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Sunkissed Baroque Pop from the Summer of 2015
Twin Within is the collaboration of Canadian duo Steve McKay and Alex Samaras. Mckay (the percussive force behind the experimental folk of Bruce…
Tonight's Music
Another Great Tunesmith Is Back
After twenty years and absolutely brilliant “Untune The Sky” mini-lp and “Instinct” album from early to mid- Nineties, Richard Davies, another among…
A Song I Can Live With
Chip Taylor - Another Great Waiting To Be Re-discovered
Luckily, not everybody has forgotten Chip Taylor. After all, he is to get inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For those who have forgotten&…
Lay Low
Chanson Folk
When you have Jane Birkin as your mother and Charlotte Gainsbourg as your half-sister, it is only a matter of time before you start making music. For…
All Night Long
Rochelle's catchy All Night Long
When Rochelle first entered the Dutch music scene, she seemed set to be our very own Beyoncé. She first got noticed after winning the…
Trust No One
When DevilDriver Drives You To Hell
If Dez tells you Trust No One, can we trust him that he recorded another DevilDriver classic? Yes, he did, but nothing more than that. What…
Positive Energy
Diät - Positive Energy
Diät are a pretty interesting deathrock/post-punk/garage rock band from Berlin. They released their first full-length album back in 2015 and…
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered)
The Beatles' Finest
My favorite album of The Beatles is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Although virtually all of The Beatles’ music is great, this is my favorite…
Ruin
Shawm Mendes lets us see his new work
Today precisely is the day you can enjoy the single Ruin for the first time, Treat You Better and a few other topics, when preorders the new album by…
Two Windows
Lali Puna - Two windows look in different directions
Lali Puna was always about the Korean born singer Valerie Trebeljahr and her pop inventions. And pop inventions that are exactly what I have in mind -…
Machine Gun: Live at The Fillmore East 12/31/1969 (First Show)
Hendrix Had a Machine Gun
When Jimi Hendrix Experience split up in 1969, Jimi Hendrix did not procrastinate for too long. He played with Billy Cox for a while, and…
Long Vivid Dream
Discolor Blind 'Long Vivid Dream' a Highly Dramatic Cinematic Offering
Discolor Blind is music that mixes melancholy with that silver lining of hope, for romantics running a fine line between harsh realities and sweet…
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…
Lungs
How Florence And The Machine's Debut Teased Their Glorious Future
Let’s turn on our time machines and go back to the release of Florence and The Machine’s debut. Remember when you played Lungs for the very…
Your Wilderness
Emotionally Filled Atmo Rock
I first heard about The Pineapple Thief three years ago when their vocalist, Bruce Soord, worked with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia&…
Helion Prime
Helion Prime's Debut Is A Power Metal Extravaganza
Young Californian duo Helion Prime was founded in 2014. At the beginning of last year they self-released their debut album and started looking for a…
Lust For Life
SundaySpotlight: Lana Del Rey
Who is Lana Del Rey? Is she a concept? Is she fake? Is she a daughter of a rich guy? Is she a product? I was never bothered by these questions, while…
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…
Turbine
John Mackey's Metronomic Turbine
John Mackey’s “Turbine” is the industrial-sounding piece that sounds like an absolute beauty to play. Heavy on the…
Back Together
is Robin Thicke getting it back together?
Not many artists have had a hit single that kept playing in high rotation for like two years straight, but Robin Thicke is among them with “…
Wins & Losses
Wins and Losses
After freeing himself from the feuds and narrative that dragged him down, Meek Mill’s third studio album is a comeback by any measure, honest and…
Here Lies Man
Black Sabbath in Africa?
Wonder what would have happened if someone sent Black Sabbath to study polyrhythms in Africa back in the seventies? Can you imagine the fusion…
The Last Stand
Recycle Metal
Sabaton is on their way on becoming a recycle band and it is going to be difficult to negate this for everyone who knows the band from the beginning…
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…
Bad Omen
The World's Greatest Goth Country Singer
When someone avoids being labeled either by genre or by appearance, then we say that someone is standing out from the sea of multiple copies that…
A Place Where There's No More Pain
Second Comebacks Are Never As Good As First Ones
There are not many bands who had such a big impact on younger bands, but who did not manage not to charged for their clairvoyance. This was especially…
Past and Future
Tisiphone
Tisiphone is a band from Lyon with the fresh debut album titled Tisiphone 1t LP. They have been dropping singles over the past three years before they…
Honest Life
Folk Heroine of Generation Z
Female authors with guitars are becoming a frequent thing. And it’s good that this is the case. Every day, I discover a new name, no matter what the…
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…
Highway to Hell
Super Charged on the Highway to Hell
Fueled by grittily compacted rock and backed by a raw bluesy croak, AC/DC were one of the hottest bands in the 70s and 80s. And even still – after…
Microverse
Lossy & Strangers Are People Too - Microverse
Microverse is the third release fr composer and producer Lossy on his label Boot Cycle Audio. Having previously released with Tru Thoughts,…
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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…
Pacific Myth (Deluxe)
Metal Trailblazers of CrowdFunding
Talking and writing about the new Protest The Hero is interesting for million reasons. If we leave the brutal quality of these fun Canadian…
Northern Passages
Steady Addition To The Sadies Discography
Northern Passages is tenth studio album by Canadian band The Sadies. If we include live albums and compilations, it is the 16th album they have…
Manual Override
Saskwatch - The manual override worked!
Not all good Australian music reaches other continents that easily. Case in point - Melbourne’s Saskwatch. Here come’s their fourth album Manual…
Razed to the Ground
Vision of Disorder
The scream on 1996 Element was enough for me to realize that Vision Of Disorder is a band who is ‘neither here or there’. Their…
AGO
Lilies On Mars: ΔGO
Lisa and Marina began writing ΔGO immediately after returning from an extensive tour throughout Europe and America. Filled with…
Second Hand Heart
Say Ben, are you a little bit country?
So, there you are. It’s 2014 and you have just won the 11th series of X Factor in the UK. While the Bill Withers’ soul classic &…
Rise
Jessica93 - Rise
Jesscia93 is a fascinating French one-man band who plays a mixture of noisy psychedelic rock, krautrock, post-punk and shoegaze. Saying all this the…
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…
Charlene
Classic Soul vibes: The Taste Of Charlene
Seemes like forever `till this day. Wheew! A long and heavy burden finally fell and the spiritual sessions may start. It was worth the wait, and our&…
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…
Simplicity
Exuberant Punk-Rock
This New Jersey band is like a group of sport guys. You love them, they motivate you, you do tattoos with their faces. They make you laugh, you make…
Thousand Lives
Once A Tree bewitch with EP Thousand Lives
Once A Tree create music that is dark, hypnotic and poetic. A sultry fusion of chillwave, trip-hop and dubstep, that soars and glides above bass…
35xxxv (Deluxe Edition)
The Perfect Album For My Constant Mood Swings
Ahora que estoy contando los días hasta que veo a estos chicos realizan aquí en mi país, pensé que sería conveniente revisar…
Hubris
Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
Oren Ambarchi is an Australian musician and multi-instrumentalist, who has released a vast number of albums through the years. His albums have had…
Abbey Road (Remastered)
Abbey Road - My Album Recommendation by The Beatles
Abbey Road is definitely the album that will cheer you up if you are a Beatles lover. It is their 11th studio album which includes incredible songs…
Burn the Witch
Radiohead's New Album. How Do You Really Feel About It?
First of all, I want to say that I am the biggest fan of Radiohead. I even have a mouse-bear tattoo that served as a logo for their Kid A era. With…
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…
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.…
Heads Up
Warpaint's Semi-Lukewarm Return
The girls from Warpaint have released their third studio album. After numerous plays, it is plausible to conclude this is their most dance-y release…
Burning Bridges
Bon Jovi's Bridge Is Falling Down
The struggle is real. Rock dinosaurs Bon Jovi are persistent even though their career is not as shiny as it was in the 80s and 90s. I can freely say…
Refugium
Well-blended mixture of Styles
Anomalie is a one man piece hailing from Austria, its only member Marrok has worked with Harakiri for The Sky, and Refugium is his latest album,…
Once More 'Round The Sun
Once more scoring the jackpot
Mastodon is one of those bands that just can’t disappoint you. After they finished their elements tetralogy (Earth, wind, water and fire)…
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dreamy Freak Folk Pop
Some people can’t sleep because they are thinking about their dreams. Some people dream when they are awake. Some bands are like dreams.…
Love Train
Trailing With Asiahn!
Extraordinary artist Asia Bryant, going by the new alias Asiahn, has finally put out her own piece of music craft…
"Awaken, My Love!"
I have a bone to pick with end of year lists
I love end of year lists, I consume them with an almost unhealthy fervour since they provide answers to the all important question for a pop culture…
Pile
A Giant Dog, Avid Fans of Rock ‘n’ Roll
A Giant Dog's music is like a giant mastiff who barks, growls and tears everything apart with its teeth and ferocious energy. Through 14 songs, we…
Chasing an Illusion
Larkin Grimm Finds Truth In Illusion
On his fourth album titled Chasing The Illusion, Larkin Grimm confronts his inner demons from the past by transforming pain into a possitive message…
Not To Disappear
DAUGHTER’S NEW WAYS: NOT TO DISAPPEAR
“I can’t be without, I just need it here” This lyric in the first track on the album on Not Disappear, New Ways,…
Felony Blues
Jamie Wyatt's Music From Prison
In the world of country music, prison was always one of the places from which an artist can develop perspective which would reflect in lyrics…
Live At Spacefest!
