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Lose Control
Glass Animals & Joey Bada$$ Lose Control
This week, experimental indie rockers Glass Animals meet New York rapper Joey Badass and create a surprisingly good collaboration track. As somebody…
Drowning Shadows
Drowning Shadows the saddest song by Sam Smith
For admirers of Sam Smith we inform you that we have excellent news. The artist recently announced that relaunched his debut album that earned him…
The Weather
Thunder From Down Under a.k.a. POND
It seems to me that I am beginning almost every second review with the observation that many singers and bands are creating records bursting from…
Coup De Grâce
Headbanging mode: ON
There is a funny thing about supergroups, a gathering of premier musicians usually results in releasing an album(s) that are disappointing for the big…
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…
I.
I. - A Beautiful Haze
I often find myself drawn to certain songs because of the mood that they create. Cigarettes After Sex is such a prime example of this in each of their…
Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies - Destination Desolation
Deludium Skies is an Austrian band with which I am already acquainted with via their 2020 album Anthropocene. While that album was pretty good, then…
VINYL: Music From The HBO® Original Series - Vol. 1
VINYL: The Golden Age of Music
A television show that I have been waiting for and that I think deserves a spot here on Kurrent, Vinyl premiers February 14, 2016 on HBO. The era is…
Funeral
The debut albums of 2005 that defined the groups that made them
2005 was the last year when indie was a proper musical force. In the 11 years since then, indie music has been cannibalized by other genres, most…
Superunknown
The Top Five Albums of the 90's
The nineties saw the comeback of distorted guitars hanging on the knees, long-haired bands, hard rock riffs and pessimistic lyrics. It was called…
The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary
A New Sound for the Times
The Velvet Underground, a quite famous yet not the most popular band. During its early years in the 60’s, the group wasn’t drawing…
The World's Best American Band
The World's Best American Band
The Louisville band sell classic pop-rock almost perfectly. Their sophomore album is smart, well-polished, and cheeky—loaded with more riffs than you…
Lazaretto
Jack White's Lazaretto
Jack White is definitively a true superstar of his generation. What he did with The White Stripes was seminal in bringing rock’n’…
Hozier: Deluxe Edition
On Why You Should Listen to Hozier Right Now
Es una tarea de enormes proporciones para revisar liberación homónimo de 2014 Hozier. A pesar del hecho de que es una obra prolífica,…
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…
Long Way Home
Låpsley's Long Way Home
There's been in a wonderful development in the alt pop scene over the past decade, towards complex musicality, rich, layered vocals and unexpected…
De Película
A movie show is what Los Crema Paraiso prepares
Guitarist José Luis Cheo Pardo (Ex Los Amigos Invisibles s) with percussionist Neil Ochoa (Si * Sé, Chicha Libre) and bassist Alvaro…
hopeless fountain kingdom
Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
The rising pop star's sophomore album goes for experimental radio hits that are full of anhedonic drama. It's ambitious and nuanced, though…
8
Less to go until the Sunset Roll Festival.
Despite the difficult situation that exists in Venezuela, it is a great pride for all that music festivals are still made and that may present major…
Scalping the Guru
El Jesus De Magico - Scalping The Guru
El Jesus De Mágico son un noise-rock banda estadounidense de rock / psicodélico de Columbus, Ohio. Se han publicado un buen número de…
After Laughter
Paramore go full pop on After Laughter and it's brilliant
Paramore never should have gotten this far. Since their debut album, All We Know is Falling, the band has went through so much turmoil:…
ZABA
Zaba - Glass Animals - A Landscape for Sonic Exploration
This year’s debut Album release, Zaba, from Glass Animals was a toe curling, shivering mix of jungle sounds and psychedelic dreams. The…
Lupercalia
I(n)diosyncratic Pop
Patrick Wolf is a love singer. From his early days, love was his biggest inspiration, whether cheerful or painful. In my opinion, Lupercalia was the…
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…
Back to Harbour
The Harvest Ministers - A Bumper Crop
William Merriman has been behind the quietly sophisticated Dublin band The Harvest Ministers for some thirty years now. Even though it doesn’t seem…
Child Support
Back to the raunchiness
About 20 years ago, H-Town was hot, apparently. At that time, I’d only heard of them, but with the exception of catching a video on MTV once…
Angels Bend Closer
If Jane Sibbery Tells Them, The Angels WILL Bend Closer
With Robbie Robertson's Testimony already finding its way to us, the issue of Jane Siberry's album Angels Bend Closer, may make this some kind…
White Light
The Corrs - As Fresh As Ever!
The super sibling quartet from Ireland are back after a decade long hiatus, just about to remind us how much we had been missing them all these years.…
Twin Fantasy
Lo-fi Classic On Steroids
Twin Fantasy has been alive for 6 years. That is why Will Toledo, a frontman of the group Car Seat Headrest (known in indie alternative circles as gay…
She's Magic
Is the magic still there?
So, it’s official. Az Yet have become the group I‘ve blogged about the most. So far. I wasn’t really planning on writing…
Amber Galactic
The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic [Album Review]
When you find out the names behind The Night Flight Orchestra you’ll think the band is another supergroup promising the world a revolution. But the…
The Original High
Getting High on Generic Tunes?
