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Wiped Out!
The Neighbourhood Wiped Out! Album Review
On October 30th, 2015 The Neighbourhood released their sophomore album entitled The Neighbourhood is a group that has historically evoked a strong…
Beauty Behind The Madness
Review: The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind The Madness'
While the abrasive opening guitar riffs of “Real Life,” the first track on Beauty Behind The Madness, bear a striking resemblance…
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…
Teenage Dream
#tbt Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Let's go back to times when Katy Perry was still Katy Perry, or at least she looked like one. It was the time when she was regularly in tabloids,…
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…
Caiga la Noche
The Innkeepers are unstoppable
Los Mesoneros, Venezuelan band still residing in Mexico, have been unstoppable since the release of their second studio album titled Caiga La Noche.…
Triplicate (Sampler)
My Letter-Review To Bob Dylan
The masks have fallen down and now it’s clear to everyone that Bob Dylan has no inspiration left for his music releases. His creative approach over…
Elder
Elder - Elder
Elder are a great American psychedelic rock/stoner doom band from Massachusetts. They have released a bunch of great albums through the years, but…
Honeymoon
The Biggest Narcissist Of Them All
Estoy enamorado de mí, pero yo creo que no es mutuo. Creo que debería ser el nombre del próximo disco de Lana del Rey. Si se hubiera…
A 4 APP
What Anastacia fans voted for
I’ve had the incredible pleasure of seeing Anastacia perform live as she was supporting Bon Jovi on one of their European tours. At the time,…
Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres
Electric Six Could Really Use Some Fresh Blood
It seemed like Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die is the last album by Electric Six, but it’s not. New autumn and new album. Fresh Blood For Tired Vampires is…
Little Games
Good old rock. Little games by The Yardbirds.
For a while, listening to the songs by “The Yardbirds”, I thought that these were the song by “The Doors”. The…
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…
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…
Prisoner
The Zenith Of Ryan Adams
From the first notes of Ryan Adam’s new album, you will hear more than you have ever heard before in the career of this gifted author. What I am…
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.…
The Making Of
Another Modern Rock Band? Really?
The Bohicas are rookies on British rock scene. Young, handsome, multi-ethnic band. They are armed with electric guitars, leather jackets and…
Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
Can Wider Audiences Be More Prophetic About Chuck Now?
Chuck Prophet has been around since the times Green On Red roamed the wide fields of roots rock in the Eighties. Those were the heady days, with The…
Every Third Thought
Every Third X File
Although most of us know David Duchovny as Molder from Dossier X, not a lot of us know that this multifaceted actor is also a singer who recently…
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,…
No Time For It
Fantasia's pretty generic this time
Can you believe it’s already 12 years ago, when she won American Idol?! Even though Fantasia was born into a musical family, thus it seemed…
Spades and Roses
Americana Girl
After she won American Songwriter competition, Caroline Spence released her first album Somehow back in 2015. This year, her debut got its successor…
Pure Comedy
Pure Comedy
Father John Misty is a consummate entertainer. On Pure Comedy, he questions the value of entertainment, capitalism, and everything…
The Navigator
Hurray For PoertoRican Vagabond
Alynda Segarra, the creative force behind the band Hurray For The Riff Riff, traveled across United States with a banjo in her hands like a vagabond…
Fast Food
Check Your Pulse When She Sings
What you get when you combine Anna Calvi and PJ Harvey? You don’t know? Well, get to know by knowing her majesty – Nadine Shah,…
Dark Night of The Soul
Throwback Thursday: Death Behind Danger Mouse's Dark Night Of The Soul
There are not many albums with the history of making long as Dark Night Of The Soul has. From the start of the project to the final release of the…
The Penny Collector
Carrie Elkin - The Soul Americana
That is soul as in giving it all and having a true feel for a certain music genre. It his case the folkier version of Americana. When trying…
Fantasy Empire
Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire
Lightning Bolt is a renowned American avant-garde noise rock/math rock band. The duo who make up this great genre surpassing noise rock band have…
Pijan slavej
The Drunk Nightingale and the magical world of Foltin
“Foltin” are one of the most exciting bands coming from Macedonia. Building their sound through all these years (from 1995 until…
Back to Harbour
The Harvest Ministers - A Bumper Crop
William Merriman has been behind the quietly sophisticated Dublin band The Harvest Ministers for some thirty years now. Even though it doesn’t seem…
The Optimist
Anathema Continues Avoiding Metal
Liverpool's Anathema onset their career at the start of the 90s as a doom metal group, who would have thought they would profile themselves as one…
im sorry
NYC's Brett Castro Stuns Listeners With His New Break-Up EP
Brett Castro is no stranger to writing beautiful lyrics that tug at your heartstrings, pulled together by captivating production and music. His…
III
Sardonis - III
The two-man Belgian sludge metal/stoner doom band Sardonis came out with a great new album this year. The album is laconically titled III and doesn&#…
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…
Still Testifying
My Darling Clementine - Keep On Testifying
It seems they’re a good time in putting out good Americana sounds. This time from the other side of the pond and a duo that represents some of the…
Heart On (Deluxe Edition)
Zipper Down
Zipper Down came after seven years of waiting. Take that, those who whine about Adele’s 3 year period of latency. Same as their previous…
LNZNDRF
The National Beirut
After the collaboration of the members of The National and Menomena (aka Pfarmers), the time has come for The National and Beirut to work on their…
Foxhole
The Proper Ornaments - A familiar sounding progression
A lot of complaints about the second The Proper Ornaments album Foxhole. It seems to come from the same quarters that didn’t like the way…
Christine And The Queens
Is The Hype Around Christine and The Queens Legitimate?
Heloise Letissier, known as Christine and the Queens, is a French musician who shook up the music scene this year. Her debut was released…
The Gamble
Refined Experiment
Reunions of past collaborators can often be disappointing, especially when it comes to art projects. Luckily, Nils Frahm did not fall into that trap…
A Way in the Wind
Railway Gamblers Bring Their A Game Again
When someone creates a masterpiece as Railway Gamblers did at the beginning of the year with Shadow Of The Moon, many would go on…
Get Weird (Deluxe)
Boy how Little Mix have grown up
Get Weird is the third studio album from British pop-stars Little Mix (made up of Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jesy Nelson)…
I.
I. - A Beautiful Haze
I often find myself drawn to certain songs because of the mood that they create. Cigarettes After Sex is such a prime example of this in each of their…
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, &…
Stuck in the Status Quo
All-out Against The Status Quo
As of the early Nineties, Antwerp, Belgium emerged as one of the strongest rock scenes this side of La Manche Channel. And it has quite a lot to thank…
And Then There Were None...
Church Of Misery - And Then There Were None
The well-known Japanese stoner metal/doom band Church Of Misery came out with a new album recently. Church Of Misery albums always tend to build up a…
ÆTONAL
Espen Lund - ÆTONAL
Espen Lund is an avant-garde drone doom musician from Norway that mixes the aforementioned genres with free jazz and noise. Now while saying this I…
Soul Sphere
Born Of Osiris Soul Sphere Album Review
Chicago’s heavy metal quintet Born Of Osiris released their 5th full length release on October, 29th 2015. The album is based on the ancient…
Grace
JEFF BUCKLEY’S GRACE
One of the greatest tragedies of the 00’s was the loss of the prolific and incredibly talented musician, Jeff Buckley. It is a wonderful…
Two Years
Two Years of Great Sound
Missing those Galaxie 500 albums? Low got too loud? Cowboy Junkies and Kristine Hersh nowhere to be found? Or, whatever happened to Kramer, the guy…
For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
Slow, Deep and Hard
The title of Type O Negative’s first album is a perfect describer of Subrosa’s new record, For This We Fought the Battle of Ages.…
Ares
The #TuVozTuPoder concert was a complete success.
