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            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…
        
            Rainbow
          
        Rainbow
        Kesha’s musical career has been defined by her work with Dr. Luke. On her third album, she begins something new and promising.  The story of …
        
            Celtic Revival
          
        “Celtic Revival” By The Sky Family 
        The songs that make up “Celtic Revival” and the performance on each one is uplifting. But the recording fidelity of the entire…
        
            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…
        
            Mariner
          
        Reaching for the stars
        Three years passed since Cult Of Luna released their last record, the unique, gritty, mechanical beast called Vertikal. In the meantime, they went on…
        
            Four Hands & a Heart Christmas
          
        A Carlton for Christmas
        I know it's not yet December. But in may part of the world, the Philippines, the Christmas season can begin as early as September. This month then…
        
            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…
        
            Long Way Home
          
        Hands Down The Best Debut of 2016
        If James Blake and Jessie Ware had a lovechild, there is no doubt it would be Lapsley. If you still haven’t heard about this young lady, it’s about…
        
            Horn Ur Marken
          
        The Janitors - Horn Ur Marken
        The Swedish psychedelic rock band The Janitors will release a new album via the renowned Cardinal Fuzz in the coming days. The album comes 3 years…
        
            Awake And Pretty Much Sober
          
        Intricately Layered & Easy on the Ears
        Awake and Pretty Much Sober by Violents is one of my most recent discoveries and the strange tension between cool, icy indifference and…
        
            A Crow Looked at Me
          
        Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (Review)
        “Death is real, someone’s there, and then they’re not”, echoes the beginning of Mount Eerie’s latest and long awaited album since his wife’s passing…
        
            Soul Flowers of Titan
          
        Barrence Whitfield and The Savages and The Eclectic Flowers of Soul
        When young Barry White started working in a record shop, during his journal studies at the University of Boston, he didn't imagine that was the…
        
            Prisoner
          
        The Zenith Of Ryan Adams
        From the first notes of Ryan Adam’s new album, you will hear more than you have ever heard before in the career of this gifted author. What I am…
        
            Stronger in Numbers
          
        Stronger With or Without Numbers
        PledgeMusic has been a resource many a musician has been using recently to make sure that their work sees the light of day and then promoted further.…
        
            Cracked Actor (Live, Los Angeles '74)
          
        Cracked Actor
        This live album is culled from a show late in David’s Bowie’s 1974 tour. It’s heavy on material from Diamond Dogs and …
        
            Little by Little
          
        Luckily, Soda is Streaming Again
        I thought these guys were missing in action, Haven’t heard from them in a while. Almost forgot what they sounded like. But then, no matter how much…
        
            Creepy from the Hood
          
        Foyone and Merkules - Creepy from tha hood
        Representatives of Rap-core Merkules and Foyone, this time in collaboration presented its new discogrpafico material and latest album in EP format.…
        
            Inviting Light
          
        Nothing Flat With The Flatliners
        The Flatliners are a Canadian punk-rock dudes who are stepping back from hardcore and ska roots with their fifth album Inviting Light, and making a…
        
            Memoirs of a Geisha
          
        Memoirs of a Geisha as told by John Williams
        Prior to Memoirs of a Geisha, composer John Williams had never asked to compose for a movie before. Being the resident composer for Steven Spielberg…
        
            Back to the Woods
          
        ALBUM RECOMMENDATION: Angel Haze-Back To The Woods
        Ok we all know where all eyes are constantly turned to all the time... This girl... Wow, how can you describe exquisite art in words... You can`t.…
        
            Wrong Creatures
          
        Without Fillers, Wrong Creatures by BRMC would be a diamond
        Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is one of the bands that refreshed the rock scene with their sound at the onset of the new millenium. Today, almost twenty…
        
            Liquid Sky EP
          
        Les Big Byrd - Liquid Sky
        Les Big Byrd are a Swedish krautrock/psychedelic rock band from Stockholm. Their most notable album to date has been ''They Worshipped Cats…
        
            Strange House
          
        #tbt: The Horrors - Strange House
        Do you remember The Horrors? They looked like they came from horror movies: obscure appereance, messy hairdos, pale faces and strong makeup. Nomen est…
        
            Thinking of You - Single
          
        All My Loving, Review of Thinking Of You
        Please tell me that an influx of smooth Pop-R&B is on the rise. Because Dead Horse Beats finds a collective calling when it comes to branching…
        
            Fm
          
         Farewell to Milwaukee From Minneapolis
        In times before the Internet, it was so easy to miss a good band. You simply could not have heard of them, particularly if they went the independent…
        
            Monster Heart
          
        Clones of Clones: Monster Heart
        Nothing is completely original...I’m not sure things have been original for awhile. I envision a clone to be a less perfect version of its…
        
            Ray Sings, Basie Swings
          
        Ray Sings while Basie Swings, both from  Heaven
        Ray Sings Basie Swings - this surely sounds like a 50’s record, maybe a 60’s one. I’m sure Ray and Count would have had a wonderful time playing and…
        
            What If
          
         The Jerry Douglas Band - What if, indeed!
        Writing a music review should be easy, right? Sure, most of the time. All you have to do first is decide which category the album belongs to… Again,…
        
            Bash the Bishop
          
        Boycott The Baptist - Bash The Bishop (A Smashing Good time)
        I was contacted around December 2016 by the vocalist and guitarist of this power duo. Now, I check out a page called Underground Music Coalition and…
        
            Ocean's Kingdom
          
        McCartney’s “Ocean’s A Kingdom Proves a Tear Jerker”
        Juro que el Paul McCartney es el mejor! Su sentido de la melodía nunca muere. Su sensible a la armonía y el ritmo nunca desaparece. O de…
        
            The Book Of Souls
          
        The Book of Souls by Iron Maiden: Back in The Saddle!
        Iron Maiden was the first metal band that I have heard, and from that moment on I was enchanted. Enchanted by metal, by the vast divergence of its…
        
            A Little Death
          
        My Jerusalem: Post-Punkers Have Finally Made A Hit Rock Album
        My Jerusalem is a band who caught music world’s attention instantly. Founder Jeff Klein had played with The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins…
        
