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The Last Hero
Alter Bridge Comes Strong With Fortress Successor
There they are – they overcame the burden of their past. Creed released 4 albums, while Alter Bridge cemented their place in…
Skylight
Lost In Space
Atoma Released its debut back in 2012 and immediately piqued the interest of the metal community worldwide. Skylight was a slap in the face to…
Vulnicura
Bjork's Tryst with Virtual Reality
She has always been one of the pioneers in experimentation in the world of music. I remember when I heard my first Bjork album Debut back in my…
Clipper Ship
Pick Up The Wooden Wand!
Wooden Wand has been around for a while and has come up with a batch of great albums with equally great music and even some greater lyrics. A great…
At Least For Now (Deluxe)
Benjamin Clementine: Best New Artist of 2015
Kudos!Kudos!Kudos! Why have I just discovered this man? I don’t know, but he is going straight to the top of my BEST of 2015 chart. Maybe…
Tempest
Broken Water - Tempest
Broken Water are a relatively well-known garage rock/noise rock/shoegaze band from Olympia, Washington. They have released a handful of fascinating…
35xxxv (Deluxe Edition)
The Perfect Album For My Constant Mood Swings
Ahora que estoy contando los días hasta que veo a estos chicos realizan aquí en mi país, pensé que sería conveniente revisar…
Here Lies Man
Black Sabbath in Africa?
Wonder what would have happened if someone sent Black Sabbath to study polyrhythms in Africa back in the seventies? Can you imagine the fusion…
No No No
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Listening to the fifth album of Beirut, it made me wonder what the hell has happened with the band that always crafted good stuff and gave us four…
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…
Majestic (Live)
Kari Jobe's Majestic (LIVE)
Worship singer Kari Jobe is a singer who is just dripping with the holy spirit. Many of the songs that she sings on her albums are full of the spirit…
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
Substitute for Tame Impala
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian band formed in 2010. They already have a bunch of materials behind themselves (this is their…
It Doesn't Have to Make Sense
Album Review: Ingrid Michaelson's - It Doesn't Have to Make Sense
It’s not all fun and games - though it does have a good dose of that as well! I’d like to summarize “It Doesn’t have to Make Sense” with those words,…
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 Direction of Last Things
The direction of metal evolution
I fell in love with Intronaut from the moment I heard their, at the moment, best album ‘till date, Valley Of Smoke. After that fantastic…
All I Need (Deluxe Version)
100% Worth The Wait
You know that feeling of déjà vu where you could swear that you've seen or heard or been somewhere before but you haven'…
Your Move Vol. 1
Mikey Young - Hot Chip On The Autobahn
Haven't you heard of Mikey Young before? Don’t worry, most of the people haven’t. There’s an underground scene anywhere, and Australia is no…
Vengase I
The Rawayana surprise us with a trailer for Trippy Caribbean
It is an incredible emotion felt by all the faithful listeners Rawayana to learn that less and less needed for the release of her third album Trippy…
Rosewood Almanac
Will Stratton IIs An Inspiration For Anyone Struggling With Cancer
Rosewood Almanac is the sixth studio album by Will Stratton, musician currently residing in New York. Will studied philosophy for a short while before…
No Shape
The Genius Of Perfume Genius
Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…
The Unkindness Of Crows
Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows
Eagle Twin are a great sludge metal/stoner metal/doom duo from Salt Lake City in Utah. Their best album to date has probably been The Unkindness of…
RELAXER
Relaxer
The third album from the British fuss-rockers features tastefully trimmed string arrangements, chamber woodwinds, and terminal boredom.…
Bitches Brew Live
Bitches Brew
If we’re talking about groundbreaking music, this album by Miles Davis is one of the few that can hold this attribute with great pride.…
Free TC
Review: Ty Dolla $ign's 'Free TC'
Ty Dolla Sign’s Free TC is a study in well-executed maximalism. Backed by lush, ornate soundscapes and assisted by nearly two-dozen high-…
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…
EP II
Weekend EP Battle: Buscabulla vs Fatima Yamaha
Disclaimer: Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare, anyway. Buscabulla…
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…
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…
Motion
#tbt The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion
This week's throwback will be short but sweet as Oreo milkshake. Motion was a debut album by The Cinematic Orchestra and it was released in 1999…
House in the Tall Grass
Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
Kikagaku Moyo are a well-known Japanese psychedelic rock band, who essentially mix psychedelic rock, space rock, psychedelic folk and acid folk…
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…
Awake And Pretty Much Sober
Intricately Layered & Easy on the Ears
Awake and Pretty Much Sober by Violents is one of my most recent discoveries and the strange tension between cool, icy indifference and…
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.…
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…
A Weekend in the City
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City
I'm going to talk about something different in this series today. All the other 10 year articles have been about albums that I would consider as…
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…
IIII
Papir - IIII
Papir hail from Denmark and they are a pretty well-known instrumental krautrock/psychedelic rock band. They have released a number of great albums…
Root/Void
Jams Keep on Rolling
MV + EE or for the uninitiated, Matt Valentine and Erika Elders keep on making their tasty jam rolls. Like this song from their new album Root/Void, &…
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…
Big Walnuts Yonder
SuperGroup With A Superpower
Big Walnuts Yonder is a supergroup. I don’t like using this hackneyed term anymore, but it is what it is. So, the supergroup is comprised of members…
Midnight Features (Vol. 1: Shower Scene)
Lilacs & Champagne / Midnight Features (Vol. 1: Shower Scene)
Lilacs & Champagne are an interesting experimental psychedelic rock band from Portland, Oregon. They have released three full-length albums so…
Hug Of Thunder
Broken Social Scene Break 7 Year Long Hiatus
The best export product from Canada, at least when it comes to indie music, is no doubt Broken Social Scene (sorry Arcade Fire, you lost your title…
Do Right
Komplex Kai Goes For The Crown On Do Right
When you make the claim of being the Native American 2Pac you have some pretty big shoes to fill. So don't be surprised if some not only question…
No Rain, No Rose
Storytellers Are Back In Style
If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby…” goes the bio blurb on John Craigie’s website. Sure, you cite those favorable comments that suit you, and…
Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Ray Sings while Basie Swings, both from Heaven
Ray Sings Basie Swings - this surely sounds like a 50’s record, maybe a 60’s one. I’m sure Ray and Count would have had a wonderful time playing and…
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…
Pusher Man
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Pusher Man/Remember Tomorrow
The renowned stoner doom/psychedelic rock band Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats recently came out with a new two track 7'' Single. Uncle…
New Energy
5 Favorite Albums of 2017
My favorite LPs of the year, in no specific order. Arca - EPONYMOUS Same as Mutant, this album is a hybrid of different genres, only this time they…
Instruction for Destruction
Thrash With Balls
Boys from Comaniac were formed in 2010 in Switzerland and their first name was Company Of Maniacs. You see the parallel here. After several…
Just Like Fire (From the Original Motion Picture "Alice Through The Looking Glass")
P!nk is quite the firestarter
Earlier this year, it was announced that P!NK would be recording for Disney´s Alice Through The Looking Glass movie. Along with the…
Astral Weeks (Expanded Edition)
Go Buy This Album
This album was not commercially successful at the time, however it has been critically praised since Van Morrison entered the popular…
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…
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,…
Coming Home
Coming Home, Leon Bridges
Up-and-coming estrella alma sur de Leon Bridges nos lleva de nuevo a la década de 1960-sonido Stax con su álbum de debut, Coming Home. Los…
Gumboot Soup
King Gizzards - Five Albums in One Year
Previous year was the year of King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, and whoever tries to convince you otherwise, feel free to ignore them. When they…
The Complete BBC Sessions
The Greatness Of Led Zeppelin Can Never Be Shaken
BBC Sessions by Led Zeppelin was originally released in 1997, and it represented a significant album back then due to the fact that their concert…
Unseen
Time To See The Unseen
If there was a band in recent times that could easily pick up the title of American Gothic, then it is the Handsome Family. Even more fitting is the…
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…
Dreams
Gabor Szabo's Dreams
“Dreams” is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó recorded in 1968 and released the year after on the…
Dark Sky Island
Wake Up, Enya!
