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Water on Mars
Purling Hiss - Water on Mars
Purling Hiss is one of the best and most unique garage rock/psychedelic rock bands currently out there. Hailing from Philadelphia, Purling Hiss…
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
“So I was taking a walk the other day”, begins Kendrick Lamar’s long awaited follow up to 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly, DAMN.,&…
Heartworms
James Mercer proves that he was alway the force behind The Shins
It's been five years since the las Shins album, Port of Morrow, a middling release that had many fans wondering if the band had lost that…
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…
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…
Christmas Kiss (Deluxe Edition)
Austin Marolla - Christmas Kiss
Christmas Kiss begins with a warm acoustic guitar and piano, in a groove that reminds me of something from a later Tom Petty record. This song is a…
La Partition
Uneven Structure - La Partition [Review]
Hace seis años una banda francesa hizo un excelente álbum de djent progresivo llamado Februus . Su debut demostró cómo una nueva…
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…
Life Is Good
Life Is Good...is good
In my alcohol-induced and terse analysis in consultation with Google, I have realized that this was the first year in which all three of the most…
Love & Hate
Kiwanuka's Sophomore Album Justifies His Long Writer's Block
Five years ago, London record label Communion was presented on a CD compilation that came with the best British monthly music magazine. The label’s…
The Only Way Is Up
Sometimes words are not needed
I'm the first one to tell you that lyrics are important to a song. It doesn't matter if a lyric is repeated constantly or if it's used as…
Atleta del Sonido
Bostas Brain Presents: ''Sound Athlete''
Luis Quintero, better known musically as BostasBrain , is Venezuelan composer of rap. Brain has become a leader and pioneer of the movement, flow…
What About
A Tasty Piece Of Fusion Cake
Zaa is a band from Serbia and is one of the most original bands coming from my country. On the first two albums their music was a classic mix of…
A Latino Christmas
Celebrating a Latino Christmas
Fifteen songs will make you smile and feel satisfied for choosing to listen to Latino Christmas. That's true for me, of course. But honestly,…
Hunky Dory
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
Famous for normalising weird, his ever changing personas and a five decade-long career, David Bowie was a rare kind of musician. From Ziggy Stardust…
The Shapes
Weekend EP Battle: Miami Horror Vs Pinky Pink
Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. They are not easy to compare, anyway. Miami Horror…
Try Everything (From "Zootopia") - Single
Shakira will try everything
Before Shakira crossed over - I've been told - she was known as the Madonna of Latin pop. Then, with the help of the Estefans, she crossed over…
Strange Cousins From the West
Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West
Clutch are a well-known stoner rock/stoner metal band from the US. They have released a long list of great and almost legendary albums, but my…
All Hail the Yeti
#tb All Hail The Yeti's Debut
Internet, overpopulated urban areas, abundance of concert arenas and mass production of fanbases are causing ugly fight between bands for the place in…
Automaton
Jamiroquai Strikes Again WithAutomaton
I am happy that I can write something about some freshly made material by Jamiroquai! For those who don't know who are Jamiroquai, this band is…
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Swedish indie pop trio comes back with their third release that is both exuberant and ebollient, but incosistent when it comes to genre. Do you…
The Bride
A Bride For a Gloomy Existence
Natasha Khan known as Bat For Lashes cease to amaze the individuals who await a new album from the songstress. Bat For Lashes as a whole concept…
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…
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…
Antiphon
Before Bon Iver, Thee Was Midlake
Melancholic dudes from Texas had recorded their fourth studio album when their chief and creative director Tim Smith had a breakdown and decided to…
OK Computer
Ok Computer is officially 20 years old
How do you sum up the cultural impact of an album like Ok Computer? In the 20 years since its release Radiohead's third album has become a go-to…
Cold Night in Soho
When Soho Gets Cold, The Tiger Lillies Get Colder
Cold Night in Soho is the first album in ten years in which The Tiger Lillies did not put focus on theater piece. They are everything but regular band…
Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (Deluxe Version)
Rock n' Roll Circus
Some bands are fundamentally good. Some put fun and mental in fundamental. Scottish trio called The Fratellis is incredibly cute group of talented…
You’re Welcome
Wavves Make You Jump On The Table
Only year and a half after self-released V, and a little bit more since split-album No Life For Me, a collaboration with Cloud Nothings,…
1000 Forms Of Fear (Deluxe Version)
Waiting for new Sia
Before Sia releases her upcoming album, I wanted to pay tribute to one of the best albums of 2014. Her sixth studio album 1000 Forms of Fear has been…
Blue Bird
MY OWN BLUE BIRD
Is it OK to write about your own music? That’s the dilemma I was struggling with during my first years of radio hosting and journalism. &…
Man From Another Time
When Seasick Steve Taughts Us About The Other Times
Steve Wold has a rich biography of a vagabond, occasional farmer and a musician who worked with names such as John Lee Hooker and Janis Joplin. When…
Wincing the Night Away
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: The Shins Wincing the Night Away
Garden State has a lot to answer for. Yes it’s now lazy journalism to combine Zack Braff’s directorial debut with the emergence of The Shins in pop…
Far From Over
Jazz Pianist Of Our Generation
Vijay Iyer is one of the most relevant contemporary jazz pianist of newer generation, and alongside Jason Moran, he represents the most inventive…
Mountain Czar
Karma To Burn - Mountain Czar
The renowned American stoner metal/stoner rock band Karma To Burn came out with a new five track EP in February. The new EP…
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…
Stranger in the Alps
Debut Of the Year, Phoebe Bridgers' Strangers in The Alps
How is it possible that you are only 22 years old and you are such a poetaster? How is it possible that this is just your debut and you are already…
Random Access Memories
#tb The Standard of Modern Electronic-Dance
Recently, I have watched an episode of HBO’s brand new show Young Pope and in one scene, the main characters, pope, asked his advisor who does she…
Into the Water
Ritual Howls - Into The Water
The well-known Detroit post-punk/gothic rock/death rock band Ritual Howls came out with a new album in 2016, and it packed some pretty fine material…
Alice Jemima
Thoughts on Alice Jemima's Debut
Alice Jemima's self-titled debut album consists of a surprising total of twelve songs that amount to only thirty six minutes. However, the album,…
Bludfire
Fire in her spirit and music in her blud
The track, ”Bludfire”, by Eva Simons and her husband, DJ Sidney Samson, is what you would now consider to be a signature Eva…
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon with a video
If there is any album that would rightfully go by the title “best” in the history of rock music and beyond, it is “The…
Devout
Devout
UK grime fixture Mr Mitch’s latest LP explores a pared-back sound. It feels polished and tactile, with themes of loyalty,…
Harmonies
Harmonies Aplenty
Whoever thinks that it is easy making good sounding sampled music couldn’t be more wrong. First, you have to have a bottomless knowledge of music…
For The Love Of The Rastaman
Breakout Reggae Rock Artists for the New Millenium Playlist on Spotify
Breakout Reggae Rock Artists - Fusion Reggae for the new Millenium Playlist on Spotify! The Best in Modern Rock and Reggae Fusion! Groups that are…
MultiViral
Calle 13: El Residente Presidente?
Until 2009, Calle 13, a Puerto Rican band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez (lead singer, songwriter) and Eduardo José…
G-Punk
Fabolous Funk'd Kidz
Heya, so i found this mini EP and i check it and i play it maybe little mix it and the freakshow dance party was on fire. This guy with tons of…
Bedouine
Bedouine Epitomizes Her Name in Music
Under the name Bedouine hides girl born in Aleppo. Her parents moved to United States after winning green card lottery. Migration is in her blood, her…
No Time For It
Fantasia's pretty generic this time
Can you believe it’s already 12 years ago, when she won American Idol?! Even though Fantasia was born into a musical family, thus it seemed…
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…
Paradise
WEEKEND EP DUEL: Anohni vs Blonde Redhead
ANOHNI Vs Blonde Redhead Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare,…
Music From Before The Storm
Daughter's Soundtrack For A Video Game is A Well Done Task
Working on a soundtrack is a double-edge sword for an artist. He needs to remain loyal to his signature sound, while simultaneously making sure that…
Electra Heart
Electra Heart
Marina Diamondis, aka Marina and the Diamonds, doesn't make things easy for herself. For her follow-up to 2010's excellent debut The Family…
Imagine
Can you just imagine that?
Since a pianist played “Imagine” at the scene last Friday, directly after the attacks, in Paris, France, the world has once again…
The New High
Will Brent Finally Bring In Some Cash?
The moment you realize that somebody who’s from Athens Georgia has recorded all his three solo albums for a German specialist label, you begin to…
Sigillum Luciferi
Cough - Sigillum Luciferi
Cough are a no-nonsense stoner doom/sludge metal band from Richmond Virginia. They have released a series of great stoner doom/sludge albums through…
NO
Meghan Trainor continues her music journey through time
Just when you begin to think that Meghan Trainor has got an old musical soul, she surprises you with making things a little more recent with her new…
Transatlanticism
My changing attitude to songs on TV shows
For many artists having their music appear on TV shows and movies can provide a big boost interms of getting new fans and awareness. There are so man…
Metals
Feist's Metals and Everything That's Golden About It.
