are best known for their 2016…
Urbanología
Urbanology, 9 minutes from Nach
Ignacio Fornés Olmo was born in 1974 and grew up in Alicante. His artistic beginnings took place in the nineties, with a music full of social…
Moist
Anna Lann's Moist Presents a Surreal Eco-feminist Critique
Tel-Aviv-via-Latvia musician, producer, and DJ Anna Lann recently gained a VEVO account, and one can only hope for more output from the enigmatic…
Get My Bang
Let Them Eat Cake
It would be fair to say that the UK has an advantage when it comes to dance hits. Not the techno kind but bands from the UK know a formula to get your…
Self-Made
Tiller Drops New Visual For Self-Made !
After his amazing sophomore LP that Tiller dropped on us at the end of this May, the True To Self arrays…
Playground
Otherworldly Electro
Møme (Jérémy Souillart) is a French DJ from Nice who is best-known for Aloha, a collaboration with Australian vocalist&…
Dangerous Games
The comback game well played
R&B group 112 were one of those groups who’ve had big successes in the States, but I’ve mainly heard of them when they featured on tracks by…
Paul
Midnight Letter
Only a band from Brooklyn, NY could encapsulate what would be considered a 'midnight love letter' to whom ever those feelings where…
I Should Live in Salt
The National can't explain it any other way
The National are one of the only bands that, with every album, stay within the same sonic landscape. Each ensuing album explores this landscape…
Lust For Life
A remix of Lust for Life proves that Trainspotting 2 doesn't have an era to soundtrack
T2: Trainspotting is a rare film sequel that is as good as the original by taking its characters to their logical conclusion. These dudes are bad…
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Remix - Club Version
The powerful message that Sorry de Beyonce carries
The new Beyonce album Lemonade is full of powerful lyrics to all his songs, and this is especially impressive, Sorry it is the theme that the artist…
Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy)
RedOne's all star line-up
RedOne’s latest release is a single of his own, though it features Enrique Iglesias, R City, Serayah & Shaggy. Known for being a top…
Yo Te Recuerdo - Version Salsa
Dynamic Duo Marc and JuanGa recreate “I Remember You”
A Living Legend Mexican beloved Juan Gabriel at this time meets the great salsa Marc Anthony for the interpretation of this song called I'll…
Glow Like Dat
Rich Chigga and the Age-Old Appreciation vs Appropriation Question
Like Iggy Azalea in 2014, Rich Chigga (Chinese-Indonesian teenager Brian Imanuel) has earned himself a Forbes profile that charts his trajectory as…
Dangerous Woman
Who said fear?
Music has no boundaries; cultural, social or language. The sound is universal, just as other people connect with thought and / or feeling that…
In My Blood
The edgy alternative in commercial electro-pop
For the first time in 2 years, The Veronicas have released new music. Last month, word got out that the two Australian sisters would be appearing as…
Love So Soft
Loving soft, coming back hard
“Love So Soft” has brought Kelly Clarkson back to the mainstream. The singer recently signed with Atlantic and announced that a new album would follow…
Planet
Irene Skylakaki's Planet: Sunlit Existential Introspection
After releasing two well-received albums (Wrong Direction in 2013, Before Dawn in 2014) in Greece and supporting live performances by Macy Gray,…
Kill Em With Kindness
Selena Shows Kindness
She always seems to come out with a new and engaging topic within her music career. Media always seems to get involved some way or another. …
Bang Bang (DJ Fresh Vs. Diplo)
DJ Fresh & Diplo in the battle
After delivering Rita Ora onto the scene with “Hot Right Now”, I’ve only seen the name DJ Fresh pop up a few times, for just a few single releases…
Matters
Making Amends
Omaha group Twinsmith, consisting of Jordan Smith (vocals/guitar), Matt Regner (guitar/keys), Bill Sharp (bass) and Oliver Morgan (drums),…
T.O.N.Y.
Classy Sass
I could make the argument that Solange (Knowles) deserves to be appreciated as an artist without being compared to her older sister Beyonc&…
Secret Love Song
A Mix of a Little Everything
Yes, Little Mix seems to be a mix of a lil everything. When I first heard them, they sounded cute, acted cute, and sang in a cuteness style.&…
Lingus
SNARKY PUPPY: A Casual Listener’s Review
I will be honest: I am no musician, much less a music critic. My encounters with Jazz are limited to a few presentations of my son’s High…
Lost Stars
Adam Levine releases song without Maroon 5
This song is called Go Now, and is not part of a new album, it's just a project that was part and is an English film called Sing Street,…
Aire
The Unexpected Made Song
Someone as smooth as the breeze. A person who comes and goes, you can not touch or you can have. When you know that you can not grasp the air, music…
Sleep On The Floor
Should You Sleep On The Floor Or Not?
Have you ever wanted to runaway from it all? The Lumineers ask this question with their song 'Sleep On The Floor'. A few days ago The…
So Good
A Killer Hook
Southampton trio Band of Skulls have been mainly criticized for their lack of originality; The Guardian's Dave Simpson…
Stir It Up
Stir it Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers Cover by ThreePeace from Marleyfest
Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers Cover by ThreePeace from Marleyfest feat. Jeff Warner - Live at Churchill's October 14, 2017…
Save Me.
