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Future Present Past
The Strokes Are Losing Time
It’s been three years since The Strokes dropped their full-length album. I took this intermezzo between releases to forget that the album…
This Is What You Came For
Lightning strike collabo with Rihanna
I couldn’t wait to hear this track, when I heard that it was going to be released this week. For a second serving, Calvin Harris has teamed…
Roya
Roya - Serious Pop
Anything that has something to do with the New Zealand masters The Clean will always get my attention. So when the name of Clean’s drummer Hamish…
Dark Sky Island
Wake Up, Enya!
Eithne Ni Bhraonain, known as Enya Brennan or simply Enya is the most-sold Irish artist in the history of the world. Maybe she is born with it, and…
Daybreaker
Moon Taxi 'Daybreaker' Album Review
Upbeat. Soulful. Creative. These are the three words that came to mind as I listened to the new Moon Taxi album entitled . These Nashville native…
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…
Where The Spirits Are
Suishou No Fune - Where The Spirits Are
Suishou No Fune are a well-known Japanese experimental psychedelic noise rock band, and their best and most legendary album to date is ''Where…
Expect the Best
Widowspeak as The Closure For The Autumn
We are soon going to enter the winter period, and before that happens, I have a perfect album for you to conclude the autumn behind us. Widowspeak was…
Sing It Ugly
Despair Never Sounded So Optimistic
It’s been only two years since Vicious Losers came out and two prophets of light, as Lonesome Wyatt and The Minister call themselves,…
Harmony of Difference
Yasss, Kamasi!
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I will write it anyway. I was conflicted whether I want to do a review of KAmasi Washington's new…
CHANGE
Ella Mai Change Album Review
It may seem that time is sometimes simply relative, but when it comes to specific Time, from February 15th, the essense is much…
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,…
Beyond The Bloodhounds
Stuck in the South
Adia Victoria is an American author who currently resides in Nashville. She grew up in South Carolina in a strictly religious family. After…
America 2.0
Paul Messinger - America under review
What should be more fit to be given an Americana treatment (with quite a twist, though) than America itself? Paul Messinger who hails from North…
The Long Arm of Coincidence
Jessamine - The Long Arm Of Coincidence
Jessamine were an interesting American psychedelic rock/garage rock/shoegaze/space rock band. They released a handful of great albums through the…
All the Colours of the Dust
Jakob Skott - All the Colours of the Dust
Jakob Skott came out with a new album ''All the Colours of the Dust'' earlier this year, and the new album packs some really fine…
A Man Alive
The Indie-est Project Ever
This is the most independent project ever! Ergo, whether you are too cool for mainstream or crazy enthusiast or you love magnificent alt guitars, then…
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…
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…
Control
Celebrating 30 years of Control
This week, it was 30 years ago that Janet Jackson had released her breakthrough album “Control”. For Janet, it was the most…
32 Zel / Planet Shrooms
REVIEW : DENZEL CURRY'S 32 ZEL / PLANET SHROOMS
Denzel Curry, an up and coming rapper hailing from Miami, Florida, is the self-proclaimed ultimate. And he's partially right, Denzel's…
Gargoyle
Lanegan's Gargoyle Is An Art Piece Of Rock
One of the most important contemporary musicians, with plentiful collaborations and participations in wide variety of his colleagues projects has just…
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…
Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
Black Bombaim - Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
One of the most renowned Portuguese psychedelic rock bands Black Bombaim and the equally renowened German free jazz saxophonist Peter Br&…
The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
Michael Nyman’s The Piano
Michael Hyman is a respectable movie scorer and opera composer who is known for his use of otherworldly textures and harmonies. Use of sustain in one…
Hearts on Fire
FMLYBND: Hearts On Fire EP
In a scene dominated by button-pushing DJs encouraging fans to “put their hands up,” the energy of a live electronica …
White Winter Hymnal
#tb Fleet Foxes' Debut
Music magazines often use the term Wooden music when they want to describe the type of music that I am about to review. It stands for the following:…
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…
Strangers
For All The Marginalized People
Marissa Nadler is a singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Besides the obvious music talent that was discovered very early in her life, Marissa also…
The Ninth Hour
Sonata Arctica Became A Band With Only One Good Song
No matter how grumpy I was when I heard the information that they are preparing the new studio material, Sonata Arctica will always be one of those…
FUTURE
Future Still Swimming in Dark Waters
Two years after his sepulchral watermark DS2, the dual sides of Future's artistic persona appear to be set in stone. There is…
New Bermuda
Deafheaven New Bermuda
The California-native, black metal innovators, released their 3rd full-length album entitled on October 2nd, 2015.New Bermuda Deafheaven has the…
Have You In My Wilderness
Baroque trip-pop
Just imagine baroque pop influenced by Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac successfully combined with jazz and trip hop. Now add emotional confidence…
Distance Inbetween
A Real Retro
The Coral is a band by two guys who are into retro music. They are also into adapting it to the modern, indie music. This time, they have…
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…
Darker My Love
Darker My Love - Darker My Love
Darker My Love is a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles. They started back in the early 2000s and have produced a string of great albums filled…
Seven Swans
Asking Questions with Sufjan Stevens
Speaking of albums I keep returning to, it would be foolish not to mention Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans. While I appreciate Carrie &…
Canyons of My Mind
On the Art of Being Subtle
Trying to be subtle doesn’t usually bring success in the country (Americana) music. Unless you are Kris Kristofferson, of course. Up to his third…
The Search for Everything
The Search For Everything
John Mayer suffers simultaneously from an excess of taste and an oblivious lack of it. It makes his seventh studio album neither sensitive nor scuzzy,…
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…
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…
MultiViral
Calle 13: El Residente Presidente?
Until 2009, Calle 13, a Puerto Rican band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez (lead singer, songwriter) and Eduardo José…
A Change in State
James Yuill - Whatever happened to Folktronica?
Combining acoustic music with electronics can be a tricky thing - it either turns out great or falls flat on its behind. That may be the reason the…
Heart Song
Beautiful Dichotomy In Jess Williamson's Music
Jess Williams was a supporting act for Marissa Nadler on her last year’s European tour. There were only few people inside of United States who have…
Rot
Bed Wettin Bad Boys Can Wet My Bed
Garage punk quartet from Sydney Bed Wettin Bad Boys started off as a side project of Nic Warmock (founder of R.I.P. Society Label) and Joe Sukit,…
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…
American Life (U.S. Enhanced-Non-PA Version)
#tbt: Madonna - American Life
Following does not need a big introduction, because the artists itself is so big, it does not demand an introduction whatsoever. I know, this was some…
Mutations
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble are a pretty interesting dark jazz/electronic music/doom jazz/psych rock band from Holland. Their discography is…
Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex are Like a Cigarette After Sex - Pleasurable
Cigarettes After Sex have become a YouTube sensation with the single Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby. As it goes, the views were rising, and the song…
Mad Love. (Deluxe)
Album Review: JoJo Mad Love
At last, the October 14th arrived and I can`t wait to tell you about the freshest frist hand impressions of the Pop/R`n`B princess,…
Come Away With Me
#TBT: Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
This week’s review is dedicated to one of the most critically praised best-selling debuts in the 2000s. It is also dedicated to the artist herself,…
Love
Love
The Cult are a band that is more known to the rock fans for their hard rock and heavy rock oriented albums like “Electric” and &…
No Estás Solo
Rodrigo Solo and Luis Iran prepare a concert together
Without doubt the Venezuelan music scene, there has been a lot of talent, and one of the great virtues, is the support between the various projects…
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…
Anarchytecture
Anarchytecture
I love when musicians scream political messages into our passive-aggressive minds. During the 90s, Skunk Anansie have surprised the scene with an…
Pacific Daydream
Infantile Weezer
There are two types of Weezer albums: those that have name and then those that don't have a name so we have to recognize them by their color. All…
12 Songs to Haunt You
It Ain't Easy
So I just borrowed a title from an old Three Dog Night (remember them?) song. Actually, that is easy. What is really hard is keeping up a certain…
Love You to Death
Tegan And Sara - Then and Now
Tegan and Sara are the newest artists to join the ranks of artists greatly experimenting with their sound. The Canadian Indie Pop duo is trying their…
The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Tragic Rock Opera
After three radiant albums, Titus Andronicus are back with another radioactive material for your rock brain cells. It is not a tragedy as the title…
The Direction of Last Things
Intronaut Is the S***
Progressive is not understood by many people and that needs to change. If you are reading this and you have never been listening metal, I have…
Believe It
Yes, you better Believe It
Like all of the Miles Davis’ alumnus, Tony Williams continued the exploration-into-rock-music idiom of his mentor. But Williams went…
NEW (Deluxe Edition)
Paul McCartney’s Still Got It With New
Paul McCartney has been a very bright light for years now with the Beatles, with Wings, and then on his own in a solo career. New highlights some of…
Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (Deluxe Version)
Rock n' Roll Circus
Some bands are fundamentally good. Some put fun and mental in fundamental. Scottish trio called The Fratellis is incredibly cute group of talented…
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…
Who Is This America?
