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Big Blue
Gold Star - Shining Already
Many bands and singer/songwriters these days are following the path taken by Jeff Tweedy, solo or with Wilco. While most of them are quite enjoyable…
Saint Molly
Studying At The Academy Can Make You A Saint
I’m old enough to remember the times before any Internet (yeah, that old) with what would be now considered scant information about any new and…
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…
Roya
Roya - Serious Pop
Anything that has something to do with the New Zealand masters The Clean will always get my attention. So when the name of Clean’s drummer Hamish…
Capacity
Capacity
Big Thief’s sophomore album beautifully excavates family history and trauma into a delicate, intricately built folk rock record, showcasing…
Blues
Jimi the Bluesman
Jimi is probably the most influential musician in rock music. He changed the way rock guitar was played and gave the genre its fiery spirit. Hendrix’…
Light It Up
Hot New Release: Light it Up!
Kosca founding members Chris The Greek Panaghi and Josh Harris are veterans of the dance and electronic music scene bring us their hot new…
Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies - Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies is an Austrian band with which I am already acquainted with via their 2020 album Anthropocene. While that album was pretty good, then…
Once Once
THE surprising border music of The Chamanas
Eleven. Eleven are Latin rhythms, Mexican pop of the decade of the 70's, huapango, ranchera, synth pop and electronic music, a mixture The…
Testify Love
Ava Cherry Coming Back With “Testify Love”
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the next witness to take the stand and provide testimony is Ava Cherry, with “Testify Love”.…
Older
South African Treasure: Ruby Gill
While discovering new music is always an exciting event for me, there is something really special about finding musicians in my area that make music…
Better Man
Little Big Town reveals Swift debut with Better Man
Better Manis the new single off Little Big Town's album, Breaker. The song was penned by a young girl in Nashville, who had pitched the…
Murder Of The Universe
The Most Creative and The Most Prolific Band
Australian psychedelic rockers King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard are not slowing down. On the contrary, they announced release of four to five albums…
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…
VOID
Bizarre Sludge
If you type grime on Google, first results are probably going to be related to British music genre. Anyhow, this is a completely opposite story except…
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…
From Other Spheres
Pyramidal - From Other Spheres
Pyramidal are a relatively well-known Spanish psychedelic rock band from Alicante. They recently came out with a new three track EP titled ''…
Incarnate
Incarnation of Metacore
Metalcore is a long story. It has become good and bad, boring and interesting. Bands overload has lead to everyone waiting for the return of pioneers.…
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…
Dookie
Dookie
From its humble roots in the Bay Area punk scene to its massive hooks, Dookie has become one of the greatest teenage…
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…
Happy Birthday
Hey Colossus - Happy Birthday
The well-known British experimental psychedelic rock/noise rock/stoner band Hey Colossus has released a large number of great albums through the years…
In Spades
Unstoppable Groove of The Afghan Whigs
Greg Dully and co. released their comeback album Do to the Beast back in 2014 after almost sixteen years of professional hiatus. I am one of only few…
Blood of the Saints
#tbt: Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints
Key years in career of Powerwolf occur in two year intervals, and everything started in 2003. Two years later, Return inBloodred came out, and then…
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…
Darker My Love
Darker My Love - Darker My Love
Darker My Love is a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles. They started back in the early 2000s and have produced a string of great albums filled…
Ultraluminal
Dirty, Sludgy Rock Piece
I first discovered City of Ships when band’s vocalist, Eric Jernigan, became a permanent member of Rosetta, one of my favorite post metal…
Paging Mr. Proust
The Most Underrated Rock Band
In a better, parallel universe, The Jayhawks would be the number one pop-rock band of the 90s. Vigorous vocal harmonies, canny cadence, mellifluous…
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 …
In Search of Harperfield
For Those Who Know How To Dig, Emma Pollock
On her solo efforts, Emma Pollock continued in the same direction she was taking with her stellar band The Delgados, one of the most influential bands…
Process
Sampha Drops Debut Album Of The Year
You know when you see a shooting star and make a wish? You know how rare that happens? Well, I feel the same when I hear a good debut album…
Free TC
Review: Ty Dolla $ign's 'Free TC'
Ty Dolla Sign’s Free TC is a study in well-executed maximalism. Backed by lush, ornate soundscapes and assisted by nearly two-dozen high-…
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…
Some Things Just Take Time
Colorama - Some Things Take Time, indeed!
The name of this Welsh band is Colorama and their sixth album is Some Things Take Time. And this is not a pun since it took Carwyn Ellis and his…
Borders
What's up with Borders?
Lucky enough, it doesn’t happen all that often that a big news story actually makes it to my doorstep, or near enough anyway. For a few…
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…
Devil Is Fine
A Match Made In Hell
Chuck Shuldiner’s statement “Let the Metal Flow” outstandingly describes the world of metal. It’s a genre…
Pagans in Vegas
Pagan Indie
Show me on this beaver where Canada touched you. Jokes aside, Canada has a lot of great bands, especially on indie rock scene. One of them is, for…
Deep Purple
Come Taste the Band
Originally released in 1975, “Come Taste the Band” heralded the arrival of new guitarist Tommy Bolin. The former James Gang…
The Jazz Side Of The Moon
The Jazz Side of the Moon
Playing and recording covers is a common thing among musicians. Actually it is one of the stages in learning how to play, compose, arrange and…
Entranced Earth
The Myrrors - Entranced Earth
The renowned Arizona psychedelic rock band Myrrors came out with their latest new album ''Entranced Earth'' a short while ago. The…
War Out There
8 Graves: War Out There EP
Hailing from New York and consisting of Brent Carpentier and Nicholas Gonclaves, 8 Graves produce warm, deep and alt-soul infused…
VELD
Daniel O’Sullivan - Outer Space Pop
Londoner Daniel O’Sullivan seems to pop in and out of the scene in recent years. He made a studio and a live album in 2011 and a few other…
Metanoia
Darkness Is The New Light
MUSIC REVIEWS 15 He is a really unique phenomenon on music scene. Expressive and mysterious, dark and hermetic, with idiosyncratic style and powerful…
Pasos Sincopados
Little Revenge presents its 'Pasos Sincopados'. Part I.
Small Revancha, the musical project directed and conceptualized by the duo of Claudia Lizardo (daughter of the legendary PTT Lizardo of the same…
More Than Enough
David Nance - More Than Enough
David Nance came out with a full-length album titled ''More Than Enough'' earlier this year, and this album packs some pretty good…
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, &…
Spades and Roses
Americana Girl
After she won American Songwriter competition, Caroline Spence released her first album Somehow back in 2015. This year, her debut got its successor…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay A Head Full Of Dreams Album Review
Coldplay released their new album entitled A Head Full of Dreams on December 4th, 2015. Coldplay is a group I have been following since their very…
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…
Prisoner
If Prisoner is Ryan Adams return to form, when did he lose it?
Ryan Adams new album, entitled Prisoner, is another accomplished st of songs from an artist who has many albums just like it. Now I love Ryan Adams,…
ATGCLVLSSCAP
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
The renowned Norwegian avant-garde/experimental/psychedelic rock band Ulver came out with a new album in the end of January. Now Ulver is a band that…
Peanut Butter
Riot Pop
The name of the band sometimes tells what we can expect from it. Joanna Gruesome is an ironic reference to folk singer Joanna Newsom but…
Salvation
Salvation by Cult of Luna: post-metal bliss
I’ll say this right on the start: Salvation is probably one of my top 3 favorite albums. I never had any serious thought about that subject…
Crystal Fairy
Crystal Fairy
Crystal Fairy pits together At the Drive In’s Omar Rodríguez-López, Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender, and Melvins members Buzz Osborne…
Inner Journey Out
Psychic Ills - Inner Journey Out
The renowned American psychedelic rock/neo-psych band Psychic Ills came out with a new album just about a week ago. The expectations towards Psychic…
Weightless
Giving “Weightless” Some Weight
Solo piano albums are dime-a-dozen these days, and when “Unravel” opens Alex Kozobolis’ new (second?) album “Weightless”, you might think - oh, no not…
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…
My One And Only Thrill
Oh, what a Melody!