CLOE Unleashes Epic Track Save Me
At just 13-years-old, this singer/songwriter has a voice way beyond her years, managing to create melancholic, yet incredibly relatable songs that…
Mood Rider
Jesus and Mary Chain: Mood Rider
The first thing I noticed about the video for Mood Rider is how well Jim Reid has aged out of the public eye. How very un-Scottish of him, especially…
I Feel You
K-Pop’s Most-Awaited Comeback
Ok I’ll admit it- I’m pretty new to K-pop. A few years ago when I was still going through my “rock phase&…
Lo Que Dios Quiera
Fanny Lu trusts in What God Wills
After much waiting Colombian Fanny Lu has unveiled his new video. This promotional single called What God wants is almost half a year after the first…
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-…
Love On The Weekend
Love Comes Easy On The Weekend
'Love On The Weekend' was the last song I thought I would be drawn to. Especially since John Mayer has been in and out of the limelight for…
Guinnevere
The Magical Guinnevere
“Guinnevere” is probably the most magical songs ever written. I fell in love with the song the first time I heard it. It happened…
Adore
Amy Shark Pops Into The Mainstream With Adore
Last year Amy Shark's song Adore reached a mass audience by winning the Pop Song of the Year during the Queensland Music Awards in Australia. Also…
New York
An Emotional Vital Connection to New York Comes From St. Vincent
St. Vincent released the latest song New York while also announcing the Fear the Future Tour which starts this November. New York is incredibly…
Cataract
Dirty Ghosts: Cataract EP
Hailing from San Francisco and consisting of Allyson Baker – Guitar/Vocals, Erin McDermott – Bass and Tony Sevener –…
Cameo Lover
Gender Bending Genre-Hopping
Two albums on, and Kiwi songstress Kimbra is probably still best known as the 'girl that Gotye used to know' outside of…
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…
Woman
Woman’s Intellect and Confidence Against the Gloom
Rosie Lowe released her newest song, “Woman”, in January 2016 that led the way to her debut album Control in February 2016.…
Wrong Crowd
Youthful Melancholy
If you've heard of British singer-songwriter Tom Odell, it's probably because of his smash hit Another Love - which was successful enough to…
The Sounds of Silence
Be Awakened By The Sound Of Silence
This heartfelt song was originally written by Simon as “The Sounds of Silence.” “The main thing about playing the guitar…
Into You
Ariana “Into You”
This girl nothing stops her, who would have thought you could get to be as successful as has been achieved with their new album Dangerous Woman, this…
Vice
A Voice on Vice
The song, Vice”, was recently released and the singer who released it is showing talent that can only seem to positively progress. In the…
Strange Or Be Forgotten
Interrogating Individuality
We're continually inundated with pressure in modern life to have to make something of ourselves and leave behind a legacy in this world. '…
Te Cambiara La Vida (Version Alterno)
Cycle 2- Venezuelan music
When you ask Venezuelan about Venezuelan music, usually they think of llanera music, a sound that emerges in the Venezuelan plains, and was…
A Kiss From LA
Kiss, Kiss From Talisco
You don't have to be from LA to understand the appeal. Talisco may belong to a world a couple thousand miles away in Paris/Bordeaux but 'A…
New Phone (Who Dis)
Raging Lust
My first introduction to New Jersey rapper Cakes da Killa (Rashard Bradshaw) - and to the emerging 'aesthetic' of queer rap - took…
Brother Wind
Garbarek's 'Brother Wind' - a journey into the Northern Lights
‘Brother Wind’ is one of the most wonderful tunes ever composed. It’s my favorite Jan Garbarek composition, and it&…
Feel It Still
Rebel For Kicks
We worked with so many rad people on this album, but ended up with just the four of us in a basement at 4:00 am trying to say something that mattered.…
LIKE I WOULD
Like I Would Zayn Malik's New Musical Hit
I do not know because this new theme Zayn reminds me of a song by the Backstreet Boys, something in the rhythm, certain parts of the song, after all…
Million Reasons
Lady Gaga Gives Us A Million Reasons
Who doesn't know of Lady Gaga? Whether you are a fan or not, one has to admit that Lady Gaga has the stones to write and sing about…
Shadow - Radio Edit
A Lynchian Atmosphere
Dear Tommy, Chromatics' highly anticipated fifth album, is still nowhere in sight despite all the recent musical activity from Johnny…
Scream
An ideal world
In the audiovisual world (movies, novels, series or films) sound weigh heavily. The music drives the action, explains what happens and guides the…
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…
I Dare You
The xx Tell Us 'I Dare You' And We Dare
As The xx cross over into a dream pop sound, their latest music video 'I Dare You' is an ode to a California romantic, teenage haze. With…
Despacito - Versión Pop
Despacito is on top of the world
After Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi published Despacito have not stopped growing even more in the music industry and the fandula. This urban duet has…
Pressure
New Synthpop cover from ELYXR
ELYXR is a collaborative-band concocting modern synthpop potions. Spearheaded by Seattle-based indie-electronic music songwriter/producer Kasson…
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…
Come
Jain Changes Up The Pop Genre
One may say check out this little darling of a talent however, I feel that Jain is so much more than that phrase. 'Come' comes off of Jain'…
She Looks So Perfect