Afrobeat for the new generations
Born in a Brooklyn warehouse in 1997, 12-piece ensemble Antibalas is credited with re-introducing Afrobeat to a wider global audience. A Brooklyn-…
Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
Big in Japandroids
One of the solid releases from January this year came from Canadian duo Japandroids. In 2012, they dropped Celebration Rock and generated a…
Light It Up
Hot New Release: Light it Up!
Kosca founding members Chris The Greek Panaghi and Josh Harris are veterans of the dance and electronic music scene bring us their hot new…
WALLS
Kings Of Generic
With refreshing garage rock, they attracted the world’s attention, whilst by commercializing their sound, Kings Of Leon have become one of…
Sweet Baby James
Groundbreaking Album From The Seventies
After the sixties, rock and roll was losing its power. People seemed to be exhausted with the rebellion, the war, the opposition; there was a…
Coming Home
Leon Bridges - The New Jazz Star
In art, time is a relative variable and zeitgeist is difficult to define. The last artist who is going to prove this thesis is young author from Texas…
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…
That's Your Lot
Blaenavon Keep It Short and Sweet
It is funny how some band generate hype instantly, while other have to fight for their legacy for many years, even decades. Sometimes it's about…
Chasing an Illusion
Chasing Illusion
Sorrowful lyrics against spirited playing create a magical crux on the experimental singer-songwriter’s latest, a powerfully maternal and spiritually…
Songs of Praise
Shame (On You) If You Judge an Album By Its Cover
It has been said many times - do not judge a book by its cover - and many times the saying turned out to be valid. In the same manner, you should not…
On Our Way Home
Empire of the Sun's Visual Mind-bending Continue With Their On Our Way Home EP
It was certainly apt that Billboard's August 2017 interview with Empire of the Sun frontman Lukas Steele (which marked a…
We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
A Tribe Called Quests Has Your Back, America
New studio album by A Tribe Called Quest is definitely one of the most unexpected releases of 2016. We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service is a…
Supernature
Goldfrapp's Supernature
Formed in 1999, Goldfrapp has been putting out smooth electronic, synth driven glam rock on a regular basis ever since. The electrifying…
Ultimate Care II
Matmos Presents: The Sound Of Medical Prodecures
Let me present you with an album that takes the term experimentation to the whole other level. Actually, this is not the first album of its…
The Switch (Deluxe Edition)
Switching Things Up with Emily King
If you are not yet familiar with Emily King, an exciting discovery awaits you. Emily King is an old soul with a fresh, new style. She seems to draw…
Asesina
Okills surprises with a video clip for Asesina
The Okills grouping has surprised us with the launch of its new video of the song Killer part of his album titled America Supersonic which has been…
Retrohash
Asher Roth RetroHash Album Review
Get ready for a wild and emotional ride through Asher Roth's new album RetroHash! His sophomore album takes you though some deep…
Secret Youth
Finland’s Winter
Callisto, one of the many, many post-metal bands that used to suffer from the main post-metal syndrome “you sound like dozens of other post…
Por Acanga
THE SURVIVAL OF THE THREE
Five years passed for the three delivered a handful of new songs in studio. After Coliumo Loose (2010), led by Alvaro Henríquez and his…
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…
Modern Vampires of the City
The millennial angst of Vampire Weekend
If something does very well Modern Vampires of the City is to show the anguish of this generation. This album Vampire Weekend, formed by singer and…
Older
South African Treasure: Ruby Gill
While discovering new music is always an exciting event for me, there is something really special about finding musicians in my area that make music…
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…
Joanne
Gaga Goes Regular
The era of eccentric pop artist is over. Officially. Today, Lady Gaga’s new album is available for purchase and it is nothing like you are…
22 Cents Less
Mina Is In The House!
It’s a pretty crowded house. You have Adele, Beyonce, Gaga, Perry and Pink. Swift and Sia, then there’s Rihanna and Del Rey,…
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,…
Young Mopes
High Hopes for ''Young Mopes'' by Louise Burns
Louise Burns is one of the names of Canadian indie scene. She has been active for a long time, and she is only thirty. Her debut Mellow Drama was…
The Optimist
Anathema Continues Avoiding Metal
Liverpool's Anathema onset their career at the start of the 90s as a doom metal group, who would have thought they would profile themselves as one…
Paging Mr. Proust
The Most Underrated Rock Band
In a better, parallel universe, The Jayhawks would be the number one pop-rock band of the 90s. Vigorous vocal harmonies, canny cadence, mellifluous…
Future Present Past
Is this The Strokes?
The Strokes are an American rock band that most people are familiar with, but after their groundbreaking debut in 2001 called “Is This It”, it has…
We Fucked a Flame into Being
Dark and Eclectic Warhaus
Warhaus is the project by Marteen Devolder that manifested in the debut We Fucked A Flame Into Being. Belvedere is also a frontman of Belgian indie…
OK Computer
Ok Computer is officially 20 years old
How do you sum up the cultural impact of an album like Ok Computer? In the 20 years since its release Radiohead's third album has become a go-to…
The Snow Burial
Oddo Bam: The Snow Burial
I am constantly amazed by the hidden gems of South African music. Although increasingly less hidden and deservedly so, Oddo Bam’s first EP,…
10,000 Reasons (Live)
Bless The Lord O My Soul--On Fire for the Lord Matt Redman
Matt Redman is one of the leading worship leaders in the Contemporary Christian community. He is known for leading worship services and concerts to…
Language
The Contortionist Has Their Own Language (2014)
If you are a Progressive music lover, you cannot just pass by this album or band. These guys deserve our attention; They have a message to say and…
VELD
Daniel O’Sullivan - Outer Space Pop
Londoner Daniel O’Sullivan seems to pop in and out of the scene in recent years. He made a studio and a live album in 2011 and a few other…
Blue Bird
MY OWN BLUE BIRD
Is it OK to write about your own music? That’s the dilemma I was struggling with during my first years of radio hosting and journalism. &…
Post Pop Depression
PostPopDepression
It is so refreshing to see a long-standing artist who is not relying on his old fame. There are only a few of them who are perpetually pushing the…
Automatic & Voluntary
MODOC: Automatic + Voluntary LP
Comprised of Clint Culberson (singer/rhythm guitars), Kyle Addison (lead guitars), and John Carlson (drums), MODOC came together at Ball State…
Vessels
From Dust To Dust
Melodic Death metal is in a rut nowadays; numerous bands are playing it, and just a handful of them can be called original, quality ones, ones that…
Volume 1
Midlake's Supergroup
BNQT, read as Banquet, is actually Midlake with guest songwriters and singers. Guests include Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healt from…
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,…
Turn the Sea
Cressman sure can Turn the Sea
Have you heard of Natalie Cressman? If you’re interested in jazz you should definitely check her out. There are not many videos on Youtube, and those…
Reluciente, Rechinante y Aterciopelado
The live return of Aterciopelados
Aterciopelados is elemental part of our Latin American cultural idiosyncrasies. The decade of the 90s has his songs as soundtrack of our lives. Since…
Villains
Queens of the Stone Age renews glam and unites it with progressive in 'Villians'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'Villains' After four years, which have become a bit long for fans of Queens Of The Stone Age , the band…
The Great Plains
Thomas Dybdahl - Great Plains With An Accent On Great
Mention Thomas Dybdahl’s name in his native Norway and everybody’ will know who you’re talking about. After all, his first solo album from about…
Spirit (Deluxe)
Political Mode of Depeche Mode
Starting from the 1993’s album Songs of Faith and Devotion , the most famous Basildon diaspora known as Depeche Mode releases their albums every four…
Division
Shannon Wright At The Pinnacle of Her Career
Shannon Wright dropped her 10th album this year titled Division. This author from Atlanta creates forcefully and consistently,…
Fax Message Breakup EP
Rodney Cromwell to release 'Fax Message Breakup' EP
Rodney Cromwell is the nom-de-plume of Adam Cresswell, founding member of indie-folktronica band SALOON (who had four entries in John Peel&…
case/lang/veirs
Folk-Country-Indie Album of 2016
When three magnificent female vocalists, such as Neko Case, k.d.lang and Laura Veirs are, come together to make an album, the result has to…
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…
Purple
Purple is The Color of Metal
Maybe a broken soul is evidence you have one. Even though many people are not aware of it, rock and metal are usually born out of broken soul or…
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&…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Is Dangerously Contagious
Ariana is a little girl with four-octave range, and that is her strongest weapon. With the great intonation and interpretation, it was just a matter…
In the Kingdom of Dreams
Ian Felice - Are memories just dreams?