This is one of the most beautiful albums recorded in the past decade or so. My One and Only Thrill has all the elements of a good record:…
Skylight
Lost In Space
Atoma Released its debut back in 2012 and immediately piqued the interest of the metal community worldwide. Skylight was a slap in the face to…
So
Peter Gabriel: So
Peter Gabriel’s fifth studio album is by far one of his most accomplished. Lead single ‘Sledgehammer’ is a joyous,…
Quiet and Peace
Buffalo Tom's Present To All Of Us Is Familiarity
If you take a look at Buffalo Tom's career, you will get the impression that this is a band who did not get the attention they deserve. The band…
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…
History of Violence
Ransom`s History Of Violence
The lyric God of raw, gangsta Rap returns with another album win. HOV aka History Of Violence is another great work from this super…
Something To Tell You
Haim's Sophomore Infuses Everything We Needed
The coolest sisters are back! And I couldn’t be more thrilled! Haim are manifestation of Californian spirit, that old school cool one, not Katy Perry…
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Margo Price Makes Alcohol Addiction Sound Like Ambrosia
Treinta autor de tres años con una auténtica pasada vocal e intrigante estimuló una multa bombo con la hija de su álbum debut…
Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
Big in Japandroids
One of the solid releases from January this year came from Canadian duo Japandroids. In 2012, they dropped Celebration Rock and generated a…
New Eyes (Special Edition)
BBC Philharmonic and BBC Radio 1 present… Clean Bandit
Classical music and electronic music are certainly not one and the same. Music that can be made on a computer and music that is played in a concert…
Moon Lagoon
Co-Pilgrim - Escaping the middle ground
Listening to tons of music it is usually two groups of artists that draw your attention - those that sound incredibly good and those that sound so…
Sprite Fountain
The Ruby Suns - McPhun Is Still Having Fun
The Ruby Suns can either be a shifting conglomerate or just Ryan McPhun, a guy around whom the whole band and its musical idea revolve around. That…
Heavy Metal XMAS (Rock, Hard Rock and Metal Christmas Carols)
Here It Comes, Ready or Not
It is the season to be jolly. And if you think this is also one rocking season, then you might consider The Christmas Party Singers Heavy Metal…
This Old Dog
The Prince Of Indie
The ultimate idol of indie audience, Mac DeMarco, releases his new full-length album This Old Dog, almost three years after the halcyon…
Tautou
Smooth Like Marble
Even with names like Zita Swoon being tossed around among music critics, the current Belgian music scene seems to be somewhat an unknown quantity to…
Coco Hames
Ex Leader of The Ettes Goes On A Solo Ride
Sometimes, it would be good to start from the beginning, to leave old crew and the baggage of the past behind and move in a completely different…
How Dare You
Finally! The Old Electric Six Are Back!
Although it seems like the career of Electric Six was reaching its end, it didn't happen. It is as If they have found the new impuls that made…
Ritual
Fire! Orchestra - Ritual
Fire! Orchestra is a renowned Norwegian avant-garde psychedelic rock/free jazz band that is made up of Fire! and other artists they collaborate with.…
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…
Home For Christmas
Songs for the Season and Coming Home
Yes, I'm still at it. I'm still happily looking for Christmas albums that would help liven up the coming merry month of December in…
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…
Superunknown
The Top Five Albums of the 90's
The nineties saw the comeback of distorted guitars hanging on the knees, long-haired bands, hard rock riffs and pessimistic lyrics. It was called…
Caiga la Noche
Caiga La Noche the second single from the new Los Mesoneros
After a long wait, the Caracas grouping Innkeepers, have decided to launch the public the second single from their second album, this single was…
ÆTONAL
Espen Lund - ÆTONAL
Espen Lund is an avant-garde drone doom musician from Norway that mixes the aforementioned genres with free jazz and noise. Now while saying this I…
See How They Run
Do you remember when you were young?
Do you remember when you were young? Do you remember that very distinctive mixed and contradictory feeling of fearlessness and doubt, of possibility…
Don't Let The Kids Win
The Kids Won After All
A while back KatCigarette, reviewing one of Julia Jacklin’s singles warned you in these (web)pages what you could potentially expect from her album “…
Second Hand Heart
Say Ben, are you a little bit country?
So, there you are. It’s 2014 and you have just won the 11th series of X Factor in the UK. While the Bill Withers’ soul classic &…
Worried Kid
Scandinavian Folk At Its Best
Bellhound Choir is a solo project of Danish author Christian Hade Madsen. His first EP Stray Screech Beastdropped in 2015 and it was a teaser for his…
Sweet Creep
Are Hot Dogs Good For Your Songwriting?
Jonny Fritz obviously loves hot dogs in any shape or form. He started his singing/songwriting and recording career under the name Jonny Corndawg (get…
Thrown by This Eastern Wind EP
Newfoundman is Vulnerable, Poetic on Thrown By This Eastern Wind EP
Navigating the ever-expanding troves of online music communities such as Bandcamp can be a daunting task for those with even an inkling of an…
Cut Your Teeth
This Cambridge Girl Will Cut Your Teeth
It is not neccesary to be educated in order to create good music. In the case of Kyla La Grange, it seems like her educational experience in…
Let 'Em Eat Cake
A Musical Masterpiece
Once upon a time, things were easier for Alexz Johnson. She was signed to Epic Records, her debut album was well on the way to being finished, and her…
DJ-Kicks (Michael Mayer) [Mixed Tracks]
DJ Kicks
Michael Mayer’s technique as a DJ is impeccable, and his personality bursts from the decks. His latest mix CD gathers obscure house tracks…
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…
Migration
The King of DownTempo Cements His Reign
Downtempo subgenre of electronic music has been experiencing a lot of success over the past years, as it develops and progresses. Besides…
Atacama Dreaming
Pontiacs - Atacama Dreaming
Pontiacs are another fascinating Chilean psychedelic rock band, who mix rather melodic neo-psych and 60s psych vibe with modern day psychedelia.…
Higher Than Here (Deluxe)
In the here and now
I love my soul vocals smooth, unless it's the old soul music, like Motown, but every time I hear the voices of people like Amos Lee and James…
IIII
Papir - IIII
Papir hail from Denmark and they are a pretty well-known instrumental krautrock/psychedelic rock band. They have released a number of great albums…
To the End of the Sea
Does The Sea Have An End?
Another day, another Seattle band that has been around since the first part of the Eighties. And again, more of a cult, particularly among the music…
Hot Thoughts
Spoon's New Album Cuts Like A Knife
Three years after the fantastic album They Want My Soul, Texas fantastic four has dropped Hot Thoughts, the record witnessing their return to their…
Ruin
Shawm Mendes lets us see his new work
Today precisely is the day you can enjoy the single Ruin for the first time, Treat You Better and a few other topics, when preorders the new album by…
No Rain, No Rose
Storytellers Are Back In Style
If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby…” goes the bio blurb on John Craigie’s website. Sure, you cite those favorable comments that suit you, and…
The Gamble
Refined Experiment
Reunions of past collaborators can often be disappointing, especially when it comes to art projects. Luckily, Nils Frahm did not fall into that trap…
New Skin
Another Member of The Strokes Goes Solo
Nick Valensi plays in The Strokes and corroborates musically almost anyone who contacts him. Now is the time for him to start his own thing, a project…
Transcendental
MONO/ The Ocean Transcendental Review
On October 10th, 2015 two bands from very different regions, Japan and Germany released a split EP entitled . The EP consists of only two tracks.…
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…
And Then There Were None...