Eithne Ni Bhraonain, known as Enya Brennan or simply Enya is the most-sold Irish artist in the history of the world. Maybe she is born with it, and…
Intellectual Property: SOI2 (Deluxe Edition)
Recommended: The New Ras Kass Album
John Austin, musically recognized under the aka Ras Kass, is an American rapper, known for his ability and technical skill as their lyrics very…
In America
Sammy Sadler “In America” Embodies the Country Sound of Blake Shelton And Climbs the HotDisc Top 40 chart
Country Artist Sammy Sadler’s new single, “In America”, has moved up five spots on the HotDisc Top 40 Chart this week.…
Currents
Lonerism Was Better
In a long and impressive history of rock n roll, we have heard almost every combination of genre. Big talents have mixed the unmixable,…
All American Made
Margo Price Is Priceless
With her debut effort Midwest Farmer's Daughter, Margo Price collected praises and accolades such as Americana Music Honor & Award for the…
Ritual Land, Uncommon Ground
How To Be Cunning and Gentle At The Same Time
Anybody remember a Britpop luminary going by the name George Nigel Hoyle? No? Well, he was a member of the Britpop second-tier band Gay Dad, but who…
If On A Winter's Night
Do you love Baroque Music? Then you must be fan of Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner Sting
Even we are in the 21st century; there are still a lot of sound fields and undiscovered magical moments left in the music by our ancestors. Sting has…
La Apertura
Arawato releases new material
Recently in Venezuela good alternative projects of many artists they have emerged; in this case it is Arawato, a musical project, formed by Luis…
Platinum Hits
The Platinum Guy
Time really has flown by when you see an artist release his first greatest hits collection, but you feel like he's just started out. However, fact…
Hearts on Fire
FMLYBND: Hearts On Fire EP
In a scene dominated by button-pushing DJs encouraging fans to “put their hands up,” the energy of a live electronica …
Electra Heart
Electra Heart
Marina Diamondis, aka Marina and the Diamonds, doesn't make things easy for herself. For her follow-up to 2010's excellent debut The Family…
There's a Riot Going On
Yo La Tengo Have It All
When I first encountered the music of Yo La Tengo, sometime in the first half of the 00s, they were already had a reputation of one of the most…
Instant Winner
Distored Pony - Instant Winner
Distorted Pony are a cult noise-rock band from the US. They started back in the late 1980s and disbanded in the middle of the 1990s. During this time…
Precious Art
Rozwell Kid - Grown Up
I simply cannot stand anymore when any new or relatively new band that has a punk pop tendency is compared to Green Day as if those guys invented…
Dookie
Dookie
From its humble roots in the Bay Area punk scene to its massive hooks, Dookie has become one of the greatest teenage…
Hey Mr Ferryman
Hey Mr. Ferryman - Mark Eitzel is Not Ready Yet
Mark Eitzel, the man with probably most biting, sometimes even cynical, but always with a human line seeping through is back. The former…
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…
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…
Death Index
Death Index - Death Index
Death Index are an American noise rock/garage rock/punk band who recently came out with a fine full-length self-titled album. The album packs some…
Microverse
Lossy & Strangers Are People Too - Microverse
Microverse is the third release fr composer and producer Lossy on his label Boot Cycle Audio. Having previously released with Tru Thoughts,…
Albatross
Pat Keen - Experimental Pop Digest
It has been a while since I heard so many musical things going on in around 20 minutes. So around from Minneapolis comes Pat Keen with Albatross, his…
Notilus
You Will Thank Me For Notilus
There is no greater happiness than when you find a band whose album is constantly on repeat, while you are simultaniously aware of its brilliance and…
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…
Broken Flowers
Nev Cottee - Summer and Rain: Together
When I put on New Cottee’s new album Broken Flowers, the threatening thunders turned down into a true downpour. A bit symbolic, I guess, since Cottee…
Wildheart (Deluxe Version)
Rnb Album 2015
My biggest mistake from the previous year was not being interested in listening to Miguel’s new album. The reason for it was the fight he…
Everything You've Come To Expect
The Last Shadow Puppets Return
Duo made of Alex Turner (leader of Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals and Little Flames) does not need a special introduction, although it…
Daniel Bachman
To Fahey or Not to Fahey
Whenever a new name pops up among good fingerpicking guitar players on the folk/acoustic scene (check ut the excellent Imaginational Anthem album…
MY HOUSE
Flo-rida's Comeback
American rap superstar Flo Rida is back in the game with the release of My House, his fourth EP, and the amount of PR that has surrounded its…
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…
Lust For Life
SundaySpotlight: Lana Del Rey
Who is Lana Del Rey? Is she a concept? Is she fake? Is she a daughter of a rich guy? Is she a product? I was never bothered by these questions, while…
We All Want The Same Things
How to Identify With Craig Finn
Although he is not the biggest singer songwriter of his generation, Craig Finn is certainly the best rock storyteller whose main preoccupation are…
Nazienda
Conceptual Metal
Extreme metal since 1990 is written on Facebook page of Italian dudes called Resurrecturis. This is not the most important thing in this story. What&…
Horizontal Lines
Sunkissed Baroque Pop from the Summer of 2015
Twin Within is the collaboration of Canadian duo Steve McKay and Alex Samaras. Mckay (the percussive force behind the experimental folk of Bruce…
Modern Pressure
Daniel Romano - Dylan Revisited
It would be hard to say that Daniel Roman has returned. The guy simply has not left. Saying that this guy is a musical shape-shifter would e an…
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…
My Darkest Hour
Noir Heroine
Jemma Nicole is potential new heroine of Gothic Americana scene. She was born in Perth, Australia and she currently resides in Melbourne, which makes…
The Great Unknown
Sad Rob Thomas
I believe many expected Rob Thomas to become of the greatest rock stars after Smooth with Santana came out. Well, everything you expect will be used…
Por Acanga
THE SURVIVAL OF THE THREE
Five years passed for the three delivered a handful of new songs in studio. After Coliumo Loose (2010), led by Alvaro Henríquez and his…
Volver
Benjamin Biolay - Here We Go Again
Yes, you could say that! You see, Volver the name of the new album from Benjamin Biolay, a big name on the French music scene, could be translated in…
Earthtones
Bahamas' Earthtones Pursues Low-Key Self-Realization by the Lakeside
If you, like me (and many others), are disappointed that the singles from Justin Timberlake’s forthcoming Man of the Woods album did nothing…
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 -…
Coco Hames
Ex Leader of The Ettes Goes On A Solo Ride
Sometimes, it would be good to start from the beginning, to leave old crew and the baggage of the past behind and move in a completely different…
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
#tbt The Byrds // The Notorious Byrd Brothers
This week's throwback was the first great album of 1968, a revolutionary year in both world politics and music. As such, it has an interesting…
Hinterland
Lonelady: Hinterland
Julie Campbell aka LoneLady has rooted her music in the dark leaden skies of the industrial landscape of her native Manchester. The mist and vapour…
Times Infinity Volume Two
The Dears - To infinity and back
The Dears, or shall we say, Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak and whoever’s in Montreal at the time, have been around for a while, actually, as…
Human Performance
Yasssssss Rock!
This band gained my attention with their second full-length album titled Light Up Gold. It was a tasty and perplexing post pank album that…
Tres
Jesus Sons Love Their Vintage Paraphernalia
Jesus Sons are a band who had anti-conformist attitude towards contemporary music. They have nothing to do with either indie nor folk scene, and they…
Stronger in Numbers
Stronger With or Without Numbers
PledgeMusic has been a resource many a musician has been using recently to make sure that their work sees the light of day and then promoted further.…
Move Like a Ghost
When Guitars Are Toys
Fun garage rock band from the punk record label who passed by my radar last year is now finally on my radar. toyGuiar is relatively new…
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…
She
Charity Ekeke Carries A Torch For Women’s Issues With She
Way back in 1971 at around the peak of the counterculture era an Australian singer/songwriter named Helen Reddy released a song called I Am…
Original Album Classics
Art Garfunkel and His Classic Hits
Upon looking up the Art Garfunkel page on Kurrent Music, I am very surprised at the low approval rating. It may just be that I am a big-time oldie fan…
Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Sitting Pretty on the Fence
James Yorkston has been around for a while, and it seems he always excels, whether solo or through quite a number of collaboration he was in,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Climbing The Colossus
Sunnata - Climbing The Colossus
Sunnata are one of the most well-known Polish stoner metal/stoner doom/sludge bands along with the likes of Belzebong. While Sunnata recently released…
No No No
No No No
No No No - Beirut 4th album released September 11 2015 on 4AD Overall rating: 8/10 No No No is the fourth full-length studio effort by New…
Thriller
Thriller - Timeless album from the King of Pop
Yes, we often say we are all human beings and we are all the same, but in this world there are people born with a shining star and with a life purpose…
Night Thoughts
Suede Knows Saudade
The wait is over and it wasn’t even a long wait. After Bloodspots in 2013, which represented a sound shift, the seventh album by Suede is…
Is This The Life We Really Want?
Should Roger Waters Retire?