BJM's Anton Newcombe Brings The Psych Goods on Pure Phase Ensemble Collaboration
Pure Phase Ensemble 6 feat. Anton Newcombe has unveiled the video for 'Balwan', the second track teasing the…
Radio Static High
Hey Colossus - Radio Static High
The London psychedelic/krautrock masters Hey Colossus came out with a new album earlier this year, and this album surely did not disappoint. The album…
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…
Revolution Radio
Revolution Radio
Over the course of 26 years, Green Day have gone from pop punks to rock stars. Their latest, however, has little effect on their legacy and lapses…
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.…
Boxes
Dull Dull Dolls
At one point, it looked like Goo Goo Dolls could become one of the biggest mild-stream American bands. What happened? Sequence of mediocre…
Didn't He Ramble
Glen Hansard Does Not Ramble
Glen Hansard is a cute Irish man who conquered the world by singing the Academy award winning song Falling Slowly. The movie Once has become a classic…
Lady's Bridge
#tb How Richard Hawley Escaped Midlife Crisis
Richard Hawley’s Lady’s Bridge was one of my favorite albums back in 2007. Refreshing love poetry the singer delivered on this record found…
Wild Kingdom
Wild Kingdom, the I Ching Way
Texas power-poppers or harmony rockers (whichever you prefer) Cotton Mather and their main brain Robert Harrison (I guess the same last name with…
Acid Guru Pond
Bardo Pond - Acid Guru Pond
Acid Guru Pond is an interesting collaboration album between the always great and impressive Bardo Pond and the equally renowned Acid Mothers Temple…
Raskit
Finally, the old Dizzee Rascal Is Back
During my teenage years, I was hooked on rap, among other music styles. As this genre witnessed a real expansion in my country at the beginning of…
Breakfast Alone
Little Bandit - Breakfast Alone
Nashville is not all about country pop and traditional country and here is a proof for it. Little Bandit offers something unique. Their album…
She Can't Tell
Running on High
Brooklyn natives MOTHXR not only know how to spell a universally used word to look cool but even their music has a cooling sensation that can ease any…
Chew
(Don’t) Get That Bubble Gum Off Your Shoe
You would have to search deep into the Seventies memorabilia to find the cover of the album that inspired the cover art Nashville’s The Paperhead used…
Matter + Spirit
The Candles Burn on Lightly
When you take a first listen to The Candles album “Matter+Spirit” you might be lead into thinking that you are hearing a Southern or a West Coast band…
Currents
Lonerism Was Better
In a long and impressive history of rock n roll, we have heard almost every combination of genre. Big talents have mixed the unmixable,…
Prisoner
How Ryan Adams Experiences Breakup
February is the month when cats make love (while sounding like crying babies), and I start to think that this is why all the great albums drop around…
Journey in Satchidananda
The Gates of Heaven
Why name this article The Gates of Heaven? Because that is exactly what I envisioned when I first heard the opening notes of Alice Coltrane’s 1971…
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…
Polygondwanaland
King Gizzard Strike Again! And Again! And Again! And Again!
No, this is not a repetitive review. I know you think it's the fourth time I am reviewing Lizzard's record. King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard…
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…
Love in a Cold Climate
Good music is timeless
This album was created from music written over many years, in fact the piece Love in a Cold Climate was one of Dmytro's original compositions…
Free TC
Review: Ty Dolla $ign's 'Free TC'
Ty Dolla Sign’s Free TC is a study in well-executed maximalism. Backed by lush, ornate soundscapes and assisted by nearly two-dozen high-…
Visions of Us on the Land
Psychedelic King Of Eclecticism
Introvert from Seattle says his latest record is like a bad trip in which two soulmates come together. ’There is no plan. You will see the…
Music For The Motion Picture Into The Wild
Albums I keep going back to: Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild
Aside from the fact that listening to this album brings up all the feelings I feel one of my very favourite films, there are about a million other…
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…
WOPTOBER
Mane Music
Prison can change anyone. Enough time isolated from the world, treated as subhuman and discarded like garbage is soul-breaking and creatively stifling…
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…
Root/Void
Jams Keep on Rolling
MV + EE or for the uninitiated, Matt Valentine and Erika Elders keep on making their tasty jam rolls. Like this song from their new album Root/Void, &…
Jungle
JUNGLE - JUNGLE
I'll admit, I was late to the Jungle bus. In my defence, as soon as they entered my radar, I was positively hooked. it seems to me that…
Sweet Creep
Are Hot Dogs Good For Your Songwriting?
Jonny Fritz obviously loves hot dogs in any shape or form. He started his singing/songwriting and recording career under the name Jonny Corndawg (get…
D
#tbt: White Denim - D
Sometimes some band blasts you from the past, and you have no choice but to investigate their discography. Few weeks ago, that happened to me when I…
The Light In You
Meditation for hispters and experiments for indie rockers
Favorite Americana players, known for their dreamy sounds, are finally back. Seven years after releasing the Snowlake Midnight and Strange Attractor,…
Sing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe)
The soundtrack you can't help but Sing along to
‘Sing’ is a movie soundtrack. Listening to it without having seen the movie was hilarious - I put it on in my car when…
Vulnicura
Bjork's Tryst with Virtual Reality
She has always been one of the pioneers in experimentation in the world of music. I remember when I heard my first Bjork album Debut back in my…
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,…
Still Testifying
My Darling Clementine - Keep On Testifying
It seems they’re a good time in putting out good Americana sounds. This time from the other side of the pond and a duo that represents some of the…
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…
Whatever Reason
Molly Drag - Seductive Despondency
Ii it was easy to transfer sadness, despair, and despondency into music, then everybody would be doing it. You really have to feel it, or you have to…
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…
The Covers Record
The Covers Record
There's something about the rich melancholy of Chen Marshall's voice that gets me hooked every damn time. Although the simple combination of…
Chapter and Verse
The Boss Drops Unusual Collection
After 43 years of unpredictable, yet successful music career, the time has come for Bruce Springsteen to pack his hard work into few compilations.…
We Need Monsters
Radiohead + Muse = Ewian
After the brilliant Good Old Underground, Ewian have rewarded us with another album only year later. We Need Monsters might have arrived a bit too…
Raging Speedhorn
The Heydey of Raging Speedhorn
The time passed by, but the unusual love within Raging Speedhorn is still strong. The love was lost; the presence was lost; even the band…
Handwritten
Shawn Mendes Debut Album From a Fan Perspective
To become famous by posting vines online takes a lot of luck and not everybody has that luck. Shawn Mendes had it and he was the third most followed…
Orwell Court
Orwell Court - Hope Not George Is In Question
Listening to Gareth Dickson’s album “Orwell Court” one of the thoughts passing your mind is, that hopefully, it's not the court of George…
The Divine Feminine
Divine Music
Wow. This is what I have to say about Mac Miller's brand new album The Divine Feminine. I really really really liked this album for a number of…
Migration
A Very Successful Migration
Migration is the sixth studio album by English record producer and DJ Bonobo, released on January 13th, 2017. The UK-born, L.A. based musician’s…
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…
Days Are Gone
Bring Back HAIM Sisters
The hype sisters who make the band Haim got in 2013 was not seen in a long time. Fortunately, they did not failed anyone expectations with the release…
Just Like Fire (From the Original Motion Picture "Alice Through The Looking Glass")
P!nk is quite the firestarter
Earlier this year, it was announced that P!NK would be recording for Disney´s Alice Through The Looking Glass movie. Along with the…
Policies of Power EP
Policies of Power
Samantha Urbani’s debut is alt-pop with style and nuance. She coats her sound with some retro ’80s accessories, but her real emotions remain grounded…
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,…
Hidden Fields
The Telescopes - Hidden Fields
The legendary British noise-rock/psych rock/shoegaze band The Telescopes came out with a great new album earlier this year, and subsequently caught…
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…
Acapella - Acapella Christmas - Acapella Group
Enjoying an Acapella Christmas
This is such a good Christmas album. So good that I almost felt regretful that it took me 4 years after its release before finding it. All is not lost…
Saxentric
Tenor Keeps The Right Note
If you are not familiar with Finland's Jimi Tenor, I guess you would probably first do a search on one of the general music sites. Among other…
Bad Omen
Go Goth Or Go Home
After an extolling album from 2009 titled A Bitter Harvest, Lonesome Wyatt (Those Poor Bastards) and Rachel Brooke have joined their forces on a new…
Rune Husk
Rune Husk?
So you don’t know what Rune Husk is? But of course, it is the new Of Montreal EP! Oh, you want to know what that means? Well, then, you will have to…
Heathen
Thou - Heathen
Thou are a doom/sludge metal band from Baton Rouge in Louisiana and they have been operating as one of the more unique and better bands in the whole…
Rocket
Is Alex G Reincarnation of Elliot Smith?
