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11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory
11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory
This is a cute folk-rock for the masses. That doesn’t need that the guys are not fun. Dropkick Murphys is a band who connects jocks, rockers,…
I Accept Your Apology
CEO Cleezy Delivers I Accept Your Apology
Reality is a harsh mistress. I imagine no one would know this better than CEO Cleezy. Shortly after releasing Beatrice, his first album, something…
Zipper Down
Zipper Down by Eagles of Death Metal: Instaparty
From the moment you hear the first song from the long awaited Zipper Down you know that Eagles of Death Metal did it again, they again released an…
Music From Before The Storm
Daughter's Soundtrack For A Video Game is A Well Done Task
Working on a soundtrack is a double-edge sword for an artist. He needs to remain loyal to his signature sound, while simultaneously making sure that…
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…
Not To Disappear
DAUGHTER’S NEW WAYS: NOT TO DISAPPEAR
“I can’t be without, I just need it here” This lyric in the first track on the album on Not Disappear, New Ways,…
VINYL: Music From The HBO® Original Series - Vol. 1
VINYL: The Golden Age of Music
A television show that I have been waiting for and that I think deserves a spot here on Kurrent, Vinyl premiers February 14, 2016 on HBO. The era is…
Ashes
Burning 'Ashes'
Released on February 15, 2016 the young prodigy from Denver had his album entitled “Ashes.” It was composed, engineered, produced…
Spirit (Deluxe)
Political Mode of Depeche Mode
Starting from the 1993’s album Songs of Faith and Devotion , the most famous Basildon diaspora known as Depeche Mode releases their albums every four…
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…
V
Psychobilly At Its Slowest
The album I am about to review can thanks its vocalist for the highest mark. Savitra Labensart radiates with her opera-style, obscure vocal. It is,…
Cusp
Alela Is On Her Folk Stardom Path
Alela Diane is one of those American folk authors who was slowly and non-intrusively building her spot in the music world. She self-released her debut…
Blush
Fake Garage Band
Night School is a band from Oakland formed by three girls – Alexandra Morta, Baylie Jiminez snd Cheyanne Avant. They have been…
State of Undress
Minimalistic Freak Folk
Minimalistic indie folk is the future of the alternative scene. Berlin based group Susie Asado (named by Gertrude Stein’s song) is one of…
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 -…
I Decided.
I Decided
I Decided. attempts to bury Big Sean’s wide mean streak and present the 28-year-old in a mature light. 2015’s Dark…
Confessions On A Dance Floor (12 Reg. Tracks)
10 years of dance floor confessions
Oh man, I can’t believe how time flies! But this week sees the 10th anniversary of Madonna’s “Confessions On The Dance…
Annulment (Live)
Starting Form an Anulment
You couldn’t say that Mark Mulachy, the brain behind Miracle Legion is one of the luckier men in music. Didn’t look that way back in the mid-Eighties…
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…
Oar
Madman's Goodbye to Reality
Most of you know who Syd Barrett is, but in case you don’t, he is the founding member of Pink Floyd who lost his mind and recorded two solo albums…
Birkin / Gainsbourg : Le symphonique
Birkin Makes Gainsbourg Proud
As far as her musical, particularly singing career goes, Jane Birkin has often been disputed. First criticism going her way was that she would have…
Virgo Tendencies, Pt. II
A Raw and Honest Story
The suburban Chicago songbird has released her winter follow-up to its summer sibling Virgo Tendencies Part 1. The triple threat superstar's…
eMOTIVe
Definitely Emotive
If there is a better version of Lennon's Imagine out there, its on this record. Its a big call and I don't really mean it but I feel it is…
The Gleaner
Tara Dente Comes Through
La música es aún mejor cuando se comparte. Así es como Tara Dente describe concisamente el proceso de creación de su segundo &#…
Must Exist
Goth Existentialism
Instead of instagraming existential crisis, true artists sublime their crisis into a something divine. Competition is a mother of great achievements.…
Matador
Zoroaster - Matador
Zoroaster is a well-known and renowned American stoner doom/stoner metal band, who have released a number of fine sludgy stoner doom albums through…
She's Magic
Is the magic still there?
So, it’s official. Az Yet have become the group I‘ve blogged about the most. So far. I wasn’t really planning on writing…
Future Artists
The Dead C - Future Artists
The Dead C are a renowned noise-rock band from New Zealand, and their discography is quite vast and admittedly as diverse as it is vast. Their albums…
That's a Fact (feat. Tootie Raww)
“That’s A Fact” by Ramya J
Over the past several years Flint, Michigan has gained infamous notoriety for its 2014 water system crisis. I'm happy to say that finally we can…
Intoxicated Women
Harvey Covers Gainsbourg: When Reproduction Honors The Original
After twenty years, Mick Harvey decided to return to Serge Gainsbourg. The third album of covers titled Delirium Tremens came out last year, and now…
Out of Time
Hugo Kant - A Fan of Victor and Immanuel
You really have to be a daring smart ass to give yourself a nom du plume like Hugo Kant. And an intelligent one. Quentin Le Roux of Avignon, via…
The Snow Burial
Oddo Bam: The Snow Burial
I am constantly amazed by the hidden gems of South African music. Although increasingly less hidden and deservedly so, Oddo Bam’s first EP,…
Heads Up
Warpaint's Semi-Lukewarm Return
The girls from Warpaint have released their third studio album. After numerous plays, it is plausible to conclude this is their most dance-y release…
Slowdive
Slowdive Return After 20 Year Sabatical
During the first half of the 90s, British collective Slowdive established as one of the most prominent shoegaze bands, leaving three classics behind…
Atleta del Sonido
Bostas Brain Presents: ''Sound Athlete''
Luis Quintero, better known musically as BostasBrain , is Venezuelan composer of rap. Brain has become a leader and pioneer of the movement, flow…
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…
Saturns Pattern
Rock Full Of Tricks
Working class hero, ex lead singer of Jem, the creator of few truly idiosyncratic records. On his latest album, Paul Weller continues to create new…
Punching Bag
No Hometown Bias
Verticoli are a four-piece from my original home state of Tasmania, Australia. They've been a big part of the music scene down there and…
Two Different Worlds
Midwest's Premium Country Artist - Ryan Koenig
Music journey of Ryan Koenig begun in the basements of Midwest, in the role of a guitarist and singer of garage-punk band The Vultures. Twelve years…
Prowler
Spectral and Eerie offering from Pye Corner Audio
Martin Jenkins aka Our Head Technician aka Pye Corner Audio has offered up his latest haunted composition, Prowler. Inspired by 1970's Public…
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz and Symphony Fantastique
Berlioz is one of the best composers of the romantic period, using fabulously sized orchestral forces to put together his magnificent opus “…
Life After Youth
Elizabeth Powell Overcomes Her Struggles Through Land Of Talk's Third Record
No matter how successful you are, life is full of ups and downs. To maintain equanimity and to persevere despite life's severe challenges is…
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…
A Fever Dream
A Fever Dream
The Manchester band are attuned to the absurdity of our times. The hyperactive synth-pop of their fourth LP is full of surreal vignettes that reflect…
Good Luck Have Fun
Mother Falcon Takes Flight
Good Luck Have Fun - Mother Falcon 3rd album released October 9, 2015 on Universal Music Classics Overall rating: 10/10 Mother Falcon is a…
Pariah
Pariah
Twenty years into her career, after a hiatus of more than a decade, the Chicago footwork producer finally releases her debut album, taking apart her…
Lust For Life
Lust for Life
The fourth full-length from Lana Del Rey is sincere and sublime, pushing her fascination with pop culture iconography even further while adding a…
Midnight Sun
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Midnight Sun
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Here we have a big apple that fell not far from the huge tree; the tree being John Lennon and the apple…
After Laughter
Bring the laughter back...
Despite having been a Paramore fan for roughly ten years now, I have to admit that I’ve fallen a little out of the loop with the band. My younger…
Subjective Concepts
Strange Wilds: Subjective Concepts
Hailing from Olympia, Washington and formed in 2012, Strange Wilds comprise of Steven (Vocals/Guitar), Sean (Bass) and Allen (drums). For three guys,…
Can Summer Love Last Forever?