Girls Talk Boys the New 5SOS
Boys Girls Talk is the soundtrack of the new film Ghostbusters, or as we met in childhood Ghostbusters. In this new film we act comedians of the…
Skyline
Epic Lushness
Canadian indie music collective Broken Social Scene recently released Skyline, the third single from their upcoming LP …
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…
Epoch
Kinetic Calm
After the success of (2011) and (2014), Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho (San Francisco-based …
Safari
J Balvin Debuts Safari With Pharrel
This new theme called Safari has a very different rhythm to which we are accustomed to the Colombian who has teamed up with Pharrell Williams, BIA…
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…
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…
The Spoils
Graceful Dread
Bristol-based trip hop pioneers Massive Attack have recently released an eerie, abstract and beautiful video for “The…
Smile
Lily Allen Still Brings On A Smile
Describing Lily Allen is hard to do. That may be a fact itself however, Allen has proved nothing is quite sacred on a comical note. Also the year 2006…
This One's For You (feat. Zara Larsson) - Official Song UEFA EURO 2016
Maybe this one's for you
When you ask a DJ to deliver the leading track for your sports event, you can prepare to receive a dance anthem bound to make any sold out stadium…
Take Off Your Shirt
Bibio's 'Anti-Party' Anthem
English music producer Stephen Wilkinson (the main man behind Bibio) has been duly noted by music critics for carving out his own genre of ‘…
Broke
Joe Budden is all about love
On September 8 Joe Budden released the video of his brand new single for the upcoming album ''All love lost'' set to be…
Imagine - 2010 - Remaster
Imagine a better future for children UNICEF
UNICEF has brought together a number of artists, to create a campaign that make us imagine a better world for children, with all the events that…
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…
So Sad, So Sad
Timeless Indie Pop
I draw inspiration from my daily life but also snippets of things I hear and then I write down. When I come back to them later,…
Gracious Tempest - Live
When they speak in a song
Who does not remember the intro of Never will mourn or I'll Never Break Your Heart by The backstreetboys, or in certain rap songs like I&…
Boyfriend
Real Lesbian Representation
With all the advances in legal LGBT rights in the West, gays and lesbians are no longer confined to closets and underground scenes. Part of the…
Leaving LA
Father John Misty's Leaving LA: A Portrait of the Artist as an Ironic Prophet
Five years ago, when Joshua Tillman had just ‘buried’ his music catalog under the J. Tillman moniker to start performing as Father…
Love Yourself
Justin Bieber-fied!
Justin Bieber's “Love Yourself” is such a cool song. I cannot believe I used Justin Bieber and the word “cool&…
Hymn For The Weekend
Coldplay gives us a taste of what they will present at SuperBowl 50 with Beyonce
With less than a week for the big show and it seems to excite the fans and leave the audience wanting more, the artists invited to celebrate the…
Hello
After several years of waiting Adele says Hello.
As a preamble to its third full-length album entitled 25, the British singer Adele released its latest promotional single Hello accompanied by a…
Warm On A Cold Night
Keepin' Us Warm
The electronic/smooth duo HONNE have found a way to keep their audience warm on a cold, cold night. When we say smooth, we are talking about that…
Contigo en la Distancia
A Theory About El Gañote
From the creators of Flow and Tumbao comes The gullet. While I remember the first time I heard this word, capable I heard my mom, and refers to the…
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…
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…
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song from DreamWorks Animation's
I can definitely stop the feeling
Durante un tiempo parecía que podríamos hacerlo a través del verano de 2016 sin un, banger pop azucarado omnipresente - un tener…
Ballad of a Thin Man
COVERLAND Vol.27: Ballad of a Thin Man
‘Laibach’ is one of the greatest and most popular bands to come out from the ex-Yugoslavian music scene. They come from Slovenia and were amongst the…
Metric
Black Sheep, Come Home
As Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton enthuses, Brie Larson's rendition of Toronto rock quartet Metric's Black Sheep&…
Steve Reid
#tbt Steve Reid: Nova
When I was younger, my friend and I shared a frustration: How are we ever going to read all the books in the world? It's impossible. Nowadays, I…
Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt ‘Montevallo’ – Album Review
On one level, Sam Hunt makes sense. He’s a continuation of bro-country, the leader of a fresh wave of influence that carries R&B, pop and EDM…
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…
Nelly Furtado
Where Nelly?!
Last month, just at the end of 2015, word had reached me about a new song that Nelly Furtado was supposed to have done. It wasn’t really…
The Collective Bus
The Collective Bus Urges You To Take Time
The Collective Bus is the alternative-rock brainchild of Daniel Correa, successful composer of afro-cuban inspired alt-rock that weaves in socio-…
Miss Bolivia
Miss Bolivia prepares her new album
Paz Ferreyra, better known as Miss Bolivia, returns with everything. After successes with Take the stick and Maria Maria, the popular artist said…
French Montana
No Shopping With Bad Boys !!!