There must be someone who deserves the same hype as Frank Ocean. There must be and here he is. Twenty year old author and multi instrumentalist Alex…
Is This It
Impacting Music With Simplicity and Minimalism
The Strokes are an American rock band loved and listened to by many people of all ages across the world. The band was created in New York City in 1998…
Attila
The Men and The Art of Brutal Attack on The Listener
The Men, a four-member band from Brooklyn lead by Mark Perr (vocal/guitar/piano), have dropped their debut Immaculada back in 2010. It was a self-…
Kitsune
Intriguing First Chapter
A while ago, in a review of Marriages’ latest album, I said that Salome is my AOTY and that claim still stands. After hearing final remnants…
IN DREAM
Editors Have Kunst and They Are Not Afraid To Use It
When their debut album The Black Room was released in 2005, it represented a true revolution of post-punk. Editors became a band everyone was taking…
Come tomorrow - Songs of Townes Van Zandt
Norway Americana Does Texas Chill
Americana is really big in Scandinavia. Maybe it has something to do with guys like Lee Hazelwood spending time there, or longing for a more…
The Hope Six Demolition Project
Bravo, PJ Harvey!
The Hope Six Demolition Project is an extremely suggestive album. It is almost as suggestive as the author herself. Just when I thought that PJ Harvey…
Little Lies
Hilary Duff is turning a new page
Hilary Duff has recently released an EDM cover of Fleetwood Mac's Little Lies. Big mistake. Just when I thought she was really on to something…
Monochrome
Cavanagh Revives Hope For Anathema
Daniel CAvanagh is the main creative force of famous Liverpool collective Anathema. Fans know that If there are ten songs on Anathema record,…
A Hermitage
Clash Of Cultures
Jambinai is a band playing a mix of post rock/metal and Korean traditional music. They equally incorporate guitars and traditional instruments,…
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…
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…
Champion
Champion is the new Fall Out Boy
In 15 years of being founded, there have been 9 studio albums, more than 115 presentations on stage, and the same members remain faithful to the…
Relatives In Descent
Protomartyr Deservingly Became More Popular
Detroit based quartet Protomartyr includes Joe Case (vocalist), Greg Ahee (guitar), Alex Leonard (drums), and Scott Davidson (bass). This year,…
Mysterium
Hammock - The endless sorrow of a loss
There are a lot of things you can think about and let your thoughts wander while lying in a hammock. Usually, you get into it to relax, have leisurely…
Integrity Blues
Integrity Blues Does Not Sound Integrated
Instead of integral diet, Jim Adkins and emo entourage have decided to kick off with integral blues – ones again. Those of you who are familiar with…
In Mind
Current Critics Favourite - Real Estate Bashing
There is a standard tendency with rock critics, old and new - bring them up and then slam them down. I guess they take that critic word in…
I Can't Go Home
I can't go home
The East New York rapper’s complicated relationship with wealth, poverty, and his neighborhood fuels his debut, an album about what happens when you…
READY
Are You Ready For More Ella Mai?
London R`n`b gem Ella Mai returns with a brand new EP, slaying once again double big time! This girl is simply…
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…
The Great Collapse (Rain City Deluxe Version)
#tbt: Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
This week's throwback is going to be short but sweet. Or should I say short and sour! Although Autopsy are veterans of American death metal who…
Homeward
Ben Labat & The Happy Devil - Life goes on, so does the music
Having trouble in life, wandering around and changing professions like shirts seems to be a common thing in Americana. Usually, it is quite often the…
2012 - 2017
When Nicolas Jaar Plays House, That Doesn't Mean He Plays Safe
It is generally accepted notion that when an artist is having fun while making his music, the listener is also going to enjoy it. Under the pseudonym…
There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)
After four years - Four Tet, again
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet is obviously a busy man. He has been involved, and probably is at this very moment - in a myriad of projects. Whether it…
Belong
Belong
The third album from studied Brooklyn chamber-pop ensemble San Fermin benefits from a sharper focus. But its lyrics signify depth and meaning without…
High Plaine
Ghost Box Orchestra - High Plaine
Ghost Box Orchestra is a psychedelic rock/neo-psych band from Boston, and their latest album ''High Plaine'' came out in the middle of…
Sprite Fountain
The Ruby Suns - McPhun Is Still Having Fun
The Ruby Suns can either be a shifting conglomerate or just Ryan McPhun, a guy around whom the whole band and its musical idea revolve around. That…
Daniel Bachman
To Fahey or Not to Fahey
Whenever a new name pops up among good fingerpicking guitar players on the folk/acoustic scene (check ut the excellent Imaginational Anthem album…
Within and Without
#tbt Washed Out: Within and Without
The year was 2009 and I was just starting my university. I moved to a big city and started exploring subcultures and listening to the subgenres that…
Buried Alive
An underapricated gem from two New York artists
Out of all the bands that were part of the early 2000s New York scene Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the most consistent. Other bands, like Interpol, and The…
Whole Wide World - Unpeeled
Cage The Elephant Covers Iconic Song By Wreckless Eric
Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric had to be a monumental song while being a teenager, clear and simple. After hearing for a few days that Cage the…
Haters
TLC Strike Back With Hater Anthem!
The sexiest, craziest and most wanted girl R`n`B group is back, ready to kick it one last time. Ladies known as&…
Can't Get Enough Of Myself (feat. B.C)
Santigold Can't Get Enough Of Myself (feat. B.C)
The talented singer songwriter Santigold released a new single entitled Can't Get Enough Of Myself on November 4th, 2015. Santigold delivers a…
Goodbye Slowly
Eric Frisch releases fun new video for Goodbye Slowly
Eric Frisch’s new video for “Goodbye Slowly” just looks like it was a load of fun to record and be a part of. “Goodbye Slowly” is one of the singles…
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…
You've Got What I Need
Pop Artist Olivia Rox Drops New Hit Single Shooting Star And is Shooting Up the Top 40 Charts Alongside Taylor Swift's the 1
Olivia Rox’s new single “Shooting Star” is blasting its way up at Pop radio from her debut album “Poprox”. It’s currently on the Top 40 radio charts…
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…
I Should Live in Salt
The National can't explain it any other way
The National are one of the only bands that, with every album, stay within the same sonic landscape. Each ensuing album explores this landscape…
China Girl - alt mix
COVERLAND Vol. 7: China Girl
David Bowie and Iggy Pop wrote “China Girl” together in 1977 for Iggy’s album “The Idiot.” It didn&…
Cranes in the Sky
Solange Steels Music's Broken Wings
The opening to Solange Knowles “Cranes in The Sky” beckons with an addictive head-nodding beat that subdues all your attention.…
Boyish
Balladic Insecurity
La envidia y la inseguridad son, evidentemente, fuentes potentes de inspiración artística (de ahí la perdurable popularidad del é…
The Girl Is Mine featuring Destiny's Child & Brandy
Cut And Paste Some Hit Potential
Ladies and gentlemen, we have so arrived in a new era of sampling. Where we used to just sample music, we now sample full vocals and mix them up with…
Down Under
Iconic Australiana
It's hardly suprising that Australians aren't proud of Australian-born rapper Iggy Azalea, since her cultural appropriation of Southern black…
Waltz For Debby
Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans performed by Tony Bennett
The composer of this beautiful jazz standard is Bill Evans. Personally one of my favorite American jazz pianists and composers. Evans is born in New…
Boyfriend
American Pastoral
American singer-songwriter Lissie's latest track “Boyfriend operates in the same thematic territory as her critically acclaimed third…
Sayonara
SALSA: LATINOS FOR THE WORLD
Music is a universal language, while salsa, is that musical genre with which we are known outside our continent long. When it comes to Salsa, among…
The Pretender
The Pretender: One Of The Most Brutally Honest Songs
“The Pretender” is an extremely amazing, sad, and truthful song written by Jackson Browne in 1976 for his album with the same exact name. This song is…
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…
This House Is Not For Sale
This House is not for Sale the new Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi returns to the music scene with his legendary band after three years of absence, to introduce the first single from his new album This…
Rolling in the Deep
Fans, viral covers and the power of music
When an artist manages to conquer his audience with a song, some of his followers who sing or play an instrument, are encouraged to pay homage with a…
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…
Take Off Your Shirt
Bibio's 'Anti-Party' Anthem
English music producer Stephen Wilkinson (the main man behind Bibio) has been duly noted by music critics for carving out his own genre of ‘…
Take the
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.11 - Take The 'A' Train
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra introduced “Take the ‘A’ Train” in 1941 and the song immediately climbed up…
Poppa Was a Playa
9 Rap Songs About Fathers and Fatherhood
When it comes to rap music fathers usually get the short end of the stick. This is because a lot of famous rappers grew up in underprivileged, single…
Right Words
Cults Present a Surreal Double Feature with the Right Words, Natural State Music Video
New York indie duo Cults appear to be firmly committed to the idea of a featuring two songs in a single music video. Last September, Madeline Follin…
Not an Addict 2017 (feat. Skin)
Laidback 25th anniversary track
The Belgian rock band K’s Choice has always been a bit of a memorable one-hit wonder to me. The lead singer sounded like Suzanne Vega and that one hit…
Dangerous (feat. Joywave)
Music is a World of Big Data
Discoverability is one of the greatest perks of being able to explore the world of music without the chains of having to use a streaming service only…
Stressed Out
Nostalgia on the Billboard Top 40: Twenty One Pilots' Stressed Out
Although Twenty One Pilots’ Stressed Out was released in April of 2015, it has enjoyed a spot on the Billboard top 40 since. Although many…
The Judge
twenty one pilots The Judge: Set Me Free
Columbus, Ohio natives Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun make up the duo known as twenty one pilots (and no, they don’t capitalize their name).…
Lil' More
Gimme A Little More
Hotel Motel may be a cleverly handy band name, however their track 'Lil More' has more going on than others would give them credit. Since The&…
Violet
Now With Feeling
Who knew pastel could conjure up so many feelings. In Violet by the band (creatively named) Hippo Campus has a Vampire Weekend Indie appeal but this…
Who Are You?
