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Prédateurs
Les Discrets – Prédateurs [Review]
Les Discrets are a band hailing from France that really shook up the metal scene with their debut called Septembre et ses dernières pens&…
Hands (Standard DMD)
#tb Little Boots - Hands
When I opened up a profile on last.fm, electro-pop music was ruling everyone’s charts. I have become obsessed with the genre in a matter of…
Transcendental
MONO/ The Ocean Transcendental Review
On October 10th, 2015 two bands from very different regions, Japan and Germany released a split EP entitled . The EP consists of only two tracks.…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande sounds dangerously good
Ariana Grande has just released her new single “Dangerous Woman” and it’s dangerously good. Initially, the song reminded…
Daniel Bachman
To Fahey or Not to Fahey
Whenever a new name pops up among good fingerpicking guitar players on the folk/acoustic scene (check ut the excellent Imaginational Anthem album…
Magnetic Seasons
Mugstar - Magnetic Seasons
The well-known English krautrock/spacerock/psychedelic rock band Mugstar recently came out with a new album. The album is titled ''Magnetic…
Gøggs
Gøggs - Gøggs
Coggs are a relatively new American no-nonsense garage punk/garage rock band and a one of the projects of Ty Segall. While they have released an EP…
Volver
Benjamin Biolay - Here We Go Again
Yes, you could say that! You see, Volver the name of the new album from Benjamin Biolay, a big name on the French music scene, could be translated in…
Amazing Game - Instrumental Music
It is really amazing
Paolo Conte is mostly known to casual jazz fans for his languid piano and gruff vocals sung predominantly in Italian. He was able to break the…
Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
Missunderstood Artist - Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink (Ariel Marcus Rosenberg) decided to dedicate his eleventh studio album to unfortunate pop musician Bobby Jameson, which can be concluded…
Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
Black Bombaim - Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
One of the most renowned Portuguese psychedelic rock bands Black Bombaim and the equally renowened German free jazz saxophonist Peter Br&…
The Ultimate Collection
All Tops Dream Of Dreampop
My dream is to listen to dreampop all day and all night long. Luckily, the internet has allowed me to have access to infinite number of musicians who…
Emily's D+Evolution
Turning point in Esperanza Spalding’s career - Emily's D+Evolution review
Esperanza Emily Spalding has recently published her album Emily's D+Evolution(about two months ago), and I have to say... In this album, Esperanza…
Something More Than Free
10\10 for Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell is James Blunt for people who know what music is. Even though James Blunt’s latest album proved that he knows how to sound like…
Rock N Roll Consciousness
I Miss You, Sonic Youth
It is necessary to recognize the gods and goddesses who are walking among us. For me, it is easy to spot them in the music. Each of their albums is…
a/s/l?
Hamjam - Do ham and jam go well together?
I certainly don’t know the answer to the question from the title, but I’ m not even bound to try. Doesn’t sound too appetizing. But what I did try out…
Pasos Sincopados
Little Revenge presents its 'Pasos Sincopados'. Part II.
Small Revancha, the musical project directed and conceptualized by the duo of Claudia Lizardo (daughter of the legendary PTT Lizardo of the same…
De Bach A Los Beatles
The Beatles in the Style of JS Bach?
Rearranging pop tunes for orchestra is such a common occurrence. One of the bands that many composers have tried to arrange their music for is The…
In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
Discovering Neutral Milk Hotel
I realise I’m doing this completely the wrong way around, but I really enjoy discovering older music and identifying the newer music it has influenced…
...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.…
Ocean's Kingdom
McCartney’s “Ocean’s A Kingdom Proves a Tear Jerker”
Juro que el Paul McCartney es el mejor! Su sentido de la melodía nunca muere. Su sensible a la armonía y el ritmo nunca desaparece. O de…
Blackbirds
Rob Jungklas - It's Been A While...
In theory, some musicians should have all the predispositions to make it - a good voice, songwriting skills, musicianship, good backup, come up with…
Overload
Chris Luciani/Overload - A Reflection of Our Times
During this current political cycle of the 2016 presidential election the term “overload” as a summary of our collective feelings…
Let 'Em Eat Cake
A Musical Masterpiece
Once upon a time, things were easier for Alexz Johnson. She was signed to Epic Records, her debut album was well on the way to being finished, and her…
Miman
Hyper Existential Indie Rock
Only a year after surprisingly good debut album of Nicole Saboune, we are getting another positive surprise called Miman. On the cover, we see a…
Brigid Mae Power
Power To Brigid
Many who would see that this self-titled album by Brigid May Power came out on the acoustic guitar-oriented label Tompkins Square will be mightily…
Under The Red Cloud
Under the Red Cloud by Amorphis: Another home run
First, I need to say that this album was by far the toughest to review in my short career as a music reviewer. I listened to it for the whole month,…
Whatever It Takes
Imagine Dragons returns with Whatever It Takes
Imagine Drangons is one of those groups that take the time necessary to make new music, and is that when the muse arrives, they certainly stand out…
Get Busy
Matisse refreshes his sound!
The Mexican romantic trio, Matisse, is debuting with the release of the reissue of his album '' Go up, Summer Edition '&#…
Why Make Sense?
Everything You Rationalize Will Be Used Against You
UK’s finest electro band Hot Chip continues to walk the road of contagious indietronic and dance electropop with a plausible confidence.…
Venomous Blossoms
Making Psychedelic Pop Sound Fresh, Again
Modern bands fascinated by all things psychedelic do not only listen to the ‘old masters’ but probably also what each other is doing. And that is a…
Bass Face
The Beat Goes On: Bass Calling Face by AV Super Sunshine
Ever run into one of those guys who fall into the category of being part of “The Older Generation” who try to tell you that when it comes to today’s…
Walk Between Worlds
Simple Minds Do Not Complicate It
Simple Minds have released their 18th studio album, and just when no one except for hardcore fans did not expect anything besides formulaic music,…
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…
A Place Where There's No More Pain
Second Comebacks Are Never As Good As First Ones
There are not many bands who had such a big impact on younger bands, but who did not manage not to charged for their clairvoyance. This was especially…
Liquid Sky EP
Les Big Byrd - Liquid Sky
Les Big Byrd are a Swedish krautrock/psychedelic rock band from Stockholm. Their most notable album to date has been ''They Worshipped Cats&#…
Strange House
#tbt: The Horrors - Strange House
Do you remember The Horrors? They looked like they came from horror movies: obscure appereance, messy hairdos, pale faces and strong makeup. Nomen est…
Air
Infuriatingly positive
Blackgaze, Post black metal, hipster black, or whatever you’re going to call it became one of the most prominent metal genres during the…
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
Rehabilitating Metallica
You can try avoiding Metallica, but when the biggest band in the world releases album, it is not possible for you not to hear about it.…
Blush
Fake Garage Band
Night School is a band from Oakland formed by three girls – Alexandra Morta, Baylie Jiminez snd Cheyanne Avant. They have been…
RELAXER
Relaxer
The third album from the British fuss-rockers features tastefully trimmed string arrangements, chamber woodwinds, and terminal boredom.…
After Laughter
Bring the laughter back...
