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Harmony of Difference
Yasss, Kamasi!
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I will write it anyway. I was conflicted whether I want to do a review of KAmasi Washington's new…
Future Standards
Future Standards, now!
They don't fit. The tags, that is. The tags listing what kind of style you should designate to Howe Gelb. It is fifteen or more. Probably more,…
Wallflower (The Complete Sessions)
Of the Shades and Colors February Left Behind!
Sometimes endings transcend the entrails of human mind to make a permanent milestone for a new beginning. Even when ends are connected with losing the…
My One And Only Thrill
Oh, what a Melody!
This is one of the most beautiful albums recorded in the past decade or so. My One and Only Thrill has all the elements of a good record:…
Afro-Caribbean Mixtape
Full Blossom of Nicholas Payton
It is not always easy to follow and understand creations of 21st century jazz musicians. One of them, Nicholas Payton, has been tentative for over a…
Trio Of Doom
Trio of Doom - Sounds like Metal? Well, it's Jazz!
Fusion music (or jazz-rock) was characterized by virtuoso playing, fast tempos, bombastically heavy sound and complex arrangements. Bands differed in…
1958 Miles
The Original Miles Ahead
Miles Davis’ music is the safe place where you can always find inspiration, meditate, get excited, or simply lay back and relax.…
Currency Of Man
Melody Gardot Is A Current Woman
Jazz lovers, fasten your seatbelts! One of the most beautiful female jazz vocals of modern era belongs to Melody Gardot. Her voice is not the only…
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…
Koop Islands
#tbt Koop: Koop Islands
When I signed up to last.fm, it was probably one of the most rewarding moments in my life as I suddenly found myself in a position to not only…
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…
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…
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
The Greatest Living Hippie
Willie Nelson is the first country musician to receive Gershwin prize, awarded by the Library of Congress. Those who are familiar with his career know…
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…
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand
Hampshire & Foat - Galaxies Unfold
Way back in the Seventies jazz pianist Lonnie ‘Liston’ Smith pushed the space/spiritual jazz in a very relaxed, soulful direction, with traces of…
St Germain
The Return Of St Germain
It took him fifteen years to release an…
All You Zombies Dig the Luminosity
Burnt Sugar - Quite bright luminosity
Greg Tate has been at his Burnt Sugar project, one of the many he has on, for more than 18 years now. While he’s not guiding this musical conglomerate…
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
A Classic ECM Record
This is a classic ECM record, reminiscent of the early sound that the German label and its principal producer Manfred Eicher developed back in the…
Cá Entre Nós
Bossa For The Gloomy Weather
Brazilian singer Wanda Sa is not hiding her mature years on the cover of her new album Ca Entre Nos. She feels she has nothing to hide or be ashamed…
The Jazz Side Of The Moon
The Jazz Side of the Moon
Playing and recording covers is a common thing among musicians. Actually it is one of the stages in learning how to play, compose, arrange and…
Relatives In Descent
Protomartyr Deservingly Became More Popular
Detroit based quartet Protomartyr includes Joe Case (vocalist), Greg Ahee (guitar), Alex Leonard (drums), and Scott Davidson (bass). This year,…
Love
Amen Dunes - Love
Amen Dunes is a psychedelic rock/indie rock/neo-psych band from the United States. Their most notable album to date is perhaps ''Love''…
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…
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&#…
Revisited
Singer/Songwriter Andy Michaels Releases Highly Anticipated New Music Video Lucretia's Eylandt
Australian singer/songwriter has just released his highly anticipated new music video Lucretia's Eyelandt off of his new album Revisited. Check it…
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…
Exodus
The Great Exodus by Bob Marley and The Wailers
Éxodo de Bob Marley marca su regreso a la música después de su intento de asesinato en Jamaica. Es un álbum de reggae más…
Refugium
Well-blended mixture of Styles
Anomalie is a one man piece hailing from Austria, its only member Marrok has worked with Harakiri for The Sky, and Refugium is his latest album,…
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…
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…
The Light
Tango With Lions' Third Album The Light Fathoms Dark Depths in Pursuit of Solace
Tango With Lions, an Anglophone Greek collective of “day-dreamers, hard-workers and music-lovers” gained worldwide recognition…
Punching Bag
No Hometown Bias
Verticoli are a four-piece from my original home state of Tasmania, Australia. They've been a big part of the music scene down there and…
Slowness
Outfit grow on second release Slowness
Outfit were formed in 2011 from the embers of synthpop band Indica Ritual. Essentially a progressive, melodic and emotion-fused art-pop band, Outfit…
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…
Chew
(Don’t) Get That Bubble Gum Off Your Shoe
You would have to search deep into the Seventies memorabilia to find the cover of the album that inspired the cover art Nashville’s The Paperhead used…
20 #1's Worship
Going for Number 1
I have a confession to make. Sometimes, I could be stuck in just listening to 3-4 songs in an album simply because they are the ones that strike the…
"Awaken, My Love!"
I have a bone to pick with end of year lists
I love end of year lists, I consume them with an almost unhealthy fervour since they provide answers to the all important question for a pop culture…
New Skin
Another Member of The Strokes Goes Solo
Nick Valensi plays in The Strokes and corroborates musically almost anyone who contacts him. Now is the time for him to start his own thing, a project…
Overthink It
Overthink It
From one of the most creative rappers in Dallas, TX I present to You OTI: OVERTHINK IT EP The second studio Extended Play from emerging TX artist Yung…
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…
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…
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…
Man of the Woods
My Verdict Of Justin's New Album
Fifth chapter of Justin Timberlake's solo career begins with explosive verse: If you know what's good... In FIlthy, the first promotional…
Tara Jane O'neil
Tara Jane O'Neil - Eighth Time Like The First Time
No big mystery or innuendo in the title above. Just the fact that Tara Jane O’Neil has decided to go the self-titled route only for her eighth&…
Extraterrestrial Highway
Ten East - Extraterrestrial Highway
Ten East is an instrumental psychedelic rock/stoner rock/deser rock band from Los Angeles, California. They have released 3 full length albums through…
A Song I Can Live With
Chip Taylor - Another Great Waiting To Be Re-discovered
Luckily, not everybody has forgotten Chip Taylor. After all, he is to get inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For those who have forgotten&…
Garden of Ashes
Apocalyptic Garwood Gives His All To Warn You About The World
On his sixth album titled Garden of Ashes, multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood confronts his inner and outer demons by participating in modern events…
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…
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…
The Getaway
They did it again
First, one confession. The Getaway is the first album from RHCP I listened to in full. Never have been a fan, always considered them as too mainstream…
Borders
What's up with Borders?
Lucky enough, it doesn’t happen all that often that a big news story actually makes it to my doorstep, or near enough anyway. For a few…
Songs One Through Eight
Brilliant Side Project
DBUK were formed in 2005 as a side project of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club and Munly & The Lupercalians. Saying that they are a side…
Ash & Ice
Who Killed The Kills?
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have a profuse chemistry, and it has been a constant of all of The Kills albums, starting from Keep On Your Mean Side…
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,…
Concrete and Gold
Foo Fighters and Justin Timberlake? Not everything is what it seems to be.
Although in promo video he glorified all of his collaborators and announced something huge coming up, the spiritus movens of Foo Fighters, David Grohl…
All the Colours of the Dust
Jakob Skott - All the Colours of the Dust
Jakob Skott came out with a new album ''All the Colours of the Dust'' earlier this year, and the new album packs some really fine…
Words Like Young
Timothy Nelson - Will Fly Far
As each year gets close to its end, I start scavenging other people’s “best of” lists to find something I’ve not heard before, something to have for…
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.…
Are You Alone?
Majical Cloudz Are You Alone? Album Review
The electronic-pop duo Majical Cloudz released their 6th full length on October, 16th, 2015 titled . The album features 12 original songs all written…
Electronica 1: The Time Machine
The Father of Electronica
When you are an artist who initiated a certain art movement or discovered a specific music genre, that speaks for you. Even silence screams your name.…
Hell On Earth (Explicit)
Mobb deep - 20 years of 'Hell on Earth'
This November 19th is now 20 years since the publication of the album 'Hell on earth', the third studio album Gangstarap the famous…
These Things Take Time
Molly Nilsson and Her Noir Loneliness
No one will ever keep you company and then you die. True? Let’s ask this artist. Molly Nilsson is special for many reasons. One of them is…
Algo Sucede
Julieta Venegas confirms Something Happens Tour
After being nominated for the 2016 Grammy for his album Something Happens Mexican-American singer announces an international tour to promote the…
Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
R'n'r Prophet Called Chuck
Chuck Prophet gained recognition as a member of the group Green on Red during the 80s of the last century. In 1990, he started off his solo career,…
Volume 1
Midlake's Supergroup
BNQT, read as Banquet, is actually Midlake with guest songwriters and singers. Guests include Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healt from…
The Yellow Shark
Frank Zappa's Yellow Shark
This is the final masterpiece of the great Frank Zappa. It contains his last written work; it was his last performance on stage and his last official…
Sarah Eat Neon
Cut-Up and Glitch-Guru VHS Head is back!