When poets get to singing… For some it is a problem, for others, it is a blessing, Dylan, Cohen, Simon, Oberst and yes, based on his first…
Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
75 Dollar Bill - Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
75 Dollar Bill are a pretty interesting instrumental psychedelic rock/drone/hypnotic psych band from Brooklyn, New York. While there are quite many…
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
Review: Earl Sweatshirt's 'I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside'
Earl Sweatshirt is a study in contradictions. He hates everything, but he also kind of doesn’t. He has grown tired of the world…
Los Amigos Invisibles, Acústico
The Invisible Friends Vivehappy with Kurrent Music on ViveMusic
Now Kurrent Music and ViveHappy come together to bring a new music section called ViveMusic, in this first edition will discuss the acoustic album…
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
John Grant: Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
John Grant, formerly of alternative rock band The Czars, has a knack for re-invention and experimentation. His first album Queen of Denmark was a…
Psyence Fiction
#tbt UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Founder of record label Mo Wax records, James Lavelle, and DJ Shadow are the names behind the project UNKLE that was born in 1994. The album I am…
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…
Thru Me Again
La Hell Gang - Thru Me Again
La Hell Gang is a relatively well-known Chilean psychedelic rock band from Santiago. They have released three good albums so far, and their best album…
Sunrise to Sundown
Vintage Rock Is Strong In This One
Spiritual Beggars started as a side project of Michael Amott, a genius guitarist of Carcass and Arch Enemy. Over the years Spiritual Beggars became…
Ropewalk
Just Another Island Band
Even though they had success with their debut album, The View never managed to capitalize it in a right way. They are always somewhere near but they…
Out Here
Killer EP Out Here!
Recently I discovered this amazingly talented female vocal, an immediate motivation blast, that blew every of my sense and threw my doubts in deep…
Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
Jean Michel Jarre Dissapoints
If someone asked me to describe the new project by French pioneer of electronic music in just three words, I would have to go with - long,…
After Robots
African Psychedelia
I first heard about BLK JKS sometime during 2010, I think it was during the world cup (one of their songs was featured on Fifa 10, If I remember right…
The Bonnie Bells of Oxford
Bonnie Prince Billie Things Haggard Is The Best Troubadour
To Bonnie Prince Billy, it is clear who was the best troubadour ever. It was Merle Haggard. His latest effort Best Troubadour is completely dedicated…
East
Take a trip East with Justin Rutledge
East is the latest album from Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge. Aptly titled, East was recorded in Nova Scotia, a far cry from…
Hiding Place
Music For the Soul
Fresh off her month long tour for her recently released album, Hiding Place, and more recently, kicking off an Acoustic Sessions Tour with…
The Ride
Nelly Furtado Goes Full Indie
You all probably remember Nelly Furtado. Yes, it's that Portuguese-Canadian singer who is mostly known for her high pitch and drastic changes in…
Direct Hits
Killing It!
Just as the greatest thing about the sky is that we share it with everyone, the greatest thing about The Killers is that they shared their music with…
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…
A Moon Shaped Pool
My Albums of the Year: Radiohead: Moon Shaped Pool
Well of course Moon Shaped Pool would make the cut, since I never shut up about Radiohead. There's a lot to be said about the album, which is the…
Immortalized
Me(n)tal Disturbia
The most fascinating thing related to Immortalized is how did they manage to release the single out of nowhere and say that their new album is coming…
Konnichiwa
UKs Premium Grime Artist
In the second wave of British grime, Skepta released an album that goes toe-to-toe with the classic from the first wave that is Boy On The Corner by…
Dissent
The Cutthroats 9 - Dissent
The Cutthroats 9 are a relatively well-known band in the noise-rock genre, and their latest album Dissent has probably been their best album to date.…
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
#tbt The Byrds // The Notorious Byrd Brothers
This week's throwback was the first great album of 1968, a revolutionary year in both world politics and music. As such, it has an interesting…
Space Is Only Noise
Nicolas Jaar's Genre-Blending Ambient Soundscapes
New York-based Chilean producer Nicolas Jaar had already been garnering steady interest and critical acclaim via a scattering of singles, EPs…
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,…
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…
Quentin Tarantino The Essential (Spotify Exclusive)
How Ennio Morricone Won His First Oscar
And that is how Morricone had finally won his first Oscar only two years ago. Although soundtrack for Hateful Eight is a solid one, the situation…
Blood Moon
This is How Spending Time in Nature Sounds
Martin Craft is a composer and a producer who currently resides at Berlin, London and Joshua Tree. He is performing under a stage name M. Craft and,…
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…
It Doesn't Have to Make Sense
Album Review: Ingrid Michaelson's - It Doesn't Have to Make Sense
It’s not all fun and games - though it does have a good dose of that as well! I’d like to summarize “It Doesn’t have to Make Sense” with those words,…
Process
Sampha - Process Turns Hype Into True Value
If you’re not an avid follower of modern Soul and R&B music, Sampha’s name may not mean much to you. Even the fact that he has worked with…
Intro
An Instrumental Masterpiece
When you have instrumentals as ear-catching as Intro (the opening track of The xx's self-titled 2009 album), lyrics are superfluous.…
Quieres Decirme Algo
Wincho and his introspective pop bolero
Late last year Wincho Schafer appeared with the album Love Mother (2016), his second solo work plan after debuting with Another Reality (2014).…
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-…
Signs
COVERLAND Vol.24: Signs
Growing up with MTV, I was a witness to many of the now-classic songs becoming what they are today - a part of music history. Among the bands that…
Drinkee
Drinkee
I don’t know why I like this song, but I do. It has no melody at all, an absolutely naive guitar riff, and a dull 4/4 beat throughout the…
Animal
Tremaine`s Animal Cut!
With his latest super-adictive product Tremaine, Trey Songz takes over the global music scene once again. His soft and sexy vocal…
Deluca
Impressed With The Empress
As delicate as the vocals from Ruby Empress are, they tempt us into a nether realm populated with flowers, classy pop stars and heart shaped…
Laro
Music From My Country: OPM Series (Part 2)
Autotelic, for me is an underrated band. A lot of people even from my country don’t know about this amazing indie alternative rock band. So, this…
On The Line
Avery LR releases new Hip Hop track, They Don't Like That
Every so often there's a music video that matches the rawness of a lyricist like Tupac and BIggie, but Avery LR shows the intensity he brings to…
Toxic
An Enchanted Gothic Cover
Toxic was made famous by none other than Britney Spears. Famous for the song and music video. However in true originality, Yael Naim crafted a…
Now You See Me
Molly Moore Now Sees Us Through
For a first thought, I'm not sure indie is the correct term for Molly Moore...yet it seems to be the only genre that could collectively fit every…
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…
Stones From the Sky
Visit From The Metal Past
If a song comes on the radio, at first presenting itself as a whole other spectacle... not only will we listen but enjoy throughly. Neurosis have been…
Meteorite - From
Intrinsic Movement
Sparkle was the first word I saw tied to Years & Years newest music video for 'Meteorite'. Indeed sparkle is a big part of the music…
Heart of Steel (feat. Bright Lights)
Raiden Pops Into The Scene With Truthful Heart of Steel
Raiden is on the fast track to becoming a world known household name. If Heart of Steel is any indication about Raiden's ability to merge synth…
Green Light
A Dramatic Confession for the Dancefloor
Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this…
i was all over her
Connections
One-man band Salvia Palth, in the track I Was All Over Her from melanchole, comes a title that is undoubtedly shoegaze, sings of the connections that…
Ricochet
Let me be very Di-Rect with you
It’s not often that I get excited by a new single from Dutch rock band Di-Rect. For the longest time, Di-Rect have been the most popular…
Cloud
Elias: A Hard Man To Find
Once in our lives we find ourselves asking a very important question while watching our favorite TV series: Who in the name of everything holy sang…
You
You Equals Death
Keaton Henson folk rock appeal comes in the form of soild, captivating performances. In the song 'You', death is at the forefront of the idea…
Used to Be
Majestic Nostalgia
In the beginning, I was convinced by patriarchal, white males that authenticity was a certain level of rawness and unsophisticated expression. But…
Andas En Mi Cabeza
Not just You walk in my head
This song Venezuelan duo Chino y Nacho has become very popular not only in the stations, nightclubs or through comments from friends, but a song that…
Best Fake Smile
Don't Be Fake Simply Said
Just like James Bay says, “No you don’t have to wear your best fake smile” in his song “Best Fake Smile&…
Be The One
When the Lights Go Out, They Must Come Back On...