Bad Boy Entertainment brings a brand new video for their Moroccan superstar French Montana and recruted our boy …
Simon Murphy
Simon Murphy ‘Let it be’ - Album Review
Simon Murphy is not your average Northern Irish artist. For a start, the sonic clichés we love to hate are not present; and while upon hearing of…
Peaches
Radical Genitalia
I've been very, very dedicated to pushing boundaries. Peaches, NYDaily News Over a decade after the…
Solsine
Song Of The Day // Solsine - Proton (feat. Brownie & Santego)
Solsine is an emerging group from London, England who have that new/old combination of sound to bass driven house. They recently dropped…
Pablo Alborán
An innovated Pablo Alborán prepares his next album
One of the most successful Spanish singers in recent years is, without Pablo Alboran doubt. With thousands of fans in Latin America, this talented…
Madilyn Bailey
Battle of the Covers: Madilyn Bailey VS. Boyce Avenue
You know how a song is so awesome that you don’t think it could be even more awesome? Well, there comes a time when a ‘cover&…
Little Big Town
Little Big Town’s ‘Girl Crush’, And The Close-Minded Complaints That Have Forced It Into Low Rotation
Written by TexMex As a Music Director for a current Country music radio station in Texas, it always baffles me when people take the time to complain…
Rosetta
Quintessential Ephemera by Rosetta: A ruminating experience
Rosetta fue siempre una banda emocionante. Su debut fenomenal, los satélites galileanos es una combinación perfecta de post-metal, rock y…
Souljahofdadub
Introducing Souljahofdadub
Raymond Moore is a American rapper/singer-songwriter born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Raymond Moore had an interest in music from a…
Lil Supa
Gegga arrives with the Dominion
The Rainmaker is back. Domain is the new theme Gegga, this simple form part of a new production of Venezuelan rapper. The release of this single was…
Rita Ora
Rita Ora releases music video with Ed Sheeran
Although the main news of Canadian artist Ed Sheeran has been for his award at the MTV Video Music Awards, there is also talk of the new acoustic…
Kaipo Kapua
Kaipo Kapua: Music is Healing
Kaipo Kapua is another definitely talented music artist residing within the beautiful islands of Hawaii. His style brings roots of R&B, Soul,…
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran is already preparing another album
While Ed Sheeran has already accustomed us to monopolize all the covers of music diaries thanks to the incredible work he did with his latest album…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer lights up Christmas with his song My Number
Major Lazer is a group responsible for putting everyone dance with their sticky and partygoers electronic beats. And like almost everyone Christmas…
Talib Kweli
Great preachers mass reopened: Talib Kweli 2015
This is my favourite Hip Hop artist, the truest spokesman after the great 2Pac, this is the kind of lyricist you take with your…
Guillermo Carrasco
The poetry is by Guillermo Carrasco
A velvety voice caresses the ears is Guillermo Carrasco, Venezuelan singer that these days reaches the Venezuelan scene with his repertoire. On…
Occult
Black Magick SS
I am back with some extraordinary band for you to listen. Guys create a void you have never known. They take you to this void, introduce you to the…
Jerrod Niemann
Jerrod Niemann ‘Blue Bandana’ – Single Review
Jerrod Niemann has a lot of work to do. He successfully managed to alienate a great deal of fans, casual fans and even radio during his ‘High Noon’…
Demetria McKinney
Officially a strong debut
Because of my love for (mainly 90s) R&B music, I’ve made a lot of musical friends over the years who are all professionally active&…
Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell dies at 72
Bernie Worrell, keyboardist of Parliament and Funkadelic bands and whose role was very important in the birth and expansion of funk, died at age 72…
Future
Future releases remix of “Mask Off” featuring Kendrick Lamar
After rumors of a collaboration hours before its launch, last May 23, the rapper Future recruits rapper Kendrick for their second theme together.…
TLC
TLC gearing up to kickstart 2017
There's something about hearing the sound of T-Boz's voice again that makes it sound so right. You instantly forget the slight worry&…
Chris Cornell
The farewell letter to Chris Cornell's wife
Following the tragic news of the suicide of Chris Cornell, vocalist and leader of the iconic grunge band Soundgarden and Audioslave on May 17 at a…
Jessica Meuse
Jessica Meuse signs deal with LA Group Management
American Idol alum Jessica Meuse has signed a deal with L.A. Entertainment, Inc.’s management division, LA Group Management, and the Season 13, Top…
Pepper
Pepper, It On (Hawaii's Island Rock Band, Overshadowed by R.H.C.P.?)