Yesterday, October 30, the concert organization No Gag was held in the alfredo sadel plaza, which is in charge of bringing all citizens, what are our…
Champion
Champion is the new Fall Out Boy
In 15 years of being founded, there have been 9 studio albums, more than 115 presentations on stage, and the same members remain faithful to the…
If I Die Before I Wake
Suzuki Junzo - If I Die Before I Wake
Suzuki Junzo is a renowned Japanese psychedelic rock guitarist and ''If I Die Before I Wake'' is his latest album, released only as…
Ten Best
Is it still murder on the dance floor?
When Sophie Ellis Bextor broke through, in the early 2000s, I really thought she was going to be massive, but with the occasional appearance put aside…
Country Grammar
Country Grammar
El debut de Nelly en el 2000 trajo la vida y el sonido de San Luis al mundo. Es un laberinto sintáctico de la cultura local que funciona como un…
Orc
No More Thee In Thee Oh Sees
In art, contrary to some aspects of life, quantity is never more important than quality. Yet, some artists manage to sooth both spectrums. John Dwyer,…
Amber Galactic
The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic [Album Review]
When you find out the names behind The Night Flight Orchestra you’ll think the band is another supergroup promising the world a revolution. But the…
Solo
The New of Los Mesoneros already has a name and date
Caracas band, currently impeached in Mexico, has been doing an exceptional job in creating new musical material. For several months, Innkeepers have…
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…
Music From Before The Storm
Daughter's Soundtrack For A Video Game is A Well Done Task
Working on a soundtrack is a double-edge sword for an artist. He needs to remain loyal to his signature sound, while simultaneously making sure that…
New Born Remixed
Sounds of Sputnik explore new vistas with their EP 'New Born Remixed'
Last year, Moscow shoegaze band Sounds of Sputnik re-released their debut LP New Born feat. Ummagma through hallmark U.S. shoegaze…
Automatic & Voluntary
MODOC: Automatic + Voluntary LP
Comprised of Clint Culberson (singer/rhythm guitars), Kyle Addison (lead guitars), and John Carlson (drums), MODOC came together at Ball State…
Waiting on a Song
When Dan Takes A Break From The Black Keys
When you reach wide audiences with your mother band, it is clear that you should be careful about every step you take, because any wrong move can mean…
Take Her Up To Monto
Mama Ro
The ex lead singer of legendary band Moloko released her third studio album last year, titled Hairless Toys. The album was experimental, as everyone…
To The Bone
In A Shocking Twist, Steven Wilson Goes Pop
To quote The Daily Telegraph, Steven Wilson is probably the most successful musician you have never heard of. After ten Porcupine Tree albums, Wilson…
Carry Fire
We Got Spoiled By Robert Plant
Robert Plant does not give up and on Carry Fire he continues with his ethnomusic excursion related to Anglo-American folklore. For those who don't…
Rot
Bed Wettin Bad Boys Can Wet My Bed
Garage punk quartet from Sydney Bed Wettin Bad Boys started off as a side project of Nic Warmock (founder of R.I.P. Society Label) and Joe Sukit,…
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,…
Voyage
Usssy - Voyage
The Russian avant-garde noise-rock/psych rock band Usssy released their new album 'Voyage' a couple of weeks ago via the American record label…
Endless Summer
Soley - Turning Nightmares Into Dreams
It must have something to do with all those geysers in Iceland. I don’t know what else it could be that makes the modern music coming from that island…
Whiteout Conditions
Confident Return of The New Pornographers
It’s been three years since the last album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. In this period, the members either focused on their…
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…
An Evening with Friends at Huvila (Live)
Amorphis - An Evening with Friends at Huvila [Review]
I don’t often do reviews of live albums but every now and then a marvelous live performance appears that deserves to be shared with others. One of…
A Moon Shaped Pool
My Albums of the Year: Radiohead: Moon Shaped Pool
Well of course Moon Shaped Pool would make the cut, since I never shut up about Radiohead. There's a lot to be said about the album, which is the…
The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary
A New Sound for the Times
The Velvet Underground, a quite famous yet not the most popular band. During its early years in the 60’s, the group wasn’t drawing…
Ego
Drop the Mic for Bibi Bourelly
Pop, R&B or Hip-Hop has a special place (not only in my soul) but in the creative verse of our everyday language. Bibi Bourelly may have her…
Blonde On Blonde
#tbt Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
In this week's throwback, I am continuing with Bob Dylan's albums. Blonde on Blonde is the first double studio album in the history of music…
Half a Century Sun
Island Music Shines
The first moment you encounter the music of Coti K.,“The Man From Managra”, a Greek guy form the Island of Tinos, you would be hard pressed to say…
Shadow of the Moon
Railway Gamblers Deserve More Attention
Sometimes, good things are buried deep down in the entropy of the world and you find them by accident. This is especially the case with the…
Not To Disappear
DAUGHTER’S NEW WAYS: NOT TO DISAPPEAR
“I can’t be without, I just need it here” This lyric in the first track on the album on Not Disappear, New Ways,…
A Hermitage
Clash Of Cultures
Jambinai is a band playing a mix of post rock/metal and Korean traditional music. They equally incorporate guitars and traditional instruments,…
Signs of Light
More Head, Less Heart
The Head And The Heart is a young band from Seattle who got recognized with their self-titled debut due to its irresistible sensitive…
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…
Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes
Jacques Loussier and the beautiful world of Erik Satie
When I first heard the music of Erik Satie I thought – well there is something I could listen to for weeks. And I did. But, when I heard…
La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
Experimental Happiness
Whenever I am listening to this artist, I dream about Africa. Yannick Iiunga from Cape Town is the new name on the music scene. After the successful…
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…
Salutations
Oberst's Salutations To Ruminations
Conor Orbest came out of the phase in which indie-folk audience perceived him as the best author of the younger generation and entered the new era in…
Not Even Happiness
This Byrne Can Also Make You Happy
I got drawn to listen to Julie Byrne’s “Not Even Happiness” album after a series of articles, posts, whatnot about it. The simple stark black and…
Hidden City
The Cults Will Always Be Cult
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy did not take a different direction on the tenth album of their band The Cult. It paid off because they did not get lost…
One Stone
Trixie Mattel is a Drag Version of Dolly Parton
Every time I hear super awesome music from none other than a drag queen, one fairy gets born. Drag queens who are also a great musicians are extremely…
Pictures of Saint Paul Street
Greg Ashley - When Cynicism Pays Off
Through the 5+1 solo albums he has made so far, Greg Ashley has shown that if you are to fit into the shoes of guys like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Lou…
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…
Prism
Dovley's Single Prism Off Her Soon To Be Released Album Beautiful Chaos Is PHENOMENAL
Dovley's music is incredible.....a dance artist with a style all her own, she is not only gorgeous, but her talent easily rises to the top in the…
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,…
Machinist
Space Opera
“The song is a sci-fi narrative about a woman who falls in love with a robot. In the video she hallucinates on rocket fuel and tears apart…
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…
Some Twist
Michael Nau - ...And The Summer's Back
Last year I touted on these pages (it is a site, but you still have to flip the pages one way or the other) Michael Nau’s album Mowing (like the…
Scalping the Guru
El Jesus De Magico - Scalping The Guru
El Jesus De Mágico son un noise-rock banda estadounidense de rock / psicodélico de Columbus, Ohio. Se han publicado un buen número de…
Greatest Hits
Tracing Tracy Chapman's Musical Journey
Nearly three decades ago, this singer-songwriter stepped into the wider world stage after years of performing in smaller, more intimate platforms. Her…
Northern Passages
Steady Addition To The Sadies Discography
Northern Passages is tenth studio album by Canadian band The Sadies. If we include live albums and compilations, it is the 16th album they have…
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…
Schmilco
Wilco Plays It Safe
After ambitious art phases, run by gut and fueled by and emotion, artistic process usually comes to the point of homeostasis. It is not a bad phase…
Geography
Front 242: Geography
The 1980's was a golden period for Industrial music. During that decade I was buying everything I could on vinyl; Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Front…
Machine Gun: Live at The Fillmore East 12/31/1969 (First Show)
Hendrix Had a Machine Gun
When Jimi Hendrix Experience split up in 1969, Jimi Hendrix did not procrastinate for too long. He played with Billy Cox for a while, and…
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen is a Swan
Good old Leonard drops albums at the speed of light, just as he would as he was at the beginning of his career. Three releases in the past four years…
Canyons of My Mind
On the Art of Being Subtle
Trying to be subtle doesn’t usually bring success in the country (Americana) music. Unless you are Kris Kristofferson, of course. Up to his third…
Blood of the Saints
#tbt: Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints
Key years in career of Powerwolf occur in two year intervals, and everything started in 2003. Two years later, Return inBloodred came out, and then…
American Utopia
More than a Talking Head (David Byrne)
We are only tourists in this life/ Only tourists but the view is nice The name of David Byrne is often replaced with the name Talking Heads…
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…
Outside The Box
Hacktivist -Outside The Box
There is something incisive about artists who use their music as a tool for political activism. I believe the final product returns to the…
The Awakening
P.O.D. W.O.W.