Feist’s Metals is one of my favourite albums. Let me tell you why. The first few bars of the opening song, The Bad in Each Other, set the album apart…
Afterglow
ME, SARAH AND LGBT
I’m sorry to disappoint but I am not gay. However, a few years ago I found out me and LGBT have a weakness in common: Sarah McLachlan, the…
Sourvein / Will To Mangle
Sourvein - Will To Mangle
Sourvein are one of the best stoner doom/sludge/southern metal bands of all time in my book, and their album ''Will To Mangle'' is…
I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
The Unpredictability of The 1975
If I were to describe The 1975’s much-awaited and talked about sophomore album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So…
IIII
Papir - IIII
Papir hail from Denmark and they are a pretty well-known instrumental krautrock/psychedelic rock band. They have released a number of great albums…
channel ORANGE
Three Years Later: Channel Orange
At the forefront of R&B’s shift to moody, provocative, narrative-driven soundscapes stands Frank Ocean, one of contemporary music&…
Mowing
Nau is Now?
The current indie scene is so diversified and abundant with knew, or completely unknown names that it can be mind boggling, so you have to opt for one…
Every Third Thought
Every Third X File
Although most of us know David Duchovny as Molder from Dossier X, not a lot of us know that this multifaceted actor is also a singer who recently…
Pagans in Vegas
Pagan Indie
Show me on this beaver where Canada touched you. Jokes aside, Canada has a lot of great bands, especially on indie rock scene. One of them is, for…
Bitches Brew Live
Bitches Brew
If we’re talking about groundbreaking music, this album by Miles Davis is one of the few that can hold this attribute with great pride.…
Must Exist
Goth Existentialism
Instead of instagraming existential crisis, true artists sublime their crisis into a something divine. Competition is a mother of great achievements.…
Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
Let The Dancers Inherit The Party. Yes-yes!
For fifteen year, six-membered group from Brighton has been flying over British rock sky. In that time, they have released six studio releases with…
Eat the Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas is a pretty renowned American psychedelic rock band that mixes some post-rock infused atmospheric psychedelia with space rock and…
Triplicate (Sampler)
Triplicate
Triplicate, again, features Dylan singing tunes from the Great American Songbook. His voice is filled with character, though the…
Pure Comedy
Pure Comedy
Father John Misty is a consummate entertainer. On Pure Comedy, he questions the value of entertainment, capitalism, and everything…
Vagabundo
Dos Décadas del Influyente Vagabundo Creado Por Robi Draco Rosa
Hace 20 años se gestó una de los diamantes musicales más importante de la era del rock alternativo en españ…
Do Right
Komplex Kai Goes For The Crown On Do Right
When you make the claim of being the Native American 2Pac you have some pretty big shoes to fill. So don't be surprised if some not only question…
From A Room: Volume 1
Chris Stapleton - From His Room To Yours
This second solo album by Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1 has already been hailed as something the fans of ‘good old country’ should rejoice…
What If
The Jerry Douglas Band - What if, indeed!
Writing a music review should be easy, right? Sure, most of the time. All you have to do first is decide which category the album belongs to… Again,…
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''…
Future Nostalgia
Future Nostalgia
The Sheepdogs are Canadian rock band who released four albums since their debut Trying To Growin 2007. Their self-titled album even peaked around the…
Liquid Swords (Explicit Version)
GZA's 20 Year Journey to Platinum Status
The Wu-Tang Clan is one of the most influential groups in hip hop history. The group consists of some of the most gifted lyricists in the game, and…
Dark Sky Island
Sparkling Despite the Fluidity of Time
Other than our family, our friends can help shape the music we listen to as well as enjoy. It was through a friend that I first heard of Enya and her…
Hit Me Baby...
The Baseballs Are On The Edge Of Their Cover-Career
A cover of a song is like a panorama of the city seen through a differently colored glasses. Ergo, covers are fashionable. As we all know, fashion…
If On A Winter's Night
Do you love Baroque Music? Then you must be fan of Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner Sting
Even we are in the 21st century; there are still a lot of sound fields and undiscovered magical moments left in the music by our ancestors. Sting has…
Elder
Elder - Elder
Elder are a great American psychedelic rock/stoner doom band from Massachusetts. They have released a bunch of great albums through the years, but…
Coming Home
Coming Home, Leon Bridges
Up-and-coming estrella alma sur de Leon Bridges nos lleva de nuevo a la década de 1960-sonido Stax con su álbum de debut, Coming Home. Los…
Hinterland
Lonelady: Hinterland
Julie Campbell aka LoneLady has rooted her music in the dark leaden skies of the industrial landscape of her native Manchester. The mist and vapour…
Hello
HELLO 2016!
Cuando algo se termina, miramos lo que dejamos atrás, y en ocasiones, también escuchamos. Durante el 2015 dijimos Hello, nos…
Pijan slavej
The Drunk Nightingale and the magical world of Foltin
“Foltin” are one of the most exciting bands coming from Macedonia. Building their sound through all these years (from 1995 until…
Ten Best
Is it still murder on the dance floor?
When Sophie Ellis Bextor broke through, in the early 2000s, I really thought she was going to be massive, but with the occasional appearance put aside…
Welcome oblivion
Post-Industrial Ups And Downs
Trent Reznor, an icon, a genius, or just one big egomaniac? I mean, NIN was always his band, with a plethora of artists coming and going, each one of…
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…
Bloodroot
Bloodroot Shouldn't Be Scary
At one point, French composer and pianist Eric Satie was considered too obscure and it was thought he would remain so. These days he seems to be one…
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.…
Climbing The Colossus
Sunnata - Climbing The Colossus
Sunnata are one of the most well-known Polish stoner metal/stoner doom/sludge bands along with the likes of Belzebong. While Sunnata recently released…
Pacific Daydream
Infantile Weezer
There are two types of Weezer albums: those that have name and then those that don't have a name so we have to recognize them by their color. All…
Heavy Metal XMAS (Rock, Hard Rock and Metal Christmas Carols)
Here It Comes, Ready or Not
It is the season to be jolly. And if you think this is also one rocking season, then you might consider The Christmas Party Singers Heavy Metal…
Promeneur
A Stroll Through Styles - In French
If you are a fan of French popular music, Mathieu Boogaerts is probably a known quantity to you. If you think of French pop only in the terms of…
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,…
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…
Clipper Ship
Pick Up The Wooden Wand!
Wooden Wand has been around for a while and has come up with a batch of great albums with equally great music and even some greater lyrics. A great…
Stereolithic
311 Stereolithic Review
This a review I have been looking forward to doing for a while now. 311 has proved to be he most consistent bands from their first album &#…
To Pimp A Butterfly
Deep Hop
I am not into hip hop so I was battling with myself a lot while I was giving a chance to the album that topped year-end-charts in 2015. It took a long…
The High
Behind a modeling eyes of a tomboy: The High rise of Candice Pillay
Sitting here in such an excitement and, at the same time, slight bump on my mind, trying to figure out the reason why are many of such an autstanding…
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…
See How They Run
Do you remember when you were young?