Because this band has the name Pepper, they may not be the easiest band to find, and ontop of that there is the more popular Red Hot Chili Peppers…
Kingcalidro
KingCaliDro : King Of The Last Blue City
KingCalDro from Long Beach California, started his career as a independant artist in 2009. Growing up in Long Beach KingCaliDro had to avoid the…
Beyoncé
Visionary Black Power
'You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation'. By making a well-timed and astute marketing move - dropping the music…
The Kramford Look
The Kramford Look
What a beautiful night! I feel like I am writing some noir short stories somewhere in Africa. Of course, you do want to know why I feel so. And I&…
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Evolution of Hip-Hop Music Industry
In the music industry, the album used to be the most important format for years. However, these days, the concept is different. As now a lot of…
CD9
CD9 at the Kids'Choice Awards 2016
With more than 200 million votes gathered on the Internet, Kids'Choice Mexico Awards 2016 were held this afternoon at the National Auditorium…
Snoop Dogg
Lollapalooza 2016 without Snoop Dogg.
The rapper, producer and actor Snoop Dogg canceled their presentations planned for the Lollapalooza Festivals in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The…
I Will, I Swear
Heart Rate: Sky High
I Will, I Swear is a Belgian ambient duo that consists of multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Van Landeghem and vocalist Fien…
Little Mix
Why Feauturig And Lo Despacito Are In
Musical collaborations at transnational level are becoming more popular, especially if they come from the same Factor X, this time to the best sound…
Bon Jovi
The Classic Vs The Pop
In popular culture classic refers to a work of art, something that marked a before and after, but above all, worthy of admiration, a classic in an…
David Toop
David Toop
Dream Cargoes Sounds can be felt and touched and kissed. Sounds can be angry and coarse. They can be brown and angry. Sometimes they can be passive…
Paco de Lucía
Paco de Lucía: tribute without guitar
Last Friday, November 18 occurred an event like no other: the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra performed the world premiere of the symphonic suite…
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound are a great psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, who have released a number of great albums through the years.…
LCD Soundsystem
Back From The Dead, LCD Soundsystem Goes Back To Coachella
...To Tell The Truth This Won't Be The Last Time...” sang James Murphy to a crowd of tens of thousands in front of them during the…
Anielle Reid
VIDEO: Anielle Reid ‘Love Song’
Having released her videos for ‘Morality‘ and ‘Better‘ from her EP ‘Ain’t Like ‘…
Gona
Gona releases 'Mounsta' clip
Germán Romero, best known musically as GONA lanza 'Mounsta' her latest music video. His last formal work published last year is…
Fonseca
Fonseca does not want to leave for anyone
Colombia continues to reap fruits and ends the year with the joy of being recognized for his artistic work. As you know, recently nominations this…
Alex & Sierra
Alex & Sierra Show Us True Romance
I remember watching The X-Factor USA when these two walked onto the stage together. Alex & Sierra were definitely a cute…
Madonna
58 Cuban style for Madonna.
Madonna is the latest celebrity to visit Cuba, where he danced in a restaurant to celebrate his birthday and toured Havana with his family and…
Sergei Prokofiev
Prokofiev Piano Concerto Number 3
The Prokofiev Piano Concerto in C Major is a bit more chromatic than the others that have previously been reviewed. The clarinet solo and ending duet…
YG
YG present at Coachella 2016
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, better known as Coachella, is a music festival that takes place over two weekends in a row, in the city of…
Izzy Stradlin
Two Ex-Guns 'N' Roses come together to record a song.
Izzy Stradlin guitarist and founding member of Guns N 'Roses and Matt Sorum, the drummer who was also part of the band at the time of Use…
Post Malone
POST MALONE SEASON
Beerbongs & bentleys is not a song .... It's a whole project. Also a lifestyle and it's coming . Were the words addressed via…
The Beatles
Full Circle: The Beatles & Hip Hop (It's A Black-White Thang)
How do you measure the greatness of an artist? Is it through record sales or awards and accolades? Is it through the number of times a musician&…
Franco De Vita
Where is life?, the return of a great artist.
The Venezuelan singer and composer Franco de Vita returns to the musical arena after seven years and certainly comes with batteries recharged and…
KSHMR
KSHMR releases an amazing rendition of Radiohead's Creep
“Creep” is a classic 90’s song from Radiohead that spoke about all the imperfections we have as humans and how we wish…
Imagine Dragons
Fall in love with the new Imagine Dragons
And finally it came the most anticipated for fans of Imagine Dragons day. The band already released its new promotional Not Today, which will be part…
Tomates Fritos
The New Bands Festival 2017 is coming
The past 2016 was remembered for being the year in which the festival was supendió of the new bands of that year for the first time in more than…
Radiohead
Radiohead returns with unreleased tracks after 20 years in storage
Of late formats, the British band Radiohead published the release date of their new musical work OK computer OKNOTOK 1997-20017 by the end of this…
David Fanning
David Fanning ‘What’s Next’ – Single Review
Red Bow recording artist David Fanning has had a couple of stops and starts – just stops really – when it comes to launching…
Prince Royce
Prince Royce receives a new recognition
Prince Royce does not stop to reap successes before his good artistic moment. The singer is leading Latin American radios with Deja Vú, which is…
Famasloop
Famasloop and Viniloversus return to the stage in Caracas.