Despite having been a Paramore fan for roughly ten years now, I have to admit that I’ve fallen a little out of the loop with the band. My younger…
Blood Moon
This is How Spending Time in Nature Sounds
Martin Craft is a composer and a producer who currently resides at Berlin, London and Joshua Tree. He is performing under a stage name M. Craft and,…
Phase Zero
Morgan Delt - Phase Zero
Morgan Delt is a well-known one-man psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California. Morgan Delt has so far released 3 albums and a few EPs, but…
Disintegrate Me
Disintegrate Me by Viniloversus already has a video clip
Caracas Viniloversus group, currently impeached in Miami, published today, the new video for her third single Disintegrate Me of what will be his…
Porgy
Great entrance: 'Porgy' by Labyrinth Lounge a Stunning Debut
Labyrinth Lounge is a high energy and quite a lot closer to jazz with a terrific funk and hyper-Gershwin Broadway vibe laced throughout it. Vocalist…
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…
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…
B4.DA.$$
Review: Joey Bada$$'s 'B4.DA.$$'
The general consensus about Joey Bada$$ has always been that he is a remarkably talented up-and-comer with infinite promise. His devastatingly sharp…
Come Away With Me
Come Away Again with Norah Jones
Several albums and musical collaborations later, Norah Jones' debut album remains a top favorite for many who have followed her musical journey.…
Americana
Americana
The Kinks legend uses Americana to blaze a path through both America's rock’n’roll history and his own. Its back-to-…
The Switch (Deluxe Edition)
Switching Things Up with Emily King
If you are not yet familiar with Emily King, an exciting discovery awaits you. Emily King is an old soul with a fresh, new style. She seems to draw…
Off The Radar
Noga Erez Delivers One Of This Year's Best Records
It’s been couple of weeks since I have reviewed politically charged album. Shocking! At one point, I had a feeling every album I am covering is…
My Love Devine Degree
Cody ChesnuTT - Divine Blessings
Sometime after the turn of the century, Cody ChesnuTT suddenly appeared with a slice of everything soul called The Headphone Masterpiece (2002). And…
In Spades
Unstoppable Groove of The Afghan Whigs
Greg Dully and co. released their comeback album Do to the Beast back in 2014 after almost sixteen years of professional hiatus. I am one of only few…
Control
Celebrating 30 years of Control
This week, it was 30 years ago that Janet Jackson had released her breakthrough album “Control”. For Janet, it was the most…
What I'm Feelin'
What I`m Feeling by Anthony Hamilton
Fifth studio record of Mr. Soul Man, Anthony Hamilton is here, officially released 4 days ago by RCA Records and…
Lungs
How Florence And The Machine's Debut Teased Their Glorious Future
Let’s turn on our time machines and go back to the release of Florence and The Machine’s debut. Remember when you played Lungs for the very…
Tribute to Snake Charmers Music
Holy Palms - Tribute To Snake Charmers Music
Holy Palms is a fascinating one-man psychedelic rock band from Russia. What is interesting about Holy Palms is the mixture of psychedelic…
Change
From B-52 To First Solo Album
Next year, B-52 are going to celebrate forty years of their career, and the prelude to this grand milestone is a solo album by its founder and main…
Cusp
Alela Is On Her Folk Stardom Path
Alela Diane is one of those American folk authors who was slowly and non-intrusively building her spot in the music world. She self-released her debut…
Pure Romance
Nothing Less But Truly Pure Romance
There is something about piano music that can easily relax a listener. And add to that how it can also smoothly lead a listener from an ordinary…
The Wild Swan
The Wild Swan of Ireland
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. This could be said about Foy Vance, an Irish author who was supporting act for many superstars (Elton…
Noctuary
The Holydrug Couple - Noctuary
The Holydrug Couple are a relatively well-known Chilean psychedelic rock/neo-psych band. They have released a variety of albums through the years and…
Emotions - EP
From cloning and covering to being original
There are many times that I (have to) multitask and I usually end up wishing I could split myself into more than one individual, but there’s…
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
John Grant: Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
John Grant, formerly of alternative rock band The Czars, has a knack for re-invention and experimentation. His first album Queen of Denmark was a…
Au crépuscule de l'espérance
Akitsa - Au crepuscule de l'esperance
Akitsa are a renowned Canadian black metal band, who tend to mix black metal, noise rock and punk influences, and who could also be put under the…
Coloring Book
Rap Gospel
In times when music is obsessively treasured, releasing a free album is a bold statement, especially If we are talking about someone who is a rising…
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…
Not To Disappear
A Step Too Far
Music for me has always been about hearing the emotion in a track. This is why I think that the majority of my music taste has been labelled as&…
Purpose (Deluxe)
Purpose Ain't Swaying Me
Justin Bieber, Justin Drew Bieber. The ‘Joffrey Baratheon’ of pop music delivered another album – Purpose. I guess this album could be seen…
Trippy Caribbean
Interview with the good guys from Rawayana.
If something is known Caracas band is for good talent, since in recent years have given much to talk about; first they surprised us with License to…
Caiga la Noche
Los Mesoneros finds sonorous personality and takes a risk in Caiga La Noche
Almost six years ago Innkeepers made his debut with Indelible (2011) album which received four nominations Latin Grammy 2012 in the categories of…
Pleasure
Welcome back, Feist
You know when you wait for a record, and you wait, and you wait until your anticipation slowly ceases to exist. And then, when you least expect it,…
Raging Speedhorn
The Heydey of Raging Speedhorn
The time passed by, but the unusual love within Raging Speedhorn is still strong. The love was lost; the presence was lost; even the band…
Didn't He Ramble
Glen Hansard Does Not Ramble
Glen Hansard is a cute Irish man who conquered the world by singing the Academy award winning song Falling Slowly. The movie Once has become a classic…
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…
Worried Kid
Scandinavian Folk At Its Best
Bellhound Choir is a solo project of Danish author Christian Hade Madsen. His first EP Stray Screech Beastdropped in 2015 and it was a teaser for his…
I Forget Where We Were
Forget Where We Were - a Live Masterpiece
In June of 2015, I had the great privilege of hearing Ben Howard peform live at the Grand Arena in Cape Town. I have not stopped talking about it…
21
Adele 25
When asked to write about a single artist that shaped the month of November, at first I was stumped. So many mainstream artists have been having huge…
My Darkest Hour
Noir Heroine
Jemma Nicole is potential new heroine of Gothic Americana scene. She was born in Perth, Australia and she currently resides in Melbourne, which makes…
The 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…
Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
#tbt Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
Marvin Pontiac was hit by a bus in June of 1977. The life of one of the most expressive music geniuses ended. He was born as a son of African father…
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…
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'…
Horizontal Lines
Sunkissed Baroque Pop from the Summer of 2015
Twin Within is the collaboration of Canadian duo Steve McKay and Alex Samaras. Mckay (the percussive force behind the experimental folk of Bruce…
Wildflower
Wildflower's debut
UK trio Wildflower (Idris Rahman on sax and flute, Leon Brichard on bass, and Tom Skinner on drums) has delivered a very promising debut with their…
Fever Ray
Uniqueness at its best
Sweden is probably one of the most gifted countries in the world when it comes to music. No matter which genre you talk about the conclusion is the…
No Estás Solo
Rodrigo throws pins at the Point Art Session.
Rodrigo Gonsalves, or also known as Rodrigo Solo member of the rock band Viniloversus returns to promote new material from his solo project You are…
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,…
Barefoot in the Head
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Country Psychedelia in Full Swing
Many fans of what is loosely called classic rock are still mourning the demise of Black Crowes, but its former singer Chris Robinson and his…
We The Generation (Deluxe Edition)
The Curse of The Second Album
With their first album, the music band from London occupied the top of the charts and then many awards enriched the beginning of their career,…
Simplicity
Exuberant Punk-Rock
This New Jersey band is like a group of sport guys. You love them, they motivate you, you do tattoos with their faces. They make you laugh, you make…
Call by Night
Call By Night - More Chamber Than Pop
Usually I perk up my ears for anything that comes out on the, what some people consider out there label, Sacred Bones. Wymond Miles has…
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…
House in the Tall Grass
Patterns Fit Right
The name of the band is Kikagaku Moyo, or for those who do not know Japanese, like me, Geometric Patterns. Luckily, judging by this, their third album…
Cracked Actor (Live, Los Angeles '74)
Cracked Actor
This live album is culled from a show late in David’s Bowie’s 1974 tour. It’s heavy on material from Diamond Dogs and …
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.…
Saturns Pattern
Rock Full Of Tricks
Working class hero, ex lead singer of Jem, the creator of few truly idiosyncratic records. On his latest album, Paul Weller continues to create new…
Roll With The Punches
Van Morrison May Not Deliver Masterpieces Anymore, But Who Cares, It's Still Good
Diligent ants are rarity in the history of rock. Neil Young, maybe Bob Dylan and Van Morrison were one of the few who marked each decade after 60s…
Brace Yourself
Allen Thompson Band - Allen Keeps The Allman Spirit Around
If you follow the publications like No Depression and all others that have something to do with alt-country, country rock, or just plain old country,…
Cost of Living
Aggressively Political Downtown Boys
When was the last time you read my review of the album that upheaves political status quo? For a while, it seemed like all the albums that dropped…
Konnichiwa
UKs Premium Grime Artist
In the second wave of British grime, Skepta released an album that goes toe-to-toe with the classic from the first wave that is Boy On The Corner by…
Under My Skin EP
SPC ECO to Release 'Under My Skin' EP, Features in Teen Wolf Soundtrack
SPC ECO is comprised of alternative electronic maverick producer Dean Garcia, the musical mastermind behind seminal alternative rock band Curve, and…
The Reverses
Magnificently Insane Industrial Sludge
Oh, how I love records like The Reverses, the newest album by Terra Tenebrosa, where a bunch of maniacs plays music which could probably be used as a…
Something To Tell You
Haim's Sophomore Infuses Everything We Needed
The coolest sisters are back! And I couldn’t be more thrilled! Haim are manifestation of Californian spirit, that old school cool one, not Katy Perry…
Inspirations
Dwight Trible - ‘Everyday’ music becomes spiritual jazz
Singer Dwight Trible is slowly becoming a known name on the jazz scene, but also, his name is starting to crop up elsewhere in the music world. His…
A World Out of Time
Eternal Tapestry - A World Out Of Time
Eternal Tapestry are a renowned American psychedelic rock band from Portland. They have released a great number of fine albums through almost a decade…
Childhood Home
Mother and Son Playing Great Music
Musicians are used to performing in many family relations and combinations. While brothers and sisters are nothing unusual (The Beach Boys, Kings of…
BEYONCÉ [Platinum Edition]
When Life Gives You Beyonce, Make Lemonade
‘’When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’’ is the guiding message of Beyonce’s new album. This is…
DEATH MAGIC
Where Is The Noise?