Church Of Misery - And Then There Were None
The well-known Japanese stoner metal/doom band Church Of Misery came out with a new album recently. Church Of Misery albums always tend to build up a…
Creepy from the Hood
Foyone and Merkules - Creepy from tha hood
Representatives of Rap-core Merkules and Foyone, this time in collaboration presented its new discogrpafico material and latest album in EP format.…
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&…
Suddenly, Like Flames
LSD March - Suddenly, Like Flames
LSD March is a renowned Japanese underground psychedelic noise rock band. They have released a great number of albums through the years, and while…
Nothing But... Drum
Nuclear Weapons
So this is the third volume with crazy drum and bass weapons. When i hear the first compilation from Nothing But... from DNB weapons i was…
Phenotype
Dissonantly Extravagant
If we compare Phenotype, the album reviewed here, with recent Select Difficulty from Periphery it’s obvious Textures selected the highest…
Sonic Messenger
Expo 70 - Sonic Messenger
Expo 70 is a quite well-known psychedelic rock/drone/space rock project of Justin Wright, who started the project in Los Angeles. Expo 70 has…
12 Songs to Haunt You
It Ain't Easy
So I just borrowed a title from an old Three Dog Night (remember them?) song. Actually, that is easy. What is really hard is keeping up a certain…
Heaven Upside Down
Voldemort Of Metal Wins Again
Sometime during the summer before my sixth grade, I was gluing posters from teenage music magazines on my wall. It was the era of exchanging posters…
Direct
#tbt: VANGELIS - DIRECT
After three bizarre, yet enormously creative and conceptual albums, Vangelis had opened the new chapter in their career with the album that went on to…
Americana
Americana
The Kinks legend uses Americana to blaze a path through both America's rock’n’roll history and his own. Its back-to-…
Moon Shoes EP
Ravyn Lenae undefining a genre
For many, the summer is a time for letting loose (aka partying), but for those who slow down during the summer, I have found you the perfect music by…
Mockroot
Revolutionary Jazz
I am coming from the future to tell you Tigran Hamasyan is going to be one of the most important composers. Why am I claiming this? Well, his songs,…
Lungs
How Florence And The Machine's Debut Teased Their Glorious Future
Let’s turn on our time machines and go back to the release of Florence and The Machine’s debut. Remember when you played Lungs for the very…
Semper Femina
Laura Marling Simply Can Not Avoid Bringing Her A Game
If someone asked me who is the most brilliant female singer in the world right now, few names would pop in my mind. The following review…
A/B
A Band From Holland Resembles The Black Keys. Too Much?
There is a really great new song by The Black Keys titled No Good. An explosive combo of drums and guitars is cute like a Pokémon (yes,…
In The Now
Perfect Dull Xmas Present
It’s Christmas, the time of the year when it’s all about giving presents. Books and records are always a good thing to give. Some of the people in…
Wincing the Night Away
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: The Shins Wincing the Night Away
Garden State has a lot to answer for. Yes it’s now lazy journalism to combine Zack Braff’s directorial debut with the emergence of The Shins in pop…
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…
The Sky Is A Neighborhood
The Sky Is A Neighborhood by Foo Fighters already has a video clip
Foo Fighters has been doing a good job on a musical level lately, it has been one of the groupings of the '90s that have coupled well to the…
Change
From B-52 To First Solo Album
Next year, B-52 are going to celebrate forty years of their career, and the prelude to this grand milestone is a solo album by its founder and main…
Child Support
Back to the raunchiness
About 20 years ago, H-Town was hot, apparently. At that time, I’d only heard of them, but with the exception of catching a video on MTV once…
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (Remastered)
Recommendation for all Rock Lovers - Ritchie Blackmore's R-A-I-N-B-O-W
The one and only British rock band Rainbow fellas! I am so influenced by this band that when somebody says Rainbow the first thing I think of the band…
All Night Long
Rochelle's catchy All Night Long
When Rochelle first entered the Dutch music scene, she seemed set to be our very own Beyoncé. She first got noticed after winning the…
Fly or Die
All That Jaimie Branch
Every once in a while, a man remembers that jazz music might be one of the best music genres out there. It is almost impossible to be indifferent when…
Weird & Wonderful
Liquid Stranger's New EP is Absolutely Weird, but Decidedly Wonderful
The genre-bending maestro known as Liquid Stranger teased his newest EP with the original release of Hotbox late last year, and now he…
7
Seal Has A Soul
Cuando usted es un juez en el show de talento musical más popular en el mundo, la voz, es obviamente difícil de seeprate su creatividad a…
24K Magic
24K Magic
Personally, the moment I knew Bruno Mars was for real was when he performed “Uptown Funk,” his mega hit collaboration with Mark Ronson, in curlers on…
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered)
The Beatles' Finest
My favorite album of The Beatles is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Although virtually all of The Beatles’ music is great, this is my favorite…
Venom (Deluxe Edition)
Trash Metal Comeback
Almost a decade ago, The Poison has put group of trash metal boys in the center of attention. Everytime Bullet For My Valentine are about to…
Make It Be
They Make It Be
Some knowledgeable reviewers thought that this combination between R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner could be “strange”. Falkner is a much more known…
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…
Yours, Dreamily,
Psychedelic Monotony
The Black Keys were really excited to come back to the studio as soon as possible but the shoulder injury of their drummer, Patrick Carney,…
Giros
Giros, the thirtysomething album by Fito Páez
There was a time when Fito Paez made good records. It began exactly 30 years ago with Twists, the album currently the singer pays tribute with a…
Product 3
Beat Connection Product 3 Album Review
Organic and wild, Beat Connection’s gives the listener a inside look on modern electronic indie pop. These four young musicians from…
The Original High
Getting High on Generic Tunes?
We are often seeing how talent shows give birth to stars revolving around pop and pop-rock genre. Adam Lambert is a perfect example for it. After…
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…
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
Everybody expects from a supergroup like “Them Crooked Vultures” to make something really great, although there are many examples…
Revival
Revival
Pop fandom is all about characters and storylines, so it makes sense that Disney and Nickelodeon alums do well. Not only do they enter the…
Bludfire
Fire in her spirit and music in her blud
The track, ”Bludfire”, by Eva Simons and her husband, DJ Sidney Samson, is what you would now consider to be a signature Eva…
Prick of the Litter
A Great P(r)ick
Don’t blame me for the title. Blame Delbert McClinton, he named his new album “Prick of the Litter”. While you may blame him for that (and you shouldn…
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…
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,…
Migration
A Very Successful Migration
Migration is the sixth studio album by English record producer and DJ Bonobo, released on January 13th, 2017. The UK-born, L.A. based musician’s…
Youth
Fronteers' Finest Moment?
Fronteers are a Hullensian four piece making big waves in the UK's indie scene at the moment. Don't let their baby-faced appearance fool you,…
Last of the Easy Riders
The Last of The Easy Riders - Yet Another EP?
Ok, sometimes you have to eat your own words. Its a hard thing to do, but if has to, it has to. Reviewing the Curse of Lono EP last week, I was quite…
Love Yourself
Love Yourself- A New Perspective
“And I think it should be somethin' that I don't wanna hold back… maybe you should know that.” Personally, I…
Pop Song 2020
The System Lights Share Video + Single for Pop Song 2020
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The System Lights are spearheaded by main singer-songwriter David Rangel, alongside R.L. Lenfestey, the&…
I Don't Wanna Dance
I'm Evacuating the Dancefloor
Being in an awkward situation is something that just about everyone can relate to. In I Don't Wanna Dance, this infectious number does make one (…
A Change Of Heart
Introducing “Matty the Clown”!
I admit that I was a bit surprised when I found out that The 1975 has released another music video and it's the song A Change of Heart. Now, in…
Drove U Crazy (feat. Bryson Tiller)
It Drove Me Crazy (In a Good Way)
Since Gucci Mane's release from prison I feel like he's been unstoppable. He's released album after album and had hit after hit. Some say…
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…
Hello
Adele's Hello reaches #1 on the North American charts.
Hello it is the first single from the latest album-length 25 from British singer Adele, and has already broken numerous records positioning in number…
New York
New York = Love's Graveyard
Milk and Bone is a Montreal electro-pop duo (i.e. Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin) who earned critical acclaim with their debut album…
Wedding
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Ain't Nothing Changed
Listen to the Change
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No one does it better
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Pop Demons Can Be Wrong Too
NAWAS is considered indie however, my own gut feeling says otherwise. NAWAS is a new form of a Hip-Hop/Drum n' Bass cross over.…
Orchid Bloom
Tropical Electronica
Orchid Bloom is a single from Brooklyn-via-San Franscisco trio Lemonade's (Callan Clendenin, Ben Steidel and Alex Pasternak) third album&…
Cupid
Stupid Cupid Has The Big Moon Up His Sleeve
What I first heard about the band The Big Moon was that they were essentially the female Arctic Monkeys. Okay, well let's actually give this band…
God Is Dead?