We are often seeing how talent shows give birth to stars revolving around pop and pop-rock genre. Adam Lambert is a perfect example for it. After…
No Rain, No Rose
Storytellers Are Back In Style
If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby…” goes the bio blurb on John Craigie’s website. Sure, you cite those favorable comments that suit you, and…
For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
Slow, Deep and Hard
The title of Type O Negative’s first album is a perfect describer of Subrosa’s new record, For This We Fought the Battle of Ages.…
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…
A Deeper Understanding
War On Drugs Deliver Again
When you bruise a diamond like Lost In The Dreams, it is clear that you signed up in the history of music books. Adam Granduciel may not even need…
20 #1's Worship
Going for Number 1
I have a confession to make. Sometimes, I could be stuck in just listening to 3-4 songs in an album simply because they are the ones that strike the…
Blue & Lonesome
The Rolling Stones Make Blues Standards Sounds Fresh Again
I have to admit I was a bit skeptic about the new album by the legendary The Rolling Stones. The news that their newest effort will be comprised of…
Slowness
Outfit grow on second release Slowness
Outfit were formed in 2011 from the embers of synthpop band Indica Ritual. Essentially a progressive, melodic and emotion-fused art-pop band, Outfit…
Blurryface
Perfect Sound, Average Songs
Production has cut my album in half. The songs are good; the only extra thing I need is a good production. This is just one of the many statements…
The Atlantic Years In Mono
Giant Steps
“Giant Steps” is a very important album, especially for aspiring jazz musicians. It’s the record that firmly put the so…
Gumption
Leaving The Listener Behind
Taryn Miller is a young girl who releases her music under the name Your Friend. The album Gumption is her debut album. She likes to…
Caiga la Noche
The Innkeepers are unstoppable
Los Mesoneros, Venezuelan band still residing in Mexico, have been unstoppable since the release of their second studio album titled Caiga La Noche.…
Deeper
So Dark It Makes You Laugh
For every type of darkness, there is a different light creature. Just because something is dark, it doesn’t mean it can not make you laugh.…
The Heavy Entertainment Show (Deluxe)
The Stage Is Robbie Williams's Natural Habitat
In his music approach, Robbie Williams shows how big of a knight he is. There is nothing fake about this guy. There are no tiring sequences of weird…
Volume 1
BNQT Do a Banquet, Seventies Style
We’re getting flooded with acronyms, so why not another one? This time for a much-maligned term a “supergroup”. It had its troubles since Blind Faith…
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…
Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles
Essential Albums: Where the Light Is...
I always seem to be asked the question as to what my favourite album is and who’s my favourite artist. For me, it’s a question…
Dookie
Dookie
From its humble roots in the Bay Area punk scene to its massive hooks, Dookie has become one of the greatest teenage…
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…
The Pale Emperor
The Pale Emperor
Brian Warner and his music vent Marilyn Manson were hardly going to shock anyone in 2015. There are a lot of weird stuff in the world that are…
Toto
One of the best debut rock albums of all times TOTO (1978)
I am not sure if it's a coincidence, but I get the feeling that every debut album of the great bands is a masterpiece and their identity of course…
Dead Reckoning
Threshold – Dead Reckoning [Review]
Threshold is my favorite progressive band hailing from the UK, and probably my favorite progressive band of them all. I more or less love all their…
Can Summer Love Last Forever?
Folk Diamond For Winter Days
The story of Swedish duo Flora Cash begun with the meeting on Soundcloud, continued on Skype and it is still on. Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole…
Timeless
Are After 7 really timeless?
Any fan of R&B music of the 90s knows this group by one song: “’Til You Do Me Right”. It was at the height of the Babyface reign of smooth R&…
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…
Lost in the Night
Get Lost in the Night with Palace's Beautiful Debut EP
In case you haven’t heard already, Palace are the next big thing. Friends who met at school, they are Rupert Turner, Will Rhodes, Leo…
Looking Forward: The Roots Of Big Star
Chris Bell - How To Attain A Cult Status
Quite a few times in rock music it turned out it makes no difference how good your music is, or how much you are lauded by the press, other musicians,…
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…
Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
R'n'r Prophet Called Chuck
Chuck Prophet gained recognition as a member of the group Green on Red during the 80s of the last century. In 1990, he started off his solo career,…
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
AKOUSTIC!
With his Elektric Band in full swing, Chick decided to create its perfect complement, this time on the quieter side of things: the Akoustic Band.…
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…
SOAR
Het Droste Effect - Soar
The well-known Dutch instrumental psychedelic rock band Het Droste Effect came out with their latest album in the middle of last year. This album…
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…
Ritual
Fire! Orchestra - Ritual
Fire! Orchestra is a renowned Norwegian avant-garde psychedelic rock/free jazz band that is made up of Fire! and other artists they collaborate with.…
Teens Of Denial
The Complexity of Teen Rebellion
Will Toledo is an unbelievably prolific author, the one who released ten albums in a period of just six years. Albeit he has been active…
We All Want The Same Things
How to Identify With Craig Finn
Although he is not the biggest singer songwriter of his generation, Craig Finn is certainly the best rock storyteller whose main preoccupation are…
The Gleaner
Tara Dente Comes Through
La música es aún mejor cuando se comparte. Así es como Tara Dente describe concisamente el proceso de creación de su segundo …
Horehound
The Dead Weather: Horhound.
Speaking of Jack White one of the things that comes to mind is the number of projects and collaborations made throughout his career since he became…
Ritmo Revolution
The Rhythm Revolution that opened paths.
