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Jazz Is Vital Energy For Ahmad Jamal
Even though he is already in his seventies, legendary Ahmad Jamal continues with the same level of enthusiasm in 2017 with his dedication to the…
Earl Grey
Girl Ray - How To Properly Brew Earl Grey
Earl Grey is a popular but finicky tea to make. If you don’t let it stand long enough, it has a bland taste: if you let it stand too long, it becomes…
At the End of Summer
Majutsu No Niwa - At The End Of Summer
Majutsu No Niwa are a renowned Japanese psychedelic noise rock/garage rock band, who have released a number of pretty good albums within their…
Northern Passages
Dallas and Travis Do Good - Again
The moment the opening track, “Riverview Fog” starts, you get the feeling that you’ve heard all this before, but that the cards have been reshuffled…
Memorandum
Autumn Is Coming
Dashing bearded guy with the suggestive falsetto and a guitar. This would be a perfect title for the movie about The Leading Guy, my new…
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…
Caja De Música
El Suin A La Colombiana by Monsieur Periné
Music Box (2015), the second album of Colombian M onsieur perineum, given the recognition that since their debut album was expected. Winners of the…
Everything Now
Everything Now is too much to ask from Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire have come to a point that every iconic band reaches eventually: they are a victim of their own success. They are one of the rare acts that…
Awesome Rock on Piano
Interview with Dmytro Morykit about his album 'Awesome Rock on Piano'
I interviewed Dmytro Morykit, about his recent album of classic rock covers Awesome Rock on Piano and include below some of his thoughts on the…
Walk Between Worlds
Simple Minds Do Not Complicate It
Simple Minds have released their 18th studio album, and just when no one except for hardcore fans did not expect anything besides formulaic music,…
Soul Sphere
Born Of Osiris Soul Sphere Album Review
Chicago’s heavy metal quintet Born Of Osiris released their 5th full length release on October, 29th 2015. The album is based on the ancient…
Off The Beaten Track (Live at Propolis 2014)
My Biggest Discovery Of The Year: Mother's Cake - Off The Beaten Track
How many young alternative rock bands do you now? Yes I know, there are tons of great artists and musicians, and I am glad that nowadays we can easily…
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…
Iron Mountain
“Iron Mountain” by Michael Brondstetter
In 1888 in the “Maxims and Arrows” section of his book “Twilight of the Idols” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously said, “Was mich nicht…
Ty Segall
Ty Segall Never Slows Down
A golden rule in music is to take a break between records. In most cases, artists go to hibernation until boredom turns into inspiration, and…
Sworn Virgins
Ambitious Omar Rodríguez López launches Sworn Virgins
Omar Rodriguez Lopez manages to be active constantly. Known as little dictator in The Mars Volta, brain At the Drive-In and fundamental part of…
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…
Mysterium
Hammock - The endless sorrow of a loss
There are a lot of things you can think about and let your thoughts wander while lying in a hammock. Usually, you get into it to relax, have leisurely…
América Supersónica
Okills will return home with a concert.
After a long time abroad promoting his new album titled America Supersonic, which was a resounding success in the Venezuelan radio and many abroad.…
Forcefield
Track-By-Track Review: Tokyo Police Club's Forcefield
In 2014, Canadian alternative/indie band Tokyo Police Club released their latest album, Forcefield. So, how does it compare to their previous works,…
Life Love Flesh Blood
The Revolution of Imelda May
Up to this point, Imelda May based her work on retro-rockabilly style and she has been doing it with grit, quality and confidence, starting from the…
Root/Void
Jams Keep on Rolling
MV + EE or for the uninitiated, Matt Valentine and Erika Elders keep on making their tasty jam rolls. Like this song from their new album Root/Void, &…
Loopified (Deluxe Edition)
When you combine talent, hard work and dedication, happens Dirty Loops Loopified
Can you imagine a band made by three best friends, rocking around the world? Yes, it is possible! That is the story of Dirty Loops! This Swedish band…
Little Seeds
Plot Twist: Americana of Shovels and Rope
One of the best things about music albums are failed predictions. You are anticipating to hear one thing, and you end up enjoying something completely…
My Domain
Classic Instruments Have Never Sounded Less Serious
Clowed Forehead present themselves as international doom-folk-rock band with an address in Czech city Brno. Band includes five young guys from Iran,…
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…
Monster Heart
Clones of Clones: Monster Heart
Nothing is completely original...I’m not sure things have been original for awhile. I envision a clone to be a less perfect version of its…
République Amazone
The Sound Of Black Continent Representing
Everyone who’s been traveling around world, either as a digital nomad or just during vacation period, knows how inspiring is to hear different types…
Helion Prime
Helion Prime's Debut Is A Power Metal Extravaganza
Young Californian duo Helion Prime was founded in 2014. At the beginning of last year they self-released their debut album and started looking for a…
Heart Crash Boom Bang
Ewian=Radiohead?
Let's be real - it's difficult for people to get out of their comfort zones an change their routine. The best evidence for this was Ewian when…
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,…
Penrose Winoa
Oro Swimming Hour - Lo-fi childhood memories
Looking at the cover of Pro Swimming Hour’s debut album Penrose Winoa (whatever that is) you have an impression that it was drawn by a very advanced…
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…
Love Jones EP
In the Case of love
I started following R&B singer Case on social media about 8 years ago after getting introduced to his manager. I only remembered him from “…
Indeleble
The New Bands Festival 2016 is coming.
On 11 January this year, the official website of the Fundacion Nuevas Bandas, the date for the start of the Festival New bands, which will be from 18…
Policies of Power EP
Policies of Power
Samantha Urbani’s debut is alt-pop with style and nuance. She coats her sound with some retro ’80s accessories, but her real emotions remain grounded…
Canyons of My Mind
On the Art of Being Subtle
Trying to be subtle doesn’t usually bring success in the country (Americana) music. Unless you are Kris Kristofferson, of course. Up to his third…
Cardinal (Expanded Edition)
My Albums of the Year: Pinegrove: Cardinal
There's something about Pinegrove's sophmore album, technically their label debut, Cardinal that is pleaseingly alt-country. You remeber alt-…
Division
Shannon Wright At The Pinnacle of Her Career
Shannon Wright dropped her 10th album this year titled Division. This author from Atlanta creates forcefully and consistently,…
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…
...Of the Dark Light
....Of The Dark Light
Long Island death metal stalwarts bring considerable technical aptitude to an album that works within the framework of their long-established sound.…
Won't Be There
Luke Reed - One For The Summer
If you tried to count the number of gifted young musicians with a thousand song ideas in their head, playing and recording them in a number of bands,…
Prisoner
The Zenith Of Ryan Adams
From the first notes of Ryan Adam’s new album, you will hear more than you have ever heard before in the career of this gifted author. What I am…
Bailando Sobre las Ruinas
Public Disorder returns with optimism and Dancing on Ruins
Public disorder had shown signs of a new album from the launch of its theme Everything is normal , a satire on political speech of the Venezuelan…
Vulnicura
Bjork's Tryst with Virtual Reality
She has always been one of the pioneers in experimentation in the world of music. I remember when I heard my first Bjork album Debut back in my…
Guidance
A Battle Between Darkness And Light
New release from Post-rock/metal assemble Russian Circles, dubbed Guidance, is unmistakably recognized as a work made by seasoned musicians which…
HAIZ
Hailee Steinfeld Headphones and Haiz
Where others struggle a lifetime to get a music career going, Hailee Steinfeld seems to have stumbled upon it by accident. Appearing as an actress…
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar [Review]
I always had a kind of strange relationship with Ulver’s releases. Every time when Garm and his group delivered a new album I would end up being more…
Ashes Of The Wake
Turn It Up
As an angsty teenager I fit the mould of being really pissed off for no good reason and Lamb of God were the first band that I really connected with…
The Weather
Thunder From Down Under a.k.a. POND
It seems to me that I am beginning almost every second review with the observation that many singers and bands are creating records bursting from…
Listen Without Prejudice / MTV Unplugged (Deluxe)
Wrong time for the right idea
With the beginning of the holiday season, I can’t help but look back to last year’s holiday season and the great loss it brought…
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…
HOPELESSNESS
Kudos To Anohni
In the middle of anti-LGBT speeches and North Carolina’s controversial bathroom bill, here comes the record from the artist who represents…
Your Wilderness
Emotionally Filled Atmo Rock
I first heard about The Pineapple Thief three years ago when their vocalist, Bruce Soord, worked with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia&…
Honeymoon
The Biggest Narcissist Of Them All
Estoy enamorado de mí, pero yo creo que no es mutuo. Creo que debería ser el nombre del próximo disco de Lana del Rey. Si se hubiera…
Didn't He Ramble
Glen Hansard Does Not Ramble
Glen Hansard is a cute Irish man who conquered the world by singing the Academy award winning song Falling Slowly. The movie Once has become a classic…
The Hope Six Demolition Project
Bravo, PJ Harvey!