Do you remember when you were young? Do you remember that very distinctive mixed and contradictory feeling of fearlessness and doubt, of possibility…
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…
Vacation Freeze
The Greatness Of the Lesser Men
Adult disoriented rock is a phrase that The Lesser Men use to describe the genre of music they are playing. As time goes by, that is exactly how I…
Silence Is The Only Sound
Metal Scandinavian Folk
The Third And The Mortal is one of the first metal bands in Norway that had female singer and it was Kari Rueslatten. After the band broke up, Kari…
A Trip To Soda Island
Beating the Heat with Soda Island
When I complained about the heat on summer days, my mother would tell me to think about things that were really cold. So I would build a house made of…
Make It Be
They Make It Be
Some knowledgeable reviewers thought that this combination between R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner could be “strange”. Falkner is a much more known…
They Moved in Shadow All Together
Traumatic Folk
Emily Jane White es un cantante, compositor y poeta de Oakland. Este año, lanzó su quinto álbum de estudio titulado Ellos se moví…
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…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay A Head Full Of Dreams Album Review
Coldplay released their new album entitled A Head Full of Dreams on December 4th, 2015. Coldplay is a group I have been following since their very…
Mind Of Mine (Deluxe Edition)
Zayn on top with ''Mind of Mine''
The former member of the British band One Direction, Zayn, on March 25 released his first solo album called '' Mind of Mine '…
On My One
Bob Dylan Lost His Successor
Jake Bugg was entitled as “the next Bob Dylan”. After his third album, the title does not apply anymore. It is…
Sweet Baby James
Groundbreaking Album From The Seventies
After the sixties, rock and roll was losing its power. People seemed to be exhausted with the rebellion, the war, the opposition; there was a…
As Light As Light
EP Battle: Inc.No World Vs Frabin
INC. NO WORLD With their new EP, brother duo from California, Andrew and Daniel Aged confirmed that they are top-notch neo-soul act of the modern days…
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…
Nyctophilia
It's Time For You To Meet NervoChaos
Twenty years of existence and hard work did not bring considerable global popularity to the Brazilian metal band from Sao Paolo called NervoChaos. At…
Fierce Mercy (Deluxe Edition)
Colin Hay Might Be Australia's Most Prolific Musician
Fierce Mercy is the 13th album by an Australian musician Colin Hay. Wow, that sounds like a really prolific artist, doesn’t it? Still, it…
Intellectual Property: SOI2 (Deluxe Edition)
Recommended: The New Ras Kass Album
John Austin, musically recognized under the aka Ras Kass, is an American rapper, known for his ability and technical skill as their lyrics very…
Growing Up Is For Trees
Growing Up Is For Trees
Let me get one thing straight – these guys are not from Barcelona, they are from Scandinavia. How could something so cheerful come from a…
A Seat at the Table
Solange is at the table
Solange is stuck between a rock and a hard place. As the sister of, you're being watched closely. Especially when you, too, are in the same…
You're Gonna Get Love
Keren Ann Turns Pallid
It took five years for Keren Ann to drop the new album titled You’re Gonna Get Love. Her full name is Keren Ann Zeidel and she is a singer…
Modern Pressure
Daniel Romano - Dylan Revisited
It would be hard to say that Daniel Roman has returned. The guy simply has not left. Saying that this guy is a musical shape-shifter would e an…
Broke With Expensive Taste
Azealia Banks Continues To Slay
Even though she released one of the most interesting rap albums in 2014 and shut the mouth to everyone who called her one hit wonder because of…
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…
Alive In New Light
IAMX is Optimistic? A Miracle!
Only a year after the album Unfall, Chris Corner returned with the new record Alive In New Light. In some way, it wraps up the story started with…
Remain In Light
The Top Five Albums of the 80's
The 80’s almost killed rock music. Similar to what happened with jazz two decades earlier, the youth turned their back on electric guitars…
Selections From A Voice On Air (1935-1955)
Sinatra--The First LP
Frank Sinatra—The brilliant and colorful vocalist properly came into to prominence during the era of the second World War. His proper first…
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…
The Thread That Keeps Us (Deluxe Edition)
When Calexico Does Pop, It's Never Pop
A dormant album Edge of the Sun from 2015 had recently got an awaken brother. The Thread That Keeps Us is shorter, focused and more diverse collection…
Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean comes more Blonde.
After more than 8 times to postpone the release of their second studio album called Blonde singer of R & B, Frank Ocean, decided to publish…
Nazienda
Conceptual Metal
Extreme metal since 1990 is written on Facebook page of Italian dudes called Resurrecturis. This is not the most important thing in this story. What&…
Trippy Caribbean
Rawayana dared and presented her Trippy Caribbean
The Venezuelan group recently announced that his third album would be called Trippy Caribbean plate and finally here! Under the production of Jos&#…
Annulment (Live)
Starting Form an Anulment
You couldn’t say that Mark Mulachy, the brain behind Miracle Legion is one of the luckier men in music. Didn’t look that way back in the mid-Eighties…
Day Breaks
Norah Jones - Day Breaks [Review]
The most appropriate description of the new record by Norah Jones is “back to basics.” She ditched poppy tunes, simplified arrangements keeping just…
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…
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…
Ultraluminal
Dirty, Sludgy Rock Piece
I first discovered City of Ships when band’s vocalist, Eric Jernigan, became a permanent member of Rosetta, one of my favorite post metal…
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…
Peace Potato
Doug Tuttle - DIY Psychedelic Pop
Her comes do it yourself man Doug Tuttle third time around as a solo artist and offers us his Peace Potato. Hot potato or not, right off, it is a very…
Impossible Dream
Haley Bonar Is In Seventh Heaven
With seven albums in the discography, including the latest Impossible Dream, Haley Bonar has made enough to be considered as a fertile…
Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Sitting Pretty on the Fence
James Yorkston has been around for a while, and it seems he always excels, whether solo or through quite a number of collaboration he was in,…
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…
Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex are Like a Cigarette After Sex - Pleasurable
Cigarettes After Sex have become a YouTube sensation with the single Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby. As it goes, the views were rising, and the song…
Congratulations I'm Sorry
The Best Selling Debut in UK
If you are still not sick of bands such as The Killers, Editors, Bastille or Phoenix, the UK has awarded you with another similar music…
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz and Symphony Fantastique
Berlioz is one of the best composers of the romantic period, using fabulously sized orchestral forces to put together his magnificent opus “…
Oczy Mlody
The Flame Of The Flaming Lips Is Still Strong
When you have sixteen albums in your discography, three Grammys and records that shaped a generation of listeners, no one expects you to deliver…
Starflower
Crushing on Jennifer Paige’s new sound
In the 90s, she got us all singing the light hearted guitar pop song “Crush”, and many of us probably forgot her since. Back then, I actually bought…
Nocturne
Jack Tatum's Sublime Dream-Pop
I was quite stunned to learn that Wild Nothing is basically a one-man production after tuning in to Gemini (2010) and Nocturne (2012) on Youtube (lead…
Billie Jean
Rebirth of a Song
This is one of the best covers in history. Chris Cornell managed to give this song a completely new life and a deeper meaning. The lyrics that talk of…
Piece By Piece
Strung Together With Pieces
What would the world be like without Anna Calvi? Showing us a clear indictor of the type of musician and artist Anna intends to be or even become. &#…
Safari
J Balvin Debuts Safari With Pharrel
This new theme called Safari has a very different rhythm to which we are accustomed to the Colombian who has teamed up with Pharrell Williams, BIA…
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer
Talk about a story seldom told about a poor boy that didn’t get to do much or have much. Drop it into the timeline of the sixties, complete…
Perfect Places
Perfect Places Questions the Reality of What It Means to Live In the Moment
Lorde's recent single 'Perfect Places' finds a home within the party animal in all of us. Well, on a deeper note 'Perfect Places'…
Only Hungry for You
Vinyl shows the fangs
Separated by musical projects, rest and other caraqueños they have become bared teeth and the hunger had guardadados for their fourth full…
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…
Cocaine Cat
Tess Parks Interests Us With Cocain Cat
Tess Parks is the love child of Francoise Hardy and Mark Lanegan. Parks produces a gritty smoke filled vocal range that croons to the mishaps of life.…
B.M.
Kris Wu’s “B. M.” (Burberry Made): High on Style, Low on Semantics
Over a decade ago, the chief executives working for British luxury fashion house Burberry were worried that their unexpected off-brand association…
Will He
Joji Detoxifies With will he
A man in a lean panda costume sways alone, among the passed out attendees of a surreal suburban house party. A melancholic singer sits in a bloodbath…
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…
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Remix - Club Version
The powerful message that Sorry de Beyonce carries
The new Beyonce album Lemonade is full of powerful lyrics to all his songs, and this is especially impressive, Sorry it is the theme that the artist…
New Rules
Relationship Advice
I want people to see a piece of me. I want people to have an insight into everything that's happened over the last few years while I was…
hammer
nothing,nowhere.'s hammer Offers Sensitive Swagger
'Think it's about time that they go and take me serious/ If you not feelin' this, you probably delirious': the pre-chorus on…
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…
Boyish
Balladic Insecurity
La envidia y la inseguridad son, evidentemente, fuentes potentes de inspiración artística (de ahí la perdurable popularidad del é…
Rattlesnake
Criticizing Screen Culture
The eyes of contemporary children may be glued to the slick touch-screens of smartphones and iPads instead of the TV, but indie art rocker St Vincent…
Comin Home
Home For Christmas With Trey!