Folk Diamond For Winter Days
The story of Swedish duo Flora Cash begun with the meeting on Soundcloud, continued on Skype and it is still on. Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole…
Born To Play Guitar
Born To Play Guitar
After B.B. King has passed this year, Buddy Guy is left alone as inviolable king of blues (all due respects to legendary protagonist of golden age of…
Bad Omen
The World's Greatest Goth Country Singer
When someone avoids being labeled either by genre or by appearance, then we say that someone is standing out from the sea of multiple copies that…
Phase
Most Hyped New Artist
Jack Garratt is the guy who scored instant success with his debut album Phase. BBC Introducing Artist Of The Year, BBC Sound of 2016, BRIT Awards…
Ti Amo
Phoenix Sound Like Italian Summer
Can you hear the sound of the summer? If not, you will hear it now. French synth-pop collective Phoenix decided to be a herald of the upcoming summer…
Ellipsis
Spinning in Ellipsis; Biffy Clyro Succumbs To Repetition
Biffy Clyro, A Scottish trio, was always interesting to me based on their approach to music. Jast as Kings Of Leon, Simon Neil and Johnston brothers (…
Carry Fire
We Got Spoiled By Robert Plant
Robert Plant does not give up and on Carry Fire he continues with his ethnomusic excursion related to Anglo-American folklore. For those who don't…
Bad Omen
Go Goth Or Go Home
After an extolling album from 2009 titled A Bitter Harvest, Lonesome Wyatt (Those Poor Bastards) and Rachel Brooke have joined their forces on a new…
Revival
Slim Shady is Not Back
Marshall Matters, aka Eminem, returned to the music scene with Revival, a desperate collection of redundant tracks and collaborations with top-notch…
Saturn Over Sunset
Midnight Sister - Forward to analog with a style
Back to vinyl, back to analog seems to be all the rage these days. Most of it is some sort of retro posturing, and as far as the music itself is…
Colour The Small One (Deluxe Edition)
#tbt Sia - Colour The Small One
Back in the day, Sia Kate Isobelle Furler was the name that didn't mean a lot to vast majority of people on our crazy little planet. Yet, she was…
Once More 'Round The Sun
Once more scoring the jackpot
Mastodon is one of those bands that just can’t disappoint you. After they finished their elements tetralogy (Earth, wind, water and fire)…
Music For Listening To Music To
La Sera As December's Vitamin D
Music for Listening Music To is a fourth studio album by a Californian band La Sera and its lead singer Katy Goodman, ex bass guitarist of Vivian…
Cost of Living
Aggressively Political Downtown Boys
When was the last time you read my review of the album that upheaves political status quo? For a while, it seemed like all the albums that dropped…
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…
Eclipse
Astounding Comeback
Eclipse, the first Amorphis album featuring Tomi Joutsen behind the mic, and a crucial one for their history got released back in 2006. After left…
10 Años (En Vivo)
Dread Mar I released Anniversary CD+DVD
Mariano Javier Castro, artistically known as Dread Mar-I, is a leading Argentine reggae musician born in 1878, in the Province of Lanus. After…
La Partition
Uneven Structure - La Partition [Review]
Hace seis años una banda francesa hizo un excelente álbum de djent progresivo llamado Februus . Su debut demostró cómo una nueva…
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…
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…
Some Twist
Michael Nau - ...And The Summer's Back
Last year I touted on these pages (it is a site, but you still have to flip the pages one way or the other) Michael Nau’s album Mowing (like the…
Emperor of Sand
Mastodon Are On The Way To Become A Cult
insufficiency of vitamin A and vitamin C.
Dodge and Burn
Sympathy for the Rebel - Dodge and Burn by The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is a supergroup, where the star of the band is not actually fronting the band. Yes, I’m talking about Jack White, who is…
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…
Heartworms
Lukewarm Return Of The Shins
James Mercer and his crew came back with the new material. I say crew on purpose as the members have completely changed since the last…
Sodium
Sodium
Led by drummer and lead singer Kylee Kimbrough, the noise-punk outfit Dasher deliver a murderous mix of garage-rock grime, fuzz-punk overdrive, and…
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon with a video
If there is any album that would rightfully go by the title “best” in the history of rock music and beyond, it is “The…
Not Even Happiness
Another Flower in Americana Scene Blossom
Surprise! This is another Americana folk review, as it seems that music within this genre makes love and gives birth to new babies every day. Julie…
Phase 3
Skeppet - Phase 3
Skeppet are an interesting Danish band that venture in the realm of psychedelic rock, electronic music and space rock influenced ambient drones. Their…
Silver Eye
Goldfrapp Continues To Experiment
Here is a band born with tendency to experiment with various genres and subgenres. In the wake of their tenacity to swim upstream instead of following…
Music Complete
New Order \ Old Order
They were the sh**. They were the natural continuation of Joy Division. They were pioneers of electronic and dance music combined with post punk. They…
Saluting Sgt. Pepper
Django Bates - Takes On Sgt. Pepper
In a year which saw such (deservedly) lavish celebrations of The Beatles all-time masterpiece Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band you…
Hidden City
The Cults Will Always Be Cult
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy did not take a different direction on the tenth album of their band The Cult. It paid off because they did not get lost…
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…
We The Generation (Deluxe Edition)
The Curse of The Second Album
With their first album, the music band from London occupied the top of the charts and then many awards enriched the beginning of their career,…
Apocalypse Again
Apocalypse Now! Again!
Events from 2002 seem like a far away past, especially in the music world where trends come and go at the speed of light. Those who were born around…
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…
Ice On The Dune
Ice on the Dune
Empire of the Sun give us some more of their debut 'Walking on a Dream' on this second effort; the house party slash festival drum n synth…
Soul Killa
Soul on a plate: Ransom`s second LP delivered!
Everytime we touch on this guy`s work it`s getting harder for me to pick the right words to express the feelings Randy Nichols …
Make Way For Love
Kiwi That Makes The Room War
Despite of his classical music education gained at the University of Canterbury, the eclectic music influences Marlon Williams was exposed to from his…
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…
Don't Let Me Down
The Chainsmokers and Daya don't let me down
Hace unos 5 años, The Chainsmokers fueron los primeros en utilizar un hashtag y la palabra autofoto en una canción. Odiaba la canción…
The Tambourine Girls
Tambourine Girls - Another Guitar Variation That Works
No girls or tambourines among these four Aussies that go under the name Tambourine Girls on their debut album. I’m sure that a girl or two on…
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…
Pure Comedy
Pure Comedy
Father John Misty is a consummate entertainer. On Pure Comedy, he questions the value of entertainment, capitalism, and everything…
Room Inside The World
New Ought. Ought To be As Before
Four years ago, when Pitchfork was still a relevant medium for independent and experimental music, Ought appeared under the Best New Music section and…
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…
Champ
#tbt: Tokyo Police Club: Champ
If we take a look at the history of music, we can chronologically determine how the geographical focus of pop-rock industry was shifting. In the 50s,…
Congratulations I'm Sorry
The Best Selling Debut in UK
If you are still not sick of bands such as The Killers, Editors, Bastille or Phoenix, the UK has awarded you with another similar music…
White Light
The Corrs - As Fresh As Ever!
The super sibling quartet from Ireland are back after a decade long hiatus, just about to remind us how much we had been missing them all these years.…
Damogen Furies
Welcome to the party, we've been waiting for you - Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
Well now. Here we are. It's taken a while, but we feel somehow like we've come full circle without ever having started walking.&…
Take Me To The Alley
The Sparkle in Take Me To The Alley by Gregory Porter
If you haven't heard yet about Gregory Porter, and you are a fan of jazz music, then today is your lucky day! Porter is best known for his third…
Hang
Foxygen's Hang Is An Amalgam of Retro and Modern
Do we make mistakes or do mistakes make us? I am not going to get metaphysical, don’t worry, but I am trying to emphasize the importance of occasional…
A Black Mile To The Surface
No Breakthrough For Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra are not from Manchester. They are not even from UK. They are not even orchestra. Manchester Orchestra are Americans from Atlanta…
TOO
Sarcastic Punk
By Stereogum, Fildar were named one of the best bands of 2012. This year, the one who is going to name them as such is me. Great debut album was a…
Welcome oblivion
Post-Industrial Ups And Downs
Trent Reznor, an icon, a genius, or just one big egomaniac? I mean, NIN was always his band, with a plethora of artists coming and going, each one of…
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
#tbt: Earl Sweatshirt - I don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Rap album about self-awareness is jt a common product. Candor has also been absent from hip hop culture for a long time. Lyrics about prison you have…
Coming Home
Pain Is The Right Description
Peter Tägtgren’s Pain is a side-project of a death metal mastermind, the lead person behind Hypocrisy, one of the pioneers of…
The Golden Age
Uniquely Golden
One of the great things about reviewing music is the opportunity it gives me to indulge in my favourite albums whilst giving them my full attention.…
Acoustic
Acoustic Simple Minds
lSimple Minds have long been imprisoned in the maze of their own discography. After they resented the 80s during the decade they became famous (90s),…
Rennen
Sohn is The New Son of Ambient Electronic
Sohn is a British author and producer who currently resides in Vienna. He is one of those musicians who overcame the curse of the second album. After…
Overload
Chris Luciani/Overload - A Reflection of Our Times
During this current political cycle of the 2016 presidential election the term “overload” as a summary of our collective feelings…
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…
Still Brazy (Deluxe)
Music Like A Bullet
As soon as he ended his successful collaboration with DJ Mustard that resulted in epic debut My Krazy Life, YG dropped an album that keeps all the…
Melodrama
Lorde Comes Crashing To Reality in Melodrama
Lorde is the one musician right now, activities relating to every young adult imaginable. With the anticipated release of Melodrama, fans of the…
In Rainbows
Albums that turn 10 in 2017 Radiohead: In Rainbows
If Moon Shaped Pool ends up being Radiohead’s final album (there are rumours) then it’s possible to split the bands career into three distinct acts.…
Weather Diaries
Weather Diaries
Ride’s reunion album is the British group’s first since returning the stage in 2015. It’s promising but never quite satisfying, with modern production…
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…
In Mind
Current Critics Favourite - Real Estate Bashing
There is a standard tendency with rock critics, old and new - bring them up and then slam them down. I guess they take that critic word in…
A Seat at the Table
Record Of The Year
Let me get one thing straight: Beyonce might be a bigger star, but Solange is way more special. I have been a huge Solange fan ever since her debut…
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…
Blood
Lianne La Havas's Vibe Is Unstoppable In Her Second Studio Album Blood
Lianne La Havas's Vibe is Unstoppable in her Second Album The girl who captured everybody's attention since her debut album Is Your Love Big…
Deluxe
Skeppet - Deluxe
Skeppet are an interesting Danish psychedelic rock/krautrock band, who I have reviewed on this site once before. This time however the album under…
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…
Acapella - Acapella Christmas - Acapella Group
Enjoying an Acapella Christmas
This is such a good Christmas album. So good that I almost felt regretful that it took me 4 years after its release before finding it. All is not lost…
The New High
Will Brent Finally Bring In Some Cash?
