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A Seat at the Table
Solange is at the table
Solange is stuck between a rock and a hard place. As the sister of, you're being watched closely. Especially when you, too, are in the same…
October
October (1981) - a classic U2 record
This is the first record by U2 that I bought, back when I was a young music explorer (with no internet, just the good old record stores and that big…
White Light
The Corrs Like they’ve never been gone
When you listen to The Corrs’ album, “White Light”, you can’t imagine this group has been gone for about 10…
Garden of Ashes
Later That Night…
Somebody listening for the first time to Duke Garwood would probably react by saying that he sounds a lot like Mark Lanegan. Very late night Mark…
Scalping the Guru
El Jesus De Magico - Scalping The Guru
El Jesus De Mágico son un noise-rock banda estadounidense de rock / psicodélico de Columbus, Ohio. Se han publicado un buen número de…
Sketches Of Brunswick East
King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizzard - Psych jazz this time around
When King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizzard announced that they will issue five albums this year, even their fans (myself included), who were…
Visions of Us on the Land
Psychedelic King Of Eclecticism
Introvert from Seattle says his latest record is like a bad trip in which two soulmates come together. ’There is no plan. You will see the…
Just As I Am
Timeless
This is a considerably daunting album to review. As I’ve revisited this album, I’ve recognised elements of it in so many different…
Hot Thoughts
Spoon's New Album Cuts Like A Knife
Three years after the fantastic album They Want My Soul, Texas fantastic four has dropped Hot Thoughts, the record witnessing their return to their…
Ty Segall
Ty Segall Never Slows Down
A golden rule in music is to take a break between records. In most cases, artists go to hibernation until boredom turns into inspiration, and…
Nothing But... Drum
Nuclear Weapons
So this is the third volume with crazy drum and bass weapons. When i hear the first compilation from Nothing But... from DNB weapons i was…
Emperor's New Clothes
Death Of A Bachelor Or The Rise Of An LA Devotee?
Panic! At The Disco has proven to us that change isn’t always a bad thing. The band has recently shown us that they transitioned from emo/…
Woman
The True Meaning of a Woman by Jill Scott
Do you know a female vocalist that rocks the world with new album with a lot of art and passion in it in her 40s? When I think of a super, massive…
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…
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…
UNDIVIDED HEART & SOUL
JD McPherson's Undivided Heart And Soul
Born and raised in Oklahoma, JD McPherson dedicated his career to revival of vintage r'n'b, blues and rock 'n' roll sound. Even though…
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…
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…
In Mind
Current Critics Favourite - Real Estate Bashing
There is a standard tendency with rock critics, old and new - bring them up and then slam them down. I guess they take that critic word in…
Pasos Sincopados
Little Revenge presents its 'Pasos Sincopados'. Part III.
Small Revancha, the musical project directed and conceptualized by the duo of Claudia Lizardo (daughter of the legendary PTT Lizardo of the same…
Bitches Brew Live
Bitches Brew
If we’re talking about groundbreaking music, this album by Miles Davis is one of the few that can hold this attribute with great pride.…
DJ-Kicks (Michael Mayer) [Mixed Tracks]
DJ Kicks
Michael Mayer’s technique as a DJ is impeccable, and his personality bursts from the decks. His latest mix CD gathers obscure house tracks…
"Awaken, My Love!"
I have a bone to pick with end of year lists
I love end of year lists, I consume them with an almost unhealthy fervour since they provide answers to the all important question for a pop culture…
The Pale Emperor
The Pale Emperor
Brian Warner and his music vent Marilyn Manson were hardly going to shock anyone in 2015. There are a lot of weird stuff in the world that are…
No Estás Solo
Rodrigo throws pins at the Point Art Session.
Rodrigo Gonsalves, or also known as Rodrigo Solo member of the rock band Viniloversus returns to promote new material from his solo project You are…
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-…
The Wolves
The Sound Of Lethargy
Melbourne bases band Brighter Later is another evidence how Australia is a tough competitor on the world’s music scene. The project of Jaye…
Honest Life
Folk Heroine of Generation Z
Female authors with guitars are becoming a frequent thing. And it’s good that this is the case. Every day, I discover a new name, no matter what the…
I See You
The xx Are Officially Back To The Indie Top!