The Hope Six Demolition Project is an extremely suggestive album. It is almost as suggestive as the author herself. Just when I thought that PJ Harvey…
The Gentle Cycle
Will The Gentle Cycle Find Their Spot
I am a witness of the unfair phenomenon in music world - a huge number of new musicians and albums do not get the attention they deserve, in spire of…
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
#tbt: Outkast - Speakerboxx \ The Love Below
En la música, al igual que en la vida, fomentamos muchas expectativas. Todo lo que usted espera será utilizado en su contra, ya que a…
We Are Millionaires
Fij & Bickers - Forlorn but not beaten
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers - never heard? Well, if you are a close follower of all things music, particularly the late Eighties and early Nineties…
Not Even Happiness
This Byrne Can Also Make You Happy
I got drawn to listen to Julie Byrne’s “Not Even Happiness” album after a series of articles, posts, whatnot about it. The simple stark black and…
Simplicity
Exuberant Punk-Rock
This New Jersey band is like a group of sport guys. You love them, they motivate you, you do tattoos with their faces. They make you laugh, you make…
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,…
Menimals
Menimals - Menimals
The Italian psychedelic rock/noise rock band Menimals came out with their self-titled album via Riot Season earlier this year. The album packs a…
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…
Man of the Woods
My Verdict Of Justin's New Album
Fifth chapter of Justin Timberlake's solo career begins with explosive verse: If you know what's good... In FIlthy, the first promotional…
Gumboot Soup
King Gizzards - Five Albums in One Year
Previous year was the year of King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, and whoever tries to convince you otherwise, feel free to ignore them. When they…
Pictures of Saint Paul Street
Greg Ashley - When Cynicism Pays Off
Through the 5+1 solo albums he has made so far, Greg Ashley has shown that if you are to fit into the shoes of guys like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Lou…
American Candy
They Have Our American Candy
The Maine has been touring non stop since the release of their last album, American Candy, earlier this year. As this is their fifth album, we all…
Dead Magic
Reincarnation of Diamanda Glass, miss Anna Von Hausswolff
Take what is the destiny of a human being, a thin pathetic line that marks and surrounds the neverending and the unknown silence. Right in that…
Post-Frenz Container Buzz
Oliver Wilde - Post-Frenz or Post-Everything?
Bedroom, or shall we be more precise and say home recording musicians seem to be a very common instance these days. Most of them rarely catch the eye…
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…
Words Like Young
Timothy Nelson - Will Fly Far
As each year gets close to its end, I start scavenging other people’s “best of” lists to find something I’ve not heard before, something to have for…
World Music
Goat - World Music
Goat is a psychedelic rock band from Sweden, that gained its high reputation in the psychedelic rock circles with its great debut album World Music.…
Bash the Bishop
Boycott The Baptist - Bash The Bishop (A Smashing Good time)
I was contacted around December 2016 by the vocalist and guitarist of this power duo. Now, I check out a page called Underground Music Coalition and…
Panorama
Check out country's newcomer Ryan Hurd Panorama EP
Country newcomer Ryan Hurd’s distinctive sound has been coming through radio speakers across America since he signed with Universal Music…
T.R.I.P.S.
Ancient Sky - T.R.I.P.S.
Ancient Sky are a great American psychedelic rock band from Brooklyn, New York. They have released quite a few great psych rock albums through the…
Currents
Lonerism Was Better
In a long and impressive history of rock n roll, we have heard almost every combination of genre. Big talents have mixed the unmixable,…
Keep Singing
Did you know that Rick Astley had kept singing?
He’s become such an icon for all the strangest reasons, but when Rick Astley had his breakthrough as a singer, in the 80s, he already was…
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Unique artist with a distinctive expression - Fiona Apple
What I absolutely love and appreciate for any artist is being a songwriter, not just a performer. One of my favourite alternative rock, jazz, art pop…
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…
Dark Sky Island
Sparkling Despite the Fluidity of Time
Other than our family, our friends can help shape the music we listen to as well as enjoy. It was through a friend that I first heard of Enya and her…
Beautiful Lies
Birdy Is All Grown Up
Still in her sensitive years, British pop sensation Birdy released her third album this spring, turning out to be her most mature effort yet. It is…
Tempest
Broken Water - Tempest
Broken Water are a relatively well-known garage rock/noise rock/shoegaze band from Olympia, Washington. They have released a handful of fascinating…
Afterschool
Born Idiot - Afterschool (Review)
Modern music often resembles the old saying “history repeats itself.” As decades pass, more and more artists regress into a dark cloud of past sounds.…
The Only Way Is Up
Sometimes words are not needed
I'm the first one to tell you that lyrics are important to a song. It doesn't matter if a lyric is repeated constantly or if it's used as…
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…
Merkabah / SunInYourHead
Shaddah Tuum ooze menace on EP
Shaddah Tuum weave dark and ambient soundscapes that ripple with edgy industrial menace. Their shamanic incantations insinuate themselves into the…
Crack-Up
Decent Comeback of Fleet Foxes
Singer and main author of Fleet Foxes, Robin Pecknold, needed six years to write and shape the material for band's third studio album titled Crack…
The Abbey Road Sessions
Raw Kylie In Retrospective
In 2012, Kylie was hungry for the impact Adele had made on the world and decided to follow her steps. If your are a cynic, than this is what you might…
The Color Before The Sun
Coheed and Cambria The Color Before The Sun Album Review
Progressive rock heavyweights Coheed and Cambria released their new album titled on October, 16th 2015. Up until this point, Coheed has only released…
Orwell Court
Orwell Court - Hope Not George Is In Question
Listening to Gareth Dickson’s album “Orwell Court” one of the thoughts passing your mind is, that hopefully, it's not the court of George…
Blackjazz
Sounds from the mental institution Pt.2
When Blackjazz came out back in 2010 it quickly became a cult avant-garde record. The guys from Shining already played an extreme form of…
Day Breaks
Norah Jones - Day Breaks [Review]
The most appropriate description of the new record by Norah Jones is “back to basics.” She ditched poppy tunes, simplified arrangements keeping just…
Rocket
Is Alex G Reincarnation of Elliot Smith?
There must be someone who deserves the same hype as Frank Ocean. There must be and here he is. Twenty year old author and multi instrumentalist Alex…
Examples
Shining Examples
Personally, I’m not a big fan of beats albums. At least, not for home listening. In a club, fine, that should be their main purpose. But at home, I…
My Love Is Cool
Ecstasy Rock
Right in the middle of this year, we have got one of the strongest debut albums. We will have to wait and see what the last quarter is about to bring,…
hopeless fountain kingdom
Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
The rising pop star's sophomore album goes for experimental radio hits that are full of anhedonic drama. It's ambitious and nuanced, though…
Tribute to Snake Charmers Music
Holy Palms - Tribute To Snake Charmers Music
Holy Palms is a fascinating one-man psychedelic rock band from Russia. What is interesting about Holy Palms is the mixture of psychedelic…
St Germain
The Return Of St Germain
It took him fifteen years to release an…
theyesandeye
Lamb Gone Folk
Music duo Lamb has been influencing electronic scene with their trip-hop and chill-out discography. As half of Lamb, Lou Rhodes took a completely…
La Saboteuse
Yazz Ahmed - World Jazz At Its Best
Quite a number of modern jazz trumpet players are adding various tonalities from different musical styles as well as from different parts of the world…
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,…
Hell On Earth (Explicit)
Mobb deep - 20 years of 'Hell on Earth'
This November 19th is now 20 years since the publication of the album 'Hell on earth', the third studio album Gangstarap the famous…
22, A Million
Avant-Garde Bon Iver
BON IVER After a five year break and huge anticipation spurred by questioning whether we are ever going to see another album of Bon Iver (due to…
Amplifier
Amplifier turn it up to eleven
Four-piece progressive rock band from Manchester, Amplifier produce expansive, reverb-washed alt-rock designed for better living. Think Soundgarden&…
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…
Heba
Lowly, A Brand New Newborn of DreamPop
I want to dream that you dream about the same dreampop next to me. If I was to write a song to my loved one, this is how it would begun. Not only that…
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…
II
Naxatras - II
Naxatras are an interesting Greek psychedelic/space rock band, who hail from Thessaloniki. Naxatras have previously released one album and an EP. Both…
Hey Mr Ferryman
Hey Mr. Ferryman - Mark Eitzel is Not Ready Yet
Mark Eitzel, the man with probably most biting, sometimes even cynical, but always with a human line seeping through is back. The former…
Blurryface
Perfect Sound, Average Songs
Production has cut my album in half. The songs are good; the only extra thing I need is a good production. This is just one of the many statements…
From Now On
From Now On: The Princess Of Chicago Rap
When I say Dreezy, you think of Drake right? But this female version is something so much more than that. This new Rap game…
Kindly Now
Keaton Henson Laid Bare
After some consideration, I realised that Keaton Henson’s Kindly Now is most definitely one of my favourite albums of the year. It…
Fearless
#tbt Taylor Swift - Fearless
Americans will be Americans. They will love their country music endlessly, even when it is contaminated by pure pop melodies that have nothing to do…
Star Treatment
Wovenhand, The Second Phase
Wovenhand is one of those band with a cult status, thanks to David Eugene Edwards and the band that existed before Wovenhand (and that is 16…
Flying Microtonal Banana
Flying Microtonal Banana Is Lunatic's Manifesto
Australian geniuses King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have returned with the new album, and by the end of the year, there will be…
Holiday Of Love
Simply Well Done
Who doesn't want a holiday of love? Everyone wants a holiday and if it is one filled with love, I think everyone would want that. But what if we…
The Divine Feminine
Divine Music
Wow. This is what I have to say about Mac Miller's brand new album The Divine Feminine. I really really really liked this album for a number of…
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Is Jason Isbell Still On A Good Track
This is the third time in a row that we are welcoming Jason Isbell's new album in the middle of the uneven year. This tradition was initiated with…
Growing Up Is For Trees
Growing Up Is For Trees
Let me get one thing straight – these guys are not from Barcelona, they are from Scandinavia. How could something so cheerful come from a…
Those Younger Days
Indie Family
When you believe in people, the whole world is a church. And when your family believes in you, your life is easy like indie song. Music runs in the…
Northern Passages
Steady Addition To The Sadies Discography
Northern Passages is tenth studio album by Canadian band The Sadies. If we include live albums and compilations, it is the 16th album they have…
Magma
Taking It Cool
After pretty unexciting L'Enfant Sauvage, Gojira are back with their newest offering called Magma. The first notable thing you’ll notice…
Malibu
Anderson .Paak Serving His Heart
Rihanna totally threw us under the bus when she released ANTI. The world was waiting for EDM kicker, and we got a great R’n’b…
G I R L
Pharrell's G I R L and music induced endorphins
As I’ve grown older, my music tastes have definitely expanded. This could have something to do with the fact that I’m married to…
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…
Bitch, Don't Let Me Die!