Noise rockers from Los Angeles had two great albums that catapulted them into the orbit of the most intriguing noise rock bands. Enigmatic sound…
Roya
Roya - Serious Pop
Anything that has something to do with the New Zealand masters The Clean will always get my attention. So when the name of Clean’s drummer Hamish…
Love
Lana Del Rey returns with Love
And it was strange that the English songwriter, Lana Del Rey, has not delivered any new material since we are accustomed to always be throwing new…
Chasing an Illusion
Chasing Illusion
Sorrowful lyrics against spirited playing create a magical crux on the experimental singer-songwriter’s latest, a powerfully maternal and spiritually…
There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)
After four years - Four Tet, again
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet is obviously a busy man. He has been involved, and probably is at this very moment - in a myriad of projects. Whether it…
Visiones
Posted the nominations for the Union Rock Show awards.
On 5 and 6 November the awards Union Rock Show in alfredo sadel Plaza de Las Mercedes will be held in the awards different national, such as Versed…
My Girl
A love declaration from the Carnival Man
It was hard to imagine this - back in the days when The Fugees were the best thing that ever happened to hip hop - but the life and career of Wyclef…
Return Of The Tender Lover
Return of tender smooth R&B?
People often say that real R&B is dead. Usually, when you investigate what they mean, they think today’s R&B has moved more…
Horn Ur Marken
The Janitors - Horn Ur Marken
The Swedish psychedelic rock band The Janitors will release a new album via the renowned Cardinal Fuzz in the coming days. The album comes 3 years…
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,…
Felony Blues
Jamie Wyatt's Music From Prison
In the world of country music, prison was always one of the places from which an artist can develop perspective which would reflect in lyrics…
Iv
Part Chimp Turn Down The Noise
Part Chimp is a band that's been active from 2000 to 2012, and many members walked through. Since we live in times of reunions, it comes as no…
Heroes
One of Our Heroes
Heroes immediately departs from the attitude of Low's melancholia with The Beauty and the Beast, and this was a sign of hope for fans…
Subjective Concepts
Strange Wilds: Subjective Concepts
Hailing from Olympia, Washington and formed in 2012, Strange Wilds comprise of Steven (Vocals/Guitar), Sean (Bass) and Allen (drums). For three guys,…
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…
Cold Water
Chase McBride's Third Studio Album Cold Water
Chase McBride seems to be the much-needed breath of fresh air in these topsy-turvy times. Even though McBride's third studio…
Happy Days
I got no issues with Happy Days
Hoy en día, vamos a tomar un poco de un paseo por el lado salvaje, porque vamos a estar hablando de Brooke Candy. Brooke ha lanzado su segundo…
The Great Collapse (Rain City Deluxe Version)
#tbt: Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
This week's throwback is going to be short but sweet. Or should I say short and sour! Although Autopsy are veterans of American death metal who…
The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Tragic Rock Opera
After three radiant albums, Titus Andronicus are back with another radioactive material for your rock brain cells. It is not a tragedy as the title…
Sodium
Sodium
Led by drummer and lead singer Kylee Kimbrough, the noise-punk outfit Dasher deliver a murderous mix of garage-rock grime, fuzz-punk overdrive, and…
Saint Molly
Studying At The Academy Can Make You A Saint
I’m old enough to remember the times before any Internet (yeah, that old) with what would be now considered scant information about any new and…
Interiors
The Year Of Big Comebacks
Jesus and The Mary Chain returned with Damage and Joy. Jesus and The Mary Chain are one of those bands that have a massive impact on many contemporary…
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…
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…
Say What You Mean (Radio Edit)
Pop Artist EM Is Giving Us Taylor Swift Vibes in her Latest Spotify Single Release “Say What You Mean”
Have you guys listened to Pop Icon EM’s latest Spotify single release titled “Say What You Mean”? The track is giving us…
Beauty Behind The Madness
Boring Weeknd
There is no beauty nor madness here. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd has impressed the charts with his second album Beauty Behind The Madness but…
Magma
Gojira is Grieving
Ever since Stranded leaked, something started smelling differently. Mario Duplantier’s new obsession with simple and minimalistic…
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&#…
EVOL
Future of Hip Hop
Hip hop and rap music are very demanding. In order to stay at the top of the game, you have to release new stuff frequently. It is a road paved by Lil…
A Crow Looked at Me
Attention! This Is How Grief Feels Like!
Fasten your seatbelts, dear readers, because what you’re going to encounter might be very intense. I am pretty convinced that you never had a chance…
Write In
Happyness Are Not Happy
Nothing is ever what it seems to be and we might as well find comfort in that, Happyness is a London trio who reminds me more of American than British…
Triplicate (Sampler)
Triplicate
Triplicate, again, features Dylan singing tunes from the Great American Songbook. His voice is filled with character, though the…
Examples
Shining Examples
Personally, I’m not a big fan of beats albums. At least, not for home listening. In a club, fine, that should be their main purpose. But at home, I…
Celtic Revival
“Celtic Revival” By The Sky Family
The songs that make up “Celtic Revival” and the performance on each one is uplifting. But the recording fidelity of the entire…
Clapton Grass
A Religious Music Compilation to Enchant the Soul
The following youtube video referenced features some of the most breathtaking religious classical vocal music ever. It is a spellbinding compilation…
Primrose Path
Dream State try to cancel out their demons with an album of complexity.
Insecurity and integrity are explored here. Beauty has been scarred deeply, and this band know firsthand the hurt that creeps up in stages. Letting go…
Awake And Pretty Much Sober
Intricately Layered & Easy on the Ears
Awake and Pretty Much Sober by Violents is one of my most recent discoveries and the strange tension between cool, icy indifference and…
Plans
Death Cab For Cutie: Plans
On my 18th birthday, a boy gifted Death Cab for Cutie's Plans to me along with a letter confessing his true feelings for me. Irrelevant as this…
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…
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…
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…
Snow
Folksy Synergy
Fans of Sydney indie-folk brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone who were concerned that the duo might be too engrossed in their…
I Don't Wanna Dance
I'm Evacuating the Dancefloor
Being in an awkward situation is something that just about everyone can relate to. In I Don't Wanna Dance, this infectious number does make one (…
Simple Song
A Simple Song Indeed
I was recently asked to perform Simple Song by The Shins as the bride at an upcoming wedding walks down the aisle. Although I am well acquainted with…
Moneda
Prince Royce joins Gerardo Ortiz in a new theme
Friday was officially released the video for the new theme Prince Royce, which bears the title currency is the third single from the new album of the…
Agree
POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e's Agree is a Plaintive Ode to the Persistent Need for Intimacy
When Samantha Cameron was “outed” as a fan of Minneapolis synth-pop band POLIÇA in 2015, British tabloid newspaper The…
Working Class Heroes (Work)
Get your Next Cut with Cee Lo Green
Multi-talented superstar Cee Lo Green just released a brand new visual for his latest single Working Class Heroes (Work), …
Sexy Boy
A Sultry Transgression
Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunckel burst onto the international music scene with the release of their space-pop debut Moon…
Venus Fly
grimes feat Janelle Monáe: venus fly
It always astounds me just how long a great album can stay relevant for. Grimes fantastic album, Art Angels, blew away all comers at the end of 2015…
Forever Young
GOT7's Soulful Side
I’m sure a lot of us know it’s a bit rare to hear a slow song from our favorite Kpop bands. So, if anyone was ever to ask me what my favorite “non-…
Memory
Labyrinthine Post-punk
“Memory” was the second song that we started working on for Preoccupations after “Anxiety”. It was unique 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…
Finally (feat. SWV)
BBD and SWV finally get it right
We are just a little over a week into the new year and already it is giving us some surprises, especially for r&b fans. The upcoming mini-…
Film Noir
The Gin Pennies Share Striking New Video for Film Noir
The Gin Pennies play pop songs enveloped in an oldschool sound that includes percussive guitars, upright bass, violin and trumpet. A close listen…
In My Blood
Even Aliens Enjoy Summer
This little beauty was sprung on us very suddenly. In My Blood is the new single from the fourth album of Aussie twins The Veronicas, and within a…
PILLOWTALK
Zayn and his new start
Zayn Malik was the first of One Direction to leave, and now, he’s the first of One Direction to release a solo single and it’s…
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…
Bang Bang (DJ Fresh Vs. Diplo)
DJ Fresh & Diplo in the battle
After delivering Rita Ora onto the scene with “Hot Right Now”, I’ve only seen the name DJ Fresh pop up a few times, for just a few single releases…
drink i'm sippin on
Yaeji Explores the Menace in the Mundane with Drink I'm Sippin On
Like fellow 88rising label-mate Rich Chigga, Brooklyn-via-Seoul singer/producer Kathy ‘Yaeji’ Lee's music videos hits you with…
Somebody Else
Illusion In The Mirror
The 1975 never ceases to compell and explore the hidden meaning and truth. Their music video release for 'Somebody Else' embodies a whole…
Swing Your Body (feat. Aaeidi)
Swing Your Body Ft. Aaeidi by Maggie Bushiri
Maggie Bushiri is a Congolese born American Rapper, songwriter and Actress based in Los Angeles, CA. She gathered a nice social media following after…
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…
Overnight
Will Daft Punk launch you into overnight success?
