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1000 Forms Of Fear (Deluxe Version)
Waiting for new Sia
Before Sia releases her upcoming album, I wanted to pay tribute to one of the best albums of 2014. Her sixth studio album 1000 Forms of Fear has been…
Policies of Power EP
Policies of Power
Samantha Urbani’s debut is alt-pop with style and nuance. She coats her sound with some retro ’80s accessories, but her real emotions remain grounded…
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…
Bressa Creeting Cake (Deluxe Edition)
Bressa Creeting Cake - A Rediscovered Golden Nugget
The importance of the New Zealand’s Flying Nun label has been quite fairly recorded, particularly through the works of such seminal bands as…
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 -…
HAIZ
Hailee Steinfeld Headphones and Haiz
Where others struggle a lifetime to get a music career going, Hailee Steinfeld seems to have stumbled upon it by accident. Appearing as an actress…
Vagabundo
Dos Décadas del Influyente Vagabundo Creado Por Robi Draco Rosa
Hace 20 años se gestó una de los diamantes musicales más importante de la era del rock alternativo en españ…
Find the Ways
Classical Appalachia?
The first question that comes up to mind listening to the first collaboration between (David) Allred and (Peter) Broderick, “Find The Ways” is - what…
Drowning Shadows
Drowning Shadows the saddest song by Sam Smith
For admirers of Sam Smith we inform you that we have excellent news. The artist recently announced that relaunched his debut album that earned him…
Whatever It Takes
Imagine Dragons returns with Whatever It Takes
Imagine Drangons is one of those groups that take the time necessary to make new music, and is that when the muse arrives, they certainly stand out…
Blurryface
Perfect Sound, Average Songs
Production has cut my album in half. The songs are good; the only extra thing I need is a good production. This is just one of the many statements…
reputation
biggest disappointments of 2017
ARCADE FIRE - Everything Now Flop is sometimes a byproduct of failed expectations, and not of the album's quality per se. Why are…
That's Your Lot
Blaenavon Are The Smiths For Masses
Sometimes something good arises from the ocean of new bands. Some of them deserve your full attention, some of them partial attention and some should…
Onism
Onism
Working within a fairly heavy philosophical framework, New York’s Photay has made some of his most captivating electronic music yet, with nimble house…
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…
Quentin Tarantino The Essential (Spotify Exclusive)
How Ennio Morricone Won His First Oscar
And that is how Morricone had finally won his first Oscar only two years ago. Although soundtrack for Hateful Eight is a solid one, the situation…
Dopamine
BØRNS Dopamine Album Review
Take a dreamy trip through electronic daze known as BØRNS. Garrett Borns better known by his stage name BØRNS, released his…
Silver Eye
Silver Eye sounds golden
It’s not all that often that I let a famous artist direct my attention to the music they like, but when you have deadlines to meet, very little time,…
Literal.
Urbanse ''Literal'' Review
The Argentine emcee Urbanse, belonging to the collective 19XL, published his latest album under the title Literal. E l disk is working together to…
Shockwave Supernova
God Plays Guitar
Hay una cosa que necesita saber: Dios toca la guitarra. Su nombre es Joe Satriani y este año lanzó su 15º álbum de estudio. Vamos…
Volume 1
Mildlake's Supergroup
Although the term supergroup has become lame, I can't help myself but to attach it to BNQT. To be honest, that was the intention of its members,…
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…
WOPTOBER
Mane Music
Prison can change anyone. Enough time isolated from the world, treated as subhuman and discarded like garbage is soul-breaking and creatively stifling…
Starboy
Starboy is the new thing from The Weeknd
The Weeknd has given much to talk about in recent months, as has squandered good talent in different settings worldwide. Last Friday, the singer of…
White Winter Hymnal
#tb Fleet Foxes' Debut
Music magazines often use the term Wooden music when they want to describe the type of music that I am about to review. It stands for the following:…
The Invalid Singers
Bunny And The Multiple Personality Disorder
Prince was maybe the first artist who had a tendency to change his name with every album. It’s been four years since this creative and…
Out Here
Killer EP Out Here!
Recently I discovered this amazingly talented female vocal, an immediate motivation blast, that blew every of my sense and threw my doubts in deep…
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…
Phenotype
Dissonantly Extravagant
If we compare Phenotype, the album reviewed here, with recent Select Difficulty from Periphery it’s obvious Textures selected the highest…
Inti
Machine Mass Deliver Jazz Fusion Covers of Jimi Hendrix
Although the name sounds more metal than Megadeth, Machine Mass is actually Belgian-British-American jazz fusion band formed by guitarist Michel…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande sounds dangerously good
Ariana Grande has just released her new single “Dangerous Woman” and it’s dangerously good. Initially, the song reminded…
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…
Momentary Masters
JULIAN CASABLANCAS WHO?
In my opinion, Albert Hammond Jr is the only true Stroke when there is no The Strokes around. His third album is corpus delicti for the previous…
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…
Harder Love
Strand Of Oaks Returns To Confessional Mode
Between 2014 album Heal that marked a breakthrough on the scene, and 2017 Hard Love, Timothy Showalter, aka Strand Of Oaks went through some personal…
God's Problem Child
God's Problem Child, Willie Nelson
God's Problem Child is the first independent album by Willie Nelson with original songs ever since 2014 Band Of Brothers. Actually, this ever…
Generation Doom
Nu Metal Activism
I remember 2002, when nu metal was in its peak of borrowing elements from various genres. In panoply of everything, the song T.R.I.C. happened and it…
After Robots
African Psychedelia
I first heard about BLK JKS sometime during 2010, I think it was during the world cup (one of their songs was featured on Fifa 10, If I remember right…
Currents
The Impact of Currents and Track-By-Track Analysis
Before “Currents”, Tame Impala could have been labeled simply as a psychedelic rock band. However, this 2015 summer release took the project and its…
Ashes Of The Wake
Turn It Up
As an angsty teenager I fit the mould of being really pissed off for no good reason and Lamb of God were the first band that I really connected with…
Goose Snow Cone
Coping Mechanisms
The clinical frankness of the title of indie veteran Aimee Mann’s latest album Mental Illness (2016) is actually meant as a jab…
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…
Blue Bird
MY OWN BLUE BIRD
Is it OK to write about your own music? That’s the dilemma I was struggling with during my first years of radio hosting and journalism. &…
Amazing Game - Instrumental Music
It is really amazing
Paolo Conte is mostly known to casual jazz fans for his languid piano and gruff vocals sung predominantly in Italian. He was able to break the…
Complete Third
A Cult Star That Should Definitely Have Been Big
Here with us again is another incarnation of an album about love turned into a disaster that at the time it came out was proclaimed a disaster. Later…
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…
Minor Victories (Orchestral Variations)
Mogwai's, Slowdive's and Editor's SuperGroup In The Purest Instrumental Form
After the eponymous debut, Minor Victories have prepared an interpretative surprise with their new release. In case you didn’t know, this is a…
Arena Negra
The Myrrors - Arena Negra
The Myrrors are quite a renowned krautrock/psychedelic rock band, and they came out with a great new album earlier this year. Arena Negra is probably…
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…
Royal Blood
Royal Blood will return in 2017, does anyone still care?
English rock band Royal Blood have announced their return on Twitter with a video showing them hard at work in the studio. With their self-titled…
Under Cöver
Motorhead's Under Cover Underwhelms
Numerous covers Motorhead occasionally recorded in a period between 1992 and 2015 (after the death of Ian Lemmy Kilmister which kind of represented…
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…
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
J. S. Bach: You Are Alone
The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, composed by JS Bach, are quite significant in the world of any violinist. An integral part of a violinist&…
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…
Future Present Past
Is this The Strokes?
The Strokes are an American rock band that most people are familiar with, but after their groundbreaking debut in 2001 called “Is This It”, it has…
Colors
Beck At His Most Colorful
It's been 23 years since the album Mellow Gold and the humongous hit Loser. Considering the nature of that album and the massive popularity of…
Sleep Well Beast
Who Is The Beast on The National's New Record?
In two years, The National are going to celebrate two decades of their existence and judging by their tempo of releasing albums, we might get another…
Okovi
Fifth Coming Of Zola Jesus
On the cover of her fifth album, Zola Jesus' face is covered with mask made of mud and ink. Underneath, Zola's eyes peek through and they look…
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…
Perfectamundo
Perfectamundo
There is a very interesting thing with rock n roll. No matter how old it is, it never dies. By some magic and alchemic techniques, the old and…
She Can't Tell
Running on High
Brooklyn natives MOTHXR not only know how to spell a universally used word to look cool but even their music has a cooling sensation that can ease any…
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…
London Calling
The Top Five Albums of the 70's
The seventies were a decade when I lot of things happened: the hippie ideal lost its potency, the darker heavy rock songs of desperation and pessimism…
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…
The Chick Corea Elektric Band
ELEKTRIC!