Dua Lipa has been compared to Lana Del Rey from the moment Be The One was dropped. Yes, while the similarities are apparent this does not mean that a…
Finally (feat. SWV)
BBD and SWV finally get it right
We are just a little over a week into the new year and already it is giving us some surprises, especially for r&b fans. The upcoming mini-…
Dreamworld
Wakeful Possibilities
She was the girl with the string around her neck -ing with the boy who could only give her less It could be more if she learned to never expect -ing…
El Perdedor
Maluma Arrested?
A few days ago it was leaked on the Internet a video in which clearly looked like a couple of policemen violently arrested the Colombian singer known…
Changes
Jonathan Burkett Delivers A Positive Message On “Changes”
The category of rap music labeled as ‘socially conscious rap’ goes all the ways back to, and before, the days of Tupac Shakur. His joints like “The 7…
Nadir
Dynamic Stagnation
London electronic duo TENDER (James Cullen and Dan Cobb) recently released Nadir, the first taste of their upcoming album from Partisan Records. The…
I Bet My Life
I Bet My Life On Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons are the type of band that has a song on every soundtrack, to every newest film that pops out the word blockbuster. Hey, there is…
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…
Revolvist
A Shoreline Dream - Revoltist
US based progressive shoegazers A Shoreline Dream have released their latest single/video ‘Revoltist’.…
Let Me Go ! (feat. Sophie Hunger)
Erik Truffaz feat. Sophie Hunger: Let Me Go !
I love what happened to music in the last two decades. The music industry tended to classify music under genre labels to ease the selling, so eclectic…
Youth in Decay
Troves' Elegy for Lost Youth
You've probably never heard of Troves, and that's because they're brand new. Formed in Brighton, England, in early 2014, the band…
Medicine Chant
Shamanic Properties Driven From Western Canada
As Halloween approaches, leaves are falling and a mist seems to be rolling in from the mountains Anilah seemed like the perfect musician to…
Dear Life
Beck's Psychedelic Existentialism
Veteran idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Beck poses a dreary existential question in the chorus of “Dear Life”, the fourth track…
Blank Tapes
Organic Lament
“Blank Tapes” is a track from Everything Feels Better Now (2016), From Indian Lakes’ fourth full-…
Dog Years
Slow Dancing in Seconds
By following up on the success of her breakout single Alaska with Dog Years, NYU Clive Davis Institute alumni Maggie Rogers…
Scream
An ideal world
In the audiovisual world (movies, novels, series or films) sound weigh heavily. The music drives the action, explains what happens and guides the…
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&…
Caught In The Middle
In the middle of a comeback
It's been a while since Anastacia has released new music. Her latest album was a collection of lesser known gems performed live and chosen by fans…
Acting Out
Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens together after 11 years
Actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale gathered for an emotional duet. After his followers asked him to invite someone special to his Music…
This Is The Last Time
Optimistic Despair
Since its inception in 1999 in Ohio, indie rock band The National has been a living example of the importance of persistence and perseverance. As…
Matters
Making Amends
Omaha group Twinsmith, consisting of Jordan Smith (vocals/guitar), Matt Regner (guitar/keys), Bill Sharp (bass) and Oliver Morgan (drums),…
To be free
The Haunting of Emiliana Torrini
Icelandic songstress Emiliana Torrini's most widely exposed single may be the bright, sunny, upbeat and tropical Jungle Drum, but I find her most…
Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
TFW Debussy Changes U
Perhaps I shouldn't have been so confident. I was eleven years old, mature enough to begin assuming responsibility for my own decisions but still…
Ode To Rose
CODA FACTO Share Catchy New Track Ode To Rose
Founded by Alexander DeRoo and Jonathan Harley, CODA FACTO are a Hamilton, ON-based duo who fuse melodic Brit-Rock and Americana with modern vocals…
Make a Man
Make A Man (Music Video) - Estrons
I'd like to make a man a of you... simply lyrics yet they impact such a punch that Estrons should have been discovered way earlier. This…
Real Fake
Xinobi's Emphatic and Anthemic Dance Track
Xinobi is the stage name for Portuguese DJ and music producer Bruno Cardoso, who makes music under the Discotexas label with Moullinex. Real Fake is a…
Infinity Guitars
Infinity Guitars Still Sounds Explosive After Seven Years
Bitter rivals are the first term that comes to mind when Infinity Guitars by Sleigh Bells comes on the radio. Recently Infinity Guitars found it's…
Chateau
Angus and Julia Stone’s World-Weary Escapism
“Chateau”, the second track from Aussie sibling duo Angus and Julia Stone’s forthcoming album Snow (out on September 15)…
Wonderwall
And After All...
Wondewall. Written by Noel Gallagher , this song had proved to be one of Oasis’s top songs. The word wonderwall means…
I Always Knew
I Always Knew The Vaccines Had Something To Say
I Always Knew comes from The Vaccines sophomore album Come of Age. The consistency within the tracks composed by The Vaccines shows a dedicated…
Boyish
Balladic Insecurity
La envidia y la inseguridad son, evidentemente, fuentes potentes de inspiración artística (de ahí la perdurable popularidad del é…
Nevermind the End
Bedroom Siren
Like Basically, Nevermind the End showcases Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi's fluid vocals and insightful…
Most Girls
Most Girls Shows How Much Respect Hailee Steinfeld Has For Us All
Hailee Steinfeld has spoken out about her newest track Most Girls. Steinfeld stated that Most Girls should be listened in a girl's bedroom, at top…
Superstar
Music Is Supposed To Inspire
Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill’s debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, garnered critical acclaim for lyrics of life, love, and…
With Strangers
Romanticisms at the Root of Little Joy
With Strangers captures the spirit of Little Joy's self-titled and only full-length release. The warm analog recording and soft vocal croon only…
Darkest Ocean
Sonic Ideas
Darkest Ocean presented by All Tvvins has traces of that infamous Indie credit that is hard to well...discredit. However, All Tvvins have a sense to…
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…
Free.k
Leave it up to Pitbull to update an old classic
In “Free.k” he uses Adina Howard’s “Freak Like Me” and gives it an up-tempo house spin. That part is…
Apocalypse
Reverie After Dark
It has been five years since Brooklyn-via-El Paso ambient pop collective Cigarettes After Sex's first EP. After millions of…
Mad Hatter
Mad Hatter
Melanie Martinez makes arty, alternative singer/songwriter pop that straddles the line between folk, electronica and hip-hop. Born in Baldwin, New…
Hard Girls
Femme Rock-Pop
Hard Girls is the first track from Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall's fifth album Kin (2016), which explores a very different…
Fuego
Prince Amine “Fuego” Single
I usually prefer to dedicate my time to reviewing EPs or albums. but when a publicist I’ve been in contact with for a long time now recommended I take…
Winners
Giddy Elation
New Jersey band Delicate Steve (which is led by multi-instrumentalist Steve Marion) was last heard from on Positive Force&…
Mad World
Revisiting Tears for Fears
This song reminds me of every day when you run through your motions and everything is the same and everything is dissatisfying and disappointing and…
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…
Gold Chains
Funkadelic and Slightly Tragic
Goldensuns have popped out their latest track 'Gold Chains' where Funk rhythms are processed through a slight trembling and tragic lyrically…
Es Mejor
[ IRAN ] DUSTS OUT A CLASSIC OF PARANOIAS
Luis Iran has decided to maintain his artistic streak intact, now in his role as soloist [IRAN] which is preparing her debut album. The topics…
Sign of the Times
If It's A Sign Of The Times, Harry Styles May Be The Voice Of Reason
'Sign of the Times' is coming out at the exact right time. Once the men from One Direction decided to go there separate ways, many wondered if…
P.O.W.A
Taking on the Tower
I could have shut up and put the glass slippers on and made millions of dollars. I could have made a ton of money and then helped build a school. But…
Everybody Knows
Kimbra's Everybody Knows Addresses Our Post-Weinstein Climate
When Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra announced the release of her upcoming third album Primal Heart (19 January 2018) to her fans…
Winona
Lo-Fi Authenticity and DJ Boring's Winona
Alongside other underground music producers with ironic, tongue-in-cheek monikers like DJ Seinfield and Ross from Friends, DJ…
HUMBLE.
Kendrick`s HUMBLE Preach!