To make a four year hiatus proved to be a smart move for London trio. There was enough time for contemplation about the next step and the change in…
Dark Night of The Soul
Throwback Thursday: Death Behind Danger Mouse's Dark Night Of The Soul
There are not many albums with the history of making long as Dark Night Of The Soul has. From the start of the project to the final release of the…
Wins & Losses
Wins and Losses
After freeing himself from the feuds and narrative that dragged him down, Meek Mill’s third studio album is a comeback by any measure, honest and…
El Dorado
Shakira returns with El Dorado
After a long time away from the music scene, Shakira has decided to reappear to release her number 11 album from the repertoire titled El Dorado and…
To The Bone
In A Shocking Twist, Steven Wilson Goes Pop
To quote The Daily Telegraph, Steven Wilson is probably the most successful musician you have never heard of. After ten Porcupine Tree albums, Wilson…
Abysmal Thoughts
The Drums Finally Matured
The Drums are back with abysmal thoughts. The follow-up to Encyclopedie (2014) is their fourth album and the first album without guitarist Jacob…
Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü
Did you like the Soundtrack more than the Suicide Squad Movie itself?
A few weeks ago it is over waiting to see the film Suicide Squad, which has generated much criticism, both good and bad (more bad than good). In…
Marseille
Jazz Is Vital Energy For Ahmad Jamal
Even though he is already in his seventies, legendary Ahmad Jamal continues with the same level of enthusiasm in 2017 with his dedication to the…
The Getaway
RHCP At Their Most Mediocre Level
It’s been ten years since extraordinary Stadium Arcadium, seven years since crazy diamond John Frusciante left the band, and five years…
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…
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz and Symphony Fantastique
Berlioz is one of the best composers of the romantic period, using fabulously sized orchestral forces to put together his magnificent opus “…
Those Younger Days
Indie Family
When you believe in people, the whole world is a church. And when your family believes in you, your life is easy like indie song. Music runs in the…
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…
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…
Abbey Road (Remastered)
Abbey Road - My Album Recommendation by The Beatles
Abbey Road is definitely the album that will cheer you up if you are a Beatles lover. It is their 11th studio album which includes incredible songs…
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Margo Price Makes Alcohol Addiction Sound Like Ambrosia
Treinta autor de tres años con una auténtica pasada vocal e intrigante estimuló una multa bombo con la hija de su álbum debut…
Psicodelia
Random Capt. Beefheart Psicodelia
Captain Beefheart (con o sin su Magic Band) es uno de los músicos de rock más debatidos, mucho más que sus discos fueron comprados.…
Melodrama
Lorde Comes Crashing To Reality in Melodrama
Lorde is the one musician right now, activities relating to every young adult imaginable. With the anticipated release of Melodrama, fans of the…
Gøggs
Gøggs - Gøggs
Coggs are a relatively new American no-nonsense garage punk/garage rock band and a one of the projects of Ty Segall. While they have released an EP…
Murder Of The Universe
The Most Creative and The Most Prolific Band
Australian psychedelic rockers King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard are not slowing down. On the contrary, they announced release of four to five albums…
...Of the Dark Light
....Of The Dark Light
Long Island death metal stalwarts bring considerable technical aptitude to an album that works within the framework of their long-established sound.…
Little Games
Good old rock. Little games by The Yardbirds.
For a while, listening to the songs by “The Yardbirds”, I thought that these were the song by “The Doors”. The…
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
AKOUSTIC!