Joyriding Has Us Reeling
Spring King has shone us that joyriding on a floating door can be exceptional fun. Spring Kings music video 'Who Are You?' has a power of the…
Warm On A Cold Night
Keepin' Us Warm
The electronic/smooth duo HONNE have found a way to keep their audience warm on a cold, cold night. When we say smooth, we are talking about that…
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…
Awake My Soul
Awake My Soul
The dust settles and the horns fall to silent, all that is able to be heard is the screaming fans waiting eagerly for the next number. Immersed in the…
ILYSB
ILYSB Means More Than You Know To LANY
ILYSB or I Love You So Bad for those of us that prefer to type out each word. LANY confuses Pop for Indie and Hip-Hop sectors for Pop references. But…
Closer
Closer
For the first 10 seconds, the song sounds like it’s building to something monumental: thundering piano chords, sweeping synth washes, and a swelling…
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Adele's Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
I first knew Adele because of her song “Rolling in the Deep” and it had really made such an impression on me for it is one of the…
Bare
Bare As Skin When It Comes To Wildes
The alternative/indie scene that has grown and flourished in London never ceases to surprise me. From the singers to the instruments they are able to…
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…
Desire
Dilly Dally's first single Desire doesn't dissapoint
With a white noise-esque sound blowing up my speakers from the beginning and then shortly after the gritty smoker voice lead singer, Katie Monks,…
No Worries
Remaking Someone Like You
Since the success of Alice, music producer, remix master and plunderphonics expert Pogo (Nick Bertke) has been highly popular with animation studios.…
Rearview Mirror
Kiri T's Lush Momentum
Run your fingers on my waist/ I’ll push the pedal to it’s deepest pace: the music video for New York-via-Hong…
Hands To Myself
Sensationally Steamy Selena Gomez
Okay, okay… the title alone has most of us wondering, “What exactly is Ms. Gomez singing about?” With imaginations kept…
Army
Ellie Goulding Dedicates Her New Video Army
The interpreter Soundtrack of the blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey brings a new video called Army. Ellie reached the top after winning a poll by the…
God's Plan
Drake and Artists Influenced By Drake On Spotify! Follow & Share! Get Listed!
Drake and Artists Influenced by Drake on Spotify! Follow & Share! Get Your Track Listed! There's a Fat new playlist…
I Don't Want U Back
BØRNS' “I Don't Want U Back” is a Spellbinding Kiss-Off to an Unfaithful Lover
The mere accusation of sexual infidelity can be a trigger for rage, violence, and even domestic abuse. On “I Don't Want U Back&rdquo…
The Boxer
A Unique Highlight From Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
Recently, Joan Baez had a big concert to commemorate her 75th birthday. The concert was a huge turn out, featuring many Baez original compositions…
Move
Urgent Locomotion
Move, the first track from LA indie pop quartet Saint Motel's (lead vocalist, guitarist and piano player A/J Jackson, lead guitarist Aaron Sharp,…
Bludfire (Radio Edit) [feat. Sidney Samson]
Blood warming song
No matter where you are, lighters up We're gonna start a riot tonight, tonight, tonight Put your hands up to the sky Flames so red like bludfire,…
I LUV IT
Psy does it again
It has been a few years since Gangnam Style took over the world and dominated the Internet. He got everyone talking, dancing like they are at a rodeo…
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…
When the Bassline Drops
For the Ravers With The Bassline Drops
Have you heard about the latest comeback? It’s not about the Super Bowl 2016, nor the NBA All Star in Toronto, nor even couples getting back…
Night Owl
Frenetic Funk
Summer 08 (2016), British indietronica quartet Metronomy's fifth studio album, revisits the terrain they carved out in sophomore effort&…
I Ain't Got Time!
Tyler`s Groove Flip In A Ripped Out Rap !
Tyler The Creator is maybe one of the most versatile creative artists of today. With his fourth studio album Flower Boy on…
Ruin
Shawn Mendes Unveils “Ruin”
After just one week of having released the video of his song Treat You Better the young Canadian, delights us with this new project. Ruin is called,…
Hair
Why do musicians make music videos?
Throughout its history, the video gained momentum with television, especially in the beginning with the MTV channel, giving the music a closer image…
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 Logical Song
A Modern, Ironic Classic
The success of that record was basically down to its great songs. I never tired of hearing them over the entire time, and I think the album has a very…
Snake Eyes
It's In the Eyes
La canción Ojos de serpiente trae interesantes letras y la melodía al álbum Wilder Mente de Mumford and Sons. A diferencia de su…
Starboy
STARBOY
The Weeknd has released a cinematic, action-packed clip for his new single and collaboration with Daft Punk, Starboy. The…
Uno Mismo
What does public transport sound like in Caracas?
Vallenato, reggaeton, but is mostly salsa and merengue, Latin sounds, including Christian music, or music Ballads 80 and 90, those with less…
The Bluest Eyes In Texas
The Bluest Eyes in Texas
It's Chloë Sevigny's eyes that are blue. Her karaoke rendition of Restless Heart's 1988 country hit song Bluest Eyes…
The Glow
Heart in Echo
With their sophomore album What Now (2016), North Carolina electropop duo Sylvan Esso claimed to have given full permission to themselves to…
You Know I'm No Good
Far Too Good To Not Be Good
'You Know I'm No Good' references several of Amy Winehouse's own views about herself. Self-image, emotional stability and the rocky…
Runaway
Young Aurora
I did not think she was only 19 when I saw her video Runaway. I was very surprised when I read she was born in 1996. She seems very mature and like…
Little Bubble - edit
When the Bubble Bursts
Appearing 3 months after Keep Your Name, there is no official mention of whether Little Bubble will be part of a new Dirty Projectors LP or EP. It…
Imagining My Man
Spells Will Be Cast While Listening To Aldous Harding's Imagining My Man
This New Zeland singer has all the right moves planned out. A gothic remorse emotional track such as 'Imagining My Man' brings Aldous Harding…
Snakeskin
Snakeskin Video Review
Deerhunter is an established American rock band that can most broadly be classified under Indie rock, however more specifically categorized as…
Lights Out
Lights Out Adds A Darker Promise From Royal Blood
'How Did We Get So Dark?' the latest sophomore album from Royal Blood gives us the question within the album title. Certainly 'Lights Out&…
Blood & Muscle
Lissie's Blood and Muscle Showcases Raw and Real Desire
One easily imagines that life on a farm in northeast Iowa can be beautiful and tranquil – but also devastatingly lonely. Illinois singer-…
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…
In the Morning
Morning Official With NAO
NAO returns with brand new clip for the single In The Morning off of her exquisite album piece For All We Know.&…
Gravediggin'
Western Noir
Los Angeles surf-garage quintet The Buttertones (bassist Sean Redman, guitarist/singer Richard Araiza, drummer Modesto &…
Move On
Vapor Trails
Move On is Tel-Aviv based electronic indie pop trio Garden City Movement's (Roi Avital on vocals, keyboards and guitar; Joe Saar on guitar,…
Main Title/Laura
JAZZ STANDARDS VOL.10 - Laura
“Laura” is a popular song from the mid-forties of the 20th century, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura starring…
I Need A Silent Night
Needing That Silent Night
Fourteen evenings from now and it will be Christmas eve. And my search for Christmas songs to play for the season continues. While doing so, I came…
Hard To Handle
COVERLAND Vol.4: Hard To Handle
The Black Crowes are one of my favorite bands from the nineties. When they first came to prominence with this particular song, I remember thinking -…
Sweet Tooth
Munk Duane Contemplates Funk & Fidelity With New Single “Sweet Tooth”
Munk Duane’s Sweet Tooth is a soulful and sexy, Alt-R&B funk banger detailing a story of “temptation” in the face of…
Love Me Better
Redemptive Pop
I had a big hit. And then I had 12 years of aggression towards it. It was a strange experience. [These are] quite harsh words to hear at the top of a…
Simple Song
A Simple Song Indeed
I was recently asked to perform Simple Song by The Shins as the bride at an upcoming wedding walks down the aisle. Although I am well acquainted with…
Dust My Shoulders Off (feat. Timbaland)
Dust Off Your Shoulder
For those paying attention to the Top 10 songs on the iTunes download chart last week, Chengdu-born Jane Zhang's appearance appeared to come from…
The Other Side of Hollywood (feat. Cheyenne Jackson)
Interview with Songwriting and Music Production Duo Doug Rockwell and Tova Litvin
Today we are speaking with the Emmy nominated songwriting and music production team, Doug Rockwell and Tova Litvin. This talented duo…
Journey In Satchidananda
COVERLAND Vol.18: Journey in Satchidananda
Recently, I wrote an article about one of the best jazz albums ever, “Journey in Satchidananda” by Alice Coltrane. Although it is a remarkable piece…
Air
Airy Inertia
Juno and Hanna are a Malaysian synth-pop duo that consist of siblings Hanif (production) and Hanna (vocals). With the release of Air last year (from…
Jammin' - Single Edit
Reggae Goes Smooth Jazz With A George Benson-Like Spotify Single “Jammin” By Dave Sereny
Dave Sereny releases his new single “Jammin” on Spotify, a song striking a balance between reggae and smooth Jazz with a notable George Benson…
Gangsta
Will Jay's Gangsta Presents a Counter-Cultural Vision of Masculinity
The growing body of work by up-and-coming 21-year old singer-songwriter and ex-IM5 boy band member Will Jay has mostly revolved around the…
Lloraré Las Penas
the latin flavor
They say that it is better not to mourn laugh. They used to say that Venezuela had the ability to laugh at their misfortunes and that helped him be…
Abducted
Violent Passions
Enter Cults, aka Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, Californians-turned-New Yorkers who take the usual musical ingredients (vintage R&B chord…
Urbanología
Urbanology, 9 minutes from Nach
Ignacio Fornés Olmo was born in 1974 and grew up in Alicante. His artistic beginnings took place in the nineties, with a music full of social…
Ubu
What's in a Haircut?