In the mid-90s, in the city of Valencia one of the most important musical bands of the genre Reggae and Ska in Venezuela is formed. and writing your…
Painting Of A Panic Attack (Deluxe)
Painting of A Panick Attack
Frightened Rabbit is a band from Scotland formed in 2003. Initially, it was a solo project of Scott Hutchison until it turned to band comprising of…
Superchunk
Superchunk
It’s a blast to remember how versatile Superchunk are on their newly-reissued 1990 debut. It features all the embryonic styles of their power-pop-punk…
All the Best Songs
Punk Storytelling
Names like No Use For A Name and All The Best Song do not sound attractive. They sound snobbish until you play the record. One of the most prolific…
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…
Original Album Classics
Art Garfunkel and His Classic Hits
Upon looking up the Art Garfunkel page on Kurrent Music, I am very surprised at the low approval rating. It may just be that I am a big-time oldie fan…
Keräily
Atomikylä - Keräily
Atomikylä is a pretty interesting Finnish psychedelic stoner metal band. Their latest three track album is titled ''Keräily&…
My Love Is Cool
Ecstasy Rock
Right in the middle of this year, we have got one of the strongest debut albums. We will have to wait and see what the last quarter is about to bring,…
Be Here Now (Remastered)
The Last Oasis Album That Made Sense
Let me present to you the last album by Oasis that made sense. With Definitely Maybe, they have become the fastest selling debut band, and with What’s…
Cobalt Chapel
Cobalt Chapel - Where Wicker Man Resides
Remember “The Wicker Man” movie? No not the 2006 remake, but the 1973 English mystery horror classic based on the 1967 novel “The Ritual”, involving…
Beauty Behind The Madness
Review: The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind The Madness'
While the abrasive opening guitar riffs of “Real Life,” the first track on Beauty Behind The Madness, bear a striking resemblance…
Revival
Revival
Pop fandom is all about characters and storylines, so it makes sense that Disney and Nickelodeon alums do well. Not only do they enter the…
Secular Hymns
Madeleine Peyroux Knows How To Jazz
Madeleine Peyroux released her seventh album this year, almost twenty years after her debut Dreamland. She is a female musician with a rich…
Harry Styles
Harry Styles
El debut en solitario del miembro One Direction rinde homenaje al rock'n'roll clásico y muestra su voz excepcional, si no su…
Hurry Home
The Deslondes - The New Orleans Palette
Many try and fail to cover as much the musical palette offered by the American music, and often they fail. Basically, they have a hard time breathing…
Sanctitude (Live)
Water For The Soul
We are only two days away from the release of a new album of gothic legends, Katatonia. Between the upcoming The Fall Of Hearts and the previous Dead…
Grand Romantic
Romantic Pop
There are no single people, only autonomous romantics. I must admit that I didn’t recognize the name Nate Rus until I have listened to Grand…
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…
Kilt 3
Few lines on a Kilt 3
Simply Su, but certainly not simple in his creations, this real Rap game cat finally released his second studio album KIlt 3&…
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&…
Moon Lagoon
Co-Pilgrim - Escaping the middle ground
Listening to tons of music it is usually two groups of artists that draw your attention - those that sound incredibly good and those that sound so…
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Remastered Version)
Introducing David Bowie's alter ego - Ziggy Stardust
Bowie started his career with the hit “Space Oddity” in 1969, for the astronaut Major Tom who is abandoned in Space and ended with…
Under the Radar, Vol. 2 (Deluxe)
Robbie Williams' Second Compilation of Rarities
Under The Radar was one of the best compilation of rarities which showed that Robbie Williams has a strong team capable of delivering so many stellar…
Los Tres MTV Unplugged
20 Years of MTV Unplugged by Los Tres
And suddenly it was two decades since the Three afford to do an Unplugged for MTV Latin America was given. Your best! That show, which never came out…
Who Sold My Generation
Garage Psychedelic
The name of Night Beats is a hommage to Sam Cooke. These boys were touring with The Black Angels, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Zombies, Black Lips…
The Far Field
Furute Islands Remain On The Right Side Of The Field
Three years after they won the hearts of synth-pop and indie rock lovers, Baltimore trio Future Islands returned with their fifth album. I can freely…
Mayhem in Blue
Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue [Review]
Hail Spirit Noir play a trippy mix of psychedelic rock and progressive black metal, with a pinch of avant-garde. Their debut record, Pneuma, was a…
Swell to Great
Truly Modern Studies
This one came practically out of nowhere when last year was closing. Actually, it originally came from Glasgow, passing through Yorkshire. Whatever,…
Dave Keegan
Dave Keegan - Dave who?
When you get caught into a music style (or quite a few of them) when you’re younger, they seem to stay with you forever. Psychedelic pop,…
Coloring Book
Chance the Rapper would rather make Chicago a better place than listen to what the president thinks.
The culture of rap is about gain, many MC’s who start out writing about their lives, struggles, and relationships, are usually talking about their…
Wilder Mind
Different, Still Rockin.
The band Mumford and Sons are known for their acoustic madness as I like to call it. The band has realesed three albums; Sigh No More, Babel, and…
An End Has A Start
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: Editors, An End has a Start
It may be hard to remember now but in 2007 Birmingham gloom rock band Editors were one of the biggest bands in Britain. After their terrific 2005…
Weird & Wonderful
Liquid Stranger's New EP is Absolutely Weird, but Decidedly Wonderful
The genre-bending maestro known as Liquid Stranger teased his newest EP with the original release of Hotbox late last year, and now he…
If I Should Go Before You
If I Should Go Before You
As a huge live music fan, it doesn’t feel right if I haven’t got a few live shows booked in the coming months. Looking forward to…
An Evening with Friends at Huvila (Live)
Amorphis - An Evening with Friends at Huvila [Review]
I don’t often do reviews of live albums but every now and then a marvelous live performance appears that deserves to be shared with others. One of…
Koop Islands
#tbt Koop: Koop Islands
When I signed up to last.fm, it was probably one of the most rewarding moments in my life as I suddenly found myself in a position to not only…
Christine And The Queens
Is The Hype Around Christine and The Queens Legitimate?