The Shape of Jazz to Come is an album by Ornette Coleman from the end of the fifties, but there are several releases in jazz history that could bear…
The Yellow Shark
Frank Zappa's Yellow Shark
This is the final masterpiece of the great Frank Zappa. It contains his last written work; it was his last performance on stage and his last official…
Atomic
Emotional Mogwai
Scottish band Mogwai, one of the pioneers of post-rock genre, have eight albums in their discography, and Atomic is their fourth soundtrack. Work on…
Tonight's Music
Another Great Tunesmith Is Back
After twenty years and absolutely brilliant “Untune The Sky” mini-lp and “Instinct” album from early to mid- Nineties, Richard Davies, another among…
LoveBlood
King Charles - Loveblood
As King Charles released a new album, New Orleans, just this week, I would like to write about the artist's 2012 release, Loveblood. This is an…
Sanctitude (Live)
Water For The Soul
We are only two days away from the release of a new album of gothic legends, Katatonia. Between the upcoming The Fall Of Hearts and the previous Dead…
Walk Between Worlds
Simple Minds Do Not Complicate It
Simple Minds have released their 18th studio album, and just when no one except for hardcore fans did not expect anything besides formulaic music,…
Lonerism
Lonerism
Critics’ new favorite band Tame Impala are becoming one of the most successful alternative acts of our time. They also have one album that I…
The Centre Cannot Hold
Is Ben Frost a Poser?
If you are composer and producer from Australia, but you create your music in Island, I guess you are bound to presenting outstanding art. Ben Frost…
Unbroken Praise (Live)
One More Great Album from Matt Redman
I first took notice of Matt Redman's music when I heard The Heart of Worship more than a decade ago, 15 years to be exact. From then on,…
G I R L
Review: Pharrell's 'G I R L'
Pharrell’s second solo release, G I R L, is the culmination of his year-and-a-half-long winning streak. His unadulterated happiness is…
Circles and Squares
Seth who?
Seth Swirsky I said. Seth who? A composer sonngrwiter, movie director... Never heard? How about a guy who wrote Love Is A Beautiful Thing that was a…
Crosseyed Heart
Old Dipsomaniacs Just Wanna Have Fun
What is the difference between Keith Richard’s album and The Rolling Stones? Well, The Rolling Stones sound like Jagger and the music is…
All You Zombies Dig the Luminosity
Burnt Sugar - Quite bright luminosity
Greg Tate has been at his Burnt Sugar project, one of the many he has on, for more than 18 years now. While he’s not guiding this musical conglomerate…
Salome (Deluxe Version)
Dark Horse of 2015
2015 was a year with many great metal records. Under the Red Cloud by Amorphis, New Bermuda by Deafheaven, Intronaut’s The Direction of Last…
Love Undercover
#tb When The Corals Were on Hiatus
When The Coral went on a hiatus, its members commenced working on their solo projects. That is how Ian Skelly’s and James Skelly’s debuts…
Everything Now
Mediocre Dance, That's What Arcade Fire Are Now
Over time, Arcade Fire turned from a serious band to one of the most irresponsible banda. They are full of subtle and flat jokes, and the monumental…
Sirope Vivo
The intelligent staging by Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz is a born chameleon. It can be the consent of the women, respected by musicians and talk of hard rock lovers. At that point, it…
I Forget Where We Were
Forget Where We Were - a Live Masterpiece
In June of 2015, I had the great privilege of hearing Ben Howard peform live at the Grand Arena in Cape Town. I have not stopped talking about it…
August And Everything After (Deluxe Edition)
#tbt: The Best Of Counting Crows
For some artists, love means not wanting to live anymore. And while they give us the reason to live with their heart on their sleeves, I am always…
Carnival of Clockwork
#tb - Cog:Sharing Space
I still remember how surprised I was when I was listening to this album for the very first time. The reason for my stun was that, before I…
Swell to Great
Truly Modern Studies
This one came practically out of nowhere when last year was closing. Actually, it originally came from Glasgow, passing through Yorkshire. Whatever,…
Penelope X (7 songs and Postludium from the musical "Odysseys and his Women")
A Fan Review For Penelope X by Nikola Kodjabashia
I believe, not many people have heard the name Nikola Kodjabashia. So it is my pleasure to introduce you this wonderful composer that comes from my…
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…
Last Year Was Complicated
Nick Jonas wastes talent with his new Videoclip.
Ultimately there are many young hopefuls in pop music, many soloists who are giving enough to talk for its good music, and Nick Jonas is no exception…
Attila
The Men and The Art of Brutal Attack on The Listener
The Men, a four-member band from Brooklyn lead by Mark Perr (vocal/guitar/piano), have dropped their debut Immaculada back in 2010. It was a self-…
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…
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…
Communion
Communion Still Is The Best SepticFlesh Record...
Broken and then reunited again, SepticFlesh managed to release their best album to date, Communion, back in 2008. Embracing classical orchestrations…
Art of Asian Meditation
Turning Music Into Meditation
I have recently discovered Jean-Pierre Garattoni, and I am glad that he helped me discover Asian sound in his three-part combo titled Moods of Asia.…
Night on Earth
Night On Earth
Tom Waits… his nicotine-stained voice always calms me down. Whether he sings one of his drunken ballads or howls avant-blues tunes, he…
Remain In Light
The Top Five Albums of the 80's
The 80’s almost killed rock music. Similar to what happened with jazz two decades earlier, the youth turned their back on electric guitars…
How To Love (feat. Sofia Reyes)
Cash Cash dances with vulnerability
From start to finish, this dance track is like a text book dance hit. It’s meeting all the requirements of a real dance anthem, with the…
So Long Suckers
Reverend Bizarre - III - So Long Suckers
Reverend Bizarre are a legendary Finnish doom metal band, who have released a number of great doom metal albums through the years. They are not active…
Star Treatment
Wovenhand, The Second Phase
Wovenhand is one of those band with a cult status, thanks to David Eugene Edwards and the band that existed before Wovenhand (and that is 16…
The World's Best American Band
The World's Best American Band
The Louisville band sell classic pop-rock almost perfectly. Their sophomore album is smart, well-polished, and cheeky—loaded with more riffs than you…
Strange House
#tbt: The Horrors - Strange House
Do you remember The Horrors? They looked like they came from horror movies: obscure appereance, messy hairdos, pale faces and strong makeup. Nomen est…
Gumption
Leaving The Listener Behind
Taryn Miller is a young girl who releases her music under the name Your Friend. The album Gumption is her debut album. She likes to…
Abbey Road (Remastered)
Abbey Road - My Album Recommendation by The Beatles
Abbey Road is definitely the album that will cheer you up if you are a Beatles lover. It is their 11th studio album which includes incredible songs…
General Admission
MGK General Admission Album Review
is the second studio album by American rapper Machine Gun Kelly. It was released on October 16, 2015, by Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records.…
The Bride
A Bride For a Gloomy Existence
Natasha Khan known as Bat For Lashes cease to amaze the individuals who await a new album from the songstress. Bat For Lashes as a whole concept…
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…
Greatest Hits: Pieces of Three
Complete Spotify Band Promotion helps THREEPEACE increase play counts by 1000%
Complete Spotify Band Promotion helps THREEPEACE increase play counts by 1000% Complete Spotify Band Promotion helps THREEPEACE…
Lupercalia
I(n)diosyncratic Pop
Patrick Wolf is a love singer. From his early days, love was his biggest inspiration, whether cheerful or painful. In my opinion, Lupercalia was the…
Bloodlust
Body Count
The seventh album from Ice-T’s heavy metal band sounds like a TED Talk set to a bracing thrashcore/groove metal soundtrack. It takes a…
Stimmt
Aidan Baker - Stimmt
The highly prolific Canadian drone/noise/shoegaze musician Aidan Baker seemingly comes out with new albums every few months or so. May it be Nadja,…
in•ter a•li•a
At The Drive-In - in•ter a•li•a [Album Review]
When you release an album recognized by many as the best post-hardcore release ever, there’s not much to do than to call it quits and focus on other…
Hidden Cities
Horse Lords - Hidden Cities
Horse Lords is a psychedelic rock/krautrock/experimental rock band from Baltimore. They released ''Hidden Cities'' back in 2014, and…
Anthologia
Dr John Cooper Clarke Returns After 25 Years With The Help of Hugh Cornwell
Cult figure of punk’s golden age, dr.John Cooper Clarke, recently refreshed his discography with a little bit of help from Hugh Cornwell from The…
Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin's Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin is one of the most respected contemporary Christian artists. When listening to his music, one may find themselves immediately humbled…
8
The instant passed by Caramelos De Cianuro, already has a video clip
The Caraqueña group, Caramelos De Cianuro , besides being one of the most successful rock bands in the national territory, always give much to…
To Pimp A Butterfly
Deep Hop
I am not into hip hop so I was battling with myself a lot while I was giving a chance to the album that topped year-end-charts in 2015. It took a long…
Mayhem - EP
Bedlam Jonn? Mayhem Review...