With his Elektric Band in full swing, Chick decided to create its perfect complement, this time on the quieter side of things: the Akoustic Band.…
Rise
Jessica93 - Rise
Jesscia93 is a fascinating French one-man band who plays a mixture of noisy psychedelic rock, krautrock, post-punk and shoegaze. Saying all this the…
Little Dark Age
Breaking Up With MGMT
If some band sounded like they are going to be THE band of their times, that was definitely MGMT during their Oracular Spectacular era. The album was…
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…
Is Cary Pratt
Prairie Cat - Is Light As A Feather
Saying that Prarie Cat’s new album Is Cary Pratt is actually light as a feather can really go two ways - that it is so light that it will slip by…
Product 3
Beat Connection Product 3 Album Review
Organic and wild, Beat Connection’s gives the listener a inside look on modern electronic indie pop. These four young musicians from…
ATGCLVLSSCAP
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
The renowned Norwegian avant-garde/experimental/psychedelic rock band Ulver came out with a new album in the end of January. Now Ulver is a band that…
Bad Posture
On The Back Porch
Sometimes it is hard to portray your music on its album cover. For John Andrews & The Yawns, that seems to be no problem on “Bad Posture”.…
Zipper Down
Zipper Down by Eagles of Death Metal: Instaparty
From the moment you hear the first song from the long awaited Zipper Down you know that Eagles of Death Metal did it again, they again released an…
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…
Purpose (Deluxe)
Justin Bieber Finds His Voice with 'Purpose'
At the two-minute-thirty mark on Travi$ Scott’s atmospheric album cut “Maria I’m Drunk,” the magic begins. An…
Worried Kid
Scandinavian Folk At Its Best
Bellhound Choir is a solo project of Danish author Christian Hade Madsen. His first EP Stray Screech Beastdropped in 2015 and it was a teaser for his…
7
A Track by Track Review - Seal’s 7
Boy, has this been a crazy month for album releases. It felt like the 90s again with everyone from The Corrs, Nick Carter, to Enya and Bjork releasing…
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…
Politika
New release by Bernays Propaganda
One of the most popular acts on the Macedonian alternative scene, “Bernays Propaganda”, which I already introduced to the readers…
Ash & Ice
The Kills - 'Ash & Ice'
Since the release of their first album Keep on Your Mean Side, The Kills has become a cult band being compared with other duos as The White Stripes…
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,…
Evolve
Whatever It Takes already has its own Video Clip
Goths (Deluxe Version)
The Mountain... Goths?
I am so happy that I am alive in the time when so much good music is produced. I don’t know how would I obvercome my struggles If it wasn’t for this…
The Elements
The Elements
The Elements is an album by American saxophonist Joe Henderson, released in 1973 on Milestone. 1970 began a decade of discovery for Joe Henderson, a…
Resurrection
Adina Howard brings a freak resurrection
Adina Howard is known to be surprising. Usually she just shows she has a lot of guts. To return to music was a bit of a surprise to me too. The last I…
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…
There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)
After four years - Four Tet, again
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet is obviously a busy man. He has been involved, and probably is at this very moment - in a myriad of projects. Whether it…
Microverse
Lossy & Strangers Are People Too - Microverse
Microverse is the third release fr composer and producer Lossy on his label Boot Cycle Audio. Having previously released with Tru Thoughts,…
Return to Love
LVL UP Are On The Highest Indie Level
LVL UP have released their third full length album under Sub Pop label, which just proves how remarkable these boys are. American indie…
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…
reputation
biggest disappointments of 2017
ARCADE FIRE - Everything Now Flop is sometimes a byproduct of failed expectations, and not of the album's quality per se. Why are…
Young As The Morning Old As The Sea (Deluxe Edition)
Two Beautiful Birds
I often like it when two artists collaborate and I am thrilled if it happens to be a collaboration between two good artists but when Passenger and…
RawayanaLand
Venezuela does not lack talent.