Art Rock
Winter is coming and new Electric Six album has already came. It is called Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die and it is pretty strange they already…
Inti
Machine Mass Deliver Jazz Fusion Covers of Jimi Hendrix
Although the name sounds more metal than Megadeth, Machine Mass is actually Belgian-British-American jazz fusion band formed by guitarist Michel…
Tara Jane O'neil
Tara Jane O'Neil - Eighth Time Like The First Time
No big mystery or innuendo in the title above. Just the fact that Tara Jane O’Neil has decided to go the self-titled route only for her eighth&…
Harry Styles
Harry Styles
El debut en solitario del miembro One Direction rinde homenaje al rock'n'roll clásico y muestra su voz excepcional, si no su…
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.…
Jei Beibi
Café Tacvba consecrates its experience in Jei Beibi
They are already 28 years of musical career and Café Tacvuba manages to show the best musical document of the moment in which they are living. A…
Ocean's Kingdom
McCartney’s “Ocean’s A Kingdom Proves a Tear Jerker”
Juro que el Paul McCartney es el mejor! Su sentido de la melodía nunca muere. Su sensible a la armonía y el ritmo nunca desaparece. O de…
Regina
Regina - Becca's Ethereal Masterpiece
Becca Stevens is one of the leading Americana musicians of today and her fourth album ‘Regina’ is a culmination of her solo career so far. Her last…
Carrie & Lowell
Reflections on Sufjan Steven's Latest Offering
It’s finally time to talk about what has been described as Sufjan Stevens’ most personal album to date. The mysterious, melancholy man behind the…
Volume 1
Midlake's Supergroup
BNQT, read as Banquet, is actually Midlake with guest songwriters and singers. Guests include Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healt from…
The Great Plains
Thomas Dybdahl - Great Plains With An Accent On Great
Mention Thomas Dybdahl’s name in his native Norway and everybody’ will know who you’re talking about. After all, his first solo album from about…
Flotus
Wagner as a Mood Piece
Wagner as in Kurt, the Lambchop main-man, not Richard the Opera man. It is still a good mood piece, as in Flotus, the new Lambchop album. It has been…
Shape Shift With Me
Post-Dysphoria Punk
After nihilistic and vulgar album Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Laura-Jane Grace went through a chatarsis and left us wondering what will…
Heathen
Thou - Heathen
Thou are a doom/sludge metal band from Baton Rouge in Louisiana and they have been operating as one of the more unique and better bands in the whole…
The Narrows (Deluxe Edition)
Grant Lee Phillips Stromg As A Buffalo
Grant Lee Buffalo were one of those bands that never got enough recognition from the media and the audience. Their 1999 debut Fuzzy, a fusion of…
Starflower
Crushing on Jennifer Paige’s new sound
In the 90s, she got us all singing the light hearted guitar pop song “Crush”, and many of us probably forgot her since. Back then, I actually bought…
The Underside of Power
Algiers Join Movements of Political Albums
On their first, eponymous album, Algiers have defined themselves as a gospel/experimental rock band with emphasized political attitude. If you are an…
A Deeper Understanding
War On Drugs Deliver Again
When you bruise a diamond like Lost In The Dreams, it is clear that you signed up in the history of music books. Adam Granduciel may not even need…
Hamburg Demonstrations
Everything Is Stable in The World of Pete Doherty
A little bit of Libertines, a little bit of Babyshambles, a little bit of solo work. That is how the life flows for Pete Doherty. After 2009 debut…
Minor Victories (Orchestral Variations)
Mogwai's, Slowdive's and Editor's SuperGroup In The Purest Instrumental Form
After the eponymous debut, Minor Victories have prepared an interpretative surprise with their new release. In case you didn’t know, this is a…
Two Windows
Lali Puna - Two windows look in different directions
Lali Puna was always about the Korean born singer Valerie Trebeljahr and her pop inventions. And pop inventions that are exactly what I have in mind -…
FUTURE
Future Still Swimming in Dark Waters
Two years after his sepulchral watermark DS2, the dual sides of Future's artistic persona appear to be set in stone. There is…
Are You Alone?
Majical Cloudz Are You Alone? Album Review
The electronic-pop duo Majical Cloudz released their 6th full length on October, 16th, 2015 titled . The album features 12 original songs all written…
Talk a Lot
SALES Return With Infectious Guitar Pop Anguish
Orlando-based duo SALES (vocalist/guitarist Lauren Morgan and producer Jordan Shih) reassume their position as guitar-based indie pop poets of…
Daily
Some daily music for you
My days usually start out with my local radio station blasting on my stereo. I always hope to catch some news, the weather and the traffic situation.…
Hang on to the Night
Queer Adversity
“Post-Orlando, I’ve seen a lot of people post lyrics to our song ‘Hang On To The Night,’ which was written in…
Pipe Dream
Kyle Duke Releases Debut Single Pipe Dream
Kyle Duke has just released the debut single and music video, “Pipe Dream,” from his album coming out May 4th, Snack Time. The…
April Skies
Songs that started it all. 2) April Skies, Jesus and Mary Chain
Scotland has a proud history of great indie bands: Belle and Sebastian, The Blue Nile, punk band The Skids, Primal Scream, but before I heard April…
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…
Kill Me
Dumbfoundead's Kill Me is a Playful and Witty “Ride or Die” Anthem
Korean-American rapper Dumbfoundead (Jonathan Park) released the third song from his recently released EP Rocket Man (Dec 12, 2017) a few days ago,…
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…
Say You Do
Tei Shi Channels Britney Spears in Say You Do
When Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi (Valerie Teicher) released her critically acclaimed debut album Crawl Space in March…
Stitches
Stitched up by Shawn Mendes!
Shawn Mendes. Now that’s a name that I’ve been hearing quite a lot these past few months. Of course, like Justin Bieber, I didn&…
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…
Yo Me Quedo en Venezuela
The melody that they teach you at birth
Music is so important that almost all the nations of the world have their own national anthem. A Hymn from a simple concept is a song has lyrics,…
Buried Alive
An underapricated gem from two New York artists
Out of all the bands that were part of the early 2000s New York scene Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the most consistent. Other bands, like Interpol, and The…
Apartment Story
Songs that started it all: The National, Apartment Story
If there was one band that could sum up my early twenties it's The National. The song that made that possible was Apartment Story. In many ways…
God Is Dead?
God is Dead?
Black Sabbath… legends… cult. Iconic band… fathers of heavy metal… a lot of things can be attributed to…
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?  …
Hard Believer
A True Milestone of Modern Blues
I personally prefer listening to albums – it gives me a wider perspective on musicians’ aesthetic visions. I was raised in the era…
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…
Angels
Transmissions in Space
Don't even doubt for a moment, that when The XX hit the scene everyone was taken back. This small band creating sexy, edgy yet intimate and…
Cheap Thrills
Sia and a mysterious new single
Despite how famous he has become this singer so much that the Snapchat dedicated a filter, had never bothered to know a lot of Sia, of course I have…
Closer
Closer
For the first 10 seconds, the song sounds like it’s building to something monumental: thundering piano chords, sweeping synth washes, and a swelling…
Burns Like Fire
Steven Ryan Shares new single Burns Like Fire
Steven Ryan is a pop/adult contemporary singer-songwriter from southern Ontario. His honest lyrical style and emotionally charged vocal performance…
Femme
Francophone Chic
“Honestly, we’re no Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel or Félix Leclerc ... As artists who sing in French, I feel like…
Glorious (feat. Skylar Grey)
Can't hold Macklemore down, again
I’ve been hearing that Macklemore has been making some changes. After years of collaborating with Ryan Lewis since 2009, the two, apparently, have…
Same Old Love
It's hard to let it go
Selena Gomez seems to have been born for a life in entertainment. As a matter a fact, she hardly knows anything else. Her career actually began at the…
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…
Where Is The Love?