Following the album successes of Trademark Ribbons of Gold (Skam 2010) and Persistence of Vision (Skam 2014) and EPs Video Club (Skam 2009) and…
Suddenly, Like Flames
LSD March - Suddenly, Like Flames
LSD March is a renowned Japanese underground psychedelic noise rock band. They have released a great number of albums through the years, and while…
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 Nothing
The Last Dinosaur - Overcoming The Grief Through Music
Grief can be an exceedingly strong motivator and can produce some deeply sad, bad at the same time, life-affirming music. Remember, for example, Neil…
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…
We Are Millionaires
Fij & Bickers - Forlorn but not beaten
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers - never heard? Well, if you are a close follower of all things music, particularly the late Eighties and early Nineties…
2014 Forest Hills Drive
Review: J Cole's '2014 Forest Hills Drive'
J Cole has crafted a slew of good albums, but he has yet to craft a great one. While each of his three major label releases contain scattered moments…
case/lang/veirs
Folk-Country-Indie Album of 2016
When three magnificent female vocalists, such as Neko Case, k.d.lang and Laura Veirs are, come together to make an album, the result has to…
Collection
Soccer Mommy - Young and Fresh
Sophie Allison is obviously a very smart girl. I say, girl, since at the time Collection, her first official album is out, she’s yet to turn 20, and I…
Saturn Over Sunset
Midnight Sister - Forward to analog with a style
Back to vinyl, back to analog seems to be all the rage these days. Most of it is some sort of retro posturing, and as far as the music itself is…
Shadow Expert
Shadow Expert EP
The serrated new EP from rawboned Philadelphia art rock band Palm is their best work to date, full of tensions that boil over and careen. When you…
Won't Be There
Luke Reed - One For The Summer
If you tried to count the number of gifted young musicians with a thousand song ideas in their head, playing and recording them in a number of bands,…
Pile
A Giant Dog, Avid Fans of Rock ‘n’ Roll
A Giant Dog's music is like a giant mastiff who barks, growls and tears everything apart with its teeth and ferocious energy. Through 14 songs, we…
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…
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…
Arena Negra
The Myrrors - Arena Negra
The Myrrors are quite a renowned krautrock/psychedelic rock band, and they came out with a great new album earlier this year. Arena Negra is probably…
ZABA
Zaba - Glass Animals - A Landscape for Sonic Exploration
This year’s debut Album release, Zaba, from Glass Animals was a toe curling, shivering mix of jungle sounds and psychedelic dreams. The…
Purple
Purple is The Color of Metal
Maybe a broken soul is evidence you have one. Even though many people are not aware of it, rock and metal are usually born out of broken soul or…
WOPTOBER
Mane Music
Prison can change anyone. Enough time isolated from the world, treated as subhuman and discarded like garbage is soul-breaking and creatively stifling…
The Hunted
Watch 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Trailer feat. The Hunted by Snow Ghosts
'The Hunted' is out now, accompanied by a new re-worked version and a remix by Malcolm Axel. Tracklisting: 1. The Hunted (Apocalypse Version)2…
Apocalypse Again
Apocalypse Now! Again!
Events from 2002 seem like a far away past, especially in the music world where trends come and go at the speed of light. Those who were born around…
Eldorado
ELO, Eldo... Eldorado
Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements, and futuristic iconography were the trademarks of the English band Electric Light Orchestra. Their fourth…
Lupercalia
I(n)diosyncratic Pop
Patrick Wolf is a love singer. From his early days, love was his biggest inspiration, whether cheerful or painful. In my opinion, Lupercalia was the…
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…
Scrambles, Anthems and Odysseys
Sofa Surfers
Sofa Surfers have proved as a group that brings eclecticism to the table. Founded in 1997, they have released eight albums ever since and Scrables,…
Magma
Taking It Cool
After pretty unexciting L'Enfant Sauvage, Gojira are back with their newest offering called Magma. The first notable thing you’ll notice…
Timeless
Are After 7 really timeless?
Any fan of R&B music of the 90s knows this group by one song: “’Til You Do Me Right”. It was at the height of the Babyface reign of smooth R&…
HDYNATION RADIO
Flosstradamus HDYNATION RADIO Album Review
The Chicago natives J2K and Autobot better known by their stagename Flosstradamus, released a new album this week entitled . This power duo are some&…
Too Dark Park
Skinny Puppy's Sonic Masochistic Masterpiece
Skinny Puppy's eighth studio album is something of a masterpiece. So dense are the sonic tapestries that it is nearly impenetrable. Produced by…
I See You
I see you
Listening to the xx used to feel like eavesdropping on the most private of conversations. On 2009’s xx and 2012’s Coexist, vocalists Romy Madley Croft…
Complete Third
A Cult Star That Should Definitely Have Been Big
Here with us again is another incarnation of an album about love turned into a disaster that at the time it came out was proclaimed a disaster. Later…
Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun
Mark Olson - Mojave desert psych
Mark Olson, one of the original co-founders of The Jayhawks is back with a new album, and although he is credited as “the head of the bill”,…
Yours, Dreamily,
Psychedelic Monotony
The Black Keys were really excited to come back to the studio as soon as possible but the shoulder injury of their drummer, Patrick Carney,…
Songs Of Experience (Deluxe Edition)
U2 Puts Experience In Front Of Courage
We have been waiting three years for U2's new material, even though it was teased that it will came out only few months after its predecessor.…
Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü
Did you like the Soundtrack more than the Suicide Squad Movie itself?
A few weeks ago it is over waiting to see the film Suicide Squad, which has generated much criticism, both good and bad (more bad than good). In…
Integrity
Tom Harrel and The Art of Improv
Fantastic, legendary trumpet player Tom Harrel continues to prove that it's possible to create masterpieces even when you are in your…
Last Chance
My Take on A Killer’s Confession’s “Last Chance”
Back with a nationwide press campaign and radio campaign renowned metal music maker Waylon Reavis is making a bid for a second wind in his storied…
Sirope Vivo
The intelligent staging by Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz is a born chameleon. It can be the consent of the women, respected by musicians and talk of hard rock lovers. At that point, it…
Shangri La
Why Jake Bugg's Shangri La Is Testament To The Talent Of Young Generation of Musicians
Saying that there is nothing interesting in today’s music, and that the old guys are making the best albums is ridiculous. There are many examples…
Wild Light
65daysofstatic
What would we do without postmodernism is one thing. What would artists do without is it more important question to ask. Just as postmodernism has…
Synthwaves
Quaeschning & Schnauss Unveil New Album Synthwaves
Thorsten Quaeschning and Ulrich Schnauss have teamed up to create a record of pure Berlin-school bliss which pays…
Into The Wild Life (Deluxe)
P!nk Lavigne?
Halestorm is an American rock band who spent most of their time on tours and Into the Wild Life is their third album. Listening to Halestorm, it is…
Those Younger Days
Indie Family
When you believe in people, the whole world is a church. And when your family believes in you, your life is easy like indie song. Music runs in the…
No Good
Noir Pop
The world of pop music is populated with so many artists who are trying to copy each other. It is not a plagiarism, it is just a promiscuous idea.…
The Pale Emperor
Literally the Pale Emperor
It was in the late 80's that Brian Hugh Warner adopted the Marilyn Manson pseudonym and entered to the music universe, it took a long time before…
Before We Forgot How To Dream
Who is SOAK?
One thing is for sure when it comes to Irish people – they have an incredible sense for melody. They never sound like they are going to…
Bailando Sobre las Ruinas
Public Disorder returns with optimism and Dancing on Ruins
Public disorder had shown signs of a new album from the launch of its theme Everything is normal , a satire on political speech of the Venezuelan…
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
The grey areas of John Legend
I think, out of all the R&B artists out there today, John Legend would have to be the best role model you can find. I'm not a fan. I don&#…
White Light / White Heat (Deluxe Edition)
#tbt The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker did not need to sing about the smelly town and the monstrosity of its busyness. That was…
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…
Los Tres MTV Unplugged
20 Years of MTV Unplugged by Los Tres
And suddenly it was two decades since the Three afford to do an Unplugged for MTV Latin America was given. Your best! That show, which never came out…
MY WOMAN
Ethereal Woman
Angel Olsen caught our attention with her 2014 second studio album Burn Your Fire for No Witness. This 29 year old girl from St.Louis played with…
The Man of Sorrow / The Man Who Sorrows
Lwstndrds - The Man of Sorrow / The Man Who Sorrows
Lwstndrds are a two-piece powerviolence/grindcore/noise/sludge metal band from Zabrze, Poland. While usually their repertoire includes harsh, brutal,…
Bitch, Don't Let Me Die!