Heloise Letissier, known as Christine and the Queens, is a French musician who shook up the music scene this year. Her debut was released…
No Cities To Love
Punk is Better Than Feminism
One of my favorite punk bands from the 90s have decided to release another album after 10 years hiatus and upgrade their discography with another…
Coco Hames
Ex Leader of The Ettes Goes On A Solo Ride
Sometimes, it would be good to start from the beginning, to leave old crew and the baggage of the past behind and move in a completely different…
Make Way For Love
Kiwi That Makes The Room War
Despite of his classical music education gained at the University of Canterbury, the eclectic music influences Marlon Williams was exposed to from his…
2014 Forest Hills Drive
Review: J Cole's '2014 Forest Hills Drive'
J Cole has crafted a slew of good albums, but he has yet to craft a great one. While each of his three major label releases contain scattered moments…
Life Love Flesh Blood
The Revolution of Imelda May
Up to this point, Imelda May based her work on retro-rockabilly style and she has been doing it with grit, quality and confidence, starting from the…
Won't Be There
Luke Reed - One For The Summer
If you tried to count the number of gifted young musicians with a thousand song ideas in their head, playing and recording them in a number of bands,…
To The Bone
In A Shocking Twist, Steven Wilson Goes Pop
To quote The Daily Telegraph, Steven Wilson is probably the most successful musician you have never heard of. After ten Porcupine Tree albums, Wilson…
A Beautiful Collection - Best Of Carole King
A Truly Beautiful Collection
There is no denying that Carole King stands today as a living musical legend. The awards she has received, her songs that have charted through the…
For The Ages To Come
The Soundtrack of Ebbot Lundberg
All good things come to an end, just as The Soundtrack Of Our Lives released their last album a few years ago. It is crucial to recognize…
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…
99 Cents
Cheap Underground
99 Cents is the third studio album by Santi White, aka Santigold. The title and the cover of the album suggest a store with cheap Chinese stuff,…
The False Foundation
Archive Asks You To Join Them in Questioning The Public Sphere
Although initially a project of two guys, Darius Keeler and Rosko John, Archive is the music collective that featured many artists over the past two…
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,…
Atoma
Dark Tranquillity – Atoma [Review]
Along with At the Gates and In Flames, Dark Tranquillity shaped melodeath genre. Back in the 90’s three bands from Gothenburg, Sweden made an entirely…
Dress To Impress
Keith impresses
Even though it's September and the summer is actually coming to an end soon, we're enjoying some really nice hot temperatures, at the moment.…
Fourth
Soft (but powerful) Machine
Soft Machine is one of the iconic bands of British rock music. They are among the founders of the legendary Canterbury progressive rock scene. Named…
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,…
This House Is Not For Sale
Why Bon Jovi Is My Guilty Pleasure
It’s strange how I love the guy whose music I don’t even listen, and probably I know most of his hits. This peculiar relation is due to the bad…
Last Place
After A Decade Long Sabatical, Grandaddy Make An Eclectic Return
It was 2006 when unfortunate and tired Jason Lytle decided to impede the work of the group called Grandaddy. Over the following period, he charged his…
Earl Grey
Girl Ray - How To Properly Brew Earl Grey
Earl Grey is a popular but finicky tea to make. If you don’t let it stand long enough, it has a bland taste: if you let it stand too long, it becomes…
Stronger in Numbers
Stronger With or Without Numbers
PledgeMusic has been a resource many a musician has been using recently to make sure that their work sees the light of day and then promoted further.…
Stimmt
Aidan Baker - Stimmt
The highly prolific Canadian drone/noise/shoegaze musician Aidan Baker seemingly comes out with new albums every few months or so. May it be Nadja,…
La Saboteuse
Yazz Ahmed - World Jazz At Its Best
Quite a number of modern jazz trumpet players are adding various tonalities from different musical styles as well as from different parts of the world…
Migration
The King of DownTempo Cements His Reign
Downtempo subgenre of electronic music has been experiencing a lot of success over the past years, as it develops and progresses. Besides…
50th Anniversary Collection
#tbt (sort of) : Neil Diamond 50th Anniversary Collection
Urge Overkill, UB 40, Barbra Streisand, Monkees, Johnny Cash. What is a common denominator for this musicians? Well, they have all covered at least…
Tautou
Smooth Like Marble
Even with names like Zita Swoon being tossed around among music critics, the current Belgian music scene seems to be somewhat an unknown quantity to…
Old Friends Live On Stage
Simon and Garfunkel Rock With Another Fantastic Reunion Album
There is one concert that is an undeniable one that I can’t stop listening to. It is the Old Friends Live concert from Simon and Garfunkel that was…
La Apertura
Arawato releases new material
Recently in Venezuela good alternative projects of many artists they have emerged; in this case it is Arawato, a musical project, formed by Luis…
Ouroboros
Mythic Sunship - Ouroboros
Mythic Sunship are a Danish instrumental psychedelic rock band, who just recently released their newest album through the renowned El Paraiso Records.…
Immolated EP
Are You Scared of Bugs?
South African-via-New York electronic artist Adrian Martens isn’t. Martens goes under the nom du plume Dasychira, a name given to…
Flammable
Impressive Break Out Track Flammable From 17 Year Old Shelby Merchant!
Never have we ever heard of such a strong, debut track from such a young artist. Colorado-based Shelby Merchant cites inspiration from Taylor…
Over the Edge
Over the edge
Oakland “stoner violence” trio Connoisseur’s entire debut LP is about the pleasures and politics of smoking weed.&…
Vivir Mi Vida - The Remixes
Marc Anthony Premieres 'Vivir Mi Vida' Making A Triumphant Return To Music
Puerto Rican Salsa sensation Marc Anthony marked his return to music when he premiered his new song, “Vivir Mi Vida”, at the…
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Two men, one of them in flames, shake hands in a studio back lot. The image of a nude woman emerges from a red veil. A diver breaks the waves of a…
Rainbow
Rainbow
Kesha’s musical career has been defined by her work with Dr. Luke. On her third album, she begins something new and promising. The story of …
The Abbey Road Sessions
Raw Kylie In Retrospective
In 2012, Kylie was hungry for the impact Adele had made on the world and decided to follow her steps. If your are a cynic, than this is what you might…
Revolve
Will We Love Him Again?