The moment you realize that somebody who’s from Athens Georgia has recorded all his three solo albums for a German specialist label, you begin to…
Scorpion
Will Johnson Is Painting With Words
Austin is a city well known for its folk and country. Support for such a notion came from Curnet Marie Andrews who released a magnificent album last…
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…
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…
Music From Siesta
Stay Cool! Miles...
Summer is coming! Actually, summer came in Macedonia a week ago. With temperatures over 30°C (86 °F) afternoons are already becoming…
Collection
Soccer Mommy - Young and Fresh
Sophie Allison is obviously a very smart girl. I say, girl, since at the time Collection, her first official album is out, she’s yet to turn 20, and I…
Horn Ur Marken
The Janitors - Horn Ur Marken
The Swedish psychedelic rock band The Janitors will release a new album via the renowned Cardinal Fuzz in the coming days. The album comes 3 years…
Big Inner
The Big Inner of the Big White Man
Matthew E. White is an American artist that came on strong from the start, with a voice of his own and gained international following instantly. As…
Welkya
Welkya
“Welkya” is an album I first heard when it came out in 2006. It was around the time when I first had the chance to personally meet with Theodosii…
Little Games
Good old rock. Little games by The Yardbirds.
For a while, listening to the songs by “The Yardbirds”, I thought that these were the song by “The Doors”. The…
Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
Just Whitney (Not Houston)
Chicago based band Whitney dropped their debut Light Upon The Lake last year. The debut, released under eponymous Secretly Canadian label, secured…
The Concrete Confessional
To the Core of MetalCore
For seven years, Jamey Jasta has been keeping the same entourage. Why change something that works, right? This is Hatebreed’s third album…
Algo Sucede
Julieta Venegas confirms Something Happens Tour
After being nominated for the 2016 Grammy for his album Something Happens Mexican-American singer announces an international tour to promote the…
Coup De Grâce
Headbanging mode: ON
There is a funny thing about supergroups, a gathering of premier musicians usually results in releasing an album(s) that are disappointing for the big…
A Wonderful Seed
Mysterious Ms. Sandoval Reappears, Again
So, Hope Sandoval and her mystery are back with us again. It has been 26 years since she first appeared along with former Rain Parade co-leader David…
Epigram
Beats for A New World
Gramatik, a genius musician, and producer from Slovenia released a new album titled Epigram a while ago. It is an incredible combination of hip-hop…
Elektrac
Squarepusher as Shobaleader One
Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher, is not a man with proclivity for inertia. Since his breakthrough in the 90s with frantic avant-garde drum 'n'…
Christmas Kiss (Deluxe Edition)
Austin Marolla - Christmas Kiss
Christmas Kiss begins with a warm acoustic guitar and piano, in a groove that reminds me of something from a later Tom Petty record. This song is a…
A Beautiful Collection - Best Of Carole King
A Truly Beautiful Collection
There is no denying that Carole King stands today as a living musical legend. The awards she has received, her songs that have charted through the…
Little Dark Age
Breaking Up With MGMT
If some band sounded like they are going to be THE band of their times, that was definitely MGMT during their Oracular Spectacular era. The album was…
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,…
Prédateurs
Les Discrets – Prédateurs [Review]
Les Discrets are a band hailing from France that really shook up the metal scene with their debut called Septembre et ses dernières pens&…
Surfacing to Breathe
Psych-Gaze Outfit Clustersun bewitch with Sophomore Album
Clustersun are back with a brand new album Surfacing To Breathe via Seahorse Recordings. Three years after their debut album , this…
Pacific Daydream
Infantile Weezer
There are two types of Weezer albums: those that have name and then those that don't have a name so we have to recognize them by their color. All…
Born Naked
Glamazon Of The World
This might come as a surprise, but RuPaul is my spiritual guru. Two nights ago, 8th season of his show RuPauls Drag Race ended and I have realized…
Replica
How a Song Called Replica Sounds Unique
I’m late to the party yet again when it comes to heaping praise on The XX. My relationship with this band has always been in that vein and with their…
Try
Why sing in Spanish?
There are several artists who opt to sing in another language other than their own. Usually the English is a universal language, and all artists…
Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)
Enjoy Chicano Batman's Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm) ahead of March release of Freedom is Free
Chicano Batman came out of L.A.; four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía…
Opposite House
When It Rains Inside
Like the surrealist accompanying Jonny Look-directed music video, folk-rock crooner Cass McCombs' Opposite House is…
Hero Of War
Have You Seen the World? What Would You Say If I Said That You Could?
Hero of War, originally released in 2008 on the 5th studio album of the alternative/punk rock band Rise Against, was the first release with guitarist…
The Other Side of Hollywood (feat. Cheyenne Jackson)
Interview with Songwriting and Music Production Duo Doug Rockwell and Tova Litvin
Today we are speaking with the Emmy nominated songwriting and music production team, Doug Rockwell and Tova Litvin. This talented duo…
tonite
Tonite Throws Reflective Notions Orchestrated By LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem has come back around this time with new single and music video Tonite, where a 1980's heavy laden vibe is vocal. This dance floor…
It's Midnight
Palpitations For The Broken Hearted and Mistreated
Consider St. Paul & The Broken Bones the Gospel/Soul version of Arcade Fire. Mainly because the band consists of 6 multi-talented musicians.…
Bored
Teenage Sensations
15-year-old LA pop singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is swiftly proving to be a precocious and promising talent in the contemporary pop…
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…
Agree
POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e's Agree is a Plaintive Ode to the Persistent Need for Intimacy
When Samantha Cameron was “outed” as a fan of Minneapolis synth-pop band POLIÇA in 2015, British tabloid newspaper The…
Play Out
Zola Blood - Play Out
Zola Blood produce lo-fi electronic music that is warm and soulful. Their sparse, analogue sound exists in a fog of sinewaves, samples and…
Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Wicked With Taste
Cage The Elephant are an either a love or hate relationship. After hearing their track 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked' their music would…
Ghost
“Ghost” by Ella Henderson
Henderson's powerful voice, personal lyrics, and stylish look inspired by the vintage fashion with which she had been enchanted since childhood,…
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.…
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…
Dimensiones
Revelation Artist: Laura Buitrago
Searching and searching I found this girl who apparently started in the popular video network better known as Youtube, doing cover songs of the…
Kids (Ain't All Right)
Grace Mitchell Demonstrates Political Strife With Kids (Ain't All Right)
This Portland, Oregon native is throwing a mass of stones at the ocean. Let me explain that meaning, Grace Mitchell in the midst of all the Indie…
No Church On Sunday
An Agnostic Anthem
Music in 2016 is, for the most part, secular. While many vocalists - from the likes of Whitney Houston to Katy Perry to Usher to Avril Lavigne -…
Always Sad
For their new single Jesus and Mary Chain state the gloriuosly obvious.