To start your career during the 90s and create some alternative metal with rap all over it, experiencing turbulence of the new millennium and release…
american dream
Small Letters, But Big Words from James Murphy's Pen
Recently I had a discussion with one of my friends who is also obsessed with music about significant artists who created genius music after 2000. His…
Believe It
Yes, you better Believe It
Like all of the Miles Davis’ alumnus, Tony Williams continued the exploration-into-rock-music idiom of his mentor. But Williams went…
Broke With Expensive Taste
Azealia Banks Continues To Slay
Even though she released one of the most interesting rap albums in 2014 and shut the mouth to everyone who called her one hit wonder because of…
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…
Trouble
The Dead C - Trouble
The New Zealand lo-fi avant-garde noise-rock/garage rock greats The Dead C came out with a new album this year via Ba Da Bing Records. As was perhaps…
Fake Sugar
Fake Sugar
The debut solo album from Beth Ditto finds the former Gossip singer reconnecting with her southern roots. Despite some thin lyrics and odd production…
First Ditch Effort (Commentary)
Candid NOFX In Rearview
Can’t you see my soul, on the record sleeve, it’s going out for sale as soon as it gets saved. (NOFX – Take Two Placebos And Call Me Lame) After the…
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…
Post Pop Depression
PostPopDepression
It is so refreshing to see a long-standing artist who is not relying on his old fame. There are only a few of them who are perpetually pushing the…
Burst Apart
#tbt The Antlers: Burst Apart
Is there a bigger cliche in the world of music than an indie band from New York? Not many things come to mind and everytime something new and original…
Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics
East Meets West
It’s an indescribably fulfilling to hear how The Heliocentrics once again adjust to the playing style and instrumentation of their collaborator. In…
One More Light
What Happened To Linkin Park?
Oh man, how many strong opinions were created when the new album by Linkin Park saw the light of the day! First of all, it is an indicator that the…
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'…
Gopro: Eagle Hunters in a New World
Film Soundtrack Done Right
Making a film soundtrack requires a double mastery. You have to make do music an additional part of the story told in images, but you also have to…
Carrie & Lowell
Reflections on Sufjan Steven's Latest Offering
It’s finally time to talk about what has been described as Sufjan Stevens’ most personal album to date. The mysterious, melancholy man behind the…
This House Is Not For Sale
Why Bon Jovi Is My Guilty Pleasure
It’s strange how I love the guy whose music I don’t even listen, and probably I know most of his hits. This peculiar relation is due to the bad…
Blood
Lianne La Havas's Vibe Is Unstoppable In Her Second Studio Album Blood
Lianne La Havas's Vibe is Unstoppable in her Second Album The girl who captured everybody's attention since her debut album Is Your Love Big…
Trippy Caribbean
Trippy Caribbean: Rawayana's new album
Rawayana is a Venezuelan band of reggae, ska and pop formed in 2007 in the city of Caracas, in 2011 released his first studio album License To Be…
Somersault
Somersault is the new Surf, According to Beach Fossils
Third album of Brooklyn based indie collective titled Somersault represents a step forward in comparison to its predecessors Beach Fossils…
Don't Let Me Down
The Chainsmokers and Daya don't let me down
Hace unos 5 años, The Chainsmokers fueron los primeros en utilizar un hashtag y la palabra autofoto en una canción. Odiaba la canción…
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…
A Little Death
My Jerusalem: Post-Punkers Have Finally Made A Hit Rock Album
My Jerusalem is a band who caught music world’s attention instantly. Founder Jeff Klein had played with The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins…
Resurrection
Adina Howard brings a freak resurrection
Adina Howard is known to be surprising. Usually she just shows she has a lot of guts. To return to music was a bit of a surprise to me too. The last I…
Toy
Toy
The fourth album from Austin, Tx.’s A Giant Dog fuses the gaudy delivery of 1970s rock and the pillars of modern punk. Its songs offer lyrics about…
Blackjazz
Sounds from the mental institution Pt.2
When Blackjazz came out back in 2010 it quickly became a cult avant-garde record. The guys from Shining already played an extreme form of…
Mystère
Hypnotic and mysterious (if that album title wasn't clear enough!)
From the very first seconds of Sphynx, the opening song from the second album of this French band two things are clear. On one hand, this is an…
The Ninth Hour
Sonata Arctica Became A Band With Only One Good Song
No matter how grumpy I was when I heard the information that they are preparing the new studio material, Sonata Arctica will always be one of those…
Bedouine
Bedouine Epitomizes Her Name in Music
Under the name Bedouine hides girl born in Aleppo. Her parents moved to United States after winning green card lottery. Migration is in her blood, her…
Can Summer Love Last Forever?
Folk Diamond For Winter Days
The story of Swedish duo Flora Cash begun with the meeting on Soundcloud, continued on Skype and it is still on. Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole…
Deep Purple
Come Taste the Band
Originally released in 1975, “Come Taste the Band” heralded the arrival of new guitarist Tommy Bolin. The former James Gang…
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…
Marked for Death
Emma Ruth Rundle is The Princess of Drone Folk
MUSIC REVIEW 65 Emma Ruth Rundle Emma Ruth Rundle is a female musician and visual artist from Los Angeles, California…
Big Inner
The Big Inner of the Big White Man
Matthew E. White is an American artist that came on strong from the start, with a voice of his own and gained international following instantly. As…
Seven Swans
Asking Questions with Sufjan Stevens
Speaking of albums I keep returning to, it would be foolish not to mention Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans. While I appreciate Carrie &…
Elephunk
Nostalgia for Elephunk
If we’re honest with ourselves, we never really got over the masterpiece that is The Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk. The 2013 release…
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…
What Went Down
Foals Continue To Stand Out In The Ocean Of Indie
Making good music is not about putting notes together by simple, generic instructions like it is some kind of kinder egg toy. Boys from Oxford are…
Testimony
Robbie Robertson - The Decades of Testifying
I really hope that this is a more current picture of Robbie Robertson on this new album he put out called Testimony. Well, new in the sense that it…
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
Iconic French duo Air (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) have recently shared Indian Summer (a previously limited track),…
This Town
Casual and Impressive
Niall Horan dropped an anticipated song even though the world had no idea Horan was releasing material any time soon. Although unexpected, the…
Grounds for Resentment (feat. Olly Alexander)
Beauty in the Breakup
Grounds for Resentment, the second single from British musician Kele Okereke's upcoming third album Fatherland…
Bug In The System
Zoocrates shares new track Bug In The System
Zoocrates was created in 2014 by the Argentinian songwriter Daiana Bolini, now based in Montreal. Her music combines alternative and electronic rock…
Safari
J Balvin Debuts Safari With Pharrel
This new theme called Safari has a very different rhythm to which we are accustomed to the Colombian who has teamed up with Pharrell Williams, BIA…
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! &…
Mind Mischief
Kevin Parker's Women Troubles
Sometimes a musician embodies a particular aesthetic too convincingly, making it difficult for a listener (i.e. me) to imagine him or her…
Green Light
A Dramatic Confession for the Dancefloor
Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this…
Banana Brain
One Banana, Two Brains
A duo you either hate or love, I for one can not help but be attracted to the bizzare, twisted videos Die Antwoord release. Usually their songs are…
Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid) (from the
Fall Out Boy's fearless sound
Yesterday, when I blogged about Rihanna’s new song “Sledgehammer” I originally had planned to write about something…
Boyfriend
American Pastoral
American singer-songwriter Lissie's latest track “Boyfriend operates in the same thematic territory as her critically acclaimed third…
F.U.