The youngster whose voice sounds like he has sand in his throat oriented towards disco rhythyms on his second album. As it seems, Revolve is going to…
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…
Days of Exile
Vinylversus returns to his instinct in Days of Exile
VINILOVERSUS paused, moved to Miami, Florida, went into the studio, recruited a new member and today presents his fourth album Days Of Exile (2017),…
Life...The Best Game In Town
Harvey Milk - Life...The Best Game In Town
Harvey Milk are a legendary American sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Georgia. They have released an array of great albums that pack some of the…
Minor Victories (Orchestral Variations)
Mogwai's, Slowdive's and Editor's SuperGroup In The Purest Instrumental Form
After the eponymous debut, Minor Victories have prepared an interpretative surprise with their new release. In case you didn’t know, this is a…
I Can Feel the Night Around Me
I can feel the nights around me
Dave Hartley’s latest album is his most ambitious record yet, one that takes him out of his bedroom and places him out on the open road with…
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Pivot of PERIPHERY
Only short time after the release of the double-masterpiece Juggernaut, Periphery decide to return. According to them, everything was going smoothly,…
In Motion
Jimkata: In Motion
Ithaca electronic rock trio Jimkata will released In Motion, their third full-length album and sixth release overall, in February 2016. In Motion is…
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…
Blind
The Basement Calls Forth
A geniune rock band. Maybe with some roots stuck in the late 90's, some visable influences however, Holy White Hound throws all caution to the…
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.&…
Hunger Game
Fifi Rong Pursues Masochistic Self-Liberation with Hunger Game
As promised, the music video for Hunger Game - the second single from Fifi Rong's new EP The Crown - signals a move towards…
South
Back Straight, Chest Out, Just Like a Soldier
South is the titular single from Minnesota-based indie rock band Hippo Campus' second EP, which was released in October last year. As…
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Logic Of Color
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Toronto natives The Slocan Ramblers are one of the hottest bands in the city, sharing a lack of pretension and a desire to live in a city built on its…
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age Announce New Album Villians Produced by Mark Ronson
After a long week of speculation, the California group Q ueens of the Stone Age has officially revealed the release of their seventh album chart…
Ariel Rot
Ariel Rot bets on nostalgia in the first preview of his new album
Argentine rocker residing in Spain, Ariel Rot introduced the first single from their upcoming studio album. The theme, entitled Only goodbye,…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
One Love
Art and politics are often intertwined. Latest example of politically active music is heated controversy around M.I.A.’s latest video…
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,…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is ready to release their new album
Arcade Fire is the only band that has won its first and only Grammy Award for best album of the year in history. That did it in 2008 with his first…
The Adarna
The Adarna Release Superman Video
THE ADARNA RELEASES THE MUSIC VIDEO “SUPERMAN” SEATTLE, WA - Soundgate Records Artiste, The Adarna, release “Superman&…
Urban Fu$e
Getting the BIG Lowdown with Urban Fu$e
Urban Fu$e has quickly become one of the most sought after acts in the current music world. Their hot new EP comes in the form of DLW1, with the…
Said the Sky
Said The Sky remixes The Chainsmokers song All We Know (feat. Phoebe Ryan)
Nowadays, there's so much music out there that it's difficult to really listen to all the music being offered. That’s the thing isn’t it; we…
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…
Neil Young
At Farm Aid, The Seeds of Revolution
Let it be said here that this was the day when we may look back on when the revolution was declared. Or as Neil Young said on the morning of Saturday,…
Julia Piker
Interview: Composer Julia Piker on her New Score EP Samovar
Today we’re joined by Julia Piker, a London International Award-winning composer. Julia released her debut string and electronic-heavy score…
Trina Medina
Trina Medina salsa with love for art
If a female voice is needed in the sauce, that is to Trina Medina. A ring reminiscent of his mother, Canelita Medina, evoking the imposing resonance…
The Country Music Five
Looking Towards 2016: Let’s Get Funky
Before I start prophesizing on what country music will sound like in 2016, it is necessary you watch these two videos. Have you seen the future? The…
Japan
Daisuck & Prostitute
Imagine a chicken walking the streets of Tokyo. A big and cocky chicken in a black suit and a top hat. It walks and talks to strangers, drinks beer…
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&…
Zac Brown Band
Zac Brown Band ‘The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1’ – EP Review
I’ve not been particularly familiar with Zac Brown Band’s music over the years. While I have always respected their musicianship, their sound is…
Kevin Roldan
KR with Jory and Ñengo Flow
One issue that had been cooking for quite some time finally comes to light. After several weeks of shows in social networks recording and production…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes releases album
The eastern group, fried tomatoes is serving 20 years of artistic career, and to celebrate in style just released their fifth album album Tomates…
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz will sing forever I will live
The strong and beautiful voice of Celia Cruz exclaims with the power that characterizes him (in the present tense because discography immortalizes…
Omar Enrique
Omar Enrique premieres song with Pipe Peláez
Omar Enrique brings a new theme to start the year in the best way. Ay Amor with the participation of Pipe Pelaez and be part of its latest studio…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey teams up with A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti
American singer Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, better known by her stage name as Lana Del Rey, released a new single along with the vocal collaboration…
Keith Emerson
R.I.P. Keith Emerson
On Friday, March 11th, Keith Emerson was found dead in his apartment in Los Angeles, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was the…
David Fanning
David Fanning ‘What’s Next’ – Single Review
Red Bow recording artist David Fanning has had a couple of stops and starts – just stops really – when it comes to launching…
Old Dominion
The Verdict On Old Dominion, A Mass of Contradictions
Old Dominion are a band whose name has been bandied about for the past year or so. They’ve released a handful of singles to country radio (‘Dirt On A…
La Ley
The Law announces their separation
After several discussions and months of touring, today the last chapter of a book called The Law is closed. With that message, Chilean singer Beto…
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature
Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, was announced last October 13 as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for have created new…
J Balvin
J Balvin achieves a Guinness record thanks to Ginza
Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin Colombia is a successful music producer. His career to stardom succeeded with his third studio album entitled The Family…
Motörhead
LEMMY'S FUNERAL WILL BE TRANSMITTED IN STREAMING
On December 28 died Lemmy Kilmister, the legendary vocalist and bassist of Motörhead. The pain is still latent in the hearts of his fans. A loss…
Royce Da 5'9"
Royce Da 5'9 Already Working on Follow-up to ‘Layers’
Very few emcees can hold their own on a track with Eminem, Royce Da 5’9” is one of them. The Detroit native has had an enviable…
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…
Alejandra Guzman
Alejandra Guzmán and Gloria Trevi on tour in the United States.
Alejandra Guzman Mexican singer signed with Universal and has already prepared its first project with the American record company with his compatriot…
Niall Horan
Surpassed 30 million followers on Naill Horan's Twitter account.