Art Rock
Winter is coming and new Electric Six album has already came. It is called Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die and it is pretty strange they already…
City Music
How Kevin Morby Sees New York
Does being prolific means getting better and better at what you do? Or is it the other way around. Let's examine this on the example of the…
Intergalactic Dada & Space Trombones
Radar Men From The Moon - Intergalactic Dada & Space Trombones
Radar Men From The Moon are a great Dutch instrumental psychedelic rock/stoner rock band from the Netherlands. They have released quite many good…
Sounds from the Heart of Gothenburg (Live)
In Flames Do Not Have The Same Flame
It hurts to say this, but In Flames became a sinking ship. It is a ship with broken sails; a ship without captain. Ever since Jesper Stromblad…
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…
Pennied Days
Weekend EP Batle: No Joy vs Night Moves
Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare, anyway. No Joy Series…
Bamboo Diner in the Rain
The Picture is Clear - The Waves Are Covered In Light
When I first saw the cover of the new The Wave Pictures album (and there is quite a few of them), something kept nagging at me it seemed so familiar…
The Hooten Hallers
Toot For The Hooten Hallers
To capture the magic of city Lupus, located on the coast of powerful Missouri, and its famous Chilli Fest, it is enough you play the newest album by…
Grounders
Imago Abbei: Psychedelic Pop will never die
The canadian musical group Grounders reference Jagwar Ma, Tame Impala and the Zombies; '60s sounds, psychedelic nostalgia, woozy and …
Modern Vampires of the City
The millennial angst of Vampire Weekend
If something does very well Modern Vampires of the City is to show the anguish of this generation. This album Vampire Weekend, formed by singer and…
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…
Close Ties
Rodney Crowell's New Effort Is Like An Instruction Book For Americana
Even though Americana is becoming more and more popular among younger generations, it is mandatory to keep in mind that there is still…
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…
Dream
Angie Stone's Dream is like a musical story book
In a time where everything is about branding, you have to wear the brands, brand yourself, brand your product, pfff, it sounds so true to hear someone…
Escultura
SCULPTURE: The last work of art of GUACO
After 2 years of inactivity the Super Band of Venezuela Guaco throws the disc number 40 of his successful career. Sculpture is called this album that…
...Of the Dark Light
....Of The Dark Light
Long Island death metal stalwarts bring considerable technical aptitude to an album that works within the framework of their long-established sound.…
Psyence Fiction
#tbt UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Founder of record label Mo Wax records, James Lavelle, and DJ Shadow are the names behind the project UNKLE that was born in 1994. The album I am…
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…
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…
The Gentle Cycle
Will The Gentle Cycle Find Their Spot
I am a witness of the unfair phenomenon in music world - a huge number of new musicians and albums do not get the attention they deserve, in spire of…
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…
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…
Greatest Hits: Pieces of Three
Complete Spotify Band Promotion helps THREEPEACE increase play counts by 1000%
Complete Spotify Band Promotion helps THREEPEACE increase play counts by 1000% Complete Spotify Band Promotion helps THREEPEACE…
Prisoner
How Ryan Adams Experiences Breakup
February is the month when cats make love (while sounding like crying babies), and I start to think that this is why all the great albums drop around…
Perfecto
Music For Pizza Restaurants
To make a perfect mainstream pop album is an extreme sport. There are too many parameters to satisfy, too many target audiences and music critics…
Ice On The Dune
Ice on the Dune
Empire of the Sun give us some more of their debut 'Walking on a Dream' on this second effort; the house party slash festival drum n synth…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande Is a Dangerous Woman
When it comes to beautiful and charismatic women Ariana Grande is definitely one of them. She has a very powerful voice that is merciful at the same…
Ti Amo
Phoenix Sound Like Italian Summer
Can you hear the sound of the summer? If not, you will hear it now. French synth-pop collective Phoenix decided to be a herald of the upcoming summer…
The Getaway
Red hot Chili Peppers returns with everything.
When we talk about legendary bands, bands that those 80's years that the sun still sound today and that give those hard rock instruments to…
To the Highest Gods We Know
Colour Haze - To The Highest Gods We Know
Colour Haze are a renowned and well-known German psychedelic rock/stoner rock band, who have released many notable albums in their own particular…
Turn the Sea
Cressman sure can Turn the Sea
Have you heard of Natalie Cressman? If you’re interested in jazz you should definitely check her out. There are not many videos on Youtube, and those…
Lotus
Shaun Martin's Debut
The second video from Shaun Martin's debut album, 7 Summers. Shaun is best known for his work with Kirk…
Body and Soul
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.2 - Body and Soul
In this second article dedicated to jazz standards, I present you the most covered one of all times - “Body and Soul”, a…
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&…
Let Me Go ! (feat. Sophie Hunger)
Erik Truffaz feat. Sophie Hunger: Let Me Go !
I love what happened to music in the last two decades. The music industry tended to classify music under genre labels to ease the selling, so eclectic…
Playground Love (with Gordon Tracks)
Entrapment of an Era
In any other musical element the French duo Air would be known for their electronic based setup. Yet, if The Virgin Suicides soundtrack has not…
Take the
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.11 - Take The 'A' Train
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra introduced “Take the ‘A’ Train” in 1941 and the song immediately climbed up…
Nature Boy
The Little Prince and the Nature Boy
‘Nature Boy’ is one of my favorite songs, not only in jazz but in general. One of the most beautiful tunes was written by eden…
How High The Moon
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.15 - How High The Moon
“How High the Moon” is one of the best-known jazz standards, introduced on February 8, 1940, during the Broadway revue ‘…
Smooth Sailin'
Class Has Come Back In The Form Of Smooth Sailin'
Leon Bridges may just be the biggest name you'll hear about in Texas. If you don't hear his name uttered around every major city, come across…
Waltz For Debby
Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans performed by Tony Bennett
The composer of this beautiful jazz standard is Bill Evans. Personally one of my favorite American jazz pianists and composers. Evans is born in New…
Reigns (Every Night)
The jazz rebel of the Estefan family
If you’re the daughter of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, it’s not all that strange that you would start a music career of your own. It…
Porgy and Bess: Act 1: Scene 1: Summertime
Jazz Standards Vol.7 - Summertime
‘Summertime’ is probably the best-known standard outside the jazz circless. This song is an aria from the 1935 opera ‘…
Harvest Time
A performance worth repeating
This is one of the most exciting pieces of music I’ve heard recently. It’s an excerpt from the four-hour show that Esperanza…
Watermelon Man
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.14 - Watermelon Man
The sixties were an era when younger musicians started to write extensively, with many of the then-new compositions becoming standards in the decades…
Carry On
Carry On With Norah
Even though there is quite some time left before the soaring temperatures starts to cool down again, I feel like I’m transported to the cozy…
Jammin' - Single Edit
Reggae Goes Smooth Jazz With A George Benson-Like Spotify Single “Jammin” By Dave Sereny
Dave Sereny releases his new single “Jammin” on Spotify, a song striking a balance between reggae and smooth Jazz with a notable George Benson…
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,…
Fine And Mellow
Fine and Mellow (1957 performance) - Billie Holiday and the DreamTeam of Jazz
Usually “All-Star team” is a sports category. Musicians group according to their affinities, style and personal friendship. But…
Lingus
SNARKY PUPPY: A Casual Listener’s Review
I will be honest: I am no musician, much less a music critic. My encounters with Jazz are limited to a few presentations of my son’s High…
Main Title/Laura
JAZZ STANDARDS VOL.10 - Laura
“Laura” is a popular song from the mid-forties of the 20th century, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura starring…
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.…
Stardust
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.17 - Stardust
“Star Dust” (or “Stardust,” depending on the version) is one of the most prominent jazz standards but more…
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 “…
Caravan - 2001 Remastered Version
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.12 - Caravan
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December 1936. The recording entered the pop charts…
Just Call Me Nige
Future Music
If anyone can bear the title of future music, that would probably be the work of artists like Jojo Mayer, Bred Mehldau, Mark Guiliana, among others.…
Stella By Starlight
Jazz Standards Vol.9 - Stella by Starlight
‘Stella by Starlight’ is a song from the 1944 Paramount film “The Uninvited,” a ghost story starring Ray…
Brother Wind
Garbarek's 'Brother Wind' - a journey into the Northern Lights
‘Brother Wind’ is one of the most wonderful tunes ever composed. It’s my favorite Jan Garbarek composition, and it&…
Love on a Two Way Street - Radio
Kenney Polson - Love On A Two Way Street (Official Video)
Kenney Polson is an up-and-coming artist, an altoist and soprano-saxophonist who has his own sound. Producer and Grammy Award winner Don Mizell, a…
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,…
Nancy (With The Laughing Face) - 78rpm Version
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.6 - Nancy (with a Laughing Face)
I decided to continue the series on jazz standards with a less known composition (in terms of its not-so-frequent use by jazz musicians) called &…
Good Lava
Exploring a Brand New Trip
Esperanza Spalding just dropped a new single from her upcoming experimental album “Emily’s D+ Evolution” called &…
Rich Man
Rich Man Does No Good Deed
A modern day Peter, Paul & Mary four piece band capable of sweet, sweet sounds. The Coconut Kids compose of sullen singing missed…
Don't Go
In Choir of Mourning
Even though Hannah Georgas impliments an indie cred appeal, one can not help but since an underlying jazz element. Then again with the melancholy…
Luna
What to do when you can't talk?