God is Dead?
Black Sabbath… legends… cult. Iconic band… fathers of heavy metal… a lot of things can be attributed to…
I Found
Incantation of Voices
A composite of voices, echoing out as if they has been piling up in your mind. Amber Run plays on the tendency by playing with rhythms and…
Reggae Music
To protest in Spanish
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Fetish (feat. Gucci Mane)
Fetish or obsession?
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Caravan - 2001 Remastered Version
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.12 - Caravan
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December 1936. The recording entered the pop charts…
Blu (feat. Damon Albarn)
Hedonic Confusion
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Love Like Ours (feat. Tarrus Riley)
Estelle's newest love
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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.…
Spirit of the Son
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Used To Love You
Heartbroken Gwen
It Was hard not to notice the whole thing that was happening in Gwen Stefani's life. It was all over media. Local and world's. It was hard to…
City Of Stars - From
La La Hollywood
There once was a time, not so long ago, where movies were full of song and dance. The women were amazingly beautiful with …
Next Time
Flawed, Beautiful Ambiguity
“I started out writing Semper Femina as if a man was writing about a woman. And then I thought it’s not a man, it&…
Just right
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I have been ignoring Kpop for the longest time ever. No matter how many of my friends loved it and tried to get me into the fandom, I immediately…
Get Low
Get Low - James Vincent McMorrow
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My Life
ZHU and Tame Impala's My Life Provides Radio-Friendly Existentialism
Tame Impala's Kevin Parker has not released any new music since 2015's Currents - making My Life, his recent…
Crow
The Crow Has The Last Word
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Guys My Age
Edgy Teen-Pop
I think our idea was just about writing from personal experience. We’ve been in this situation before — we had people writing…
Disappear Here
L.A. Bad Suns Infuse New Pop
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Certainties
Aaron Ball Band Tours Japan, Releases “Certainties” Album And Certainties Video
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Josephine - Alfa Mist Remix
Ritual's Josephine Has All The Right Vibes
The anonymous take on Josephine from Ritual featuring Lisa Hannigan throws together a lazy cold afternoon and a need to be close to another. The trio…
XXXO
M.I.A. Is Not Your Pin-up Girl
I recently came across some interesting opinion pieces by Noisey writer Kat George, each detailing her appreciation for pop stars…
Boyfriend
Introverted Jubilation
Six years after releasing their debut EP regret love guilt dreams (2011), fans of San Francisco bedroom pop trio The Bilinda…
Come
Jain Changes Up The Pop Genre
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Real Thing
Urgent Honesty
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Dust My Shoulders Off (feat. Timbaland)
Dust Off Your Shoulder
For those paying attention to the Top 10 songs on the iTunes download chart last week, Chengdu-born Jane Zhang's appearance appeared to come from…
You Know I'm No Good
Far Too Good To Not Be Good
'You Know I'm No Good' references several of Amy Winehouse's own views about herself. Self-image, emotional stability and the rocky…
When the Lillies Die
Geisha Goth
LA duo Io Echo (Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross) have been mostly noted for their 'new orientalism', a fusion of LA goth noir and pan-…
Polished
Prince Innocence Explore the Trophy Girl Syndrome
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Casanova
Allie X Teams Up with VÉRITÉ for Casanova: A Glossy Evocation of Love's Ecstasies and Miseries
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Where Ya At
Lean Cups & Kleenex
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Hold Back Your Love
Uplifting Melancholic Synth Rock
London post-punk band White Lies's fourth album Friends (2016) examines the dynamics that shape the friendships of individuals…
Talk Baby Talk
Why Can't We Just Talk About It?
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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…
Chateau
Angus and Julia Stone’s World-Weary Escapism
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Vacaciones
HOLIDAYS the new musical theme of Wisin
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Now You See Me
Molly Moore Now Sees Us Through
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Good as Gone
Therapeutic Fuzz
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Electric Love
Borns Spins Into Our Psyche
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Say What You Want
Andrew Hung's Tentative Transparency
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Hurricane
Heart of Darkness
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Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind
Time Travelling
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Hosanna
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Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Never ending rhapsody
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Dangerous (feat. Joywave)
Music is a World of Big Data
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Ghost - Radio Edit
Dreamy Languor
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Goodbye Soleil
La Dolce Vita
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Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Bohemian Rhapsody with Ten Fingers
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Rest Your Love
Teenage Wreckage
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Red Eyes
Thomas Azier's Haunting, Retro-Gazing Electropop
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All Along the Watchtower
COVERLAND Vol.12: All Along the Watchtower
Jimi’s version was the first I heard in my life. Quite sometime passed until I heard the original version by Bob Dylan. And I liked it also very much,…
Bad Blood
Wonky Funk
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Holy War
Keep yourself open
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Soy Amante De Tu Presencia
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One moment, a situation, something, someone, a person, why not let you sleep, everything, absolutely everything, the music tells you about it, makes…
Loše Vino
COVERLAND Vol.23: Loše vino
“Loše vino” (Bad Wine) is one of the best songs ever written by Goran Bregović, the guitarist and principal leader of…
Future Politics
Austra's Promising Political Escapism
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Mr. Tillman
Father John Misty Exasperates Hotel Staff in “Mr Tillman
Father John Misty (singer-songwriter Joshua Tillman) now has a Grammy to his name (for Best Recording Package) and an upcoming …
Roses
A Not-So-Typical Love Song
When people hear music that is deemed as a love song, most of them associate such compositions as having soft-sounding melodies and ultra-clich&…
Radioactive
Radioactive: It will make your system blow!
Are you up for something that will wake up your soul and float into abyss? Imagine yourself waking up and feeling everything not just within your body…
Hot Stuff
Samantha Fox: From Page 3 to covers
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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,…
If Only
Million Miles' If Only Offers a Grounded Romantic Optimism
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Wild Things
The Queen of the Uncool, Rebellious, Misfits
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Window
Joji Plays the Damsel in Distress in the High Octane, Anime-Inspired Window Music Video
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La Vida Mejor
Music Teaches You: How to Build a Country?
Forget everything you've sense, music is part of the story and your story, and as history, is responsible for displaying the mistakes of the…
Lovesick
Midnight Fusic's Lovesick Pays Melodic Tribute to the Trials of Adolescent Romance
Up-and-coming Malaysian alternative indie band Midnight Fusic have cited a wide variety of international and local predecessors as their musical…
Company
T Fires That Company Dance!
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Letter of Intent
In Concrete Fantasy
Taking a solo project with a name inspired by Disney's DuckTales television series seriously might seem like a stretch, but&…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay's video is a lot of monkey business
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The Right Song
For who is this the right song?
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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…
Damned Eye See
Chelou’s Damned Eye See: Exquisite Cynicism
“Sure you've been having fun/ At my expense/ Time is a loaded gun and I'm on the fence”: North London-based singer-songwriter Chelou…
Blue Song
Where Is Mint Royale after Blue Song was released?
With many things in life, I discovered music through an oddly popular U.K. show called 'The Mighty Boosh' which essentially was a comedy…
A Sky Full of Stars
Revisiting A Sky Full of Stars
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Dismal Universal Hiss
System Corporation - Dismal Universal Hiss
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The Ballad Of Mona Lisa
Da Vinci’s great artwork “Mona Lisa”
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Your Best American Girl
Truth Tells No Lies
Mitski clearly focus' on an all too real issue. The radical effect to be 'Your Best American Girl' campaign. Even though I reside in the…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay Adventure Of A Lifetime
On November 6th, 2015 Coldplay released a new single entitled “Adventure of a Lifetime”. “Adventure of a Lifetime&…
Lost Boy
If You Were Ever A Lost Boy
Face it Ruth B. without a doubt written the only song that could ever reflect how someobe feels about the story Peter Pan. After spending weeks of…
One Call Away
Music for the mind, heart and soul
After making one of the biggest hits and the anthem of 2015 with Wiz Khalifa, and simultaneously Marvin Gaye-ing and getting it on with Meghan Trainor…
Smooth Sailin'
Class Has Come Back In The Form Of Smooth Sailin'
Leon Bridges may just be the biggest name you'll hear about in Texas. If you don't hear his name uttered around every major city, come across…
Swing Your Body (feat. Aaeidi)
Swing Your Body Ft. Aaeidi by Maggie Bushiri
Maggie Bushiri is a Congolese born American Rapper, songwriter and Actress based in Los Angeles, CA. She gathered a nice social media following after…
Fainting Spell
Therapeutic Unease
A Sleep Party People performance can easily come across as the musical equivalent of a psychoanalyst's case study. When Danish…
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…
Everybody Wants to Love You
Romantic Bliss
“Part of it came out of interviews asking how my heritage influenced my music, which I think is a hilarious question. How many…
So Good
A Killer Hook
Southampton trio Band of Skulls have been mainly criticized for their lack of originality; The Guardian's Dave Simpson…
Gatos Oliva
No, I don't want to go
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El Paraiso
Is it the year of Los Mesoneros and their Paradise?