Trey Songz returned to his hometown for the Holidays and gathered his family and friends in his latest video for Comin Home&…
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Gloomy Clarity
Four years after the release of their debut album Ministry of Love(2013), Los Angeles duo IO Echo is back with an airy…
I Took Your Picture
Forward-Looking Nostalgia
I Took Your Picture - the second single from New York-via-California indie duo Cults' upcoming third album Offering&…
Indian Summer
A Sit Down With Shakambo
We had the chance to sit down with Shakambo, an artist & producer putting his own twist on the Lofi sound. Learn more about the inspiration…
Cone of Shame
Faith No More with a new video for Cone Of Shame
I’m proud to present the new video for the song Cone Of Shame by Faith No More. Why would I be proud, someone could ask? Well, it was…
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Overture
The Nutcracker: It's Music & Magic
One could not merely put aside one classical music when the holiday season is about to start. Sure, there are lots of Christmas music to choose from…
Beautiful People
Elegiac Ambience
“The original instrumental to Beautiful People is a personal song about loss, hopelessness and chaos, but the message is love and hope.&…
Contigo en la Distancia
A Theory About El Gañote
From the creators of Flow and Tumbao comes The gullet. While I remember the first time I heard this word, capable I heard my mom, and refers to the…
Buried Plans
Minor Alps' Introspective Harmonizing
The name choice of 'Minor Alps' for the collaborate music project between Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws (lead singer of Nada Surf) evokes…
Off and On
SALES Flesh Out Exquisite Yearning with Off and On
Florida-based indie duo SALES (guitarist/producer Jordan Shih and vocalist/guitarist Lauren Morgan) recently released Off and On,…
Madonna
Not Your Typical Madonna Statue
If the rockin' embodiment of the 1960s could fit in a red cadillac bucket seat and cruise down Santa Monica avenue...Black Honey would be…
Say What You Want
Andrew Hung's Tentative Transparency
“Say What You Want” is the lead single from Andrew Hung's upcoming debut LP Realisationship, which will be…
Walking In My Sleep
Andrew McMahon Slides Through A Waking Sleep
To state that Andrew McMahon is one of the only musicians deserving of some type of award or congratulations based on the music McMahon makes. Between…
So Good
A Killer Hook
Southampton trio Band of Skulls have been mainly criticized for their lack of originality; The Guardian's Dave Simpson…
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…
Nice Night
Baroque Meanderings
Mass Gothic's Nice Night starts with an arresting restraint in Noel Heroux's melodious voice. A hint of ominousness hangs in the air…
Down Daddy Down
Anouk is down with R&B
I wonder if everyone runs into this. Let me just check: Do you have a famous singer, rapper, celebrity you would just love to hate, but then they go…
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…
Flight Attendant
Earnest Ambiguity
Travelling supposedly promises escape and self-discovery – this is probably why Josh Rouse’s “Flight Attendant&rdquo…
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…
Stand by My Girl
The Uneasy Gender Politics of Dan Auerbach's Stand By My Girl”
Femmes fatales have long been primary fixtures in cinema and art, captivating the viewer with their alluring beauty, moral ambiguity, and potentially…
Bonbon - English Version
Not Wasted For Once
Era Istrefi is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and her hit Bonbon is a simple, yet tasteful take on the sins and pleasures of temptation. The review will…
Say You Do
Tei Shi Channels Britney Spears in Say You Do
When Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi (Valerie Teicher) released her critically acclaimed debut album Crawl Space in March…
xx
morgxn's xx Brings Catharsis to the Dancefloor
LA-via-Nashville singer-songwriter and erstwhile Tiësto collaborator morgxn has followed up on his recent LGBT-affirming music video for &…
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 Delete The Kisses
Wolf Alice Hits The Arrow Right Through The Ribs With Latest Music Video
Wolf Alice came out of the indie music underground as a firecracker throwing light all over the industry's same old, same old. Now after time has…
We Come Running
Fight The Good Fight
Nothing like a bright pop song to illuminate your day and Youngblood Hawke's (an indie band from LA) We Come Running does this genre of…
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…
You Ain't Gang
Street Gang Anthem!
Brandon George Dickinson aka Lil Bibby fired up his home town Chicago last year with his street Trap jam You Ain`…
Crave You
Dripping in Gold, Craving You
First off Crave You featuring Giselle by Flight Facilities...literally plays in my head every other weekend. A catchy intimate dance number that…
El Perdedor
Maluma Arrested?
A few days ago it was leaked on the Internet a video in which clearly looked like a couple of policemen violently arrested the Colombian singer known…
Adicta
Maite Perroni shows herself “Adicta” in her New Video
Maite Perroni is a Mexican singer and actress who on Friday launched the world's new music single Addicted, this issue is still part of his…
1st (Remix)
Dilated Peoples with Torii Wolf at the Rmx of ''1st''
Christopher Martin, musically known as DJ Premier (Houston, March 21, 1966), legendary producer, has co-signed Torii Wolf, supporting the acquisition…
Wrong
Pop Demons Can Be Wrong Too
NAWAS is considered indie however, my own gut feeling says otherwise. NAWAS is a new form of a Hip-Hop/Drum n' Bass cross over.…
Tú Me Quemas - AtellaGali Dance Remix
Chino and Nacho Arrive in Hollywood with Ride Along 2 the Movie
The famous Chinese Venezuelan duo Nacho not stop ringing in the news, highlighted by its urban music increasingly encroaching over the US and the…
Wild Side
Lemon Cash drops catchy new tune Wild Side
Lemon Cash started out as a cover band, forming an alternative rock band with some local friends from their hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. Looking to…
Si Quieres
PREMIERE: The last video of Juan Gabriel
If you want average duration over six minutes, was published in the Mexican channel in Youtube Vevo website, where Mennos two days of its release,…
Locked Out Of Heaven
A Song for Two
The music not only enjoyed in solitude, listening and connecting with the letter and go with the pace. Music is something that connects us with…
Soak
Zola Jesus Soaks in Hopeful Gloom
“Soak” follows “Exhumed” as the second new track from Wisconsin singer and producer Zola Jesus’…
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…
Mourning Sound
Enigmatic Rhapsody
Critically acclaimed Brooklyn/LA indie rock quartet Grizzly Bear's new music video for “Mourning Sound” - “a playful…
Lose You
What's To Lose?
An after fight song. I sing “I cannot fuck you enough”. It's also about someone who wants to push you away and…
Soviet
Got No Motivation
Punk/Grunge/Garage what do these three genres have in common? Pure, unfiltered, raw blis when ti comes to playing loud and without hestiation. The…
Feel Good Inc.
Feeling (really) Good with Seramic
It’s been a while since something new has made me feel the way I do when I press play on the Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk. I was not familiar with…
Magangué
Sidestepper's Theatrical Jungle
Richard Blair recently reassembled Sidestepper from his home in La Candelaria in Bogota. He took it easy and abandoned all the beats , loops and…
Memory
Labyrinthine Post-punk
“Memory” was the second song that we started working on for Preoccupations after “Anxiety”. It was unique to…
De Pies A Cabeza
Maná and Nicky Jam together in the studio
It seems almost incredible that this famous Mexican group has decided to combine his talent with reguetonero Nicky Jam, I mean, they served in genres…
You're a Germ
Wolf Alice Throws Ill At Ease Chaos With You're A Germ
At one point no one had heard of Wolf Alice and within a two-year span, everyone was sharing a song or two from the acclaimed English band. …
Because I’m Me
Because I'm Me, The Avalanches Give Their Best
Even after pointing a finger and making fun at their own long hiatus between albums, The Avalanches are a part of a small group of musicians who…
Hand It Over
MGMT's Hand It Over Wraps Existential Anxiety in Psychedelic Gauze
MGMT opted for Edvard Munch’s Selvportrett ved vinflasken (Self-portrait with bottle of wine, 1906) for the artwork for…
Unity
Darrell Kelley Releases A Message For “Unity”
A strong song that says what the singer wants to say is what true artists search for. Most of the time if they cannot find it from a writer, they are…
Epoch
Kinetic Calm
After the success of (2011) and (2014), Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho (San Francisco-based …
Makeshift Love
Good Charlotte Makeshift Love
Your favorite middle school pop-punk band is back! That’s right, this week Good Charlotte released they’re first song since 2010…
Omaha
Baby Left on Omaha
'Letting go' is an emotional terrain that accomodates a wide variety of emotions: sadness, resignation, nostalgia, melancholy, anger, despair,…
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.…
Kit Kat
Hi-Five’s Kit Kat break
I know, I know, a lot of my blogs recently are about all these R&B acts returning and yes, there’s another one. Actually, it’s one I wasn’t…
Statuette
Ecofeminist Bossa Nova
“Statuette” is the third glimpse of Metric/Broken Social Scene singer Emily Haines’ sophomore album Choir of the Mind under the Emily Haines &…
I Love You More Than You Love Yourself
Austra's Operatic Empathy
Unlike Utopia and Future Politics, the first two singles from Toronto-based electronic band Austra's third album (2017), I Love…
Free Me from the Howl
Campfires in Winter: Free Me from the Howl
It’s not every day you get to review a band that came from your high school. Back then Campfires in Winter called themselves Overcry, a name that they…
Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy)
RedOne's all star line-up
RedOne’s latest release is a single of his own, though it features Enrique Iglesias, R City, Serayah & Shaggy. Known for being a top…
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…
Stuck
Lodged Love
One man band Day Wave's single Stuck has soothing musical undertones in relation to its subject matter, a persona who is stuck…
Party Monster
The Weeknd releases new music video
If we talk about artists who glittered in 2016, certainly you have to name The Weeknd, because I knew how to make great music and captivate its…
Hush
COVERLAND Vol.2: Hush
Hush is one of those songs that have been a hit for more than one artist. The interesting fact is that it had its lowest charting position with the…
John Wayne
Lady Gaga Embraces The John Wayne Spirit
The day Lady Gaga is not in the news or performing will be a sad, sad day. However, that is not what is happening today instead Gaga has released a…
Greyhounds
The Secret Tales of Bus Stops
De La Soul are finally releasing their crowdfunded album, ”and the Anonymous Nobody...”, on August 26th. For those who’…
The Ratio Of Freckles To Stars
Whisper-y Intimacy
San Fransisco-based Halou (pronounced huh-loo) consists of Rebecca and Ryan Coseboom; the duo have carved a name for themselves in the indie scene by&…
Modern Woman
Multi-Layered Femininity
After announcing the release of their fourth album, Yours Conditionally and sharing the harmony-laden In the Morning I&…
Hard to Find
Strong Asian Mothers' Hard to Find Elevates 'A Night Out' With Cosmic Urgency
If you parse through the unusual band name and their dynamic blend of hip-hop, electronic music and pop, you will find that London trio Strong Asian…
Feel It Still
Rebel For Kicks
We worked with so many rad people on this album, but ended up with just the four of us in a basement at 4:00 am trying to say something that mattered.…
Boys Like You
Yes, indeed, who IS Fancy???