Still a Timely Question for Today
We only got one world and something's wrong with it. This is how the lyrics of this 2003 hit song from Black Eyed Peas end. And with the recent…
The Man Who Sold The World - 2014 Remastered Version
COVERLAND Vol.11: The Man Who Sold the World
There are countless covers throughout music history; some were more successful than the originals, some were not, but there aren’t so many…
Sweet Ophelia
Age of Innocence
Shakespeare’s quotability has made him a popular song subject; his countless works have been the titles/subjects of many songs and Zella Day’s Sweet…
Dear Wormwood
Literary Lyrics & True Folk Sounds
Texas sibling duo the Oh Hello’s has achieved a sound similar to that of Sufjan Stephens. In October of 2016, The Oh Hello’s…
Oh Woman Oh Man
This may be the best way to listen to London Grammar
Part of the problem with London Grammar’s first album, If You Wait, is that each song was weighted down by dark moods, emotion, and tone.…
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&…
Sucker
Sucker for The Big Moon
The Big Moon has a song playfully titled Sucker that...also has a seductive attraction that easily draws in any one within hearing distance. London…
Mr. Hitler
We're Gonna Tear Hitler Down
In times of global tensions and a possible new rise of fascist, racist, nationalist and fundamentalist movements, it’s imperative to…
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…
Did I Step on Your Trumpet
Danielson's version of Gospel
I never thought that a Christian band could bring any excitement… until now. I recently discovered Danielson Familie, whose music I would…
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…
Skyline
Epic Lushness
Canadian indie music collective Broken Social Scene recently released Skyline, the third single from their upcoming LP …
Die Young
Flipping the Script
Music - rock-and-roll in particular - has long championed a fatal fetishization of youth. Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse are probably the most famous…
I Want U
1 step forward, 2 steps back, but never back at one
There’s no way you could not know of Brian McKnight, even if you are just a little bit into R&B music. Brian has really build a name for…
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…
Sabali
Love, Jouissance and Blindness: The Doubly Poignant Use of Amadou & Mariam's Sabali in Léa Mysius' Ava
“Ava”, the debut feature film by La Femis film school graduate Léa Mysius, incorporates a…
Let Me Help You
is Mario finally leading up to an album?
Mario seemed so set to get a massive music and movie career. As a cute kid he sang the catchy Let Me Love You straight into the global charts. He…
Bambi
Chief`s Run For Bambi!
A week ago, after it drops, I did a full album review on our Chief Jidenna and was pleasently suprised by his authentic diversity.…
Do-wah-diddy
COVERLAND Vol.15: Do Wah Diddy Diddy
One of the most important characteristics of a good pop song is that it’s catchy. Some unusual melody, a sound or a strange enough word that gets…
Sister
Living Life and Dying Right
“Sister is the eight-minute centerpiece and third single from indie-folk singer-songwriter's Angel Olsen forthcoming album My Woman,…
Sunshine
Peter Salett Uses Sunshine To Possess A Single Kind Of Love
Peter Salett's acoustic number Sunshine could border on Country, however, Salett instead touches upon a more Acoustic Indie paradox. I came across…
Mrs. Potato Head
A Song that Tackles Plastic Surgery
It’s not the first time songs took on social issues with finesse, but Melanie Martinez just got to a graphic and creative level with Mrs. Potato Head.…
Had to Let Me Go
Liquid Cool
Had To Let Me Go is a great introduction to the beguiling, atmospheric blend of 90s R&B and contemporary…
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…
Greenlight
Pitbull scores a new Hit with Green Light
Cuban-American rapper, raises interest of his new album with Green Light the third single from her tenth studio album Climate Change. This time…
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…
Love
Nothing fancy, just Love
Oh man, where to even start with this? Aptly, Lana del Rey blessed the world with the single from her pending album in the month of love. While few…
Every Kind Of Way
H.E.R. Makes Us Believe in Love Everyday With 'Every Kind Of Way'
Who doesn't love an anonymous artist? Well H.E.R. is that anonymous artist we can't help but want to know more about (of course). With vocals…
UGH!
Comfy Sweater, Fluorescent Neon Lights and Lots of Funky Dancing
Nope, that’s not my idea of a perfect date. That’s how I would describe The 1975’s “Ugh!”…
Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)
When Shakira dyed her hair blonde.
Although hair color has nothing to do with talent, part of the image of an artist. Shakira is undoubtedly one of the most famous Latin American…
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,…
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…
Habalona
Habalona from Rxnde Akozta and Marrom
Randee Akozta is one of the most important Mc's that emerged from the underground scene of the island of Cuba, he became known thanks to the…
A Sky Full of Stars
Revisiting A Sky Full of Stars
Music has a strong influence in arts and political movement that ever walks the earth. Music can either make or break you or perhaps enlighten you…
DNA
DNA's Powerful Hold
Many know Lia Marie Johnson as a YouTube personality, oddly enough being ingrained into the YouTube circle has never been any concern of mine. So…
Yellow
Coldplay a band that describes emotions
I want to start this by writing space on the British band Coldplay, formed in London in 1996 by vocalist Chris Martin, bassist Guy Berryman,…
Darkest Ocean
Sonic Ideas
Darkest Ocean presented by All Tvvins has traces of that infamous Indie credit that is hard to well...discredit. However, All Tvvins have a sense to…
Don't Know Why
Slowdive's “Don’t Know Why”: Unburied Magic
The music video for 90s shoegaze icon Slowdive’s “Don’t Know Why” begins on an effervescent note,…
Ugly Boy
Die Antwoord Open The Door To Ugly Boy
Die Antwoord are a bit like that horse pill you had to swallow as a child to get rid of a massive sinus infection or some other serious illness.…
Closer
Lemaitre Have Us Believing Happiness Is That Much Closer
'Closer' by Lemaitre featuring Jennie A. was ironically discovered (for myself) through the new Pixel Google Phone commercial that Youtube…
1000
N.E.R.D. and Future Deliver Electrifying Political Chaos With 1000
Swagger overshadowed political awareness on N. E. R. D. and Rihanna’s “Lemon” (tutorial No. 1); Pharrell Williams tips…
Angels in Chains
Geri's tribute to George: From friend to friend
Sometimes, social media is so misleasing. It had been buzzing for days that Geri Horner-Halliwell or Halliwell-Horner, or just…
Stand Up for Something (feat. Common)
Standing up to inspire others
I’ve had a favorite songwriter for a very long time now. She’s Diane Warren. I think she’s slightly strange, now that I follow her on social media and…
Estoy Afuera, Sal
memory = love
Who did not face an impossible love to forget? That person you're trying to discard, but does not work and try more remains embedded in your…
Fool's Gold
What's Eating the Wallflower
Music listeners who stumble upon Jack River’s “Fool’s Gold” music video will probably find themselves drawing some comparisons to alt-pop chanteuse…
In Common
You will be surprised to hear In Common by Alicia Keys
So Alice returns to the musical arena with a new and extremely different style, trying to make space between all the leading artists today. With a…
Un Año Después
One year later
Siam duo Cali, Colombia brings his latest single One Year Later after a break of two years. This pair of X Factor winners singers Colombia in 2009…
Y Tus Dedos
The bolero is in mourning
Concha Valdés Miranda, Cuban songwriter and performer, died Saturday at the age of 89 at Mercy Hospital in Miami, South Florida, after suffering…
Love So Soft
Kelly Clarkson Like Never Before
Kelly Clarkson is back. It’s the same Kelly, the same powerful voice, the same diva like aura about her - but with a whole new label backing her this…
Did You Really Say No
Did I really like this track?
Vanessa Paradis is one of those names that has popped up many times over, well, decades. I remember her as a teenager singing “Joe Le Taxi”, which was…
The Hills
The Hills - Eminem & Nicki remixes
Somebody said that Can't feel my face is played even on Mars. Everybody knows it and everybody loves it, no doubt about it.…
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…
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…
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,…
Fantasy
A funky fantasy
How do you review a single by a singer who’s deceased? Especially when the artist has been so vocal about artistic freedom as George Michael. But a…
Flight Attendant
Earnest Ambiguity
Travelling supposedly promises escape and self-discovery – this is probably why Josh Rouse’s “Flight Attendant&rdquo…
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…
Don't Call Me (feat. Yuna)
TOKiMONSTA and Yuna's Chilly Kiss-Off
While Malaysian indie singer-songwriter Yuna (Yunalis Zara'ai) is best known for Crush, her heartwarming and romantic duet with Usher,…
Sea Creatures
What the Precocious Teenager Sees
Sea Creatures is the title track off SOAK's (i.e. Irish 18-year old Bridie Monds-Watson) debut album. The Guardian's Kate Mossman has…
the words
Christina Perri Sings the Mood
There’s just something about her voice that brings me to be caught within a trance-like consciousness. Her style of changing between soft…
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
50 ways to leave your lover
The “problem” with prolific, long-lasting careers is that music fans find it hard to listen to the artists' whole discographies. If you like Bob…
Free Me from the Howl
Campfires in Winter: Free Me from the Howl
It’s not every day you get to review a band that came from your high school. Back then Campfires in Winter called themselves Overcry, a name that they…
I'm Better (feat. Lamb)
The One Who Brings The Wackiness Back And Back Again!