TGIF everyone the Jesus and Mary Chain have released another single from their upcoming album Damage and Joy. Amputation felt like the band dusting…
Fall For This
Jade The Moon shares haunting track Fall For This, drops new EP
Jade The Moon's newest EP comes with a video for focus single 'Fall For This' is a euphoric alt-pop track featuring singer Dani Le Rose&#…
Generation Why
A Hymn for Modernity
“Generation Why” is the third single and video from Weyes Blood’s (Natalie Mering's stage name) forthcoming album,…
Thinking About You
Norah Jones Offered Thinking About You To Those Of Us That Still Resignates With the Song
'Thinking About You' the first song where I was introduced to Norah Jones. Known for Jazz styled songwriting and a piano melody all her own.…
Will I See You
Seeing too much
On my Twitter timeline, it was kind of big news that Justin Bieber producer Boo Bear was working with Latin singer Anitta, whom I had never heard of.…
Enter Sandman
Heavy Metal with Classroom Instruments? Jimmy Fallon Did It First!
Enter Sandman was released in 1991 as the first song for the eponymous album of Metallica entitled “Metallica”. The song deals with the concept of a…
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…
Bludfire (Radio Edit) [feat. Sidney Samson]
Blood warming song
No matter where you are, lighters up We're gonna start a riot tonight, tonight, tonight Put your hands up to the sky Flames so red like bludfire,…
These Streets Will Never Look the Same
A Meditation on Loneliness
Running for over 8 minutes, These Streets Will Never Look the Same is one of the longest tracks on Chromatics' critically acclaimed fourth album,&…
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…
Mind Mischief
Kevin Parker's Women Troubles
Sometimes a musician embodies a particular aesthetic too convincingly, making it difficult for a listener (i.e. me) to imagine him or her…
Augustine
St. Augustine at Heart
Blood Orange pops up on the radar every so often just to completely floor us. 'Augustine' a form of chillwave, indie or smooth RnB…
In The Shade
The Perfect Song for the Summer
The summer might be over (at least for those in the Northern Hemisphere), but I couldn't resist writing about this brilliant gem of a song that…
Ultralight Beam
Small Moments of Clarity with Kanye West
There are some days that are just made to be shitty. I was late to work for my afternoon shift of personal training, and like all days in which a…
China Girl - alt mix
COVERLAND Vol. 7: China Girl
David Bowie and Iggy Pop wrote “China Girl” together in 1977 for Iggy’s album “The Idiot.” It didn&…
Snake Eyes
It's In the Eyes
La canción Ojos de serpiente trae interesantes letras y la melodía al álbum Wilder Mente de Mumford and Sons. A diferencia de su…
Come to This
Hauntingly Beautiful
In my last blog, I was quite proud of myself for stumbling upon a new/indie artist, Elias, thanks to one of the TV series that I was watching. So I…
The Pretender
The Pretender: One Of The Most Brutally Honest Songs
“The Pretender” is an extremely amazing, sad, and truthful song written by Jackson Browne in 1976 for his album with the same exact name. This song is…
I Was A Fool
Sunflower Bean's I Was A Fool Swirls in Nostalgic Woe
After a few years in the New York band circuit, an EP, a well-received debut LP, and extensive touring, Brooklyn rock band Sunflower Bean has…
Venus Fly
Calling Out the Male Gaze
You might have concluded that Grimes had run out of her music video-making budget after she released the DIY The Ac!d Reign Chronicleslast…
The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) [feat. Lil Wayne]
Bebe wants to dance
I was a little worried when I saw the song title of Bebe Rexha’s new single and the obvious reference to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With…
Treat You Better
Shawn Mendes premieres Treat You Better
Who can forget the young Canadian guy who Diola around the world with its theme Stitches, that no one was removed from the head, that subject with…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Moist
Anna Lann's Moist Presents a Surreal Eco-feminist Critique
Tel-Aviv-via-Latvia musician, producer, and DJ Anna Lann recently gained a VEVO account, and one can only hope for more output from the enigmatic…
Rivers and Roads
The Song That Has My Head and Heart
This song. The first time I heard Rivers and Roads was when a friend performed it as his senior farewell. It is truly incredible. Besides…
God's Gonna Cut You Down
God's Gonna Cut You Down
A short time ago I published a list of contemporary blues songs I personally like the best but I haven’t heard this version of ‘…
I Ain't Got Time!
Tyler`s Groove Flip In A Ripped Out Rap !
Tyler The Creator is maybe one of the most versatile creative artists of today. With his fourth studio album Flower Boy on…
FAB. (feat. Remy Ma)
JoJo keeps it real
There are many songs that talk about fake friends, but none sound as sweet as JoJo's FAB. Don't let the title mislead you. Fab is not…
Green Light
Lorde's is seeing green
It probably hasn’t passed you by that Lorde has made an impressive return. When it comes to the biggest stars on the planet, it’s hard to keep a…
Just Got Paid
COVERLAND Vol.14: Just Got Paid
In September 2016, Gov’t Mule released an animated video for their rendition of ZZ Top’s heavy-blues piece “Just Got Paid.” Although the video is new,…
Secret Love Song
The Secret Behind the Love Song
It's amusing how one song could mean differently for different people. I guess the way we interpret songs really depends on our mood, feelings,…
Miracle Aligner
Go and Get ‘em Tiger
'Seductive' is the adjective that was used most often in describing The Last Shadow Puppets' (Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner,…
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…
Femme
Francophone Chic
“Honestly, we’re no Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel or Félix Leclerc ... As artists who sing in French, I feel like…
Think About It
You think you know but you dont, Think About It by Erich Mrak
Chaos ensues when worlds collide but chaos is not necesserality something bad. In this case, Hip Hop and Electronic music have been…
Live And Let Die
COVERLAND Vol.8: Live and Let Die
A great song can chart several times just like “Live and Let Die” did, the first time with the original version by “…
Hurricane
Heart of Darkness
Hurricane is probably New York duo MS MR's (vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow) best known single, and a perfect…
Secret Garden (feat. Merival)
Stepping into the Secret Garden with Izzard & Merival
The song I’m about to draw your attention to has brought me MAJOR joy over the past few days, and I am excited for you to have the same experience.…
Victorious
Wolfmother Victorious
Hallelujah! The band that was once slated as the next Led Zeppelin”, has finally released a new track. As a long time follower of this…
Strangers
A Real Lesbian Top 100?
With her blue wigs, androgynous style, tri-bi identity (biracial, bisexual, bipolar) and self-made internet fame, the extramusical aspects of alt-pop…
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…
La Bicicleta
The Bicycle arrived on Youtube
A good rhythm has come to Youtube the song that many were waiting for Shakira and Carlos Vives, two Colombians who honor him to his land with this…
Smile More
Deap Vally Tells Us What Not To Do
I presume it would be safe to say that Deap Vally flew out of the San Francisco Bay area at full throttle towards any neighboring stage they could…
Amor en el Aire (De
Children's songs? Part II
Children's songs or the first songs they hear the children are those bands that esucha one from tiny, and are the favorite of parents.…
Don't Wanna Be Your Girl
Kelly Zutrau's Organic Vulnerability
There's always a curiosity about an artist that polarizes people. The Brooklyn-based indie pop/rock trio of Kelly Zutrau, Joe Valle, and…
Each Time You Fall In Love
Lush Hypnotism
Each Time You Fall in Love follows K and Apocalypse as the third track from Brooklyn ambient pop quartet Cigarettes After Sex's full-…
Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy)
RedOne's all star line-up
RedOne’s latest release is a single of his own, though it features Enrique Iglesias, R City, Serayah & Shaggy. Known for being a top…
With You
Chester Bennington: Songs that Started it All
The first time I had heard Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park it was on a borrowed CD on a cheap portable CD player that skipped songs at the slightest…
4ever
The Veronicas 4ever
Back in the early 2000's when Punk Pop, Pop Rock wasriding high with many bands coming out of the wood work, The Veronicas were kind of the duo…
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&…
G7
G7
Being a bassist, I am fully aware of the limitations of the instrument - it’s a low-ranged instrument, very hard to play chords on or solo. But in…
Playground Love (with Gordon Tracks)
Entrapment of an Era
In any other musical element the French duo Air would be known for their electronic based setup. Yet, if The Virgin Suicides soundtrack has not…
Letters in Cursive, Pt. 1
Letters In Cursive (part 1) by Citizen James
Los Angeles-based singer\songwriter\producer Citizen James releases his single “Letters in Cursive part 1”. The track is a cleverly blended mix of…
O Lord
Sensual Spirituality
The cathartic, gospel-influenced O Lord is the first taste of Brisbane indie pop quartet Cub Sport's upcoming sophomore album Bats&…
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…
What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude
From Groups To Soloists And Other Types Of Separations
There are many artists who started with famous groups (and still have relevance) and later solo passage opened. If any of them no longer and wrote a…
Strip That Down
Liam Payne Wants A New Start With Smooth Hit Strip That Down
Okay Liam Payne's newest track 'Strip That Down' sounds more like a list of things Payne wants to be known for, otherwise than being a…
Wild Thoughts
Wild copy or wild creation?