            Centres
          
        Centres Hit The Centre
        Judging by his albums so far, you can call Canadian composer/musician/singer Ian William Craig’ music anything but a run of the mill ambient/neo-…
        
            Communion
          
        Communion Still Is The Best SepticFlesh Record...
        Broken and then reunited again, SepticFlesh managed to release their best album to date, Communion, back in 2008. Embracing classical orchestrations…
        
            Extraterrestrial Highway
          
        Ten East - Extraterrestrial Highway
        Ten East is an instrumental psychedelic rock/stoner rock/deser rock band from Los Angeles, California. They have released 3 full length albums through…
        
            My Nights On the Island
          
        Alex Southey Shares New EP My Nights On the Island
        Alex Southey’s new My Nights On the Island EP offers a six song revision of a break up that breaks the mould of what one would traditionally ascribe…
        
            Off The Radar
          
        Noga Erez Delivers One Of This Year's Best Records
        It’s been couple of weeks since I have reviewed politically charged album. Shocking! At one point, I had a feeling every album I am covering is…
        
            Tempest
          
        Broken Water - Tempest
        Broken Water are a relatively well-known garage rock/noise rock/shoegaze band from Olympia, Washington. They have released a handful of fascinating…
        
            In America
          
        Sammy Sadler “In America” Embodies the Country Sound of Blake Shelton And Climbs the HotDisc Top 40 chart
        Country Artist Sammy Sadler’s new single, “In America”, has moved up five spots on the HotDisc Top 40 Chart this week.…
        
            Modern Heart
          
        The howls of Milow
        Internationally, you might know Milow from his transformation of 50 Cent’s “Ayo Technology”. I say “…
        
            The Colour In Anything
          
        Here are a few of my favourite things about James Blake's The Colour in Anything
        If you’ve read the article that precedes this one, you will know something about my newfound obsession with James Blake. Although this…
        
            En la memoria de la piel
          
        Rosana returns overwhelming and authentic
        Stay right there in the middle of the rush, wrap me in touch, kisses I gave you and let me off balance playing give you the world and make you smile,…
        
            Shape of You
          
        Ed Sheeran releases tracklist for his new album
        Young UK, Ed Sheeran, has been working on his next album titled divide ÷ , however, before publishing completely that album, he has released to…
        
            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…
        
            Heartworms
          
        Lukewarm Return Of The Shins
          James Mercer and his crew came back with the new material. I say crew on purpose as the members have completely changed since the last…
        
            Vacation Freeze
          
        The Greatness Of the Lesser Men
        Adult disoriented rock is a phrase that The Lesser Men use to describe the genre of music they are playing. As time goes by, that is exactly how I…
        
            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…
        
            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,…
        
            Iron Mountain
          
        “Iron Mountain” by Michael Brondstetter
        In 1888 in the “Maxims and Arrows” section of his book “Twilight of the Idols” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously said, “Was mich nicht…
        
            Greatest Hits: Pieces of Three
          
        Michigan Based ThreePeace Reggae Rock for the Millenium! The Police, The Clash, Greta Van Fleet all rolled into a fat one!
        Michigan Based ThreePeace Reggae Rock for the Millenium! The Police, The Clash, Greta Van Fleet all rolled into a fat one! ThreePeace is an American…
        
            One Stone
          
        Trixie Mattel is a Drag Version of Dolly Parton 
        Every time I hear super awesome music from none other than a drag queen, one fairy gets born. Drag queens who are also a great musicians are extremely…
        
            New Energy
          
        5 Favorite Albums of 2017
        My favorite LPs of the year, in no specific order. Arca - EPONYMOUS Same as Mutant, this album is a hybrid of different genres, only this time they…
        
            Perfect Illusion
          
        Lady Gaga Releases Perfect Illusion Tracklist
        First we were surprised with the announcement of his return to the studio to record what will be his new album he decided to head Perfect Illusion,…
        
            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&…
        
            Don't Let Me Down
          
        The Chainsmokers and Daya don't let me down 
        Hace unos 5 años, The Chainsmokers fueron los primeros en utilizar un hashtag y la palabra autofoto en una canción. Odiaba la canción…
        
            Won't Be There
          
        Luke Reed - One For The Summer
        If you tried to count the number of gifted young musicians with a thousand song ideas in their head, playing and recording them in a number of bands,…
        
            Little Seeds
          
        Plot Twist: Americana of Shovels and Rope
        One of the best things about music albums are failed predictions. You are anticipating to hear one thing, and you end up enjoying something completely…
        
            11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory
          
        11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory
        This is a cute folk-rock for the masses. That doesn’t need that the guys are not fun. Dropkick Murphys is a band who connects jocks, rockers,…
        
            We Are Millionaires
          
        Fij & Bickers - Forlorn but not beaten
        Pete Fij and Terry Bickers - never heard? Well, if you are a close follower of all things music, particularly the late Eighties and early Nineties…
        
            Purpose (Deluxe)
          
        Purpose Ain't Swaying Me
        Justin Bieber, Justin Drew Bieber. The ‘Joffrey Baratheon’ of pop music delivered another album – Purpose. I guess this album could be seen…
        
            Seeds
          
        TV on The Radio - Seeds
        I must freely say that the best and the most creative days are behind TV On The Radio but I must also say that they are maturing greatly and they are…
        
            The Atlantic Years In Mono
          
        Giant Steps
        “Giant Steps” is a very important album, especially for aspiring jazz musicians. It’s the record that firmly put the so…
        
            Be Here Now (Remastered)
          
        The Last Oasis Album That Made Sense
        Let me present to you the last album by Oasis that made sense. With Definitely Maybe, they have become the fastest selling debut band, and with What’s…
        
            Loud Hailer
          
        Jeff Beck's Critic Of Today's Society
        Although he is 72 years old, Jeff Beck still does not think he should retire his guitar, which he proves with his newest release titled Loud Haller.…
        
            Trippy Caribbean
          
        Rawayana dared and presented her Trippy Caribbean
        The Venezuelan group recently announced that his third album would be called Trippy Caribbean plate and finally here!  Under the production of Jos…
        
            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…
        
            Love
          
        Amen Dunes - Love
        Amen Dunes is a psychedelic rock/indie rock/neo-psych band from the United States. Their most notable album to date is perhaps ''Love''…
        