Singer Niall Horan, a member of pop group One Direction, has become the first Irishman to top 30 million followers on Twitter, ahead of other…
Striking Matches
Striking Matches @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, UK | November 11, 2015 – Review
I’ve seen Striking Matches play five times, and this would be the second time I saw John & Jacob, so I had an inkling of what would…
Rina Sawayama
With Cyber Stockholm Syndrome, Rina Sawayama Examines the Perils and Pleasures of Life Online
London-via-Japan singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama exists at the unlikely intersection of '90s R&B, J-Pop visuals and…
Mr. P Chill
Mr. P Chill Interview - 20 Years In The Game, Touring, and the Sactown Scene
Let's break the ice. Who are you? Where are you from? What style of music do you create? My name is Mr. P Chill and I am an emcee from Sacramento…
Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth: Retro Stylin’
I am really diggin’ these retro sound songs by artists who are prominent in retro style a la 1950s and 1960s. It’s very…
Sia
Why is Sia covering her face?
One of the great mysteries in the music industry has generated Sia. To this artist always see back or with his face covered by her blond hair, he has…
Average Gypsy
Catching Up with Average Gypsy
Vancouver based DJ/Production couple, Josh & Dani, describe themselves as “Spiritual Gangstas,” which not only pronounces…
Sia
Remix of Cheap Thrills
The hit song by Australian singer Sia, entitled Cheap Thrills, has a new remix in collaboration with reggaeton singer Nicky Jam, having carried out a…
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran estrenó el lyric video de su nueva canción Perfect
El británico Ed Sheeran lanzó nuevo single denominado Perfect una de las piezas que forman parte de su más reciente trabajo musical…
Gente De Zona
Gente de Zona and Marc Anthony present a new song
Traitor is the title of the new production presented Friday the Cuban group Gente de Zona and Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony. This is the second…
Ty Segall
Rock'n'Roll
In his reckless youth, which was all of three years ago, Segall was a thrasher. He wrote two-minute burners that started quick, ended quicker…
Huey Lewis & The News
Huey Lewis and the News With Jamie Kent At Tanglewood
The unseasonable weather did not stop people from filling the grounds at Tanglewood in Lenox Massachusetts on a Sunday afternoon when Huey Lewis and…
Franco De Vita
Between tears and nostalgia, Franco de Vita releases a new album and announces a tour in 2017.
About 60 journalists summoned by the record label Sony Music witnessed the premiere in Mexico Free, the new studio album by Franco De Vita, activity…
John Buckley
Soundtrack Composer—John Buckley’s Highly Glamorous Jason Borne Soundtrack
There seem to be two John Buckleys. One is the classical composer and the other is a soundtrack composer, known for his work in scoring the Jason…
Ralph Vaughan Williams
R. Vaughan Williams’ Does A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
As we keep doing these reviews of concertos for two pianos and orchestra, I tend to see that this is actually a common concerto in the late Romantic…
Alyssa Joseph
Up Close and Personal with Alyssa Joseph
Alyssa Joseph is an artist on the rise for 2018. The songstress who has been making waves with her new release [ir]rational, which is out digitally…
Sin Bandera
Argentina awaits the return of Sin Bandera
After a spectacular year thanks to his One Last Time Tour , Sin Bandera announced that he will return to the City of Buenos Aires to meet up with…
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband ‘Three Red Feathers’ - Album Review
Hard workers, excellent musicians and passionate about performance – that’s one way to describe The Blackberry Bushes Stringband. Another is to revel…
Steve Lacy
Proud iPhone Music Producer
Last week, producer Steve Lacy made headlines after it was publicized he made his contribution to Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn” album, a song called ”Pride”…
Lady Antebellum
You Look Good is titled the return of Lady Antebellum
After spending almost two years away from the music industry, the group from Nashville, Tennessee, announced that it is indeed back and that his new…
Chino & Nacho
Chyno teams up with Zion & Lennox
Chyno Miranda is starting his solo career and does so with great success. The artist is developing a powerful musical repertoire in which he looks…
Metallica
Lollapalooza Argentina 2017
Everything is ready for the 2017 Lollapalooza Festival in Argentina, having as guests maximum Metallica and The Stroke. There will be two days of…
Akvarium
So different songs of the Akvarium.
“Akvarium” is a Russian rock band. They are the pioneers of Russian rock. The band appeared in the early 70-ies and still exists.…
CNCO
CNCO and their first world tour
CNCO already announced his first world tour to the delight of their fans. After the great success of his third single Reggaeton Lento, the youth…
Sarah Gayle Meech
Sarah Gayle Meech ‘Tennessee Love Song’ – Album Review
Recent recipient of the Female Outlaw of the Year award at the Ameripolitan Awards, Sarah Gayle Meech is back on March 31st with her sophomore record…
The Wounded Kings
The Wounded Kings
The Wounded Kings are a traditional doom metal/psych doom band from the UK, who have released a number of good albums through the years. Their most…
Nk Profeta
NK Prophet releases another controversial theme
Leonardo Viloria Venezuelan rapper, better known as NK Prophet once again returns to a subject of much controversy. In his new single titled Forgive…
Alexis & Fido
Alexis & Fido release video for La Cómplice
Women always have one or more friends who accompany you anywhere and also have techniques that help them get away with it when needed. This is…
Chino & Nacho
You walk in my head, the new Chino and Nacho with Daddy Yankee
The success of the Venezuelan duo Chino y Nacho seems to stop. After working in collaboration with Puerto Rican Don Omar, with the recording of the…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chili Peppers Promise
Tomorrow the five-year wait is over. Finally the Red Hot Chili Peppers will draw the disk happens to I'm With You. Just over a month ago the…
Michael Jackson
The King of Pop in documentary
More than 6 years of death (which occurred in June 2009), the King of Pop is just as effective. On January 24 world premiere a new documentary on the…
Steve Martin
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell Find Their Bright Star – The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Edie Brickell woke up Christmas morning ahead of her family. Sitting in her Connecticut kitchen, she went to her computer hoping her musical partner…
Mandolin Orange
Mandolin Orange @ The Borderline, London, UK | November 17, 2015 – Review
It was a very windy night in London when Mandolin Orange were due to grace the city, but that didn’t stop the flurry of people that filled…
Jen Lane
Jen Lane & John Antoniuk ‘Jen & John’ - Album Review
Saskatoon native singer-songwriters Jen Lane and John Antoniuk have recently released a duets album, Jen & John. The album is co-produced by…
Russ
My feelings of his lyrics
Russ. He has a meaning and honestly is the reason my life has been going well I think. He just makes me feel like I can do almost anything. He has…
Gandalf
Different Style. Different Sound.