There’s something bugging me about DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts”. The song has been causing a stir from the moment the video was dropped with Rihanna in…
Incapable
Keyshia's very capable
There’s something about when current day R&B singers take on an old retro soul sound in their ballads. I have always had a major weak for…
Boyfriend
American Pastoral
American singer-songwriter Lissie's latest track “Boyfriend operates in the same thematic territory as her critically acclaimed third…
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 ‘…
Memory
Labyrinthine Post-punk
“Memory” was the second song that we started working on for Preoccupations after “Anxiety”. It was unique to…
I Love My Friends
Foster The People Don't Conform, They Invent
Foster The People's newest album Sacred Hearts Club is light-hearted compared to the band's previous albums. With that being said, the band…
Make Me... (feat. G-Eazy)
Britney's Back (but so what?)
The music video for Make Me..., the lead single for Britney Spears' upcoming 9th album Glory (2016) has just been released. The…
Orion
Rodrigo Y Gabriela Spark Planetary Existence
Rodrigo Y Gabriela has been a duo for nearly two decades. No matter how one interrupts their career, Rodrigo Y Gabriela contributes a success of fully…
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 &…
Dreaded Days of School
Michigan Rockers - Kick Ass Rockers from The Great Lakes State Playlist on Spotify! Follow & Share!
Michigan Rockers - Kick Ass Rockers from The Great Lakes State Playlist on Spotify! Follow & Share! Click Here To Visit The Spotify Playlist!…
buttercup
Hippo Campus' buttercup is an Ode to a Gritty Female Boxer
One month short of celebrating the anniversary of their debut album landmark (February 24, 2017), up-and-coming Minnesotan indie rock quartet Hippo…
Happy Birthday to You (Piano)
Happy Birthday, Danielle!
The music not only accompanies us during the holidays or at a concert. Not just listen to music 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week, and not 365 days a…
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…
If I Get High
The Ache Into Infinity
Nothing But Thieves apparently have no problem with breaking a few hearts with their music video for 'If I Get High'. Which ultimately this…
Touch
Cool Touch
Kloe offers an intriguing look into a teenage craze of touching and love. Throw in a few wild parties, drinking and delightful light play...Kloe's…
High
Druggy Quirkiness
LA indie rock trio Sir Sly (vocalist Landon Jacobs and instrumentalists Jason Suwito and Hayden Coplen) have recently released High, their…
Nas Album Done
Dj Khaled and Nas: ''Nas album done''
Nas Album Done is the new video showing the life of a tycoon of the music industry as it is DJ Khaled featuring stellar participation of Jamaican…
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…
Bonbon - English Version
Not Wasted For Once
Era Istrefi is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and her hit Bonbon is a simple, yet tasteful take on the sins and pleasures of temptation. The review will…
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…
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…
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…
Friends
«Friends»
Shot in Switzerland and post produced in Berlin/Germany «Friends» shows the pop punk band The Three Sum from an unusual thoughtful…
Born to be Blonde
Jesse Rutherford’s “Born to Be Blonde”: Ironic Dandyism For A New Generation
Californian alt-rock band The Neighbourhood have always been known for a rather dandyish obsession with their image. They famously insisted on…
Holy War
Keep yourself open
I apologize for a short blog, but many things have been said about the events of today already. I don’t know about you, but my timelines on every…
#WHERESTHELOVE - Charity Single
#thatpower of #whereisthelove
It’s not often that I get enthusiastic about an artist re-doing one of their songs, and, indeed, when I heard that Black Eyed Peas had made…
Se Busca
holy week
During the celebration of Easter in Venezuela, not only advantage bridge -fines of largos- weeks to enjoy a few days off family, on the beach or…
All I Want for Christmas Is You
What We Still Want for Christmas
Yup, we've heard about it. The song that ruled over all Christmas tunes streaming into our ears as we go holiday shopping for the last 20 years…
Fuera De Este Mundo
Cycle 1- Venezuelan music
Growing up, we look what we liked in childhood, either because it reminds us something good or because he came to us, and we want to keep looking…
Jammin' - Single Edit
Reggae Goes Smooth Jazz With A George Benson-Like Spotify Single “Jammin” By Dave Sereny
Dave Sereny releases his new single “Jammin” on Spotify, a song striking a balance between reggae and smooth Jazz with a notable George Benson…
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…
Dearly Beloved
Kiesza returns to the guitar
No one has walked onto the music scene as impressive as Kiesza. With her red dancing shoes, she seemed set to take over the world, but her impression…
Dreams Tonite
Alvvays Time Travel to Expo ’67 with Dreams Tonite MV
Canadian dream-and-jangle pop quartet Alvvays’s recently released sophomore album Antisocialites (2017) has received critical acclaim,…
Easy
Super easy to get into
At the beginning of this year, I blogged about Bonnie McKee’s inner wild child when she released the track “Wasted Youth” with a party hardy video.…
Lil' More
Gimme A Little More
Hotel Motel may be a cleverly handy band name, however their track 'Lil More' has more going on than others would give them credit. Since The&…
Nterini
Fatoumata Diawara's Nterini is an Affecting Portrait of Migrant Hardship
In the stunning music video for Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara's recent single “Nterini” (which…
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…
Fruit
The Darkwave Duchess
Born in Queens, New York and raised in London, R&B singer-songwriter Abra is now based in the American rap capital of Atlanta, Georgia as the…
I'm Yours (feat. Vic Mensa)
Justine Skye`s Official Video for I`m Yours
This 20-year-old diamond of a female vocalist has become one of my heavy addictions over the last few months, and I am very unpleasently picky, and a…
I See You
Dance The Night Away To Leah Kate's Debut Single
With so many playlists, new releases and artists coming out, it's hard to find music that will invoke that feeling many artists chase after; that…
Nadir
Dynamic Stagnation
London electronic duo TENDER (James Cullen and Dan Cobb) recently released Nadir, the first taste of their upcoming album from Partisan Records. The…
Be Apart
Heavy Synth, Let's Watch Porches
As stated in the title, a heavy synth intro is all apart of the band Porches song Be Apart. While taken from their new album 'Pool' due out…
Lindsay Brohan
Funky Momentum
Javelin, comprised of New York City crate-rats George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk, certainly do their share of jumping around, never letting their…
Young And Menace
The Very Much Awaited New Fall Out Boy Song
After gathering a lot of negative comments for their “Ghostbusters (I’m Not Afraid)” remake for the released Ghostbusters movie, everyone was very…
Salut d'amour, Op. 12,
When Love's Greeting Changes Key
Elgar’s Salut d’amour (1888) is an example of a piece that underwent changes from its inception to its publication. Originally…
El Mismo Sol
Under the Same Sun by Alvaro Soler
As its catchy chorus says, we are all under the same sun, only it gives them some brighter than others. This young Spanish artist of 24 years…
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…
4 Walls
SONG REVIEW: f(x)'s 4 Walls
4 Paredes Canción Review f (x) está de vuelta otra vez con un estilo totalmente diferente para su reaparición 2015 que es 4 paredes.…
Hands
Quirky Sonic Perfection
The outfit's airy vocals – courtesy of Phoebe Baker and Lou James – and pristine harmonizing have earned Alpine global acclaim…
Sweet Disposition
Sweet Nostaglia
Whether it be a film, tv show or a sudden appearance of a long forgotten memory while shopping at the grocery store...The Temper Trap's…
Roller
Bringing More Noise
Quilt is the type of band that taps loudly by making suggestions. Their newest album Plaza shows a forward evolution into a heavier fuzz territory…
Talk Baby Talk
Why Can't We Just Talk About It?
There's a rare kind of timeless maturity in Brisbane singer-songwriter Emma Louise's vocals on Talk Baby Talk, a single from her second album&…
Roar
Katy Perry reappears with New Music
After a long break Katy brings us a new item entitled Rise and is the official theme of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, which used the NBC for the…
Gold
Kiiara 'Makes It New' with Glitch-Pop
If it weren't for her breakthrough single Gold, most of the world wouldn't have known of 20-year old Kiiara, an Illinois native who works at a…
Los Ageless
The Relentless Sadness of St Vincent’s “Los Ageless”
As the title of her second single suggests, art rocker St. Vincent (Annie Clark) is poised for a return to biting satire after the poignant, heartfelt…
Cold
The Surreal Aptness of Seeing Rich Brian as an Olympic Figure Skater in the Cold MV
As a certain calculative pop star once sang, it's all in the timing. Rich Brian's cinematic turn as an Olympic figure skater - while seemingly…
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…
'97 (feat. Rich The Kid, Bobby Kritical & 1wayfrank)
K Slams The New `97 Trap!
ATL rap cat bangs up the Trap swag on his new single `97. He linked up with the coolest squad that he could for…
Dismal Universal Hiss
System Corporation - Dismal Universal Hiss
New Zealand rock outfit System Corporation are released their debut single ‘Dismal Universal Hiss’ at the end…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay's video is a lot of monkey business
The lead single from their upcoming album, “Head Full Of Dreams”, due for release on December 4th, had first been uploaded to…
Make Me...