This quintet of exceptional musicians formed by Luis Jimenez (guitar and vocals), Juan Ignacio Sucre (guitar), Andres Belloso (Low), Andrés…
Certainty
The Importance of New Temples Single Certainty
One month ago, on September 26, 2016, English psychedelic group Temples released the single Certainty, their first new song since the release of their…
In the Morning I'll Be Better
Sublime Devotion
Tennis (Denver based husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley) recently released “In The Morning I’ll…
Snow
Folksy Synergy
Fans of Sydney indie-folk brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone who were concerned that the duo might be too engrossed in their…
Without You
Another 'Without You' Song
It's perfectly understandable to believe that no one would be able to put a fresh spin on the 'can't live without you' theme, given…
Starving
Artist Review - Hailee Steinfeld
Perhaps many see it as more of the same, but I really like their music. I confess that the first time I saw her was in the second installment of…
xx
morgxn's xx Brings Catharsis to the Dancefloor
LA-via-Nashville singer-songwriter and erstwhile Tiësto collaborator morgxn has followed up on his recent LGBT-affirming music video for &…
In Heaven
Not Your Typical Sugar Pop
As sugar filled as your favorite cereal, Japanese Breakfast fastens Pop bubblegum/dream sounds into the Indie art realm of lyrics. Even vocally,…
The Distance
San Cisco's Relationship Woes
Aussie indie-pop quartet San Cisco’s (guitarist/vocalist Jordi Davieson, drummer/vocalist Scarlett Stevens, drummer Josh Biondillo and bassist Steve…
The Garden
Sunny Ozell Evokes Leisurely Domestic Bliss with The Garden
Classically-trained New York-via-Nevada singer Sunny Ozell earned comparisons to veteran bluegrass/country/folk singer-songwriter Gillian Welch,&…
Brother
Simple Significance
Sometimes you just need a little bit of beat. You’re halfway through the day, and a push is needed, but just a gentle one; a simple song…
Suicide Saturday
Preyed Upon That Summertime Kind Of Way
Sometimes kids when a song hits you in the jaw, it not only hurts it stings and leaves a mark. Hippo Campus' 'Suicide Saturday' positions…
Good Lava
Exploring a Brand New Trip
Esperanza Spalding just dropped a new single from her upcoming experimental album “Emily’s D+ Evolution” called &…
Way Back (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
Kicking the game like way back
I was pretty surprised to find a new TLC track over the Easter weekend. I’ve been writing about their Kickstarter funded album several times and…
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…
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…
Panda
What is the future of authenticity
Desiigner's Panda became the first New York rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Jay Z's Empire State of…
Leave Out All The Rest
Chester Bennington: A Tribute
When you picture Chester Bennington what do you see? I think I could guess: the singer bent double, pulsing with adrenaline, and freeing his ferocious…
B.M.
Kris Wu’s “B. M.” (Burberry Made): High on Style, Low on Semantics
Over a decade ago, the chief executives working for British luxury fashion house Burberry were worried that their unexpected off-brand association…
Soak
Zola Jesus Soaks in Hopeful Gloom
“Soak” follows “Exhumed” as the second new track from Wisconsin singer and producer Zola Jesus’…
So Young
An Apocalyptic Lull
Portland-via-Alaska indie rock band Portugal. The Man's upcoming eighth full-length album Woodstock is scheduled for…
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…
Million Dollar Doll
Sultry Urgency
After years of being a collaborator - first as a member of the band Luna, and then as one half of the husband-and-wife duo Dean & Britta -…
Somebody Else
Guilty Jealousy
Somebody Else is the fifth single from Manchester alt-rock quartet The 1975's (lead singer and guitarist Matt Healy, drummer…
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…
Brand New (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Brand New TY $ign!
Dolla bought a brand new Porsche Dolla did a cover of The Source Dolla did the XXL Dolla bought my bitch Chanel goes the insanely dope intro hook…
Sign of the Times
If It's A Sign Of The Times, Harry Styles May Be The Voice Of Reason
'Sign of the Times' is coming out at the exact right time. Once the men from One Direction decided to go there separate ways, many wondered if…
Affection
Hauntingly Beautiful
A stage name like 'Cigarettes After Sex' evokes a specific mood and setting: a post-coital, languid, potentially sultry scene of…
Highs & Lows
Emeli`s Official Highs And Lows!
From her latest record Long Live The Angels, Emeli is back with her latest music video for the single Highs And…
Mystic Rose
Introducing Carolee Rainey
Carolee Rainey has set the tone again with yet another beautifully done song and video. Bringing her latest Mystic Rose video, it shows Rainey in her…
Overpowered
Neuroscientific Pop
You might remember Irish singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy as being one-half of electronic pop duo Moloko, or for being a…
Conrad
SOHN Produces A Smooth Beat With Conrad
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Lights and Shadows
Lights and Shadows
Girl group O’G3NE will represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. They are truly among the best of talent we have in The…
Respect
COVERLAND Vol.20: Respect
“Respect” had a lot of covers since Aretha Franklin released the song as a single in 1967. Franklin's cover became a sort of a…
Tilted
Christine is actually good
With the summer holidays kicking off all across Europe, so is the festival season. One of the acts doing its round across the festivals, as well as…
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…
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…
Sister
Angel Olsen Uses the Track Sister To Bare All The Uncertainty Within Ourselves
Personality is a given with Angel Olsen. Not only can I not stop writing about Olsen, Olsen's album MY WOMAN, and how this extraordinary…
Heartbeats
The Winter Sounds Talk New Record for 2018
The Winter Sounds are a band that has been breaking through in a major way this year, and 2018 sees no sign of slowing down. Set to release their most…
Quit You
Subtle Quanity Makes For Golden Quality
The funny thing about Anderson East is many publications and music critics consider him soley a Country musician. Yes Anderson grew up in …
This Mess We're In
Songs that Started it all. (3 PJ Harvey, This Mess We're In (feat Thom Yorke)
It will come as no surprise that Radiohead are responsible for a lot of my music tastes. It was through interviews with them that finally pushed me…
I Know You Can Hear It
It's a Pleasure to Hear This
The first time I heard Dear Reader was on a South African TV show, where she sang a snippet of her song, Ode to Confusion live. From that moment, I…
Don't Know Why
Slowdive's “Don’t Know Why”: Unburied Magic
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Porgy and Bess: Act 1: Scene 1: Summertime
Jazz Standards Vol.7 - Summertime
‘Summertime’ is probably the best-known standard outside the jazz circless. This song is an aria from the 1935 opera ‘…
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…
O Lord
Sensual Spirituality
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Bon Appétit
Serving up a little something, something
Katy Perry’s new song “Bon Appetit” has caught my attention from the first time I heard it. The first time I heard it, I found it to be refreshing and…
Vienna
Shadow-Chasing in Vienna with Usagi is Dead
Austrian/German shoegaze duo Usagi is Dead pay homage to songwriter/producer Oliver T.’s hometown in the music video for “Vienna&…
Your Song
Rita's new song is your song
A few weeks ago, I’d seen Rita Ora’s name pop up on a list of expected music releases. After 4 years of waiting, it was really nice to know for…
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon will release a new album
American rock band, Kings of Leon, will end his three-year drought and next October will present his new album. As confirmed by her label, Sony Music…
The Hate Club
The Hate Club Get Real in New Video
The Hate are an outfit we've been following for the past few weeks. The brainchild of artist Alex Poe, he brings to the world a vibant new video…
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.…
Carlos Rivera
Carlos Rivera confesses with I'm going to love you
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blink-182
Blink 182 reappears with his album 'California'
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Wonk Unit
Wonk Unit: Promo Materials Are Definition Of 21st Century Punk
When my friend from England told me how I need to check out Wonk Unit, they have become my favorite band. The sense of humor they bring to the table…
Paul McCartney
McCartney preparing new album
Paul McCartney revealed that working on a new album with Greg Kurstin, the producer who helped British singer Adele to get his worldwide hit Hello.…
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Perrey, pioneer of electronic music
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Red Flower Lake
Three Truths is the Emotional, Captivating, and Alluring New EP from Red Flower Lake
Virginia based electronic duo, Red Flower Lake, have just dropped their new EP Three Truths. Named aptly, the EP consists of three tracks that each…
Leftee
Rocker Leftee with influences of The Police, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Tom Petty Follow Now On Spotify!