Feel Like A Fool In Love With Little Mix
Little Mix is the hottest girl group in the world. The fact that Little Mix had a bit of a rough start (seemed like you couldn't find their 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&…
Easy
Super easy to get into
At the beginning of this year, I blogged about Bonnie McKee’s inner wild child when she released the track “Wasted Youth” with a party hardy video.…
Karma Police
The Subtle Artistry of Karma Police
As a counter-argument in his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. It is my…
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…
Stop Desire
Mundane Sensuality
This colorful number by twin duo Tegan and Sara has overlaid their fun pop-rock vocals over a underlying desire that can be found through performing…
Devil Wears Prada (feat. Ronnie Banks)
Jasmine And Ronnie Dress The Devil!
In her latest single drop Jasmine V brings nothing but banging fire! The classic R`n`Bass beat follows an…
Some Kinda Wonderful
The Cheeky side of Betty Who
She's the favorite of the underground, friends with many other artists and creatives, and she's a proud…
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…
Blowin' Smoke
Jeremy Dion Weaves A Tall Tale in His Newest Single Blowin' Smoke
Jeremy Dion has connected with music since he was a toddler. He started with the piano at age seven, and began writing songs when he first picked up a…
Still Breathing
Still Kicking...
Green Day are continuing on their status quo of releasing videos, this one for their latest single 'Still Breathing' is a lyric music video.…
Meteorite - From
Intrinsic Movement
Sparkle was the first word I saw tied to Years & Years newest music video for 'Meteorite'. Indeed sparkle is a big part of the music…
Road Head
Pump and Run
Road Head followed “Machinist” and “Boyish” as the third taste of Japanese Breakfast's (…
Secret Love Song
A Mix of a Little Everything
Yes, Little Mix seems to be a mix of a lil everything. When I first heard them, they sounded cute, acted cute, and sang in a cuteness style.&…
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,…
Es Mejor
[ IRAN ] DUSTS OUT A CLASSIC OF PARANOIAS
Luis Iran has decided to maintain his artistic streak intact, now in his role as soloist [IRAN] which is preparing her debut album. The topics…
On My Mind
Ellie Goulding Debuts New Single
Ellie Goulding has been rather silent ever since her last release, but that changed this morning on UK radio station Capital FM's Breakfast Show…
Wasteland
Hope In A Wasteland
Life gets overwhelming. With all the atrocities taking place in the world today, it’s not difficult to feel a little hopeless. This reality…
Cave Me In
R&B Looks East
After earning critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination (Best Urban Contemporary Album) for his debut album Ology (2016), Maryland singer-…
Imagine - 2010 - Remaster
Imagine a better future for children UNICEF
UNICEF has brought together a number of artists, to create a campaign that make us imagine a better world for children, with all the events that…
Horns
Devilish Intentions
Bryce Fox buries a darker edge with his single Horns. The song sounds exactly the way one would suspect with such a track title. The explosive way the…
Let My Baby Stay
Hypnotic Appeal
Amandla Stenberg may only be 18 years old, but she has already proven herself to be a woman of many, many talents. After demonstrating her…
Saturn
A Song for the Soul
In May of 2015, I moved to Ohio, and in December of 2015, it became unbearably frigid (in my opinion, of course). While my husband is perfectly…
Take Me Home
Anthony helped Jess getting back Home
Young and still fresh neverening Pop craze, lovely female vocal Jess Glynne decided to update her single Take Me Home ,&…
I'd Rather Be The Devil (Devil Got My Woman)
John Martyn would rather be the Devil
I love the Blues! It’s the basis for almost everything that happened in popular music from the beginnings of the 20th century until the…
Line Of Sight (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair)
The Future Of ODESZA Means A More Mature Ambient Sound
All the cross over musicians who are combining electronica, indie, and ambient noise are dictating one focus, the advantage of channeling atmosphere…
Cone of Shame
Faith No More with a new video for Cone Of Shame
I’m proud to present the new video for the song Cone Of Shame by Faith No More. Why would I be proud, someone could ask? Well, it was…
Flip and Rewind (feat. Rashida Jones)
Time to reminisce
As the daughter of Quincy Jones, she’s mainly known as an actress, but she does sing too. So, how come you didn’t know that about…
Piece By Piece - Radio Mix
Kelly Clarkson's growing up in Piece By Piece
If you were thinking that her recent collaborations, with her sort of mother-in-law Reba McEntire, meant that Kelly Clarkson was now doing Country…
Nausea
Watching My Time Wrinkle Alone
Nausea is the title track of Craft Spells' (the stage name of California's Justin Paul Vallesteros) second studio album - a title…
Out of Love
Armchair Stack
Out of Love is the first single from London trio Strong Asian Mothers' (vocalist and keyboardist Kalim Patel, drummer, producer and writer Josh…
Must Be Nice
Varsity Explores the Anxieties of Young Adulthood with Must Be Nice
Chicago quintet Varsity - singer-songwriter/keyboardist Stephanie Smith, guitarists Dylan Weschler and Patrick Stanton, bassist Spencer Smith and…
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…
The Distance
San Cisco's Relationship Woes
Aussie indie-pop quartet San Cisco’s (guitarist/vocalist Jordi Davieson, drummer/vocalist Scarlett Stevens, drummer Josh Biondillo and bassist Steve…
You're a Germ
Wolf Alice Throws Ill At Ease Chaos With You're A Germ
At one point no one had heard of Wolf Alice and within a two-year span, everyone was sharing a song or two from the acclaimed English band. …
You And I
Intense Interactions From You and I
In with the likes of Fiona Apple, Nernia Pallot and Cat Power comes a new voice Margaret Glaspy. Glaspy's song 'You and I' reads out in a…
Secret Love Song
The Secret Behind the Love Song
It's amusing how one song could mean differently for different people. I guess the way we interpret songs really depends on our mood, feelings,…
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…
Don't Forget About Me
Higher Than Heaven
Clove's track 'Don't Forget About Me' starts off as a the sister song to Adele's 'Hello'. Somber, wistful and hopelessly…
Rattlesnake
Criticizing Screen Culture
The eyes of contemporary children may be glued to the slick touch-screens of smartphones and iPads instead of the TV, but indie art rocker St Vincent…
Strange Or Be Forgotten
Interrogating Individuality
We're continually inundated with pressure in modern life to have to make something of ourselves and leave behind a legacy in this world. '…
Back in Black
Brian Johnson's entry
Leather, black color, sweat and strident sounds are some of the symbols of the heavy rock culture that allow a way to understand the life of a…
Afterhours feat. Diplo & Nina Sky
NEW HOT JAM: TroyBoi-Afterhours ft. Diplo and Nina Sky
London naitive, TroyBoi, a one time versatile multi genre music producer and a part of a Dj duo SoundSnobz, is one hard working man machine. Currently…
Sweet Tooth
Munk Duane Contemplates Funk & Fidelity With New Single “Sweet Tooth”
Munk Duane’s Sweet Tooth is a soulful and sexy, Alt-R&B funk banger detailing a story of “temptation” in the face of…
I'm Better (feat. Lamb)
The One Who Brings The Wackiness Back And Back Again!