For unknown artists like me, it feels like the unreachable dream to work with someone big. Everyone has those “I would like to work with <enter…
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song from DreamWorks Animation's
I can definitely stop the feeling
Durante un tiempo parecía que podríamos hacerlo a través del verano de 2016 sin un, banger pop azucarado omnipresente - un tener…
Love Me
Show some love for Keke
Recently turned 34, this lovely mature woman and an amazing soulful vocal Keke Wyatt is back and ready for some new fresh build-ups. With her…
Cruel Ways
Cruel Intentions
The Drowners have come back with their sophomore album On Desire. So it only makes since that the first single off of On Desire would be the semi-…
I See You
Dance The Night Away To Leah Kate's Debut Single
With so many playlists, new releases and artists coming out, it's hard to find music that will invoke that feeling many artists chase after; that…
Back For Me
Separation Anxiety
We made this the same way we did the Dear To Me video - with a lot of help from our friends. From the strip club up the street from my and Matthew&…
Hair
Get out of my Hair!
Once again, the lovely and sassy girls of Little Mix have found their way into my playlist. As usual, I was just chillaxing in a cab with a friend of…
Alarm
Still coming to her own
In the business, we like artists that come into the studio with a clear idea of what they want and who can give a reference to another track or singer…
Make Me Like You
You Make Me Like You Gwen Stefani
So Gwen Stefani has an album soon to be released on March 18 this year which was called THIS IS WHAT FEELS LIKE THE TRUTH and this will be the third…
Perfect.
Perfect Imperfections Come From Bibi Bourelly and Earl St. Clair
Imperfections are perfect, that's what we can learn from Bibi Bourelly and Earl St. Clair in the music video for their duet Perfect. Before…
Make Me...
A Stronger Britney
Britney Spears has finally released the very highly anticipated new single, Make Me. Within minutes after its release, the song was featured on many…
Reverie
Desire's Horrors
When it comes to music from contemporary openly queer artists, there are roughly two camps. There are the 'mainstreamers', who…
Young And Menace
The Very Much Awaited New Fall Out Boy Song
After gathering a lot of negative comments for their “Ghostbusters (I’m Not Afraid)” remake for the released Ghostbusters movie, everyone was very…
Good Girls
Californian Romancing
It’s not hard to see why LA-via-Nashville trio LANY (pronounced as Lay-Nee) have amassed a large and dedicated online following of…
The Youth
Kay Cola officially vid penned down The Youth
Yes, she is born songwriter. Also, yes, she is another one that nailed down the singing part too. Blessings keep on coming as we approach the end of…
i hope u never get over me
Brett Castro's Stunning New Single
Brett Castro is an NYC-via-Ohio based artist with a knack for experimental Indie/Pop production layered with swelling vocal harmonies like no others.…
On Hold
No Longer On Hold For The xx
The xx continue to distribute news and upcoming information about their latest album 'I See You'. Allow 'On Hold' to be one…
Fainting Spell
Therapeutic Unease
A Sleep Party People performance can easily come across as the musical equivalent of a psychoanalyst's case study. When Danish…
Off My Mind
A Little Bit Folk and A Little Bit Pop Rock
One would ever guess that a banjo could sound a bit...more than a banjo. The Other Words bring their song 'Off My Mind' to a genre well…
In A Feeling Like This
What Feeling is This?
A man makes a checkers move that will probably be fatal. A young couple lie next to each other in bed, the woman twirling a flower. A doe-eyed…
Bulletproof
This time Kiara is bulletproof
Up onto a few years ago, I was an avid user of ReverbNation. It had always amazed me how many unknown artists had some pretty decent songs and how…
Propagation
Com Truise's Propagation Asks 'What do Android Stepford Wives Dream of?'
In the stylish and ominous music video for American electronic musician Com Truise’s “Propagation”, Will Joines and…
Your Song
Rita's new song is your song
A few weeks ago, I’d seen Rita Ora’s name pop up on a list of expected music releases. After 4 years of waiting, it was really nice to know for…
Fifteen Minutes
Garage Punk In Your Face
Why is there not a punk genre label? So for now, Mike Krol will head towards alternative when truly Mike Krol addresses and could care less about your…
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…
One Second
Dark Vibes
Italian artist Tying Tiffany is known for creating electro-pop tracks with a dark edge, “music that teeters between opaque moodiness and…
Pacifier
A Success Story: Pacifier
In the music industry you read stories about artists being rushed into signing record deals or releasing the all-important debut album, but you never…
Bang Bang
Take Action
Hearing new music from Green Day did not seem possible a few years ago. After the explosive 'American Idiot' and the broadway play that…
Hearts in Motion
Noise Pop Finds A Solid Foundation
Give the 90's one thing, whether you where a fan or not...Noise Pop became a true visionary substance. And Yuck from Georgia have the courage to…
Cheap Thrills
Sia and a mysterious new single
Despite how famous he has become this singer so much that the Snapchat dedicated a filter, had never bothered to know a lot of Sia, of course I have…
Make Me Like You
Why You Had To Go And Make Me Like This?
When I heard about Gwen Stefani's plan to live record and broadcast her new video during the Grammy ceremonies, I have to admit…
So Young
An Apocalyptic Lull
Portland-via-Alaska indie rock band Portugal. The Man's upcoming eighth full-length album Woodstock is scheduled for…
Ann Wants to Dance
Je Ne Sais Quoi
In 2015, Parisian indie duo Papooz (Armand Penicaut and Ulysse Cottin, who are childhood friends) appeared on the scene with their…
In Undertow
Jangly Uncertainty
Canadian indie quintet Alvvays have released the first taste of their sophomore album Antisocialities (8 September), which seems…
Take Me
A Song for Mending Hearts
South Korean singer-songwriter MISO's debut single Take Me is the promising result of her artistic incubation with the Red Bull Music…
The Sound of Music [The Sound of Music]
50 Years After, the Hills Remain Alive
Julie Andrew's version of the Sound of Music is 50 years old this year. That this made the news is proof that this song has remained a perennial…
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…
Every Kind Of Way
H.E.R. Makes Us Believe in Love Everyday With 'Every Kind Of Way'
Who doesn't love an anonymous artist? Well H.E.R. is that anonymous artist we can't help but want to know more about (of course). With vocals…
I Found
Atmospheric Appeal
I Found is Nottingham-based quartet Amber Run's best known single from their debut album 5 am (2015). The song opens with a…
Girl Like You
Scary Love
Toro y Moi's Chaz Bundick officially changed his name to Chaz Bear, and revealed that his upcoming fifth album Boo…
Haters
TLC Strike Back With Hater Anthem!
The sexiest, craziest and most wanted girl R`n`B group is back, ready to kick it one last time. Ladies known as&…
Alarm
Anne-Marie Channels Romeo + Juliet With Alarm
If you are or have been a fan of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + Juliet 1996 film, Alarm by Anne-Marie will be an automatic favorite. Anne-Marie installed…
Love Like Ours (feat. Tarrus Riley)
Estelle's newest love
Earlier this year, I’d seen a familiar name on a list of new single releases. It was by UK R&B singer Estelle. I’m sure you know her from the…
P.O.W.A
A True Divergent Strikes Again : MIA
Even though accepted under some alternative Pop drawer, and it could easily go even under alternative R`n`B, I…
Salut d'amour, Op. 12,
When Love's Greeting Changes Key
Elgar’s Salut d’amour (1888) is an example of a piece that underwent changes from its inception to its publication. Originally…
Major Tom
Hard-hitting American dramas want you to like this song
Whoever has seen both shows can agree that Breaking Bad and The Americans are two of the best dramas of the last ten years. Both shows are firmly…
Buzzcut Season
Buzzcut Season Was The Beginning For Lorde's Newest Album
As Lorde's newest single 'Green Light' and 'Liability' hit the radio airwaves, it only seems natural to revisit Lorde's first…
Leaving LA
Father John Misty's Leaving LA: A Portrait of the Artist as an Ironic Prophet
Five years ago, when Joshua Tillman had just ‘buried’ his music catalog under the J. Tillman moniker to start performing as Father…
Hit My Line (feat. Junior)
Chrystian Lehr - Hit My Line feat. Junior (Official Video)
Hailing from Columbus, OH, singer Chrystian Lehr is bringing the heat with his new single “Hit My Line”, featuring rapper Junior from St Louis, MO. On…
Got Body
Lion Babe Creates A Got Body Positive Track
One of the greatest gifts I've been handed was the introduction to Lion Babe. At a New Year's Eve party where the wall was turned into a…
Still Feel Like Your Man
John Mayer brings out his whimsical best in brand new video
There’s always a first. And, John Mayer fans are about to be treated to one such first as the singer shows off his awkward dancing skills in a fancy…
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…
First Time He Kissed a Boy
Transcending Homophobia
Danish electropop trio Kadie Elder's First Time He Kissed a Boy seemed like a timely song to review, given the recent Orlando shootings …
Nervous - The Ooh Song/Mark McCabe Remix
Things that make you go Ooh
There aren’t many songs that immediately get my attention with the very first notes, but the start of Gavin James’s “Nervous” is captivating. To start…
Nada Es Suficiente
Nothing is enough: Salomón Ackerman's country pop bet
It talks about the typical situation of a couple in which one of the parties is always dissatisfied, this song I wrote at age 17 and, although it has…
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…
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&…
Do You Mind
DJ Khaled teams up with various artists to bring his track “Do you mind” to life
From Nicki Minaj to Chris Brown are some of the artists participating in the realization of this issue, Do you mind which is part of the latest album…
Lost In The Static
After The Burial Lost In The Static
After the Burial is a progressive metal band from Twin Cities, Minnesota. After much mainstream success, they recently lost one of their guitarists in…
Roller
Bringing More Noise
Quilt is the type of band that taps loudly by making suggestions. Their newest album Plaza shows a forward evolution into a heavier fuzz territory…
Ran
Urgent Desperation
On Seasons (Waiting On You), Baltimore synthpop band Future Islands' emotive lead vocalist Samuel T. Herring proved himself to be a…
On Sight (feat. Fetty Wap)
Tiff And Wap, That`s What`s Up!