The Venezuelan music scene, is at its best, and it shows with the great talents that we hear every day on national radio stations. Recent years have…
Whatever It Takes
Imagine Dragons returns with Whatever It Takes
Imagine Drangons is one of those groups that take the time necessary to make new music, and is that when the muse arrives, they certainly stand out…
When You Cut Into The Present
Møster! - When You Cut Into The Present
Møster! are a renowned Norwegian experimental avant-garde psychedelic noise-rock outfit, who happen to mix a variety of subgenres in their…
Phase 3
Skeppet - Phase 3
Skeppet are an interesting Danish band that venture in the realm of psychedelic rock, electronic music and space rock influenced ambient drones. Their…
Ellipsis
Spinning in Ellipsis; Biffy Clyro Succumbs To Repetition
Biffy Clyro, A Scottish trio, was always interesting to me based on their approach to music. Jast as Kings Of Leon, Simon Neil and Johnston brothers (…
Plans
Death Cab For Cutie: Plans
On my 18th birthday, a boy gifted Death Cab for Cutie's Plans to me along with a letter confessing his true feelings for me. Irrelevant as this…
New View
Nonchalant Woman
Eleanor Friedberger is known as a vocalist of the band The Fiery Furnaces. The band released eight albums that were pretty successful in American…
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…
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…
Cobalt Chapel
Cobalt Chapel - Where Wicker Man Resides
Remember “The Wicker Man” movie? No not the 2006 remake, but the 1973 English mystery horror classic based on the 1967 novel “The Ritual”, involving…
The Open Road
Howe’s Road Is Still Open
¿Qué se puede esperar de Howe Gelb en cualquier momento? Cualquier cosa. Y más aún, todo. Si alguno de sus seguidores desde hace…
Rhythm Nation 1814
The National Anthem We All Need
I always like to describe the best music as being timeless, all-consuming, and inspiring. Janet Jackson’s 1989 album, Rhythm Nation 1814,&…
Minimum - Maximum
Pioneers Of Electronic Music
Of all places in post-war Europe, Germany was probably the most depressive ambient to grow up. Artists born after Hitler’s suicide in 1945 were facing…
La Gárgola
Chevelle's La Gárgola Album Review
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Tool and Queens of the Stone Age conceived and had a baby? Probably not...…
Ritual
Fire! Orchestra - Ritual
Fire! Orchestra is a renowned Norwegian avant-garde psychedelic rock/free jazz band that is made up of Fire! and other artists they collaborate with.…
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,…
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…
Dead Magic
Reincarnation of Diamanda Glass, miss Anna Von Hausswolff
Take what is the destiny of a human being, a thin pathetic line that marks and surrounds the neverending and the unknown silence. Right in that…
New Eyes (Special Edition)
BBC Philharmonic and BBC Radio 1 present… Clean Bandit
Classical music and electronic music are certainly not one and the same. Music that can be made on a computer and music that is played in a concert…
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…
Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
Sun Kil Moon On The Edge Of Madness
As an artist, Mark Kozelek is in that phase of his creativity in which he is capable of saying anything that's on his mind without caring what…
2012 - 2017
When Nicolas Jaar Plays House, That Doesn't Mean He Plays Safe
It is generally accepted notion that when an artist is having fun while making his music, the listener is also going to enjoy it. Under the pseudonym…
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…
The Tambourine Girls
Tambourine Girls - Another Guitar Variation That Works
No girls or tambourines among these four Aussies that go under the name Tambourine Girls on their debut album. I’m sure that a girl or two on…
Chapter and Verse
The Boss Drops Unusual Collection
After 43 years of unpredictable, yet successful music career, the time has come for Bruce Springsteen to pack his hard work into few compilations.…
BEYONCÉ
Lemonade the relief of Bey
Of course since we are all aware that Lemonade is the new album Queen of R & B Beyonce Knowles, we also know that it was something totally…
Pride & Prejudice
The Art of Speed Rapping
When I think about Korean hip-hop, one name definitely comes to mind faster than you can say rap. OUTSIDER. The first time I heard about Outsider, I…
Aquarius
Review: Tinashe's 'Aquarius'
R&B newcomer Tinashe makes quite an entrance with her scintillating major-label debut, Aquarius. Following the rampant success of her…
Lobi
Armenian Jazz
They say practice is more important than talent. It seems like this guy has both of it. Plus, he is a patriot. Armenian wunder kid, 28 year old jazz…
Boxer
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: Boxer, The National
Boxer is a point of no return for The National. With three albums under their belt, including the critical darling Alligator, the band were starting…
Overthink It
Overthink It
From one of the most creative rappers in Dallas, TX I present to You OTI: OVERTHINK IT EP The second studio Extended Play from emerging TX artist Yung…
Big Walnuts Yonder
SuperGroup With A Superpower
Big Walnuts Yonder is a supergroup. I don’t like using this hackneyed term anymore, but it is what it is. So, the supergroup is comprised of members…
Panic Stations
Affective Pop-Rock. Meh.