Whoo Booty man is back! From Cool Kid Cartel Collection to Heart 2 Hart, his latest EP …
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…
En la memoria de la piel
Rosana returns overwhelming and authentic
Stay right there in the middle of the rush, wrap me in touch, kisses I gave you and let me off balance playing give you the world and make you smile,…
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
“So I was taking a walk the other day”, begins Kendrick Lamar’s long awaited follow up to 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly, DAMN.,&…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande Is a Dangerous Woman
When it comes to beautiful and charismatic women Ariana Grande is definitely one of them. She has a very powerful voice that is merciful at the same…
The Heavy Entertainment Show (Deluxe)
Robbie Williams Still Rocks!
Como uno de mis cantantes favoritos con una voz pura, estoy encantado de escribir para este caballero! Comenzó su carrera como el miembro má…
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…
Every Open Eye
The Resurgence of Synthpop
Esto se siente como los 80 de nuevo! Escuchar a Chvrches siempre ha sido un placer aun así debido a que su sonido a menudo me transporta de…
Heba
Lowly, A Brand New Newborn of DreamPop
I want to dream that you dream about the same dreampop next to me. If I was to write a song to my loved one, this is how it would begun. Not only that…
I Tell A Fly
Refreshing As A Fly, Benjaming Clementine
Ever since Rufus Wainwright, we didn't have an author who is a triple-threat pundit, capable of having superpowers in singing, composing and…
Nightmare Logic
Nightmare Logic
Power Trip embody a platonic ideal of heavy metal escapism. With more focus on detail, the Dallas thrashers push their second LP over the edge,…
What About
A Tasty Piece Of Fusion Cake
Zaa is a band from Serbia and is one of the most original bands coming from my country. On the first two albums their music was a classic mix of…
Lost Time
Surf-Pop is Not Dead
Surf-pop was sub-genre that occupied the collective mind of hipsters at the beginning of 2010s. I am writing in past tense, as the genre itself lost…
Jersey Devil
The Fall Of Ducktails
At the sunset of the past decade, Ducktails have become a very popular band among hipsters. First of all, they have been getting a lot of space and…
Love Jones EP
In the Case of love
I started following R&B singer Case on social media about 8 years ago after getting introduced to his manager. I only remembered him from “…
Hard Love
Strand Of Oaks And The Effects Touring Can Have On Music
On his previous record Heal, Tim Showalter faced his biggest fears, all of his losses and sadness, and sublimed them into songs. It all lead to…
Life Is Good
Life Is Good...is good
In my alcohol-induced and terse analysis in consultation with Google, I have realized that this was the first year in which all three of the most…
Teens Of Denial
The Complexity of Teen Rebellion
Will Toledo is an unbelievably prolific author, the one who released ten albums in a period of just six years. Albeit he has been active…
Ash & Ice
Who Killed The Kills?
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have a profuse chemistry, and it has been a constant of all of The Kills albums, starting from Keep On Your Mean Side…
7/27 (Deluxe)
7/27
Prior to 2016, the last song by a girl group to climb into the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 was The Pussycat Dolls‘ “When I Grow Up” in…
Sing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe)
The soundtrack you can't help but Sing along to
‘Sing’ is a movie soundtrack. Listening to it without having seen the movie was hilarious - I put it on in my car when…
Air
Infuriatingly positive
Blackgaze, Post black metal, hipster black, or whatever you’re going to call it became one of the most prominent metal genres during the…
You Had Me at Goodbye
Samantha Crain - It Should Be Hello, Not Goodbye
Into her fifth album since 2009, Samantha Crain still hasn’t achieved the recognition she deserves. All the positive reviews by the critics …
On My One
Jake Bugg - On My One
Jake Bugg became famous at the age of 18, and he is an independent artist ever since. I don’t remember he was ever related with some popular…
I Can't Go Home
I can't go home
The East New York rapper’s complicated relationship with wealth, poverty, and his neighborhood fuels his debut, an album about what happens when you…
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…
Blak And Blu
#tbt Clark - Body Riddle
Third album of a talented electronic musician Chris Clark who performs under simple name Clark was warm supersonic hug of cordial welcoming into the…
Los Amigos Invisibles, Acústico
The Invisible Friends Vivehappy with Kurrent Music on ViveMusic
Now Kurrent Music and ViveHappy come together to bring a new music section called ViveMusic, in this first edition will discuss the acoustic album…
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…
No Good
Noir Pop
The world of pop music is populated with so many artists who are trying to copy each other. It is not a plagiarism, it is just a promiscuous idea.…
Trio Of Doom
Trio of Doom - Sounds like Metal? Well, it's Jazz!
Fusion music (or jazz-rock) was characterized by virtuoso playing, fast tempos, bombastically heavy sound and complex arrangements. Bands differed in…
Ease My Mind
Another Swedish Indie Pop Pearl
Musically speaking, Sweden was always Mecca for great bands. There are many reasons for it, with one of the most important one being that anyone who…
Two Devils Will Talk
Captain Paul McKenzie Sailing With His Crew
Paul McKenzie will be singing. McKenzies are celebrating 25 years of existence, although Paul is the only member who has been there from the beginning…
Liquid Swords (Explicit Version)
GZA's 20 Year Journey to Platinum Status
The Wu-Tang Clan is one of the most influential groups in hip hop history. The group consists of some of the most gifted lyricists in the game, and…
Wonderwall
And After All...
Wondewall. Written by Noel Gallagher , this song had proved to be one of Oasis’s top songs. The word wonderwall means…
Playground love - vibraphone version
Stilted Adolescence
Playground Love is the first song from French duo Air's (Nicholas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel) original sountrack for The Virgin…
I Should Live in Salt
The National can't explain it any other way
The National are one of the only bands that, with every album, stay within the same sonic landscape. Each ensuing album explores this landscape…
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…
Modern Act
More Than Just An Act
Band members Dylan Baldi, Jayson Gerycz, TJ Duke and Chris Brown are Cloud Nothings. A new age post punk representation from Cleveland, Ohio. So far…
PILLOWTALK
Zayn and his new start
Zayn Malik was the first of One Direction to leave, and now, he’s the first of One Direction to release a solo single and it’s…
Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) - Radio Edit
Tinie Tempah and Katy B channeling the 90s
The great thing about putting different artists together, is that you might just get something different from them than the usual. KDA definitely got…
Control
Escapist Nostalgia
I've always preferred music that’s soothing and dreamy. Hazel English, SF Weekly Oakland-based Sydney …
Black And Grey
Discolor Blind tease new EP with single 'Black and Grey'
If a musician’s creative output is intrinsically linked to the journey that brought them to that point then it is hardly surprising that&…
Gangsta
Will Jay's Gangsta Presents a Counter-Cultural Vision of Masculinity
The growing body of work by up-and-coming 21-year old singer-songwriter and ex-IM5 boy band member Will Jay has mostly revolved around 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…
Fun
Disco down with Blondie
When I heard that Blondie were about to release a new album, later this year, I had expected it would be a rock album. Last I heard…
Love On The Brain
Rihanna's brainchild
I’m not the biggest Rihanna fan. There’s a side to her that I don’t like, but then there are aspects of her and her artistry that I do like. It’s…
Green Light
Turn On Lorde's Green Light To A New Album
You've heard Lorde's newest release? Which means Lorde is coming out with a brand new album after what seems like years? Yes, the dark horse…
The Way You Used To Do
Queens of the Stone Age Prove That A Band Must Evolve Over Time
Las reinas de la Edad de Piedra asustaron a algunos fans cuando la banda publicó una imagen con el productor Mark Ronson. Mark Ronson es…
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…
Stones From the Sky
Visit From The Metal Past
If a song comes on the radio, at first presenting itself as a whole other spectacle... not only will we listen but enjoy throughly. Neurosis have been…
Now You See Me
Molly Moore Now Sees Us Through
For a first thought, I'm not sure indie is the correct term for Molly Moore...yet it seems to be the only genre that could collectively fit every…
Soak
Zola Jesus Soaks in Hopeful Gloom
“Soak” follows “Exhumed” as the second new track from Wisconsin singer and producer Zola Jesus’…
Ghost - Radio Edit
Dreamy Languor
After achieving an international presence last year with I Love You Baby, I Love You Doll last year, Kolkata-based dream pop duo…
Memory
Labyrinthine Post-punk
“Memory” was the second song that we started working on for Preoccupations after “Anxiety”. It was unique to…
Kiss You The Same
Alain Clark sounding not the same
Alain Clark is a well-known name in the Netherlands and has been so for several years. Coming from a musical family – his dad played in his…
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…
Lo Que Dios Quiera
Fanny Lu trusts in What God Wills
After much waiting Colombian Fanny Lu has unveiled his new video. This promotional single called What God wants is almost half a year after the first…
O Holy Night
Abigail Winzer gives us a beautiful rendition of O Holy Night
What a revelation is truly is to have an artist keep the true nature of Christmas music that keeps the soul and essence of the holiday spirit. The…
If I Had It All
New Artist: Julia Fanning
I tell them that I came across this new artist on Twitter, is a native of Virginia United States, and from very small knew that serious music of his…
Twilight Driving
Outback Yearning
I'm definitely adding Perth-based dream pop outfit Methyl Ethyl to my list of promising Australian indie acts (which also…
Messin' Around
Pitbull premieres song with Enrique Iglesias
Pitbull has joined once again with Enrique Iglesias and not to play, the duo apparently chemistry abundance because it is not the first time together…
Lime Habit
POLIÇA 3.0: United Crushers
With the announcement that experimental synthpop band Poliça's third album United Crushers will be released…
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…
Runaway
Young Aurora
I did not think she was only 19 when I saw her video Runaway. I was very surprised when I read she was born in 1996. She seems very mature and like…
Twentytwo
Sunflower Bean's “Twentytwo”: Perseverance Against a Pessimistic View of Adulthood
Why is it about turning 22 that seems to inspire so many musicians? The alliteration? The one-year anniversary of turning into an adult?…
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
COVERLAND Vol.13: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Here is another song by Bob Dylan in the Coverland series, although this one is not that legendary as “All Along the Watchtower.”…
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…
The Jungle Line
COVERLAND Vol.10: The Jungle Line
This article from the Coverland series is a sort of an homage to Leonard Cohen, who passed away yesterday. I am not a fan of his work, but he left his…
Better
Blazar’s New Spotify Single “Better” is your 2020 House Summer Jam
Are you looking for that next big house and EDM summer jam that’s gonna get you hyped all summer long? Look no further: Blazar’s new Spotify single “…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Runnin' Through the Charts
As an avid Beyoncé fan, I have always anxiously awaited for anything she sings on. When Runnin' dropped, I felt an instant sense of…
Don't Mind
I Don't Trust Kent Jones' 'Don't Mind'
Trying to gauge why, exactly, Kent Jones’s “Don’t Mind” is off-putting like tracing an endless, hazy horizon; think the one beyond the…
No Drama Queen
Grouplove's Gesture Towards Drama Queens
No Drama Queen certainly adds a bite to the long list unexpected song titles. Yet, if you've ever seen Paper Towns crafted from the mind of John…
Me Too
Meghan Trainor Fan or Enemy of Photoshop?