A Stronger Britney
Britney Spears has finally released the very highly anticipated new single, Make Me. Within minutes after its release, the song was featured on many…
Nothing Better
Forget Chainsmokers, this is the duet of former lovers you should be listening to.
Much to my own annoyance I'm quite fond of Closer by Chainsmokers featuring Halsey. I know in my bones that it is a terrible pop song, full of…
Someday We'll Linger in the Sun
Re-inventing the ordinary : Gaelynn Lea's Someday We'll Linger in the Sun
Our love’s a complex vintage wine / all rotten leaves and lemon rind / I’d spit you out but now you’re mine In a world…
Rings
Kap Those Rings Up!
2017 just got richer for another smash Trap banger! Young fire Kap G is raising the bar with every new drop made.…
Jesus Of Suburbia
The Son of Rage and Love
Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia, the tenth track on their 2004 studio album “American Idiot” was the story of an…
Beauty and the Beast - From
Disney is playing it safe
Ariana Grande and John Legend have just released the title track for Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I think I was as skeptical of this…
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…
Lost Youth / Lost You
Intimacy's Miseries
In a violet-hued video for Lost Youth/Lost You, How to Dress Well frontman - Chicago-born singer-songwriter and philosophy PhD graduate Tom Krell -…
Sign of the Times
When the music matches the look
It’s often been said that Harry Styles looks a little like Mick Jagger. In the picture of boyband One Direction, he definitely seemed a bit out of…
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…
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…
Vocal Song
You walk in my head acapella by Vocal Song.
The venezoloana Song Vocal group recorded a cappella version of You walk in my Head, the theme of Chinese and Nacho. For us it is a way to thank and…
Ilan Chester
You are one in a million, a jazz standard
Night falls in late February. The waning moon enters, and when it appears on the horizon the clock nears midnight. Ilan Chester's voice…
The Lonely Island
Funny presentation of The Lonely Island on The Tonight Show
While we know the follies of this group of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, joined occurrences of Jimmy Fallon and The Roots talent,…
Demi Lovato
Goodbye Demi Lovato
American singer Demi Lovato announced through his Twitter account that will leave music for a while and do not know if he will return. The 24 year-…
J Balvin
Just days before J Balvin presents us with new material.
It is no secret that this artist has revolutionized the world of reggaeton when I present her previous album called La Familia. And surprises us…
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam to release live album on Jack White's record label
Good artists always come together. And this time was the time for Eddie Vedder and his band, Pearl Jam do it with Jack White. This is a series of…
Viktor Tsoy
Russian rock legend. Viktor Tsoy.
Viktor Tsoy was the leader of Russian rock band “Kino”. Beside the music, he participated in cinematograph. He played the leading…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto Brought To You By The Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra
If you’re looking of a good reading of any of the Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos, let me suggest Tampa Bay Symphony’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s…
Corb Lund
Corb Lund ‘Things That Can’t Be Undone’ – Album Review
Back on October 9 Corb Lund and his band The Hurtin’ Albertans released their second album in just over a year; ‘Things That Can&…
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,…
Ozuna
Ozuna does not stop reaping successes
Ozuna is in a great moment of his nascent musical career. The urban singer is nominated for the Youth Awards in the Artist Revelation category. The…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney will shake Mexico with his rock after five years
British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney today announced a concert on October 28 at the Estadio Azteca in the Mexican capital, after five years…
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher announced the date of his new album
Noel Gallagher is the largest representative of British music. In the 90 was the star of Britpop with his brother Liam and Oasis band. From that time…
Raphael Saadiq
Spanish singer Raphael prefers mass concerts.
At the age of 74 and without more than a few hours of rest between some of his commitments, the Spanish singer Raphael is again on tour big time, a…
Maluma
The 4 Babys and now Happy 4
Blessed are 4 is the new song Maluma, a subject which, as its name implies, with another if you hang out, we will be happy the four. This is the…
Los Mesoneros
Los Mesoneros comes with everything
Innkeepers, caraqueña band, currently impeached in Mexico, promise much in this 2017. In 2016 the group took their music outside the Venezuelan…
Rico Love
May reservations under the name of Love
The year, unwillingly crawling behind our back left so much tasteful surprises when we recall all the music numbers from all those art hot lines...…
Felipe Peláez
Felipe Peláez and Maluma bring you a great song
Felipe Pelaez and Maluma joined forces to create a song that has already begun to sound in all radios in Latin America and promises to give to talk.…
The Smiths
The Smiths will release two unreleased tracks on vinyl
A 7-inch vinyl. That will be the format will be broadcast two previously unreleased tracks from the British band The Smiths. So was announced the…
Los Cafres
Los Cafres are working on a new album
Consecrated Argentina reggae band, Los Cafres, still on his: producing new hits. The native of Buenos Aires confirmed they are working on a new album…
Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin-- Our God and Sing Praise
These two songs are as potent as any in the Christian music scene. But lately when listening to them, I feel the dirtiness of my own heart and feel…
Franco De Vita
Franco de Vita is Free
Venezuelan singer Franco de Vita has just launched its new album Free, consisting of 14 pieces (nine unpublished and five versions). https…
Michael Wandmacher
‘Voice From the Stone’ Composer Michael Wandmacher Nominated for 2017 World Soundtrack Award
Composer Michael Wandmacher has been nominated for a World Soundtrack Public Choice Award for his Voice from the Stone score. The ceremony, now in its…
Céline Dion
Celine Dion goes on
With the Billboard awards taking place today, Celine Dion is officially back on the scene. After the loss of her husband and brother, in January 2016,…
Francy la Voz Popular de América
There's Another One In My Bed is the new thing that Francy brings
Francy, The People 's Voice of America, released his new single Hay Otro En Mi Cama with visual material. The song has already started…
Bonnie Tyler
Who else could sing at a total eclipse?
Bonnie Tyler is best known for her song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and, this week, it was announced that she gets to sing it on a cruise during an…
Gloria Trevi
Gloria Trevi versus Alejandra Guzmán, an explosive and passionate tour
Explosive, passionate and vibrant will be the Versus tour said today in Los Angeles (USA) the queens of Spanish-language pop and Mexican rock Gloria…
Elliot Easton
The Cars Elliot Easton Takes the Driver Seat with The Empty Hearts Band
It was the 60's when we were growing up as regular kids in the middle class, suburban town of Massapequa New York. &…
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones Furious with Trump
The Stones have made a formal ban on Donald Trump that use their music to promote his presidential campaign, and apparently were not alone, as other…
Paul McCartney
Argentina prepares to receive Paul McCartney
Legendary as few, the former Beatle, Paul McCartney will return to South America, this time to Argentina, where he is worshiped and no visit from…
Alejandro Fernandez
I Know It Hurts, the new Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernandez brings to all his fans his new single I know I hurt, which has the special participation of the group Morat. This theme is the…
La Vida Boheme
5 Venezuelan rock albums that will be released this year and you should listen
If you are someone who likes to read news, possibly you're aware that Venezuela has been crazy lately: elections every year, protests,…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes releases album under the same name
Tomates Fritos released his fifth album which bears the same name of the group. After four years of the release of the album Hotel Miramar, comes…
Gao Vilé
I would like to navigate you is Gao Vilé's new bachata dream
The Guatemalan singer Gao Vile now ventures into the genre of bachata with the theme I want Navegarte which features production Rodolfo Castillo,…
Martin Garrix
Martin Garrix with Bebe Rexha on a song
Martin Garrix all know, that young man who conquered the world with only 17 years, and now with 20 years is a crack that turns every issue that…
Bill & Gloria Gaither
Bill Gaither Is Stunning!