Perth dream pop trio Methyl Ethel are leaning heavily towards the dancefloor in Ubu, the lead track from their upcoming sophomore album …
Lost On You
Discovery of Lost On You
I was visiting a friend of mine in Osijek, Croatia. We were just having our second glass of wine, getting ready to leave the house for a bit of fun in…
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Barber’s Adagio for Strings: string quartet turned funeral music
Samuel Osmond Barber II (1910 - 1981) was an American composer who composed a piece called Adagio for Strings. The piece is frequently played at…
Elevator Operator
Profound Mundanity
Melbourne singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Barnett's 2016 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist propelled the Australian indie darling to a…
In My Blood
The edgy alternative in commercial electro-pop
For the first time in 2 years, The Veronicas have released new music. Last month, word got out that the two Australian sisters would be appearing as…
Burn the Witch
Radiohead is back, and Burn the Witch is everything you expected and more
The wait is over, Radiohead has released their first song in five years and it’s unlike anything else you’re hearing right now.…
Astronomy Domine
Pink Voivod
Heavy Metal (in its extreme forms) is a scary music. At least for me - all those growling litanies they call vocals, they really creep me out. But the…
Fall For This
Jade The Moon shares haunting track Fall For This, drops new EP
Jade The Moon's newest EP comes with a video for focus single 'Fall For This' is a euphoric alt-pop track featuring singer Dani Le Rose&#…
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.…
YO! MY SAINT - Film Version
Karen O., Michael Kiwanuka and KENZO Collaborate on “YO! MY SAINT: A Cinematic and Stylish Melodrama
Two muses, one artist in love. This is the basic plot of French luxury house KENZO's 2018 Spring/Summer campaign film: a seamless blend…
Jesus Of Suburbia
The Son of Rage and Love
Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia, the tenth track on their 2004 studio album “American Idiot” was the story of an…
On Hold
No Longer On Hold For The xx
The xx continue to distribute news and upcoming information about their latest album 'I See You'. Allow 'On Hold' to be one…
The Garden
Sunny Ozell Evokes Leisurely Domestic Bliss with The Garden
Classically-trained New York-via-Nevada singer Sunny Ozell earned comparisons to veteran bluegrass/country/folk singer-songwriter Gillian Welch,&…
My Moon My Man - Boys Noize Remix
An entry into electronic: Boys Noize's Remix of My Moon My Man
The Boys Noize remix of Feist’s My Moon My Man is truly a feel-good song. Although I have a significant personal attachment to this song,…
Fifteen Minutes
Garage Punk In Your Face
Why is there not a punk genre label? So for now, Mike Krol will head towards alternative when truly Mike Krol addresses and could care less about your…
buttercup
Hippo Campus' buttercup is an Ode to a Gritty Female Boxer
One month short of celebrating the anniversary of their debut album landmark (February 24, 2017), up-and-coming Minnesotan indie rock quartet Hippo…
Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)
Enjoy Chicano Batman's Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm) ahead of March release of Freedom is Free
Chicano Batman came out of L.A.; four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía…
Ride
Sometimes We All Are Riding With Lana Del Rey
Even individuals living under rocks have heard about Lana Del Rey, so I don't need to tell you too much about the singer. As Del Rey changes the…
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.…
My Signature Move
Pink Unleashes Her Imagination To Create “Just Like Fire”
Singer-songwriter Alecia Beth Moore better known by all as Pink, returns to the music industry this April 15 with the official launch of the theme…
Little Dark Age
MGMT Recalibrates With Little Dark Age
'I grieve in stereo/ The stereo sounds strange': once-beloved collegiate electronic pop duo MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben…
A Sign
New music from my producer and Deyah
With the way my life is right now, I don’t get too much time to focus on my own music. One of the producers, almost painfully reminded me…
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…
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&…
Everybody's Got Something
Amelia's Dream Soothes Us During This Pandemic With Everybody's Got Something
New York City based duo Amelia's Dream have released their 6th studio album Everybody's Got Something just in time for our upcoming…
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…
Ballad of a Thin Man
Do You, Mr. Jones?
When Bob Dylan got the Nobel Prize for literature several days ago (an act that sparked many controversies), the first thing that came to my mind was…
I Carry Your Heart With Me (I Carry It In)
The Heart Knows and Understands
It's not just chocolates, red roses or diamonds. Songs and poems also have their place in love stories. E.E. Cummings had a good share of love…
Battle Symphony
Battle Symphony makes me want to give up on Linkin Park
As soon as I did it I knew it was official. When I had to choose a genre for this article to be categorised in, an article about rock band Linkin Park…
Sister
Angel Olsen Uses the Track Sister To Bare All The Uncertainty Within Ourselves
Personality is a given with Angel Olsen. Not only can I not stop writing about Olsen, Olsen's album MY WOMAN, and how this extraordinary…
Eternity
Built To Last
Surf beat, west coast and best of all a fun pick me up track from Communions. 'Eternity' sounds like the kind of song friends share between…
Alaska
Maggie Rogers Leaves Us Stuck In Alaska
Maggie Rogers falls somewhere between pop, indie and dance. So properly classifying where the song-writers music should be placed is highly difficult…
Protection
A Knock At The Door
Call Emma Ruth Rundle a deity that could open up the gates of heaven and the pits of hell with one song. 'Protection' comes of off Emma Ruth…
Planet
Irene Skylakaki's Planet: Sunlit Existential Introspection
After releasing two well-received albums (Wrong Direction in 2013, Before Dawn in 2014) in Greece and supporting live performances by Macy Gray,…
Cranes in the Sky
Tranquil Ennui
When Solange's critically-acclaimed A Seat at the Table (2016) was released last year, I paid more attention to the explicit…
Somebody Else
Guilty Jealousy
Somebody Else is the fifth single from Manchester alt-rock quartet The 1975's (lead singer and guitarist Matt Healy, drummer…
El Instante Pasó
Caramelos de Cianuro celebrates the human face in the video for The instant passed
Caramelos de Cianuro premiered the music video for the song El momento passed, directed by singer Asier Cazalis and edited by his guitarist El Enano.…
Hotel California
Eagles Greatest Hit Speaks Of The Dark Side Of The Music Industry
The Eagles were one of the biggest and most influential bands of the seventies, often being referred to as a “hit-making-machine”. Founders Don Henley…
Thinking About You
Norah Jones Offered Thinking About You To Those Of Us That Still Resignates With the Song
'Thinking About You' the first song where I was introduced to Norah Jones. Known for Jazz styled songwriting and a piano melody all her own.…
Casanova
Allie X Teams Up with VÉRITÉ for Casanova: A Glossy Evocation of Love's Ecstasies and Miseries
Allie X (Toronto singer-songwriter Alexandra Hughes) is simultaneously edgy and reassuringly familiar; her attention-grabbing visuals bring Melanie…
Palace Garden, 4 Am
Chillwave Disco Sunshine
The Palace Garden, 4 am is one of the standout tracks from Seattle-based Beat Connection's debut album The Palace Garden (2012).…
Perfect Illusion
Gaga perfection!
Finally! Lady Gaga has released new music. The much anticipated new single, “Perfect Illusion”, was released today and even though…
All In My Head (Flex)
Big Fifth Gear Flex Time!