A few days ago Meghan has made the official release of the second single from his album Thank You which incidentally had been available exclusively…
De Pies A Cabeza
Maná and Nicky Jam together in the studio
It seems almost incredible that this famous Mexican group has decided to combine his talent with reguetonero Nicky Jam, I mean, they served in genres…
Everybody's Got Something
Amelia's Dream Soothes Us During This Pandemic With Everybody's Got Something
New York City based duo Amelia's Dream have released their 6th studio album Everybody's Got Something just in time for our upcoming…
Goodbye Slowly
Eric Frisch releases fun new video for Goodbye Slowly
Eric Frisch’s new video for “Goodbye Slowly” just looks like it was a load of fun to record and be a part of. “Goodbye Slowly” is one of the singles…
I Don't Know
My Favourite Things 'I Don't Know'
Brooklyn-based quartet My Favourite Things released their third album Fly I Will, Because I Can back in July 2017 and&…
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&…
Acting Out
Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens together after 11 years
Actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale gathered for an emotional duet. After his followers asked him to invite someone special to his Music…
Second Hand Heart
A Second Hand Heart
This is a song by English recording artist Ben Haenow, from his self-titled debut studio album, Ben Haenow …
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…
Cranes in the Sky
Tranquil Ennui
When Solange's critically-acclaimed A Seat at the Table (2016) was released last year, I paid more attention to the explicit…
Window
Joji Plays the Damsel in Distress in the High Octane, Anime-Inspired Window Music Video
Last November, New York-via-Osaka singer-songwriter Joji (George Miller) revealed to i-D that Brooklyn based film production duo BRTHR had directed an…
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,…
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
Iconic French duo Air (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) have recently shared Indian Summer (a previously limited track),…
Young And Menace
Fall Out Boy Traces New Ground And Break Promises With Young And Menace
Who knew Fall Out Boy would last this long in the Indie game? By starting out as a Pop Punk band throwing caution to the wind and starting a semi-…
Flesh Without Blood
Grimes Flesh Without Blood
The self proclaimed alien love-child of Aphex Twin and ABBA, Grimes, released a new single this week entitled . The Canadian singer songwriter cites a…
Hey Boy
Take That go synthpop on Hey Boy
Back in the high days of Take That’s success, I too was a fan. Altogether, I was into the light hearted bubbly pop music while growing up,…
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…
Archie, Marry Me
Catchy Conviction
The opening lines of Canadian indie rock five-piece band Alvvays' Archie, Marry Me swiftly establishes the fact that lead singer…
Mi primer millon
American Dream, Latin Dream and Venezuelan Dream
When the eyes are closed, not only rest, but you dream, it is a time when the unconscious is released, and everything comes to light, and only you…
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…
Shadow - Radio Edit
A Lynchian Atmosphere
Dear Tommy, Chromatics' highly anticipated fifth album, is still nowhere in sight despite all the recent musical activity from Johnny…
Stop Playing With My Heart
Timeless Anguish
What kind of music would you expect a former US marine and drum corps member to produce? A stage name like Avid Dancer or the retro-inflected…
Auction
Diddy And Lil Kim reunite to put it down on Auction
To me, all of this makes me feel like I’m reporting music news from somewhere in the second half of the 90s, but P Diddy and Lil Kim have…
Drag Me Down
One Direction: “Nobody” Can Drag Me Down
Love is a powerful element in a man’s life. This rhythmic pop song, sung by the popular British-Irish boy band “One Direction&…
Oceans (Where Feet My Fail) - Live/Acoustic Version
Jack (Juanito) The Giant and the Beanstalk
Imagine that one day you about a person providing the answers to your problems, but you have to give everything you have, get rid of what you think…
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,&…
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…
1957
I'll Go To You
Tales of abandoned lovers are nothing new. However, the spin that Milo Greene, an LA indie-pop band of 5, not one person as many people think, (Milo…
El Instante Pasó
Caramelos de Cianuro celebrates the human face in the video for The instant passed
Caramelos de Cianuro premiered the music video for the song El momento passed, directed by singer Asier Cazalis and edited by his guitarist El Enano.…
Shine A Light
A Grand, Soulful Empowerment Anthem
Initially known as Raines, Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Mike Nelson changed his stage name to BANNERS with the release of Shine the Light - a…
Perfect.
Perfect Imperfections Come From Bibi Bourelly and Earl St. Clair
Imperfections are perfect, that's what we can learn from Bibi Bourelly and Earl St. Clair in the music video for their duet Perfect. Before…
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…
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…
Polterguy
Single Review: Polterguy
Native Miami rockers, Sunghosts, have proven themselves worthy of the local attention they have received with anthemic hook-filled tunes like…
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song From DreamWorks Animation's
Justin Timberlake and his song for ''Trolls''
Timberlake became a star in the late 90s as a member of NSYNC group, one of the most successful pop formations. There he managed to stay on top of…
That's What I Like
Bruno Mars Does It Again With That's What I Like
I won't lie, Bruno Mars is the kind of artist I would love to be. True to his craft and honest about what kind of music he intends to make, Mars…
This House Is Not For Sale
This House is not for Sale the new Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi returns to the music scene with his legendary band after three years of absence, to introduce the first single from his new album This…
Single (feat. Mistah Mez)
Most Promising Pacific Artist Loves Being Single!