In two to three years old competition comprised of collections of songs named Ratthe That Lock and Endless River, Is This The Life We Really Want by…
More Rain
Come Back, M Ward
My brain has a special grey area. It is an area where I feel peculiar empathy for all of those great artists who suddenly start losing…
Give More Love
Young At Heart, Ringo Starr
Richard Starkley is approaching his 80th birthday, but nothing shows that he is old. For Ringo Starr, it's like time has stopped. Who knows, maybe…
16:11
Tross - 16:11
Tross is one of the more interesting Swedish psychedelic rock bands, whose latest album titled 16:11 was released by the great Swedish label H&…
Hidden Fields
The Telescopes - Hidden Fields
The legendary British noise-rock/psych rock/shoegaze band The Telescopes came out with a great new album earlier this year, and subsequently caught…
Karma
Recommended: ''Karma'', Norick's new album
Braulio Norick Gamarra Norick is an MC and producer from Surquillo, Lima - Peru, a member of the group Rapper School. It has been released on the…
The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
Eclectic Rhythm and Blues
After few solo produced albums released for an independent label, Gary Clark Jr walked to the mainstream stage in 2012 with his Warner Bros debut…
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…
Bad Posture
On The Back Porch
Sometimes it is hard to portray your music on its album cover. For John Andrews & The Yawns, that seems to be no problem on “Bad Posture”.…
Out in the Storm
Waxahatchee's Best Record Yet
A lot has happened in the career of Katie Crutchfield in the past five years, the girl who is performing under the name Waxahatchee (she got the…
Baked to Perfection
Gingermon Gets The Reggae Mix Right With Baked To Perfection
Reggae today is in danger of suffering the same fate as once popular music such as Jazz or Dixieland or Big Band crooners. While modern Reggae still…
Stubborn Persistent Illusions
DO MAKE SAY THINK and Listen To This Album
So many comebacks this year! I am thinking there must be something in the stars. If there is, Do Make Say Think have definitely captured it. They…
A Crow Looked at Me
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (Review)
“Death is real, someone’s there, and then they’re not”, echoes the beginning of Mount Eerie’s latest and long awaited album since his wife’s passing…
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…
Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies - Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies is an Austrian band with which I am already acquainted with via their 2020 album Anthropocene. While that album was pretty good, then…
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…
Skylarking
XTC's Skylarking remixed by Steven Wilson
It has been 30 years now, almos to a day when XTC issued their seminal Skylarking an album that should be on practically any best of all times albums.…
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 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…
Paging Mr. Proust
The Most Underrated Rock Band
In a better, parallel universe, The Jayhawks would be the number one pop-rock band of the 90s. Vigorous vocal harmonies, canny cadence, mellifluous…
Not Even Happiness
Not Even Happiness
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s new album has the lucidity and tactility of a healing crystal. Not unlike Phil Elverum, she …
Blue Lines
Blue Lines: The birth of trip-hop
Bristol, late eighties. A couple of music lovers decided to band up together and start making some innovative tunes. Merging of hip-hop, reggae, soul…
The Original High
Getting High on Generic Tunes?
We are often seeing how talent shows give birth to stars revolving around pop and pop-rock genre. Adam Lambert is a perfect example for it. After…
In Motion
Jimkata: In Motion
Ithaca electronic rock trio Jimkata will released In Motion, their third full-length album and sixth release overall, in February 2016. In Motion is…
Head Carrier
Pixies, The Ancestors of Grunge, Make A Strong Return
Everything Pixies created between 1986 and 1993 instantly became an anachronism. The music of this cult band had an enormous impact on the development…
There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)
After four years - Four Tet, again
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet is obviously a busy man. He has been involved, and probably is at this very moment - in a myriad of projects. Whether it…
La Ira
Hamlet's undisputed wrath
If there was an album that drew attention in the Spanish metal was Wrath of Hamlet band. A job that was well received by the media and the public,…
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…
Are You Ready For Me
Are You Ready For Pretty Vicious?
Pretty Vicious are one of the most hyped bands in British music at the moment. Four teenagers from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, they are Elliot…
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…
Make Me Like You
You Make Me Like You Gwen Stefani
So Gwen Stefani has an album soon to be released on March 18 this year which was called THIS IS WHAT FEELS LIKE THE TRUTH and this will be the third…
Otherside Remix [Live]
The Otherside of the Rap Industry: Lives Are At Stake
Otherside is the fourth track on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ five track “The VS. EP” released in 2009. The obvious…
I Love You More Than You Love Yourself
Austra's Operatic Empathy
Unlike Utopia and Future Politics, the first two singles from Toronto-based electronic band Austra's third album (2017), I Love…
Into You
Ariana “Into You”
This girl nothing stops her, who would have thought you could get to be as successful as has been achieved with their new album Dangerous Woman, this…
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 &…
One Day - New Album Version
Hoping for that One Day
With each new year that comes, whether we intend to or not we usually have this anticipation for good things to happen within this fresh year. Simply…
Up in the Hill
Quirky Alt-Pop
The title of the record came by accident. I was talking to my manager on the phone and due to the bad reception she misheard me when I said I was…
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&…
Winners
Giddy Elation
New Jersey band Delicate Steve (which is led by multi-instrumentalist Steve Marion) was last heard from on Positive Force&…
The Girl Is Mine featuring Destiny's Child & Brandy
Cut And Paste Some Hit Potential
Ladies and gentlemen, we have so arrived in a new era of sampling. Where we used to just sample music, we now sample full vocals and mix them up 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…
Doctor Robert - Remastered
What song turned you off of a band?
The Beatles were never my cup of tea, which is saying something since I don't even drink tea. I didn't think they were bad or anything they…
Self-Made
Tiller Drops New Visual For Self-Made !
After his amazing sophomore LP that Tiller dropped on us at the end of this May, the True To Self arrays…
Stardom
Pushing the Right Buttons
Uncovering an international band is equivalent to finding your long lost twin. If that is too overly melodramatic, well that's how it feels. Lust…
Body Talk
A modern blast from the past
You would be forgiven for thinking that you had pressed play on an 80s disco album, or the soundtrack for ‘Fame’, when listening…
Reggae Music
To protest in Spanish
The artist makes his art inspired by everything that lurches emotionally, and emotions, occur as a response to what surrounds human beings, whether…
Say Something Loving
Pushing Boundaries
“Our comfort zone is a very small place.” Romy Madley Croft, While fans might appreciate…
Drinkee
Drinkee
I don’t know why I like this song, but I do. It has no melody at all, an absolutely naive guitar riff, and a dull 4/4 beat throughout the…
Love Again
Learn to love Soul for Real again
Some names in r&b music bring back a lot of memories and open up a bulk of nostalgia. Soul For Real is one of those names. They were so…
Nothing in Return
Monsune's Nothing In Return is a Euphoric Ode to Unrequited Love
The lyrical substance of “Nothing in Return”, the debut single from 20-year-old Toronto-via-Ontario singer-songwriter,…
Alone Together - From the musical production
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.16 - Alone Together
“Alone Together” is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz, introduced for the first time in Jean Sargent&…
My Funny Valentine - Live
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.5 - My Funny Valentine
“My Funny Valentine” is a song composed as a show-tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1937 Broadway show “…
Hard Times
Paramore's New Song Will Get You Through the Hard Times
After their 4-year hiatus, everyone was stoked to hear that Paramore was coming back. Certainly, their rest has not made them lose their sound but…
Somebody Who
Insomnia
Au Revoir Simone is dream pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States whose members are Erika Forster (…
Fifteen Minutes
Garage Punk In Your Face
Why is there not a punk genre label? So for now, Mike Krol will head towards alternative when truly Mike Krol addresses and could care less about your…
Talking to Myself
A fitting tribute to a great man
In my track by track review of Linkin Park’s One More Light I wasn’t to find of “Talking to Myself”, but there is nothing like a new context to change…
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
All Things Wonderful
It still is the most wonderful time of the year. If it weren't so, then this song first released in 1963 by Andy Williams would no longer have its…
Church
Church For the Soul
Gary Clark Jr. is a lot of potential wrapped up in one man. Between the album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim which is a masterpiece to this individual…
Try Everything - De
The Try Everything video is here!