Timless music is one thing, but when this lady does it, the limitless eternity of creativeness becomes the definition of evolution only some have the…
I Don't Know
My Favourite Things 'I Don't Know'
Brooklyn-based quartet My Favourite Things released their third album Fly I Will, Because I Can back in July 2017 and&…
High
Druggy Quirkiness
LA indie rock trio Sir Sly (vocalist Landon Jacobs and instrumentalists Jason Suwito and Hayden Coplen) have recently released High, their…
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…
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.…
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…
I'm In Love With a Monster
I'm in love with 5H
Since dropping their debut album Reflection at the beginning of the year, Fifth Harmony has been riding the waves of three…
Is This Love - Remix
Bob Marley and Bands Influenced By Bob Marley Playlist on Spotify! Follow & Share!
Bob Marley and Bands Influenced By Bob Marley Playlist on Spotify! Follow & Share! Add Your Spotify Track To the Bob Marley and Bands…
Try Everything - From
Shakira premieres the theme song for the Disney movie Zootopia
Shakira surprised us once again, the Colombian artist is now part of one of the most recent Disney film deliveries, Zootopia is expected to hit…
Fast Car - Radio Edit
Jonas Blue's Fast Car Ft. Dakota (Also featuring everything that's wrong with the music industry)
As a general rule, I try to avoid writing about music I dislike. Perhaps as a musician, I have an underlying respect for people trying to do the same…
Ingrata - En Vivo
Las Ingratas Mon Laferte and La Mariosoul cover Cafe Tacvba
The angelica band La Santa Cecilia , along with the Chilean Mon Laferte , just presented a live version of the classic theme Ingrata , original…
Moonlight on the Water (Instrumental)
Spotify Breakout Instrumental Artists You Should Follow Playlist!
Spotify Breakout Instrumental Artists You Should Follow Playlist! A great new song list is developing on Spotify the Spotify Breakout Instrumental…
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Art Garfunkel Serenades Glastonbury with Classic S & G Hit
This video was filmed at the Glastonbury festival where the famous Art Garfunkel was closing the end of his show out with a fabulous acoustic version…
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…
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…
Innocent Dreams
Maven Grace's Innocent Dreams is an Antidote for Alienation
Musicians often complain about the remote collaboration process, where songs can be recorded without a singer ever sharing studio time with…
Caught
St. Beauty's Caught is a Sparse and Sultry Emotional Purging
As their stage name suggests, the collaboration between Atlanta singer-songwriters Alexe Belle and Isis Valentino (who have been mentored by Janelle…
We Don't Talk Anymore (feat. Selena Gomez)
Charlie Puth and Selena no longer speak?
It 's been months since they are promoting this song We Do not Talk Anymore, which is the third single from the latest album by Charlie Nine…
Sweet Relief
Orgasmic Funk
Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra has not released any new material since The Golden Echo (2014), but a recent Instagram post reveals…
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&…
Take Me
A Song for Mending Hearts
South Korean singer-songwriter MISO's debut single Take Me is the promising result of her artistic incubation with the Red Bull Music…
Already Gone
Brett Dennen's Already Gone Finds Exhilaration in Elusiveness
Northern Californian singer-songwriter Brett Dennen comes across as the most amiable of rebels. His brand of easy-listening folk-pop has earned him…
Oceans
Emotions Unsteady
Seafret accompany a character of emotions with their single 'Oceans'. Dipped in emotional depth and creative peril, Seafret do not back away…
Motion Sickness
Cathartic Melancholy
After sharing the plaintive and meditative Smoke Signals in January, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers offered a second…
Body Talk
A modern blast from the past
You would be forgiven for thinking that you had pressed play on an 80s disco album, or the soundtrack for ‘Fame’, when listening…
Party Like a Russian
Cheeky like a Williams
Just a few months ago, Robbie Williams inked a new deal with a new major record label, leaving the label, whom he joined once he went solo, behind. In…
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.…
I Wanna Be Your Boy
Do You Wanna Be Our Boy?
All you could want from a lo-fi semi rockabiliy/pop EP is here and present with The Atomics. Their EP I Wanna Be Your Boy which takes after the…
Just Call Me Nige
Future Music
If anyone can bear the title of future music, that would probably be the work of artists like Jojo Mayer, Bred Mehldau, Mark Guiliana, among others.…
Breaking The Habit
Chester Bennington: His Best Song
Chester Bennington was never shy about dealing with his problems through music. The reason myself, and millions of other fans are in mourning is…
Everybody Knows
Kimbra's Everybody Knows Addresses Our Post-Weinstein Climate
When Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra announced the release of her upcoming third album Primal Heart (19 January 2018) to her fans…
Get Out
Chvrches Become Aggressively Pop with Get Out
After gaining acclaim for their first two self-produced albums - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) and Every Open Eye (2015) - Scottish synth-pop…
Single (feat. Mistah Mez)
Most Promising Pacific Artist Loves Being Single!
D Lewis or Donell in full is Samoan, but South Auckland born ordinary human, until he…
October (Eric Whitacre Conducts)
Behind the Sound of Eric Whitacre's October
Out of all the seasons in a year, none is more misunderstood than autumn. While winter, spring and summer become warmer, sunnier, and livelier by the…
Pleasure And Pain
The Euphoria of Love and Life
There's a fine line between 'tasteful nudity' and 'sexploitation', but Danish quartet Lightwave Empire's music video for their…
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…
Let Me Get There
All in the (Hypnotic Soul) Groove
After her guest appearance on Massive Attack's The Spoils in July last year, Mazzy Star vocalist Hope Sandoval (a noted veteran singer-songwriter…
Humble And Kind
Tim McGraw: Humble and Kind Review
When we were all kids, we were always taught to appreciate the simpler things in life. We were raised to be humble and kind among others. …
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…
High Road
Heartbreak Hotel
I don't know what the ratio actually is, but there seems to be a fair amount of songs that deal with both sides of the human courting ritual. On…
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…
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…
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…
Toxic
An Enchanted Gothic Cover
Toxic was made famous by none other than Britney Spears. Famous for the song and music video. However in true originality, Yael Naim crafted a…
Ciao Adios
Ciao Adios, I'm done!