Rocker Leftee with influences of The Police, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Tom Petty Follow Now On Spotify! &…
Manuel Turizo Zapata
Manuel Turizo, a promise for the urban genre
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Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield Revisited
Rick Springfield was my obsession when I was a tweenager; I owned every album, listened to them every day, bought every Tiger Beat issue that…
M.I.A.
Mia takes us to her Planet
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The Psyatics
The Psyatics prepare to release their third full-length album
The City Of Sin has produced some great bands throughout the years, most notably, The Killers. Well, The Psyatics hope to achieve the same success by…
Ivan Beecroft
Ivan Beecroft releases his new single, Believe
If you love Rock ‘N Roll and it’s a part of your soul, get up and shout! We have a new single for you to consider in the realms of Rock. We want to…
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga premieres John Wayne music video
The American singer, Lady Gaga premiered the music video of John Wayne which is the third single from her latest album Joanne, after the announcement…
Bhutan Christian Artist Collective
Russian Orthodox Music for God on Youtube
I’m struck by the shear beauty of the Russian Orthodox’s sacred music and how it is a prayer continually to God for unity and for peace. It is in some…
Tambor Urbano
End of the year drums
Cannonade night New Year's Eve in Caracas will be enlivened by the pealing of coastal drums Tambor Urbano Venezuelan group. In the Plaza…
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…
The Pretenders
The Pretenders present their album Alone in concert
The Portuguese EDP Cool Jazz festival will be the scenario in which the Anglo-American group The Pretenders present his latest album. Alone, as the…
David Bowie
David Bowie Experience
Not the real David Bowie experience, but Bowie Exhibition experience. Two years ago, a friend of mine and I had an idea to visit London for only three…
Hillsong United
It's Not A Song It's A Praise (Thank You)
Have you ever heard music espritual guy? I do not mean relaxing music with flute, that although, helps lower tension with it pays tribute to nature,…
P!nk
Watching covers
While I’ve been blogging in these past two years, I’ve also been promoting my Kurrent Music blogs on social media. Every once in…
French Montana
French Montana - Figure it Out ft. Kanye West, Nas
Wave Gods is the twenty mixtape rapper Kharbouch Karim, better known by his stage name as French Montana. Said album was released on February 19 this…
John McLaughlin
One Night of Fusion in Calcutta
Last week I attended what might have been the greatest concert of my life (at least yet)! Fusion guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin played with a brand…
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Summer new theme of the Ear of Van Gogh
After five long years without enjoying record material of this band of Spanish origin, they joined again to give birth to their new studio album,…
Maluma
Maluma adds another recital in Argentina
Maluma does not stop surprising us and is still an event of Latin music. Therefore, the furor that causes with each of its presentations around the…
Paco de Lucía
Festival del Cajón with Paco de Lucía celebrates 40 years.
The tenth International Festival of the Peruvian Cajon recreate a concert the meeting that the Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucía was 40 years ago…
The Beatles
The Top Five Albums of the 60's
Los años sesenta fueron probablemente la década más emocionante en el siglo pasado. Un pasado muchas cosas, entre las cuales la mú…
Generasion
GeneraSion City of Light
If something has been clear Lutheran Christianity is that the music that accompanies them is attractive and current. We can go back to the baroque…
Ke$ha
Kesha is back
The singer Kesha returns to the world of music accompanied producer Zedd, producer of great songs like: Break Free Ariana Grande. If we remember the…
Phantogram
Heavy Electronic Madness
You Don't Get Me High Anymore is the lead single from New York trip-pop/synthpop duo Phantogram's (Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel) upcoming…
Mac Demarco
Another Side of Mac Demarco
Mac Demarco has an abundance of demos that fans of Jizz Jazz all over the world can enjoy. Captured Tracks releases demos for each…
Phora
Phora: The Cornerstone of Contemporary Emo Rap
Anyone will tell you that music that’s devoid of emotion probably won’t get far. People connect with songs that are filled with…
Luis Fonsi
Fonsi will be a father for the second time.
Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi's expecting her second child, she announced today through the social network Instagram, in which he portrayed…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande premieres audiovisual with Nicki Minaj
The singer and actress Ariana Grande, has released the music video for the song Side To Side which features the vocal collaboration rapper Nicki…
Nelson Arrieta
Nelson Arrieta sings to women in Besas tan bien
Salsa singer Nelson Arrieta returns to the music scene with Besas so well, after the simple musical We Wanted Time, which he plays together with…
David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust and the Rise of Theatrical Rock!
If there was a musical era I could be re-born in, I would have picked the early 70s in a heartbeat and without a second thought. So much…
Skrillex
Skrillex going back to his roots?
The American band From First to Last and the genius of dubstep Skrillex, again join forces to create the spectacular single 'Make War'…
Mila J
Mila flexin on them bars in F.Y.M
Jhene Aiko`s older sis is seriously going for that money swag. Our sexy R`n`Bass diva has been heating our interests for…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias prepares to release his new song
Less than a month for the long - awaited premiere of Beam me up The Radio, the new issue of Enrique Iglesias. It is estimated to be available on…
Britney Spears
In the Fit Zone
I'll warn you upfront. This will be the most shallow music blog I probably have ever written. It's not even really about music, but you will…
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols present the video for “Thick Girls Knock Me Out (Richard Starkey)”
To celebrate the Beatles and juvenile fever this week Dandy Warhols have presented a new single and video called Thick Girls Knock Me Out (Richard…
Toots Thielemans
Goodbye Toots!
Toots Thielemans died yesterday. He was one of the oldest living jazz legends, besides from being the most successful and versatile harmonica player…
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer ‘The Flower of Muscle Shoals’ – Album Review
Some days as a busy music blogger you’re sifting through submissions, promo CDs caught up with accompanying press releases on your desk and digital…
Death In Vegas
Death In Vegas
Dirt matters no more. There is no more any sense in it. Dirt on a floor. Dirt in our hearts and souls. We all get lost in this dirt. We look at the…
Maná
Manna on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
The appointment is scheduled for next Wednesday 10 February; it is expected that the brilliant guitarist Carlos Santana is one who does him the honor…
Faydee
Undiscovered Gem
In the rapidly growing musical world of this day, there remain many gems undiscovered. One such diamond is Fady Fatrouni; an Australian artist of…
Juan Vicente Torrealba
Juan Vicente Torrealba turned 100 years old
One of the singers and most renowned harpists who has Venezuelan music is called Juan Vicente Torrealba and yesterday turned 100 years. Born in…
Mariana Vega
Mariana Vega premiered the video La Marea
Mariana Vega has just released his latest music video accompanying the song La Marea. So was announced through their social networks. She commended…
Kasabian
Kasabian
All These Pills Got To Operate Vodka is magic. Vodka is poetry. Vodka is you own romantic rock bottom. You try to see the stars from it but all you…
Pharrell Williams
Fashionable Pharrell
Just imagine, during your regular business day at the office, an internal memo comes announcing that the company is welcoming on…
Iggy Pop
How Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Rekindled My Love for Supergroups
I must admit I feel a sort of pleasure culpable for supergroups. These blunderbuss of musicians known for other projects and occasionally or…
The Beatles
Revolution Nine
The White Album was an extremely eclectic work made by a disunified group whose members were drifting apart. Certainly, some of the Beatles…
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” One of the most landmark records of the late 60’…
Charly García
Charly García charges against current music
Charly Garcia never goes unnoticed. Either by a majestic work, or some sharp statements. This time, his controversial opinions have once again put on…
Sting
Sting's 12th album will be released in Mexico after 10 years without releasing an album.