Timless music is one thing, but when this lady does it, the limitless eternity of creativeness becomes the definition of evolution only some have the…
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…
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…
Goodbye Soleil
La Dolce Vita
Making feel-good music in 2017 is a tricky proposition, even if you are a French rock band with a deep appreciation for '70s disco and '80s…
Dangerous Woman
Dangerous Women in all its Versions
A couple of weeks share this way the official launch of the first single from the new album Ariana Grande study entitled Dangerous Woman. A week…
Sweet Relief
Orgasmic Funk
Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra has not released any new material since The Golden Echo (2014), but a recent Instagram post reveals…
One Of Us
MUSICAL REALITY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE
Realitys seized the TV. Even MTV (Music TV) bases its entire programming Realitys Shows. MTV in its early days, was conceived as an exclusive…
Change
Waiting for a change
While I'm writing this, I’m watching Croatian soccer fans throw fireworks onto the field where their team is actually in the…
Ruin
Ruins For You And Me
Cat Power has always been something of a mystical force. Kind of like Fiona Apple, Hope Sandoval and Kim Gordon mixed up and laid out on a sheet of…
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…
Certainty
The Importance of New Temples Single Certainty
One month ago, on September 26, 2016, English psychedelic group Temples released the single Certainty, their first new song since the release of their…
Heartbreaker
How Do We Know A Heartbreaker?
How can we tell a heartbreaker from another? Alabama Shakes came out with 'Heartbreaker' on their first album 'Boys & Girls'…
On The Line
Avery LR releases new Hip Hop track, They Don't Like That
Every so often there's a music video that matches the rawness of a lyricist like Tupac and BIggie, but Avery LR shows the intensity he brings to…
Cool
Cool Is Coming Back
As much of a mystery MIYNT turns out to be, the track 'Cool' allows for a semi-realistic mystery become the center piece for MIYNT transparent…
Stop Where You Are
Soft Whispers of Sunshine
A positive point of view is always a better way of looking at things, obviously. It’s when music sings and teaches listeners how to do this,…
Hurt A Little While
Hurt A Little While as Patty Griffin Makes It All Better
Patty Griffin may be deemed a well-known musician but actually, Griffin falls more towards the underground world of music. While everyone could…
Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Bohemian Rhapsody with Ten Fingers
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of the most popular songs and among the best selling singles of all times. All of this is strange because even by today’s…
Waterfalls
Waterfalling For All The Girls : Verse Simmonds
Finally we can call back our enticipation, the new Verse is here and I am not talkin` about rap bars... Our supreme&…
Uh Huh
Uh Huh Ignites A Fire Under Julia Michaels
Julia Michaels has been behind the scenes writing music for big Popstars Selena Gomez and Fifth Harmony. Michaels who is barely 23 years old has…
Little Dark Age
MGMT Recalibrates With Little Dark Age
'I grieve in stereo/ The stereo sounds strange': once-beloved collegiate electronic pop duo MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben…
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…
Innocent Dreams
Maven Grace's Innocent Dreams is an Antidote for Alienation
Musicians often complain about the remote collaboration process, where songs can be recorded without a singer ever sharing studio time with…
Blow
Blow Blossom Kisses
What else can the world throw upon us that involves talented musicians? A band that is willingly playing music that comes from a time gone by? A past…
Me Voy
About The Meaning Of The Guava Tree And Its Types
In Venezuela, the term or the word Guayabo refers to Despecho or rupture in itself, is a colloquial word used to refer to a time of mourning, when…
Say It
Do more than just say it
I’m pretty predictable when it comes to rap music. I usually get into it, when there’s a well balanced out mix of rap and singing.…
Dolla Bills (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
Nothing But Lyrics And Dollars In This New Visual!
Four months after the drop of her latest EP Nasha Perl, the latest visual perspective for our big Tv screens is full of lyrics and&…
Infinity Guitars
Infinity Guitars Still Sounds Explosive After Seven Years
Bitter rivals are the first term that comes to mind when Infinity Guitars by Sleigh Bells comes on the radio. Recently Infinity Guitars found it's…
Omaha
Baby Left on Omaha
'Letting go' is an emotional terrain that accomodates a wide variety of emotions: sadness, resignation, nostalgia, melancholy, anger, despair,…
Off and On
SALES Flesh Out Exquisite Yearning with Off and On
Florida-based indie duo SALES (guitarist/producer Jordan Shih and vocalist/guitarist Lauren Morgan) recently released Off and On,…
When You Die
MGMT's When You Die: Surreal Tragicomedy
Synth-pop duo MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser) appears to be making good on their promise to re-dominate our mind holes in 2017 &…
Over And Over Again - Cahill Remix
Beyond an Everlasting Promise
When we meet our “better half”, our partner-in-crime”, or the best term of all “soulmate”, in the…
LIKE I WOULD
Like I Would Zayn Malik's New Musical Hit
I do not know because this new theme Zayn reminds me of a song by the Backstreet Boys, something in the rhythm, certain parts of the song, after all…
Andas En Mi Cabeza
Not just You walk in my head
This song Venezuelan duo Chino y Nacho has become very popular not only in the stations, nightclubs or through comments from friends, but a song that…
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,…
Epoch
Kinetic Calm
After the success of (2011) and (2014), Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho (San Francisco-based …
Love Me
Booze, Girls, Lots of Dancing, Selfie and a Snog with Harry Styles
Nope. That’s not the title of a young adult romance fiction novel. That’s how I would summarize The 1975’s “…
Ghost Rider - Strange Weather EP
Calvi Calls On The Ghost Rider
Call Anna Calvi experimental, avant-garde punk, or the Italian heiress from the fortunate guitar goddesses, one thing is clear, Calvi can pay one hell…
I Ain't Got Time!
Tyler`s Groove Flip In A Ripped Out Rap !
Tyler The Creator is maybe one of the most versatile creative artists of today. With his fourth studio album Flower Boy on…
Tescoland
Walk Through Tescoland!
We can’t get arrested in the US. [My manager] told me it was because my music had subtleties that the Americans don’t get…
Coffee
COFFEE
True, it’s a dance we know the moves The bow, the dip, the woo Though the words are true, The state is old news I would like to talk about…
Comin Home
Home For Christmas With Trey!
Trey Songz returned to his hometown for the Holidays and gathered his family and friends in his latest video for Comin Home&…
That Thing
Cinematic Confessionalism
‘Seems like time has been delayed/ We exist in our own space’. Oakland-via-Sydney singer-songwriter Hazel…
the words
Christina Perri Sings the Mood
There’s just something about her voice that brings me to be caught within a trance-like consciousness. Her style of changing between soft…
Find Me
Sigma feat. Birdy Adds A Depth Of Emotional Turmoil
After the rough actions of the United States, music seems like a safe haven even more than ever. Somehow Sigma's newest music video for 'Find…
Winners
Giddy Elation
New Jersey band Delicate Steve (which is led by multi-instrumentalist Steve Marion) was last heard from on Positive Force&…
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…
One More Time
One more time Craig's not average
If anyone had an unexpected comeback, recently, it is Craig David. It’s not all that long ago when I wondered what happened to him and wrote…
western kids
Love of Excess
Hippo Campus is no stranger to the indie scene and their first full album, landmark, opens to mostly positive reviews. western kids, the seventh track…
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&…
Enough
Drag Us Down and Let Us Live
With a band name like Counterfeit, a mixture of punk and rock should not be a surprise. However, once the music video for Counterfeit's newest…
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…
Just Hold On
Louis Tomlinson's first solo release
You can tell that at the end of the first year of One Direction’s hiatus, members of the group are getting restless. Probably sparked by the…
I'm Into You
Chet Faker's Subgenre Promise
'I'm Into You' by Chet Faker was off of the debut Thinking In Textures. Since the explosion that has become Chet Faker's ever lasting…
Guys My Age
Edgy Teen-Pop
I think our idea was just about writing from personal experience. We’ve been in this situation before — we had people writing…
Lift
Another funny nightmare from the minds of Radiohead
I'm not used to this. In 2017 being a Radiohead fan has been uncharacteristically rewarding. Not only am I still obsessed with last year's A…
Makeba
An explosion of joy with Jain and Makeba
If you’re in the mood for a crazy audiovisual treat (and who isn’t?) it’s time to check this video out. I was lucky enough to stumble upon Makeba…
How Long
How long does this stick in your head?