I know that, so far, I have not been all too positive about Anne-Marie. I think I called her a Drew Barrymore look-alike that sounds like Rihanna and…
Duendecillos en la Cama
Magical Union of Víctor Muñoz and Anais Vivas
I can hardly believe that this beautiful video was recorded in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. Accustomed to traffic, buildings, informal housing,…
Everybody Lost Somebody
Celebratory Sadness
All moments in life are really important, but I think there's like definitive moments - and like 18 years old, graduating high school,…
Affection
Hauntingly Beautiful
A stage name like 'Cigarettes After Sex' evokes a specific mood and setting: a post-coital, languid, potentially sultry scene of…
Got Body
Lion Babe Creates A Got Body Positive Track
One of the greatest gifts I've been handed was the introduction to Lion Babe. At a New Year's Eve party where the wall was turned into a…
Wes Anderson
Humdrum Love
Now, my objective is to write really great songs that really speak to people and can be translated into different parts of people’s lives or…
Let Go
Alex Maxwell Trades Tears for Strength on Let Go
Alex Maxwell, a young singer-songwriter who happens to be the first British artist signed to Disney's Hollywood Records, has two…
Finally (feat. SWV)
BBD and SWV finally get it right
We are just a little over a week into the new year and already it is giving us some surprises, especially for r&b fans. The upcoming mini-…
Cocaine Cat
Tess Parks Interests Us With Cocain Cat
Tess Parks is the love child of Francoise Hardy and Mark Lanegan. Parks produces a gritty smoke filled vocal range that croons to the mishaps of life.…
Shallow
The Infamous Top 10 Holiday Music Guide Is A Must Have Amazon Wishlist Includes Mike Love And Soundtrack from A Star is Born
The infamous 2018 Top 10 Holiday Music Guide is back with an incredible selection of tracks available on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify. &…
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…
Good Morning
Playful Ecstasy
Good Morning is a track from LA pop-rockers Grouplove's (lead vocalist and guitarist Christian Zucconi, lead vocalist and keyboardist…
teach you to fall in love
Fall In Love With Brett Castro's Newest Break-Up Anthem
Brett Castro never fails to turn moments in his personal life into a killer soundtrack for our lives - and he did it again with his newest single…
Everything At Once
Electro-Pop Goes Boom
Charles Braud a.k.a Her Magic Wand has thrown caution to the wind and delivered an Electro-Pop 1980's edition with crisp clean lines and…
Wall Of Glass
Our Kid goes solo with mixed results
Any song that features one of the Gallagher brothers is guaranteed to have at least one thing: swagger. Swagger, bravado, and sheer bloody-mindedness…
Everything Is Embarrassing
Maybe If You Let Sky Sing
Yes, Pop acts are everywhere and they all happen to be models turn musician. Some can not even come close to having a hit single and other's go…
Somebody Else
Illusion In The Mirror
The 1975 never ceases to compell and explore the hidden meaning and truth. Their music video release for 'Somebody Else' embodies a whole…
Little Dark Age
MGMT Recalibrates With Little Dark Age
'I grieve in stereo/ The stereo sounds strange': once-beloved collegiate electronic pop duo MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben…
Farruko
Guatemala was conquered by Farruko
Farruko success transcends borders and in Europe and the United States have begun to hear some of their hits. But also, the artist was consolidated…
Rocky Kramer
Rocky Kramer Drops New Single “Alcohol”
Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world. Rocky recently performed at the SohoJohnny Let Me…
David Bowie
They prepare a concert in tribute to David Bowie
Cyndi Lauper, Perry Farrell, The Roots, Jakob Dylan, The Mountain Goats and Heart's Ann Wilson are among the artists who have already…
Charliepapa
Charliepapa with two nominations for the Latin Grammys 2015
On September 23 nominees were announced in 48 categories of the Latin Grammy Awards, where the rock band Venezuelan Charliepapa, will compete in the…
The Strokes
The Strokes, like good bread
It's hard to disappoint with three songs, and even less if they are parts of a band like the Strokes. However, worth writing a few lines…
Kava Kon
Kava Kon
There are two different types of exotica. The first type is something exotic that you don’t want to get back to. The sort of this musical…
Lady Gaga
The Evolving Lady Gaga
The Evolving Lady Gaga When Lady Gaga burst onto the music scene(2005) I was not…
Peter Doherty
Peter Doherty sings to love in his latest solo song
I do not love anyone (But you're not just anyone) is the name of the most recently published song by musician, poet and British painter Peter…
Lawson
Lawson asks: show us the money
As a freelancer the topic and overall desire expressed in the song “Money” is awfully familiar. Ah, what we all could do, if we…
Le Jac
Le Jac presented Fayah and closed the Expo DJ Venezuela 2016 in style
The DJ Expo Venezuela opened its doors once again to expose the talents of more than 100 artists of electronic music. From Thursday September 29 to…
Jacob Davich
Catching Up with Jacob Davich
Jacob Davich is a promising singer-songwriter, who has been creating a luscious folk-enduced sound throughoutu the past couple of years. Intially…
Love and Theft
Love And Theft ‘Whiskey On My Breath’ – Album Review
Now this was a mainstream country album I was looking forward to listening to. The lead single (also the title track) had really caught my attention…
Los Panchos
Boleros, a romantic genre that does not lose validity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRiKDcrjz0&index=2&list=RDzdJ0KLJ3PmQ We can start inviting hear the songs of this link, and see…
My Favourite Things
Brooklyn's My Favourite Things Wow on Latest 12-Track Album
My Favourite Things excels in creating ambiance with the use of very little or almost no electronics. Their new album is absolutely…
Yei
#YEI
After working 10 years as lead singer of the Venezuelan band Telegram, Javier García decided to give way to his solo project called #YEI. His…
Dave Holland
The Magical Jazz Unit
If you want to be a jazz musician in the big league, then you’d have to be a superb instrumentalist, but also a good teammate and a…
Coldplay
Coldplay performs Imagine as a tribute to the victims of Paris
The British group Coldplay expressed solidarity with the victims of the bombing of Paris during a concert held at the Belasco Teather Los Angeles.…
Audioslave
Will Audioslave return to the stage?
Surely you've ever heard someone talk about the American supergroup Audioslave, or have heard some of his most notorious as like a Stone…
Weezer
Weezer Debuts Song “Feels Like Summer”
Weezer is a band of Californian alternative rock that takes 25 years in the world music scene. In his career they have made 10 studio albums, 6 EP…
Belinda
Belinda presents her new production
Mexican singer and artist prepares for the release of their new album and through their social networks Instagram and Facebook unveiled part of what…
Miguel
Miguel premieres Come Through and Chill.
The Californian artist Rythm & Blues Miguel has taken some time to turn promoting his latest and acclaimed album Wildheart 2015 and remixing…
Superfruit
Bringing Hip Hop to Broadway
It was probably about a year ago that someone showed me a medley of a full Beyoncé album jammed into something like a minute, by…
Ty Segall
Rock'n'Roll
In his reckless youth, which was all of three years ago, Segall was a thrasher. He wrote two-minute burners that started quick, ended quicker…
Lady Gaga
Partynauseous is completely sick
I'll be the first person to admit it - I really like Lady Gaga. She's my favourite artist and has been for the last seven years. I'm one…
ANOHNI
Anohni presents the video for “Marrow”
In recent months the British singer Anohni, has been presenting different videos for promotional singles from their latest album plate, '…
The Beach Boys
Beach Boys: Sunflower
In 1970, the Beach Boys were still trying to figure out what the Beach Boys were supposed to sound like. Brian Wilson had previously been most of…
The Psychic Paramount
The Psychic Paramount
Ok, here is the group named “The Psychic Paramount” and they are really psychic. While listening to their music I think of Russ…
James Bay
Just Be You James Bay
Just recently, I explained how I have a weak for raspy soul vocals, like Amos Lee and James Morrison, but now I’ve discovered we have our…
Basement Revolver
Words
Hamilton, Ontario trio Basement Revolver have released a great new single called “Words” off of their upcoming…
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…
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore shares the video for Glorious
Macklemore is back with his new G lorious song which has the collaboration of Skylar Gray. This is a theme produced by Joshua Budo Karp and the…
The Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers and Coldplay released a joint song
The DJ The Chainsmokers the British band Coldplay came together in a new song that is something like a combination of Closer and Hymn for the weekend…
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars: The Moonshine Jungle Tour in Manila
Bruno Mars in Manila was not just awesome. It was BA-FCKNG-NANAS! And yes, I kinda intended the pun coz Gorilla is my fave song from the Unorthodox…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber premieres remix of Despacito with Luis Fonsi
The popular song Despacito Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee has a new version by the teen singer Justin Bieber. Canadian recites the chorus in Spanish,…
Julieta Venegas
Julieta, one of the most important voices in Mexico
A Julieta Venegas does not like watching television. It has a car but do not know how to handle and even a couple of years ago could not cook. He…
Justin Bieber
Brothers Bands & YouTube
From The Jackson Five who with their afros sang and danced A, B, C ... 1,2,3, then Hanson with her long blond hair playing his MMMBob; The Jonas…
Yusuf / Cat Stevens
The Cat Stevens Immigrant Suite
In 1973, Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) launched its seventh studio album, Foreigner, whose face was fully occupied with A long song…
Kaleo
Everybody sounds like somebody else
I discovered “Kaleo” through a blog on Kurrent Music written by one of my colleagues in which he compared them to The Black Keys…
Rihanna
Rihanna with Mike Will Made
The queen of urban music, Rihanna, repeated one of his favorite formula: artistic collaboration. This time, the singer of Barbados, participated in a…
Oscar D'León
45 years of the Latin Dimension thanks to Oscar D'León
His full name is Oscar Emilio Leon Simoza, but is known worldwide as Oscar D'Leon, who is celebrating half a century of music. The Venezuelan…
Tribal Seeds
Sortlegeme
My dreams are aborigines; my dreams are wild ones dancing their primitive dances around the fire of my love, my gratitude and my strength. These…
David Guetta
Guetta heads the Madrid Utopia Festival.