Talk about sneaking up from behind! I seriously had never heard of this guy, “Who is Fancy”, until he kissed Meghan Trainor at the…
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…
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…
In Heaven
Not Your Typical Sugar Pop
As sugar filled as your favorite cereal, Japanese Breakfast fastens Pop bubblegum/dream sounds into the Indie art realm of lyrics. Even vocally,…
Gold Lion
Songs that started it all: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gold Lion
Usually getting into a band is a conscious choice for me. If I come across great reviews of singles, shows, and albums, like anybody, it would get my…
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…
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…
It's a Drag
Living Is Easy
H. Hawkline knows a few tricks, allowing an ageless essence to contradict is moment in time predictions. Add Folk, Psychedelic embellishment and a…
Reverie
Desire's Horrors
When it comes to music from contemporary openly queer artists, there are roughly two camps. There are the 'mainstreamers', who…
Christmas Time Is Here
November came December
The carols and Bagpipes are sounds that capture the spirit of Christmas, a global tradition, where the arrival of the hope of mankind is celebrated.…
The Less You Know
Bryan Banks Shares His Most Vulnerable Song Yet
Bryan Banks' newest song The Less You Know is the perfect follow up to his 2017 album The Sudden Sounds of Urgency. It's an emotional…
CRZY
CRZY Kehlani!
Kehlani Parrish, a top-notch R`n`b superstar, introduced us with a new self-version, creating a mini series of official lyric videos, created…
Easy
Super easy to get into
At the beginning of this year, I blogged about Bonnie McKee’s inner wild child when she released the track “Wasted Youth” with a party hardy video.…
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…
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…
Used To Love You
Heartbroken Gwen
It Was hard not to notice the whole thing that was happening in Gwen Stefani's life. It was all over media. Local and world's. It was hard to…
Selfish Love
Jessie Ware Returns to Desire's Darker Side
“Wildest Moments”, British soul singer Jessie Ware’s best-known single, hinges on the dual realization that love - its…
Superman
The Adarna Releases Superman
SEATTLE, WA - Soundgate Records Artiste, The Adarna, release “Superman”, as their second music video single off their…
Doctor Robert - Remastered
What song turned you off of a band?
The Beatles were never my cup of tea, which is saying something since I don't even drink tea. I didn't think they were bad or anything they…
Remember (Na Na Na Hey Hey)
Songs That Make No Sense And You Just Dance
What is the song that you do not stop humming? ¿ Work of Fifth Harmony? It's over? San Luis. No matter what the song, just the hum,…
Touch
Cool Touch
Kloe offers an intriguing look into a teenage craze of touching and love. Throw in a few wild parties, drinking and delightful light play...Kloe's…
Dipped-in-Blue
Vector_Xing: Dipped In Blue
Comprising of LA born Stevan Cablayan (vocals) and London born Cameron McLain (instruments), Vector_XING create soul and…
If You Were My Girl
I'll happily be your girl...
Phew. As soon as I hit play and Nick Merico appeared on my computer screen, I swooned. And then when he smiled after singing a couple of words, I…
Now You See Me
Molly Moore Now Sees Us Through
For a first thought, I'm not sure indie is the correct term for Molly Moore...yet it seems to be the only genre that could collectively fit every…
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…
Electric Indigo
The Electric Feat of Electric Indigo
At first listen The Paper Kites have a familiar sonic sound...although similar to The 1975. The Paper Kites do offer a difference in…
Pork Soda
Kooky Dysfunction
I heard a homeless man talking to someone once and say ‘pineapples are in my head.’ In retrospect, I’m pretty sure it…
Electric Love
Borns Spins Into Our Psyche
Definitely struck by electric love on this one. Borns is originally from Michigan and somehow resurrected the glam and ethereal essence of Marc Bolan&…
LMK
Kelela's Electro-Soul Feminist Hookup Manifesto
In Björk collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang’s music video, LA-via-DC Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter Kelela alternates between a…
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…
Your Best American Girl
The Unhinged Catharsis of Not Fitting In
2016 may prove to be the turning point for Asian American representation in popular culture, with the proliferation of social media campaigns…
Instruction
Jax and Demi's spicy instruction
I’ve not been too excited about the most recent releases by Demi Lovato in collaboration with others, but her recent collaboration with Jax…
Love
Vintage Dreaminess
“I made my first 4 albums for me, but this one is for my fans and about where I hope we are all headed [...] I would say [the album…
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…
One More Dollar
A Migrant's Tale
If it wasn't for Berklee's Songwriting MOOC on Coursera, I would never have known of Gillian Welch's gem of a song. One More Dollar is a…
Save My Soul
Just don't get hooked
A while ago, I drew a comparison, in an article on my own website, between Ke$ha and JoJo. Both, for completely different reasons, ended up being…
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&…
Over And Over Again - Cahill Remix
Beyond an Everlasting Promise
When we meet our “better half”, our partner-in-crime”, or the best term of all “soulmate”, in the…
Yo Te Recuerdo - Version Salsa
Dynamic Duo Marc and JuanGa recreate “I Remember You”
A Living Legend Mexican beloved Juan Gabriel at this time meets the great salsa Marc Anthony for the interpretation of this song called I'll…
Dust in the Wind
humanity soundtrack
Throughout history, art has reflected and questioned everything that surrounds the human being, in turn allows humanity to show themselves and their…
I Bet My Life
I Bet My Life On Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons are the type of band that has a song on every soundtrack, to every newest film that pops out the word blockbuster. Hey, there is…
Diamonds & Rust
The Iconic “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez
This iconic song is a beautiful piece of poetry that is full of descriptive detail and flowing rhymes that just capture the heart. The song was even…
Timeline
The R Train Reveal Whirlwind Single Timeline
Brooklyn-based American rock band, R Train, is about to release their newest ripping single, “Timeline.” This trio hooks you immediately with a…
Chemical Solution
Lunar Alchemy
Since its inception in 2015, The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture's side project Summer Moon has undergone a lineup change (Au Revoir…
Stop Desire
Mundane Sensuality
This colorful number by twin duo Tegan and Sara has overlaid their fun pop-rock vocals over a underlying desire that can be found through performing…
Tilted
Christine is actually good
With the summer holidays kicking off all across Europe, so is the festival season. One of the acts doing its round across the festivals, as well as…
Marinade
Dope Lemon Marches Onward
As a fan of lo-fi everything and anything, finding Dope Lemon was a bit of a savanger hunt. As 'Marinade' plays on, Drop Lemon have already…
Loše Vino
COVERLAND Vol.23: Loše vino
“Loše vino” (Bad Wine) is one of the best songs ever written by Goran Bregović, the guitarist and principal leader of…
Play Out
Zola Blood - Play Out
Zola Blood produce lo-fi electronic music that is warm and soulful. Their sparse, analogue sound exists in a fog of sinewaves, samples and…
Kids (Ain't All Right)
Grace Mitchell Demonstrates Political Strife With Kids (Ain't All Right)
This Portland, Oregon native is throwing a mass of stones at the ocean. Let me explain that meaning, Grace Mitchell in the midst of all the Indie…
Conrad
SOHN Produces A Smooth Beat With Conrad
Here is yet another track that came out in 2016 but seems to be gaining ground in 2017. Conrad by SOHN has such a smooth beat that it's hard not…
I Need A Forest Fire
James Blake & Justin Vernon Need a Forest Fire (and so do you)
A few weeks ago, I was driving home from a dinner party with a good friend, and she had James Blake’s newest album playing in her car.…
Hello
Learning from the Success of Adele’s “Hello”: Insights from MusicPromoToday
In case you have been living in a bubble, Google “Hello” by Adele and read the results. Besides the numerous links of fans sharing…
call the police
Lcd Soundsystem's new songs: one melted my brain, the other did not
LCD Soundsystem have finally released new material after the much hyped reformation and both songs showcase the amazing, and self-indulgent tendencies…
Stop Where You Are
Soft Whispers of Sunshine
A positive point of view is always a better way of looking at things, obviously. It’s when music sings and teaches listeners how to do this,…
Company
Justin reveals new video amid controversy
The Canadian singer has seen a once involved in a scandal, this time it is a street fight with a much higher than himself, and apparently was hit…
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…
Bajo la Tormenta
What if the sky falls?