It was a couple of years ago that there were rumors about a possible romance blossoming between Charlie Puth&…
Runaway (feat. The Original Wailers)
About reggae and love
We all have a song to listen for a few seconds, we know the letter, who is the subject or genre. It is as if an emotion invade your whole body and…
Siren Call
Heeding the Siren's Call
Little Daylight is a Brooklyn-based alternative band consisting of Nikki Taylor, Matt Lewkowicz and Eric Zeiler. Taking their band name from the story…
When I Grow Up
Exploring the Theme's of Growing Up
In the year 2009 Fever Ray released a debut album under the same name. 'Fever Ray' debuted as a self imposed idealistic world created by Karin…
Chi Chi
Razor-Sharp Braggadocio
'Live from the zoo, this the new 212'. Controversial Harlem rapper Azealia Banks breakout hit 212 is a very tough act…
Holy War
Keep yourself open
I apologize for a short blog, but many things have been said about the events of today already. I don’t know about you, but my timelines on every…
Scuse Me
Unapologetic Body Positivity
“'Scuse Me' celebrates the BODY. I wrote this song to immortalize my curves”. Lizzo, Twitter Detroit born and…
Semaphore
Too Far Gone for the Semaphore
In most areas of my life, I struggle to express myself in a way that feels authentic and genuine. Music is a respite from that — it's…
Innuendo
Freddie's Swan Song
All good songs are written out of an experience. And is there a more compelling and convincing experience than the awareness of a soon-to-come,…
Last Kind Words
COVERLAND Vol.16: Last Kind Words
After almost 90 years, Rhiannon Giddens revived the song “Last Kind Words” by the obscure country-blues singer Geeshie Wiley, a blues tune which was…
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…
Pleader
alt-J Deliver Epic Poignancy With The 6-Minute Pleader Music Video
You can always expect to be amazed by an alt-J music video, but the English indie rock trio have truly outdone themselves with the recently released…
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…
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…
Roxanne
Understanding The Meaning Of Rock
The Rock is conceived through its history as a sound of protest, to do things differently irreverent, boldly, with weight, strength, able to move to…
I Feel You
K-Pop’s Most-Awaited Comeback
Ok I’ll admit it- I’m pretty new to K-pop. A few years ago when I was still going through my “rock phase&…
Get My Bang
On Eros and Thanatos
“It became apparent that that guitar almost became the character within the songs, that phallic character, the all-conquering…
Caught up in the Tears
Vexine Gets Caught Up in New Single
Virginia mainstays, VEXINE, have shared their new piece Caught Up in the Tears. One of my personal favorites from their new album Little Sin…
Love On The Weekend
Love Comes Easy On The Weekend
'Love On The Weekend' was the last song I thought I would be drawn to. Especially since John Mayer has been in and out of the limelight for…
Wrong
Pop Demons Can Be Wrong Too
NAWAS is considered indie however, my own gut feeling says otherwise. NAWAS is a new form of a Hip-Hop/Drum n' Bass cross over.…
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,…
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?…
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…
Damned Eye See
Chelou’s Damned Eye See: Exquisite Cynicism
“Sure you've been having fun/ At my expense/ Time is a loaded gun and I'm on the fence”: North London-based singer-songwriter Chelou…
Kitchen Door
Sweet Melodic Everything
Wolf Laren is as quite as a mouse on a Sunday morning. Don't allow that sentimental first line drive you away because Wolf Larsen has so much to…
Funeral Pyre
Phantogram's Phantasmagoric Elegy
Nearly a year after its release, Phantogram’s Three (2016) offers viewers with a final music video to accompany its dark, brooding and grief…
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…
Saint
On Saint, VÉRITÉ Defiantly Wallows in Her Psychological Flaws
After over a decade in the indie scene, VÉRITÉ (Brooklyn singer-songwriter Kelsey Byrne) is well positioned for a breakthrough.…
Love Letter To Japan
Electro-Exotica Ear Candy
LA-based indie pop group The Bird and the Bee consist of Greg Kurstin and Inara George, who mainly rely on a winsome formula that Pitchfork&#…
The Cure
Lady Gaga Shares A Cure With New Track
Lady Gaga surprised everyone with new release 'The Cure'. While 'The Cure' was completely unexpected we couldn't have expected…
Wall Of Glass
Our Kid goes solo with mixed results
Any song that features one of the Gallagher brothers is guaranteed to have at least one thing: swagger. Swagger, bravado, and sheer bloody-mindedness…
Tailwhip
Men I Trust's Tailwhip: Mindful, Meditative Bliss
Since their formation in 2014, Montreal indie-dance/ trip-hop band Men I Trust has expanded from a duo (guitarist Jessy Caron and pianist Dragos…
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&…
El Perdedor
Maluma Arrested?
A few days ago it was leaked on the Internet a video in which clearly looked like a couple of policemen violently arrested the Colombian singer known…
I Carry Your Heart With Me (I Carry It In)
The Heart Knows and Understands
It's not just chocolates, red roses or diamonds. Songs and poems also have their place in love stories. E.E. Cummings had a good share of love…
Flotar
The Muse Floats Again In The Sonorous Imaginary of Chetes
Since 2012 Chetes former Zurdock not record material market launch. On that occasion he presented the EP Cardio Sapiens. So their return is…
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…
Can't Get Enough Of Myself (feat. B.C)
Santigold Can't Get Enough Of Myself (feat. B.C)
The talented singer songwriter Santigold released a new single entitled Can't Get Enough Of Myself on November 4th, 2015. Santigold delivers a…
Buried Alive
An underapricated gem from two New York artists
Out of all the bands that were part of the early 2000s New York scene Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the most consistent. Other bands, like Interpol, and The…
French Montana
French Montana celebrates his birthday with new music
In honor of her 32nd birthday, French Montana delivered a gift to fans with her new song Unforgettable, alongside the vocal collaboration of Swae Lee…
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi visited Havana
Since the thaw in relations between the US and Cuba took shape, it has been a long list of great artists who have passed (literally, considering the…
DJ Snake
They premiere video for the collaboration of Justin Bieber with Dj Snake, “Let Me Love You”
Let Me Love You, collaboration between Dj Snake, and pop singer Justin Bieber has been one of the issues most danced in recent months, and it seems…
John Mackey
John Mackey’s Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Band Captivates Austin Crowd
Soprano saxophone is a peculiar instrument. Many call it similar to clarinet, and it may be similar in sound to the B-flat clarinet. John Mackey finds…
Little Big Town
Little Big Town On The Success of ‘Girl Crush’, UK Audiences And Working On Their Next Album – Interview
We were lucky enough to be front and centre during the press conferences at the recent C2C Festival in London. Little Big Town stopped by to talk to…
Rina Sawayama
With Cyber Stockholm Syndrome, Rina Sawayama Examines the Perils and Pleasures of Life Online
London-via-Japan singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama exists at the unlikely intersection of '90s R&B, J-Pop visuals and…
Pentatonix
Why don't they have a grammy...