D Lewis or Donell in full is Samoan, but South Auckland born ordinary human, until he…
I'm In Love With a Monster
I'm in love with 5H
Since dropping their debut album Reflection at the beginning of the year, Fifth Harmony has been riding the waves of three…
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…
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…
Congratulations
Victory's Ironies
Congratulations is the title track from MGMT's second album, which fully expands on the Pastoral English pop, flighty mysticism, and studio-rat…
Sax
A modern twist on James Brown
I could’ve never predicted the trend. When Jason Derulo released “Trumpets” in 2013, he unleashed a sound that…
Ya Me Enteré
Reik with Nicky Jam in ''I already found out'' remix
The Mexican band Reik, premiered the video for her new song '' Now I heard ''. After these long 5 years in which they…
Certainties
Aaron Ball Band Tours Japan, Releases “Certainties” Album And Certainties Video
Aaron Ball Band, four piece Country and Alternative Rock, has released their fourth album, “Certainties” on June 5, 2018. The album is available…
The Youth
Kay Cola officially vid penned down The Youth
Yes, she is born songwriter. Also, yes, she is another one that nailed down the singing part too. Blessings keep on coming as we approach the end of…
Chili Town
Chili Town with Hinds
Hinds, a female group you wish you where a part of. This Spanish band has collectively created a sound that uses 1960's girl groups, indie, smooth…
Baby Boy
Baby Boy is Beyonce's Greatest Accomplishment
This is a difficult article to write for a several reasons. Beyonce is one of the world's most popular artists, one of the highest selling artists…
The Sound of Silence - Live on CONAN
Disturbed's Sound of silence
I know it must be a heavy frustration for many rock and heavy metal bands, but I’m one of those people who only love their ballads. There are so many…
I Took Your Picture
Forward-Looking Nostalgia
I Took Your Picture - the second single from New York-via-California indie duo Cults' upcoming third album Offering&…
Half Truth
No half truths about good music
With his grey hair, Michael McDonald, already seemed like he was around in music for a long time, when I liked his songs in the 80s. His duet with…
Real People
Real People Together
After watching Straight Outta Compton, it’s great to look forward to watching the real Ice Cube (whose son did an awesome portrayal) on the…
Mark My Words
Justin Bieber surprises singing DESPACITO!
The success of Luis Fonsi Despacito which happens to be the song in Spanish that highest ever reached in the global list of listeners Spotify, has a…
Caught In The Middle
In the middle of a comeback
It's been a while since Anastacia has released new music. Her latest album was a collection of lesser known gems performed live and chosen by fans…
Tourner dans le vide
Afloat
Turning in the empty or tourner dans le vide, is in the terms of this song sung by Indila is treading water / staying afloat. Learning to live with a…
Big Jet Plane
Big Jet Plane on Repeat
Romantic, sentimental and slightly heartbreaking...however, Angus & Julia Stone have radically presented us with their track 'Big Jet…
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…
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…
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.…
Electric Blue
Electrifying Disco-Rock
There’s sort of an everything-nowness to life. I feel like almost every event and everything that happens surrounds you on all sides. Some…
God Is Dead?
God is Dead?
Black Sabbath… legends… cult. Iconic band… fathers of heavy metal… a lot of things can be attributed to…
Sayonara
SALSA: LATINOS FOR THE WORLD
Music is a universal language, while salsa, is that musical genre with which we are known outside our continent long. When it comes to Salsa, among…
Bleach Blonde Baby
Poppy Gets an Apt Visual Upgrade with the Music Video for “Bleach Blonde Baby”
Before Poppy (the meta-celebrity collaboration between vocalist Moriah Rose Pereira and producer/director Titanic Sinclair, previously known as That…
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…
Piece By Piece
Strung Together With Pieces
What would the world be like without Anna Calvi? Showing us a clear indictor of the type of musician and artist Anna intends to be or even become. &#…
September Song
Reminds Us All Of That September Song
Some artists definitely have the talent and voice that should be heard across and around the globe. It’s just sad when such talent…
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…
CRZY
CRZY Kehlani!
Kehlani Parrish, a top-notch R`n`b superstar, introduced us with a new self-version, creating a mini series of official lyric videos, created…
This Is What You Came For
New Hit “This is What You Came For”
New Video has come to networks, the music is so good that and imagine ringing everywhere is called This is What You Came For, and is a collaboration…
Everybody Knows
Kimbra's Everybody Knows Addresses Our Post-Weinstein Climate
When Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra announced the release of her upcoming third album Primal Heart (19 January 2018) to her fans…
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,…
Let Me Go ! (feat. Sophie Hunger)
Erik Truffaz feat. Sophie Hunger: Let Me Go !
I love what happened to music in the last two decades. The music industry tended to classify music under genre labels to ease the selling, so eclectic…
Happy Pills
Happy, Happy and Worth It?
Whoa, Happy Pills by Weathers has to be something of a questionable song. Maybe questionable in the sense of pure psychotic breakdown. Another L.A.…
Abducted
Violent Passions
Enter Cults, aka Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, Californians-turned-New Yorkers who take the usual musical ingredients (vintage R&B chord…
Girl
Melancholic Euphoria
Girl is the last track from Jamie xx's ( English record producer and The xx member Jamie Smith) debut studio album In Colour (…
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…
Reigns (Every Night)
The jazz rebel of the Estefan family
If you’re the daughter of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, it’s not all that strange that you would start a music career of your own. It…
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…
Hey Joe
The Only Hey Joe Cover Still Holding It's Place
The Jimi Hendrix Experience has the best widely known cover of 'Hey Joe'. Before I was old enough to understand that some songs were covered,…
Into Black
Abstract Sensuality
As Bust's Eliza C. Thompson has noted, What’s most impressive about the Portland-based band [Blouse] is their ability to pack…
Silver Lining
Of Gold and Silver
Silver Lining, the first track from LA alt-rock band Rilo Kiley's (Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Dave Rock) fourth album&…
Search For Your Love
Spacey Yearning
Garage space pop duo Gulp materialized due to a chance encounter: Scottish vocalist Lindsey Leven met Super Furry Animals bassist Guto Pryce…
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Art Garfunkel Serenades Glastonbury with Classic S & G Hit
This video was filmed at the Glastonbury festival where the famous Art Garfunkel was closing the end of his show out with a fabulous acoustic version…
Indian Summer
A Sit Down With Shakambo
We had the chance to sit down with Shakambo, an artist & producer putting his own twist on the Lofi sound. Learn more about the inspiration…
Company
Justin reveals new video amid controversy
The Canadian singer has seen a once involved in a scandal, this time it is a street fight with a much higher than himself, and apparently was hit…
Focus
Ariana Grande- In Focus
Ariana Grande… When I hear this name I always look back to the times when she was singing “Hey yeah yeah hey yeah yeah, if we…
When I'm thinking in your mind
Montreal Duo Finer/Haggart Shares Debut Single “When I’m thinking in your mind”.
While Dustin Finer and Patrick Haggart make no claims regarding powers of interstellar awakening, they do boast a visionary take on saxophone and…
Makeba
Techno-Tribal World Pop
“I like to be spontaneous when I make music. I begin with beats or drums, because that’s what moves me and if I find a sound that…
Saint Ivy
Subtle Politicization
Brooklyn drag superstar Merrie Cherry was instantly sold on the idea of appearing in the music video for Brooklyn indie rock band Beach…
Kiss Me
New Olly Murs Track: Hit or Miss?
English Singer/Songwriter Olly Murs just go back on the radar with his brand of bouncy pop and this time it's a brand new track called Kiss Me.…
Heathens
The Suicide Squad OST: Heathens
Whoever said “the more the merrier” clearly has not listened to Twenty One Pilots yet. But, wait-- twenty one? That’s…
Sleep Sound
Of Sound and Silence
It took me awhile to 'get' Jamie xx's Sleep Sound, the B-side to his 2014 single Girl. The mostly-instrumental track features fluid,…
Glorious (feat. Skylar Grey)
Can't hold Macklemore down, again
I’ve been hearing that Macklemore has been making some changes. After years of collaborating with Ryan Lewis since 2009, the two, apparently, have…
Move
Urgent Locomotion
Move, the first track from LA indie pop quartet Saint Motel's (lead vocalist, guitarist and piano player A/J Jackson, lead guitarist Aaron Sharp,…
Play
Young Star On Fire With New Single Play!
Her 23rd Birthday is on the horizon and this young lady is ready then ever. DaniLeigh is your everyday girl originally from …
Halfway to Nowhere
Subdued Pessimism
25-year-old north London-based singer-songwriter Chelou's (French slang for ‘louche’) real name is presently…
Soy Amante De Tu Presencia
Music, Its Therapeutic Power and Its Teachings
One moment, a situation, something, someone, a person, why not let you sleep, everything, absolutely everything, the music tells you about it, makes…
After Ever After
The Unforgettable After Ever After
On March 12, 2013, the YouTube channel Paint (currently with 4 million subscribers) uploaded a video called “After Ever After”. It is an amazingly…
Alaska
Air In Between
“The music, in a lot of ways, reflects this meditative quality I get from hiking and dancing. They’re two polar opposite things…
Woman
Flash Gordon Of R`n`B !!!
One of my favorite female R`n`B vocals of the new dope Urban Era is surely this lovely girl. Diana Eve…
Inside Out
Shimmering Splendor
It seems excessive to produce two music videos for a single, but when the song is as excellent as Inside Out and you're a '…
Life
Color For The Human Conscious
Dream Rock Pop band Gypsy & The Cat not only bank on an odd name but their station on creative taste far expandes bands like MGMT. Full of…
I Wanna Be Your Boy
Do You Wanna Be Our Boy?
All you could want from a lo-fi semi rockabiliy/pop EP is here and present with The Atomics. Their EP I Wanna Be Your Boy which takes after the…
La Vida Se Goza
Mata Rica tells us that Life is enjoyed with this video celebrating 20 years of musical career.