Yes, without you noticing. The songs are not only dance them or to mourn, let you reflect on life situations of this way. It shows your feelings and…
Oh Devil
Ominous Temptations
'Oh I know, oh I know/ same old thing, same old show': LA indietronica duo Electric Guest's Oh Devil acknowledges that it has the…
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…
About Today
Warrior gave us The National song that could not be beaten
Warrior is a complex film about the nature of family, abuse, and violence. It was billed as a sports movie but the fact that it starred both Tom Hardy…
Take a Walk
Let's All Take A Walk
If you have listened to Passion Pit before than you know just how great their music really is. Each song is a unique journey synthesized by 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…
Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard to release new album
Mark Pritchard announced Under the Sun, his fifth solo album, which will be released next May 13. He is born in England in 1971, after spending his…
Skrillex
Skrillex going back to his roots?
The American band From First to Last and the genius of dubstep Skrillex, again join forces to create the spectacular single 'Make War'…
Residente
The DNA of music
René Pérez spared no effort to travel to Siberia, Serbia, Ossetia, Georgia, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Puerto Rico and see the traces of his…
Joy Division
The fullness of Joy Division in their concerts
Joy Division can be for many the best post-punk band of all time thanks to the talent of Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris.…
La'Porsha Renae
American Idol Runner-Up: Meet La`Porsha Renae
Black diamond with a tonality of a white brush, the American Idol Season 15 finalist La`Porsha Renae most…
Pogo
Pogo's Hypnotic Plunderphonics
Pogo is the stage name for Australian electronic musician Nick Bertke, who is known for sampling sound bites from movies and TV programmes,…
The Decrees
Achtung: The Decrees Deliver Firecracker 'Sons of Rage / West Sierra'
Scotland's The Decrees have announced they will release their new single 'Sons of Rage', comprised of two tracks, the other one…
Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Sangalo replaces Ariana Grande in Lisbon.
American singer Ariana Grande had to cancel his concert at the Rock in Rio Lisbon today for health reasons and will be replaced by Brazilian Ivete…
Christina Grimmie
Former 'The Voice' contestant shot to death
Christina Grimmie, participant of the reality show The Voice in its sixth season, was killed by several gunshots in the city of Orlando after being…
Madonna
Out of the shadows, into the rain
For many years, they were the steady background singers for one of the biggest female pop stars the world has ever seen. They toured the world with…
Renny
What does Defoliate Daisies mean?
In popular culture especially in adolescents is common, the term Plucking Daisies In the adolescent age is common infatuation, and popular knowledge…
Once Jamison
Once Soundtrack
is an Irish musical that follows the story of an middle-age Dublin busker struggling with the trials of street performing with his guitar. OnceLured…
Gorillaz
Less and less is missing for the new Gorillaz cd
The virtual band made up of 2D, Noodle, Murdoc and Russel is already working on his new album. One of the creators of the British band, Jamie Hewlett…
Sanalejo
Sanalejo and his GRAMMY nomination
It was learned that the Colombian group is nominated for GRAMMY awards 2017 in the category Best Latin Album for his latest production keep beating.…
Ty Dolla $ign
“Zaddy”: new material from Ty Dolla $ign
This time, the American rapper Tyrone William Griffin, Jr., better known by his stage name Dolla $ ign as Ty, has released a new song to the market…
He Is We
A Happy Ever After
“We all have a story to tell whether we whisper or yell.” - He Is We All of us, young and old, rich and poor, cynics and optimists…
Yandel
Yandel premieres new video
Yandel he released last Friday music video for her latest single Loba which is starring starring Genesis Davila. The audiovisual piece was filmed in…
J Alvarez
J Alvarez comes with Rico Suave.
Puerto Rican and her single Rico Suave rise as the foam, after meeting in the main radio stations and exceed 3 million views with his lyric video.…
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…
Rick Rubin
Star Wars made disco by Rick Rubin
Producer Rick Rubin music prepares an album based on versions and remixes of the soundtrack, sound effects and dialogues of the films Star Wars,…
Michael Ray
Michael Ray – Album Review
I haven’t been all that impressed with Michael Ray up to this point. I felt his lead single, ‘Kiss You In The Morning’, was generic and boring, with…
Belinda
Belinda: Ironic and Perfectionist
She is one of the most famous artists in the world of Mexican television, although of Spanish origin, her voice resonates leaving high Mexican talent…
Omar Enrique
Omar Enrique and Felipe Peláez bring them
Omar Enrique returns to conquer several radios with his new single next to Felipe Peláez. The singer of merengue is sounding to the rhythm of Ay…
Neil Young
Neil Young releases new live album: Earth.
The legend Neil Young announced the release of a new live album which will be called Earth that was recorded last year during the tour of the disc…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey's Cinematic Jailbait
The buzz surrounding Lana Del Rey’s recently released fifth studio album Lust for Life(2017) may be dying down (after debuting at…
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…
Shakira
Shakira's new look that is causing a stir on Instagram
Colombian singer Shakira again causes a stir in social networks, this time by her most recent publication on Instagram , where she left more than one…
Ensamble Experimental de Musica Venezolana Orquesta Sinfonica Núcleo Duaca
Venezuelan artists gather to honor Gualberto Ibarreto
Guataca launches the double album Homage to Gualbeto Ibarreto in which the most outstanding performers of different genres and musical circuits of…
Gorillaz
Gorillaz reveal the name and release date of their new album
The band animated Gorillaz, led by Damon Albarn (Blur), has announced the release date of his eagerly awaited new album that will be called Humanz,…
Marc Anthony
Spotify premieres documentary about Marc Anthony and his father.
Marc Anthony released the documentary short film The family in Spotify. The film is starring salsa star and his father Felipe Muniz, responsible for…
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher spoke about the future of Oasis
Britpop band Oasis was the greatest during the last decade of the twentieth century. Formed in 1990, the Gallagher brothers were commissioned to…
LL Cool J
Among the Forefathers of Rap
I don’t need to inform my readers who LL Cool J exactly is. At least I hope I don't. Not only is he a significant…
Kylie Minogue
This year's a Kylie Minogue Christmas
While writing this, I’m looking out my window at gloomy fall day filled with rain. The heater is up and I’m pretty bummed that I…
Gorillaz
Gorillaz shows the history of 2D
The XXI century came the era of digital technology and the Gorillaz band knows how to do very well. While waiting out his new album, the band has…
Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Dirty South is deep inside of me. Dirty, sweaty south is where I’m from. Madness and hopelessness, magick and misery, dust and whiskey,…
Father John Misty
Father John Misty releases new song, Real Love Baby
Although his latest adventures have taken him from spying on meetings of strangers in a bar to the concerts of Taylor Swift under the influence of…
Retrovisor
Every Sound Has Its Anniversary
Soundtracks of movies have the ability to summarize thoughts and emotions in a song. Star Wars is one of those cult films (traditional) that became a…
Avicii
Avīci part 1 of the new phase
When Avicii announced his retirement from touring, I already vlogged about how I thought this didn’t mean the end of his career, but how I…
The Rolling Stones
Top 50 best singles 2016 according to Rolling Stone
Like the top 50 of the best albums of 2016, Rolling Stone, makes the top 50 of the best songs; one could say that is a long tradition that keeps the…
Billie-Jade
Billie-Jade Becomes The New Queen Of The Damned
Billie-Jade came out of the smoke and onto my screen as a sudden flash of a reigning supreme. With ex-bands behind her such as Hatchet Dawn and…
Volcano Choir
Volcano Choir - A New Discovery
I’ve spoken before about the buzz of finding new music. It’s a buzz matched by no other, especially if your new discovery is going…
Miss Bolivia
Pantera, the new Miss Bolivia
The singer, songwriter, producer and DJ Argentina, Paz Ferreyra, better known by her stage name as Miss Bolivia, unveiled the name of his latest…
Don Omar
Don Omar canceled Bogotá
The artist says that for now his priority is to help in the reconstruction of Puerto Rico, affected by Hurricane Maria. Dom Omar canceled the…
Taipan
Taipan, International Metal Project, Releases “Straight From the Underground”
Taipan, a new International Metal project from Russia, composed from the best traditions of thrash-metal is pleased to announce the release of the…
Teresa Carreño
Two centenarians: Teresa Carreño and Antonio Lauro
This year 2017, two outstanding Venezuelan musicians are commemorated and honored in the best possible way: always playing their music. First,…
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…
Los Inquietos Del Norte
Low Sound Spirits
It is common among artists in general (actors, poets, musicians), there is a reputation of spirituous substances influencing the sound and nuance of…
Sentimiento Muerto
Trailer Book At the Right Time Dead Feeling by William Padrón
William Padron, brings us closer as never had been to Feeling Dead, the enigmatic band of Venezuelan Rock. Founded in 1983. Few bands have had much…
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…
Jason Derulo
Jason Derulo and his new single
Jason is an artist who used to compose great songs, explicit lyrics, with danceable rhythms and that are resonating in the minds of all fans. In…
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro acoustic tour
License to sing is the name of the first acoustic tour by the Argentine singer Andres Calamaro, who was to first stop the Argentine cities of Cordoba…
J Balvin
J Balvin hospitalized in an emergency in Los Angeles
Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, known worldwide as J Balvin, he was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles because of intense physical and mental exhaustion.…
J Balvin
For the first time the Lima Music Fest 2017 Reggaeton will be held
Lima has become one of the main musical capitals of Latin America thanks to its influence of traditional music, rock and for some years has become an…
Anton Webern
Webern and How His Passacaglia Compares To Schoenberg and Stravinsky's Music
Upon listening to the styles of Schoenberg's string quartets as well as Webern's Passacaglia For Orchestra that the styles are similar in…
Pylon
Pylon Reenactment Society new EP brings the goods on vinyl
Pylon Reenactment Society will release their 6-song 'Part Time Punks Session' EP on Chunklet Industries,&…
Dan Zalles
Guitarist Dan Zalles Releases Versatile New Album, Resting Place
Dan Zalles is the indie music scene’s one man show. With titles like songwriter, vocalist, guitar enthusiast, music and video producer (his Youtube is…
Steven Tyler
An outing to the movies in Lima was Steven Tyler.