After two years without being on stage in Venezuela, the Caracas band Viniloversus has announced that soon will offer a show for all ages in the city…
Vic Mensa
Halfway Through 2016, Here are The Most Interesting Moments in HipHop
We counted down, watched the ball drop, and entered 2016 eagerly seeking to devour some of the most highly anticipated rap albums in recent memory. We…
DJ Mustard
DJ Mustard is a Goddamn Genius.
I could make a DJ Mustard beat in one hour. I’m not even exaggerating. The only tools I would really need are a handful of snappy Bay Area…
Grimes
5 Female Producers/Mix Engineers Who Are Setting The Music Scene On Fire
It’s no secret that women often don’t get enough credit for their work behind the scenes in the music industry other than for…
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives requires Wisin to relaunch song.
Carlos Vives launches a new version of The Edge of your love song that launched two months ago and in which video the exseñorita Colombia,…
Mac Demarco
Mac DeMarco announces the release of an album and publishes two new songs
The irreverent Canadian singer Mac DeMarco announced today the release of a new album, which will bear the name of This Old Dog. In addition to the…
Robert Vogu
Robert Vogu, one of the most important pop singers in Venezuela
2016 has been a successful year for the Venezuelan singer Robert Vog or who is also known by many as the first astronaut Venezuela. Press release His…
Julieta Venegas
It's the only thing there is
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera is premiere
After a more than successful international tour that took to Sin Bandera visiting for several Latin American cities, the duo released the first…
Joel Adams
The New Blue-Eyed Kid in the Block
It’s time for another talented young Youtuber to take the big leap, following the footsteps of Shawn Mendes! And, this time it&…
Oscarcito
Oscar-ci-to In The Paw Of The Ear
Everyone wants to get there, just to the ears of his followers, achieve capture their attention so that they remain in their memories, moving the…
Stevie Nicks
The purest return of Stevie Nicks
For the movie “The Book of Henry” Stevie Nicks has recorded the strikingly simple and beautiful ballad, “Your Hands I Will Never Let It Go”. The song…
Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck
Judge Roughneck Comes Alive with New Video
Ska Legends Judge Roughneck are back at it again with their latest single and video for Mirror in the Bathroom. One of the best ways to close out 2016…
Major Lazer
Cold Water already has a video
Another hit trio Major Lazer has videoclip. Cold Water, one of the themes of the summer, it has added a new music video to accompany such a great…
Miley Cyrus
Myley Cyrus' sister spat on her while they sang together
The interpreter of Malibu assured that his sister and also singer, Noah Cyrus, spat in the mouth while she spoke and that that behavior learned it…
Tammy J
C&C Factory of modern era : Introducing Tammy J
Stop right here. I will let you get sucked into this amazing time wrap of the 90`s golden draft to just start off right and warm-up your senses...…
B.o.B
A Personal Adventure
By a show of hands, who here remembers 2010 fairly well? Alright, obviously a rhetorical question, but I assume many of us do. In 2010, I was but a…
R.E.M.
STOP! You have to stop!
The day to day, the streets, the city, stress, as robots continue the journey, and we refuse to look sideways to see what we do, what we have done,…
Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon
Flaunting ridiculous amounts of talent, Pink Floyd are one of the biggest, most eccentric and experimental bands of the 70’s. Notorious for…
Dmytro Morykit
The love of amazing new classical music still exists
As Dmytro Morykit finds new ways of reaching fans, without fail they ask 'Why haven't we heard of you before?' His fans span all ages,…
Maluma
male chauvinist?
In recent days there has been a great controversy in social networks, after Yolanda Dominguez, activist and blogger for The Huffington Post, pointed…
Dirty Snowman Society
Dirty Snowman Society Share Epic New Release
Stepping onto the scene once again with yet another addictive (no pun intended) single, Dirty Snowman Society releases their new song “Too…
Drake
Drake does not want to be pigeonholed, much less for black
The song Bling Hotline Canadian singer Drake recently won the Grammy for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance / Sung. https://www.youtube.com/…
Hillsong United
Go! to walk on water
A song does not give super powers. Not the promises, but when an artist and the public come together in one voice, the experience of what happens…
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw ‘Damn Country Music’ – Album Review
I was surprised when ‘Damn Country Music’ was announced given that it comes barely a year after the release of ‘Sundown…
David Bowie
David Bowie was the best-selling artist in the UK in 2016
David Bowie (1947-2016) was the biggest-selling singer in the UK in 2016, thanks to his latest album, Blackstar, released just two days before his…
Beck
Beck shows how funny he is in his new video
Although Beck still can not name for his next album, it does release date will be Oct. 21 through Capitol Records, however, that the wait will not be…
Viniloversus
Broken Cities is the new advance of Viniloversus
After a few months, the Venezuelan band, Viniloversus, is working on what will be his fourth album, which have not yet published a lot of information…
Jon Anderson
When Great Music Simply Fades Away!