Girls from the Fifth Harmony once again impressed us big time with their latest, second studio album 7/27 giving…
Life
Color For The Human Conscious
Dream Rock Pop band Gypsy & The Cat not only bank on an odd name but their station on creative taste far expandes bands like MGMT. Full of…
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…
Incapable
Keyshia's very capable
There’s something about when current day R&B singers take on an old retro soul sound in their ballads. I have always had a major weak for…
Bottom Dollar Baby
Nathan Wiley's Gritty Blues-Rock
Wiley suffers talent well. Concocting 11 sundry offerings from musings of hog cemeteries, pillaging bandits, the saving power of sin and revisionist…
Cupid
Stupid Cupid Has The Big Moon Up His Sleeve
What I first heard about the band The Big Moon was that they were essentially the female Arctic Monkeys. Okay, well let's actually give this band…
Music To Watch Boys To
Lana Del Rey's Soundtrack for a Fatalistic Voyeur
I’ll confess to being a fan of the somewhat divisive Lana Del Rey ever since I first came across ‘Video Games’. What&…
Without Love
Alice Glass should never sound this generic
When Alice Glass left Crystal Castles there seemed to be a unofficial promise that whatever Glass did next would be 100% her, rather than her put…
Summer
Courtneers Experience Summer as a Fling to Remember
Indie Rock has made its bed and for the time being it is here to say. Now some people may feel that this statement can go and curl up somewhere and…
Prune, You Talk Funny
Gus Dapperton's “Prune, You Talk Funny” Epitomizes the Millennial Pursuit of Self-Expression
New York-based indie pop singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton can come across as a living, breathing embodiment of the Tumblr generation. His recent guitar…
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…
Lime Habit
POLIÇA 3.0: United Crushers
With the announcement that experimental synthpop band Poliça's third album United Crushers will be released…
Love On The Brain
Rihanna's brainchild
I’m not the biggest Rihanna fan. There’s a side to her that I don’t like, but then there are aspects of her and her artistry that I do like. It’s…
Come See Us Play
Sidestepper breaks the silence of a decade
Sidestepper has spent a decade unedited unreleased album from Continental (2006), a period in which they had little activity. Last year they released…
Put Za Istok
The Epic 'Road to the East'
There are slim chances that you’ve heard about Korni Grupa if you’re not from ex-Yugoslavia. There is also very little chance that you’ll believe me…
Boyish
Hippo Campus' Boyish Exuberance
It's hard to believe Minnesota indie rock quartet Hippo Campus have not actually released their debut album yet, given the success of their first…
El Mismo Sol
Under the Same Sun by Alvaro Soler
As its catchy chorus says, we are all under the same sun, only it gives them some brighter than others. This young Spanish artist of 24 years…
Saga Neutron
''RapStars'' Neutro Feat. Pellah
Liomar Acosta, born in June 1993 in Caracas, Venezuela, is known in the music world as Neutral SD Caracas, who -. Approved by some and criticized by…
Tal Bachman
movie ending
Often the orchestras usually versionar besides classic subjects, also popular songs or known. For this movie, it was probably the other way around,…
Taylor Swift
A Different Way To View Wonderland
Taylor Swift has always been known to write and compose songs filled with depth and brevity. Her inspiration to her lyrics has always been rumoured to…
Alex G
Who is this kid?
Giannascoli spent most of his childhood 20 minutes away, in suburban Havertown, Pennsylvania. School was always a breeze, so he did whatever work he…
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga will return to the stage with Perfect illusion
After a long wait, the Pop artist, Lady Gaga, confirmed by his personal Instagram account that this year will return to the stage with new material,…
Faith & Harry
Faith and Harry Just Be There
Sibling duo Faith and Harry are taking the music world by storm, at ages 13 and 11, they have a grown up sound, and are filled with talent, poise and…
Kanye West
Kanye West sues insurance company for 10 million dollars.
Kanye West sued his insurer to demand more than $ 10 million in compensation for the cancellation of the Saint Pablo Tour in November, DPA reported.…
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley ‘Somewhere On A Beach’ – Single Review
Dierks Bentley recently released his eighth studio album, Black, in May of this year. Bentley calls the new album a “relationship…
Metallica
Metallica and The Strokes headline Lollapalooza Chile 2017
This year's Lollapalooza festival was serving 25 years, there is no reason because in the beginning he supported groupings driven alternative…
Filthy Huns
Filthy Huns
Though, it’s a cold autumn evening around here, when all I want to do is nothing, I am going to write about something dirty, sweaty and hot.…
Le Syndicat Electronique
Le Syndicat Electronique
Electronic surgery is happiness. Imagine a crazy surgeon operating in an underground laboratory. He’s gonna steal your face and change your…
Ballaké Sissoko
The music of Mali Vol.2 - The Kora
In the we talked about the griots (the jelis), their role in society, and their connection with music. Today we’re going to say something…
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…
RAIGN
RAIGN Love
The lady that had us drowning in multiple shades of feels with her artful songs like 'Don't let me go', 'Come Raise the Dead', and…
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz receives homage by Spanish musicians.
The Spanish pop master has been knee-deepening in front of one of his uncontested pillars, Alejandro Sanz, and Spain's best-selling album, M&…
Antonín Dvořák
The Tampa Bay Symphony Does Dvorak’s 8th
The Tampa Bay Symphony, upon listening to them perform the Dvorak 8th Symphony, is absolutely fabulous. They are an orchestra of 80 plus…
blink-182
Blink-182 will release a new album in 2016
Rumors and uncertainties are clarified for all fans of the important Californian band Blink-182 after a publication that made his drummer Travis…
Lorde
#SundaySpotlight: Lorde
If you were reading any major music magazine reviews section this summer, it was inevitable to see Lorde being praised for his sophomore album. Since…
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…
Alejandro Marcovich
Marcovich at Revolution Fest
The Corona Revolution Fest had another edition Saturday at the Club Hipico Los Alamitos. Under an intense sun, the sounds in its four scenarios…
Los Mesoneros
Los Mesoneros announce date and name of their new album
Innkeepers is an important Venezuelan band is doing things right. Make good songs, they have a consistent harmony with their melodies, ie, sound good…
Freddie Mercury
10 essential Freddie Mercury songs
The musical and artistic legacy of Freddie Mercury is inneagable. This British artist, performer of several major musical themes of the history of…
Calle 13
Residente will release a solo album
The Puerto Rican rapper Rene Perez, aka Residente, shook networks with a video posted from your Facebook account, in which he admitted he was working…
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…
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,…
The Rolling Stones
To the rhythm of the blues, The Rolling Stones could sound on a new album.
The Rolling Stones are working on a new album blues, with new songs and classic versions, which could be published before the end of the year, as…
Kings of Leon
The Kings Of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000. The band is composed of brothers Caleb Followill in charge of…
Violadores Del Verso
Very soon, NEW KASE album. OR
The musical world of rap Spanish speaking is very little time to stop waiting for a quite promising material, it is the official release of the new…
Weezer
Weezer Releases Video Honoring Guns N' Roses
Weezer is a Californian alternative rock band that has been on the world music scene for 25 years. In its trajectory you have composed 10 studio…
Radiohead
New video Man of war
The song is part of the reissue that goes on sale this Friday, day that are presented in the main stage of the Glastonbury Festival. Radiohead…
Brian Eno
Concept art by Brian Eno
Renowned British composer and producer, Brian Eno, will be performing for the first time in Argentina, on 2 December at the Kirchner Cultural Centre…
Ringo Starr
Live Beatles return to the studio
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited musically for the first time in seven years, to perform work under study: it is the latest album of Ringo.…
Paul Smith
Contradictions That Make Sense
Paul Smith is known as the frontman of Maximo Park. His energetic spirit was too big to stay in group so he decided to release two solo albums. Now we…
Led Zeppelin
The 100 Greatest Drummers According to Rolling Stone Magazine
Controversial successful for many but for others. The editors of Rolling Stone magazine decided to publish a list of the 100 best drummers in music…
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
The Third Decade
Third Decade is the first record I bought by Art Ensemble of Chicago, in the days when I started to listen and explore jazz music. It is a record…
Underworld
Ultra Music Festival 2017 announced its poster
There is a space where the best of the electronic music world congregates and is the Ultra Music Festival which will be held from 24 to 26 March 2017…
David Bowie
Gary Oldman honored David Bowie
Tributes to the great David Bowie never cease. This time, the tribute came from the scene of the BRIT Awards 2016, an event commemorated the life and…
Gliss
Gliss
Beauty Everything is beauty. Everything is love and sex. Just look at this strange black flower in her hand. Just look at that red dog. That red…
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones release promotional video for their next album
The Rolling Stones never go out of fashion, or rather, will always be fashionable. The British band has just released a new music video after ten…
Joe Budden
Joe Budden Ready To Drop 4th Album – ‘Rage & The Machine’
As of late Joe Budden has been making headlines for the controversy that surrounds him - most notably his beef with Drake. Being embroiled in so much…
Vanesa Martín
Vanesa Martín wants to conquer South America
The beautiful Vanessa Martin unveiled his new single Who Am I Lost You, a song that is included in his latest album Munay. I tell truths and I think…
Okills
Okills will be presented at the Festival Coordenadas 2017
The Venezuelan band Okills will present at the Coordinates Festival 2017 where he will share stage with bands like Interpol, Phoenix, Molotov and…
J Balvin
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J Balvin does not want to leave anyone. The Colombian not only leads the radios with his latest hits but also depletes the entries of his recitals.…
Green Day
Green Day and Bands Influenced By Green Day Playlist on Spotify! Follow & Share!