The American singer Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, was on Sunday to Lima cinema to see the film Counter starring Ben Affleck, local media…
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Alborán celebrates 28 years
On this day, May 31st, the Spanish singer Pablo Alborán was born in 1989. About his birthday, we review his most recent video, published just…
The Sidemen
Rock Out With Brian McShea and The Sidemen This St Patty’s Day in DTLA
Brian McShea and The Sidemen are hitting the stage again this weekend at Downtown LA’s The Escondite. The Sidemen will be playing 2 sets on St.…
Stewart Copeland
Gathering of Legends at Copeland's Studio
...where music falls off of trees... “As for me, Saturday is the day I get to go to my studio, the Sacred Grove. It may look…
will.i.am
Will.I.Am's power of 3
Will.I.Am is back as a juror on British TV, so there’s no better time to drop some new videos. In the last week, Will.I.Am has uploaded 3…
Alan Menken
A New Composer For Me: Alan Menken
In this set, I'm introducing a new composer for me: Alan Menken. He is known for his film work scoring the music to Aladdin, Pocahontas, and The…
Michael Jackson
The Man in the Mirror Today
Michael Jackson would have turned 57 today (Aug 29th, 1958) and it is impossible for most, including me, to forget the excentricism that surrounded…
Hazel English
Contemplative Escapism
Bay Area-via-Sydney singer-songwriter Hazel English is poised to release a double EP, Just Give In / Never Going Home (May 12,…
Bunbury
MTV Unplugged - Bunbury
Enrique Bunbury singer and Spanish composer, beginning formally his musical career at age thirteen when he formed part of a group called Apocalypse…
Kava Kon
Kava Kon: Maritime Mysteries
Time to start our wonderful trip. Once and forever. What a gift and what a surprise! Kava Kon released the third LP called “Maritime…
DJ Snake
DJ Snake and Justin Bieber release Let Me Love You video
Night, crime and neon lights distinguish the video clip artists DJ Snake and Justin Bieber just released to accompany the theme Let me love you, they…
Ana Egge
Ana Egge ‘Bright Shadow’ - Album Review
Canadian born, North Dakota Native Ana Egge releases her 8th album, Bright Shadow, today. Produced by Egge herself, Bright Shadow is a collaboration…
Mick Jagger
The humor of Mick Jagger.
The lead singer of British band The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, joked about the interview with American actor Sean Penn kingpin Joaquin El Chapo…
J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise
JJ Hairston Carries It Home With You Deserve It
There is another great artist who is a heavy hitter in black gospel music of the contemporary kind. His name is J.J. Hairston. I just discovered this…
Sona Jobarteh
The Music of Mali Vol.9 - Sona Jobarteh
In the series on Mali music, I already wrote an article that explains the Kora, one of Africa’s unique, trademark instrument. It is a 21-…
Drake
Drake breaks record on Apple Music.
Drake does not get tired of being on the cover of web portals, magazines and others; first the great BUM with his alleged love with Rihanna, the…
Danjul
Danjul makes us feel the love tonight with Chapter of Love
What can you say about Chapter of Love other than masterpiece. This was before the music kicked in. How so you say? Danjul takes it back to when music…
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott releases remix of I'm Better with Lil Kim, Eve and Trina Tome
Missy Elliott is promoting her seventh studio album, which has yet to be released so far, but according to record label Atlantic Records will be soon…
Andrew Liles
Andrew Liles
I Touch Myself What a wonderful day it is if you write a short essay about Andrew Liles! Life is beautiful and each moment is perfect when you can sit…
Justin Bieber
Problems with Justice in Rio de Janeiro
The pop star, justinbieber who is on tour in Brazil, was quoted by the justice of Rio de Janeiro. During his controversial stay in Rio on tour in…
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode premiered a 360° video clip
The most important electronic rock band that has had the history of music continues to create and innovate in its musical style. This time Depeche…
Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea denies having tax problems
Australian Iggy Azalea, after it came to light the news that owed $ 391,056 in taxes, he has downplayed those rumors about problems with the federal…
J Balvin
J Balvin and Maluma, the most nominated for the Youth Awards
The Colombian musicians J Balvin and Maluma are, with seven nominations each, the maximum favorites to triumph in the gala of the Premios Juventud,…
Sturgill Simpson
Sturgill Simpson ‘A Sailor’s Guide To Earth’ – Album Review
Sturgill Simpson hasn’t shown us what he’s about yet. His debut ‘High Top Mountain’ introduced him as a…
Canserbero
They publish unpublished material from Canserbero
On January 20, 2015, Tyrone Jose Gonzalez, better known as canserbero, was found dead outside his home. It is presumed that the rapper was released…
Underworld
Underworld
And I Will Kiss And I will kiss you all. On and on. It will be a kiss without any kissing any touching. There is only one person I can kiss…
Chloe & Halle
This Duo Drops a New Style
These talented two were discovered singing on the internet by none other than, Beyoncé. Chloe & Halle are two sisters who Beyonc&…
LeToya Luckett
An episode of a love drama
In this day and age, we are all obsessed with getting things done quick. We’re in a rush, we’re in a hurry, and we are quick to click away when music…
Phoebe Ryan
Phoebe Ryan is chronically diverse
The name Phoebe Ryan has been popping up on my web searches all week. She caught my eye, because I think she looks a bit like Selena Gomez on the…
Leah Turner
Leah Turner – EP Review
Leah Turner is another in a recent line of new female country artists trying to break onto the scene. Joining acts such as Lucy Hale and Jamie Lynn…
Isabel Pantoja
From oblivion to I don't remember - Dedicated to Juan Gabriel
Isabel Pantoja popular Spanish singer of Gypsy origin specializing in couplet that has garnered a large number of musical hits and has an extensive…
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Scotland's Best Band Will Return in 2017
There is a running joke in my friend group that I’m not really in to gigs. The reason: most of the bands I love are either broken up or dead. I love…
R.E.M.
STOP! You have to stop!
The day to day, the streets, the city, stress, as robots continue the journey, and we refuse to look sideways to see what we do, what we have done,…
Twenty One Pilots
Breaking the Rules and Charts
A band formed in Columbus, Ohio, Twenty One Pilots, is soaring to new heights on the broad-backed wings of their rule-breaking talent, but…
Nelson Arrieta
Nelson Arrieta launches a new video with Norkys Batista as the protagonist.
The most recent single of the Venezuelan singer Nelson Arrieta, Besas so well , already has a visual material recorded in Caracas, under the…
Björk
Björk will release a live album of Vulnicura
The flamboyant and renowned singer Björk arrived this 2015 with his eighth album Vulnicura. The album is considered by many specialized media as…
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon reveal music video for Waste a Moment
The Followill family band, Kings of Leon, then came the launch of Mechanical Bull of 2013, with a new single Waste a Moment and announcing new album…
Hector Berlioz
Berlioz's Simply Fantastic Symphony
What can be said about Berlioz and his Symphony Fantastique? One could say so much about the wide variety of orchestral colors and timbres used…
Kanye West
Kanye West president by 2024?
We all know how controversial is Kanye West, right ?. For those who do not remember, the rapper has long had expressed his desire to run for…
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
Life after Eternal
We often hear stories of artists slipping down the slippery slopes of addictions or other hardship after their brush with fame, but…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
ETA Hoffmann wrote the story of Clarita and the beautiful Nutcracker Drosselmeyer gave his godfather; and -the Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers…
N.W.A.