Sincerely, grant awards to a number of artists who claim to be singers when they do is make edits in autotunes or other editors ... These singers…
Bill Evans
Captured moments of pure magic
Bill Evans is among the most sophisticated and lyrical composers and pianists in jazz history. He enriched the genre with his implementation of…
Blondie
Great Collaborators on Blondie's New Album
The well - known American band Blondie is working on a new musical project, which will involve the collaboration of big names in the music industry…
Mads Øiern
Mads Øiern
- This is rustling. – I said. - Nah, not rustling. – My Special Someone said. – This is boiling lava, but it’…
The Killers
The Killers dedicate a new album to Christmas
The US group The Killers presented its traditional annual project dedicated to Christmas. For this year, it is the disk Do not Waste Your Wishes, a…
Punk TV
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Maluma singing in English?
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Blackhoods
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Soledad Bravo will offer a minimalist concert in Caracas.
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Black Sabbath say goodbye to their last world tour.
The British group Black Sabbath, a pioneer of heavy metal, closed on Saturday his last world tour before finally leaving with a concert in Birmingham…
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Don't Forget Django
Over the past year or so I've noticed a definite upswing (no pun intended) in the popularity of gypsy jazz, especially in the festival scene and…
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Questions for Tweety González
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A Guy with a Girl
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Kiss It Better, another sensual video clip of Rihanna
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Contemplative Escapism
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley, great jazz legend, has died
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La Vida Bohème
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Bullet For My Valentine
Bullet For My Valentine continues the tour
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Honegger Symphonies 1 and 2 Are Dazzling
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LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem announced the name of their next album
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The Killers
The Killers will celebrate 10 years of their album Sam's Town
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Many times have I heard people, who are a little older than me, tell me that nothing will ever beat what rap was in the 90’s. Sure, it was a…
Rosana
20 years of career celebrates the singer-songwriter Rosana.
The Spanish singer Rosana Arbelo meets 20-year career as part of the celebrations today launched the first single from their ninth album, which has…
Soledad Bravo
Elegant sensuality of the voice: Soledad Bravo
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Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo: His contribution to pop culture
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Sebastian Yatra
Sebastian Yatra premieres new single
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The strength and consistency of Julieta Venegas
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Fergie
Got MILF?
Fergie milks her way back in! Just a day old leaked single heating the dance floor big time and haven`t even met it`s full viral pool of…
Metronomy
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley and the Intimate Art of Globalization
Bob Marley's childhood home in Kingston, Jamaica wasn't particularly busy on the rainy February day I chose to pay it a visit. Aside from a…
DJ Snake
DJ Snake comes with everything
William Sami Etienne Grigahcine, better known as DJ Snake and famous for producing great songs like Turn Down For What and Lean On, he confirmed…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer release video for Know No Better
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Roger Waters
Roger Waters, the validity of The Wall and staged scenes
Roger Waters paraphernalia goes beyond the sense of sight. There is no denying the staging that the artist always has sought to highlight from his…
Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez leaves premiere
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From the opening down-strum bar chords of empowerment anthem ‘Dark’, it’s clear that a special album is about to unfold.…
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Akapellah gives up victory in the ''God Level''
Recently held international battle God Level Fest 2016 faces, which are considered the best Freestylers Hispanic rap talking, taking in their line of…
Scout Gillett
Scout Gillett Shines Bright in 2020
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Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool Live broadcast in Turkey was attacked.
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Molotov celebrates 20 years of success
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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…
Amy Winehouse
#SundaySpotlight: Amy Winehouse
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The Invisible Friends show a preview of Frequent Traveler of Love
Los Amigos Invisibles just released a preview of the song Frequent Flyer of Love, his new single that corresponds to their expected album Paradise…
Adele
Adele Says She Won't Do Another Theme for a James Bond Movie
British singer said that he would never make a theme for a film Agent 007, fearing not exceed their success Skyfall. Following the completion of…
Bully
Who Are Bully?
Bully an easy enough name to remember that also packs a punch. As a surprise, I happened to see Bully open for the Drowners a while back and instantly…
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers ‘Loved Wild Lost’ - Album Review
If ‘Effortlessly Cool’ was in the dictionary, Nicki Bluhm’s face would be next to it. She, with her draping bangs, skinny frame, smokey voice and…
Tommy James
Before Spotify Tommy James single Draggin’ The Line and Paul McCartney hit Another Day competed in 70s Top Songs
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Nashville Cast
The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 2 – Album Review
As the seasons and episodes progress, I find it harder and harder to remember the majority of the songs performed on Nashville, or at the very least…
Ilan Chester
The Caracas of Ilan Chester
Ilan Chester is Canto al Avila, a song that became the anthem of Caracas in the 80s. It was natural, for those years, to go quietly from Petare to La…
Jacob Whitesides
Jacob Whitesides Adds Some Real Motown Feelings to The Letter
Jacob Whitesides should have come into my music space view... why he hasn't been able to startle me before is beyond any new artist memo I've…
Franz Liszt
Lizt's Hungarian Rhapsody is A Must for A Technique Challenge
Franz Liszt is known for his fanatical style and his virtuosity as a pianist. It shows in his many works for piano. His Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2…
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The legendary Rolling Stones arrived Sunday at Santiago, starting point of the 'Latin America Olé' tour in Chile starts on…
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Anxiety issues on stage: Do it anway!
It wasn't all that long ago that Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello made headlines for leaving in the middle of a show due to a…
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton suffers from Peripheral Neuropathy
Bad boy's dream Ripley, England, may be coming to an end because of a terrible disease. He wanted to be the best guitarist in the world and…
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What Does Japanese Rock Music Sound Like?
It’s not a secret that I’m a huge fan of rock music. You can check out my profile and find that mostly my articles have something to do with rock…
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Taylor Swift premiered Look What You Made Me Do, first single from the album Reputation to be released on November 10. Reputation will be Swift&#…
Alex & Sierra
Alex & Sierra Show Us True Romance
I remember watching The X-Factor USA when these two walked onto the stage together. Alex & Sierra were definitely a cute…
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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 &…
David Bowie
Sue (Or in a Season Of Crime) - David Bowie's Comforting Coldness
There’s no doubt that David Bowie is one of the geniuses of modern music. Ever evolving, his music set standards and styles throughout the…
B.o.B
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By a show of hands, who here remembers 2010 fairly well? Alright, obviously a rhetorical question, but I assume many of us do. In 2010, I was but a…
David Bowie
An immortal Bowie: the singer's blonde lock is auctioned
The immortality of the legendary David Bowie is unquestionable. Especially when, nearly six months after his death, endless revelations about your…
Björk
Thom Björk
Not every collaboration between great artists leads to a great musical product. The one between Bjork and Thom Yorke sure did. Both of them are among…
Ryan Leslie
What is the monetary value of your music?
I recently put up an upcoming artist’s album on my website for digital purchase and set the price at $10.99. I run a beat-selling site and I…
Chris Rea
SundaySpotlight: Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea is a British singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer and producer. He is a big fan of cars, car races, cooking, painting and…
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…
Eagulls
Eagulls
This is your nervous breakdown and a love affair. This is your personal journey into the echoed kingdom of something wild, sharp and rotten. A love…
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Travel On The Ship Music
Video clips do not escape the eagerness and imagination of man. Constantly in the cinema we talk about the future of something beyond the heavens, or…
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Leads 2017 Grammy Nominations
The singer of 35 years old, Beyoncé is blessed to lead the nominations with nine Grammy Award nominations according to the announcement by the…
The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan Could Reunite The Original Smashing Pumpkins Lineup
In recent months apparently Billy Corgan has begun to make peace with the founding members of The Smashing Pumpkins specifically with James Iha and…
Travis Garland
Travis slayed Drake`s Controlla!