How is it possible that in this day and age there is still great music that has not been digitalized? Who’s to blame? The artist,…
Lor Scoota
Rapper Lor Scoota murdered
Police in Baltimore (Maryland - USA) reported on Sunday that the rapper Tyriece Travon Watson, better known as Scoota Lor, a native of that city, was…
Britney Spears
Britney Spears present in social networks.
It is no secret that this new world of social networks has served as a form of market for artists because through them keep informed all his…
Emeli Sandé
Will I O U' bring Emeli Sandé back?
There are a lot of rumors buzzing since the start of the year that Emeli Sandé’s second album is nearly finished. I have heard…
Beyoncé
Beyoncé took up the vase
On August 28 a new edition of the MTV Video Music Awards was held, and the star of the night was Beyonce. The wife of Jay - Z, presented an amazing…
Beach House
Beach House - Forever Still
One of my favourite things about Beach House is that I cannot conceive of creating something similar to their music. This is dream pop at its finest &…
Grammy Awards DJ's
The Grammys get on the tech bandwagon!
In these times, when most music lovers prefer to build their musical selection lowering their favorite songs from any digital platform, and when the…
Seven Lions
Seven Lions
Usually EDM music is considered bland, emotionless, or just a beat you wouldn't listen too off the…
Kings of Leon
Kings Of Leon Release Waste A Moment Video
One month after the premiere of his new album, Kings Of Leon launches new music video. This video accompanies the simple Waste A Moment, which was…
Adrivn
How to make music in Venezuela? Part I
Yes, here in Venezuela, in this land that borders the Caribbean Sea, music is made, and go how. At first, the process is as everywhere in the world,…
Jaymes Young
I'll love the world like I should
I've been looking for some inspiration to write for few days now. And I became very sad and angry, because I've been listening to TOP 40, TOP…
Ricardo Arjona
Remiendo Al Corazón, the new Ricardo Arjona
Ricardo Arjona is in the middle of promoting his album Circo Soledad , a completely different production in which the artist bets on new sounds and…
Metallica
Metallica's Wordwired Tour has 3 dates in Spain.
The American metal band Metallica thrash today announced the European dates of his Wordwired Tour, which will pass through Spain in February 2018…
Randy Rogers Band
Randy Rogers Band ‘Neon Blues’ – Single Review
Ah, there’s something so nostalgic, comforting, and pure about Texas Country music. It’s real and raw; it’s the…
Kalamashaka
7 Artists Who Helped Pioneer African Hip Hop
Hip hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx, New York to worldwide popularity; it has truly become a powerhouse within music and world…
Ilan Chester
The Caracas of Ilan Chester
Ilan Chester is Canto al Avila, a song that became the anthem of Caracas in the 80s. It was natural, for those years, to go quietly from Petare to La…
Violet Delancey
Violet Delancey ‘When The Clock Strikes Midnight’ - Album Review
Southern California native Violet Delancey grew up close to the recording studios where acts like Gram Parsons made country music history in the 1970s…
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…
Elvis Crespo
Elvis Crespo and Olga Tañón lead artists in Puerto Rican event Mojanolah
Elvis Crespo and Olga Tañón today lead the group of Puerto Rican and international artists that will participate in the ninth edition of…
Bob Dylan
Part Two: Dylan
After listening the song by Dylan you might be confused as to what it meant or what story he was trying to tell. It normally takes a few listens to…
Patrick Sweany
Patrick Sweany ‘Daytime Turned To Nighttime’ - Album Review
If Patrick Sweany’s last record, 2013’s ‘Close To The Floor’, was preoccupied primarily with dealing with the aftermath of multiple family deaths,…
Betty Davis
She-Funk
Betty Davis is a real Nasty Gal. She is one of the icons of funk, not just the music scene but the club life and style. And yes, she is Davis because…
Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey: The Once and Forever Detroit Kid
The most vivid memory I have of Glenn Frey, the co-founder of the Eagles who passed away this year, is the time he came within a few feet from me. I…
Corina Smith
Nah Nah Nah It's Logical What We Are
Although the original video of this song was what everyone expected, I like this Dance Video more than I show the passion not only for the music and…
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop will release an album and go on tour
The craving to seek new challenges and create new music is something that is becoming more common among musicians of the 60s and 70s and their link…
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert premieres music video
While awaiting Uzi's planned Luv Is Rage 2 project, Lil Uzi Vert leaves a new music video for the song Do What I Want on a trip to the…
Bradford Loomis
Bradford Loomis & Beth Whitney ‘The Banner Days’ – EP Review
Sometimes, the best records are the biggest accidents. Bradford Loomis and Beth Whitney began writing together with no expectations in mind, but two…
Ornette Coleman
Jacques Derrida interviews Ornette Coleman
This is one of those rare moments when two great minds from different cultural and professional backgrounds meet and discuss the abstract realms of…
Santiago Cruz
Santiago Cruz sings Life of my lives
Life of my life is the name of the latest music single by Colombian singer, Santiago Cruz, near the Dominican artist, Vicente Garcia, presented as a…
Fitzsimon and Brogan
Pure Pop For Now People: Fitzsimon And Brogan Release New Single, “Big Blue World”
“Big Blue World” is the brand new, vibrant single release from Fitzsimon and Brogan (FaB). Taken from the forthcoming (June 22nd) album by the same…
POLIÇA
A Brilliant Cover