Gandalf were an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in New York. Originally called the Rahgoos, the group…
Café Tacvba
Café Tacvba and their children
In the new album of Café Tacvba, one of the highest points of the work is El mundo en que nací, a wonderful lullaby composed and sung by…
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,…
Draco Rosa
Draco Rosa is awarded in his country
Draco Rosa has been recognized with great joy as Doctor Honoris Causa of the San Juan University of the Sacred Heart (USC) of his native country.…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber does it again at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards
In the most recent MTV Europe Music Awards held in the city of Milan, Italy. Justin Bieber was one of the most outstanding artists of the big event,…
Ashley Campbell
Ashley Campbell On Her Father Glen, Her Route To Music And Her First Record – Interview
We were lucky enough to be front and centre during the press conferences at the recent C2C Festival in London. Ashley Campbell stopped by to talk…
Arctic Monkeys
The Monkeys in the crosshairs
Movement, rhythm, youth and good lyrics, that's Artic Monkeys. His themes are downloading problems, heartbreaks and anger, the style of indie…
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…
Maluma
Maluma premieres video of Felices los 4
Maluma yesterday released the video for her latest single Happy 4 which will be part of his next album called X, thus being the first taste that…
Spotify Landmark
Streaming versus live music
Now, with the information that the US recording industry gets more than 70% of its revenues from digital platforms and downloads looming on the one…
Keith Green
Keith Green’s Christian Music Career
Keith Green is one of those timeless Christian artists that has helped so many solidify their walk with Jesus Christ. “Your Love Broke Through” is…
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson takes a break
With a brand new album and a tour means performing singer Janet Jackson, sister of the late pop star Michael Jackson, announced to his followers to…
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…
BTS
BTS: Putting the D in Dope!
Fierce. Angsty. Insane. That’s how I would describe these kids. With their average age being 21.7, they’re basically my…
Álex Ubago
The return of Alex Ubago
And get good news from Spain for fans of Alex Ubago. The singer confirmed that he is working on his return to music after several years of absence.…
Austin Marolla
Bringing in the Holiday Vibes with Austin Marolla
Austin Marolla dances into the holiday with his new album 'Christmas Kiss. Just in time to become your new favorite batch of Christmas songs, the…
Peter Bjorn and John
Ten years after “Young Folks”
Young Folks was the single that announced, in 2006, the Swedish indie pop / rock, Peter Bjorn and John, formed in Stockholm in 1999. The issue, part…
Charliepapa
I feel the same
The ability to say for others what they would not dare, yes, that is the role of musician or artist who achieves its mission when it becomes a public…
Miley Cyrus
Enjoy the change of Miley Cyrus in her new song Malibú
Miley Cyrus premiered yesterday her new video for her first single called Malibu , which shows the clear radical change she promised she would make…
Reik
Reik returns with a Des/Love
After 5 years out of the studies, the renowned Mexican trio Reik, returns to the fray with a new album. The group, one of the leaders in the romantic…
Tropicalísimo Apache
Apache breaks schemes with Now or Never
When talking about Venezuelan rap faces, the name of Apache certainly comes to mind, because besides being the face of Venezuelan rap, it is…
Pharmakon
Pharmakon
Margaret Chardiet I wanna sniff some glass; I wanna try some distorted pleasure of the aural trips. I wanna see how the mad injects drug made of…
Nights Amore
In Love With Nights Amore!
If you ever get the chance here on Youtube, there is another epic video out by the OfficialNightsAmore called “90 Min Sad Emotional Guitar Music Mix.…
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…
Tan Bionica
Urgent hospitalization of the singer of Tan Bionica
The lead singer Tan Bionics, Chano Moreno Charpentier, he was rushed to a hospital in Buenos Aires after presenting a complicated febrile illness.…
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder and Beyonce together
The singer of the legendary band Grunge, born in Seattle, United States, at the beginning of the decade of the nineties and the current queen of pop…
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill: The Queen Of All Divas
No musician dead or alive can be compared to Lauryn Hill. She is a unique talent and in my opinion the ultimate diva. Now, before I go any further I…
Erin Enderlin
Erin Enderlin ‘I Let Her Talk’ – Album Review
Already an established Music City songwriter, Erin Enderlin wasn’t content just releasing one album featuring herself as the artist (which had Jamey…
Two Door Cinema Club
Two Door Cinema Club will release their next album
Two Door Cinema Club is a fun and very good band. With sticky and cheerful rhythms a space in the world Indie Rock made since 2010 and will soon…
Two Steps from Hell
1 step forward, 2 steps back
When Pete Waterman (Stock, Aitken & Waterman) seemed to reach the end of the reign that kept him being at the top of producing…
Richard Strauss
Strauss’s Zara Alla Thrustra
This is one of Straus’s most famous works that starts with an iconic opening that has been used to decorate many advertisements and films…
Valeriy Stepanov
A Russian-Ukrainian Chicken
In one of the previous articles, I said that I’m not a big fan of show-off techniques and empty virtuosity. But when it is combined with an…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique with six nominations for 2017
Thanks to its 2016 hit song Duele el corazon the Spanish singer secured 6 nominations for the 2017 Lo Nuestro Awards. Artist of the year, male…
Halsey
Halsey: The New Colour of Indie Pop
La música pop ya no es exclusivamente una celebración del ayuno en vivo, mueren estilo de vida joven. Con Lorde como el precursor, una…
Tamara Laurel
Tamara Laurel ‘Runaway’ - Album Review
Tamara Laurel is not quite what you would expect. In this image-obsessed world, we all can be known to judge others by how they appear, delivering pre…
Prince
Remastered album Purple Rain by Prince, will include previously unreleased tracks.