Lo que antes era un puro asombro fuera de las fronteras de un-tales joven fenómeno tramo marcado, que ahora es sólo un derivado de la…
Playground love - vibraphone version
Stilted Adolescence
Playground Love is the first song from French duo Air's (Nicholas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel) original sountrack for The Virgin…
Kill For You
Primal Fractions
However far behind I may be on the essential grace of Skylar Grey, I may be...a concert of Grey's is happening in my area this following weekend…
Ingrata - En Vivo
Las Ingratas Mon Laferte and La Mariosoul cover Cafe Tacvba
The angelica band La Santa Cecilia , along with the Chilean Mon Laferte , just presented a live version of the classic theme Ingrata , original…
Power Over Men
50 Shades, Reversed
Power Over Men is a single from London singer-songwriter Jamie T's (Jamie Treays) upcoming fourth album Trick. While Jamie T is relatively unknown…
Tourner dans le vide
Afloat
Turning in the empty or tourner dans le vide, is in the terms of this song sung by Indila is treading water / staying afloat. Learning to live with a…
Take Me Home
Anthony helped Jess getting back Home
Young and still fresh neverening Pop craze, lovely female vocal Jess Glynne decided to update her single Take Me Home ,&…
Off and On
SALES Flesh Out Exquisite Yearning with Off and On
Florida-based indie duo SALES (guitarist/producer Jordan Shih and vocalist/guitarist Lauren Morgan) recently released Off and On,…
Nada Es Suficiente
Nothing is enough: Salomón Ackerman's country pop bet
It talks about the typical situation of a couple in which one of the parties is always dissatisfied, this song I wrote at age 17 and, although it has…
RAW EXIT
Channy Leaneagh's Schizophrenic Feminism
Noisey: Your new record “Shulamith” is named after the radical feminist Shulamith Firestone. How did you come about her?  …
Baby
Gothic Sultriness
Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi’s (Valerie Teicher) critically acclaimed debut album Crawl Space (…
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,…
Otherside Remix [Live]
The Otherside of the Rap Industry: Lives Are At Stake
Otherside is the fourth track on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ five track “The VS. EP” released in 2009. The obvious…
Seven Nation Army
The song that you know but with another sound
Once I heard that music is the listener. When sound traps the crowd, this becomes one voice. language barriers are broken, gender mix and endless…
O Holy Night
Abigail Winzer gives us a beautiful rendition of O Holy Night
What a revelation is truly is to have an artist keep the true nature of Christmas music that keeps the soul and essence of the holiday spirit. The…
Feel Good Inc.
Feeling (really) Good with Seramic
It’s been a while since something new has made me feel the way I do when I press play on the Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk. I was not familiar with…
Hopeless Romantic
Defying Expectations
“I was like, wait a minute, [Jenny Lewis is] on Warner Bros., and she just made a record that sounds like the record I wanna make.…
Fast Car (Riley Remix) [feat. Dakota]
Fast Car Re-Lived by Jonas Blue featuring Dakota
On a Sunday morning, nothing is more perfect than waking up with a cup of coffee, a good read and a classic song out of the radio. Mostly played by…
You're So Vain
Frankly Speaking
Ever thinking about a former lover and wanting to dedicate a song to him or her without really sounding bitter but would sum up all your experiences…
Ann Wants to Dance
Je Ne Sais Quoi
In 2015, Parisian indie duo Papooz (Armand Penicaut and Ulysse Cottin, who are childhood friends) appeared on the scene with their…
Ghost Rider - Strange Weather EP
Calvi Calls On The Ghost Rider
Call Anna Calvi experimental, avant-garde punk, or the Italian heiress from the fortunate guitar goddesses, one thing is clear, Calvi can pay one hell…
First Time He Kissed a Boy
Transcending Homophobia
Danish electropop trio Kadie Elder's First Time He Kissed a Boy seemed like a timely song to review, given the recent Orlando shootings …
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…
We Are the People
Psychedelic Surrealism
Thanks to a well-scored Honda Civic ad, Sydney electro-glampop duo Empire of the Sun (Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore) have placed a…
Mystery of Love (From the Original Motion Picture “Call Me by Your Name”)
Sufjan Stevens Scores His First Oscar Nomination for the Sublime “Mystery of Love”
Sufjan Stevens had two songs in the running for the 2018 Oscars Best Original Song award (the five shortlisted songs out of the longlist of 70 were…
Polished
Prince Innocence Explore the Trophy Girl Syndrome
I've written about Toronto-based duo Prince Innocence's (Josh McIntyre and Talvi Faustmann) 'Manic' before, and…
Hologram
Scream Over The Hologram
An intelligent life form possibly from this world or living on another, is the main focus of Crown The Empire's music video 'Hologram'.…
Hymn For The Weekend
Coldplay gives us a taste of what they will present at SuperBowl 50 with Beyonce
With less than a week for the big show and it seems to excite the fans and leave the audience wanting more, the artists invited to celebrate the…
La Bicicleta
Carlos Vives and Shakira came to YouTube on their bicycle
And boy has been a long wait, but it has already reached Youtube La Bicicleta the new topic of Carlos Vives in collaboration with the Barranquillera…
Wild at Heart
The Electric Petals Share New Track “Wild At Heart”
The modern psychedelic rock of The Electric Petals came together in the summer of 2020. Hailing from Temagami, Canada, they produce in their old 1950s…
Para Siempre... Tal Vez
Forever Maybe one day after its premiere
Forever Maybe is the new song that brings the romantic duo without flag on their official Facebook page have let us know that February 5 will be the…
Opposite House
When It Rains Inside
Like the surrealist accompanying Jonny Look-directed music video, folk-rock crooner Cass McCombs' Opposite House is…
Belong
Melancholic Escapism
Roosevelt makes dance music for people who don't dance because they're too depressed. It's commercial but it cuts deep, like New Order in…
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…
Fuckers
Close Your Eyes and Scream
Savages the band you either live or have no intention listening to ever. After drifting along without acknowledging Savages for about a year, lo and…
Don't Take The Money
The Modern Throwback
Don't Take the Money is power pop at its very best. It's an electric, colourful piece that evokes all the things that a great pop song should.…
Lust for Life (with The Weeknd)
Hollywood and The Weeknd
Lana Del Rey is on a roll lately. A week after releasing her duet with The Weeknd, it was also announced that she has recorded a song with Fleetwood…
Itchycoo Park
Itchycoo Park
1967 was the year when the hippie subculture and the psychedelic era reached their peak. Although the heavy use of psychedelic drugs was in the center…
You Don't Know Love
Never knew Olly Murs like this
Olly Murs first caught my attention with his retro sound. Many of his songs will always remind me of something else. For instance, Heart Skips A Beat…
Still Brazy
YG Still Brazy!
American Rapper/Producer YG claims the Trap throne again! A Def Jam boy, already famous at lagre, the two-letter man kicks…
Green Light
Lorde's is seeing green
It probably hasn’t passed you by that Lorde has made an impressive return. When it comes to the biggest stars on the planet, it’s hard to keep a…
Reverie
Desire's Horrors
When it comes to music from contemporary openly queer artists, there are roughly two camps. There are the 'mainstreamers', who…
Kiss Me
New Olly Murs Track: Hit or Miss?