In this live performance, experimental soultronica band Poliça lend their signature otherworldly electro-soul spin on Keith Sweat's…
Cher
Cher's life turns into a show
It’s beginning to be the best compliment for an artist’s music career to become the topic of your very own musical. While &…
Nya Jade
Nya Jade On ‘Loveday’, Shifting From R&B To Country Music and Multi-Culturalism – Interview
Nya Jade is not your average country music up-and-comer. Born in Ghana and having lived around the world, now settling in San Francisco, she burst…
Seasurfer
Seasurfer
Another band that makes me wet. And one of a kind band to me. I think I remember the way it was, the first time I’ve heard their sounds. It…
Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios
Hop(kins) on The Highway
From all those names that popped up on the American music scene in the mid-Eighties (and delivered), Rich Hopkins is probably the one that has, to put…
Soda Stereo
Former member is Goodwill Ambassador
Nothing more and nothing less than the office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Argentina appointed Ambassador of Good Will to Soda…
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams
At the end of 2015 it was news that Gustavo Dudamel directed parts of the soundtrack of Star Wars: The Force Awakens . The Venezuelan director was…
Slowdive
Slowdive released their new album
The English band Slowdive has just released their new album Slowdive after more than 22 years of record absence and will be released in digital…
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…
Mogwai
Spaceships Over Glasgow
Take Me Somewhere Nice is a brooding, moody and reflective ballad from Scottish post-rock quintet Mogwai's third album&…
Jake Shimabukuro
The Ukulele Virtuoso
On the beautiful island of Oahu in Hawaii, you will find many styles and genres among the various musical artists that reside here. Most of them…
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars premiered the video for That's What I Like
Hawaiian Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars is one of the most spectacular artists of the decade. His ability to dance reminds legend…
Jon Ehrlich
Interview with Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka, composers of Goliath
I recently checked in with Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka, two composers with a steady stream of credits. Given their partnership and unique…
The Strokes
The Strokes deny working on new material with Rick Rubin
Midway through this week, the father of Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr told The West Australian that his son's band was working on their…
Shakira
What does a mother sound like?
After three years, Shakira launches this eleventh album, El Dorado, a golden cover and a huge photograph of the singer as emerging from a lake.…
Wilco
Wilco announces new album and releases single
Just one year after his album Star Wars alternative rock band Wilco, he released a topic Locator without giving much information about it rather in…
BOYO
What To Look Out For: BOYO's Me, Again
During his video interview with Alt Philanthropy in March this year, LA D.I.Y. and warehouse circuit regular Robert…
Radiohead
When I put up flyers for Radiohead to come to Caracas
When he was 17 years old I met a person at the Santa Maria University who questioned much of the few groups that then I liked. He said that the world…
Chelique Sarabia
The Hall of Fame receives “Chelique” Sarabia
Although he is only remembered for Anxiety and its name is immediately associated to that song, we must recognize the musical merits of Jose Enrique…
2Pac
The Best Hip Hop Songs About Mama
In light of the recent passing of Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, I thought it might be good to look at some of the best songs that the hip…
God
G O D (Regarding a Message from God)El Rigna.
(This artist is not affiliated with the Hip-Hop artist God nor Lamb of God. But, is worthy of a listen like the previosuly mentioned.) So, on October…
Mura Masa
Desiigner tests electronic music with Dj Mura Masa
Last May 30, the official video of the new song of the Dj Mura Masa with the singer of trap Desiigner, which is titled All Around The World, this…
David Bisbal
David Bisbal promotes his new album
David Bisbal and is promoting his new album. The name of it is Children of the Sea and has already sparked the euphoria of the fans of the artist who…
All-4-One
Rediscovering All-4-One
Sometimes, I think my smartphone is listening in on things my conversations. It just so happens that someone asked me who sang “I Swear” and a very…
False Heads
Falseheads - Thick Skin
Just when you think to yourself “Man o’ man I need a rock n’ roll kick in the pants to get me through the day”…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias recognized as artist of the year at the Latin American Music Awards
For a consecutive year he triumphs in the awards that recognize Latin talent. The Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias won this Thursday the recognition…
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Scotland's Best Band Will Return in 2017
There is a running joke in my friend group that I’m not really in to gigs. The reason: most of the bands I love are either broken up or dead. I love…
ZZ Top
Nothin’ Can Stop ZZ Top
This trio, to me, is one of the baddest in the music industry. You know them when you notice the fire-engine red ’33 Ford coupe fly past the…
Cañoneros Del Valle
This is Caracas
This is Caracas is the title of the latest album of The Gunners, group celebrates 30 years of artistic career, deciding that his Aniversary party was…
Los3
Chucho of the 3 wants to be seen doing a little of everything.
After jumping to the musical arena with Grupo Treo and los3, Jesús Rondón, better known as Chucho, he is eager to show the public that not…