In her latest edition, Tiff, better known as Tiffany Evans decided to drop her extra hot radio/club banger called On Sight&…
Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)
The song you won't get over
Only “Happy” from Pharrell Williams kept “Rather Be” from being the most played song of 2014. It put Jess…
Back to the Start
Reinvention
As sugary sweet Katty Besnard sings in this track 'Back To The Start', never once does the song come off as bubble gum annoyance. The french…
Need U
Need A Reason To Dance?
Oceaan is from Brixton, first off after know where Oceaan is from...it may not be such a shock at the Electronic sonic waves that are coming out of…
Good Love
It's no sweat to make love sound so good
Like we see today, a lot of upcoming music genres have a few artists who turned out to be the keystone of that genre. They’ve contributed so…
Chemicool
Wicked electronic experiment
I just find this release and listen this track more than 20 times on spotify. At first i was : the track is over? let's try again! and again and…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay Adventure Of A Lifetime
On November 6th, 2015 Coldplay released a new single entitled “Adventure of a Lifetime”. “Adventure of a Lifetime&…
Point Seen Money Gone (feat. Jeremih)
''Point Seen Money Gone'' new Snoop Dogg video
Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. was born in Long Beach on October 20, 1971, better known as Snoop Dogg or Lion in his experimental side with reggae and…
Deluca
Impressed With The Empress
As delicate as the vocals from Ruby Empress are, they tempt us into a nether realm populated with flowers, classy pop stars and heart shaped…
The Sound of Silence - Overdubbed Version
Sounds of Silence—A Rare Version, A Treat for You All
In awe and surprise I give you all a rare version of a classic sixties folk rock gem, featuring Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. It was said in the title…
Respect
COVERLAND Vol.20: Respect
“Respect” had a lot of covers since Aretha Franklin released the song as a single in 1967. Franklin's cover became a sort of a…
Road Head
Pump and Run
Road Head followed “Machinist” and “Boyish” as the third taste of Japanese Breakfast's (…
Girlhood
The Preatures Have Raw Originality In 'Girlhood'
Okay, The Preatures have technically been around since 2010 and I ask myself... how did I go this long without hearing their music? As many times that…
Winners
Giddy Elation
New Jersey band Delicate Steve (which is led by multi-instrumentalist Steve Marion) was last heard from on Positive Force&…
Knocked Around
Bait and Switch
“Knocked Around” is the song that provided veteran alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. with the name of their eleventh studio album…
Sister
Living Life and Dying Right
“Sister is the eight-minute centerpiece and third single from indie-folk singer-songwriter's Angel Olsen forthcoming album My Woman,…
Bleeding Heart
Regina Spektor Marks Her Territory
She’s been off the radar since her 2012 album (except for that one song on “Orange is the New Black), but the moment she hints at…
Bassically
Tei Shi's Intimate Power Struggle
Tei Shi is the stage name for Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter and producer Valerie Teicher, who hails from Buenos Aires. Since the release…
How Deep Is Your Love
EDM In A New Dimension
You know what? I never truly listened to electronic music because when I hear the “toot toot” and the “teet teet&…
Chili Town
Chili Town with Hinds
Hinds, a female group you wish you where a part of. This Spanish band has collectively created a sound that uses 1960's girl groups, indie, smooth…
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…
Julian
Borders and Checkpoints
Say Lou Lou, formerly known as Saint Lou Lou, are a twin sister music act hailing from Australia and Sweden. Their songs are largely deemed as dream…
Into Black
Abstract Sensuality
As Bust's Eliza C. Thompson has noted, What’s most impressive about the Portland-based band [Blouse] is their ability to pack…
Capitán Tapón
Captain Plug the new Alejandro Sanz
Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz comes with a new single called Captain cap, the third of his album SYRUP which already has rated Triple…
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Intimate Agony
As a society I feel that we perceive softness and vulnerability as traits that are ‘weak,' and people emotionally disconnect themselves…
Desencuentro
Residente and his romantic Mismatch in Paris
If anything René Pérez Joglar to recognize aka Residente, it is its integrity and idealism, as well as the determining of their positions.…
Did You Really Say No
Did I really like this track?
Vanessa Paradis is one of those names that has popped up many times over, well, decades. I remember her as a teenager singing “Joe Le Taxi”, which was…
American Pie
The Music Hasn't Died Yet
In 1971 a musician named Don McLean released one of the enigmatic songs in the history of music. In notes that accompany the sale of his original…
Lights Out
Angel Olsen Turns the Light On
Being able to explain how wonderful it is to find a singer-songwriter from the same place you grew up in...is a supreme highlight. Now as I get over…
The Man
Maximalist Masculinity
It only seems fitting that The Killers - one of major rock bands of the 21st century,[and certainly the most successful rock band from the…
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…
O Lord
Sensual Spirituality
The cathartic, gospel-influenced O Lord is the first taste of Brisbane indie pop quartet Cub Sport's upcoming sophomore album Bats&…
You Are the Right One
Ironic Summer Cruisin’
Oklahoma dream pop trio Sports (Cale Chronister, Jacob Theriot and Christian Theriot) traffic in a kind of ironic coolness that rarely found in indie…
Prune, You Talk Funny
Gus Dapperton's “Prune, You Talk Funny” Epitomizes the Millennial Pursuit of Self-Expression
New York-based indie pop singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton can come across as a living, breathing embodiment of the Tumblr generation. His recent guitar…
Mood Rider
Jesus and Mary Chain: Mood Rider
The first thing I noticed about the video for Mood Rider is how well Jim Reid has aged out of the public eye. How very un-Scottish of him, especially…
Hard To Handle
COVERLAND Vol.4: Hard To Handle
The Black Crowes are one of my favorite bands from the nineties. When they first came to prominence with this particular song, I remember thinking -…
So Sad, So Sad
Playback Love
Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Varsity in an American indie rock band consisting of Stephanie Smith, Dylan Weschler, Patrick Stanton, Paul Stolz and…
Poppa Was a Playa
9 Rap Songs About Fathers and Fatherhood
When it comes to rap music fathers usually get the short end of the stick. This is because a lot of famous rappers grew up in underprivileged, single…
Polterguy
Single Review: Polterguy
Native Miami rockers, Sunghosts, have proven themselves worthy of the local attention they have received with anthemic hook-filled tunes like…
Switch Up
Sobae is Here to Switch Up Future R&B
The relatively narrow space that Asian and Asian American artists have carved out for themselves in the Anglophone American music market has been, for…
This Is The Last Time
Optimistic Despair
Since its inception in 1999 in Ohio, indie rock band The National has been a living example of the importance of persistence and perseverance. As…
Swimming Through Dreams
Legendary producer John Fryer releases Black Needle Noise single with Mimi Page
Legendary producer John Fryer, one of the most innovative sonic architects on the music scene, is releasing new music under his new…
New York
New York is a delicate tribute to St Vincent's Heroes
After basically tearing up her own rulebook with her 2014 self-titled album, St Vincent can do anything she wants. Except what Annie Clark wants is to…
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 Remastered Version
Timelessness and The Smiths' There is a Light that Never Goes Out
It’s unsurprising that the Smiths are referenced in two of the best indie films released in the past ten years (in my humble opinion), 500…
Wild at Heart
The Electric Petals Share New Track “Wild At Heart”
The modern psychedelic rock of The Electric Petals came together in the summer of 2020. Hailing from Temagami, Canada, they produce in their old 1950s…
Carry Us
Singer-Songwriter With An Uplifting Advantage
Singer-songwriter AFRAKITE from Montreal, Canada dances with a heart attached on a sweater sleeve and careless attitude. From the recently released…
Next Time
Flawed, Beautiful Ambiguity
“I started out writing Semper Femina as if a man was writing about a woman. And then I thought it’s not a man, it&…
Dangerous (feat. Joywave)
Music is a World of Big Data
Discoverability is one of the greatest perks of being able to explore the world of music without the chains of having to use a streaming service only…
You Look Good
You look good
On a boat, on a beachIn the water, in the sand, in the back of a barCold beer in your hand Breaking hearts, breaking necksWhen we rolling down the…
Radioactive
Radioactive: It will make your system blow!