Sting will present in Mexico 57th & 9th Sting his twelfth album and his first rock / pop project in more than a decade, concerts in Monterrey…
Katy Perry
Katy Perry releases single Swish Swish
California singer Katy Perry has released the music video for Swish Swish, the third single from his fifth album, Witness, which is joined…
Post Malone
August 26th: Post Malone's first record work
On 12 May this year, rapper and songwriter Austin New York Post, better known by his stage name as Post Malone, she released her first and only album…
U-KISS
The Genius Behind U-KISS’s Sound
Any legitimate K-POP fan, or at least anyone who actually paid attention to the lyrics and the music of most K-POP songs, should know about the man…
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3
On 13 March, the rapper Lil Uzi Vert launched a short subject with the title XO TOUR Llif3. This song was produced by JW Lucas & TM88. The…
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age reveal new Villians single
Almost two months ago and after four years without presenting new music Queens of the Stone Age surprised their fans by revealing the first…
Britney Spears
Possible collaboration between Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj
As recently could know, Britney Spears have in their plans to have the collaboration of rapper Nicki Minaj for her latest studio album would come out…
Beyoncé
LEMONADE, surprise premiere
Beyoncé always giving surprises. This time, the American artist used to HBO as a platform to launch surprise LEMONADE, his latest in conjunction…
Angelic Milk
Angelic Milk - Rebel Black
Musician Sarah Persephona hails from St. Petersburg, Russia and creates her dreamy, lo-fi sound under the moniker angelic milk. The music world was…
Florence + The Machine
This is how the classic “Stand By Me” is heard covered by Florence + The Machine
If you like good rock featuring Florence and the Machine band led by Britain's Florence Welch, and also are FANATIC @ Final Fantasy video…
Red Velvet
Red hot chart topping K-Pop
It’s been about two years ago when I wrote a teeny tiny micro blog, so to speak, about the K-Pop genre. Pop music made in Korea. It was not enough to…
Viniloversus
Last week of registration for New Bands!
The clock and begins its countdown to know what the next participants of the 2016 edition of the Festival New Bands will. During this week, the…
Luis Fonsi
The New Icon Of The Music Video Through Reggaeton
A beautiful landscape is the cultural trait representing Latinos to the world for its warmth and its beaches as well; in addition to its geographical…
Jack Ü
Take a look at the list of demands from Skrillex and Diplo
It is possible thanks to its super-star level this pair of DJs can afford to order whatever before, during and after the concert. It should not be so…
Linkin Park
Chester Bennington will not be forgotten in Linkin Park
Without a doubt, the departure of Chester Bennington, has been a very hard blow to the rock in the world, since next to its grouping Linkin Park…
Chris Brown
“Grass Ain't Greener”: video available now
On August 26, the American singer of pop, hip hop and R & B Christopher Maurice Brown, better known by his stage name as Chris Brown, has…
Camille Bertault
Wop-boppa loo-bop da-doo-bah-dop...
Scatting is a technique from the early ages of jazz music, brilliantly developed further by Ella Fitzgerald in the forties, and extensively used by…
Gorillaz
The Biggest Albums of 2005
In one of my first articles for Kurrent I wrote about the most impactful debut albums from 2005. 2005 was a special year for me as it was the year…
Snow Patrol
What if we run away? Let's run!
Most of the lovers of the movies would like to flee to live their love intensely. Not only in the movies, television and TV series, also in one of…
Borgore
Tour of Borgore USA
Asaf Borger better known by her stage name Dj as Borgore is a musician, singing and producer Israeli is the founder of the record label Buygore…
Metallica
Lollapalooza Argentina 2017
Everything is ready for the 2017 Lollapalooza Festival in Argentina, having as guests maximum Metallica and The Stroke. There will be two days of…
Unbuttoned
UNBUTTONED: MINUTE LASTING E.P.
cardboard box drum beats cassette tapes of other people’s conversations reverb upon reverb a bottle of hennessy that technically…
Sanalejo
Sanalejo and his GRAMMY nomination
It was learned that the Colombian group is nominated for GRAMMY awards 2017 in the category Best Latin Album for his latest production keep beating.…
Adele
NFL denies dealing with Adele
British Adele took advantage of his performance last Saturday in Los Angeles to dispel rumors circulating for some weeks and pointing to that she…
Lana Del Rey
Lana del Rey returns with Lust For Life
After a long wait, Lana del rey has finally released her new album, Lust For Life. Already the American had published advances of this new disc,…
Pau Donés
Pau Donés relapses from cancer
It is not a good time it goes across Pau Dones, lead singer of the Spanish band Jarabe de Palo. A year ago he had announced that he was cured of…
blink-182
New Blink 182 album tops Drake's Views
Blink 182 got his seventh studio album called California which was written in a very short time and his first musical single Bored to Death is among…
Mumford & Sons
Live: A Beautiful Collision
Have you ever looked back on your past and thought “I wish I wasn’t like that”? In the present you feel liked a changed…
David Bowie
These were the winners of the 2017 BRIT Awards
On 22 February , they held the awards BRIT Awards 2017, in which both the best British talent and internationally recognized. On this occasion the…
Tyga
Tyga is back with a new song
One of the most successful rappers in the United States, Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, better known as Tyga, released a new song alongside the vocal…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes premieres the video for I see myself without you
2016 continues to be a great year for the Venezuelan oriental band Tomates Fritos. In February this year announced their new song I see myself…
Maggie Rose
Maggie Rose ‘Broken’ – Single Review
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Maggie Rose, she is a Maryland-born singer who signed to RPM Entertainment in 2011. She released…
The Silks
The Silks - Live and Learn
Those lovable rock scoundrels The Silks are — thankfully — at it again. A PVD-based southern-rock/blues/country band that makes…
Lin-Manuel Miranda
The World Turned Upside Down
Broadway del golpe de Lin Manuel Miranda, ha tomado al mundo por sorpresa con la vuelta de Broadway género musical al revés.…
Chino & Nacho
The Pepsi Music will start with Chino and Nacho
Everything is ready to celebrate fifth edition of the Pepsi Music Awards. The gala highlights the work of national singers. Chino & Nacho…
Bacalao Men
Domingo en Llamas releases four new albums
The official statement of the Caracas band reads as follows: Attention! Last minute! In the coming weeks we will publish several albums in which we…
2Pac
Principle Photography On Tupac Biopic 'All Eyez On Me' Wraps Up
Tupac fans should be happy to hear that principle photography for the long-awaited Tupac biopic All Eyez On Me finally wrapped a few days ago on the…
Locust Honey String Band
Locust Honey String Band ‘Never Let Me Cross Your Mind’ - Album Review
Born in Georgia, Locust Honey String Band singer and fiddler Chloe Edmonstone (now based in Asheville, North Carolina) channels generations of country…
Molotov
Molotov Group denounces theft of its equipment.
The music band Molotov reported the theft of his instruments and work equipment on a highway in the State of Mexico when he was taken to a concert in…
Daya
Definitely not sitting still
Not all that long ago, I considered writing about Daya when she had released ‘Hide Away’, but I think someone else here at Kurrent…
Lorde
#SundaySpotlight: Lorde
If you were reading any major music magazine reviews section this summer, it was inevitable to see Lorde being praised for his sophomore album. Since…
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
A homecoming with new waves in the water
Perhaps there’s no such thing as coincidence. Just when I started to wonder whatever happened to Bone Thugs N Harmony, someone posted a post on…
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood ‘Heartbeat’ – Single Review
Carrie Underwood has been on fire this past year, and she doesn’t seem to be cooling down anytime soon. Raking up #1’s and…
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath say goodbye to their last world tour.