            If On A Winter's Night
          
        Do you love Baroque Music? Then you must be fan of Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner Sting
        Even we are in the 21st century; there are still a lot of sound fields and undiscovered magical moments left in the music by our ancestors. Sting has…
        
            Let 'Em Eat Cake
          
        A Musical Masterpiece
        Once upon a time, things were easier for Alexz Johnson. She was signed to Epic Records, her debut album was well on the way to being finished, and her…
        
            Saturns Pattern
          
        Rock Full Of Tricks
        Working class hero, ex lead singer of Jem, the creator of few truly idiosyncratic records. On his latest album, Paul Weller continues to create new…
        
            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…
        
            Automaton
          
        Jamiroquai Strikes Again WithAutomaton 
        I am happy that I can write something about some freshly made material by Jamiroquai! For those who don't know who are Jamiroquai, this band is…
        
            Deep End
          
        Doc Robinson - Midwest Loves Its Pop
        There seems a particular penchant for good pop oriented rock, soul, anything, in the US Midwest. Think Rockford Illinois’ Cheap Trick, or any of the…
        
            Not Even Happiness
          
        Not Even Happiness
        Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s new album has the lucidity and tactility of a healing crystal. Not unlike Phil Elverum, she …
        
            No Shape
          
        The Genius Of Perfume Genius
          Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…
        
            Come Away With Me
          
        Come Away Again with Norah Jones
        Several albums and musical collaborations later, Norah Jones' debut album remains a top favorite for many who have followed her musical journey.…
        
            Promeneur
          
        A Stroll Through Styles - In French
        If you are a fan of French popular music, Mathieu Boogaerts is probably a known quantity to you. If you think of French pop only in the terms of…
        
            Monuments To An Elegy
          
        Smashing Pumpkins Monuments to an Elegy Album Review
        On December 9th, 2014 The Smashing Pumpkins released their 9th studio album entitledMonuments to an Elegy. This album still embodies SPs …
        
            Ash & Ice
          
        Who Killed The Kills?
        Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have a profuse chemistry, and it has been a constant of all of The Kills albums, starting from Keep On Your Mean Side…
        
            See How They Run
          
        Do you remember when you were young?
        Do you remember when you were young? Do you remember that very distinctive mixed and contradictory feeling of fearlessness and doubt, of possibility…
        
            Dress To Impress
          
        Keith impresses
        Even though it's September and the summer is actually coming to an end soon, we're enjoying some really nice hot temperatures, at the moment.…
        
            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…
        
            Sonic Messenger
          
        Expo 70 - Sonic Messenger
        Expo 70 is a quite well-known psychedelic rock/drone/space rock project of Justin Wright, who started the project in Los Angeles. Expo 70 has…
        
            Citizen of Glass
          
        Agnes Olsen's Perspective On Losing Privacy
        Danish author Agnes Obel rewarded us with her third album in 2016. The title Citizen Of Glass refers to the concept of glaserner burger, or the…
        
            HERO
          
        A Singer Who You Can Trust
          MAREN MORRIS   She is driving a Mercedes with the crown on the rearview mirror and she mentions Amen and Hallelujah in the chorus.…
        
            Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
          
        J. S. Bach: You Are Alone
        The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, composed by JS Bach, are quite significant in the world of any violinist. An integral part of a violinist&…
        
            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…
        
            Afro-Caribbean Mixtape
          
        Full Blossom of Nicholas Payton
        It is not always easy to follow and understand creations of 21st century jazz musicians. One of them, Nicholas Payton, has been tentative for over a…
        
            Dream
          
        Angie Stone's Dream is like a musical story book
        In a time where everything is about branding, you have to wear the brands, brand yourself, brand your product, pfff, it sounds so true to hear someone…
        
            Shape Shift With Me
          
        Post-Dysphoria Punk
          After nihilistic and vulgar album Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Laura-Jane Grace went through a chatarsis and left us wondering what will…
        
            Canadiana Grotesquica
          
        Geoff Berner - Canadian Gargantua and Pantagruel
        For those that decided to skip reading the Francois Rabelais literature classic Gargantua and Pantagruel, Canadiana Grotesquica, the new, seventh…
        
            Star Treatment
          
        Wovenhand, The Second Phase
        Wovenhand is one of those band with a cult status, thanks to David Eugene Edwards and the band that existed before Wovenhand (and that is 16…
        
            50 Years of Blonde on Blonde (Live)
          
        Maybe Old, But Definitly Not Forgotten
        “Old Crow Medicine Show” have been around for awhile and their mastery of the country, folk, bluegrass in all forms and guises has earned them enough…
        
            A 4 APP
          
        What Anastacia fans voted for
        I’ve had the incredible pleasure of seeing Anastacia perform live as she was supporting Bon Jovi on one of their European tours. At the time,…
        
            Abyss
          
        If You Stare Into The Abyss, Wolfe Looks Back
        The worst thing about depression is that you have to pretend you are fine in front of the people who don’t even give a shit about you. But…
        
            Positive Songs For Negative People
          
        Positive Songs For Negative People
        No one cal play with words as good as Frank Turner. His lyrical style is unexcelled. As much as I adore Frank, I will be frank and say how minus and…
        
            II
          
        Naxatras - II
        Naxatras are an interesting Greek psychedelic/space rock band, who hail from Thessaloniki. Naxatras have previously released one album and an EP. Both…
        
            Uprising
          
        BOB MARLEYS SWAN SONG
        In my early teens when I started to grow my obsession with music, I got blown away by the powerful riffs of bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin,…
        
            Complete Third
          
        A Cult Star That Should Definitely Have Been Big
        Here with us again is another incarnation of an album about love turned into a disaster that at the time it came out was proclaimed a disaster. Later…
        
            Thrown by This Eastern Wind EP
          
        Newfoundman is Vulnerable, Poetic on Thrown By This Eastern Wind EP
        Navigating the ever-expanding troves of online music communities such as Bandcamp can be a daunting task for those with even an inkling of an…
        
            International Blackjazz Society
          
        Sounds from the mental institution
        Shining (Norwegian one) received lots of attention in the metal community after the release of their (now cult) fifth album, Blackjazz. Maddening…
        