Today the video for Try Everything Sountrack New Zootopia Disney film, played by Shakira premiered barranquillera. A song with a motivational message…
In The End
Cosmic Freedom
Portland indie rock band STRFKR ('Starfucker', basically an ironic name choice to signal their 'anti-pop' distance from the music…
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&…
This Mess We're In
Songs that Started it all. (3 PJ Harvey, This Mess We're In (feat Thom Yorke)
It will come as no surprise that Radiohead are responsible for a lot of my music tastes. It was through interviews with them that finally pushed me…
With Strangers
Romanticisms at the Root of Little Joy
With Strangers captures the spirit of Little Joy's self-titled and only full-length release. The warm analog recording and soft vocal croon only…
First Rain
Soothing Fatalism
I just have always been intrigued by that idea of creating different worlds with music. This one was a bit more of a reflection of what's actually…
Night Owl
Frenetic Funk
Summer 08 (2016), British indietronica quartet Metronomy's fifth studio album, revisits the terrain they carved out in sophomore effort&…
Get My Bang
Let Them Eat Cake
It would be fair to say that the UK has an advantage when it comes to dance hits. Not the techno kind but bands from the UK know a formula to get your…
Million Reasons
Gaga's reasons to rise above
It is never my objective to write about an artist several times over. I do try to variate in my blog topics as much as possible, but I’m…
Love Me Better
Redemptive Pop
I had a big hit. And then I had 12 years of aggression towards it. It was a strange experience. [These are] quite harsh words to hear at the top of a…
Did I Step on Your Trumpet
Danielson's version of Gospel
I never thought that a Christian band could bring any excitement… until now. I recently discovered Danielson Familie, whose music I would…
Highs & Lows
Emeli`s Official Highs And Lows!
From her latest record Long Live The Angels, Emeli is back with her latest music video for the single Highs And…
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…
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…
Dangerous (feat. Joywave)
Music is a World of Big Data
Discoverability is one of the greatest perks of being able to explore the world of music without the chains of having to use a streaming service only…
Imperfection
Evanescence's “Imperfection”: Urgent Anti-Nihilism
Thirteen years ago, Amy Lee explored the perils of living in a society saturated with plastic images of perfection on “Everybody’s…
Sorry Not Sorry
Demi's loudly not sorry
There was another major female pop singer, who had released a single last week other than Selena Gomez. Yes, Demi Lovato, whom I recently blogged…
Wes Anderson
Humdrum Love
Now, my objective is to write really great songs that really speak to people and can be translated into different parts of people’s lives or…
Nothing Compares 2 U
COVERLAND Vol.3: Nothing Compares 2 U
“Nothing Compares 2 U” is another one of those songs whose cover outshined the original. Everyone knows the version by Sinead O&#…
Sledge Hammer
Sledge Hammered Again!
After RiRi, you would have thought there cannot be any more hard knocks on the walls, but B.O.B.`s No Genre&…
Do You Mind
DJ Khaled teams up with various artists to bring his track “Do you mind” to life
From Nicki Minaj to Chris Brown are some of the artists participating in the realization of this issue, Do you mind which is part of the latest album…
Where Ya At
Lean Cups & Kleenex
What a time to be online. Up until last week, Drake and Future's collaborative mixtape was nothing more than a collection of…
Crystal Bell
Gothic Female Metal artist, Ayin Aleph, releases new video for Crystal Bell
Hollywood based, but European raised, Ayin is at the confluence of classical music and heavy rock, combining Baroque influences (massive choirs) and…
The Scientist
Revisiting The Scientist
No doubt, Coldplay's sound -- elegant, melodic, and very dramatic — bore plenty of similarity to mid-1990s Radiohead. But the group was…
Cigarettes out the Window
Sardonic Tenderness
San Diego indie pop duo TV Girl (Trung Ngo and Brad Petering) first shot to modest fame in 2010, when a song from their self-titled EP, If…
Hands To Myself
Sensationally Steamy Selena Gomez
Okay, okay… the title alone has most of us wondering, “What exactly is Ms. Gomez singing about?” With imaginations kept…
Contigo en la Distancia
A Theory About El Gañote
From the creators of Flow and Tumbao comes The gullet. While I remember the first time I heard this word, capable I heard my mom, and refers to the…
Please
Rhye's Androgynous Vulnerability
Gender-bending indie R&B act Rhye (Canadian vocalist Michael Milosh and Danish instrumentalist Robin Hannibal) recently released “…
Swimming Through Dreams
Legendary producer John Fryer releases Black Needle Noise single with Mimi Page
Legendary producer John Fryer, one of the most innovative sonic architects on the music scene, is releasing new music under his new…
Lime Habit
POLIÇA 3.0: United Crushers
With the announcement that experimental synthpop band Poliça's third album United Crushers will be released…
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…
Crave You
Dripping in Gold, Craving You
First off Crave You featuring Giselle by Flight Facilities...literally plays in my head every other weekend. A catchy intimate dance number that…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Running under water
Beyonce is like Rihanna's big sister. I always saw her like that. I don't really like Rihanna's or Beyonce's music, with exceptions of…
Sweet Creature
Sweet Creature Follows Harry Styles Along The Road Of Truth And Circumstances
Harry Styles has put out another single titled Sweet Creature. It would be safe to assume as well as state the sweet nature of this newest track. As…
Shallow
The Infamous Top 10 Holiday Music Guide Is A Must Have Amazon Wishlist Includes Mike Love And Soundtrack from A Star is Born
The infamous 2018 Top 10 Holiday Music Guide is back with an incredible selection of tracks available on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify. &…
Never Destroy Us
Never Destroy Us
The Dears are one of the leading indie bands coming from Canada. The Montreal-based group is fronted by the husband-and-wife duo of singer-guitarist…
Good Girls
Californian Romancing
It’s not hard to see why LA-via-Nashville trio LANY (pronounced as Lay-Nee) have amassed a large and dedicated online following of…
Lloraré Las Penas
the latin flavor
They say that it is better not to mourn laugh. They used to say that Venezuela had the ability to laugh at their misfortunes and that helped him be…
Aire
The Unexpected Made Song
Someone as smooth as the breeze. A person who comes and goes, you can not touch or you can have. When you know that you can not grasp the air, music…
Mystery of Love (From the Original Motion Picture “Call Me by Your Name”)
Sufjan Stevens Scores His First Oscar Nomination for the Sublime “Mystery of Love”
Sufjan Stevens had two songs in the running for the 2018 Oscars Best Original Song award (the five shortlisted songs out of the longlist of 70 were…
Talk To Me
Talk To Me Issues Out Nightly Longing
Talk To Me by Nightly came as a surprise, while scrolling through Youtube searching for bands I had not come across before, lo and behold, Nightly. A…
Timor
Shakira's Agitprop Pop
Colombian crossover sensation Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll may be best known across the world for her sexy dance tunes on Laundry Service (2001), her…
Hopeless Romantic
Michelle Branch is still romantic
When you start a song with the words “I’m a hopeless romantic, I should run for my life”, you not only have my attention, but also my recognition. The…
Need U
Need A Reason To Dance?
Oceaan is from Brixton, first off after know where Oceaan is from...it may not be such a shock at the Electronic sonic waves that are coming out of…
So Far Away
Carole King's So Far Away
One of the most influential and groundbreaking albums of the seventies was “Tapestry” by Carole King. Virtually every song on that record is memorable…
You're So Vain
Frankly Speaking
Ever thinking about a former lover and wanting to dedicate a song to him or her without really sounding bitter but would sum up all your experiences…
1000
N.E.R.D. and Future Deliver Electrifying Political Chaos With 1000
Swagger overshadowed political awareness on N. E. R. D. and Rihanna’s “Lemon” (tutorial No. 1); Pharrell Williams tips…
The Garden
Sunny Ozell Evokes Leisurely Domestic Bliss with The Garden
Classically-trained New York-via-Nevada singer Sunny Ozell earned comparisons to veteran bluegrass/country/folk singer-songwriter Gillian Welch,&…
Cheerleader
A Cheerleader No More
Sometimes I imagine songs 'talking back' to one another, which is easy to do when different artists take on the same subject matter. In this…
PCH
Summertime Craving
It's fitting that Ontario indie rock quartet Tokyo Polica Club (vocalist and bassist David Monks, keyboardist Graham Wright, …
Hopeless Romantic
Defying Expectations
“I was like, wait a minute, [Jenny Lewis is] on Warner Bros., and she just made a record that sounds like the record I wanna make.…
The Miller Girl
Steve Hussey and Jake Eddu share with us The Miller Girl
Yes, “The Miller Girl” is a reference to the beer and the miller girl is portrayed in the Miller ad. Steve Hussey and Jake Eddy are geniuses for…
Life's Been Good
Has Life Been Good for Legendary Rock Stars?