In the history of music, singing emerged as a form of expression of the slaves who were in America, it was his way of expressing pain, sing to nature…
Love On The Brain
A Side No One Has Ever Seen
The Billboard Music Awards of 2016 shed a lot of insight, one being (in my opinion) the best performance from Rihanna as she performed the track '…
Shadow - Radio Edit
A Lynchian Atmosphere
Dear Tommy, Chromatics' highly anticipated fifth album, is still nowhere in sight despite all the recent musical activity from Johnny…
This Old Dog
Realistic Devotion
Canadian singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer, jizz-jazzer and slacker rocker Mac DeMarco's latest music video for This Old…
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…
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…
Starboy
Testing out The Weeknd
Last week, The Weeknd released his new single, Starboy. If that alone didn't excite you, the fact that it's a collaboration with Daft Punk…
Warm Whiskey Nights
Justin Ryan warms our hearts with Warm Whiskey Nights
Everyone loves a good story, A good story will keep you interested and it will keep you really connected with the main character; to feel what it is…
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,&…
Teenage Dirtbag
That Teenage Dirtbag Baby!
American alternative rock band Wheatus was formed by Newport, New York musician Brendan B. Brown in 1995 with his brother, Pete Brown. The group is…
Alive
SIAFIED!
By now the legend of SIA is pretty much apparent to us. She is the powerhouse songwriter behind successful hit numbers of many an artist including the…
Kiss Me
New Olly Murs Track: Hit or Miss?
English Singer/Songwriter Olly Murs just go back on the radar with his brand of bouncy pop and this time it's a brand new track called Kiss Me.…
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…
Love Yourself
Justin Bieber-fied!
Justin Bieber's “Love Yourself” is such a cool song. I cannot believe I used Justin Bieber and the word “cool&…
Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)
Enjoy Chicano Batman's Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm) ahead of March release of Freedom is Free
Chicano Batman came out of L.A.; four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía…
Sorry
Justin Bieber: Being Sorry
Trust, respect, and honesty are essential elements of maintaining relationships. However, the relationship becomes unstable when one of the elements…
I Should Live in Salt
The National can't explain it any other way
The National are one of the only bands that, with every album, stay within the same sonic landscape. Each ensuing album explores this landscape…
What's It Gonna Be?
Introverted Pop
After piquing widespread curiosity with her sensuous 2014 single Touch and teasing fans at www.hasshurafinishedheralbumyet.com,&…
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…
Carl Sagan
Multifaceted Psych-Rock
In the music video for Carl Sagan, Minneapolis rock duo Night Moves (John Pelant and Micky Alfano) drive into the middle of the California…
Shine a Light
Heavenly Transcendence
“Shine a Light,” the lead single from Seattle art-rapper Shabazz Palaces’ Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines double…
18
On 18, an Epic 88Rising Multi-Collab, Joji Grounds Kris Wu, Rich Brian and Trippie Redd Grandiosity With Introspective Melancholy
Indie music label/creative agency 88rising have steadily forged their way into the mainstream by jet-fuelling the careers of Rich Brian (previously…
Scene Girl
Noir Fatalism
Chicago rapper KAMI appears to be poised for solo success after breaking away from the SaveMoney collective (which also consists of Vic Mensa, Joey…
Let It Happen
WATCH: Let It Happen Music Video (Tame Impala)
Tame Impala's new and extremely disorienting music video features a plane crash, heart attacks, a shortened version of the song, and a trippy…
In the Morning I'll Be Better
Sublime Devotion
Tennis (Denver based husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley) recently released “In The Morning I’ll…
Ghost
Watching From Afar
Jivraj Singh and Nischay Parekh form dream pop duo Parekh & Singh and hail from the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. Their…
Rise
olympic sound
Do you listen to songs to cheer? Do you listen to music while jogging? Do you exercise to the beat of a song? Still the pace with every step you take…
Yankee
Candy 66 - Yankee Live @ Garage Rock Bar (Garage Media Group)
Garage Rock bar in conjunction with garage media group bring a series of videos called Garage Sessions in this release is the Venezuelan candy nu…
Think About It
You think you know but you dont, Think About It by Erich Mrak
Chaos ensues when worlds collide but chaos is not necesserality something bad. In this case, Hip Hop and Electronic music have been…
watch
Billie Eilish: The Voice, Imagination and Personality of Pop's Future?
“But you can put yourself in a character or a situation you would not normally be in. You don't have to be in love to write a love song.…
Le Hace Falta Un Beso (feat. Mike Bahía)
A? no! there are three versions of He needs a kiss.
Colombian singer Alejandro Gonzalez, former lead singer of the group Bonka, released 3 versions of the same subject with which manages to please…
Lost Youth / Lost You
Intimacy's Miseries
In a violet-hued video for Lost Youth/Lost You, How to Dress Well frontman - Chicago-born singer-songwriter and philosophy PhD graduate Tom Krell -…
Adiós
La Toma also bets on the bolero
Decision is not all you hear on his records, his power lies in vivo. Its ability to explore and expose different rhythms, makes him one of the most…
Affection
Hauntingly Beautiful
A stage name like 'Cigarettes After Sex' evokes a specific mood and setting: a post-coital, languid, potentially sultry scene of…
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as Conducted by Dudamel
Dudamel’s presentation of Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5 is absolutely stunning in its interpretation. The first movement is…
Don't Mind
I Don't Trust Kent Jones' 'Don't Mind'
Trying to gauge why, exactly, Kent Jones’s “Don’t Mind” is off-putting like tracing an endless, hazy horizon; think the one beyond the…
I'm Real
The Bronx Diva is back
Jlo is really excited, he has been insisting to their fans through their social networks waiting with many looking forward to the arrival on Thursday…
Deeper Than Love
Bobby Puma: Deeper Than Love
Rising electronic prodigy Bobby Puma isn't exactly a new kid on the block, but he ventures into house territory with his latest release, titled…
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…
Strangers
A Real Lesbian Top 100?
With her blue wigs, androgynous style, tri-bi identity (biracial, bisexual, bipolar) and self-made internet fame, the extramusical aspects of alt-pop…
Playground
Otherworldly Electro
Møme (Jérémy Souillart) is a French DJ from Nice who is best-known for Aloha, a collaboration with Australian vocalist&…
Leon
Give My Heart A Break
The Japanese House, otherwise known as Amber Bain, whose choice of stage name comes with an equally interesting story that blurs the lines between…
Try Everything - From
Shakira premieres the theme song for the Disney movie Zootopia
Shakira surprised us once again, the Colombian artist is now part of one of the most recent Disney film deliveries, Zootopia is expected to hit…
Company
T Fires That Company Dance!