The Venezuelan group of Ska and Reggae Mata Rica as part of its celebration of 20 years of musical career, after two years of launching its fourth…
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…
Uno Mismo
What does public transport sound like in Caracas?
Vallenato, reggaeton, but is mostly salsa and merengue, Latin sounds, including Christian music, or music Ballads 80 and 90, those with less…
Hands Of Love
After Wreking Ball comes Hands Of Love
He rose to fame and stardom with sympathy, tenderness, something of childhood and the power of television series, under the push of Disney, country…
Love Don't Feel Right
The Cairos' Dreamy Unease
Is there something in the water Down Under? There seems to be an influx of stellar Australian indie acts gaining international prominence in recent…
Somebody Else
Illusion In The Mirror
The 1975 never ceases to compell and explore the hidden meaning and truth. Their music video release for 'Somebody Else' embodies a whole…
Nevermind the End
Bedroom Siren
Like Basically, Nevermind the End showcases Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi's fluid vocals and insightful…
Too Many People
Chelsea Nikkel's Antisocial Anthem
Princess Chelsea (i.e. Auckland-based singer-songwriter Chelsea Nikkel) is probably best known for her viral hit The Cigarette Duet, a track off her…
Capital Cities
Vowel's Video
Integrated by Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian American duo has unveiled the video for her latest single, Vowels. This would be the first release of…
Dianna Corcoran
Dianna Corcoran ‘In America’ - Album Review
After doing my customary research on this album so as to not seem like an idiot, it appears Australian country music, firstly has a scene which…
The Last Shadow Puppets
TLSP will release new EP
The Last Shadow Puppets want to lay off the year with a new album. Integrated by Alex Turner and Miles Kane band he did not want to wait eight years…
Residente
Resident dedicates his new video to the war in Syria
Today, within a circuit that promotes only songs to dance, which I also have, it is vital for me as an artist to take the space to promote these…
David Bowie
To Be Love, previously unreleased David Bowie song
Forty-six years had to pass before To Be Love, unreleased David Bowie, came to light. The death of rock legend has sparked endless debates, comments…
Nashville Cast
‘The Music of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2’ – Album Review
About a month ago the final soundtrack album of season 2 of Nashville hit shelves in the US, with it following a couple of weeks later in the UK.…
Queen
Queen still hasn't conceived a record with Adam Lambert.
Queen certainly found someone to love Adam Lambert. Since joining forces with the finalist of American Idol for a series of concerts in 2012, the…
Danny Elfman
SundaySpotlight: Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman...hm, sounds familiar. Is that a guy who makes music for Tim Burton? This is the first association everyone haves when you say Daniel…
Rihanna
Rihanna against terrorism
Pop star Rihanna canceled a scheduled concert in Nice on Friday after a man with a truck ran over a crowd on Bastille Day in the coastal city of…
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…
Boef
From thug to vlog, to global fame
I’ve tried to convey the message several times in my blogs here, but this week it has become clearer then I could’ve ever blogged: Dutch teenagers who…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande demands respect from rappers
American singer Ariana Grande does not feel intimidated when expressing their opinions. The young artist has asked the male rappers to stop using…
Pink Martini
The Inclusive Musical Libation Pink Martini
I was delightfully introduced to Pink Martini at a friend's wedding this past summer. Their sound is an inclusive…
Paulo Franco
In Depth with Paulo Franco
Paulo Franco is an intriate artist that has been making a name for himself with his current release The Last Card. A favorite around the ears…
B.Knox
B.Knox Unveils Prominent Debut
B.Knox is far from your average singer-songwriter. Making waves in a major way, he brings to life his new and debut song DEEP DARK LOVE, for the…
Florida Georgia Line
Florida Georgia Line ‘Confession’ – Single Review
Remember when Florida Georgia Line said they were taking a break from radio following their last single ‘Anything Goes’? Wasn&…
Dan + Shay
Dan + Shay ‘Where It All Began’ – Album Review
Dan + Shay burst onto the scene earlier this year, when their record company may or may not have paid for an ACM nomination (the jury’s out on that…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It’s a cold, cold light. And our hot, hot night. Please show me your legs, show me your feet, let me touch your skin. Let me kiss your…
Temple Of The Dog
Temple of the Dog talks about their return and the possibilities of a second album
Recently the group, Temple of The Dog, formed by the frontman of Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, and members of Pearl Jam, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament,…
Niall Horan
Surpassed 30 million followers on Naill Horan's Twitter account.
Singer Niall Horan, a member of pop group One Direction, has become the first Irishman to top 30 million followers on Twitter, ahead of other…
Knocked Loose
Lyrical Analysis of Knocked Loose Release Laugh Tracks
Laugh Tracks Knocked Loose is a metal-core band from Kentucky that has been making some fast moves and is rising quickly in the hardcore and rock…
The Killers
For Reasons Unknown
Listening to the Killers is an experience. Listening to the song For Reasons Unknown gives me the chills. One of the things I love most about the…
Demi Lovato
July 2015
To say that July got off to a good start would be an understatement. Demi Lovato’s Cool For The Summer was released on July 1,…
Roger Waters
Roger Waters reveals a live video of Pigs with anti-Trump images
Former bassist of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, is also known for being an eternal rebel against the established order and always denote everything that…
Joaquin Sabina
I deny everything Joaquín Sabina's first single.
Joaquin Sabina launch next Thursday, January 27th, the title track and serves as first advance on their new album, I deny everything, which will…
Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher premiered Eh La during concert
Liam Gallagher, former member of the mythical band Oasis, is very close to the release of his first solo album. It is As You Where that will be…
Led Zeppelin
Is Jimmy Page a thief?
First of all, let's get one thing straight - I am and always have been a huge Led Zeppelin fan. I know all their songs by heart, I’ve…
Emily Reid
Emily Reid ‘Drifter’ - EP Review
Emily Reid is, in her own words, “a country/folk artist, story teller, songwriter, West Coast meets Nashville meets city girl.” Born in Regina,…
Shania Twain
Witty, down to earth icon
I am so not into country music, but I do have a few songs from the genre that I've always loved. Whilst traveling, it has amazed me to…
Anahí
Anahí returns with an Unexpected album
The former RBD becomes sexier than ever, submitted his fans to his new baby and he referred to the new album to be released next June 3rd. This news…
Mandolin Orange
Mandolin Orange @ The Borderline, London, UK | November 17, 2015 – Review
It was a very windy night in London when Mandolin Orange were due to grace the city, but that didn’t stop the flurry of people that filled…
Rihanna
What would dance be without music?
If you walk down the street and see a person moving from nowhere, what you'd think. However if there is music the situation is different.…
Drissa Kone
The Music of Mali Vol.4 - Other Instruments
In the previous articles on Mali music, we said something about the kora and other calabash harps, which are the trademark of this culture. Today, I&…
Pitbull
“PITBULL NOMINATED FOR HEAT 2016”
As expected this great artist of Cuban origin has positioned itself as one of the most successful Latin artists coming up with their music to…
Don Omar
Don Omar postpones his farewell tour
The reguetonero postpones the concerts due to the ravages of hurricane María on the island and the lack of electricity of the Coliseo de Puerto…
Japan
Daisuck & Prostitute
Imagine a chicken walking the streets of Tokyo. A big and cocky chicken in a black suit and a top hat. It walks and talks to strangers, drinks beer…
周杰倫
Try by Patrick Brasca Feat. Jay Chou
What makes a movie tick? Is it the million-dollar budget? The A-list Hollywood stars? The distinguished and esteemed director? The incredible CG and…
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…
Mermelada Bunch
Jam Bunch celebrates with new album
Jam band Zulia Bunch published his new album, a CD and a DVD entitled Mermelada Bunch, 15: The concert, which was recorded during the celebration of…
Residente
Resident premieres the video for Guerra
Residente continues with his spectacular solo project and now brings us a new song and video clip. It is War, one of the songs that is part of his…
Radiohead
Radiohead releases music video for I Promise
As a prelude to what will be the launch of the reissue for the 20th anniversary of one of the most emblematic albums of Radiohead's 90&#…
Beyoncé
Formation World Tour, Beyonce's new tour
After his presentation with Coldplay and Bruno Mars in the Super Bowl last Sunday, the successful Beyonce announced the start of a new tour for the…
Aerosmith
Aerosmith to the Stages
This great band through their social networks made public that from October reached its tour Rock N 'Roll Rumble Style 2016 Aerosmith…
Yordano
Carlos vives and Yordano together to the rhythm of “Manantial de Corazones”.