Green Day and Bands Influenced By Green Day Playlist on Spotify! Follow & Share! Click Here To Visit The Playlist On Spotify! Click Here To…
Jack White
The not so official biography of Jack White will be released in October.
With 300 pages and 16 color photos biography of Jack White one of the most influential rock artists in our times has published for October 4 and…
Alice In Chains
Alice In Chains working on new album
Alice in Chains was one of the glorious pioneering grunge bands in Seattle. Their marriage took place in 1987 and have since been a…
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio in the sweet wait
After weeks of rumors finally the Golden Girl of Mexico announced yesterday that it is expecting her second child at 44 years of age, confesses that…
Caddy Cooper
Caddy Cooper ‘Outside The Wire’ - Album Review
Caddy Cooper is an Australian singer/song-writer whose musical style is described as being a mix of blues, country and folk. After a critically…
CRX
Nick Valensi of The Strokes debuts with his band CRX and the album New Skin
It announced just a month ago, and left the debut album CRX, the first side project of Nick Valensi, guitarist of The Strokes. The same titled New…
Eric Prydz
Epic 4.0, a visual orgasm
The people of Mashable has made a short documentary which show the behind the scenes of this show of electronic music. Epic 4.0 was held in…
Blondie
Great Collaborators on Blondie's New Album
The well - known American band Blondie is working on a new musical project, which will involve the collaboration of big names in the music industry…
John Mayer
Reflecting on John Mayer's First Albums In Excitement For New Music
Earlier this week John Mayer made a very vague but exciting post on his Instagram account about a single called Love On The Weekend that he will be…
Claydon Connor
Claydon Connor ‘Under The Big Sky’ – Album Review
We previously featured Claydon Connor in our monthly Stray Plectrums post back in June, the spotlight shining favorably on his…
Migos
Migos Releases Audiovisual for “Get Right Witcha”
The song Get Right Witcha performed by the Rap / Trap group, Migos, was released to the market under the musical production of Murda on June 27, as…
Metric
Black Sheep, Come Home
As Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton enthuses, Brie Larson's rendition of Toronto rock quartet Metric's Black Sheep&…
Carlos Vives
The good moment that Carlos Vives lives
Carlos Vives continues to demonstrate once again why he is one of the most important Latin artists on the continent. Colombia is in a good time after…
Tempo
Verbal counterpoints of the rappers
Verbal challenges are well known in popular music. In Mexico they sing to the rhythm of corridos, in Venezuela in the form of contrapunteos, from…
Metallica
25 years of Metallica's Black Album.
Were some figures of thrash metal but from that work would become global rock stars for the general public. The album Black album, which catapulted…
Pablo Alborán
Alborán announces withdrawal from the stage
Pablo Alboran not removed from the music, neither two years, because in that period of time will continue to work and projects in America, as defined…
Adam Hill
Adam Hill ‘Old Paint’ – Album Review
There is one thing recording old songs decades, sometimes centuries, after they originally came into existence, and calling them mixing the old and…
Axel Boy
Axel premieres Let's Cheer Up
The Argentine singer Axel announced the departure of his new single Que Nos Animemos, being the first preview of his new album of study. The winner…
Justin Bieber
Bieber on the pitch with Barcelona
The pop idol Justin Bieber is present in activities of all kinds. The young Canadian took advantage of his stay in Barcelona to share an afternoon…
ANOHNI
Anohni's Woke Pop
After releasing eight albums with the chamber pop ensemble Antony and the Johnsons over the past two decades, Antony Hegarty embraced her identity as…
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera is premiere
After a more than successful international tour that took to Sin Bandera visiting for several Latin American cities, the duo released the first…
Sananda Maitreya
A desire to breathe freely
Among the many artists, who've musically responded to US police quickly drawing their guns on their African American citizens, is a song with a…
Gao Vilé
I would like to navigate you is Gao Vilé's new bachata dream
The Guatemalan singer Gao Vile now ventures into the genre of bachata with the theme I want Navegarte which features production Rodolfo Castillo,…
Desorden Público
5 years later, Disorder returns to the old continent.
Early last August returned to Venezuela, after a month of presentations on European soil, the legendary group Public Disorder. This new tour, the…
Wambali
6 African Musicians You Have To Listen To
The continent of Africa has a rich and diverse musical heritage that many people in the world never get to enjoy due to lack of exposure and various…
Shakira
Shakira and Carlos Vives are sued for plagiarism
A Madrid court has admitted a lawsuit for alleged plagiarism against Carlos Vives and Shakira for their hit song La Bicicleta 2016 Latin Grammy for…
Synthetic Epiphany
Devil’s Picnic
What a perfect time for a picnic, right? Picnics are always great and appropriate if you know what to do. Picnics can be freaky, horrific, exciting…
Madonna
Emotional concert by Madonna, the queen of pop
After evaluating the cancellation of its presentation in Stockholm, the American singer Madonna decided to go ahead with his Rebel Heart Tour and…
International Show
A Hard Hitting Release for Hard Times by International Show!
“Rise” is the latest release by International Show to hit the streaming platforms along with a brand new music video on July 31st.…
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore shares the video for Glorious
Macklemore is back with his new G lorious song which has the collaboration of Skylar Gray. This is a theme produced by Joshua Budo Karp and the…
Chris Berardo & The Desberardos
Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos The Quintessential Americana/Roots Rock Band
Esta semana he tenido el placer de entrevistar a Chris Berardo sobre su banda de rock de gira a nivel nacional Americana / Roots, Chris Berardo y La…
Ozzy Osbourne
Goodbye to Black Sabbath
The legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath announced an end. The group led by Ozzy Osbourne confirmed that his latest album will be the last of his…
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…
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…
Ariana Grande
I have faith in Grande/Wonder
Ariana Grande has had a pretty grand year. Just when 2015 was about to end, she moved to a new manager (away from her mom) and with a new team around…
Melendi
Melendi is sweeping with his new video clip
Melendi and audiovisual material presented his new La Casa No Es Igual which is one of the songs on his new album Take off your glasses. This new…
Крематорий
Russian rock band Krematoriy.
“Krematoriy” is a Russian rock band. It appeared in 1983 in Moscow. Their hit-song called “Trash wind” (…
Wet
Melodic Melancholy
These songs are about being stuck in in-between places on a few levels. Being in the ambiguous place between the end of a relationship and whatever is…
PJ Harvey
2017 Grammy Awards Nominees Announced
The National Academy of Arts and Sciences Recording announced the final list of Grammy 2017 awards The event will be held on February 12, 2007 at…
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus heading to The Voice
A few days ago it announced that the musical talent hunting program in the US The Voice, premiered his eleventh season with new judges. The show has…
Lady Gaga
Hello new song, it's been a while.
It was only a matter of time before a new Lady Gaga song leaked. A few weeks after Gaga started the hashtag #LG5 that sent thousands of…
Leftee & the Right Wingers
Leftee & The Right Wingers from Michigan on a larger mission with the Influence of Tom Petty!
Leftee and the Right Wingers from Michigan on a larger mission with the influence of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers! Posted By: Rick…
Shakira
Shakira was redheaded again
At least for some of the 3 minutes and 16 seconds that lasts the video clip of his theme Perro Infiel, duet with Reggaetonero Nikky Jam. In this…
Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi feels seduced by reggaeton
Almost 130 million visits to video starring Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee on Slowly is no small thing. Puerto Rican singer finally fell in love urban…
Diana DeGarmo
What would figure skating be without music?
The sound sets the pace. Faithful companion: that is the sound, couple the feelings and thoughts at a given moment, gives intensity to a situation…
Prince
Crying a river of purple tears
Today, music has suffered another great loss. Prince has been found dead, very unexpectedly, at his house and studio complex, “Paisley Park&…
Jesus Culture
verses of hope
A few days ago I suffered a tragedy, my best friend died because of an accident, I was broken without wanting to leave home, without eating, he was…
Kendrick Lamar
J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar: real or fake?