            Grace
          
        JEFF BUCKLEY’S GRACE
        One of the greatest tragedies of the 00’s was the loss of the prolific and incredibly talented musician, Jeff Buckley. It is a wonderful…
        
            A/B
          
        A Band From Holland Resembles The Black Keys. Too Much?
        There is a really great new song by The Black Keys titled No Good. An explosive combo of drums and guitars is cute like a Pokémon (yes,…
        
            Heartworms
          
        The Shins, Once Epitome Of Indie, Now Lukewarm Heartworm
        Not so long ago, The Shins were epitome of indie band. Practically anyone who was obsessed with exploring indie niche could not help themselves but to…
        
            Clipper Ship
          
        Pick Up The Wooden Wand!
        Wooden Wand has been around for a while and has come up with a batch of great albums with equally great music and even some greater lyrics. A great…
        
            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…
        
            The Man of Sorrow / The Man Who Sorrows
          
        Lwstndrds - The Man of Sorrow / The Man Who Sorrows
        Lwstndrds are a two-piece powerviolence/grindcore/noise/sludge metal band from Zabrze, Poland. While usually their repertoire includes harsh, brutal,…
        
            St Germain
          
        The Return Of St Germain
                    It took him fifteen years to release an…
        
            A World Out of Time
          
        Eternal Tapestry - A World Out Of Time
        Eternal Tapestry are a renowned American psychedelic rock band from Portland. They have released a great number of fine albums through almost a decade…
        
            My Domain
          
        Classic Instruments Have Never Sounded Less Serious
        Clowed Forehead present themselves as international doom-folk-rock band with an address in Czech city Brno. Band includes five young guys from Iran,…
        
            Horehound
          
        Horehound
        Well, what can I do – I just love that retro sound that became popular again at the beginning of the new millennium. The Dead Weather are…
        
            Crystal Fairy
          
        Crystal Fairy
        Crystal Fairy pits together At the Drive In’s Omar Rodríguez-López, Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender, and Melvins members Buzz Osborne…
        
            The Far Field
          
        Furute Islands Remain On The Right Side Of The Field
        Three years after they won the hearts of synth-pop and indie rock lovers, Baltimore trio Future Islands returned with their fifth album. I can freely…
        
            Interpretations
          
        The Ups & Downs of Charles Matthews Jr.’s “Interpretations”
        This is a collection of primo R&B songs done by a long term musician in the R&B world. A deeper look into the songs on this record,…
        
            Coffee Show
          
        Coffee Party? Interesting,
        For the purpose of better taste, this album was made in coffee machine. This is what lies in the description of the debut album by a Swiss band Coffee…
        
            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…
        
            Fearless
          
        #tbt Taylor Swift - Fearless
        Americans will be Americans. They will love their country music endlessly, even when it is contaminated by pure pop melodies that have nothing to do…
        
            Bamboo Diner in the Rain
          
        The Picture is Clear - The Waves Are Covered In Light
        When I first saw the cover of the new The Wave Pictures album (and there is quite a few of them), something kept nagging at me it seemed so familiar…
        
            Sirope Vivo
          
        The intelligent staging by Alejandro Sanz
        Alejandro Sanz is a born chameleon. It can be the consent of the women, respected by musicians and talk of hard rock lovers. At that point, it…
        
            Pariah
          
        Pariah
        Twenty years into her career, after a hiatus of more than a decade, the Chicago footwork producer finally releases her debut album, taking apart her…
        
            The Gamble
          
        Refined Experiment
        Reunions of past collaborators can often be disappointing, especially when it comes to art projects. Luckily, Nils Frahm did not fall into that trap…
        
            Incarnate
          
        Still Holding The Throne
        Killswitch Engage is one of the founding fathers of melodic metalcore, a metalcore subgenre that launched this bastard child of metal and HC into…
        
            Atoma
          
        Dark Tranquillity – Atoma [Review]
        Along with At the Gates and In Flames, Dark Tranquillity shaped melodeath genre. Back in the 90’s three bands from Gothenburg, Sweden made an entirely…
        
            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…
        
            Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
          
        Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Summer Deconstructed
        Everyone knows the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. And I am certain that everyone knows at least one movement from Vivaldi’…
        
            The Only Way Is Up
          
        Sometimes words are not needed
        I'm the first one to tell you that lyrics are important to a song. It doesn't matter if a lyric is repeated constantly or if it's used as…
        
            In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
          
        Discovering Neutral Milk Hotel
        I realise I’m doing this completely the wrong way around, but I really enjoy discovering older music and identifying the newer music it has influenced…
        
            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…
        
            Anthologia
          
        Dr John Cooper Clarke Returns After 25 Years With The Help of Hugh Cornwell
        Cult figure of punk’s golden age, dr.John Cooper Clarke, recently refreshed his discography with a little bit of help from Hugh Cornwell from The…
        
            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, &…
        
            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…
        
            Still Brazy (Deluxe)
          
        Music Like A Bullet
        As soon as he ended his successful collaboration with DJ Mustard that resulted in epic debut My Krazy Life, YG dropped an album that keeps all the…
        
            Keep Singing
          
        Did you know that Rick Astley had kept singing?
        He’s become such an icon for all the strangest reasons, but when Rick Astley had his breakthrough as a singer, in the 80s, he already was…
        
            Bludfire
          
        Fire in her spirit and music in her blud
        The track, ”Bludfire”, by Eva Simons and her husband, DJ Sidney Samson, is what you would now consider to be a signature Eva…
        
            Exitoca
          
         Cristobal And The Sea - Everything's souped up
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            DARKNESS AND LIGHT
          
        The grey areas of John Legend
        I think, out of all the R&B artists out there today, John Legend would have to be the best role model you can find. I'm not a fan. I don…
        
            My Girl
          
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            Atomic
          
        Emotional Mogwai
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            True Strength - Epic Music
          
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            Look Around
          
        The Arche-Indie Band
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            Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun
          
        Mark Olson - Mojave desert psych
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            The Wild Swan
          
        The Wild Swan of Ireland
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            Come Away With Me
          
        #TBT: Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
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            Sing It Ugly
          
        Despair Never Sounded So Optimistic
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            She Hangs Brightly
          
        Without Flaws
        Mazzy Star appeared on my radar recently, after I finally decided to check out did Hope Sandoval (she lent her vocal for Paradise Circus and The…
        
            Scissors, Paper, Rock!
          