English Singer/Songwriter Olly Murs just go back on the radar with his brand of bouncy pop and this time it's a brand new track called Kiss Me.…
White Light
Electro Vintage Shura
Wow! I love electro pop! When I heard first sounds of Shura's newest single White Light, the mix of synth and retro rhythm made me think of Eddie…
If I Get High
The Ache Into Infinity
Nothing But Thieves apparently have no problem with breaking a few hearts with their music video for 'If I Get High'. Which ultimately this…
Quit You
Subtle Quanity Makes For Golden Quality
The funny thing about Anderson East is many publications and music critics consider him soley a Country musician. Yes Anderson grew up in …
Scene Girl
Noir Fatalism
Chicago rapper KAMI appears to be poised for solo success after breaking away from the SaveMoney collective (which also consists of Vic Mensa, Joey…
Saint
On Saint, VÉRITÉ Defiantly Wallows in Her Psychological Flaws
After over a decade in the indie scene, VÉRITÉ (Brooklyn singer-songwriter Kelsey Byrne) is well positioned for a breakthrough.…
Tulips
Luxuriant Stasis
Based in San Francisco, The Bilinda Butchers consist of Michal Palmer, Adam Honingford, and Ryan Wansley, who derived their band name by…
Kill Em With Kindness
Selena Shows Kindness
She always seems to come out with a new and engaging topic within her music career. Media always seems to get involved some way or another. …
Above Us
Summer Dreams
In untitled poem #1705, reclusive Belle of Amherst Emily Dickinson boasted that she didn't need to travel to Sicily or South America to imagine a…
How Deep Is Your Love
EDM In A New Dimension
You know what? I never truly listened to electronic music because when I hear the “toot toot” and the “teet teet&…
New York
Sara Lov's Angelic Melancholy
Hawaiian-born Sara Lov (once-frontwoman of dream pop band Devics) begins her heartfelt, sentimental track 'New York' with a slowly-drawn step…
Mind Mischief
Kevin Parker's Women Troubles
Sometimes a musician embodies a particular aesthetic too convincingly, making it difficult for a listener (i.e. me) to imagine him or her…
Let My Baby Stay
Hypnotic Appeal
Amandla Stenberg may only be 18 years old, but she has already proven herself to be a woman of many, many talents. After demonstrating her…
Modern Act
More Than Just An Act
Band members Dylan Baldi, Jayson Gerycz, TJ Duke and Chris Brown are Cloud Nothings. A new age post punk representation from Cleveland, Ohio. So far…
Girlhood
The Preatures Have Raw Originality In 'Girlhood'
Okay, The Preatures have technically been around since 2010 and I ask myself... how did I go this long without hearing their music? As many times that…
The Scientist
Revisiting The Scientist
No doubt, Coldplay's sound -- elegant, melodic, and very dramatic — bore plenty of similarity to mid-1990s Radiohead. But the group was…
Paul
Midnight Letter
Only a band from Brooklyn, NY could encapsulate what would be considered a 'midnight love letter' to whom ever those feelings where…
Way Back (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
Kicking the game like way back
I was pretty surprised to find a new TLC track over the Easter weekend. I’ve been writing about their Kickstarter funded album several times and…
The Way You Used To Do
Queens of the Stone Age Prove That A Band Must Evolve Over Time
Las reinas de la Edad de Piedra asustaron a algunos fans cuando la banda publicó una imagen con el productor Mark Ronson. Mark Ronson es…
La Jetee
The Vryll Society - La Jetee
Psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society released La Jetee back in April and firmly established themselves as one of Liverpool&…
Roxy
Sibling Cooperation
After releasing two albums - Cults(2011) and Static(2013) - New York indie duo Cults (vocalist/guitarist…
Woods
Over Driven By The Woods
'Woods' by Bon Iver hasn't seen the popularity like his other tracks such as 'Skinny Love' that has gained a noted audience. Bon…
American Girl
Tom Petty & Artists Influenced by Tom Petty Playlist On Spotify! RIP! Follow & Share!
Tom Petty & Artists Influenced by Tom Petty Playlist On Spotify! RIP! Follow & Share! Click Here To Visit Spotify Playlist! Click…
Big Picture - SG Lewis Remix
London Gramar: Big Picture
I'm a little late to the London Gramar love-in, whilei like etherial dream-pop their first collection of songs didn't really do it for me and…
Want You Back
Haim change gears on I Want You Back
Right Now was an understated return for Haim, a song that confidently, if quietly, closed the door on a relationship that had become toxic. What Want…
Darling
Suburban Longing
Brooklyn-via-New Jersey indie rock band Real Estate is ready to move on from the departure of founding member and guitarist Matt Mondanile, who…
Secret Love Song
A Mix of a Little Everything
Yes, Little Mix seems to be a mix of a lil everything. When I first heard them, they sounded cute, acted cute, and sang in a cuteness style.&…
I Miss That Feeling
Tennis' I Miss That Feeling: A Love Letter to Anxiety
The most memorable songs have often lived through a few lives before reaching listeners in its final form. &…
Memory
Labyrinthine Post-punk
“Memory” was the second song that we started working on for Preoccupations after “Anxiety”. It was unique to…
All Day
Review: Kanye West ft. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney - All Day
Now when it comes to Kanye West the world has iys fair amount to say, a lot of things words come to mind; arrogance,cocky, jackass and a few more…
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.…
Hallelujah
Singing Hallelujah with Panic! At The Disco
I know. I knooooow. I am such a late bloomer when it comes to music. But I believe that it's NEVER too late to start liking something OR someone.…
Daily
Some daily music for you
My days usually start out with my local radio station blasting on my stereo. I always hope to catch some news, the weather and the traffic situation.…
Boys Like You
Yes, indeed, who IS Fancy???
Talk about sneaking up from behind! I seriously had never heard of this guy, “Who is Fancy”, until he kissed Meghan Trainor at the…
The Rolling Stones
Stones documentary Totally Stripped reissued
The Rolling Stones do not rest. They have about 55 years rockin 'around the world and continue to produce new materials. This time, his…
Farruko
Farruko and Espinoza Paz
After working alongside Mexican Alejandra Guzman and Luis Coronel, the reguetonero Farruko present a topic to duet with Espinoza Paz, who longs to…
Diamante Eléctrico
Electric Diamond: The new impulse of Colombian rock
Ricksha Radio
Brand New Release Hideaway from Ricksa Radio!
Ricksha Radio’s musical journey began on the night that frontrunner Bob Dimick first heard the Beatles play on live TV — from that moment on, Dimick…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire returns with “Give You Power”
After the huge success of its 2013 album, 'Reflektor', the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire has decided to present the first…
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams Returns to Despicable Me Soundtrack
For the continuation of the saga of My favorite villain , singer Pharrell Williams has included in the soundtrack several tracks and a new single…
Gente De Zona
La Macarena is back
23 years of unstoppable success meet during this 2016, the renowned theme popularized by the Spanish musical duo Los del Río: La Macarena. Being…
Chino & Nacho
New Remix of Andas in my head
Miguel Ignacio Mendoza, better known as Nacho, news again and this time made known to us through his Instagram account a small preview of his new…
LCD Soundsystem
The return of LCD Soundsystem
After five years of separation, dance-punk band rejoins New York. So I confirm its star genius James Murphy, vocalist and leader of the group LCD…
Matt Simons
Catch Matt Simons' release
I've heard these kinds of stories many times at networking meetings of my PRO (publishing rights organization, think ASCAP and BMI). Someone is…
Tame Impala
Tame Impala covered Kylie Minogue's Confide in Me
Australia conquered the world in the 90s through the pop music that made Kylie Minogue. Two decades more afternoons did it again with the band Tame…
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons compares himself to a Calf.
KISS vocalist Gene Simmons is totally impressed by the resemblance that a newborn calf in Texas has with the make-up he uses on stage. Simmons, who…
Juan Gabriel
New music video by Juan Gabriel
This time El Sol de Mexico premiere new music video of a classic called Have You Ever Seen The Rain the Californian group Creedence Clearwater…
Folk Family Revival
Folk Family Revival Interview
Folk Family Revival consists of three brothers and their buddy, but they are definitely moving towards psychedelic rock rather than straight-up folk…
Freezepop
Pop Goes Meta
At its worst, pop music is stereotyped as being commercially-driven, overly commoditized and produced, inauthentic, monocultural, superficial,…
Prince
Deluxe edition of Purple Rain released containing unreleased tracks
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Oasis
Oasis documentary Supersonic to premiere in October
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Britney, Rihanna and Kanye: ready for the VMAs
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Radiohead
Lollapalooza 2016
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Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland dies at 48
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The R Train
The R Train's Dear Mr. Fantasy Video Takes Us Back To The 60's
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ZAYN
Zayn Malik heats the networks with his New Video
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Grateful Dead
The Music Never Stopped
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Maggie Brown
Maggie Brown - Prime Duch Pop
I don’t know whether any of these five Amsterdam guys know or have ever known a girl called Maggie Brown that inspired them to form a band, but if…
Delia Derbyshire
White Noise
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The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
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Hard workers, excellent musicians and passionate about performance – that’s one way to describe The Blackberry Bushes Stringband. Another is to revel…
Miss Bolivia
Pantera, the new Miss Bolivia
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Major Lazer
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Aimee Bessada
Interview: Composer Aimee Bessada on being Ready for Anything and Dazzling Audiences with Holly Hobbie
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Natalia Lafourcade
Sixteenth installment of the Latin Grammy
the biggest night in Latin music is coming, for the sixteenth installment of the Latin Grammys there are many surprises in store. The awards ceremony…
Typhoid Rosie
Typhoid Rosie Will Tie You Up in New Video
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” Royal Philharmonic vs. the London Philharmonic
I have been listening to alternating interpretations of orchestras doing my favorite song “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” I have found that upon…
Arcade Fire
Career Spanning Set - Arcade Fire Brings Magic to Lolla
“There’s so much fucking poison in the air. We need love and peace, and we need it now,” Win Butler said as the band began the classic song. “We…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber releases “I'll Be There”
If anything characterizes the Canadian singer Justin Bieber is that his name is popular all it touches. This young man was not satisfied just to get…
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…
Luis Julio Toro
Luis Julio Toro talks about his experience in El Sistema
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The Cains
The Cains – EP Review
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Maluma
Maluma and his salsa version of Felices los 4 with a great artist
Maluma continues to lead the radio with his single Felices Los 4, ranking in the top positions of the most important rankings. However, the Colombian…
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher back at Luna Park in Buenos Aires
As if it were a commemoration, just one on March 16, but eighteen years later, Noel Gallagher returns to which was the first stage in which debuted…
Glastonbury
All set for Glastonbury Festival 2016
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Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck
Judge Roughneck Comes Alive with New Video
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Ryan Culwell
Ryan Culwell ‘I Think I’ll Be Their God’ - EP Review
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Michelle Malone
Michelle Malone’s Hot ‘Lanta: The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Michelle Malone surely would not describe herself as a Georgia peach but she is one proud native of Atlanta. The singer, who hails from …
Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers ‘Once Again It’s Christmas’ – Album Review
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Primal Scream
Primal Scream and Chaosmosis
Feeling like a Demon Again I am eating a big apple at the moment. A fruit of seduction and the endless pleasures. Oh, I love myself! I’m…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer Drops New Single Featuring Justin Bieber
Today, the Canadian singer Justin Bieber joined Major Lazer electronics to release a new single, entitled Cold Water. The lyrics of Cold Water is to…
The Black Angels
The Black Angels
Love Me Forever Love me forever! Oh Love me forever and more! Forever and a day! Dirty, sweaty, nasty and hot! Oh you are so hot! Hot like this…
Francis Poulenc
Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos is Cream of the Crop
In the world of concertos and especially those written for two pianos, there is almost no comparison to the one written by Poulenc. One thing that…
Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee premiere Despacito
Luis Fonsi start the year achieving high levels of popularity with their new song Slowly. The song that just came out with the collaboration of his…
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…
Fito Páez
Fito Páez will perform in Nicaragua.