New Year, new time, new days and brand new music videos curtain called are here! And who is better to start this Year with then our R`n`B&…
Sorry Is Gone
Gone Girl
La cantante country de Ohio, Jessica Lea Mayfield, estrenó recientemente la pista titular de su cuarto álbum de estudio (el 29 de…
Lush Life
Zara Larsson uncovers her lush life
When you hear the song “Lush Life”, you can’t deny you’re thinking you’re listening to a new Rihanna…
I Don't Believe It
Uplifting Ballet Pop
Before New York-based singer-songwriter Rachael Sage embarked on a career in music, she attended The School Of American Ballet and danced in&…
Planet Caravan
Planet Caravan - The Unorthodox Sabbath Song
‘Planet Caravan’ is the strangest song that Black Sabbath had ever recorded. I mean, the song is not strange at all by itself, but…
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…
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…
You're Still a Young Man
A Song for Older Generations vs. Younger Generations on Love
There has always been this constant back-and-forth between the younger generations and the older ones on the subject of love. Older generations are…
Misery
Gwen brings us a new video
The new song is called Misery, and is the third single from his latest album This Is What the Truth Feels Like is inspired by the situation that has…
Sign of the Times
A Promising New Direction
The timing of ex-One Directioner Harry Styles' debut solo single Sign of the Times is strikingly apt; it was released on…
Valentine
Perfect V-Day Song
Californian singer-songwriter and guitarist Kina Grannis' 2010 song Valentine might be a relatively old song, but it's still one that manages…
Imagining My Man
Spells Will Be Cast While Listening To Aldous Harding's Imagining My Man
This New Zeland singer has all the right moves planned out. A gothic remorse emotional track such as 'Imagining My Man' brings Aldous Harding…
Overpowered
Neuroscientific Pop
You might remember Irish singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy as being one-half of electronic pop duo Moloko, or for being a…
I Love My Friends
Foster The People Don't Conform, They Invent
Foster The People's newest album Sacred Hearts Club is light-hearted compared to the band's previous albums. With that being said, the band…
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.…
Crash
Usher surprises with two releases in one week
The famous R & B singer Usher in the summer of this year will be premiering which would be his eighth album which called Flawed, which comes…
Modern Woman
Multi-Layered Femininity
After announcing the release of their fourth album, Yours Conditionally and sharing the harmony-laden In the Morning I&…
Humble And Kind
Tim McGraw: Humble and Kind Review
When we were all kids, we were always taught to appreciate the simpler things in life. We were raised to be humble and kind among others. …
Secret Garden (feat. Merival)
Stepping into the Secret Garden with Izzard & Merival
The song I’m about to draw your attention to has brought me MAJOR joy over the past few days, and I am excited for you to have the same experience.…
With You
Chester Bennington: Songs that Started it All
The first time I had heard Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park it was on a borrowed CD on a cheap portable CD player that skipped songs at the slightest…
Vanilla
Moody Beach's Vanilla Shines on Youth and Consequences
It makes perfect sense for Youth & Consequences, a YouTube Red original production series that has been described as a…
Still Brazy
YG Still Brazy!
American Rapper/Producer YG claims the Trap throne again! A Def Jam boy, already famous at lagre, the two-letter man kicks…
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…
Had to Let Me Go
Liquid Cool
Had To Let Me Go is a great introduction to the beguiling, atmospheric blend of 90s R&B and contemporary…
Pleasure And Pain
The Euphoria of Love and Life
There's a fine line between 'tasteful nudity' and 'sexploitation', but Danish quartet Lightwave Empire's music video for their…
The Body Is a Blade
The Hazy Catharsis of Japanese Breakfast's The Body is a Blade
After the otherworldly escapades in the music videos for Machinist and Road Head, Japanese Breakfast (Oregon singer-songwriter and guitarist Michelle…
Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Mahler’s 6th And The Lucerne Festival Orchestra
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is one of those special orchestras that seems to top itself in marvels performance after performance. The strains of…
Mama Said
Lukas Graham's Hard-Knock Life
Have you ever seen the musical or movie Annie? Do you remember that scene where the kids are scrubbing the floors and singing a song? Now, keep that…
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…
idontwannabeyouanymore
On idontwannabeyouanymore, Pop Wunderkind Billie Eilish Explores Psychological Growing Pains
“Shit sucks, dude”. That’s how up-and-coming LA singer-songwriter Billie Eilish described the experience of being 15 (…
Ain't Nothing Changed
Listen to the Change
'Ain't Nothing Changed' by Loyle Carner happens to be a highly under-rated artist. Keeping that in mind, Loyle Carner twists and glues his…
Panda
What is the future of authenticity
Desiigner's Panda became the first New York rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Jay Z's Empire State of…
Come
Jain Changes Up The Pop Genre
One may say check out this little darling of a talent however, I feel that Jain is so much more than that phrase. 'Come' comes off of Jain'…
Million Dollar Doll
Sultry Urgency
After years of being a collaborator - first as a member of the band Luna, and then as one half of the husband-and-wife duo Dean & Britta -…
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…
Slumlord
Urban Thrills
Most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More…
If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn
Creatively Written Promise Song
Florida's “Sleeping with Sirens” falls on the more melodic side of the post-hardcore world create a whirlwind of emotion with…
I Know It's Over
A Talent That Keeps Giving
Give The Smiths one thing, 'I Know It's Over' not only happens to have that quality of a song to be a natural lullaby, but depending on…
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,…
Caught
St. Beauty's Caught is a Sparse and Sultry Emotional Purging
As their stage name suggests, the collaboration between Atlanta singer-songwriters Alexe Belle and Isis Valentino (who have been mentored by Janelle…
Elevator Operator
Profound Mundanity
Melbourne singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Barnett's 2016 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist propelled the Australian indie darling to a…
Happy Pills
Happy, Happy and Worth It?
Whoa, Happy Pills by Weathers has to be something of a questionable song. Maybe questionable in the sense of pure psychotic breakdown. Another L.A.…
Rearview Mirror
Kiri T's Lush Momentum
Run your fingers on my waist/ I’ll push the pedal to it’s deepest pace: the music video for New York-via-Hong…
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…
April Skies
Songs that started it all. 2) April Skies, Jesus and Mary Chain
Scotland has a proud history of great indie bands: Belle and Sebastian, The Blue Nile, punk band The Skids, Primal Scream, but before I heard April…
Schizophrenia
All and Above
Call Sonic Youth the most influencial, the prominent art rock, destory the sounds they've created type of band. Sonic Youth have had albums listed…
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…
Twilight Driving
Outback Yearning
I'm definitely adding Perth-based dream pop outfit Methyl Ethyl to my list of promising Australian indie acts (which also…
Money
Sweet Venom: Anna Of The North vs. The Gold Digger
On “Money”, a recent single from electro-pop duo Anna Of The North’s upcoming debut album Lovers…
Fashion Week (feat. G-Eazy)
Wale`s Fashion Week Before Shine!
Even though the Fish n Grits fever is still active, Wale burns us with another hit, visualized in a stylish way.…
Lil' More
Gimme A Little More
Hotel Motel may be a cleverly handy band name, however their track 'Lil More' has more going on than others would give them credit. Since The&…
&Run
Sir Sly Delivers Endorphin-Surging Catharsis With &Run
Los Angeles indie electronic rock trio Sir Sly recently released a music video for “&Run”, the second single from their…
Oh Woman Oh Man
This may be the best way to listen to London Grammar
Part of the problem with London Grammar’s first album, If You Wait, is that each song was weighted down by dark moods, emotion, and tone.…
Remember I Told You
Remember that house jam
I really thought the song, “Remember I Told You” was going to be an “I told you so”-kind of a song, but Nick Jonas, Anne-Marie and Mike Posner have…
Baby
Gothic Sultriness
Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi’s (Valerie Teicher) critically acclaimed debut album Crawl Space (…
Rivers and Roads
The Song That Has My Head and Heart
This song. The first time I heard Rivers and Roads was when a friend performed it as his senior farewell. It is truly incredible. Besides…
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…
Prince William Sound
Prince William Sound by ThreePeace remembers oil spill which still lingers 27 Years after Exxon Valdez Ran Aground!