Most people view the stardom of the music industry as something to be jealous of. Musicians, especially, crave being acknowledged in similar ways that…
Forever
KISS: Your “Romantic” Side
Hollywood movies have sold the idea of Perfect Kiss. They always talk about the blue prince who takes the princess, on a white horse to be happy…
Agnes
Glass Animals' Centrifugal Grief
Oxford indie rockers Glass Animals recently released a music video for Agnes: the final track and fifth single from their Mercury Prize-nominated…
Trouble
Cage The Elephant Trouble
Popular indie rockers Cage the Elephant released a new single entitled “Trouble”. The guys haven’t released much since…
Manic
My December
This is my December/ This is my time of the year ... This is my December/ This is oh-so-clear... I haven't really been in a…
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…
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&…
Hotel California
Eagles Greatest Hit Speaks Of The Dark Side Of The Music Industry
The Eagles were one of the biggest and most influential bands of the seventies, often being referred to as a “hit-making-machine”. Founders Don Henley…
Told You So
Miguel's Told You So Explores the Price of Pleasure
The music video for Told You So - the latest glimpse of chameleonic R&B singer-songwriter Miguel's upcoming fourth album War &…
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…
Song For You
Rhye's “Song for You” Evokes Empathetic Intimacy
LA alt-R&B outfit Rhye (Mike Milosh, sans Danish producer Ryan Hannibal) recently released “Song For You”, the…
The Queen Is Dead - 2011 Remastered Version
Songs that started it all: The Smiths The Queen is Dead
Never underestimated how impressionable a teenager discovering indie music is, a least the ones who only just started buying NME. That was the case…
Gettin to It
Get To This Club Banger With Clyde!
Oakland rapper Clyde Carson slams his new jam Getting To It featuring Keak Da Sneak …
Two Fux
Telling someone off, the nice way
Any song called Two Fux is bound to get my attention, especially when I hear the artist singing it, is Adam Lambert. Adam…
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,…
Split Stones
Maggie Rogers' Split Stones: A 'Parting Gift' to Fans
After nine months of touring across North America and Europe, Maryland singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers is ready to close the chapter on her well-…
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…
Sign of the Times
If It's A Sign Of The Times, Harry Styles May Be The Voice Of Reason
'Sign of the Times' is coming out at the exact right time. Once the men from One Direction decided to go there separate ways, many wondered if…
DRIVE YOUR CAR
Drive You Car With L.A. Witch
Once this L.A. noir-grunge psychedelic rock coutner culture took over in full force, it would only be a matter of time before picking favorites. With…
Open
Bitter and Sweet
Rhye has a way of showing clarity and relationship ecosystems (a mouth full, I know). Rhye is a duo and not a single singer-songwriter venture (…
Love So Soft
Kelly Clarkson Like Never Before
Kelly Clarkson is back. It’s the same Kelly, the same powerful voice, the same diva like aura about her - but with a whole new label backing her this…
Hard Believer
A True Milestone of Modern Blues
I personally prefer listening to albums – it gives me a wider perspective on musicians’ aesthetic visions. I was raised in the era…
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…
Girlfriend
Busta back in rhymes
It’s not that often that a single cover gets my attention, but Busta Rhymes’ latest single, “Girlfriend”, featuring Tory Lanez and Vybz Kartel has a…
High
Music video 'High' by Rawayana and Apache
With rapper Larry Rada aka Apache , the Venezuelan band of self - styled 'Trippy Pop' Rawayana presents its new official video for…
Summer Of '69
The original ending to the Summer of '69
Music is always subject to change. Over the years a lot of changes have passed us by in popular music. Most changes happen almost organically. One…
With A Little Help From My Friends - Remastered
COVERLAND Vol.26: With a Litle Help from My Friends
When I was starting to listen and collect rock LP’s as a teenager, the triple vinyl from Woodstock ‘69 came to me before a Beatles…
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…
Instruction
Jax and Demi's spicy instruction
I’ve not been too excited about the most recent releases by Demi Lovato in collaboration with others, but her recent collaboration with Jax…
Dog Years
Slow Dancing in Seconds
By following up on the success of her breakout single Alaska with Dog Years, NYU Clive Davis Institute alumni Maggie Rogers…
Sexy Boy
A Sultry Transgression
Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunckel burst onto the international music scene with the release of their space-pop debut Moon…
Would You Rather
Phoebe Bridgers' “Would You Rather” Traces a Silver Lining Around a Dark Childhood
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has been receiving widespread acclaim for her debut album Stranger in the Alps (Sep 2017): a collection…
Love Like Ours (feat. Tarrus Riley)
Estelle's newest love
Earlier this year, I’d seen a familiar name on a list of new single releases. It was by UK R&B singer Estelle. I’m sure you know her from the…
I Have Been to the Mountain
Harrowing Injustice
“‘I Have Been To The Mountain’ is a song for those struck down by the hands of evil – senseless killings which…
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Longevity and Connection
I’ll be honest, I’m one of the latecomers when it comes to Belle and Sebastian. I should also confess that I discovered this song…
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,…
Closer
Guilty Pleasures & Nostalgia with the Chainsmokers
While my previous music tastes consisted exclusively of indie, folk and alternative rock, I’ve always had a secret soft spot for a well-…
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…
All The Things You Are
Jazz Standards Vol.8 - All The Things You Are
‘All the Things You Are’ is a song from the Broadway musical “Very Warm for May” which opened November 17,…
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…
You Ain't Gang
Street Gang Anthem!
Brandon George Dickinson aka Lil Bibby fired up his home town Chicago last year with his street Trap jam You Ain`…
Back to the Start
Reinvention
As sugary sweet Katty Besnard sings in this track 'Back To The Start', never once does the song come off as bubble gum annoyance. The french…
P.O.W.A
A True Divergent Strikes Again : MIA
Even though accepted under some alternative Pop drawer, and it could easily go even under alternative R`n`B, I…
Treat You Better
Hey Ladies! He Can Treat You Better
Shaw Mendes, born to become hit-maker, successful songwriter-singer and performer from Canada has again released a new song that can melt the hearts…
Straight, No Chaser
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.13 - Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk was undoubtedly among the geniuses of jazz and music in general. He left us many tubes that are now considered standards, “Straight,…
Rolling in the Deep
Fans, viral covers and the power of music
When an artist manages to conquer his audience with a song, some of his followers who sing or play an instrument, are encouraged to pay homage with a…
Prune, You Talk Funny
Gus Dapperton's “Prune, You Talk Funny” Epitomizes the Millennial Pursuit of Self-Expression
New York-based indie pop singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton can come across as a living, breathing embodiment of the Tumblr generation. His recent guitar…
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…
Behind Your Back
Funky Furtado
It wasn’t all that long ago when I first blogged about Nelly Furtado. She has just collaborated on someone’s mixtape and I…
teach you to fall in love
Fall In Love With Brett Castro's Newest Break-Up Anthem
Brett Castro never fails to turn moments in his personal life into a killer soundtrack for our lives - and he did it again with his newest single…
Modern Woman
Multi-Layered Femininity
After announcing the release of their fourth album, Yours Conditionally and sharing the harmony-laden In the Morning I&…
Control
Escapist Nostalgia
I've always preferred music that’s soothing and dreamy. Hazel English, SF Weekly Oakland-based Sydney …
Spirit of the Son
The Beatles and Bands Influenced By The Beatles on Spotify!
The Beatles and Bands Influenced By The Beatles on Spotify! Add Your Band To The Beatles and Bands Influenced By The Beatles Playlist on Spotify! &…
Chemical Solution
Lunar Alchemy
Since its inception in 2015, The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture's side project Summer Moon has undergone a lineup change (Au Revoir…
West End Blues
West End Blues from North Carolina
I am always in the mood for a good old traditional blues. Even when it comes from a 21st century band such as the Carolina Chocolate Drops. I…
Wasted Days
Zibra Share their Wasted Days
Zibra are a London-based melodo-electronica trio. Consisitng of Sam Battle lead singer and guitar, Russ Harley on keys and Ben Everest on bass they…
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&#…
Human
Don't Put The Blame
Rory or Rag 'N' Bone Man trickled through the blues and soul circuit for years. After a single encounter from performing live and taking 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…
Hollow
The airy and fragile sounds of Hollow
There are some songs you could write an elaborate review blog about, but when it comes to this song, I could actually make this short and sweet, and…
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.…
Without Love
Alice Glass should never sound this generic
When Alice Glass left Crystal Castles there seemed to be a unofficial promise that whatever Glass did next would be 100% her, rather than her put…
Walking In My Sleep
Andrew McMahon Slides Through A Waking Sleep
To state that Andrew McMahon is one of the only musicians deserving of some type of award or congratulations based on the music McMahon makes. Between…
Magangué
Sidestepper's Theatrical Jungle
Richard Blair recently reassembled Sidestepper from his home in La Candelaria in Bogota. He took it easy and abandoned all the beats , loops and…
Redrum
BonBon Girl Salutes With Some Redrum!