A remastered version of the iconic album Prince Purple Rain goes on sale this summer with several unreleased songs. NPG Records and Warner Bros.…
Coldplay
Coldplay and Back to the Future
Coldplay is delighting her fans this year. This time the band on their last concert brought a special guest, who was none other than Michael J. Fox,…
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' turns 10
Ten years of good soul and sound Mowtown have elapsed since the release of the album Back to Black by Amy Winehouse. The record, second and last of…
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'…
Marco Antonio Solís
Marco Antonio Solis returns to Argentina
Do you find yourself in Argentina and love songs Marco Antonio Solis? If so then you're in luck. The singer was reunited with her Argentine…
The D.O.C.
4 Rappers Who Had Near-Death Experiences and Lived To See Another Day
Dizzee Rascal UK grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal ended up on the wrong end of some blades in Cyprus in 2003 and ended suffered six stab wounds at the…
Tony Hadley
Truly, for fans only
Let me just start with my conclusion: This is definitely an album for fans. Tony Hadley is Spandau Ballet’s lead singer. The group was the…
Paramore
Hello, Cold World by Paramore
Paramore, I consider would be my favourite band ever because their songs always have some depth and them and those roaring guitars and hammering drums…
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Eterno Spinetta: posthumous album released
El Flaco may have died in 2012, but his music, no doubt, will be eternal. After more than three years of the death of Luis Alberto Spinetta, it came…
Jared Kf Jones
Jared KF Jones lights it up with Turn Up The World
We recently stumbled across a track by an up-and-coming artist in the the Pop and R&B charts, but now he has his sights set on EDM-Pop. &…
Vic Mensa
Halfway Through 2016, Here are The Most Interesting Moments in HipHop
We counted down, watched the ball drop, and entered 2016 eagerly seeking to devour some of the most highly anticipated rap albums in recent memory. We…
Shane McAnally
CMA Songwriters Series @ IndigO2, London, UK | March 10, 2016 – Review
I have seen every CMA Songwriters event to grace the O2 Arena, and there are always high expectations. I love the camaraderie and collaboration of the…
Lil Supa
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Speaking of Latin American rap, Venezuela deserves important mention. With great exponents in recent years, no doubt, Lil Supa is one of its greatest…
The Chainsmokers
Now I understand why they use lip-sync
They have a couple of weeks elapsed since the VMAs were held, but still remembers what were their presentations. Especially the American duo The…
Julieta Venegas
It's the only thing there is
Calexico
April sounds like Calexico
Spring. The time of the year when Persephone walks out of the underground, just like many bands walk out of the underground. It is not easy to go one…
Rebecca Black
TGIF : A Song That Became Popular For The Wrong Reason
Fridays have a magic, an energy that begins at 4:30 pm and upon reaching adulthood, when work is not just a hobby but a responsibility, it becomes…
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz's Sirope tour closes at the Cap Roig Festival
The audience at the Festival of Cap Roig (Palafrugell, northeast) has surrendered from the first chords to Alejandro Sanz, one year after presenting…
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…
blink-182
Blink-182 suspends concerts after suicide of Chester Bennington
Linkin Park and Blink-182 had teamed up for Blinkin Park concerts at New York's Citi Field on Friday and two days later at Hershey Park in…
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives adds one more recital in Argentina
Colombia is one of its best moments in their career. After accumulating several hits on all radio rankings in Latin America with The Bicycle and Edge…
Sin Bandera
2017 will be Sin Bandera in Venezuela.
Eight years after their separation, integrated by Argentine Noel Schajris and Mexican Leonel Garcia, Sin Bandera duo joined to present his latest…
Silvestre Dangond
Silvestre Dangond says It doesn't hurt anymore
Vallenato singer Silvestre Dangond presented this week the video for her single It does not hurt me anymore. The Colombian, 36, considered one of…
Meek Mill
Meek Mill is back with a new album!
After a long wait and a lot of drama, Meek Mill finally released her fourth album, entitled DC4 last October 27 at night. The long-awaited project…
Toumani Diabaté
The Music of Mali Vol.1 - The Griots
All African music is emotional and full with vividness, but somehow the music of Mali mesmerized me from the first contact I had with it. My fellow…
Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells release new track and announce mini album
Víctor Manuelle
Víctor Manuelle, between samba and salsa
The Puerto Rican singer Victor Manuelle who has a history of three decades of tropical music, introduced a new single in which he invites the…
French Montana
French Montana - Figure it Out ft. Kanye West, Nas
Wave Gods is the twenty mixtape rapper Kharbouch Karim, better known by his stage name as French Montana. Said album was released on February 19 this…
Lil Wayne
Latest from Lil Wayne
On June 16, the American rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, better known as Weezy or by his stage name Lil Wayne, surprised us with a new item entitled…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
And they weren't rivals?
We do not speak the Caracas Lions vs. Magallanes Navigators. It is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, whose rivalry was presented to the…
Lewis & Leigh
Lewis & Leigh ‘Night Drives’ – EP Review
Lewis & Leigh first appeared on this site a month ago in our Stray Plectrums feature, but I enjoyed their debut EP ‘Night Drives’ (…
José Luis Rodríguez
Together José Luis Rodríguez and Chayanne.
It is no secret the delicate state of health which is the Venezuelan singer Jose Luis Rodriguez El Puma which suffers from an incurable disease for…
Tomates Fritos
The New Bands Festival 2017 is coming
The past 2016 was remembered for being the year in which the festival was supendió of the new bands of that year for the first time in more than…
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…