Prince William Sound by ThreePeace Remembers Oil Spill Which Still Lingers 27 Years after Exxon Valdez Ran Aground! Back in the Late 80's…
Vitamin C
Hey you! You're losing your Vitamin C
“CAN” are one of the great classics of experimental rock. They are often considered pioneers of krautrock, but they are far more…
Dog Years
Maggie Roger's Counts Down Our Dog Years
The ticket prize for originality goes to Maggie Rogers. From snapping her fingers in a quiet room or drumming out a pattern on the fabric of a pair of…
Boyish
Hippo Campus' Boyish Exuberance
It's hard to believe Minnesota indie rock quartet Hippo Campus have not actually released their debut album yet, given the success of their first…
Pero Me Acuerdo de Tí
The Same Sentiment In Another Language
Many know music as a universal language, and yes, that does represent meolodía human emotions can transcend language barriers and make music…
Cranes in the Sky
Solange Steels Music's Broken Wings
The opening to Solange Knowles “Cranes in The Sky” beckons with an addictive head-nodding beat that subdues all your attention.…
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
Iconic French duo Air (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) have recently shared Indian Summer (a previously limited track),…
Pretty Girl
Queer Ear Candy
'Pretty Girl' is one of my favorite songs on my new EP, Citrine. It's an acknowledgement of all those beautiful women…
Makeba
Techno-Tribal World Pop
“I like to be spontaneous when I make music. I begin with beats or drums, because that’s what moves me and if I find a sound that…
Sins Of My Father
Take the sins down to the pond
When Tom Waits met his wife for the first time, I’m sure he never expected to be musically influenced by her that much, mostly because she&…
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…
Close
Getting Close With Nick Jonas Ft. Tove Lo
Nick Jonas, a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor best known as one-third of the hugely popular Disney Channel sibling pop/rock act…
Put a Light On
Generationals' Carpe Diem Song
Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. Gen Y and Gen Z-ers may not be too familiar with this iconic quote from…
How Soon The Dawn
Jake Bugg Proves What Elements Craft A Great Song
When Jake Bugg came out onto the scene, no one knew where in the hell to place this crafted young genius of a musician. Better yet, everyone wanted to…
Freedom
Pitbull takes a cruise full of women in his new video
The Cuban singer has just released his video Freedom is the second single from his upcoming album to be released in this 2016 is expected to be…
Car
A Love Letter to the Automobile
It takes us away from where we are/ Oh, what a machine! Lyrics: Genius In Car, the third single from American synthpop band Porches'…
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…
James Brandon Lewis
James Brandon Lewis On The Rise
Personally, watching James Brandon Lewis Trio live at last summer's North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam was a cathartic experience. I thought…
The Nuñez Project
The Nunez Project Entices with Lares
Luis Nunez has a rich musical family heritage and he grew up playing with A-list musicians and singers from all over Puerto Rico. At 16, he started…
The Kramford Look
The Kramford Look
What a beautiful night! I feel like I am writing some noir short stories somewhere in Africa. Of course, you do want to know why I feel so. And I&…
Jan Daley
The Way of a Woman by Jan Daley No. 5 and No. 6 on Jazz Billboard Charts!
Jan Daleys “The Way of a Woman” smooth jazz album has had an incredible debut on both the Billboard Jazz Album chart as well as the Billboard…
Lo Marie
Lo Marie Reveals The Gap
Lo Marie doesn’t hold back with this passionate new track. The singer from Tennessee recently put out the track “Gap,” her first release since a…
Miles Davis
Hancock, Shorter, Williams, Carter and Roney - A Tribute To Miles Davis
Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet (as it is dubbed in jazz history) was perhaps the most exciting and groundbreaking jazz combos ever. They…
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…
Dave Holland
Dream of the Elders
Dave Holland's bands are famous for their energetic performances, fabulous interplay, extraordinary instrumental skills, and group's unity.…
Toots Thielemans
Goodbye Toots!
Toots Thielemans died yesterday. He was one of the oldest living jazz legends, besides from being the most successful and versatile harmonica player…
John McLaughlin
One Night of Fusion in Calcutta
Last week I attended what might have been the greatest concert of my life (at least yet)! Fusion guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin played with a brand…
Lionel Hampton
The Magic of the Jazz Vibraphone
The vibraphone is one of the most beautiful and gentle instruments. It’s a piano for drummers - it is classified under percussion and is a…
Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
Mitchell Herbert Herb Ellis was an American Jazz guitarist. He was best known for his 1950's membership in the trio of pianist Oscar…
Alfa Mist
Fresh Sounds from East london
I found it difficult to classify Alfa Mist under a genre label. Is it jazz, is it lounge? A bit of MCing, a lot of hip-hop influenced grooves, and a…
Michel Petrucciani
Masters Trio
This is a treat for all virtuoso-loving fans. Here we have three masters of their respected instruments, led by the famous French pianist Michel…
Tyrone Mr. Superfantastic
Tyrone Mr. SuperFantastic Shares the Love On “Long Road”
On first listen this offering can seem to be a bright and breezy semi-big band outing that strays into the past. There are familiar tunes and sounds…
Norah Jones
White & Black Keys With A Bit Of Soul
“Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.” - Norah Jones Who knew that a…
Amy Winehouse
Soulful To The End
Whether a lot of people pick Amy Winehouse, Amy definitely deserves a moment in the spotlight to continue on singing the way that had all of…
Leb I Sol
Tavitjan Brothers Play Classics
There are many renditions of classical pieces, but there are few that are truly good. Tavitjan Brothers may be among those few with their jazz…
Nils Petter Molvær
NILS PETTER MOLVAER V.S. ERIK TRUFFAZ
This is not a battle. It’s merely a choice, although it doesn’t even have to be that. Music is not a competitive sport - the only…
Sonny Rollins
The shape of jazz that was... only better
When Sonny Rollins disconnected from the scene and took his saxophone up to the Williamsburg Bridge to practice alone for almost three years,…
Arctic Monkeys
the monkeys return
After their successful album Am, which was published in February 2013, members of the Arctic Monkeys have been working separately on various projects…
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven’s Eroica (Hero’s Symphony)
In another fabulous display of color, Beethoven wows us with a symphony largely in a fast 3/4 or slower 6/8 to dazzle us with whit and emotion just as…
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony: Person of the Year at the Latin Grammys
Seven gramophones, five Latin Grammys and two Grammys; more than 12 million records sold, only to talk about the musical career of Marc Anthony. But…
Taylor Swift
premiere swift
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&#…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Something’s Unusual with T.Y.E.: Is He The Next Big Thing In Hip Hop?
Hip hop and popular music at large goes through phases where one style is popular for a while before another trend takes over. Trends may…
Akasha System
Akasha System
Rain is cold and overall; it’s absolute and all-consuming – just like my love; just like my inner fire and obsession. Cold water…
Jon Pardi
Jon Pardi ‘The B Sides: 2011-2014’ – EP Review
If you’ve been consciously avoiding any of the new males on country radio, then you might just be missing out. Among the great pop-country of Frankie…
The Monteverdi Choir
Monteverdi Goes Sacred
If you are a listener of beautiful and harmonic things, may I recommend Claudio Monteverdi and his Missa In Illo Tempore? It is truly a beautiful,…
Nine Inch Nails
NIN will release a new EP
After 3 years without publishing a new musical project, the American band Nine Inch Nails announced that December 23 will a new EP. The promise had…
Residente
Resident wants to conquer the big screen
Resident is in a very special stage of his career since he is working alone. The former member of Calle 13 has in mind to conquer movie screens, and…
Frank Ocean
Nikes and lots of glitter
The producer and singer Frank Ocean, recently published its visual album titled Endless. Album also was released exclusively for the platform Apple…
Selah Sue
Her music's got depth like her hair's got height
This whole week, I’ve stuck to very commercial choices in pop music to blog about, so to break the habit I’m bringing you the best…
PRhyme
Da Quote : PRhyme
''Da Quote'' is a segment where you can find the some of the best quote out of an album. This time is the turn of PRhyme.For…
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell committed suicide
Yesterday night, May 17, the unfortunate death of one of the most influential composers and voices of the 1990s, Chris Cornell , was found lifeless…
Coldplay
Coldplay release lyric video for their song Aliens
Brits from the Coldplay band have released their Aliens single, a new charity track because all their proceeds will be donated to an international…
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets covered 505
The Last Shadow Puppets are touring around the world for his latest musical work. However, when they appeared in Greece in the Rockwave Festival,…
The Beatles
Strangers in a strange land
It’s a common saying that you just can’t get famous in your hometown, even if you have the potential to be great, best there ever…
Marshmello
New theme from Marshmello, Ritual
The masked white, Marshmello, announced the departure a new single. Ritual will feature vocal contributions will Wrabel and under the Owsla seal.…
Jim Morrison
Ten songs to remember Jim Morrison 45 years after his death
His voice and face are the most iconic rock history. Her dancing, her sex appeal and rebellion Jim Morrison made one of the unforgettable and…
Paul Simon
Paul Simon Rocks Madrid!
Paul Simon really makes things fiery on his last tour (or supposedly last tour). He makes his attempt at one of his finest hits “Bridge Over Troubled…
Genevieve Pasquier
Genevieve Pasquier
It’s about time to meet a gorgeous, sophisticated woman with sharp teeth and a glassy electro. She’s got to be “handled…
Jojo
Official video out! JoJo Say Love
It may seem like I`m writing in circles, but I just couldn`t skip the brand new video from our injured and fully recovered soul woman JoJo.&…
Gran Coquivacoa
Bagpipe time: from No le para a nada to El Bachaco
It came while bagpipes season in Venezuela: the sound of drums, the Zulia, the next descent of La Chinita (November 18) bring us closer to this…
Katy Perry
New Katy Perry album out in June
Katy Perry announced on Monday the release of a new album and tour of North America, promising a more mature and thoughtful side after having spent…
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…
Thomas Rhett
Thomas Rhett ‘It Goes Like This’ – Album Review
For those who don’t know, Thomas Rhett is the son of Rhett Akins, who had a successful career as a chart-topping country artist, before switching to…
Juanes
Juanes new in electro-cumbia
Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes opens the Friday the second single from her new album, Beautiful thankless, a theme that focuses on electro-cumbia…
Michael Jackson
The themes that immortalized the King of Pop
Nobody has been able to dethrone him after his death. His name and legend have surpassed his own career. Is that Michael Jackson was a unique artist,…
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…
Gerald Chipi Chacon
It's called love new video by Chipi Chacón.