22-year-old Kosovar/Albanian sensation Era Istrefi is back for another magnum-viral hit! After her seductive banger BonBon…
Wild Things
The Queen of the Uncool, Rebellious, Misfits
All hail, Alessia Cara! Staying close to her anti-social, introverted roots, Alessia Cara once again proved that being cool ain't all…
Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes is a one-of-a-kind band that embodies an old time southern rock with a modern day instrumentation style. I had the pleasure of seeing…
Su Nombre En Mi Cuaderno
LOVE: FROM THE BALLAD TO REGGAETON
February came and went with all the pink and red, own color this season, dedicated to celebrate love. Mother's love, self-love, the love of…
Winona
Lo-Fi Authenticity and DJ Boring's Winona
Alongside other underground music producers with ironic, tongue-in-cheek monikers like DJ Seinfield and Ross from Friends, DJ…
Lay It All On Me (feat. Ed Sheeran)
EDM feat. ________ Art or just Money?
Sólo tienes que rellenar el espacio en blanco ... El número de grandes nombres de la casa en la industria musical colaborando con artistas…
M.I.A.
Mia takes us to her Planet
The beautiful Mia unveiled its new single Planeta, which began to sound with force in all radios of Latin America and leading the rankings of Latin…
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus returns with more music and less controversy
The American artist Miley Cyrus announced, through a photograph on her official website, that her new studio album will be titled Younger now and…
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…
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…
Silvestre Dangond
Silvestre Dangond and his successful tour
Silvestre Dangond continues to tour and does so with great success. The Colombian has visited the Pepsi Center WTC of Mexico City and the Domo Care…
Franco De Vita
Between tears and nostalgia, Franco de Vita releases a new album and announces a tour in 2017.
About 60 journalists summoned by the record label Sony Music witnessed the premiere in Mexico Free, the new studio album by Franco De Vita, activity…
The Rolling Stones
Three Nights of Titans for October 2016
There is already talk in all portals of news about a festival that was even imaginable for any lover of rock especially the rock of the sixties that…
Kygo
The closure of the Olympics will be in charge of Kygo
The Brazilian city of Rio will open doors to KYGO DJ and producer, who will be responsible for putting a good atmosphere at the ceremony that will…
Desorden Público
Public Disorder celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tour of Venezuela
One of the most important bands that had the music scene of Venezuela's birthday, and will celebrate in style with their 30 years of disorder…
Geoff Alpert
The Newest Jazz Funk Album From Geoff Alpert Will Wow Any Music Lover
Being a self taught trombone player, Alpert spent many years perfecting his sound. He played tirelessly for years, but then took a break from his…
Kanye West
Has the Music Industry sacrificed Kanye West?
Over the weekend Kanye West was hospitalised for his own safety, and the safety of others. This came after a typically turbulent week for the rapper…
Altered by Mom
Altered by Mom Share Bold New Track Heart That Sound
ALTERED BY MOM combines a knack for infectious melodies and classic songwriting with a quirky sense of humour and a tongue-in-…
Dusty Wright
Taking Off and Landing with Dusty Wright
Dusty Wright is a prominent singer-songwriter who is creating music on his own terms. His recent releaseCaterwauling Towards the Light, , has…
Jennifer Lopez
Criticism of Jlo for collaboration with Dr. Luke
Strong comments, nothing good, have befallen the singer Jennifer Lopez after collaboration with producer Dr. Luke in her new single titled '&…
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…
Eternal Elysium
Eternal Elysium
No Isolation Desire in my soul, please let me know Well, actually, I think YES isolation. I mean self-isolation. But anyways… It&rsquo…
Björk
Venezuelan produces possible next Björk album
Bjork revealed that he is working on a new album, but this time a little more cheerful than Vulnicura the tortured work that took last year.…
Rosen & Spyddet
Rosen & Spyddet
Cozy beats and lo-fi atmosphere – this is what I need. Noisy passages and dreamy landscapes in my mind – this is what I need and…
Chino & Nacho
Pepsi Music 2016 is here
nominations for Pepsi Music Awards 2016 are now open, this reach its fifth edition and fête music made in Venezuela in fifteen different genres.…
Rawayana
Rawayana returns with “Vengase I”
If there is a Venezuelan band that has accustomed us to enjoy good reggae, that's Rawayana. The group formed in the cradle of Libertador in…
Guns N' Roses
5 songs with a lot of Hard Rock
The highway to hell will have a soundtrack and will be pure hard rock. This genre will make music seriously, making the best of each instrument and…
Drake
Drake's 15 week dance ends
Records are made to be broken. It's just the way it is. And so, it looked like a long standing record of 25 years was about to be broken last week…
Denise Santoz
Interview: Denise Santos, Composer of Lifetime’s “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” and Death Saved My Life
Today we’re talking to Los Angeles-based film and television composer, Denise Santos. Now at Hans Zimmer and Sony/ATV's Bleeding Fingers…
Tyler Strickland
Interview: Composer Tyler Strickland on John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise
Today we're joined by Tyler Strickland, an award-winning film composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. You can hear Tyler’s&…
Heaven's Gateway Drugs
LSD Is Gone(?) But Its Music Stays On
Psychedelia started a bit earlier than in 1967 but by that year it was in full swing. The Beatles did it, Pink Floyd got in with it, even The Rolling…
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves - Roll the Bones
Shakey Graves is a charming fellow. Born Alejandro Rose-Garcia, he is an Americana musician from Austin, Texas, United States. His music is a cross…
Alkilados
Alkilados does not want to leave for anyone
Alkylated closed the year with a new theme that promises to conquer the radios in Latin America. It is Like and is now available in digital stores.…
Okills
Okills premiering
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They reveal the video clip of Starboy, the collaboration between The Weeknd and Daft Punk
Just a week Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd ago, announced the launch of the successor of The Beauty Behind The Madness (2015), the album…
Juan Gabriel
Monday will be the great farewell of Juan Gabriel
The Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City was the venue chosen by the Mexican authorities to make public farewell to singer and songwriter Juan Gabriel.…
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…
Fedarro
Fedarro We Needed You ! ! !
This young exceptionista cuts deep with his passionate art. Singer/songwriter/producer/engeneer and a passionate cook, this multi-talented machine…
David Bowie
The constant rise of Ziggy Stardust
The death of David Bowie caused one of the biggest emotional reactions in the whole world. He was on the cover of all mainstream press, in…
Antonio Lauro
Towards the centenary of Antonio Lauro
On this day on August 3 the birth of composer and guitarist Antonio Lauro guayanés (Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, 1917) is commemorated. The…
Miley Cyrus
Enjoy the change of Miley Cyrus in her new song Malibú
Miley Cyrus premiered yesterday her new video for her first single called Malibu , which shows the clear radical change she promised she would make…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney sang with Beck
Music is life for the soul, and Paul McCartney, his life translates into making music, despite his 73 years, the most successful British musician and…
Tyga
Tyga releases his first single under his new record label: GOOD Music
This time, it is the rapper from Compton, California, Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, better known as Tyga, which last September 9 sack new topic under…
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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,…
Vanesa Martín
Vanesa Martín wants to conquer South America
The beautiful Vanessa Martin unveiled his new single Who Am I Lost You, a song that is included in his latest album Munay. I tell truths and I think…
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The Corona Revolution Fest had another edition Saturday at the Club Hipico Los Alamitos. Under an intense sun, the sounds in its four scenarios…
Royal Blood
Royal Blood premieres Hook, Line & Sinker
The British band Royal Blood , who had a great commercial as well as the flattery of musicians such as the Arctic Monkeys and Dave Grohl e n 2015…
New Radicals
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A pop rock group that was formed in the late '90s but was heavily influenced by the rock and soul of the 1970s, the New Radicals …
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On how I understood what it means to be a DJ
This fragment of the film We Are Your Friends completely changed my perception of the work of the DJ. A good DJ is not only responsible for placing…
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Barry Adamson: Know Where to Run
Finally! The light is on. The light is everywhere. We shine and love. We’ve got a place for two. We’ve got our place. We know…
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Meet the Bottleman
What would you say if someone told you that Mozart's 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', Vivaldi’s 'La Primavera' or Bach's &…
RAIGN
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The lady that had us drowning in multiple shades of feels with her artful songs like 'Don't let me go', 'Come Raise the Dead', and…
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David Bisbal receives Gold Disc in Colombia
David Bisbal closed the year with great news is that his latest single Before No became Single Gold in Colombia for being a digital sales record this…
Retrovisor
Every Sound Has Its Anniversary
Soundtracks of movies have the ability to summarize thoughts and emotions in a song. Star Wars is one of those cult films (traditional) that became a…
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Red alert in reggaeton: Daddy Yankee brought together the greats