David Guetta, Dixon, Nicky Romero, Tale of Us and Maceo Plex are some of the artists and groups who have already confirmed their attendance at Utopia…
Nate Green
Nate Green ‘Road Map’ – EP Review
Country music’s newest resident closeted artist Nate Green released his debut EP ‘Road Map’ this week, off the back of single ‘Wild and Free’ and…
Big & Rich
Big & Rich (feat. Tim McGraw) ‘Lovin’ Lately’ – Single Review
In the ‘Gravity’ album era Big & Rich have made a habit of releasing solid, radio-friendly love songs set to a modern…
DTW
Rock made in Atotonilco
DTW is a band of Atotonilco el Alto and shaped by Naomi Emmanuel and Rodrigo, which seeks to cool the tapatía scene with a young and honest…
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…
Manuel Turizo Zapata
Manuel Turizo, a promise for the urban genre
Turizo Manuel Zapata is MTZ, is 16 and a powerful voice that promises much in the urban genre. With more than twelve songs written, this young…
Backstreet Boys
Watch This Band Soar Live
They say that artists are not afraid. When a singer can interpret a song that reflects the deepest feelings and other people have special status…
Nacho
Bati Bati Chewing Gum Makes Me Happy Happy
Ice cream Bati Bati is one of the ice cream I remember from my childhood, being not only an icon of the Venezuelan culture and tradition but also one…
Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams: The Most Upbeat Album Coldplay will ever Make
As Coldplay prepare to release its final album A Head Full Of Dreams, on December 4th, its time to start the nostalgia…
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Louis
Funny thing is how the taste for older things developes as one grows older. When I was sixteen, I couldn't stand jazz music. When I was twenty, I…
Guacamole
Jazz with an urban flavor
Three years on stage have been enough for Guacamole has presence in the Mexican jazz scene. The original group of Xalapa, Veracruz, said that if…
Drake
If You're Reading This Drake Has Already Done It
Drake has always been the most influential rapper to me, from when I first heard Best I Ever Had on the radio, to listening to him and Future rap…
Built By Titan
The Enigmatic and Dark Return of TITAN
We were changing that, leaving aside parts, adding rhythmic loops, making everything sound more like as we heard ... and received the example of the…
Cory Charles
Pablo Cruise Co-Founder Cory Charles (Lerios) Reshapes The Genre Of Soft Rock With His Brilliant New Video
Pablo Cruise Co-Founder Cory Charles (Lerios) reshapes the genre of Soft Rock with his brilliant new video Featuring Erika Jordan. Cory Charles hit…
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello, J Balvin and Pitbull will be part of the BS of The Fate of the Furious
The theme will be part of the soundtrack of the last film of the Fast and Furious saga, The Fate of the Furious will be called Hey Ma and will be…
Los Planetas
Zona Temporally Autonomous new album by Los Planetas
When you want to fly through space through New Wave, Shoegaze and post-punk melodies, with nuances of flamenco and Spanish folk music, you must keep…
Kesha
Kesha Drops New Single HYMN
The American singer Kesha returned to release a new simple today called HYMN. Apparently this artist was made habit to launch a new single every…
Carlos Angola
I settle, the new Venezuelan Carlos Angola
With a suitcase full of discs and dreams, Venezuelan Carlos Angola started during last year 2015, the city of Madrid, where he held the release of…
Bob Dylan
The Nobel to Dylan. What Blades, Sabina and Joselo think
Bob Dylan has so far not responded to calls from the Swedish Academy, which last week was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2016. Since then…
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…
Natalie Cole
An Everlasting Love – Remembering Natalie Cole
An offspring of a legend has great shoes to fill…. But Natalie Cole, daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole, managed to transcend all of…
Selena Gomez
A Sound Vs Letter With Content
During adolescence, sometimes we heard our parents say stop singing those songs nonsense. What time of rebellion we were doing ignored, it was our…
Gill Landry
Former Old Crow Member Gill Landry Proves He’s Got The Chops To Go Solo – Album Review
I will admit, I do not always follow artists from their first album, and then once they get big say, “pfff, I was into them before they blew up.” That…
Gloria Trevi
She Was The Rock Diva Of Love And Now?
His look, performance, singing lyrics and irreverent excelled in his first stardom as the best reference Hispanic Female Rock. Still it continues to…
Los Mesoneros
Los Mesoneros announce date and name of their new album
Innkeepers is an important Venezuelan band is doing things right. Make good songs, they have a consistent harmony with their melodies, ie, sound good…
Sevendust
Sevendust 'Kill the Flaw' Album Review
Long time alternative metal rockers Sevendust released their new album on October 2nd, 2015. Some might say Sevendust is on fire with their 3rd album…
Jarred Pierce
Jarred Pierce ‘It’s Going Down’ - EP Review
Jarred Pierce’s latest EP ‘It’s Going Down’ has kind of an unfortunate title. To all intents and purposes it implies a mindless collection of bro-…
Lukas Graham
Take A Closer Look At Lukas Graham
Upon hearing the recent bees around the music industry, one of the busiest and most commonly heard buzz is probably Lukas Graham.If the news hasn&…
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder and Beyonce together
The singer of the legendary band Grunge, born in Seattle, United States, at the beginning of the decade of the nineties and the current queen of pop…
Oscar D'León
Salsa Lives in Puerto Rico with Óscar D'León
The Venezuelan musician Oscar D'Leon and Puerto Rican Willie Colon opened the meeting La Salsa Vive All Star concert has already been held on…
Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson ‘Angels and Alcohol’ – Album Review
I’ve said it before, but let me say it again: THANK GOD FOR ALAN JACKSON! The man deserves a standing ovation for just being here and being the Legend…
Justin Timberlake
Meet Justin Timberlake's first Oscar nomination
The American singer Justin Timberlake told for the first time with his first nomination at the Oscars. Can not Stop the feeling is the song with…
Tove Lo
Tove Lo presents new album
The Swedish singer Tove Lo has released a new music video and is quite interesting. Correspone video to new single titled Cool Girl, which will be on…
Mariaca Semprún
Unique combination between Mariaca Semprún and C4 Trio
The BOD Cultural Center will host a show it promises. The virtuous members of C4 Trio and multifaceted Mariaca Semprun joined for the first time to…
Zapato3
Shoe 3 IMMORTAL BAND
Venezuelan band icon in Venezuela formed in the rebellious years of the 80th where he began to hear those bands garages, mainly formed or founded by…
Rihanna
Will Rihanna beat The Beatles' record?
The high - profile theme Work Rihanna's latest album, Anti, was listed for the eighth consecutive week at the top of the Hot 100 list of…
Bomba Estéreo
Bomba Estéreo will say present at Lollapalooza Colombia
For the first time in history the Lollapalooza reach Colombian soil. This 17 and 18 September the event will be held in the Simon Bolivar Park in…
Camille Peruto
Camille Peruto sings Crooked Roads beautifully
Who ever in here has ever felt that they need some guidance to follow the right path in their life? The feeling that we are just drifting through our…
Fritz Kreisler
Concerning Fritz Kreisler’s Liebesleid
A common corequisite of being a classical composer is being a good musician. I cannot name a composer who was not proficient in at least one of the…
KoBoogie
Up and coming Artist
Marcus Dewayne Franks (born March 15, 1989),[1] better known by his stage name KoBoogie aka Mr 1800, is an American songwriter, rapper, actor…
Maluma
J Balvin and Maluma, the most nominated for the Youth Awards
The Colombian musicians J Balvin and Maluma are, with seven nominations each, the maximum favorites to triumph in the gala of the Premios Juventud,…
Prince Royce
Latin Union calls for Prince Royce.
The Dominican-born New York singer Prince Royce today launched a message in favor of the union of the Latino community in the United States,…
AC/DC
A Voice That Will Never Be Forgotten
You may have heard the rumors or you may not have. Whether or not, it’s too late as lingering ears were given proof of a replacement.&…
Metallica
New Metallica theme!
After various rumors about the release dates of the new album will give Metallica , we can hear a new theme that emerges from this new production…
Foo Fighters
Four Reasons: Foo Fighters are One of the Greatest Rock Bands
Fuelled by some of the dirtiest rock riffs to date, and backed by five superbly talented blokes that know how to shake your world, the Foo Fighters…
Reykon
Reykon premieres new video El Chisme
The Colombian artist premiered the video for her song Gossip, Hand Daniel Duran and Rosmeri Marval, which was recorded during two days in Caracas.…
ThreePeace
ThreePeace Fusion Rock and Reggae from the Great Lake State!
ThreePeace Fusion Rock and Reggae from the Great Lake State! Generally when I get a album with a reggae flavor it usually means one thing. A…
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…
Caramelos De Cianuro
Festival Nuevas Bandas 2016 will pay tribute to Caramelos de Cianuro
The next edition of the New Bands Festival has a date and rocker audience waits impatiently Venezuela. The event will be held from 18 to 24 July at…
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,…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber's new single Cold Water
And as the theme says as cold water we stopped the release of this single that is released through social networks yesterday and just few hours of…
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Top Five Folk Singers of the Sixties
The sixties were in one aspect the same as the decades before - if you wanted to be a musician, especially a singer than you had to be goddamn good.…
Loalwa Braz
It was Loalwa
The lifeless body of Loalwa Braz Vieira was found on 19 January. Carbonized, inside a car, lay the singer who was known worldwide as the interpreter…
Taylor Swift
The wolves of the predictable are after Taylor Swift
The last day of 2015 was chosen by American singer Taylor Swift to release his latest music video. The material corresponds to its simple Out of the…
Sleep Thieves
Sleep Thieves Indeed
Their music is haunting, dreamy and cinematic, it opens up and rolls in like a storm, enticing and caressing the listener [...] With…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers release a video clip.
After the release of his new album The Getaway a few weeks ago, Red Hot Chilli Peppers continue generating buzz these days with new video now if the…
Kanye West
Kanye West reportedly out of hospital
On 21 November, the controversial rapper Kanye West was hospitalized for his own health and safety, apparently due to exhaustion and sleep…
Cole Swindell
Cole Swindell ‘Let Me See Ya Girl’ – Single Review
Ahh Cole Swindell, reinforcing his reputation as the Creepy McCreeperson of Music Row. As if being a mini Luke Bryan and snatching his fan base wasn’t…
Chick Corea Elektric Band
The classic Elektric Band - They are back!