        Scientists prove what 25 million people have already seen...
        Earlier this year, researchers from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria published an article titled Instrumentational Complexity of Music…
        
            Dusk
          
        Ultimate Painting - Dusk shines brightly
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            All the Best Songs
          
        Punk Storytelling
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            Northern Passages
          
        Steady Addition To The Sadies Discography
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            Emotions - EP
          
        From cloning and covering to being original
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            In Heaven
          
        Not Your Typical Sugar Pop 
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            Cámara Lenta
          
        Mariana Vega premieres her single in “Cámara Lenta”
        This romantic singer and Venezuelan composer had us while wanting some new tunes and finally the wait is over, as we knew had been immersed in the…
        
            Wall Of Glass
          
        Our Kid goes solo with mixed results
        Any song that features one of the Gallagher brothers is guaranteed to have at least one thing: swagger. Swagger, bravado, and sheer bloody-mindedness…
        
            Remember (Na Na Na Hey Hey)
          
        Songs That Make No Sense And You Just Dance
        What is the song that you do not stop humming? ¿ Work of Fifth Harmony? It's over? San Luis. No matter what the song, just the hum,…
        
            Handcuffs
          
        Orlando Victims and Youtube Stars in “Hands” Lyric Video
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            I Don't Know
          
        My Favourite Things 'I Don't Know'
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            Fuera De Este Mundo
          
        Cycle 1- Venezuelan music
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            Night Owl
          
        Frenetic Funk
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            Roxanne
          
        Understanding The Meaning Of Rock
        The Rock is conceived through its history as a sound of protest, to do things differently irreverent, boldly, with weight, strength, able to move to…
        
            Adventure Of A Lifetime
          
        Coldplay Adventure Of A Lifetime
        On November 6th, 2015 Coldplay released a new single entitled “Adventure of a Lifetime”.  “Adventure of a Lifetime&…
        
            Go Home
          
        Lucius Show Us How To Go Home 
        Lucius album 'Good Grief' came out in 2016 leading to a successful sophomore return. However, it would be 'Wildewoman' their debut…
        
            Alaska
          
        Maggie Rogers Leaves Us Stuck In Alaska
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            1000
          
        N.E.R.D. and Future Deliver Electrifying Political Chaos With 1000
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            Breaking The Habit
          
        Chester Bennington: His Best Song
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            Annie's Song
          
        Unexpected Poignancy
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            teach you to fall in love
          
        Fall In Love With Brett Castro's Newest Break-Up Anthem
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            Who Are You?
          
        Joyriding Has Us Reeling
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            Let Me Get There
          
        All in the (Hypnotic Soul) Groove
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            Salut d'amour, Op. 12, 
          
        When Love's Greeting Changes Key
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            Signs
          
        COVERLAND Vol.24: Signs
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            Cake By The Ocean
          
        Sweets, Cakes & Sexy Beats
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            Breakin' Up
          
        Breaking Up Never Felt So Good
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            Take It To The Limit - Live Version
          
        Eagles' Take It To The Limit
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            You're So Vain
          
        Frankly Speaking
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            A Thousand Years
          
        Lindsay Solo Shares Her Powerful Rendition of A Thousand Years in Her Debut Album 
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            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…
        
            Sahara
          
        Songhoy Blues and Iggy Pop's Sahara Imbue the Desert With Joie De Vivre 
        “Sahara”, a collaboration between Iggy Pop and “desert blues” guitar quarter Songhoy Blues, aims to correct…
        
            Something In The Way
          
        Concentrated Attraction
        Nirvana came into existence and seemingly destroyed hair metal in the blink of an eye. Parents who where in thier early 20s at the time would save…
        
            Christmas Party
          
        Christmas Party! By Tara Lett
        Canadian pop artist Tara Lett is releasing the official video for her new song “Christmas Party”. Lett is a Vancouver-based artist whose captivating…
        
            Creep
          
        When Rock Talks about Love
        Most rock bands are not only famous for having his rebellious look or because their songs reflect their discontent, but who manage to amass their…
        
            On Hold
          
        No Longer On Hold For The xx
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            Vacaciones
          
        HOLIDAYS the new musical theme of Wisin
        With so few days late has Wisin's daughter Victoria, their fans are beginning to wonder how it is able to promote new music at a time like…
        
            Bounce Back
          
        Big S With L(`s)ive! 
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            Lost Youth / Lost You
          
        Intimacy's Miseries
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            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…
        
            Makeshift Love
          
        Good Charlotte Makeshift Love 
        Your favorite middle school pop-punk band is back! That’s right, this week Good Charlotte released they’re first song since 2010…
        
            Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart
          
        Twin Peaks is back in May, so here's some Julee Cruise
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            Body and Soul
          
         JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.2 - Body and Soul
        In this second article dedicated to jazz standards, I present you the most covered one of all times - “Body and Soul”, a…
        
            In The End
          
        Cosmic Freedom
        Portland indie rock band STRFKR ('Starfucker', basically an ironic name choice to signal their 'anti-pop' distance from the music…
        
            You
          
        You Equals Death
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            It Ain't Safe
          
        It Ain't Safe... But the Music is Good 
        So if you're new to Grime then you must make your first listen available for Skepta. He's the king of Grime, bring his name up in the UK and…
        
            Timeline
          
        The R Train Reveal Whirlwind Single Timeline
        Brooklyn-based American rock band, R Train, is about to release their newest ripping single, “Timeline.” This trio hooks you immediately with a…
        
            Life's Been Good
          
        Has Life Been Good for Legendary Rock Stars?
        Most people view the stardom of the music industry as something to be jealous of. Musicians, especially, crave being acknowledged in similar ways that…
        
            Gold
          
        Invasion of Pop
        High Tyde entrust the holy grail of guitar with their single 'Gold'. At first when 'Gold' started playing two distinctive thoughts…
        
            Subways
          
        Quirky Psychedelia
        As AllMusic's Tim Sendra aptly notes, Australian plunderphonics experts The Avalanches are masters at creating new melodies out…
        