This great artist and Venezuelan composer Yordano has returned to the music world after passing through one of the strongest stages of his life from…
Guaco
The flavor of Guaco will opt for a Grammy
Pure happiness, expressed feel the members of the Venezuelan group Guaco through a tweet, after hearing the news that were included in the list of…
The Orphan Brigade
The Orphan Brigade: Ancient Ghost Stories With A Modern Twist
Octagon Hall is a Civil War-era plantation house in Franklin, Kentucky, built by Confederate sympathizer Andrew Jackson Caldwell in the mid-19th…
Elvis Presley
Almost 40 years after his death Elvis Presley is still The King.
The King Elvis Presley nearly 40 years after his death continues to make history, this time leading the lists of best-selling albums in the UK, If I…
Alice Jemima
Alice Jemima's Breezeblocks
There is something magical that happens when an artist takes an existing song and completely re-imagines it in their own unique style. There are so…
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's Full Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Symphony 9--what do we say? Sure we all are familiar with famous “Ode To Joy.” That is certainly appropriate for the day…
Zapato3
Shoe 3 IMMORTAL BAND
Venezuelan band icon in Venezuela formed in the rebellious years of the 80th where he began to hear those bands garages, mainly formed or founded by…
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…
M.I.A.
Missing In Action
MIA is a British multi-media phenomenon. Her primary passion is music and I wanted to take a look at her discography, right before she releases her…
JAY Z
Is Tidal Working?
Jay Z may be one of the undisputed kings of the music industry, but does his Midas touch extend to the streaming service Tidal? After spending two…
Mateo y Las Manos Pesadas
The Show-Stopping Debut Album 48 by Mateo y Las Manos Pesadas
Mateo y Las Manos Pesadas is a folk/rock project and brain child of Matt Craddock. Though based in Colorado he has spent an extensive amount of time…
David Guetta
Two cancellations in India for David Guetta
The cities of Bangalore, southern India, and Mumbai in the west, will not receive the French DJ David Guetta. The reasons given are delays in permits…
Beastie Boys
John Berry, one of the founders of the Beastie Boys, has died
One of the founders of the renowned New York band Beastie Boys, John Berry, died Thursday May 19 because of a frontotemporal dementia who had been…
DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled releases video for I'm the One ft. Justin Bieber
Yesterday came to light the new Justin Bieber collaboration with DJ Khaled on I'm The One. From the moment that was published the video of…
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelley ‘The Driver’ – Album Review
Most of us know Charles Kelley as the founding member and one-third of country music trio Lady Antebellum, who formed in 2006 and are signed to…
Sin Bandera
2017 will be Sin Bandera in Venezuela.
Eight years after their separation, integrated by Argentine Noel Schajris and Mexican Leonel Garcia, Sin Bandera duo joined to present his latest…
Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt ‘Montevallo’ – Album Review
On one level, Sam Hunt makes sense. He’s a continuation of bro-country, the leader of a fresh wave of influence that carries R&B, pop and EDM…
Claydon Connor
Claydon Connor ‘Under The Big Sky’ – Album Review
We previously featured Claydon Connor in our monthly Stray Plectrums post back in June, the spotlight shining favorably on his…
Café Tacvba
Café Tacvba and its couple of places
Four years of waiting. Cafe Tacuba song released last week, which will be part of its eighth studio album. The song is called A couple of places…
Gorillaz
Is Gorillaz On The Verge Of A Comeback?
Virtual British band, Gorillaz, has been silent as far as new music is concerned since it released its 2011 studio album, The Fall. Based on a 2015…
Joe Fox
Grab Your Dancing Shoes and Listen to Joe Fox and The Frantics, New Single “Dancin’ Shoes” on Spotify!
Looking for a new tune to add to your Spotify playlists that is sure to get everyone dancing? Stream Joe Fox and The Frantics new fun single “Dancing…
Dub War
Dub War
The sun is shining like your eyes. The sun sounds like a fat dub bass. The sun looks fantastic almost like you. You are gorgeous and beloved; so…
Jessie Ware
Amazing Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware is 31 year old singer that blew my mind first time I heard her. I remember seeing the video on Facebook and what made me press play was…
Cher
SundaySpotlight: My Favorite Roles of Musicians
WILL SMITH in Ali From Bad Boys, Men In Black and Wild West to the movies Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness that brought him Academy Award nominations…
Jack White
Jack White returns with new music, Battle Cry
Former White Stripes, Jack White vuelte a hiatus of 4 years with new music as a soloist with the presentation of a new song called Battle Cry, an…
James Bay
Just Be You James Bay
Just recently, I explained how I have a weak for raspy soul vocals, like Amos Lee and James Morrison, but now I’ve discovered we have our…
In Vein
New Music: In Vein
It’s a time of change here in the great Northeast. Evenings are sweatshirt and fire pit worthy, football teams everywhere are prepping to…
Ladies of Soul
Soul'd Out
I recently got reminded what made me take up music by these amazing bunch of ladies. Ladies of Soul, as they call themselves, are a live performing…
Eminem
Eminem Live Performance Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza. A time for friends to get together before school starts back up and enjoy 3 days of no worries and good music.…
Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam presents a new song with El Alfa
We are all clear that Nicky Jam has become one of the most successful figures of the urban music. The Puerto Rican has conquered all Latin America…
New Order
Coachella 2017
One of the most important festivals of alternative music world have a date and participants. This is the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,…
Elphomega
Nebuloso, Elphomega's new album
The Spanish artist Elphomega, is news on the occasion of the presentation of his latest solo album. The material is called Hazy, work in which the…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber leaves premiere with BloodPop
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…
Omarion
Peep Omarion`s New Video Word For Word
For his latest video, Omarion decided to take an even longer trip and jump from Africa (where Distance&…
Drake
Partyboy Drake
I seriously can’t imagine what Drake fans must have gone through this week. After Drake postponed his Amsterdam shows, at the beginning of the year,…
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson ‘Turn It Up’ – Album Review
Josh Thompson was yet another artist whose in-depth material was new to me this year, and naturally amidst the chaos of bro-country, I was worried…
Ashley Monroe
Ashley Monroe On New Music, The Future of The Annies, Her Recent Wedding & The Place Of Women On Country Radio – Interview
Ashley Monroe, for those who aren’t familiar, is one third of the power all-female country trio the Pistol Annies, a songwriter with a string of hits…
Chino & Nacho
New Remix of Andas in my head
Miguel Ignacio Mendoza, better known as Nacho, news again and this time made known to us through his Instagram account a small preview of his new…
August Alsina
August
As I sit here, in my room, and a cold December is talking to me from the outside, I try to remember August. It was slow and magical as usual. When I…
Nate Green
Nate Green ‘Road Map’ – EP Review
Country music’s newest resident closeted artist Nate Green released his debut EP ‘Road Map’ this week, off the back of single ‘Wild and Free’ and…
Seven Lions
Seven Lions
Usually EDM music is considered bland, emotionless, or just a beat you wouldn't listen too off the…
Guns N' Roses
Up to 280 dollars will pay for a Guns N'Roses concert ticket in Colombia.
Tickets for the concert of American rock band Guns N 'Roses will be presented in Medellin, Colombia's northwest, on 23 November,…
Tchami
SIAW, the return of Tchami
It's been a while since we heard anything new French preoductor, Tchami. Fortunately, the wait is over, his latest single titled is a sign…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Back to the Roots, where there is no segregation
Antes de la fama del mundo, antes de que muchas canciones de éxito, antes de montones de dinero y millones de fans, Bob Marley fue sólo…
Joe Fox & The Frantics
Cooler Music Out Now From Joe Fox and the Frantics Single Dancin’ Shoes, on Spotify and Youtube
Joe Fox and the Frantics release with their cooler single, “Dancin’ Shoes”, available on all music platforms including Spotify and Youtube. …
Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry ‘Southern Gothic: The Definitive Collection’ – Album Review
Singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry brought a soulful, southern delta sound to country-pop in the late 1960s, when she exploded onto the country music…
Wilco
Wilco announces new album and releases single
Just one year after his album Star Wars alternative rock band Wilco, he released a topic Locator without giving much information about it rather in…
Sin Bandera
Without a flag, a group that believes that love has no borders
Although this musical duo made headlines for days by releasing his latest single What? subject included in his new album Acoustic First row One last…
Carlos Rivera
Carlos Rivera premieres song with Gente de Zona
Carlos Rivera announced the premiere of Lo Digo, a theme in which Gente De Zona, one of the most successful duos in Latin America, is participating.…
Niykee Heaton
FRESH OUT THE OVEN: BEST THING EVER BY NIYKEE HEATON
R`n`Bass sub-genre is the best thing ever that happened to the Hip Hop culture since massive Trap infection,&…
Bencoolen
BENCOOLEN Take Over the 9:30 Club
Bencoolen has been one of the most noteworthy bands of 2016, and 2017 is gearing up to be just as accomplished. Sharing their new…
Corina Smith
Corina Smith and Gustavo Elís present their new video “Escape”
This time Corina Smith and Gustavo Elís their together to make a song that has high expectations for surely this pair gets it and have come to…
Axl Rose
Axl Rose debuted against AC/DC with a leg injury
Sitting on a wheelchair with his leg in plaster because of an injury, Axl Rose appeared on his debut as a temporary lead singer of the rock band AC /…
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…
Soulful Abstraction
It's Your World!