A cover man that never gets it wrong! Super-talented and sexy-fitted model, R`n`B singer Travis Garland just…
Gona
Gona releases 'Mounsta' clip
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Dafnis et Cloe--A Choreographic Symphony
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Naturally 7
Fixing you with smooth vocals
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Chino & Nacho
Chino Y Nacho Deserved Victory at the Heat Awards
Venezuelan recognition dynamic duo Chino y Nacho, was made last Thursday the Dominican Republic during the award ceremony of the Heat Latin Awards.…
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Frank Ticheli’s New Work for Wind Ensemble: “Acadiana”
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift releases lyric video for her third single Gorgeous
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Sparkling at Billboard Music Awards 2017
You know you missed something big when you see the most unlikely people (ike gangster style hip hop rappers) like pictures of Celine Dion's…
Red Sky July
Red Sky July ‘The Truth and The Lie’ – Album Review
After the success of the excellent sophomore effort ‘Shadowbirds’ in 2014, Americana/alt-country outfit Red Sky July had quite the…
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Paid plays to the entirety of his qualities!
DMV based record label Paper Chaser Association and DvffleBvg Ruggv have made the following stride in building up themselves as a power with the…
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Kanye West and Taylor Swift at War
He has started a new dispute between the famous rapper and Taylor. Recall that in 2009 at a gala awards MTV Swift won a major award in the female…
Alfredo Naranjo
Alfredo Naranjo and Rafael El Pollo Brito serenade Venezuela
They call land of grace and thus from the affection felt towards the terroir, devote the space born a subject which is, above all, a declaration of…
Somalunar
A promise called Somalunar
Since 2013 there is a promise led by Luigi Escalante and his Somalunar project, which in 2014 released his first EP titled Gemini. Escalante has only…
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Romero Santos Indecent Proposal is multi-diamond.
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Jewel
Jewel ‘Picking Up The Pieces’ – Album Review
I think it’s fair to say Jewel has been through a lot in the past few years. Her last album of original studio material was in 2010 with ‘Sweet and…
Chance The Rapper
Take a Chance on Artistic Integrity
Both as an artist and as an entrepreneur, Chance the Rapper is the greatest threat to normalcy hip hop has seen in years. His music is…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber leaves premiere with BloodPop
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Radio Head returns with a new song
distributed leaflets and clandestine airstrips a surprise disappearance of their accounts in all social and its website for three days networks were…
Eminem
Music for Olympics athletes
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Josh Stimpson
Introducing Josh Stimpson
Josh Stimpson is a british rapper/singer-songwriter born and raised in Nottingham, East Midlands, Josh Stimpson had an interest in music from a young…
Alkilados
Alkilados and Maluma get together
Many asked, and now comes true. Maluma and alkylated unite to surely become one of the most successful collaborations of the year. There is no doubt…
Britney Spears
In the Fit Zone
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Madonna
Emotional concert by Madonna, the queen of pop
After evaluating the cancellation of its presentation in Stockholm, the American singer Madonna decided to go ahead with his Rebel Heart Tour and…
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…
Erykah Badu
If you missed the Soul Train
Another Soul Tour is behind us and another soulful presentation passed with flying colors. If you got too late to the station, you will have to wait…
Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer ‘The Essential Collection’ – Album Review
Having had a career spanning 17 years, and a life providing more than enough material for writing powerful country songs, Allison Moorer is releasing…
Public Enemy
3 Reasons Why June 2017 Has Been a Great Month for Political Rap
It feels like a lot of people have tried to include political messages recently due to last year’s US presidential election and movements…
Lauren Waller
Lauren Waller Gets Personal
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Sting
Sting offers a concert in Mexico and remembers 43 from Ayotzinapa
The British musician Sting offered an impeccable presentation Wednesday in the National Auditorium of Mexico City in which there were no songs…
Little Mix
Why Feauturig And Lo Despacito Are In
Musical collaborations at transnational level are becoming more popular, especially if they come from the same Factor X, this time to the best sound…
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…
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson might be out of AC/DC
It is never too late to change. And under this premise, the members of the heavy metal band AC / DC have apparently dismissal vocalist Brian Johnson…
Snoop Dogg
Lollapalooza 2016 without Snoop Dogg.
The rapper, producer and actor Snoop Dogg canceled their presentations planned for the Lollapalooza Festivals in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The…
Skrillex
Skrillex going back to his roots?
The American band From First to Last and the genius of dubstep Skrillex, again join forces to create the spectacular single 'Make War'…
Adele
Adele explained why she plans to stop touring
Last night was the reason why Adele could not do more concert tours. It was in a handwritten note reproduced in the program of the first of its four…
Haunted George
Haunted George
Yes! Oh hell yeeeeeaaaaaaah! Yes. This is it; this is the time and moment. I feel so sick and my brain is tired that I need just something raw and…
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…
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…
Daiquiri
Daiquirí returns with a new album
Tropical and festive sounds that made the group Daiquiri move the hips of Venezuelans (and much of the Caribbean public) during the 1980s will no…
Birocratic
Urban Tranquility
From left: Beets (2012); Beets 2 (2013); Beets 3&…
Said the Sky
Said The Sky remixes The Chainsmokers song All We Know (feat. Phoebe Ryan)
Nowadays, there's so much music out there that it's difficult to really listen to all the music being offered. That’s the thing isn’t it; we…
Kudai
May that shooting star be me?
Rihanna
And the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard goes to...
The beautiful Rihanna will be the lucky artist to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards 2016 to be held on…
Sunny Sweeney
Sunny Sweeney On ‘My Bed’, Backhanded Compliments And Doing Her Own Thing – Interview
Talking the ‘My Bed’ song and video, fangirling over Will Hoge, the album ‘Provoked’, Miranda Lambert’s Certified Platinum tour, her husband, women on…
Brian Angel
Day26`s Brian Angel Drops A Solo Mixtape DayBreak!
A member of one of the most New School influantial R`n`B groups Day26, Brian Angel, drops his debut solo album under the…
Anton Webern
Webern and How His Passacaglia Compares To Schoenberg and Stravinsky's Music
Upon listening to the styles of Schoenberg's string quartets as well as Webern's Passacaglia For Orchestra that the styles are similar in…
John Lennon
Lennon's Ultra Mega Supergroup
When John Lennon was invited to perform in the Rolling Stones' TV special titled “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus,” he…
Juanes
Juanes feels helpless in the face of Venezuela's problems
Juanes declared Saturday in Nicaragua that he feels impotent about the situation that Venezuela is experiencing and places his hopes on the…
The Rita
Tourist Gaze
Feels like I’m in Twin Peaks. Feels like I’m touring the weirdest places of this reality constantly. The places of the unknown…
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…
Chris Tomlin
I LOVE THIS SONG!
How great is the sea, how great is the sky, how great is the universe. How great is the love of God, rivers of living water that fill people who cry…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire at the movies
Arcade Fire in the cinema A review on a taciturn night brings me to Arcade Fire songs on film and television. They are not songs that were recorded…
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz and the super concert he is preparing
The Spanish singer ended the mystery that for some time kept the expectation to its millions of followers worldwide. Sanz was behind a musical…
Gustavo Dudamel
Conductor of the New Year's Concert in Vienna
Gustavo Dudamel will be fulfilled a dream when Sunday raise his baton to direct the traditional New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic…
Gwen Stefani
Return of a Dynamic Duo
It’s been, how long, since this duo has teamed up to produce an awesome song? I’m not really sure but I remember when they did,…
Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap ‘Summer Number Seventeen’ – Album Review
Just a few weeks ago Ronnie Milsap was announced as 2014’s modern era inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Country music’s first successful…
The Weeknd
The Weeknd Preparing New Album
Abel Canadian Makkonen, better known by his stage name, The Weeknd, has been working hard in the studio to launch what will be his new album entitled…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer presents its theme for Christmas “Christmas Tree”
The group of DJs led by Diplo, Major Lazer, just introduced its theme to commemorate the holidays, a sticky dub bearing the name Christmas Tree and…
Daya
Daya Defines Confident and Classy
Daya is definitely a serious woman who knows just how independent she is and will continue to be in her “Sit Still Look Pretty”…
Gustav Mahler
Summary of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and the Psyche
Upon listening to Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, I get a sense of the Sigmond Freud posture of the late 19th century, as it shows up in much of…