            Another Lonely Night
          
        Strut it Mr. Adam Lambert
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            Prelude in G minor, Op.23, No.5 : Alla marcia
          
        Rachmaninoff Op. 23 Piano Prelude Gallops Along 
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            Horizon
          
        A Kaleidoscopic Trance
          Horizon follows Epoch as the second single from Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho's (San Francisco-based …
        
            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)…
        
            Cheap Thrills
          
        The Sia Formula
        With the release of 1000 Forms of Fear (2014), 40-year old Australian music veteran Sia Furler stepped out of the shadows of…
        
            Brother
          
        Simple Significance
        Sometimes you just need a little bit of beat. You’re halfway through the day, and a push is needed, but just a gentle one; a simple song…
        
            From the Dining Table
          
        From the Dining Table Is An Open/Private Conversation With Harry Styles
        Harry Styles continues to surprise and deliver the kind of songwriter musicianship everyone knew Styles was capable of doing. 'From the Dining…
        
            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…
        
            Suicide Saturday
          
        It was a Suicide Saturday ... In a Summertime Kind of Way
        Hippo Campus (the band's name is a play on the region of the brain in charge of memory) is a four-man indie pop-rock band founded in Minnesota in…
        
            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…
        
            Long Gone
          
        Phum Viphurit's Long Gone Dissolves Separation Anxiety Into Mild Euphoria
        Bangkok-based singer-songwriter Phum Viphurit spent most of his teenage years in Hamilton, New Zealand - a cross-cultural experience that helped shape…
        
            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…
        
            NO
          
        Meghan Trainor NO!
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            Bad Blood
          
        Wonky Funk
        The music video for East London singer-songwriter and record producer NAO's (Neo Jessica Joshua) breakout hit Bad Blood features simple - yet…
        
            La Bicicleta - Versión Vallenato
          
        Vallenatón The Flavor of Colombia with Puerto Rico
        miscegenation, language, traditions and above all, the fusion of sounds that go on to become distinguished music in Latino culture.  It is common to…
        
            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…
        
            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.…
        
            Blowin' Smoke
          
        Jeremy Dion Weaves A Tall Tale in His Newest Single Blowin' Smoke
        Jeremy Dion has connected with music since he was a toddler. He started with the piano at age seven, and began writing songs when he first picked up a…
        
            Gravediggin'
          
        Western Noir
        Los Angeles surf-garage quintet The Buttertones (bassist Sean Redman, guitarist/singer Richard Araiza, drummer Modesto &…
        
            Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
          
        TFW Debussy Changes U
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            Me Voy
          
        About The Meaning Of The Guava Tree And Its Types
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            Casimir Pulaski Day
          
        Magic in the Mundane
        Sufjan Stevens is notoriously enigmatic in his songwriting. The kind of enigmatic that makes you feel at once that you know him and that you don&…
        
            L.E.S Artistes
          
        Santigold's Artistic Manifesto
        Santigold is the stage name of Philadelphia-born Santi White, who is probably best known for 'Disparate Youth' (2012) and her genre-blending…
        
            Hello
          
        After several years of waiting Adele says Hello.
        As a preamble to its third full-length album entitled 25, the British singer Adele released its latest promotional single Hello accompanied by a…
        
            Behind Your Back
          
        Funky Furtado
        It wasn’t all that long ago when I first blogged about Nelly Furtado. She has just collaborated on someone’s mixtape and I…
        
            With A Little Help From My Friends - Remastered
          
        COVERLAND Vol.26: With a Litle Help from My Friends
        When I was starting to listen and collect rock LP’s as a teenager, the triple vinyl from Woodstock ‘69 came to me before a Beatles…
        
            Cold
          
        The Surreal Aptness of Seeing Rich Brian as an Olympic Figure Skater in the Cold MV
        As a certain calculative pop star once sang, it's all in the timing. Rich Brian's cinematic turn as an Olympic figure skater - while seemingly…
        
            Because I’m Me
          
        Because I'm Me, The Avalanches Give Their Best
        Even after pointing a finger and making fun at their own long hiatus between albums, The Avalanches are a part of a small group of musicians who…
        
            Auction
          
        Diddy And Lil Kim reunite to put it down on Auction
        To me, all of this makes me feel like I’m reporting music news from somewhere in the second half of the 90s, but P Diddy and Lil Kim have…
        
            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…
        
            UGH!
          
        Comfy Sweater, Fluorescent Neon Lights and Lots of Funky Dancing
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            Where Is The Love?
          
        Still a Timely Question for Today
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            Panda
          
        What is the future of authenticity
         Desiigner's Panda became the first New York rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Jay Z's Empire State of…
        
            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…
        
            Tunnel Vision
          
        Kodak Black tunnel vision
        American rapper from Florida, Dieuson Octave, known in the industry as Kodak Black, with career ahead, this 19 year old is one of the most active…
        
            Mango Tree
          
        Mango Lemonade
        If artists would make you read song lyrics before you could actually listen to their music, you would probably hum Mango Tree with previous harmony-…
        
            Doctor Robert - Remastered
          
        What song turned you off of a band?
        The Beatles were never my cup of tea, which is saying something since I don't even drink tea. I didn't think they were bad or anything they…
        
            Angels in Chains
          
        Geri's tribute to George: From friend to friend
        Sometimes, social media is so misleasing. It had been buzzing for days that Geri Horner-Halliwell or Halliwell-Horner, or just…
        
            A Lack of Understanding
          
        For A Better Phrase Here Is A Lack Of Understanding From The Vaccines
        Coming off of their debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? The Vaccines have now come to worldwide acclaim. Some would say even an…
        
            Sedona
          
        Raucous Americana
        Houndmouth, an Indiana indie-rock quartet (Matt Myers, Katie Toupin, Shane Cody and Zak Appleby), scored a breakthrough hit last year with Sedona, the…
        
            Deadwood
          
        Toni's bringing in something new
        I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a new music announcement than the announcement that I spotted from Toni Braxton, just a while ago. I just…
        
            Slow Hands
          
        No slow rise
        A few weeks ago, I was well impressed by the direction Harry Styles had chosen for himself when he released his debut solo  single “Sign Of…
        