Are you up for something that will wake up your soul and float into abyss? Imagine yourself waking up and feeling everything not just within your body…
Painting (Masterpiece)
A Technicolor Masterpiece
After gaining indie success and a record label with Columbia via the success of their first single Loud(y) in early 2015 (were reached No. 1…
Woman
Flash Gordon Of R`n`B !!!
One of my favorite female R`n`B vocals of the new dope Urban Era is surely this lovely girl. Diana Eve…
Moist
Anna Lann's Moist Presents a Surreal Eco-feminist Critique
Tel-Aviv-via-Latvia musician, producer, and DJ Anna Lann recently gained a VEVO account, and one can only hope for more output from the enigmatic…
Life
Color For The Human Conscious
Dream Rock Pop band Gypsy & The Cat not only bank on an odd name but their station on creative taste far expandes bands like MGMT. Full of…
Machine
The Horrors Take An Industrail Turn With Machine
The Horrors previous album Luminous released in May of 2014. Fast forward to 2017 where the band's fifth album titled V is due to be released in…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Runnin' Through the Charts
As an avid Beyoncé fan, I have always anxiously awaited for anything she sings on. When Runnin' dropped, I felt an instant sense of…
Wild Things
The Queen of the Uncool, Rebellious, Misfits
All hail, Alessia Cara! Staying close to her anti-social, introverted roots, Alessia Cara once again proved that being cool ain't all…
Pleasure
Feist Writes About How Pleasure Should Feel And Sound
Feist is back. Our favorite Indie Mother who solidified a genre with a quirky unique structure stylized within music that could only somewhat fit…
Heathens
The Suicide Squad OST: Heathens
Whoever said “the more the merrier” clearly has not listened to Twenty One Pilots yet. But, wait-- twenty one? That’s…
High
Druggy Quirkiness
LA indie rock trio Sir Sly (vocalist Landon Jacobs and instrumentalists Jason Suwito and Hayden Coplen) have recently released High, their…
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…
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,…
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…
Halfway to Nowhere
Subdued Pessimism
25-year-old north London-based singer-songwriter Chelou's (French slang for ‘louche’) real name is presently…
The Moment (feat. Travis Garland)
HOT NEW HIP HOP: Hoodie Allen ft. Travis Garland - The Moment
While you were sleeping on this guy, let me remind you what have you missed. This Jewish jewel ancestor, Steven AJ Markowitz&…
Lipstick Stains (feat. Boys Noize)
Glitchy Minimalism
Lipstick Stains is part of Minneapolis synthpop quartet Poliça's double A-side 7” release Lipstick Stains /…
Nostalgia
NAO`s Funky Nostalgia Returns The Oxygen!
Are you breathing unselfishly and listening humbly? New soulful Funky wave is going to leave you out of breath again. …
Chino & Nacho
New remix for the world
Since the issue of the very renowned Chinese and Nacho Venezuelans, You walk into my head , go public, millions of people have chanted their letters…
Lepers & Crooks
Funky, Heavy, Beautiful Rock from Australia
Sydney 5-piece Lepers and Crooks came sprinting out of the blocks only two years ago with their first few headline slots being …
Okills
Okills published the video clip for his song “Asesina”
Caracas residents of Okills currently Impeachment in Mexico, have published today the video that accompanies its latest promotional single, Killer,…
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber's Breathtaking Adagio for Strings
The music of Samuel Barber is monumental—especially the Adagio for Strings—a little later translated into an Agnus Dei. …
Los Hermanos Arellano
Miguel Arellano presents four songs on the networks
Venezuelan composer and singer Miguel Arellano presented on his digital platforms four themes of his authorship. These songs represent the beginning…
Charles Bradley
Charles Bradley and the refined art of not losing faith
A basic feature of R & B and consequently also of Soul, Funk, Hip Hop and everything that came after is that they are derived musical…
Britney Spears
Spears dead?
A group of hackers hacked the Twitter account of the company Sony Music in which the false news of the death of pop star Britney Spears released…
Prince Royce
Latin Union calls for Prince Royce.
The Dominican-born New York singer Prince Royce today launched a message in favor of the union of the Latino community in the United States,…
Remy Ma
How to get everyone talking
As you know, hip hop is not really my area of expertise, but this weekend, you couldn’t really get around this beef between Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma. I…
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club Look
And speaking of the visit of US President Barack Obama, Cuba, jumped to the fore the issue of Buena Vista Social Club. And is that a few days before…
Jon Campos & the Incurables
Jon Campos and the Incurables New Music Crushes Reverbnation Alt Rock Charts
Jon Campos and the Incurables recently released a music video for their song “Tragic Tales & Lullabies” and it is…
Gliss
Gliss
Beauty Everything is beauty. Everything is love and sex. Just look at this strange black flower in her hand. Just look at that red dog. That red…
Britney Spears
Britney Spears will have her own musical on Broadway
According to the Forbes website, a Broadway musical is being prepared with songs by pop princess Britney Spears. Larry Rudolph, his manager, met…
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…
Yordano
Yordano and Cheo Pardo, amalgamated
In the city of New York he will have a friendship that was forged many expectantly. Yordano while recuperating from cancer treatment that was…
Okills
Okills will open concert for Juanes
Mexico has been a place of stay for the national bands, and undoubtedly has been a complete success for most of the groups that take the road to…
Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent ‘The Trackless Woods’ – Album Review
Iris DeMent, an American singer and songwriter whose musical style includes elements of the country and folk music genres, has released her 6th studio…
Public Enemy
A Quick Review of Public Enemy's “Nothing is Easy in the Desert”
Public Enemy is one of the most impactful acts in hip hop history. Their career has clocked 30 years and shows no signs of stopping. They have…
Tan Frío el Verano
So Cold Summer will be at the South By Southwest Festival
The Venezuelan group Cold Summer Tan will be presented at this year's prestigious music festival South By Southwest, held in…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande duet with Stevie Wonder
Faith is the new topic that has united generations superstar Stevie Wonder and the now famous Ariana Grande. The song is a strange union that brings…
Beatenberg
The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg
Cape Town-based three piece pop band Beatenberg’s latest album, The Hanging Gardens of Beathenberg, has been a raging success. It has won…
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton ‘Blue Smoke’ – Album Review
If you’ve been reading this site or following me on Twitter for a while you’ll know that my one fangirly weakness is Dolly Parton. In the past I have…
Shola Ama
Shola Ama's working u out again
I remember having this really cool party week in Amsterdam, somewhere around 1997, that I've always loved looking back to. I love going to…
Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent ‘Christmas Time’ – Album Review
First off, let me just say that I adore Christmas. I’m that crazy lunatic that listens to Christmas music all year round, and I would totally be on…
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelley Goes Solo
Charles Kelley is one of the three vocalists in the group Lady Antebellum, but he now has had a solo album out for a couple of months. It’s…
Kanye West
Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West
On the 18th, Kim Kardashian made public some recordings in which he allegedly agreed to Switf Taylor Kanye West launched its theme ''…
Metallica
Documentary portrays Metallica's musical journey to Antarctica
Fans, friends and penguins. Those were, according to the members of the group Metallica, the main attendees that was his historic concert held on…
Fonseca
“I want people to see that Colombia is a diversity of rhythms, lyrics and sounds”
The Bogota singer will present the new edition of his fifth album + Conexión in three concerts in Spain and one in France, places in which he…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Getaway, the disc of the first half consistent
It was five years of waiting. Finally , the Red Hot Chili Peppers presented the successor of I'm With You, a dispensable album, which…
Sentimiento Muerto
The long road to recording rock in Venezuela
The rock in Venezuela lacks record. If there is still plenty of work to do in the reissue of albums that are considered fundamental in the history of…
The Weeknd
Channeling Michael Jackson in the night
With some artists, you can hear or see their influences right away. In the case of The Weeknd, I´ve often heard Michael Jackson. In fact, I&…
Drake
Drake is the most nominated at the AMAs
The Drake Canadian figure as one of the favorites at the American Music Awards 2016 with 13 nominations in total, which will compete in sections…
Renny
Ay Amor What's new from Renny
Mario Alfredo Donoso known as Renny joins forces with the Panamanian singer Joey Montana in her new single Oh Love. With this theme Renny plans to…
Ted Z and The Wranglers
Ted Z & The Wranglers ‘Like A King’ – EP Review
We first introduced you to Ted Z and The Wranglers back in our Stray Plectrums feature of last April, along with their single and…
Eric Church
Country to Country Festival 2016 | Day Three, London – Review
After days two and three had been bigger and better than anybody could have expected, it was hard to imagine how day three could top it. Andrew Combs…
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga presents a mouth opener of her show at the Super Bowl
The 51st installment of the Super Bowl will be held on 5 February, and one of the attractions of this sporting event is the halftime show; whose…
Howard Shore
Howard Shore: Silence of The Lambs
Much of the music to the film score for “Silence of The Lambs” shines with Howard Shore’s simple colors. Basically there…
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…
Frank Ticheli
Vesuvius By Frank Ticheli
t’s time for another Frank Ticheli piece review. Vesuvius is a fabulous rhythmically syncopated piece written on the theme of the famous…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
It was 36 years since the death of Bob Marley
Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981 after losing the battle against a cancer that was diagnosed in September of 1980 when on tour, he fainted in full…
La Pequeña Revancha
Little Payback officially launches Syncopated Steps.