Chipi Chacon unveils its new single is called love a pop ballad written by him . The artist shows other facets of his talent with this simple that,…
Lil Wayne
Short Movie Clip For A Long Movie Screen
With yet another great cinematic visual coming on August this very same year, that is not the only exitement we will encounter with and inhale deeply…
Chino & Nacho
The voice of Felipe Pirela, the voice of Chino Miranda
Boleros is that the voice of zuliano seemed bolerista They seem, sound recorders thanks to a touch, who knows if with a touch of sweet melancholy;…
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 '&…
Gualberto Ibarreto
Gualberto Ibarreto: genuine voice of the people
Sure, sometimes it is hateful to talk about the voice of the people, especially when the connotations towards politics is obvious. But in the case…
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars first single from his third album.
If we recall his previous work, Unorthodox Jukebox, it was one of the most sold worldwide in 2013. This artist was several years without launching a…
Fanny Lu
We've all been through this
This song answers a question asked of a man towards a woman. What is the matter? He would say, and she, without realizing it, might feel this way:…
Nina Simone
The three She-giants
There are a lot of great female artists in the history of popular music. But what does it take to be called a Diva? Usually, it is a title reserved…
FKA twigs
FKA twigs feminist speech
And where the teenager looks incoherent video, the artist's eye perceives -not feminist or feminine discourse know, nor does it matter if…
Gabylonia
Gabylonia and her 'Abuse of Power'
Gabylonia, Caracas rapera 30 years presented this week its new audiovisual work, this is your new videosingle entitled '' Abuse of…
Whitney Houston
Oh Whitney....!
The latest music documentary about legendary singer, Whitney Houston, has definitely opened up my eyes to her life. “Whitney: Can I Be Me&…
Manolo Ramos
Manolo Ramos is making his premiere
Manolo Ramos presents his new studio album. This is 631 , which was edited by Sony Music . It is now available for download on all digital platforms…
Sam Riggs
Sam Riggs and The Night People ‘Outrun The Sun’ - Album Review
Texas music. That impossibly large and infinitely popular subgenre of country, rock, roots and all things southern; bloggers such as Rita Ballou at…
Britney Spears
Return of the Queen of Pop “Britney Spears”
This time I touch to the opening of the Billboard Music Awards and leave you with your mouth open to the public with their dances, accompanied by a…
Kacey Musgraves
Why Calling Kacey Musgraves A Bitch Just Reflects Poorly On You
Normally I don’t comment too much on artists’ personalities and media personas, unless it’s directly relevant to the music on their record and makes…
Lil Wayne
Latest from Lil Wayne
On June 16, the American rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, better known as Weezy or by his stage name Lil Wayne, surprised us with a new item entitled…
Daniel Romano
From mournful to Mosey
Daniel Romano is a musician, poet, and visual artist. He is also one of Canada’s most prolific talents, rolling out albums that continue to…
Charliepapa
The New Bands Festival is canceled
Unfortunately yesterday by Facebook website of the Foundation New Bands, has announced that the Festival Nuevas Bandas 2016 has been postponed…
Zack Hemsey
Zack Hemsey: Underrated and Underappreciated
Music is one of my sources of income so needless to say it’s extremely important to me. I take great pride in what I choose to listen to. An artist…
DJ Khaled
Dj Khaled Pairs Rihanna With Bryson Tiller For New Hit
DJ Khaled links R & B singers Rihanna and Bryson Tiller to the fourth single from their studio album, Grateful, released on June 16, 2017.…
Stevie Wonder
Global Citizen Festival will feature performances by Stevie Wonder and Green Day.
Stevie Wonder, Green Day, The Killers, The Lumineers and The Chainsmokers will perform at the Global Citizen Festival, a free annual event in iconic…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes is renewed
20 years new album. So Tomates Fritos celebrates two decades of experience in Venezuela. A homonymous production with a clear message: reinvent…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias released a new version of: The heart hurts
In recent years, Enrique Iglesias has reinvented itself in all possible ways to stay on top of the music charts. The mixture of Latin sounds, hip hop…
MiC LOWRY
Mic Lowry head out to Europe
I've had a collaboration with a team of Amsterdam producers a few years ago and we wrote a song that we offered to an unknown UK group called Mic…
Abel Pintos
Abel Pintos offers an appetizer of his new album
The Argentine singer Abel Pintos is preparing to present this year his next studio album. Meanwhile, the 32-year musician shared through social…
Maluma
Maluma and his salsa version of Felices los 4 with a great artist
Maluma continues to lead the radio with his single Felices Los 4, ranking in the top positions of the most important rankings. However, the Colombian…
Radiohead
Glastonbury 2017
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts announced the poster for its 2017 edition to be held June 21-25 in Pilton, UK. Glastonbury…
Vocal Song
Vocal song will give two concerts in Caracas
The Venezuelan group Vocal Song prepares his followers two concerts in which he will tour his recent repertoire. On the occasion of Valentine&#…
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher and his Latin American tour
You may Oasis has separated, but the greatest of the Gallagher brothers continues to talk about. This time, the command of his new band Noel…
Álex Ubago
The return of Alex Ubago
And get good news from Spain for fans of Alex Ubago. The singer confirmed that he is working on his return to music after several years of absence.…
Becky G
Becky G continues to sweep with Mayores
The beautiful Becky G introduced a new song Mayores a month ago, accompanied by a video that has become a real success. So much so that it already…
Britney Spears
A man bursts onto the stage at a Britney Spears concert
A concert of the American singer Britney Spears had to be interrupted momentarily by the irruption of a spectator in the scene. Spears, 35, was…
Christopher Hawley
Christopher Hawley Releases New Record, Stories Today
Singer-Songwriter Christopher Hawley releases his new album Stories today. Also sharing his vibrant video for 9 Tattoos he brings the weekend in…
Elvis Classe y La Banda Loca
Classé X
If new wave was a female I would be her whip. The whip and the body. If new wave was a female… If new wave was a woman – a…
Kesha
SundaySpotlight: Kesha
Pop music industry has seen many females struggling to protect their integrity, both as women and as artists. One of the most obvious images that…
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.…
MØ
MØ's new single
The musical career of the Danish Karen Marie Ørsted, artísitcamente known as Mo, increasingly growing. By now has a list of hits that can…
Julia Michaels
Julia Michaels premiered the video for Issues
A little over a month ago, the singer and songwriter of 24 years, Julia Michaels, released his single Issues which has been a great success, because…
Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan in Skopje - A Poor Choice of Songs
Ian Gillan had a concert in Skopje yesterday and I went to see him, of course. When I was a young kid I was an obsessed Deep Purple fan(…
DNCE
DNCE unleashed the pop craze
Having more than 191 million views on social networks of their debut song DNCE has turned into one of the most pop media universe groupings, but…
Juanes
Juanes is on ''Fire''
After a campaign led expectation in social networks, Juanes released '' Fire '', the first single from his new album,…
Miguel Calvo
Venezuelan singer suffers traffic accident.
Venezuelan singer Miguel Calvo Castronovo on Friday night suffered serious road accident when he moved from Caracas to Higuerote. Miguel was in the…
Ricardo Montaner
The Dominican Republic will have a school built by Ricardo Montaner.