            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…
        
            I Love You Baby, I Love You Doll
          
        'Indian' Indie
        Kolkata-based dream pop duo Parekh & Singh's (instrumentalist/vocalist Nischay Parekh and…
        
            Already Gone
          
        Brett Dennen's Already Gone Finds Exhilaration in Elusiveness
        Northern Californian singer-songwriter Brett Dennen comes across as the most amiable of rebels. His brand of easy-listening folk-pop has earned him…
        
            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…
        
            Malibu
          
        Miley Cyrus is back to normal
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            Closer
          
        Lemaitre Have Us Believing Happiness Is That Much Closer
        'Closer' by Lemaitre featuring Jennie A. was ironically discovered (for myself) through the new Pixel Google Phone commercial that Youtube…
        
            -1
          
        Gloomy Clarity
        Four years after the release of their debut album  Ministry of Love(2013), Los Angeles duo IO Echo is back with an airy…
        
            Big Jet Plane
          
        Big Jet Plane on Repeat
        Romantic, sentimental and slightly heartbreaking...however, Angus & Julia Stone have radically presented us with their track 'Big Jet…
        
            Moneda
          
        Prince Royce joins Gerardo Ortiz in a new theme
        Friday was officially released the video for the new theme Prince Royce, which bears the title currency is the third single from the new album of the…
        
            S.O.S.
          
        COVERLAND Vol.19: SOS
        What Portishead did with ABBA’s “SOS” is a remarkable example of a true cover - completely altered in mood,…
        
            Sweep Me Off My Feet
          
        Throw The Towel In Because Pond Have Come Out With A Need To See Music Video
        On May 5th of 2017 Pond released their seventh studio album 'The Weather'. To much acclaim, the prog-psychedelic band decided to take matters…
        
            Wasted Days
          
        Zibra Share their Wasted Days
        Zibra are a London-based melodo-electronica trio. Consisitng of Sam Battle lead singer and guitar, Russ Harley on keys and Ben Everest on bass they…
        
            Back To Back
          
        Top 10 Songs of 2015 
          For rap fans, 2015 was nothing but excellent. A new mixtape from Drake and Future, new artists on the rise, and overall just a great vibe…
        
            Victory
          
        joey badass launches victory
        The young and prolific American rapper Joey badass, member of the collective Pro was recently released his latest single, the court 'victory&…
        
            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…
        
            Stand Up for Something (feat. Common)
          
        Standing up to inspire others
        I’ve had a favorite songwriter for a very long time now. She’s Diane Warren. I think she’s slightly strange, now that I follow her on social media and…
        
            Poor Boy
          
        Belle and Sebastian's Poor Boy is Ironically Infectious
        Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch took a while to figure out the connection between the music video for Poor Boy and the song's…
        
            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…
        
            Stairway To Heaven - Sunset Sound Mix
          
        Led Zeppelin in Heaven
        When it comes to performing a cover, some will argue it is better when an artist takes the song completely out of its genre and ventures to do…
        
            Sugar
          
        Breezy Introspection
        Sugar follows Saint Ivy and Down the Line as the third track from Brooklyn indie lo-fi band Beach Fossils' critically acclaimed third…
        
            Dreams Tonite
          
        Sublime Melancholy
            Canadian synth-pop quartet Alvvays have followed up on In Undertow with Dreams Tonite: the second glimpse of…
        
            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”
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            Never Be the Same
          
        Can Camila Cabello Score a Continuity of Hits with “Never Be the Same”?
          Ex-Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello days as a pop underdog are over. Her debut solo single Crying in the Club may have been lackluster,…
        
            Pleasure
          
        Feist Writes About How Pleasure Should Feel And Sound
        Feist is back. Our favorite Indie Mother who solidified a genre with a quirky unique structure stylized within music that could only somewhat fit…
        
            Something To Believe In
          
        The New Respects' Something To Believe In is the Uplifting Sonic Melting Pot That 2017 Needs
        After releasing their debut EP  Here Comes Troublein March this year, The New Respects was profiled by Rolling Stone as one…
        
            Take Me
          
        A Song for Mending Hearts
        South Korean singer-songwriter MISO's debut single Take Me is the promising result of her artistic incubation with the Red Bull Music…
        
            Sexy Boy
          
        A Sultry Transgression
        Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunckel burst onto the international music scene with the release of their space-pop debut Moon…
        
            Just Hold On
          
        Louis Tomlinson's first solo release
        You can tell that at the end of the first year of One Direction’s hiatus, members of the group are getting restless. Probably sparked by the…
        
            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…
        
            Sucker
          
        Sucker for The Big Moon
        The Big Moon has a song playfully titled Sucker that...also has a seductive attraction that easily draws in any one within hearing distance. London…
        
            Get My Bang
          
        On Eros and Thanatos
          “It became apparent that that guitar almost became the character within the songs, that phallic character, the all-conquering…
        
            Lonely Boy
          
        The best minimalist and low-budget music videos ever
        We are bombarded by the media with money facts from the music industry, especially by pop-stars who brag around about how much they spent on their…
        
            Radioactive
          
        Radioactive: It will make your system blow! 
        Are you up for something that will wake up your soul and float into abyss? Imagine yourself waking up and feeling everything not just within your body…
        
            Paranoia
          
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        Katy Perry premieres music video for Swish Swish
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        Gene Simmons compares himself to a Calf.
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        Zombie Zombie
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        At The Drive-In Cancels The Rest Of Their North American Tour.
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        Yandel joins Farruko for Encantadora (Remix)
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        A Band Piece for The Ages--Concerto for Alto Sax and Concert Band by David Maslanka
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        Guano Padano
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        NEW THEME IS CHEVERE
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        She Directs Her Own Music Video
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        Six years after her last album, Paulina Rubio presents her first single.
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        Claude Debussy's Piano Music
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        Khalid – American Teen: New Song
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        Sin Bandera returns One Last Time
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        Eli Lev: An Artist to Remember
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        Paramore releases video for second single I Told You So
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        VIDEO PREMIERE: Shattered by Roxana Labatt
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        Margo Price’s Very Good Week
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        Daddy Yankee is the most listened to artist on Spotify worldwide
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        Sia Presents: Reaper
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        Filthy Huns
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        Kelly Gets Back WIth Dumb
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        Lil Nas X Knows Something You Don’t: How Genre-Benders are Changing the Face of Pop
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        Julieta Venegas premiered new music video
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        Blind Faith Presence of The Lord
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        Justin Bieber releases “I'll Be There”
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        Jeremih channels Michael Jackson on “I Think of You feat. Chris Brown and Big Sean.
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        Emmanuel celebrates 40 years of career with an MTV Unplugge
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        Carlos Vives closes the year with a little gift
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            Franco De Vita
          