Caracas grouping Little Revancha and she released in digital format your new album Syncopated Steps to 5pm few minutes after the disc was presented…
Rock Star University
When the actors sing
We all know that art is universal and there are artists who do not conform to acting on television but also bet on the film, not just dance also sing…
Luis Fonsi
The new that Luis Fonsi brings with Daddy Yankee
With the arrival of the new year, Luis Fonsi bet on a new sound to surprise their fans. The singer is preparing to release his new single Despacito…
Shakira
Blackmail new song by Shakira and Maluma
Blackmail is the new single that will be on his new album chart after two long years of absence from the musical world, it is noteworthy that his…
False Heads
Falseheads - Thick Skin
Just when you think to yourself “Man o’ man I need a rock n’ roll kick in the pants to get me through the day”…
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn ‘Everything It Takes’ (Ft. Elvis Costello) – Single Review
Ah the sweet, sweet sound of a steel guitar, don’t you just love it? I don’t know about you, but when I hear the beautiful cry of…
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…
Gracie and Joey
Gracie & Joey ‘Runaways’ – EP Review
It’s funny how a modern-sounding record can make you feel nostalgic, but that’s what Gracie & Joey and their new EP ‘Runaways’ does for me.…
David Bowie
Bowie/Bieber
Are two artists. Justin Bieber, young, attends the people of his generation, mainly. David Bowie, recently deceased, serves several generations. The…
Molotov
Molotov Group denounces theft of its equipment on the highway of the State of Mexico
The musical band Molotov denounced today the theft of its instruments and equipment of work in a highway of the State of Mexico when it was taken for…
Love and Theft
Love And Theft ‘Whiskey On My Breath’ – Album Review
Now this was a mainstream country album I was looking forward to listening to. The lead single (also the title track) had really caught my attention…
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…
Nicolas Repetto
Interview with The Sound of Identity Composer, Nicolas Repetto
Today we’re delighted to be joined by Nicolas Repetto, an Argentinian-American television and film composer based in Los Angeles. Nicolas&…
Fedarro
Fedarro We Needed You ! ! !
This young exceptionista cuts deep with his passionate art. Singer/songwriter/producer/engeneer and a passionate cook, this multi-talented machine…
Viniloversus
The vinyls again making protest art.
Viniloversus again surprises its fans; this time with a subject that nobody expected so-called Cold Blood that clearly all the difficult situation…
Montell Jordan
The new Montell Jordan - This is how we do it
How many times have we seen artists struggle with their public image? Many big artists go through a slow transition process to gain more control over…
Charliepapa
First installment of the Estereo Awards 2016
Venezuelan artists are happy after the announcement of the first installment of Estereo Awards prize. The gala will be held on February 19 in the…
The Beatles
Not so (born) yesterday
For true music fans it’s going to be a very good Christmas, because the one wish they have had for many years is finally coming true: The…
The Kathy Kallick Band
Kathy Kallick Band ‘Foxhounds’ - Album Review
Bluegrass singer Kathy Kallick is not only known through her work with the Kathy Kallick Band, which has been one of the premiere bluegrass bands in…
IAMX
New IAMX
“Sincerity of a sinner who is more saint than many of those we know” Great London wonder named IAMX came back with a new song! All…
Camila Cabello
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…
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…
That 1 Guy
ONE-MAN BANDS Vol.2: That 1 Guy
If you’ve visited festivals like Wakarusa, Electric Forest or Big Day Out lately, then you’ve probably seen that one guy, with…
The Soil Bleeds Black
15 Delights of Dionysus
Delicate female feet on a cold floor – it’s so beautiful, telling and enthralling. So many feet are ready for the ritual dance and…
NKOTBSB
NKOTBSB Live in Manila: Most epic concert EVER!
I've only been to a few concerts. But THIS was definitely the most epic. “All you people can&rsquo…
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez get back together
A few days ago, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony her ex-husband were pleasantly shocked with that famous kiss that turned her around the world. As if…
The Cranberries
In Memoriam: Dolores O' Riordan
I am sorry that I will start with a bit of disgraceful question, but who would have thought that Sinead O' Connor would live longer than Dolores O…
Victor Muñoz
Victor Muñoz and Anais Vivas tour various cities in Venezuela.
Venezuelan singer Anais Vivas and Victor Muñoz undertake a mini concert tour from June 23 in Maracaibo, Barquisimeto and Caracas. Vivas and Mu&#…
Los Amigos Invisibles
Session VRrock will offer a new tribute to Los Amigos Invisibles
Vacilón and gozadera was what was experienced in the VRock in session of Chacao Cultural Center last Saturday with a tribute to Los Amigos…
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel cancels his tour of the United States
Mexican singer dearer by all Latin American mothers Luis Miguel, postponed her US tour on the recommendation of his doctors, due to health problems…
Ricardo Arjona
She is the new Ricardo Arjona
The singer Ricardo Arjona Friday released the video She, a single from her new album Circus Soledad. The song tells the desire for freedom of the…
Royal Blood
Murders, white rabbits and more in the new Royal Blood video
After the successful release of his second album How Did We Get So Dark? which was able to position itself in the first sales positions in his native…
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…
HS87
Interview: Rey Reel
Published by Beyond The Stage Magazine It’s a balmy Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, and Rey Reel, the mastermind beatsmith behind…
Artemis Burr
Empowering Debut Release The Lion's Heart From The Elusive Artemis Burr
“The Lion’s Heart” is Artemis Burr’s debut single that was released on September 4th, from his upcoming debut album Artemis, Fall Asleep Dreaming.…
Howard Shore
Howard Shore's Film Swan Songs
Howard Shore is an awesome composer that I've never known before. I never knew he composed the music to such classics as trilogy and series.…
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…
Rita Ora
Rita Ora releases music video with Ed Sheeran
Although the main news of Canadian artist Ed Sheeran has been for his award at the MTV Video Music Awards, there is also talk of the new acoustic…
Charli XCX
Charli XCX and The F Word
There’s a lot said recently about what women in the music business are encountering. From sexism, to the double standard of ageism, where…
Miley Cyrus
Hey Miley! Got milk?!
Miley Cyrus has come a long way from her teen star days. In fact, you can hardly tell that today’s Miley Cyrus is the same as the long brown…
Michael Jackson
Immortal
His dances created sensation, symmetrical steps accompanying music, gave the feeling that could float on stage, every movement reached the incredible…
De La Ghetto
Come closer: the new De La Ghetto
Distinguished by its vocal versatility, the interpreter of urban music, De La Ghetto, released the official video for their single Come. A ambisiosa…
Curve
Gift
Curve is one of the best bands ever, and this album is a good example of why. Gift, Polaroid, Chainmail.... great album.
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 and their new single with Kendrick Lamar
The pop rock band and American pop, Maroon 5, launched a new issue last October 11 along with rapper Kendrick Lamar, titled Do not Wanna…
Unbuttoned
UNBUTTONED: MINUTE LASTING E.P.
cardboard box drum beats cassette tapes of other people’s conversations reverb upon reverb a bottle of hennessy that technically…
Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams offers to represent Russia at Eurovision.
British singer Robbie Williams jokingly offered to represent Russia in Eurovision, in an interview broadcast Monday on Russian television. I would…
The Stabs
The Stabs
Good morning – she says. She says good morning with that special passion and breathing of a hangover maniac not knowing her place in this…
Leslie Bassett
Leslie Bassett's Echoes From an Unknown World
Along side his famous clarinet pieces, Leslie Bassett shines with the greatness that is otherworldly. Implementing the twelve tone row structure to…
Harry Styles
Harry Styles releases solo track
After the members of One Direction have decided to give themselves a temporary rest of the stages, the members have decided that it is time to start…
O'G3NE
O'G3NE doesn't clown around
From the moment they stepped into the blind audition at Holland’s The Voice, two years ago, these three musically skilled sisters have been…
Randy Hall
Pop and R and B Icon Making Headlines with A New Way Of Love Song on Spotify and YouTube- Randy Hall
Grammy award-winning artist, Randy Hall, has just released his newest pop single, “A New Way of Love” to streaming services and…
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Cuban rumba and Dominican merengue are World Heritage Sites
Two Latin American musical genres were proclaimed by UNESCO as Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Cuban rumba and Dominican merengue were raised with…
Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro
Martin Harley & Daniel Kimbro ‘Live At Southern Ground’ - Album Review
Being unfamiliar with Martin Harley’s accomplished career, I was delighted to dig into the contents of ‘Live At Southern Ground’, a live, acoustic-…
Barbra Streisand
Streisand gets into sound acting
Barbra Streisand is one of those singers that I’ve inherited from the people in my life from a slightly older generation, so to speak.…
Kendrick Lamar
Untitled Unmastered
Kendrick Lamar has always been a lyrical god, especially as of late. He’s been dropping tracks here and there, titled… Untitled,…
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…
Maren Morris
Maren Morris ‘My Church’ – Single Review
Maren Morris has been making quite a lot of waves lately, with her self-titled debut EP and album 'Hero' receiving a great deal of praise from…
Zephyr
Remember Zephyr?