A dream come true? A parody?It seems that J. Cole surprised everyone with his last tweet:''The Internet will shutdown when this drops''…
Renny
Ay Amor What's new from Renny
Mario Alfredo Donoso known as Renny joins forces with the Panamanian singer Joey Montana in her new single Oh Love. With this theme Renny plans to…
Spice Girls
Leaving some spices out
It’s been THE question for this year, 2016. Will or won’t the Spice Girls reunite? This year, it’s exactly 20 years ago…
Frankie Ballard
Frankie Ballard + Charlie Worsham @ Hoxton Square, London, UK | March 17, 2016 – Review
I have a few highlights of C2C Festival and its subsequent ‘Introduces’ shows, but one that I did not expect was the sheer…
Madilyn Bailey
Battle of the Covers: Madilyn Bailey VS. Boyce Avenue
You know how a song is so awesome that you don’t think it could be even more awesome? Well, there comes a time when a ‘cover&…
David Victor
Víctor David wants to step strong with his Boom Boom
Victor David, one of the future promises of Venezuelan music, released his new video clip. This is the audio-visual production of his recent…
Steve Swallow
THE LOW END Vol.6: Steve Swallow
The electric bass is usually associated with rock music and other popular genres like country, blues, pop etc. In jazz, the electric bass found it&…
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…
Moby
Moby & the Void Pacific Choir
Something extremely good this ways comes. The new thing from Moby called “Moby & the Void Pacific Choir” is about to smash…
The Silks
The Silks - Live and Learn
Those lovable rock scoundrels The Silks are — thankfully — at it again. A PVD-based southern-rock/blues/country band that makes…
The Beatles
The Brilliance
So much has been said, written and read about The Beatles that it’s quite hard to actually put their brilliance into perspective. Easily one…
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…
The 1975
The Sound by The 1975
Well, I know when you're around coz I know the sound of your heart. There's something sweet and creepy about that line. Haha! It&#…
Mariana Vega
Mariana Vega brings The Tide
Mariana Vega beautiful is back with a new single after the premiere of Camara Lenta. We speak of La Marea a track electronic pop that expands the…
Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells release new track and announce mini album
Fuzz
What the Fuzz?
In my previous article on Kaleo I mentioned how much I love this new postmodern trend of “copying” the old sound of the sixties…
Maluma
Yes or no the new Maluma with Anitta
Renowned reggaetonero Maluma still pushing through new frontiers, this time it does so with a neighboring country: Brazil. The Colombian scored his…
Angus & Julia Stone
Wistful Escapism
Sydney brother-sister folk-blues acoustic pop-tinged duo Angus and Julia Stone scored their breakthrough hit with Big Jet Plane, a single…
Britney Spears
Know the name of Britney Spears' new song!
The ninth album Pop princess Britney Spears, due out next June and the fans are excited about this new release after three years of silence from…
David Bowie
A Welcomed Haunt
Long before I would come to understand who David Bowie was as an artist, his music somehow seeped into various moments throughout my childhood. Before…
La Vida Bohème
La Vida Bohème will be presented in Caracas
One of the most important bands caraqueñas recent years in Venezuela's La Bohème Life and Saturday 23 April remounted in Caracas…
Miguel Bosé
Anti-Trump Musicians
No easy he has seen the Republican candidate for president of the United States, Donald Trump. For several months, protests by musicians to keep…
The Carter Family
Before Ralph Peer, What Was There In Country Music? “The Short Answer Is Nothing”
As he sat onstage in the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ralph Peer II could talk about his global publishing empire that spanned…
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors ‘Medicine’ – Album Review
Memphis-born Drew Holcomb came to music with a heated urgency at age seventeen, spurned by the sudden death of his younger brother and searching for a…
Lil Uzi Vert
You Was Right already has an audiovisual
This time, it is the rapper from Philadelphia, Symere Woods, better known by his stage name as Lil Uzi Vert, which brings the audiovisual of the song…
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood ‘Heartbeat’ – Single Review
Carrie Underwood has been on fire this past year, and she doesn’t seem to be cooling down anytime soon. Raking up #1’s and…
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters release EP Saint Cecilia Free to celebrate life and music.
Rock band led by Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, has released a five - song EP titled Saint Cecilia to be downloaded for free. Grohl through a letter…
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…
Luis Fonsi
Despacito reaches the record for weeks at number 1 in the US
The version of Despacito that Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee sing along with Justin Bieber has 16 weeks in the number 1 of the list of successes…
Herbie Hancock
Flood of Grooves
Aren’t the Headhunters just the greatest funk groovers ever? For me they certainly are. In the half a decade in which Herbie Hancock was…
FKA twigs
FKA twigs feminist speech
And where the teenager looks incoherent video, the artist's eye perceives -not feminist or feminine discourse know, nor does it matter if…
Rojay
DeAnté will give rare 2017 performance
Once upon a time, around the start of the millennium, something rather unique was happening (for that time). R&B was booming, but Dutch R&…
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…
International Show
Catching Up with International Show
International Show is a Boston-based, multi-talented rapper, songwriter, producer, and audio engineer who incorporates Christian praise into hip-hop…
Peggy Sarlin
Peggy Sarlin Takes the Spotlight One Note at a Time
Peggy Sarlin is a brilliant songstress who has been making her waves in not only her hometown of New York City, but beyond. Her unique styling evokes…
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…
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature.
Sometimes no news is expected, for example that the woman of the year is Madonna, Elton John or still making music after many years, but in the end…
ThreePeace
ThreePeace Fusion Rock and Reggae from the Great Lake State!
ThreePeace Fusion Rock and Reggae from the Great Lake State! Generally when I get a album with a reggae flavor it usually means one thing. A…
Mindy Smith
Mindy Smith ‘Snowed In’ – EP Review
I first heard of Mindy Smith when she recorded that glorious cover of ‘Jolene’, featuring Dolly of course. Her folky, haunting take on it captured me…
Jeremy Camp
To Caesar What Is Caesar's, And to God?
Actually, I like to write about something other than the situation of Venezuela, to talk about happy things, beaches and Venezuelan landscapes, which…
Weezer
Weezer Debuts Song “Feels Like Summer”
Weezer is a band of Californian alternative rock that takes 25 years in the world music scene. In his career they have made 10 studio albums, 6 EP…
Shane McAnally
Shane McAnally ‘Original Songwriter Demos’ – Album Review
Back in October, Shane McAnally did something on the quiet that I didn’t expect: he released an album. The Music Row songwriter famous for helping to…
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry died
Jazz guitarist Ira Harris never thought to teach guitar to young Charles Edward Anderson Berry would form one of the best musicians in history as one…
Victor Drija
A little more about Victor Drija...
The multifaceted artist, Victor Drija in an interview, Venezuelan talented presented his new hit Drinking and put us up to date on their new plans.…
Yandel
Never forget me official video
Yandel Reggaeton singer has released a new music video on their YouTube channel, it is the topic Never Forget Me, second song from his latest album…
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony and Silvestre Dangond: two titans on stage
This Friday, August 4, they are presented in Bogota, Marc Anthony and Silvestre Dangond. A meeting that is given after five years that the Puerto…
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…
Los Mesoneros
Los Mesoneros premiere their video clip “El Paraíso”
Innkeepers fans had to wait four years to hear a new theme of the Caracas group. The wait is over and it can be animated with Paradise, the first…
Maluma
The 4 Babys and now Happy 4
Blessed are 4 is the new song Maluma, a subject which, as its name implies, with another if you hang out, we will be happy the four. This is the…
Marcus & Martinus
SundaySpotlight: Marcus and Martinus
Music phenomenons of the past 2 decade are an interesting topic that should be diligently explored. Why do some bands attract so much attention, and…
Dusty Wright
Dusty Wright Brings Caterwauling Towards the Light
Currently sharing his new album, Caterwauling Towards the Light, Dusty Wright is creating music on his own terms. The heaven-laced record is…
Mike Love
Learn Even More About The Beach Boys History Through Mike Love’s Latest Book Good Vibrations: My Life As A Beach Boy
If you are looking for a great gift this holiday season, The Beach Boys frontman Mike Love gives Beach Boys fans a great insight into the history and…
Pablo Milanés
Pablo Milanés denounced having suffered Harassment in Chile.
The Cuban singer Pablo Milanes claimed to have suffered police harassment after his arrival in the Chilean city of Concepcion, located in the south…
Rhett May
Rockstar Rhett May Is A Perfect Fit For The Modern Day Fans Of Classic Rock
Rockstar Rhett May is a perfect fit for the modern day fans of classic rock! With experience and influences spanning the world from India to western…
The Killers
The Killers prepare new album for this year
The American group The Killers, this year come with enough material this year, as from September 2016, declared that comes are preparing new album.…
Guns N' Roses
Izzy Stradlin back with Guns N' Roses?
Fans of the legendary rock band formed in 1985, Guns N 'Roses have good news. In addition to confirming its presence in the Coachella…
Akapellah
BEHIND THE CAMERA: Milky
Erick Zamalloa joins with Kevin Zambrano to form Z Directors project that stands out for guerrilla theater improvisation and video clips. The Milki…
Claude Debussy
Debussy La Mer
In flurry of whirlwinds of whole tone and pentatonic color, a voyage awaits out at sea. The colors of gold, aqua green and blue cloud the lends of…
Juan Gabriel
Eternal John Gabriel
Just surprise news of the death of John Gabriel (stage name of Alberto Aguilera Valadez), and social networks and bursting with information,…
Erin Rae and the Meanwhiles
Erin Rae ‘Soon Enough’ - Album Review
Jackson, Tennessee native Erin Rae has folk music running through her veins. Almost literally; her parents were part-time roots musicians and Erin…