I just found this “new” Christian artist that is actually from the old times named Bill Gaither. He has a plethora of great gospel music for those who…
Da Brat
Da Brat-Sage-Eric lit dat #YAK
Muddy sexiness in the air, slick fat trappin` basses and percussions compeling us into the modern old school club, to join this magical trio in their…
Bob Dylan
Dylan announces new album for May 2016
Musician Bob Dylan announced the release of a new album, Fallen Angels, in representing its thirty-seventh studio album, and after that will embark…
Astro Lasso
Lasso premiered his new album
Venezuelan singer Lasso has just released his new album called voluntary exile of a Mind Saturated. The album consists of 13 songs which are already…
Prince Royce
With a tribute to Prince they bid farewell to 2016 in Sydney
The sky of the Australian capital, Sydney, was filled with fireworks during the celebration party linked to the end of the year. The show this time…
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…
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson in duplicate: pregnancy and new video
The sister of the King of Pop and recognized performer and dancer, Janet Jackson, started May with two big news. The American artist premiered the…
International Show
Catching Up with International Show
International Show is a Boston-based, multi-talented rapper, songwriter, producer, and audio engineer who incorporates Christian praise into hip-hop…
Britney Spears
Return of the Queen of Pop “Britney Spears”
This time I touch to the opening of the Billboard Music Awards and leave you with your mouth open to the public with their dances, accompanied by a…
Ace Hood
Ace Hood is Back With “Trust the Process” Project
Ace Hood is one of the most underrated rappers in my opinion. He has been relatively quiet on the music end for a while. But that dry spell seems to…
Grimes
Grimes X HANA: The AC!D Reign Chronicles
Grimes and HANA appear to be emulating Beyoncé's tendency to surprise-drop an immersive batch of music…
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…
David Fanning
David Fanning ‘Doin’ Country Right’ – Single Review
Sometimes, you hear a song and you just sigh. That’s what happened when I pressed play on David Fanning’s new radio single ‘Doin’ Country Right’, and…
Kendrick Lamar
The Development of Rap
Many times have I heard people, who are a little older than me, tell me that nothing will ever beat what rap was in the 90’s. Sure, it was a…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is ready to release their new album
Arcade Fire is the only band that has won its first and only Grammy Award for best album of the year in history. That did it in 2008 with his first…
Adele
Adele's Alter Ego
You know you are in trouble when your last two articles are about the same artist and even more so when this article will fall right next to one of…
All-4-One
Rediscovering All-4-One
Sometimes, I think my smartphone is listening in on things my conversations. It just so happens that someone asked me who sang “I Swear” and a very…
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…
Gorillaz
Gorillaz: Back
In 2012, English musician Damon Albarn, also a singer of the group Blur, said the rock band virtual Gorillaz, would take a break indefinitely, as he…
Famasloop
Nothing happens, the new Famasloop
The band's pop / rock Venezuelan, Famasloop, announced the release of the video for her new song No Pasa Nada, directed by Joe Torres, which…
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World to release new album
The American band Jimmy Eat World is celebrating 2016 with the release of a new album. It is called Integrity Blues and will be on the market from…
Solsine
Song Of The Day // Solsine - Proton (feat. Brownie & Santego)
Solsine is an emerging group from London, England who have that new/old combination of sound to bass driven house. They recently dropped…
Sunny Sweeney
Sunny Sweeney ‘Provoked’ – Album Review
By all accounts, ‘Provoked’ has been a long time coming. The last few years has seen Sunny split from Big Machine Records (everybody cheer), divorce…
ONE OK ROCK
One OK Rock Live in Manila
He viajado por más de 12 horas, corriendo como si estuviera siendo perseguido por zombis, soporté el hambre y la sed, pagué al taxista…
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony will be honored at the 2016 Latin Grammy Awards
How all the years in the Latin Grammys tribute will be made to the person of the year. This time it was the American-born singer Marco Antonio Mu&#…
Edvard Grieg
Listen to This Piece for Peace!
Here we go again with Edvard Grieg. One of his most famous works after Peter Gunn or Gynt, is the serene, beautiful “Morning Mood.” This is one of…
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…
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…
Dave Sereny
Spotify Curators Show Love to Toronto Musician Dave Sereny Newest Blues Single Come Here Baby
Dave Sereny, an award winning Blues musician based in Toronto, Canada, is making noise from his newest single “Come Here Baby” , off his highly…
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez get back together
A few days ago, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony her ex-husband were pleasantly shocked with that famous kiss that turned her around the world. As if…
Cam
Cam ‘Untamed’ – Album Review
The hype-machine betrays us again. Cam, one of the most exciting artists to come out of 2015 after her gold-certified ‘Burning House&…
Genevieve Pasquier
Genevieve Pasquier
It’s about time to meet a gorgeous, sophisticated woman with sharp teeth and a glassy electro. She’s got to be “handled…
Dire Straits
The Dire Straits
Fuelled by Mark Knopfler’s unmistakable guitar solos, the band’s virtuoso musicianship and a very distinct sound, Dire Straits stepped into…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire returns with “Give You Power”
After the huge success of its 2013 album, 'Reflektor', the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire has decided to present the first…
Telefon Tel Aviv
המפשעות
המפשעות (Hamifsaot / The Crotches) Zara Zrura What a heat! What a hot air and dust! And what a hot man! - Anna was thinking to herself. The…
Slow Lights
Pop Rock Band with Horns Releases Spotify Single Wicked Bones by Slow Lights
Have you heard of this band Slow Lights? They are an awesome 4 piece band out of the Baltimore area that’s making quite a racket…
Alex Turner
Alex Turner talked about Arctic Monkeys
Since 2003 Alex Turner has appeared in the indie rock music scene worldwide. It is more than a decade making good music, innovating and leaving a…
Heavenwood
Portugal’s Finest Gothic Band
No, it’s not Moonspell, they lost the title couple of releases ago when deciding to go over the top and become some sort of gothic Opeth.&…
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…
City and Colour
City and Color back in Chile
It took more than a year Dallas Green to return to Chile to give one of those concerts that, as they say his followers, leave a mark no matter how…
Radiohead
Radiohead: From celebration to scandal
Radiohead returned to the music scene after five years of absence, generated thousands of followers of the original group of Abingdon, high…
Gary Numan
Hunted, Gary Numan
The synth pop and electropop have in Gary Numan one of its most fervent worshipers. This British musician has had a sustained career, which began in…
Lil Wayne
Latest from Lil Wayne
On June 16, the American rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, better known as Weezy or by his stage name Lil Wayne, surprised us with a new item entitled…
Eric Selby
Eric Selby Flies High with Arise
Eric Selby, a single father of 4 daughters, is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and an artist. Having initially spent years behind a mixing board and…
DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled ft. Drake – For Free
On June 3, the DJ and producer DJ Khaled meets once again with Canadian rapper Drake and singer, who launched a new music single, entitled For Free.…
Don DiLego
Don DiLego Shares Magnificent New Record
Don DiLego has been an artist that continually breaks through barriers. His eclectic sound goes beyond the stylistic boundaries of Americana, Folk and…
Leo Birenberg
Son of Zorn Mixtape Review
I recently got a chance to spend some time listening to the latest offering from composer Leo Birenberg, who’s currently providing the…
Melendi
Melendi and Ha*Ash cover “Destiny or Chance”
Melendi and Ha * Ash teamed up to release a super temazo. The sisters along with the Spanish bring us Destino or Chance, third single that comes from…
Conchita Wurst
Conchita cancels her performance in Edinburgh after being denied visas to Syrian trio
Austrian singer Conchita Wurst has canceled her performance scheduled for tonight at the Edinburgh International Festival, after British authorities…
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera prepares a new album
Attention fans of Sin Bandera! A new album is coming and we will surprise more than one. The group returned to the music scene after several years of…
Breanna Barbara
Nothin But Your Lovin
The year of women who are kicking serious musical ass continues on this beautiful morning with the latest from Brooklyn-based musician Breanna Barbara…
In Flames
In Flames and their 180° turn: a case study
In Flames was my favorite band for many years. They were one of the main reasons is started to get interested in extreme metal genres, back in the day…
Gandalf
Different Style. Different Sound.
Gandalf were an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in New York. Originally called the Rahgoos, the group…
Jagertown
Rearview by Jagertown Is Changing the Country Music Game
My fellow country fans you guys are going to love this, I just heard the best break up song EVER it’s so refreshing!! It&…
Algodón Egipcio
Egyptian Cotton and Gabylonia will be presented at the SXSW Festival 2016
The band Gabylonia Egyptian Cotton and will be responsible to represent Venezuela at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The South by Southwest is an…
Taylor Swift
In Call It What You Want, Taylor Swift Finds a Warm Refuge in Private Intimacy
Call It What You Want, the fourth preview of Taylor Swift's upcoming sixth studio album reputation (Nov.…
Germein Sisters
Germein Sisters ‘Because You Breathe’ - Album Review
With an insatiably well-crafted pop sensibility, an intriguing element of electronicism, and the kind of organic roots that only sibling harmonies and…
Prince
Between Anna Magdalena and Mayte
Yes, there are centuries apart. But can the love and admiration. And these are shown when captured in a book. Anna Magdalena was the second wife of…
Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher will release his solo album in 2017
Liam Gallagher will return to the world stage with a new musical solo project. The former lead singer of Oasis was one of the figures of Britpop 90…
Miley Cyrus
Myley Cyrus' sister spat on her while they sang together
The interpreter of Malibu assured that his sister and also singer, Noah Cyrus, spat in the mouth while she spoke and that that behavior learned it…
J Balvin
J Balvin aspires to produce a song in collaboration with Daddy Yankee and Maluma.