The Argentine singer Fito Paez will be presented on 21 March in Nicaragua, they reported today the organizers. In a concert that will be entitled…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour tour will arrive in Mexico in 2017.
Canadian singer Justin Bieber will be presented next year in Mexico as part of its Purpose World Tour, the organizer of the event said Tuesday.…
Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea shows her sexiest side in her new video
After more than two years of silence, the Australian rapper Iggy Azalea premiered new single released on March 24 and video that premiered on 27…
Jorge Herrera
Jorge Herrera premieres Lines
Songwriter Jorge Herrera is heading to lay off the year very good way with its new theme Lines. This is the first single from her next studio album.…
Ricardo Arjona
Ricardo Arjona brings us Ella
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley and the Intimate Art of Globalization
Bob Marley's childhood home in Kingston, Jamaica wasn't particularly busy on the rainy February day I chose to pay it a visit. Aside from a…
Tara Thompson
Tara Thompson ‘Someone To Take Your Place’ – Single Review
Tara Thompson is one of the newest female acts to hit the scene, and the Dot Recording artist has recently released her debut single ‘…
Mr Twin Sister
Nice to Meet You Mr. Twin Sister
Bands go through all kinds of things. But for Twin Sister the ride has been a little rougher one. I was introduced to this band quite some years back…
Nate Rogers
Nate Rogers ‘All Roads Lead To Here’ - Album Review
Nate Rogers began writing songs at the tender age of 10. He has a deep and abiding love for music, as is so often found among those who…
Madilyn Bailey
Battle of the Covers: Madilyn Bailey VS. Boyce Avenue
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Bob Dylan
Music, rebellion, protest and marketing
The Vietnam War not only marked a milestone in the history of humanity because of the geopolitical consequences it produced in that bipolar world…
AC/DC
Let There Be Rock
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Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan in Skopje - A Poor Choice of Songs
Ian Gillan had a concert in Skopje yesterday and I went to see him, of course. When I was a young kid I was an obsessed Deep Purple fan(…
Slum Village
Slum Village's T3 Set To Release Solo Projects
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The Weeknd
Channeling Michael Jackson in the night
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
CCR: Fortunate Son
The lyrics to the 1969 song reference rich people who orchestrate wars and then draft the poor to fight in them. People have criticized the musicians&…
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…
David Bowie
David Bowie with cancer three months before he died
British singer David Bowie learned that he was suffering from terminal cancer just three months before his death, on January 10, 2016, according to a…
Denise Santoz
Interview: Denise Santos, Composer of Lifetime’s “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” and Death Saved My Life
Today we’re talking to Los Angeles-based film and television composer, Denise Santos. Now at Hans Zimmer and Sony/ATV's Bleeding Fingers…
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather, period
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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…
Chase Rice
Chase Rice ‘Whisper’ – Single Review
There’s been a bit of hubbub surrounding Chase Rice’s new single, not least because he released a letter essentially apologizing…
Gorillaz
New Gorillaz CD in 360º and 3D
Gorillaz, the virtual group that since 2011 did not publish an album releases Saturnz Barz, a song in which the Jamaican artist Popcaan involved.…
Rafael "Pollo" Brito
Pollo Brito sang to Tío Simón at Pepsi Music
Already in 2015, the singer and cuatro player Rafael Pollo Brito was released, along with EPA, an album in tribute to Simon Diaz, Uncle Simon; where…
Vicente Garcia
Vicente Garcia To the sea
The Dominican began his professional career in 2002 as the first voice of Calor Urbano, a Dominican band of funk / soul and in 2010 decided to launch…
David Bowie
David Bowie in 7 Videos
David Bowie was so many different things to so many people it is testament to his creative brilliance and chameleonic energy that he was able to…
Sunny Sweeney
Sunny Sweeney On ‘My Bed’, Backhanded Compliments And Doing Her Own Thing – Interview
Talking the ‘My Bed’ song and video, fangirling over Will Hoge, the album ‘Provoked’, Miranda Lambert’s Certified Platinum tour, her husband, women on…
Aretha Franklin
The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin
Deserving a Diva title next to your name is a blessing on this World. Earning that title is the greatest achievement of being a female singer. Not…
Dmytro Morykit
The love of amazing new classical music still exists
As Dmytro Morykit finds new ways of reaching fans, without fail they ask 'Why haven't we heard of you before?' His fans span all ages,…
Farruko
Farruko and a controversial video
The Farruko reggaetonero was involved in a new controversy. His new video Chillax generated all kinds of comments on social networks and in the…
Dream Theater
Dream Theater’s Dreamiest Tracks
Dream Theater is nuts. How the hell does someone even write that stuff? It sounds like someone’s pen broke during songwriting and splashed ink all…
Nicolas Jaar
Nicolas Jaar - Fight
Fight (Nymphs IV) is an extension to Nicolas Jaar's 12'' EPs Nymphs II and Nymphs III. It's an eight and a half minute of a bit of…
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 Is Fresh and Inviting to New Ears
Bruckner’s one of those few composers that I believe is under shadowed in the tradition of Romantic Era classical music. He is famously known for his…
Romeo Santos
Romeo Santos will have a song with Julio Iglesias on his new album
The king of bachata, Romeo Santos, is currently performing a new musical production that will be called Golden, becoming the third solo album by the…
Collin Walcott
White Men Can't Play Sitar?
Remember the movie “White Men Can’t Jump”? Well, I was asking myself that question but in terms of music. Do black people groove better than white…
The Black Eyed Peas
“The Black Eyed Peas” together again.
This group after four years of separation meets again for a good cause and it has the function to perform an anthem of world peace and to achieve…
Shark Inferno
Enlightenment in Nightmareland
BRILLIANT ALBUM. Shark Inferno is the world's greatest unknown band. It's probably better that way because popularity is the kiss of death. ha…
Joey + Rory
Joey + Rory ‘Hymns (That Are Important To Us)’ – Album Review
I think it’s safe to say that just about everyone who follows country music knows who Joey + Rory are by now, what with all the coverage…
Kaleo
Everybody sounds like somebody else
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Jack Ü
Take a look at the list of demands from Skrillex and Diplo
It is possible thanks to its super-star level this pair of DJs can afford to order whatever before, during and after the concert. It should not be so…
Justin Timberlake
SundaySpotlight: Justin Timberlake
Haters gonna say it's fake but the man is real! Sorry everyone, but Justin Timberlake is the ultimate king of pop, and If you don't believe me…
Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles presented their first track
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The Killers
For Reasons Unknown
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Bombardier Jones
Expect The Best From Bombardier Jones
Bombardier Jones breathes new life into the soft rock genre, combining frontrunner Ian Jone’s love for British rock and post-punk into something…
Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, “Who is that man?” You try so hard but…
Foreigner
Will they say yes?