Venezuelan singer Ricardo Montaner, who recently moved to the tourist Dominican province of Samaná (northeast), announced it will build a school…
Akapellah
Fiesta Boombox (Remix) - Akapellah Feat Lil Supa
From the Aragua, Venezuela, home quintessential Venezuelan rap, been two of the most important exponents of this genre come together to showcase…
Carlos Angola
Venezuelan Carlos Angola triumphs in Spain
The whole world has witnessed the musical talent that has Venezuela. Such is the case of Venezuelan singer Carlos Angola, who currently based in…
Amber Coffman
When Ivanka Sings
Former Dirty Projectors guitarist and vocalist Amber Coffman (now a solo singer-songwriter) reaches peak breathiness in her impersonation of &…
Alice Jemima
Alice Jemima's Breezeblocks
There is something magical that happens when an artist takes an existing song and completely re-imagines it in their own unique style. There are so…
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,…
Nicky Jam
Until Dawn: the new Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam continues to dominate the scene of Latin American urban music. This time, with the hashtag #ConNickyHastaElAmanecer, Puerto Rican invited…
Shakira
They admit lawsuit against Shakira and Carlos Vives
A court in Madrid admitted to study the demand that brought the Cuban composer Livan Castellanos similarities between the song and its subject…
Colin Lloyd Tucker
Sunday Spotlight: Colin Lloyd Tucker Part I
The following artist is so big, I can not put the spotlight on him for only one week. It is a musician whose work can not be measured by commercial…
Don Henley
Don Henley Talks About Land and Hopes and Dreams
Don Henley still can remember the smell of fresh dirt when he played as a child. And lying on his back in the big corn field of his family’s…
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…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande demands respect from rappers
American singer Ariana Grande does not feel intimidated when expressing their opinions. The young artist has asked the male rappers to stop using…
Frank Zappa
Roxy & Elsewhere - Zappa at his best
When we talk about live albums, there are not many that stand by themselves or even outgrow the studio versions. There are few that are not released…
Lana Del Rey
Lana del Rey premieres video with The Weeknd
After showing the cover of his new album on April 11 through their RRSS, the Lana del Rey singer debuted her new song Lust For Life which includes the…
Rihanna
Rihanna receives distinction from Harvard
Harvard University gave the urban music singer Rihana a distinction in recognition of his work for the defense of Human Rights. The singer received…
Paramore
Gig Review: Paramore - The Royal Albert Hall, London
I won’t lie and say I wasn’t nervous about attending a concert so soon after the Manchester Arena attack, even more so about being in London so soon…
50 Cent
50 Cent Proves He’s Still The Man; Gets His First Gold Single In 4 Years
The entertainment industry is a fickle one and most people don’t get more than their 15 seconds of fame. Rap music in particular is a difficult genre…
Daddy Yankee
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…
Le Syndicat Electronique
Le Syndicat Electronique
Electronic surgery is happiness. Imagine a crazy surgeon operating in an underground laboratory. He’s gonna steal your face and change your…
Dizzee Rascal
4 Artists Who Made Major Contributions to Grime Music
Grime music has been around for a while and it’s most popular in the UK where it was born. Over the years various artists have come and gone but of…
James Blunt
I'm OK with his brush with dance music
“You’re beautiful / You’re beautiful it’s true”. The words of James Blunt’s monster hit used to charm me when I first heard that song, but this hit…
Mamma Coal
What Would Mamma Coal Do? Carra Stasney Updates ‘Red Headed Stranger’ – Interview
During SXSW, as Willie Nelson performed at the Luck Family Reunion on the property he built for the filming of Red Headed Stranger, a…
Post Malone
Deja Vu: Post Malone's new single
The artist trap and hip hop Austin Richard Post, better known by his stage name as Post Malone, and concluded his leg of the tour in the Purpose Tour…
J Balvin
J Balvin was miraculously saved
The Colombian reggaetonero Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, known simply as J Balvin, can say loudly that is fortunate. The plane was going to move to the…
The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s Mum States That She Knows Who Killed Her Son
March 9th is always a busy day in hip hop because it’s the day that The Notorious B.I.G. died. This year marked the 20th anniversary of his death and…
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop will release an album and go on tour
The craving to seek new challenges and create new music is something that is becoming more common among musicians of the 60s and 70s and their link…
Trenton P
In Talks with Rising Hip-Hop Star, Trenton P.
Trenton P. is one of the hottest upcoming Hip Hop artists to release music in the past year. This Spring we see him rising to stardom even more so…
Andrew Combs
Andrew Combs On Texas Country, ‘All These Dreams’ and Moving To The Main Stage – Interview
We were lucky enough to be front and centre during the press conferences at the recent C2C Festival in London. Andrew Combs stopped by to talk about…
Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Qristina & Quinn Bachand ‘Little Hinges’ - Album Review
When it comes to charming and exciting Celtic roots music, it doesn’t get much better than Qristina and Quinn Bachand. The brother and sister duo (…
The Weeknd
The Weeknd releases short film MANIA
In recent days there has been much talk Weeknd for his new album Starboy which has been a resounding success on digital platforms where it is…
Francis Poulenc
Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos is Cream of the Crop
In the world of concertos and especially those written for two pianos, there is almost no comparison to the one written by Poulenc. One thing that…
Afrojack
Afrojack immortalized in wax
Today, Afrojack will be presented with a wax version of himself. During the ADE, Amsterdam Dance Event, the wax figure will be revealed and…
Thirty Seconds To Mars
30 Seconds To Mars premiered lyric video for Walk On Water
The American band 30 Seconds To Mars presented the lyric video of their first single in four years since the release of their last album Love Lust…
Lasso
Lasso sounds something Different in his new video.
Venezuelan singer Lasso exceeded 200,000 views of the video of different theme, which was led by Nuno Gomes and written by Lasso itself. Recorded in…
Maluma
Without abandoning his Latin roots, Maluma announces that he will sing in English.
Colombian singer Maluma announced today that it is preparing to sing in English but does not purport to abandon their Latin and urban roots, during…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley - A True Music Legend
Bob Marley was on a mission. Like most musicians he had a calling – a desire to change the world and inspire through music. But Bob took it…
Paul Bley
Paul Bley, great jazz legend, has died
Improvisation is food for the listener 's brain. The introverted and sound experimenter, Paul Bley, died at age 83 of natural causes in his…
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…
Music Within
A Chat With...Music Within
Music Within is the project of Toronto based composer & producer Rob McAllister, who creates diverse original music to help tell…
2Pac
F. Whitaker joins 2pac and Biggie movie
The actor and producer Forest Whitaker act in the new film based on real facts about the murders of rappers Tupac and Notorious BIG legendary.,…
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder's covers
You ryderup YouTube user shares a compilation made by Eddie Vedder versions of songs by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Who. No…
La Quinta Estacion
things that don't come back
Groups that were separated or duets became soloists. Rarely happens on the contrary, it is uncommon for soloists or duos decide to form a larger or…
Sia
How Sia is making a difference in Music Today!
So, last week brought some great news – Sia just hit the Billboard No.1 with her song “Cheap Thrills”! The song slowly…
A$AP Rocky
A$AP Rocky + Tyler, the Creator: Concert Review: 9/22
I've been to a lot of concerts in my life. The number pushes thirty. I've seen over a hundred bands and artists perform…
HundredMillionThousand
HundredMillionThousand set to release debut album, lp1 on April 8th
We are only 2 months in to 2017 and we already have a plethora of artists releasing their debut albums to dip their feet in the cold water music…
Splin
Splin
“Splin” is a Russian rock band. It appeared in 1994. The band is a representative of the third wave of Russian rock. It is…
Jack Garratt
Jack Garratt and the new formula of pop music
I know if the rock is dead, but I hope not. I long to be at a roadside resting and returning energy to renew and demand for cultural relevance once…
Bijelo Dugme
Meet the Yugoslav Beatles - Bijelo Dugme
It is about time to share with you guys a band from my local region that has been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal…
Manel Navarro
Television, Controversy, Originality or Music? What sounds more?
The word sounds in popular speech comes from noise What else makes more noise? or is heard more often. In the globalized world of television and,…
Ed Sheeran
SundaySpotlight: Ed Sheeran
The story about the small ginger tattoo-covered guy with glasses who conquered the world charts is one of the most interesting moments in the…
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…
Danilo Montero
The Cure for Hate
For anthropologists and / or philosophers evil is the absence of good. And the light is the absence of darkness. In that sense, one could say with…
Ty Dolla $ign
Ty Dolla $ign New Stuff
After the music video for the song Campaign which features the vocal collaboration of Future; last November 29 American rapper Tyrone William Griffin…
Fergie
Fergie back
This time the singer America has unveiled a short video through your Instagram account which is quite mysterious and seductive. The video lasts a…
Weather Report
The Original Weather Report
Weather Report were one of the prime pioneers and most famous representatives of the fusion music in the seventies. They were known for their funk, R&…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande will perform in Manchester two weeks after the attack
Ariana Grande will return to Manchester on Sunday to head a large charity concert, almost two weeks after the bombing, just after a performance by…
Farruko
Farruko and Espinoza Paz
After working alongside Mexican Alejandra Guzman and Luis Coronel, the reguetonero Farruko present a topic to duet with Espinoza Paz, who longs to…
Kid Cudi
Bio: Kid Cudi
Kid Cudi is a Brooklyn-based rapper from Cleveland whose debut single, Day 'n' Nite, became an online favorite in 2008. Born Scott Ramon…
Wolf Alice
The Cool Ones
A band doesn't become any cooler than using the word coolin their album title. Without becoming a walking clixhe or a one time hit. Wolf Alice…