The Colombian reguetonero J Balvin, 2015 Latin Grammy winner, said today that it is a matter of time that a collaboration with Puerto Rican Daddy…
Gareth Evans
Gareth Evans Is Your New Acoustic Guitar Teacher
If you love playing the guitar you’re reading the right article! But before anything else, I’d like you to know who Gareth Evans is by watching his…
Nya Jade
Nya Jade On ‘Loveday’, Shifting From R&B To Country Music and Multi-Culturalism – Interview
Nya Jade is not your average country music up-and-comer. Born in Ghana and having lived around the world, now settling in San Francisco, she burst…
Lana Del Rey
No more sadness for Lana del Rey
Lana del Rey seems to have finally left behind that aura of melancholy and pessimism that he so successfully projected on themes such as Born to Die…
Eric Prydz
Epic 4.0, a visual orgasm
The people of Mashable has made a short documentary which show the behind the scenes of this show of electronic music. Epic 4.0 was held in…
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain. 11:30 am the sound of the cannon
Aberdeen. Can we care that small US city? He did not play any significant role in the process of Independence of the United States. Not even exist.…
Zion & Lennox
Zion & Lennox premiere video of Mi Tesoro
The Puerto Rican musical duo Zion & Lennox wants to light up the upcoming Caribbean vacation. Mi Tesoro has been a hit that has triumphed in…
Shakira
time does not exist
The seasons do not exist in Venezuela, for example, there is no date that marks all the seasons of the year, and even then the rain falls and the sun…
The Rolling Stones
#tbt The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
This is the album that ruined the old Stones and created the new Stones, stronger than ever. According to the band's members, founder Brian Jones…
Lemmy
The cause of his death is finally revealed.
Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer of British rock band Motorhead heavy, died of prostate cancer. A statement from the group on their official Facebook…
Rodney Atkins
VIDEO: Rodney Atkins ‘Eat Sleep Love You Repeat’
We haven’t heard a whole lot from “If You’re Going Through Hell” singer Rodney Atkins lately, but don&…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
New from Red Hot Chili Peppers
The friends who formed his band in 1983 in Los Angeles, California still active. They bring us Dark Necessities, the first issue of his new album The…
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle's Cry
he song “Cry” was originally a runaway hit made famous by Johnny Ray in 1956. Upon hearing his version, it was nice and…
Kingsborough
Kingsborough Sets the Bar High with 1544
Kingsborough shares with us today their epic new release, “1544.” It makes perfect sense and no sense at all that “Low Down,” is the first…
Alfa Mist
Fresh Sounds from East london
I found it difficult to classify Alfa Mist under a genre label. Is it jazz, is it lounge? A bit of MCing, a lot of hip-hop influenced grooves, and a…
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart announces new album and releases Middle Names
The Venezuelan-American singer Devendra Banhart, in the three years since the launch of its production Mala has done a bit more than just change its…
City and Colour
Colour: Strangers
COLOUR are a 4 piece melodic indie band hailing from Liverpool, Stoke and Rutland. Formed around the talents of James Tidd (Vocals), Scott Harvey (…
Disclosure
Disclosure will take a break during 2017
Despite having a short career, the Lawrence brothers have decided to take a break. The British duo that gives life to electronic grouping Disclosure,…
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
I'm officially a Hamilton trash.
I've always thought those who get obsessed with musicals are a bit ridiculous. This is coming from someone who has only seen one musical (twice)…
Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's I Will Rise
Off of his Hello Love album, Chris Tomlin’s “I Will Rise” is one of the most tender and beautiful songs about…
Stella Parton
Stella Parton Unearths ‘Buried Treasures’ In New Compilation, But Doesn’t Bury Her Bitterness
As a big fan of Dolly Parton, her younger sister Stella has always been of slightly elevated interest to me than perhaps she would be for the wider…
Bob Dylan
#tbt Bob Dylan: John Wesley Hardling
This week I am taking you back to the record that witnessed Bob Dylan turning his back on countercultural scene for whose construction ge was majorly…
Rawayana
Tucacas has arrived
The friends of Venezuela come with something new. Rawayana, one of the most popular bands in the country bring their latest clip, Tucacas. The group…
Phyzix
Phyzix Geared Up To Release 6th Studio Album
Malawian rapper Phyzix has been on the low for quite a while. His last album Follow the Leader came out in 2011. The emcee has been quiet all along…
Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas continues to succeed as a solo artist
Nick Jonas, a former member of the band Jonas Brothers has been making good music as a soloist for a while, and has had good reception from his fans.…
The Memorials
Add The Memorials to your long-term memory
When I first heard the Mars Volta, I was blown away immediately. When, after several months, I listened again to the first video by them I saw on…
Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins ‘Jesus and Jones’ – Single Review
We haven’t heard a new single from Trace Adkins since 2013’s “Watch The World End”, which featured Colbie…
blink-182
Blink 182's new album California
Blink 182 The group presented the title of his new album called California whose cover was announced by social networks of the band. It will have a…
T. Hardy Morris
T. Hardy Morris Interview
T. Hardy Morris fronts Dead Confederate and is part of the indie rock supergroup, Diamond Rugs, but his latest solo album, Drownin’ On A…
Colin Lloyd Tucker
Sunday Spotlight: Colin Lloyd Tucker Part I
The following artist is so big, I can not put the spotlight on him for only one week. It is a musician whose work can not be measured by commercial…
ABBA
Abba returns in pixels
We live in a lucky era, where technology has grown exponentially. With this you can create wonderful and unique things, enabling us to live other…
Year of October
Year of October Interview
Phlecia & Josh Sullivan are Year of October, creatively and personally joined together. Originally from Kentucky, the band has been in…
Sampha
Sampha presents the video for “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano”
The British producer and musician Sampha prepares to officially present to the public its first album, Process which will be released next Friday 03…
Miguel Bosé
A grant from Miguel Bosé for Ernesto Núñez
Ernesto Núñez is a Dominican bass player, who at age 22 won the Miguel Bosé Grant to study at the prestigious Berklee Music School,…
JAY Z
Jay Z Gives a Message on “The Story of OJ”
The Story of OJ is a new song composed by American rap veteran Jay Z, who returned this year with a new album titled 4:44, this album counts as his…
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…
SARABETH
SaraBeth’s Christmas Traditions Past and Present – Interview
When I last saw SaraBeth, it was on the 4th of July weekend 2015 and she, Glen Mitchell and Christen Cole had just been onstage at one WFRE’…
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…
Tulipomania
Tulipomania Blooms In Full on Latest 3-Track Single
Philadelphia-based Tulipomania is releasing their new three-track maxi-single, along with new videos for '' and '' (Seahawks Remix)…
Madonna
Emmy and the Breakfast Club
Throughout my life, I’ve been a fan of Madonna. There have been moments where I was a big fan and moments where my admiration dropped a…
Ryan Farmer
Ryan Farmer ‘Lurch’ - EP Review
Americana/country artist, Ryan Farmer, formerly known as Ryan Thomas, will be releasing his new EP, Lurch, on November 20th. The EP finds the 21 year…
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messien’s Nature Music Captivates Audiences
On first listen of this nature piece, I was struck by how dissonant the piece was, especially the first movement. Personally, I am not a fan of really…
Desorden Público
To avoid a tragedy, they reschedule the tour date for 30 years of Public Disorder.
As part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the most important band of Ska Venezuelan Public Disorder, they would hold a concert tour which…
The Killers
The Killers offer a preview of their next album
With images of the band rehearsing in a recording studio and posing in an arid landscape, the British band The Killers offered his followers a…
Torrecè
Torrecè, a gang under suspicion
The anzoatiguense group has just released the first single from their first album. The song is called Tribal. I have to say that when I heard the…
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…
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives will fight for his first Billboard award
The Colombian singer is in a great moment after accumulating new successes in his career with La Bicicleta and Al Filo De Tu Amor. But there is more…
Spotify Landmark
Streaming versus live music
Now, with the information that the US recording industry gets more than 70% of its revenues from digital platforms and downloads looming on the one…
Trenton P
In Talks with Rising Hip-Hop Star, Trenton P.
Trenton P. is one of the hottest upcoming Hip Hop artists to release music in the past year. This Spring we see him rising to stardom even more so…
Mali Nicole
All Da Way A Hunnid : Mali Nicole
She is not only a great-grandaughter of Ted Watkins, the famous African-American civil rights activist, creator and leader of the…
Pepper
Pepper, It On (Hawaii's Island Rock Band, Overshadowed by R.H.C.P.?)
Because this band has the name Pepper, they may not be the easiest band to find, and ontop of that there is the more popular Red Hot Chili Peppers…
Kings of Leon
Kings Of Leon closed the year with a new video
Kings of Leon wanted to celebrate Christmas with the launch of a new music video. It is Find Me it gives below its previous single Waste a Moment. In…
Kings of Leon
Kings Of Leon Release Waste A Moment Video
One month after the premiere of his new album, Kings Of Leon launches new music video. This video accompanies the simple Waste A Moment, which was…
Molly Nilsson
Feminist Karmic Retribution
[Naomi] Wolf argues that beauty is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. Somehow we've been flogged the idea that to be…