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            Luis Miguel
          
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            Metallica
          
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            The Strokes
          
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            J Balvin
          
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            Queens of the Stone Age
          
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            King Blood
          
        King Blood
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            WaxFeet
          
        WaxFeet Promises Chill Electronica and Delivers in Everything is Everything
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            Mooger Fooger
          
        Meet Mooger Fooger!
        “Mooger Fooger” is one of the longest-standing band on the vivid Macedonian alternative scene. The band and the music were…
        
            The Killers
          
        The Killers premiere Run for Cover
        The Killers is an American band that has remained in time as one of the most important in the world. They are 16 years of a successful project that…
        
            Samuel Barber
          
        Samuel Barber's Breathtaking Adagio for Strings
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            Haunted George
          
        Haunted George
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            Taylor Swift
          
        Taylor Swift released her single Ready for It
        Ready for It is the name of the new song of the American singer, Taylor Swift to only one week of having released the video of its first simple Look…
        
            Celia Cruz
          
        Celia Cruz will sing forever I will live
        The strong and beautiful voice of Celia Cruz exclaims with the power that characterizes him (in the present tense because discography immortalizes…
        
            Peter Kowald
          
        THE LOW END Vol.8: Peter Kowald
        We’re gonna dedicate this volume of The Low End series to a somewhat lesser-known master of the double bass, Peter Kowald, one of the most…
        
            Frank Ocean
          
        Frank Ocean premiered the song Chanel
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            Shane McAnally
          
        CMA Songwriters Series @ IndigO2, London, UK | March 10, 2016 – Review
        I have seen every CMA Songwriters event to grace the O2 Arena, and there are always high expectations. I love the camaraderie and collaboration of the…
        
            American Idol
          
        American Idol says goodbye, who will idolize them?
        And after fifteen seasons, the program Fox was fired. The reason? low audience, perhaps because of the emergence of other versions of the program.…
        
            Reba McEntire
          
        Reba McEntire ‘Just Like Them Horses’ – Single Review
        Reba McEntire is one of the most beloved country music veterans ever to grace the genre. With her strong, powerful voice and her equally substantial…
        
            Justin Timberlake
          
        Justin Timberlake honors Prince in a Netflix film
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            Foo Fighters
          
        The genius of the Firefly Festival
        emerging or already established bands are those that are meeting in the Firefly Festival, the only one in the world where the public chooses the…
        
            French Montana
          
        French Montana and Drake together in a new theme
        Two masters of hip hop, one American and one Canadian, come together to create a new song; as they could already see in the title, we are talking…
        
            Nile Rodgers
          
        What surprise does the new Chic have in store for us?
        Nile Rodgers had saved him. However, he was responsible for spreading the news on his blog: It's About Time is the first album that will…
        
            Ana Egge
          
        Ana Egge ‘Bright Shadow’ - Album Review
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            Kings of Leon
          
        The Kings Of Leon
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            Bryan Hayes
          
        Bryan Hayes ‘Farther Down The Line’ – Album Review
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            Pedro Capó
          
        Pedro Capó remains with good projection
        Pedro Capó is surprising and leading sales in the Latin market of the United States and Puerto Rico. His new album  En Letra de Otro has become…
        
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            Comus
          
        Comus' First Utterance
        Of all the obscure bands from the sixties ad seventies, Comus is among the most creative and original ones. Formed in 1969 by fellow art students…
        
            Blancmange
          
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            Audioslave
          
        Will Audioslave return to the stage?
        Surely you've ever heard someone talk about the American supergroup Audioslave, or have heard some of his most notorious as like a Stone…
        
            Frank Zappa
          
        The Freak Out List
        Frank Zappa’s legacy is so huge that there’s always something more to see, hear, study, analyze, and now that they've opened the legendary Vault,…
        
            Pearl Jam
          
        Pearl Jam Environmentalist, demand sanctions for those responsible for ecocide in Brazil.
        American alternative rock band (Grunge) formed in 1990, Pearl Jam demanded an exemplary punishment to those responsible for the dumping of sludge and…
        
            Altered by Mom
          
        Altered by Mom Share Bold New Track Heart That Sound
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            Francis Poulenc
          
        Poulenc's Organ Concerto is Stunning!
        Poulenc’s organ concerto in G minor starts off with a bang. The clash of the organs and strings is simply dazzling. There's a little bit of…
        
            The Legendary Shack Shakers
          
        Shakin’ That Rockabilly Sound
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            Luis Fonsi
          
        Despacito, the most viewed video in YouTube history
        Despacito, the all-Spanish megahit of Puerto Ricans Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, became the most watched video on YouTube on Friday, surpassing 2,995…
        
            Ed Sheeran
          
        Sheeran, the most listened to musician on Spotify
        Ed Sheeran became the most listened artist on Spotify, the popular online music service, as it prepares to launch its next album.  According to…
        
            Lorenzo Mohr
          
        Show-Stopping Debut Release From Lorenzo Mohr!
        Twangy guitar riffs and a bold, jazzy sax accompaniment provide the basis for this enthusiastic anthem by Italian native, Lorenzo Mohr. His debut…
        
            Lady Gaga
          
        Will Lady Gaga go less Gaga on new album?
        In terms of solo work, it’s been kind of quiet surrounding Lady Gaga. Yes, she’s definitely not been sitting around holidaying…
        
            Pitbull
          
        Pitbull premiered the video for Green light
        Armando Christian Perez, known worldwide as Pitbull, is still active producing new material. The urban music artist multiawarded launched last August…
        
            Dire Straits
          
        The Dire Straits
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