Billed as a blues-based hard rock band, Zephyr was much more than that. It is the culmination of the sixties, with all the styles and genres blended…
Astro Lasso
Does Love Sell Records?
Love is the ideal songwriting formula, probably not easy, able, it is easier to talk about heartbreak. Precisely because it is an emotion which has…
Jagwar Ma
Jagwar Ma announces Every Now And Then and releases the first single
After three years of dance psych rock group put it in some way, Jagwar Ma announced the launch of suscesor Howlin which will be called Every Now And…
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel's Conducting and Energy
This conductor has to be one of the greatest modern conductors of our time. Known for his stunning interpretations of much of the famous classic music…
Vic Mensa
There`s A Lot Going On In Prequel To Traffic
This animal bar murderer, a real life lyricist, Victor Mensah aka Vic Mensa is finally at the closure to the…
AC/DC
Axl Rose debuts with AC/DC in Portugal
It is week at last we could see Axl Rose with those who will be his new bandmates Cliff Williams and Angus Young to announce the upcoming concert of…
Tamar Braxton
Tamar Braxton’s dances into the light
If there’s one lady who’s been keeping herself real busy, it’s Tamar Braxton. Competing in Dancing With The Stars,…
Beyoncé
Beyoncé at the Super Bowl with ColdPlay
Beyoncé will join ColdPlay in the great performance of the Super Bowl halftime confirmed to Entertainment Tonight show sponsor, Pepsi, reported…
Nights Amore
New Nights Amore Album is on Fire!
I have written very many articles on Nights Amore in the past and I keep coming back to them and how touching their music is. They are an artist to…
Reza Safinia
SCORE REVIEW: 'Birth of the Dragon' By H. Scott Salinas & Reza Safinia
In H. Scott Salinas & Reza Safinias’ new album “Birth of the Dragon – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack&…
The Beatles
The story behind the unpublished photos from the Beatles' last concert 50 years ago.
Bruno Coon, a fan of the Beatles, witnessed 50 years ago the last concert of the group, certainly a historic event. But the Californian, which at…
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives walks through New York in his latest video
Carlos Vives has just released the video for his latest song called The Edge of your love with which hopes to follow in the top positions of the most…
Angus & Julia Stone
Wistful Escapism
Sydney brother-sister folk-blues acoustic pop-tinged duo Angus and Julia Stone scored their breakthrough hit with Big Jet Plane, a single…
Sia
Sia with a new theme and with it pays a great tribute.
This time Sia debuts new track with Kendrick Lamar which is called The Greatest, this new production comes hand in hand with a video which makes it a…
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Come back 30STM after 4 years
US rock band 30 Seconds To Mars, led by actor and musician Jared Leto, introduced Walk On Water, their first single in four years since the release…
Drake White
Drake White ‘Livin’ The Dream’ – Single Review
Far from the wannabe bros and pretty boys populating record label rosters even into late 2015, you get the sense that Drake White is a real musician.…
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,…
The Beatles
The (im)mortality of The Beatles
Remember, at the beginning of this year, when Kanye West started working with Paul McCartney and Twitter blew up? If you missed that, it now depends…
Andy Black
They Don't Need to Understand
“Andy Black”, the experimental Dark-Wave solo project of Black Veil Brides’ lead vocalist Andy Biersack, released his…
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Palestrina Takes Early Sacred Works Over the Top
Strolling down Memory Lane, we come across the gorgeous Palestrina and his great work from one great mass (Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and…
Dushane Band
Riding With The DuShane Band
Back in the 1990s country and western music got a much needed shot in the arm with the injection of the Americana music radio format. It combined the…
ChocQuibTown
ChocQuibTown cancels concert in Popayán.
The Colombian group ChocQuibTown canceled a concert that was scheduled for next February 27 in Popayan for breach in the contract and lack of…
J Balvin
J Balvin makes history with Mi Gente
Colombian reggaetoner J Balvin is living sweet moments in his musical career. His last song called Mi Gente has managed to position him as the Latin…
Vic Mensa
Existentialism in Vic Mensa & Ab-Soul's Holy Holy
Underground rappers Vic Mensa and Ab-Soul explore the idea of leaving a legacy and living a life that truly matters on their heartbreakingly honest…
J Balvin
J Balvin's tour will pass through Spain
J Balvin already prepared everything to give a major international tour this 2017 and will surely be a success worldwide. So much so that recently…
Jessie J
Can't take my ears off of Jessie J
Ah, it's finally arrived. New music by Jessie J. Yes new (in quotes), because the song is a cover of the Frankie Valli song called Can&#…
Joey Bada$$
The Return of Joey Bada$$
No rapper has brought nineties boom bap rap back to the mainstream like Joey Bada$$. Granted J. Cole has had some pure east coast cuts on his last 2…
Nashville Cast
The Music of Nashville, Season 2, Volume 1 – Album Review
My American readers might be wondering why I am only just reviewing this album now; since it was released on December 10 on US shores. However, I am…
Raintown
Raintown ‘Writing On The Wall’ – Album Review
I wasn’t sure about Raintown going into this album. Part of the reason for that is that I struggle with married duos; there does seem to be a tendency…
David Adam Byrnes
David Adam Byrnes ‘Tell Me I Won’t’ - EP Review
If you’re looking for some light country listening as the summer comes to a close, look no further than David Adam Byrnes’ ‘Tell Me I Won’t’ EP. The…
Jon Ehrlich
Interview with Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka, composers of Goliath
I recently checked in with Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka, two composers with a steady stream of credits. Given their partnership and unique…
Austra
Trust
Everything’s based on trust. Trust is essential. Of course, you can demand for facts and proves, recheck everything, but there is always a…
Monica Naranjo
Music and Monica Naranjo
Seven years after the publication of '' tarantula '' his so far last studio album with new material, the Spanish…
Britney Spears
Britney censored.
The return of Britney Spears new music continues to talk about. Not only for the physical exercised where is the singer, but also for the new album…
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…
Demi Lovato
Disney Song: Equality, Liberty, Fraternity
Yes, they are French principles, ideals that inspired the independence in Venezuela and allowing freedom of Latin America and inspired the…
Lindsey Harper
Lindsey Harper is a Class Act with New Release
Whether she’s holding notes with the strength of a suspension bridge, or lightheartedly singing falsetto tones of love; Lindsay Harper is simply…
Onechot
Raise your Music began in Petare
On Saturday, June 10, the first street activity organized by the Alza tu Musica movement took place on the Great Wall of Petare in Caracas, where…
Manu Chao
Manu Chao premieres video
Jose Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao Ortega, better known as Manu Chao has decided to start 2017 very active with the promotion of new songs and video.…
The Phantom Sound
Phantom Sound: Bringing Back the New Wave Spirit (Interview)
Phantom Sound is an indie rock project that quotes 80's new wave and pop rock in an inventive way. The one (wo)man project is backed in the studio…
Juanes
Juanes honored the band Eagles
Juanes performed at the tribute of the band from Californa, Eagles as part of the annual Kennedy Center whose purpose is to celebrate the career of…
Juanes
Juanes preparing production with HBO
El Paisa offers abrebocas My plans are to love, a work that is touted as the first mass visual album of a Latin American artist. On May 19 HBO…
Calvin Harris
Feels like Pharrell's track
Calvin Harris is preparing the release of “Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1”, his new album, by dropping a series of new previews on YouTube. The tropical vibe…
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…
Lukas Graham
Take A Closer Look At Lukas Graham
Upon hearing the recent bees around the music industry, one of the busiest and most commonly heard buzz is probably Lukas Graham.If the news hasn&…
David Maslanka
A Band Piece for The Ages--Concerto for Alto Sax and Concert Band by David Maslanka
Nearly all the music from American Composer David Maslanka is purely uplifting and astounding, but there is one piece in particular that really stands…
Big & Rich
Big & Rich (feat. Tim McGraw) ‘Lovin’ Lately’ – Single Review
In the ‘Gravity’ album era Big & Rich have made a habit of releasing solid, radio-friendly love songs set to a modern…
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson ‘Turn It Up’ – Album Review
Josh Thompson was yet another artist whose in-depth material was new to me this year, and naturally amidst the chaos of bro-country, I was worried…
Hitha
Pure Pop Fun!
Every now and then we come across a young pop songstress and this week we discovered Hitha. At 14 years old she is already entertaining…
Tomates Fritos
I don't listen to music in Spanish
I think I've lost count of how many times I have had to hear that phrase, or even how many times myself repeated it when I started to dabble…
Lana Del Rey
No Grammy Nod for Honeymoon?
As Billboard.com and other news sites have noted, Lana Del Rey is one of the artists who have been 'snubbed' by the 2016 Grammy Nominations&…
Taylor Swift
Swiftly changing again
Taylor Swift is a master of reinvention, and even more so in creating a buzz. That sweet little girl that told the world a love story has turned into…
The Cure
My 2017 Music Resolutions
Like the beginning of every year there is a mix of both hope and crushing anxiety as the next 12 months of possibilities stretch out in front of us.…