I Wanna Know That Love Is (Foreinger) belongs to the few songs that feel sincere, for their lyrics, the ability to convey that feeling, which is a…
The Weeknd
The Weeknd ends the year in style
The Canadian The Weeknd saved his best to end the year by releasing his third album Starboy. So I had already announced through social networks on…
Avicii
Rock in Rio Lisboa will close in style
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The Game
NEW HOT COLLAB: The Game ft. Skrillex-El Chapo
If you have only one chance to represent your next big step up and convince the crowd you are still the next best thing, this single will…
Recordatorio
The Reminder Tour
Who would not tripeo with Americania? From 2010 to 2014, was a band that won many followers. He was considered one of the promises of national music.…
Reid Lee
Reid Lee's Broken Arrows, is Out Today
Reid Lee has been making waves lately with his new video for Save the Best, an eye opening video which touches upon domestic abuse in the …
David Bisbal
Singers of Operación Triunfo meet again on stage
Some of the leading figures of the first edition of Operación Triunfo Spanish reallity show will participate in a special concert, which will…
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Lats Shadow Puppets and their danceable indie rock
Petals falling from the air on a balcony surrounded by European-style buildings mark the beginning of the new video of the English duo The Last…
Rihanna
Will Rihanna beat The Beatles' record?
The high - profile theme Work Rihanna's latest album, Anti, was listed for the eighth consecutive week at the top of the Hot 100 list of…
Prurient
The Rita & Prurient
Flesh is holy. Flesh is everything. Flesh has to be praised, loved and then destroyed. You’ve got to taste some flesh if you really love it.…
Faydee
Undiscovered Gem
In the rapidly growing musical world of this day, there remain many gems undiscovered. One such diamond is Fady Fatrouni; an Australian artist of…
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…
Red Fang
Red Fang's Only Ghost is set to come out in October
Stoner rock band, Red Fang, has gained wide recognition with his album Murder The Mountains of 2011 with singles such as Wires and a media…
Juicy J
Juicy J - No English ft. Travi$ Scott
Two kindred spirits in the art of creating good hip hop, one veteran and one young but talented, have joined once again. Here is the American rapper…
Rubén Blades
Ruben Blades says goodbye dancing his best salsa
The Panamanian artist Rubén Blades moved the hips to around 4,000 spectators who gathered in the annex of the Gran Canaria Stadium to bid…
Nashville Cast
The Music of Nashville, Season 2, Volume 1 – Album Review
My American readers might be wondering why I am only just reviewing this album now; since it was released on December 10 on US shores. However, I am…
Britney Spears
Songs That Make Sense When Listening To Them With Your Friends
It is common that people who frequent them like the same music as you, the band, artist or song or probably at first not feel identified with gender…
Peter Doherty
Peter Doherty sings to love in his latest solo song
I do not love anyone (But you're not just anyone) is the name of the most recently published song by musician, poet and British painter Peter…
Soulful Abstraction
The Cosmic Flow
open.spotify A Drum Driven, Jazzy Futuristic, Dance Mix to hype you up to get on the dance floor. Recorded at Shoo Bop Records, Detroit.…
Humberto Ramirez
25 years of Jazz celebrates trumpeter Humberto Ramirez.
Puerto Rican trumpeter Humberto Ramirez, who has shared the stage with renowned Puerto Rican percussionist Tito Puente and Giovanni Hidalgo, held…
Gorillaz
The Biggest Albums of 2005
In one of my first articles for Kurrent I wrote about the most impactful debut albums from 2005. 2005 was a special year for me as it was the year…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley Is Legend
If you are a music fan (and really, who isn't to some degree?) Then you may believe in the power of music and maybe you have also seen…
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton ‘Pure and Simple’ – Album Review
Reviewing your all-time favorite artist can sometimes produce a crisis of confidence. On the one hand, you know you are biased to love everything that…
Angela Easterling
Angela Easterling ‘Common Law Wife’ - Album Review
Angela Easterling’s new record ‘Common Law Wife’ (due August 14) is something of a coming-of-age album. Her fifth studio effort (after ‘Earning Her…
Steve ´n´ Seagulls
Hillbilly Metal Done Right!
Raise you right hand: Do you promise to write music articles that are interesting and meaningful to our readers? I do… Do you promise to…
Maleh
Maleh is already taking The First Step
Professional debut in the music industry is getting closer to Maleh. Those who do not yet know, this young Venezuelan dabbled in the art world at an…
Vladimir Vysotsky
The grandfather of the Russian rock. Vladimir Vysotsky.
Vladimir Vysotsky may be considered as a grandfather of Russian rock. His songs are recognized and loved by many different people. Many of his songs…
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…
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…
Patrick Sweany
Patrick Sweany ‘Daytime Turned To Nighttime’ - Album Review
If Patrick Sweany’s last record, 2013’s ‘Close To The Floor’, was preoccupied primarily with dealing with the aftermath of multiple family deaths,…
The Tallest Man On Earth
Rivers
If there’s one thing Kristian Matsson excels at, it’s writing beautiful songs that seem to swirl around as if being propped up by…
Shovels & Rope
Little Seeds
We are just two weeks away from the release of the new album, Little Seeds, from Shovels & Rope and earlier today the duo premiered…
Antonín Dvořák
Humoresque Dances and Sings
The Dvorak piece that was originally transcribed and written for orchestra is fabulously reduced to piano solo. The levels of intricacy are there from…
Chelique Sarabia
Venezuelan composer Chelique Sarabia will be honored at the Grammys
At 75 years, the Venezuelan composer Chelique Sarabia nostalgically recalls the moment when lighting during his youth allowed him to write the theme…
Chuck Berry
In Memoriam: Gone in 2017
Every time a musician leaves this planet, a part of our souls eviscerate. To find out that some artist who helped you with his/her music is not with…
Sharif
Sing and Sew deeper
In late 2015 the Spanish rapper Sharif let us enjoy his third solo album, Under The lightning that never stops. A disc that had a theme in particular…
Jetty Rae
Jetty Rae is Queen of the Universe
Indie songstress Jetty Rae is back with a new single today, the elegantly titled Queen of the Universe. Her latest song to reach our ears, Jetty Rae…
ONE OK ROCK
Rockin’ out with One OK Rock
When it comes to Japanese rock, nobody rocks harder than Taka, Toru, Tomoya and Ryota. Collectively known as One OK Rock, these guys are probably the…
Jenn Vix
Jenn Vix Teams Up With Psychedelic Furs' John Ashton on New LP
Alternative singer-singwriter Jenn Vix has announced she will release her new EP ‘Unlocked’ on October 20, preceded by the first…
Nelly Furtado
Where Nelly?!
Last month, just at the end of 2015, word had reached me about a new song that Nelly Furtado was supposed to have done. It wasn’t really…
Juan Gabriel
Children of Mexican singer Juan Gabriel dispute the inheritance
The children of the Mexican singer Juan Gabriel fight a strong battle for their inheritance, with challenges to the will and an attempt to enter by…
Sting
Puting The Sting back in rock
After hearing about it for months, I can now finally write about new music released by Sting. His new single, “I Can’t Stop…
Jim White
Jim White Interview
Jim White’s songwriting and visual art are some of the tangible fruits of his sometimes dark thoughts, but he is not the tortured Southern…
Alirio Díaz
Goodbye to the father of Venezuelan guitarists
The teacher Alirio Diaz stunned the world with the news of his death, on July 5 at night in Rome (Italy). Virtuoso guitarist, was the first…
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke 2016
One of the modern greats (the modern great?) fiddle player, Irish of course, former member of the popular traditional Bothy band, Kevin Burke is still…
John Lennon
John Lennon: Unplugged
A collection of songs featuring some of John Lennon's unplugged performances, Acoustic was first issued in Japan in September 2004. Aside from two…
Taylor Swift
Apple Music commercial brings together Drake and Taylor Swift
Some time ago, singer Taylor Swift wrote a letter to the company Apple Music, in which he complained about the fact that during the first three…
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Louis
Funny thing is how the taste for older things developes as one grows older. When I was sixteen, I couldn't stand jazz music. When I was twenty, I…
Rayland Baxter
Rayland Baxter Interview
RayLand Baxter shaved his mustache and put the chicken down for his latest release, Imaginary Man. As he has grown as a songwriter and performer since…
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe - No Longer An Orchestra?
The names associated with now defunct EG label starting with its creator and mastermind Brian Eno seem to be functioning well and still exerting…
Ricardo Arjona
Arjona arrives from tour Colombia
The Guatemalan singer-songwriter begins his tour of Colombia in Bogota on 7 July. Also, visit Medellín, Pereira and Cali. The month of July is…
Laury Oropeza
Laury Oropeza debuts with her first album
The singer-songwriter Laury Oropeza released her debut album. Under the name of Transparente , this is the letter of introduction of the artist who…
Aterciopelados
Velvety, clean and bright!
Aterciopelados continues to celebrate over 20 years of successful musical life, with now a new intention in mind: to publish a new album already…