For the last year or so, the jazz fans have been blessed with the reunion of the original lineup of the Chick Corea Elektric Band. Although the group…
Metallica
Lollapalooza comes with everything
On 28 September, they published the posters of Lollapalooza Chile, Argentina and Brazil, 2017. The first will be in Santiago on 1 and 2 April; the…
Henri Pousseur
Henri Pousseur
It’s like a special diet. And you need a salad of sounds. The most delicious salad you’ve ever tasted in your whole life. I call…
Sandy & Papo
See you, Ramon!
In Latin American culture, and in Venezuela, the absence of music is a sign of respect to the loss of a loved one. We've all lost someone…
He Is We
A Happy Ever After
“We all have a story to tell whether we whisper or yell.” - He Is We All of us, young and old, rich and poor, cynics and optimists…
Lil Supa
Gegga launches ''666''
Gerardo Steven Altera Madriz, rapper and producer musically known as Gegga, member of the group musical YoyoDojo, launches its latest…
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Functional Arrhythmias
Steve Coleman and the M-Base collective are the guys (and ladies) that, in my opinion, saved jazz as an authentic and creative genre during the 80&…
Jorge Celedón
Vallenato declared a World Heritage Site
Colombia and throughout Latin America, is celebrating. One of the most popular and international rhythms of this country, Vallenato, has just been…
Chester Bennington
A tribute to Chester Bennington of Linkin Park
Being a fan of Linkin Park from the very beginning, Chester Bennington surely made a major impact on me with his punk grundge look and stealth vocals.…
Juan Miguel
“Aja te Creí” New single by Venezuelan singer Juan Miguel.
This young artist has already delighted us with his songs Like You and I feel Bonito, which have proved successful and some days it surprises us with…
The Beatles
Unique Beatles album to be auctioned
The vinyl disc recording that persuaded George Martin of the Beatles produce a unique piece of history of the group, goes on sale Friday announced…
Olga Tanon
The return of a diva
Olga Tañón is back! The singer is preparing for the great launch of Olga Tañón and Punto , which will be available for sale on 12…
Juan Gabriel
New music video by Juan Gabriel
This time El Sol de Mexico premiere new music video of a classic called Have You Ever Seen The Rain the Californian group Creedence Clearwater…
Irán
My favorite albums by Venezuelan artists published in 2016
1. Metamorphosis - Iran An endearing album, serenity, joy and good wishes. Luis Iran achieves a work that invites the union and rooting through…
ZAYN
Zayn announced new song with Sia
Former One Direction, Zayn Malik has announced that he will release a new single which will feature nothing more and nothing less than Sia in the…
Ricardo Arjona
She is the new Ricardo Arjona
The singer Ricardo Arjona Friday released the video She, a single from her new album Circus Soledad. The song tells the desire for freedom of the…
C4trÍo
They organize a concert to help bassist Gustavo Márquez
The difficulties in accessing medical treatment and the high cost of private health in Venezuela have been on tenterhooks health Gustavo Marquez,…
Helios
Feature : Helios
If you’re looking for something really refreshing to listen to, you should definitely check out Helios. Take atmospheric classical piano…
Los Van Van
New York will be the closing of the Los Van Van tour with a new singer.
The legendary Cuban group Los Van Van returns to New York this weekend to close a tour of the United States with his new female voice, in which his…
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw ‘Humble and Kind’ – Single Review
Lately, Tim McGraw’s output has been pretty touch and go. McGraw, a veteran in the industry, found himself trying to compete with the new,…
Little Texas
Working out what happened to Texas
Two years ago, Scottish pop rock band Texas celebrated their 25th anniversary. The group has had an impressive career with many ups and downs in terms…
Rosen & Spyddet
Rosen & Spyddet
Cozy beats and lo-fi atmosphere – this is what I need. Noisy passages and dreamy landscapes in my mind – this is what I need and…
Los Amigos Invisibles
The Invisible Friends premiere video
Los Amigos Invisibles returned with their gozadera to celebrate his 25 year career. Caracas band formed in 1991 wanted to close the year with the…
Danni Nicholls
Danni Nicholls ‘Mockingbird Lane’ - Album Review
With a British heart and a Memphis soul, Bedford-born Danni Nicholls has been carving out her own niche in the Americana scene ever since she dropped…
Björk
Björk approaches virtual reality with her latest album
Björk is an artist who likes to break paradigms with their music and thus made official the launch of the first disc of virtual reality world.…
Ahmir
Who Is Ahmir?
Over the past few years, a group of a cappella R&B/Soul singers have been making their presence known to the world through YouTube. Their name…
J Balvin
J Balvin hospitalized in an emergency in Los Angeles
Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, known worldwide as J Balvin, he was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles because of intense physical and mental exhaustion.…
The Killers
Brandon Flowers spoke about the new album by The Killers
the saying: what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas. And thank goodness that is not always the case, because the band The Killers, which is…
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince will give two presentations in Europe
If you like hip hop and musically lived the 80s had to have listened to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. The duo emerged in Philadelphia and…
Nina Simone
Honorary Grammys for The Velvet Underground, Nina Simone and Sly Stone
This past Monday December 19, the Recording Academy announced that by 2017 the singer Nina Simone, Sly Stone and Tue Velvet Underground receive the…
Lawrence watson
Lawrence Watson Releases new album Prescriptions
Lawrence Watson releases new CD Prescriptions I have known Larry for many years, collaborating and …
Clara Rodriguez
The Antonio Estévez that Clara Rodríguez showed
Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez gave a concert in tribute to composer Antonio Estévez, on the centenary of his birth. The event took place…
Joe Fox
Grab Your Dancing Shoes and Listen to Joe Fox and The Frantics, New Single “Dancin’ Shoes” on Spotify!
Looking for a new tune to add to your Spotify playlists that is sure to get everyone dancing? Stream Joe Fox and The Frantics new fun single “Dancing…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande and John Legend premiere music video for Beauty and the Beast
Ariana Grande and John Legend debuted the official video of the main theme of the new version of the Disney film, Beauty and the Beast starring Emma…
Folk Family Revival
Folk Family Revival Interview
Folk Family Revival consists of three brothers and their buddy, but they are definitely moving towards psychedelic rock rather than straight-up folk…
Lepers & Crooks
Funky, Heavy, Beautiful Rock from Australia
Sydney 5-piece Lepers and Crooks came sprinting out of the blocks only two years ago with their first few headline slots being …
OG3NE
Three times a lady
While seeing the Eurovision Song Contest this year, I was convinced that I had to see girl group OG3NE live in concert and it just so happened I&…
Coldplay
ColdPlay's colorful tour of the United States kicked off-
Coldplay began his tour of stadiums United States with a colorful show that included fireworks, paper and mixed with American pride, solidarity with…
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi visits Cuba
The American rocker Jon Bon Jovi is visiting Cuba, adding to the list of celebrities who want to know the island after the thaw with the United…
Lita Ford
Lita Ford, One Tough Runaway & Possible Diva for Good Reasons?
When the word diva comes to mind (in Rock or Metal) one name stands out, that name is Lita Ford. Well, when you have an album titled, The…
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelley ‘The Driver’ – Album Review
Most of us know Charles Kelley as the founding member and one-third of country music trio Lady Antebellum, who formed in 2006 and are signed to…
Mamma Coal
What Would Mamma Coal Do? Carra Stasney Updates ‘Red Headed Stranger’ – Interview
During SXSW, as Willie Nelson performed at the Luck Family Reunion on the property he built for the filming of Red Headed Stranger, a…
Weather Report
The Original Weather Report
Weather Report were one of the prime pioneers and most famous representatives of the fusion music in the seventies. They were known for their funk, R&…
Gerardo Ortiz
Why Hurt Me is the new thing that Gerardo Ortiz brings
Gerardo Ortiz prepares for the release of their new studio album, I 'll eat Callado, which will be available for sale from next month. But…
Brett Eldredge
Brett Eldredge @ KOKO, London, UK | February 14, 2016 – Review
Brett Eldredge took to the stage in the UK for the first time on Sunday night, and I’m sure he nor his band, crew or team knew what to…
Lucy Hale
Lucy Hale ‘Road Between (Deluxe Edition)’ – Album Review
Lucy Hale is the Pretty Little Liars star that has been causing a buzz on the country scene for the last year. Entering a music career, she chose…
Tyga
Tyga releases his first single under his new record label: GOOD Music
This time, it is the rapper from Compton, California, Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, better known as Tyga, which last September 9 sack new topic under…
HS87
Interview: Rey Reel
Published by Beyond The Stage Magazine It’s a balmy Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, and Rey Reel, the mastermind beatsmith behind…
Aerosmith
Aerosmith for the last time in Bogota
Aerosmith is an American band also known as '' The Bad Boys of Boston. '' They have aggressively rhythmic sounds with…
Sixto Rein
Sixto Rein pronounces on Venezuela.
Sixto Rein said he was present at the third edition of Heat Awards where he made his presence felt in a show where Farruko was in charge of…
William Cepeda
Cepeda directs Salsa, flavor and control
The University of Puerto Rico announces an event in which a fusion of salsa and gastronomy promises, and that will take place on 28 May. Trombonist…