The British group Black Sabbath, a pioneer of heavy metal, closed on Saturday his last world tour before finally leaving with a concert in Birmingham…
Juanes
Juanes performs in Concert for the Nobel Peace Prize
Colombian rocker Juanes will sing at the Concert Nobel Peace Prize, this time in honor of the president of his country Juan Manuel Santos. The star…
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…
Weeknight
Weeknight
I want to talk about the band called “Weeknight”. This NYC based duo is playing dark pop, but let me tell you there is something…
Lemmy
Lemmy in the periodic table.
Some 30,000 people had signed a manifesto calling Monday a recently joined the heavy metal periodic table bearing the name of Lemmio in honor of…
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives adds one more recital in Argentina
Colombia is one of its best moments in their career. After accumulating several hits on all radio rankings in Latin America with The Bicycle and Edge…
The Krickets
The Krickets Entice with Cool Cool Water
The Krickets are a prominent quartet that brings an enchanting look into the Americana-Folk world. Their latest single Cool Cool Water, taken from the…
Daft Punk
Daft Punk and The Weekend
French Guy - Manuel de Homem - Christo and Thomas Bangalter, have been at the top of the best lists, since his return some years ago. Sample this:…
Гражданская Оборона
Punk-rock as it is. Grazhdanskaya Oborona.
Grazhdanskaya Oborona (also known as GO and Grazhdanka) was Soviet and Russian punk band. It appeared in 1984 in Omsk, Siberia. The leader, lyricist…
Gabriela Montero
Committed music sounds like Gabriela Montero
It is true that since some time ago, the Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has been doing extraordinary work: it is not only an exceptionally…
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz's Sirope tour closes at the Cap Roig Festival
The audience at the Festival of Cap Roig (Palafrugell, northeast) has surrendered from the first chords to Alejandro Sanz, one year after presenting…
Retrovisor
Retrovisor returns with a new promotional single.
Mirror, is one of the new national bands that have emerged gradually, as they are times of crisis that live in Venezuela, and yet they keep making…
Lindi Ortega
Lindi Ortega Talks About Matters of The Heart – Interview
“Lindi is my compass,” a woman was telling me at the bar of Gypsy Sally’s in Washington, D.C. a few minutes after her…
Laura Guevara
Laura returns drunk
Laura Guevara has given much to talk about since the release of their first self - titled album released last year, as I caused a positive reaction…
Andrea Lacoste
Andrea Lacoste, young Venezuelan talent
Andrea Young talent shows Lacoste is export that is currently emerging in Venezuela. The artist, just 26 years old, already has a digital album…
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…
Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers ‘Bittersweet’ – Album Review
Australian country singer Kasey Chambers has released her 9th studio album, ‘Bittersweet’. The daughter of singer/musician Bill Chambers and the…
Muse
Muse Unveils New Single Dig Down
For some time the British band Muse has been talking about new music and today we finally heard the first song of what will be their next record…
Nina Simone
The three She-giants
There are a lot of great female artists in the history of popular music. But what does it take to be called a Diva? Usually, it is a title reserved…
Hard GZ
HARD GZ FEAT. GONA – 6700KM OF EMPATHY 3/3
habeatat presents the second installment of # 6700km of Empathy, theme played Gona, one of the most important exponents of Venezuelan rap, with Hard…
Дима Билан
Dima Bilan - a lot of noise about nothing.
Dima Bilan is a kind of a singer that dances better than sings. The texts of his songs are stupid and childish. I do not know why he isn’t…
Sheppard
Geronimo!
I usually try to find artists to write about who either recently have released new music or where something else has been in the news about them that…
Fetty Wap
September 2015: What a Time to Be Online.
September 2015 was a month full of innovation, stellar collaborations, and wonderful surprises. After lying dormant all Frank Ocean-less summer, many…
J Dilla
J. Dilla blesses us one more time.
You would better save some money. Just have one beer not two, maybe eat just a slice and not a whole pizza, because J. Dilla is coming back. …
Carrie Underwood
Country to Country Festival 2016 | Day Two, London – Review
After the buzz of seeing Miranda Lambert for the first time on Friday, Saturday offered a country pop explosion in the form of Maddie & Tae,…
Ballaké Sissoko
The music of Mali Vol.2 - The Kora
In the we talked about the griots (the jelis), their role in society, and their connection with music. Today we’re going to say something…
Collin Walcott
White Men Can't Play Sitar?
Remember the movie “White Men Can’t Jump”? Well, I was asking myself that question but in terms of music. Do black people groove better than white…
Metallica
The other Metallica?
Speaking of Metallica in the early nineties was talk of further reference and influence of heavy and thrash metal (genus which were precursors with…
Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, “Who is that man?” You try so hard but…
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean premiered his new song Lens
New Orleans has a child prodigy and is called Christopher Edwin Breaux, better known as Frank Ocean. The singer who revolutionized R & B in…
Giuseppe Verdi
mass of the dead
One of the most beautiful musical forms is the requiem, requiem or Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum. It is a generally sung work, which…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley Is Legend
If you are a music fan (and really, who isn't to some degree?) Then you may believe in the power of music and maybe you have also seen…
Joe Purdy
Bringing back the meaning
All hail the return of the protest song. Joe Purdy brings back songs that cut to the root of our issues and plead that we all treat each other as we…
Joan Baez
When Joan Baez went religious
Joan Baez is an artist we usually get to see with a guitar in her hands, mesmerizing with her powerful voice all around her. She’s an icon…
Rhett May
Rhett May Releases Hit New Video Creatures of the Night on Youtube
Rhett May has recently released a masterpiece of a rock album titled “Creatures of the Night.” May is a veteran of rock and roll and has been playing…
Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini ‘The First Time’ – Album Review
Those who have only heard Kelsea Ballerini’s debut single ‘Love Me Like You Mean It’ blasting out of their radios in all its semi-electro country-pop…
Steve Lacy
Proud iPhone Music Producer
Last week, producer Steve Lacy made headlines after it was publicized he made his contribution to Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn” album, a song called ”Pride”…
The Radiants
Radian
Murmurous noisy worms are crawling on your white floor. These are synth worms. Croaking frog is kissing its worm lovers. This frog is bass. It&…
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…
J. Cole
J. Cole Goes x2 Platinum With Zero Guest Artists
In December 2014 North Carolina rapper J. Cole dropped his third official studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. The album was dropped with no promo or…
Love and Theft
Love & Theft – Album Review
In 2008/2009, Love & Theft first came on the country scene, and I was only aware because they were proving very popular with the Taylor Swift…
Dave Matthews Band
Unique.
For many people, the definitive soundtrack of the mid-1990s was a band out of Virginia with unusual instrumentation and an unmistakable sound. It was…
Steve Barnett
Paul McCarthey new album
Paul returned to the studio to record a new album, he said the record label Capitol Records announcing an agreement with the Beatles legend.…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande and John Legend are working on a song for Beauty and the Beast
The anticipated film Beauty and the Beast soon to be released this year, will have an excellent duet on the soundtrack composed by John Legend Ariana…
Andre Chrys
Andre Chrys ‘Window To Nowhere’ - Album Review
Andre Chrys is a troubadour with bite. His brand of roots rock allows him to explore a wide array of characters and themes dark and light, his love…
Bobby V.
Valentino and Manuel Turizo bring us Bésame
Bésame is one of the songs that most sounds in Colombia and that is thanks to the collaboration between Valentino and Manuel Turizo . Both…
The Who
Legends of Rock concert in the desert.
The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, The Who, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, among others: a myriad of rock legends will be the weekend in…
Kendrick Lamar
We Gon' Be Alright!
On very few occasions have I walked out of concert feeling as if I had truly witnessed a pivotal moment in hip hop's history. The first time I…
LCD Soundsystem
The return of LCD Soundsystem
After five years of separation, dance-punk band rejoins New York. So I confirm its star genius James Murphy, vocalist and leader of the group LCD…
Jack White
Jack White on acoustic
Jack White live music and devotes all his time to it. After founding his own Third Man Records discography, his creativity has not stopped and is…
Four Tet
Four Tet
Sticky November evening is around here. And I need something that sticky – music to be touched – something built of crispy samples…