The day of his birthday, Feb. 3, Daddy Yankee marked another milestone in the history of reggaeton. Puerto Rican, considered the greatest exponent of…
Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy Threatens To Release Lil Yatchy Diss Track
Sometimes hip hop gets pulled into some really dumb stuff and that’s exactly the case with rappers Lil Yatchy and his music idol Soulja Boy.…
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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.…
ATTICUS GEORGE
Atticus George ‘Tomboy’ – EP Review
Atticus George are going from strength to strength. I featured them back last November when they released their debut single ‘The Reins’, and…
Memo Morales
Unforgettable songs by Memo Morales
They say the great singers die on stage. And so it happened to Memo Morales who died at dawn on January 1 when he sang at a concert New Year'…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber talks about his insecurities in an open letter to his fans
The singer, who a few weeks ago canceled his tour, says he has let bitterness, jealousy and fear manage my life. Canadian singer Justin Bieber on…
DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled and Rihanna team up to present Wild Thoughts
After the mega hit I'm the One along with Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne and Quavo, DJ Khaled decided to launch a new song with…
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Kendrick Lamar has always been a lyrical god, especially as of late. He’s been dropping tracks here and there, titled… Untitled,…
Katy Perry
Katy Perry releases single Swish Swish
California singer Katy Perry has released the music video for Swish Swish, the third single from his fifth album, Witness, which is joined…
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera returns One Last Time
For several days the members of the duo without flag had been creating expectation about a live announcement on his Facebook page today to November 9…
CNCO
CNCO triumphs at the Tu Mundo Awards
The youth group CNCO was today the winner of the Tu Mundo Awards, having won three awards, including Favorite Pop Artist, in the middle of a night…
Paty Cantú
Paty Cantú: Facts Not Words
Coming from Guadalajara, singer-songwriter Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco, best known in the artistic world as Paty Cantú, with her…
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson suspends world tour due to emergency surgery
In October the famous sister of Michael Jackson, Janet released an album after 7 years of absence from the stage, his new album is titled Unbreakable…
The Mars Volta
Yahoo! Live Sets with The Mars Volta
It’s a known fact among musicians that a song and the memory of the song are not the same thing. When I think of Jimi Hendrix&#…
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The tradition of the Radetzky March
The Radetzky March is a work for symphony orchestra conducted by Johann Strauss Sr. in 1848. The story goes that the piece was composed in honor of…
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather Dodge and Burn Album Review
Jack White enthusiasts rejoice, may just become your new go-to album. On September 25, 2015 super group The Dead Weather, released their long awaited…
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…
John Mackey
John Mackey’s Farewell for Full Fathom Five Dazzles in Fine Color
This work for wind ensemble “Farewell for Full Fathom Five is remarkable. It is a largely brass-driven classical composition that is complete with…
Dontae Peeps
Keep Quiet With Dontae!
It`s been so long since I heard this extraordinary singer/exeptional songwriter, but last year he finally debuted his studio album called&…
Pusha T
King Push and Dream preach : M.F.T.R.
Pusha-T, or how he rather goes lately, King Push, teamed up with the R`n`B legend The Dream and made…
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus premieres video of the song Malibu
Miley Cyrus is always involved in the controversy due to her annoying statements that go against the models of society, her extravagant and…
Tommy James & The Shondells
T.O.N.E-z and Tommy James Draggin the Line 2020 Version Song Remake on Spotify Now
Tommy James enlists the help of T.O.N.E-z and Stevie Van Zandt to compose the perfect remake of his 1971 top five chart topper Draggin&…
Ricardo Arjona
Arjona arrives from tour Colombia
The Guatemalan singer-songwriter begins his tour of Colombia in Bogota on 7 July. Also, visit Medellín, Pereira and Cali. The month of July is…
Miguel
Miguel at Terminal 5
“Is he even real?!” a petite woman gushes to the concertgoer next to her. “Honestly, I doubt it. Humans don’t…
Bonnie McKee
Bonnie McKee And Her Inner Wild Child
Even if you don’t know her, you have heard her work. Bonnie McKee is the co-writer of many of Katy Perry’s hits, like “…
Orquesta Discotheque
Cheo Pardo prepares more songs for Orquesta Discotheque
Guitarist José Luis Cheo Pardo was a week ago in Venezuela in concert to present the new songs that will be part of the EP Los Caracas, his…
Jey M
Play for Real Madrid and also sing Reggaeton!
And there are several artists who try their luck in the music industry when stand out in other areas; just to mention some examples we find the…
Ashley Monroe
Everyone Wants To Write With Ashley Monroe – The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Ashley Monroe was once so distraught she found herself knocking on Vince Gill’s door and pouring her heart out earlier this year. Gill came…
The Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers and Coldplay released a joint song
The DJ The Chainsmokers the British band Coldplay came together in a new song that is something like a combination of Closer and Hymn for the weekend…
Wincho Schafer
Wincho, Joel Martínez and Domingo en Llamas will share the stage
Three unconventional and disparate projects together musicians share the stage this Saturday at the Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, in a concert…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd: new audiovisual
On the morning of May 22, American singer Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, better known as Lana Del Rey, released the official video for the song Lust For…
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem announced the name of their next album
LCD Soundsystem was born great. At the turn of the century, its creators James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy were New York music lovers working as DJs…
Primus
Primus Shares New Track From 'The Seven'
On September 29, the rarities of funk metal and other things, Primus will be opening their new album plate titled The Desaturating Seven and is…
Spoon
The Unique Magic of Spoon
In a world saturated with all kinds of music, it’s really exciting to discover creative artists that offer something really unique to bless…
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature.
Sometimes no news is expected, for example that the woman of the year is Madonna, Elton John or still making music after many years, but in the end…
Merle Haggard
Goodbye to a country giant!
Merle Haggard died on Wednesday April 5th, at 79, the day of his birthday. His manager, Frank Mull, said the cowboy music icon died in Palo Cedro,…
La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas
La Adictiva presents her new album
The fifteenth album of The Addictive , Sleeping In The Wrong Place , has become a real success. The group is in an excellent moment given that this…
Thalía
Thalía returns to the fight against Lyme
Consecrated singer Thalía, is going through a hard time again for health. So was announced by his thousands of followers around the world…
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.…
Anthony Ramirez
Anthony Ramirez
Anthony Ramirez aka J Anthony is a latin and english rapper/singer/producer and lastly songwriter from oklahoma, Born August 14 1999. Anthony had an…
The Beatles
The Sound of the Beatles: Still Here, There and Everywhere
Almost four decades ago, the songs of the band from Liverpool made their way to my ears here in the Philippines. This was not because I chose to but…
Soda Stereo
Editorial.
Ten years ago Soda Stéreo returned to give some impressive shows. A decade later they had separated. Today we gathered a series of signatures of…
Jaden Smith
Jaden Smith: “Fallen”
The son of comedian and actor Will Smith, Jaden Smith, has launched the first song to debut the new release of their album, entitled [Syre]. In this…
Maren Morris
Maren Morris – EP Review
Up until last year, the majority of the public had never heard of Maren Morris. She seems to have just suddenly burst onto the country music…
Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles ‘Unlove You’ – Single Review
Jennifer Nettles seems to be on an amazingly creative roll lately. The singer seems to have found her niche in both music and acting, and might I say,…
The Coral
The magic of The Coral
The band The Coral was rated by critics as the first English band resurgence of groups guitars (guitar group revival). Its beginnings started in 1996…
Yandel
Yes Maná Has A Song With The Same Name
Oh my love, you're my religion. So says the song of the group of Mexican origin. As Puerto Riqueño and former member of the duo Wisin y…
Dani Stevenson
Dani Stevenson Turns Up on Love Me
Dani Stevenson, the R&B powerhouse from Atlanta, has graced us with a brand new track titled “Love Me.” It’s no surprise that Dani, who has…
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…
k.d. lang
k?d remixes a masterpiece of Porter Robinson's song Sad Machine
We all know that k?d is a heck of a DJ but my oh my, where did this remix come from?! This remix of Porter Robinson’s “Sad Machine” is just fun in…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer Drops New Single Featuring Justin Bieber
Today, the Canadian singer Justin Bieber joined Major Lazer electronics to release a new single, entitled Cold Water. The lyrics of Cold Water is to…
Shakira
blackmail keeps ringing
Colombians, Shakira and Maluma still on top with Blackmail. This is the first single from the tenth album of the singer. The issue closed this year…
Gilberto Santa Rosa
A Guinness for the music of Gilberto Santa Rosa
As if they were few awards that the musician Gilberto Santa Rosa has received throughout his artistic life, a Guinness award adds. This time it is a…
Jonas Blue
A tune to keep on driving for?