Straight outta Compton, no automatic solidarities
One of the best films of 2015 is Straight Outta Compton F. Gary Gray, who manages a film that goes beyond the barriers of those who call themselves…
Los Mesoneros
Los Mesoneros premieres “Caiga la noche”. Part I
Innkeepers finiquitan the details of what will be his highly anticipated second album, coming after five years of the first LP 'Indeleble&…
Gente De Zona
Travel Through Time Dancing and Singing
A feature of the music is its timelessness, and although fashion show for several decades, are being created covers and tributes by prominent artists…
The Henningsens
The Henningsens ‘Our Family Christmas’ – Album Review
The Henningsens might not be a name you’re familiar with, but you should be. Like an early Lady Antebellum but twangier, and with the added bonus of…
Demi Lovato
July 2015
To say that July got off to a good start would be an understatement. Demi Lovato’s Cool For The Summer was released on July 1,…
Metallica
High Rises!
The band Metallica, the largest of the HeavyMetaleros, chose Halloween night to release a preview of his new album. Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct…
Truce
Truce
I love mysteries. Think we all do. So here is one for you. A project I have found recently. It’s called Truce. It is as perfectly…
Kaleo
Everybody sounds like somebody else
I discovered “Kaleo” through a blog on Kurrent Music written by one of my colleagues in which he compared them to The Black Keys…
Zion & Lennox
Zion & Lennox Feat. Don Omar in the remix of Embriágame
Collaborations between Don Omar and Z and L always give that talk, becoming blockbusters. This time, the remix of Intoxicate me is not lagging behind…
Gualberto Ibarreto
Gualberto Ibarreto, the oriental voice
July 12 is the birthday of singer Gualberto Ibarreto, Venezuelan artist, native of Sucre state. That day up at 69 years old. Long live Gualberto! So…
Café Tacvba
Café Tacuba will return with a new album for 2016
One of the alternative rock bands most famous Latin American, Café Tacuba, has confirmed that for the second half of next year will please its…
Maura Kennedy
Maura Kennedy ‘Villanelle: Songs of Maura Kennedy & B.D. Love’ - Album Review
Maura Kennedy, a veteran East Coast singer-songwriter, teams up with widely published California poet B.D. Love to create Villanelle: The Songs of…
Santana
The birthday of a great
In a not very distant land called Mexico, born on July 20, 1947 Carlos Santana, one of the most important guitarists in Latin America and the world.…
Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony is writing their own story
As a writer, I couldn’t help but be curious about Fifth Harmony’s “Write On Me”. I just had to listen to it…
Madagascar 5
Is The Movie Or The Song Famous?
When a film becomes famous, so does the soundtrack that accompanies it. The sounds that give meaning to the dialogue and scenes are also important.…
Tom Waits
Singing Is Not What You Think It Is
I think that the difference between instrumental and vocal (meaning lyric-based) music is a strength and a weakness for both sides. Using words allows…
Adele
Adele announces a long tour in 2016
2016 will be a very busy year for British singer Adele. In an official statement it was announced that the artist will undertake an extensive tour of…
French Montana
French Montana premieres new song with The Weeknd
A lie is the title of the new musical production of French Montana, which features The Weeknd in the chorus and the first verse, Montana in the…
Taylor Swift
Apple Music commercial brings together Drake and Taylor Swift
Some time ago, singer Taylor Swift wrote a letter to the company Apple Music, in which he complained about the fact that during the first three…
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Lats Shadow Puppets and their danceable indie rock
Petals falling from the air on a balcony surrounded by European-style buildings mark the beginning of the new video of the English duo The Last…
Molly Nilsson
Deep Nostalgia
I couldn't help but compare Swedish-born, Berlin-based indie synthpop artist Molly Nilsson's 1995 with Bowling for Soup's popular…
La Beriso
The Monumental welcomes La Beriso
Friends, we want to tell you that on 17 December we will be accompanied by two friends in River bands! BITCH who gave birth and Ciclonautas.net. With…
Linkin Park
Linkin Park Endorses Acts By Chester Bennington
Linkin Park has backed more than 300 events organized in memory of Chester Bennington in various parts of the world, just over a week after his death…
NAO
Your soul`s red pill! Introducing: Nao
As I may said it in my writings before, I am very hard to impress. And even if you don`t care about my taste and experience, I would not let myself…
Haikai No Ku
Haikai No Ku
Haikai No Ku surprisingly hails from Newcastle and has through recent years proven itself as the pinnacle of transcendental noisy psychedelia. What…
Taylor Swift
The complexity of buying concert tickets
It wouldn’t have been a normal week if Taylor Swift hadn’t made any headlines. I know I’ve just blogged about her and I normally wouldn’t be writing a…
Cruz Beckham
Bending vocal chords like Beckham
A few days ago, an entertainment show grandly announced that Cruz Beckham was embarking upon a music career. He was officially following in his mother…
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…
Blake Shelton
A Guy with a Girl
Blake Shelton's latest release, A Guy with a Girl is actually about how he feels regarding his relationship with singer, and The Voice co-star,…
Julieta Venegas
Julieta Venegas premiered new music video
On Monday June 27, the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas released its final cut of his latest album Something happens. In the audiovisual piece for the…
Danny Ocean
The new sensation of Spotify
a couple of months, music publishers Spotify Latin America discovered the theme I refuse in Viral50 lists of Central American countries, with their…
DJ Murci
This Mysterious New Artist Is On Fire!
DJ Murci - I S L A N D S DJ Murci has easily become one of my favorite artists, but yesterday our girl just dropped 3 songs in bulk! Promising for…
Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams: The Most Upbeat Album Coldplay will ever Make
As Coldplay prepare to release its final album A Head Full Of Dreams, on December 4th, its time to start the nostalgia…
Luny Tunes Y Noriega
Don Omar, Wisin, Yandel and Daddy Yankee bring: Greater than Me 3
Reggaeton heavyweights came together again to let everyone knockout. Recalling successful formulas in previous discs More Flow and Los Benjamins…
Muse
Muse Unveils New Single Dig Down
For some time the British band Muse has been talking about new music and today we finally heard the first song of what will be their next record…
Laura Baron
Fierce Anthem High Gear from Laura Baron
D.C. based singer songwriter, Laura Baron is back with a new single in the wake of her album release, coming May 2020. There’s only one word for Baron…
Lior Rosner
Composer Lior Rosner Discusses His New Holiday Album 'Sugar Plum on the Run'
Its officially the holiday season and what a better way to celebrate then listening to one of the most famous holiday themes, “Dance of the…
lostprophets
music is music; guilty is guilty
I do not know how many people still know there was a band, called Lostprophets. Since the front man - Ian Watkins was found guilty of child rape, the…
Putumayo
The World Grooves with Putumayo
Putumayo World Music collection happens to be one of my favorite go-to World groove compilations. I am a devout fan of their…
Kendrick Lamar
First collaboration between Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar
As you could see in the title, Kendrick's first song with Rihanna is already here. The song is titled LOYALTY, which was released on April 14…
Mool & Fuzz
Mool & Fuzz
The sound of Mool & Fuzz is the expression of the psychedelic essence: an invitation to astral travel. The sound brings mixes of styles like…
Green Day
Green Day and its new theme
Very good news brings the band, as currently in the process of launching its tenth second album Revolution Radio. Your promotional item called Bang…
KAMAU
Nat Turner Biopic: The Birth Of A Nation Review
October 7th is reserved for yet another history movie event, the Nat Turner biopic, directed by our leading role man …
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi: This House Is Not For Sale
Bon Jovi is back. After three years of absence from the musical dynamics, the American rock band formed in 1983 by its lead singer, Jon Bon Jovi,…
The Psyatics
The Psyatics prepare to release their third full-length album
The City Of Sin has produced some great bands throughout the years, most notably, The Killers. Well, The Psyatics hope to achieve the same success by…
Roman GianArthur
Roman GianArthur, OK Lady, And The Art of Borrowing With Purpose
“Derivative” is not the kind of moniker than most artists strive for. To many, it carries with it the implication of unoriginality…
McKlopedia
Mcklopedia and Foyone: A Thousand Eyes
The Mexican group of Santa luck, brings, as usual, the materialization of a collaboration unbeatable seafront, this time the connection between the…
Travis Scott
Listen to Travis Scott's first collaboration with Kendrick Lamar
This time, it's American rappers Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar, one from Houston, Texas; And the other from Compton, Calif., Who on April…
Kanye West
Kanye West is back on the attack
Kanye West is world renowned for his talent as a rapper, songwriter and producer, but there is something that definitely is not recognized and is by…
The 1975
In The Mix: The 1975, Panic! At The Disco, Third Eye Blind, and more!
In The Mix is a concert event/festival which features six amazing artists: The 1975, Panic! At The Disco, Third Eye Blind, James Bay, Elle King and…
Juanes
Fire new single by Juanes.
Fire is the first single from her seventh studio album which will be called: My plans are to love. This new production promises because we see a…
The Cure
17 years after the album Bloodflowers
On February 15 they turned 17 the official release of the album Bloodflowers of the British band The Cure. The album was the tenth of the band and…