The The vocal marathon starts here! It's Your World (The Remix) This is an multifaceted music genres mix that give you all the elements…
David Bowie
David Bowie released his new video Lazarus
British musician continues to demonstrate his creative abilities and has decided to launch his new video Lazarus and second promotional clip of their…
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry died
Jazz guitarist Ira Harris never thought to teach guitar to young Charles Edward Anderson Berry would form one of the best musicians in history as one…
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg will have cooking show on TV
Snoop Dogg, one of the best known leaders of the rap world just released their new studio album but now the news again to join Martha Stewart,…
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan will release a triple album
Triplicate was the name chosen by the American singer - songwriter Bob Dylan to headline at their upcoming album. The winner of the Nobel Prize for…
Gateway Drugs
Cavity Creeps - Gateway Drugs
It seems that a few bands have named themselves Gateway Drugs, yet this band deserves the title. Their track Cavity Creeps throws all of the…
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart announced tour of Latin America
Its name means the god of the sky, lightning, thunder and rain according to Hindu mythology. Devendra Banhart, composer and musician estadounidense-…
The Piano Guys
Nearer My God to Thee Rocked by Nine Cellos
The Piano Guys are so great in their 9-cello arrangement of “Nearer My God to Thee.” It is lovely and low and a real joy to behold on the ears. The…
Bersuit Vergarabat
La Bersuit releases new single
Argentina acclaimed group, Bersuit Vergarabat, premiered a new promotional hit called That talk about you, which will be part of his new album, to be…
Justin Bieber
They hack account of Selena Gomez and upload naked photos of Bieber
Instagram's account of singer Selena Gomez was hacked and hackers bounced naked from her ex-boyfriend, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, media…
Sex Pistols
Nevermind the Bullocks
Creating a sense of chaos throughout the 70’s, the Sex Pistols are everything punk rock should be – all about image, extremely…
Run–D.M.C.
DMC speaks out on depression
From the outside, it looks like pop stars have a great life. “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits describes it best. It tells the…
Becky G
Becky G continues to sweep with Mayores
The beautiful Becky G introduced a new song Mayores a month ago, accompanied by a video that has become a real success. So much so that it already…
Michael Giacchino
Disney Pixar's Up: Ellie and the Music
Disney Pixar’s Up has a reputation of being quite the tearjerker, but the movie is more than an emotional rollercoaster. Its soundtrack is…
Bucky Covington
Bucky Covington Turned me into a Fan
I remember watching Season 5 of American Idol, and I was not really a fan of Bucky Covington. That changed when I was asked, after the season was…
Paramore
Jeremy Davis leaves Paramore.
Bassist Jeremy Davis left the popular American rock band Paramore, which was one of its founders, according to a statement from the band posted on…
David Maslanka
A Band Piece for The Ages--Concerto for Alto Sax and Concert Band by David Maslanka
Nearly all the music from American Composer David Maslanka is purely uplifting and astounding, but there is one piece in particular that really stands…
Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté
Eckhardt-Gramatté: The Sick and the Clock
Las épocas de la música clásica no son distintos. Los años que las épocas iniciaron o terminaron son aproximaciones, y las &…
Boris Grebenshikov
Boris Grebenshikov - Russian rock guru.
Boris Grebenshikov is called a guru of Russian rock music by many fans and bands. He and his friend Anatoliy Gunitskiy created “Akvarium&…
Mapei
Don't Wait Change and Believe Hey Hey Mapei
This will be another up-and-coming artist who I have written about that seems to have had her career venture crossroads with singer Lykke Li.…
Andrés Cepeda
New salsa version of For The Rest Of My Life by Andrés Cepeda
The great Andrés Cepeda continues to surprise and now closes the year with a new song. For The Rest Of My Life theme that we already enjoy in…
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga will pay tribute to David Bowie
American singer Lady Gaga dedicated her special performance at the Grammy Awards gala to make a tribute to recently deceased rock star David Bowie.…
Jennifer Lopez
Clinton's candidacy excites Jennifer Lopez.
Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, among other artists, was excited after the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party candidate to the…
Tribalistas
Brazilian trio Tribalistas release their second album after 15 years
The Brazilian trio Tribalistas, a worldwide music phenomenon in the early 2000s, today released the second album of its history, 15 years after its…
Voz Veis
Voz veis unite with San Luis and Apache
The successful Venezuelan duo released Monday My illusions an emotional song and music video that pays tribute to the country through their greatness…
David Bowie
Rock star David Bowie dies
Post a new album just three days before his death was perhaps the way he found David Bowie to try to beat him to death through music. His physical…
Three 6 Mafia
Hustle & Flow: From The Street to the Silver Screen
Everyone loves a rags to riches story or at the very least a story about a character who’s trying to make a better life for him/herself.…
Steve Swallow
THE LOW END Vol.6: Steve Swallow
The electric bass is usually associated with rock music and other popular genres like country, blues, pop etc. In jazz, the electric bass found it&…
Leb I Sol
Leb i Sol 2
This is the second album by the Macedonian supergroup “Leb i Sol” released in 1978. It was a true revelation back then (the band…
And Utero Dominae
Utero in Nirvana
It’s safe to say there’s a lot of us who have never seen Nirvana live. The last (and only) time they toured to Australia was…
Willow
Will Smith's daughter surprises with her first album
Only 15 years old, but Willow, the teenage daughter of actor and rapper Will Smith, surprised the music industry with the release of their debut…
Julia Michaels
Julia Michaels premiered the video for Issues
A little over a month ago, the singer and songwriter of 24 years, Julia Michaels, released his single Issues which has been a great success, because…
Green Day
bang bang official video
Punk rock guys return to the fray after the successful song lyric video for this new single Bang Bang, they have decided to put online the official…
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…
Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie Develops Platform for Managing Followers/Supporters
Ryan Leslie is one of the smartest people in the music business. He’s the co-founder of NextSelection Lifestyle Group and has produced hit…
Michael Wandmacher
Composer Michael Wandmacher on Musically Conquering Every Medium
Saying that Michael Wandmacher is a diverse composer would be an understatement. He has scored everything from video games (Bloodborne), horror films…
Nikki Clan
The Pop Rock Of 2000
Kendrick Lamar
Back2Back Black Friday
If anyone can keep us up from our sitting spots, it`s those guys. If you are spending most of your time by your PC or laptop or any kind of smart…
Frank Ticheli
Frank Ticheli’s Saxophone Concerto
Talk about a festive tune or piece that really takes you on a wild ride. It starts off with the alto saxophone taking a few chromatic notes upward as…
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…
Fonseca
Fonseca dazzles at the Panama Book Fair
The Colombian singer Fonseca and the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia shone today at the opening of the XIII International Book Fair of Panama…
Bryson Tiller
The 502 Come Up
As 2015 comes to an end, we take a look back at the artists that rose to the spotlight in the past year or so. Fetty Wap, Post Malone, just two that…
Rail Band
The Music of Mali Vol.5 - Independence and Revival
The music of Mali is old. But there is a gap in the tradition, called colonialism. For those who are not acquainted with the term, it’s a…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer release video for Know No Better
The Major Lazer trio has definitely known how to keep a party sound for several summers. In 2015, they joined MØ to dazzle us with the theme of…
John Legend
John Legend and Metallica to perform at the 2017 Grammys
John Legend, Metallica, Adele, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban are some of the artists that February will be presented at the 59th Grammy awards.…
Jackie Cruz
Billboard, music and politics
As part of the Billboard Latin Music Conference, held in Miami these days, an interesting discussion, in which artists like Miguel Bosé,…
Don Francisco
Don Francisco's Poignant Music About Christ
This Christian artist is a hero to me and many others. He is one of the many pioneers of the “new christian music” or Contemporary…
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato sued for plagiarism.
The indie Sleigh Bells group sued the pop singer Demi Lovato today for allegedly plagiarizing for the composition of the song Stars song Infinity…
The Police
The Legendary Trio
The legendary 70s trio made one hell of an impact when they exploded into the scene in 1977. Breaking into the industry around the same time punk…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes presents its theme I see myself without you
The portocrucenses Tomates Fritos, who arrived this year to its two decades of work, premiered this weekend the first single of which will be the…
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven’s Piano Genius
Ludwig Van Beethoven is one of the greatest masters of the piano concerto. He has so much passion and so much gusto in writing for piano that came…
James Hetfield
James Hetfield spoke about the problems that Metallica has
For anyone it is a secret that at any moment one of the most important bands of thrash metal can be separated. Metallica, which has been formed since…