From the moment that I heard “Fast Car”, when Tracy Chapman released it in 1988, I’ve not only loved it, but I also…
Alicia Keys
How Do Music Reality Shows Monetize?
Shows the Realitys gave a new look to the way people watch TV. Provided such feeling of closeness, allows the public to imagine that may be the one…
Reis Belico
New single
Barreto Ruben Dario Guzman, better known by his stage name Reis War, is a singer of hip hop Venezuelan born in Venezuela on June 26, 1993. At the…
Sheryl Rubio
Sheryl vs Cory?
Rivalry? Venezuelan actress Sheryl Rubio known for its outstanding participation in youth series (including it 's you and I) hung in his…
Prince Royce
Prince Royce's fifth album is out: Five
Bachata also sounds with Prince Royce, a New York musician -necessary Dominican roots for bachatero- touch, and the fifth album of his collection,…
Green Day
#SundaySpotlight: Top 10 Albums By Green Day
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Lady Gaga
All In On: Divas - Lady Gaga
I don’t like the word ‘diva’. It has bad connotations: when I picture a ‘diva’, I picture some hyped…
Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Dirty South is deep inside of me. Dirty, sweaty south is where I’m from. Madness and hopelessness, magick and misery, dust and whiskey,…
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean premiered the song Chanel
New Orleans has a new prodigy son called Christopher Edwin Breaux, better known as Frank Ocean. The singer who revolutionized R & B in 2011…
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Gorillaz is back!
And finally came the day! Gorillaz is back and do it with Hallelujah Money, its first new issue after 6 years. Here you have the cooperation of the…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift makes a dream come true
This time the artist surprised us as it made the dream of a fanatic. The story that reason Taylor was held in April, where he received a letter from…
Jory Boy
Behind you Remix, official video
five months trots out this simple, hand of Dayme & The High producers, but it was not until the end of September they released the remix with…
The Weeknd
The Weeknd and Daft Punk together again
The Weeknd released the video for I Feel It Coming, the second theme in which the duo Daft Punk is involved in the album Starboy. The clip is played…
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher Wants To Work With Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn is after preparing a long time a new album of the band of cartoons Gorillaz by the manager of Jamie Hewtlett animations which has a much…
Linkin Park
6 Rap/Rock Artists You Need To Listen To
I’ve been a fan of both rap music and rock music for a really long time. Both genres bear many similarities and the fusion of the two just…
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT
On June 27, Compton, California rapper Kendrick Lamar released the music video for the song ELEMENT, produced by James Blake, Sounwave and Ricci…
Sixto Rein
Sixto Rein breaks off his work relationship with his manager.
Venezuelan singer Sixto Rein announced yesterday the breakdown of the employment relationship he had with his manager, Juan Pablo Ferreira, who had…
Tina Turner
A musical in which Tina Turner is the subject
The life of the wonderful pop legend Tina Turner, along with his songs, will be the subject of a musical writing playwright Katori Hall and will be…
DJ Khaled
Did Dj Khaled change a lot?
October 23, just ten days ahead. That's how much time separates us from the new Dj Khaled's album. He the Best, He Global,…
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The Mavericks ‘Mono’ – Album Review
The Mavericks have always been coy about being pigeon-holed. Melding neo-traditional country with alternative, Tex-Mex and more, it was almost a…
Coldplay
The Superbowl Halftime Show 2016
From afar, the Levi Stadium was a spectacle of pastel fantasy madness with three of the most anticipated artists of this time. When I saw the line-up…
Melendi
Melendi is sweeping with his new video clip
Melendi and audiovisual material presented his new La Casa No Es Igual which is one of the songs on his new album Take off your glasses. This new…
Sebastian Mikael
A cloud of soulfood raindrops: Meet Sebastian Mikael
Swedish/Ethiopian R`n`B star Sebastian Mikael is this super-talented singer/producer/audio engineer, a …
Waka Flocka Flame
Is Waka Flocka Planning On Going Independent?: A Short Study On Indie & Major label Artists
The music industry currently has a larger number of independent artists than ever before. This is thanks in large part to technological advances in…
ZZ Top
The Full Tilt Boogie Concert At Green Mountain Racetrack
ZZ TOP, GARY CLARK JR. TO CO-HEADLINE DAYLONG VERMONT MUSIC FESTIVAL WHERE GUITARS STAND AT THE CROSSROADS OF ROADHOUSE BOOGIE, SOUTHERN ROCK, BLUE-…
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The Heart & Sole of Converse
Although Converse is most widely recognized for its iconic sneakers, the roots of the brand run much deeper than footwear. Converse was built on a…
Lukas Graham
Take A Closer Look At Lukas Graham
Upon hearing the recent bees around the music industry, one of the busiest and most commonly heard buzz is probably Lukas Graham.If the news hasn&…
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' turns 10
Ten years of good soul and sound Mowtown have elapsed since the release of the album Back to Black by Amy Winehouse. The record, second and last of…
Estopa
Glasses of Rosa: new video clip of Estopa
Interpreters hits like La Raja De Tu Falda, Vinotinto and As shrimp have new video clip. The Spanish duo Estopa, formed by David and Jose Manuel…
Jarred Pierce
Jarred Pierce ‘It’s Going Down’ - EP Review
Jarred Pierce’s latest EP ‘It’s Going Down’ has kind of an unfortunate title. To all intents and purposes it implies a mindless collection of bro-…
Carlos Vives
The good moment that Carlos Vives lives
Carlos Vives continues to demonstrate once again why he is one of the most important Latin artists on the continent. Colombia is in a good time after…
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Brahms “Violin Concerto”
The Brahms Violin concerto is awesome to a tee. The extensive violin cadenzas of the piece make this the beauty that it is. The violin has always…
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Flaunting ridiculous amounts of talent, Pink Floyd are one of the biggest, most eccentric and experimental bands of the 70’s. Notorious for…
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age reveal new Villians single
Almost two months ago and after four years without presenting new music Queens of the Stone Age surprised their fans by revealing the first…
Soundgarden
Chris Cornell spoke about the future of Soundgarden
Soundgarden is listed as one of the most influential bands in contemporary music. With the album Superunknown of 1994 they managed to position…
Chris Brown
Chris Brown at the water park for new “Pills & Automobiles” video
This time, it is the singer, dancer, actor and producer North American Chris Brown, who last August 25 only the official video of what would be the…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
The Fabulous Cadillacs shined in Chile
The important Viña del Mar International Song Festival could not start better than with the participation of Argentina band Los Fabulosos…
The Normal Living
7 Questions For The Normal Living - New Jersey Rock and Roll Band
The Normal Living (TNL) serves up a blend of guitar-driven songs, layered with intricate piano, pop-rock vocals, and sophisticated drums. It’s…
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Serrat reissues the tour El Gusto es Nuestro
The quartet of friends made up of Joan Manuel Serrat, Ana Belen, Victor Manuel and Miguel Rios tour reissues Our taste is the same they did 20 years…
Chino & Nacho
Nacho and Los Fantásticos to Venezuela in ''Valiente''
Miguel Ignacio Mendoza Venezuelan singer musically known as Nacho, the Chinese duo Nacho, presented three days ago on his official Youtube channel…
Motörhead
Phil Taylor, legendary Motörhead drummer, has died
The iconic and historical drummer Phil Taylor of the band Motorhead died at age 61 last Wednesday, November 11 due to an undisclosed illness. My…
C4trÍo
C4 Trio celebrates ten years of music
For some, it is four young men who have put their skills to the service of music with traditional roots of Venezuela. For others, four of the top…
The Killers
The Killers will celebrate 10 years of their album Sam's Town
The Killers is an American band that has remained over time as one of the most important in the world. They are 15 years of a successful project that…
Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores O’riordan Returns With New Band D.A.R.K.
Looks like all of my lineup dreams are coming to life with – a new alternative band that seems to be a organic fusion of The Smiths and The…
Radiohead
Radiohead released video for their song Lift
Although his world tour has come to an end, in addition to not having released a new album this 2017, the iconic band Radiohead has known how to stay…
Britney Spears
Britney's little something
When someone talks about lip syncing, Britney Spears is bound to come up in conversation. I remember when “Womanizer” was just released, I went to LA…
ZAYN
Zayn premiered the video for Dusk Till Dawn
Zayn Malik premiered the video of his most recent single Dusk Till Dawn which has the collaboration of the Australian Sia. However in the audiovisual…
Gerry Weil
Biographical book of Gerry Weil will be published.
The Foundation for Urban Culture, with the support of Guataca, published a biography on the polifónica life master of the Venezuelan Austrian…
Ed Sheeran
Complex lyrics and difficult flows
How the times have changed When I started writing lyrics for other artists, I think around 2004, I was told once that my lyrics were complex and…