Motion City Soundtrack didn’t surprise, didn’t fail, but it also didn’t create a master piece. They satisfied what I…
Earthtones
Bahamas' Earthtones Pursues Low-Key Self-Realization by the Lakeside
If you, like me (and many others), are disappointed that the singles from Justin Timberlake’s forthcoming Man of the Woods album did nothing…
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…
Science Fiction
A perfect and brutal goodbye from one of the best bands of the Millennium
You could be forgiven for falling away from your Brand New obsession in the years since Daisy. As the length between albums goes Brand New even beat…
Wayfarer
The IndieBeat Staple Collection: Innovative Troubadour Rock
With the release of his first single Council, you immediately get the sense that Jeffrey Trainor's sophomore album is a move…
All I Need (Deluxe Version)
100% Worth The Wait
You know that feeling of déjà vu where you could swear that you've seen or heard or been somewhere before but you haven'…
Paradise
WEEKEND EP DUEL: Anohni vs Blonde Redhead
ANOHNI Vs Blonde Redhead Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare,…
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…
The Archives of Rotten Blues +1
Green Machine - The Archives of Rotten Blues
Green Machine or ''Greenmachine'' as they are usually spelled, is a cult Japanese stoner metal/sludge/psych rock band. While all of…
The Invalid Singers
Bunny And The Multiple Personality Disorder
Prince was maybe the first artist who had a tendency to change his name with every album. It’s been four years since this creative and…
In Love with a Ghost
Daniel Land announces solo album In Love With A Ghost
Daniel Land After a three year hiatus, Daniel Land has announced the forthcoming release of his In…
The Far Field
Highly Anticipated Future Island Record Is Finally Here
2014 was a crossroad in the career of the famous band from Baltimore. Although they had three studio albums up until then, the commercial success came…
Sorceress
The Pinnacle Of Opeth's Discography
Opeth’s twelfth studio album is one of the most anticipated metal albums of the year, although it is a prog rock album. With their last three releases…
Stimmt
Aidan Baker - Stimmt
The highly prolific Canadian drone/noise/shoegaze musician Aidan Baker seemingly comes out with new albums every few months or so. May it be Nadja,…
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…
Music From Before The Storm
Daughter's Soundtrack For A Video Game is A Well Done Task
Working on a soundtrack is a double-edge sword for an artist. He needs to remain loyal to his signature sound, while simultaneously making sure that…
Sketches Of Brunswick East
Sketches of Brunswick East Confirm King Gizzard's Status
Just when you think that King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard got stuck on psychedelic rock and progressive hard rock, using recursive motives, the most…
Channel the Spirits
The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
The Comet Is Coming is a pretty fascinating British psychedelic rock/jazz fusion/experimental music band from London. Their latest album is titled &#…
Push the Sky Away
Cave's Best?
It's not a Bad Seeds album. It is a Nick Cave album, but if you listened to it next to anything from the the Sexual…
Times Infinity Volume Two
The Dears - To infinity and back
The Dears, or shall we say, Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak and whoever’s in Montreal at the time, have been around for a while, actually, as…
Hang
Foxygen's Hang Is An Amalgam of Retro and Modern
Do we make mistakes or do mistakes make us? I am not going to get metaphysical, don’t worry, but I am trying to emphasize the importance of occasional…
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&…
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…
Deluxe
Skeppet - Deluxe
Skeppet are an interesting Danish psychedelic rock/krautrock band, who I have reviewed on this site once before. This time however the album under…
Concrete and Gold
Foo Fighters and Justin Timberlake? Not everything is what it seems to be.
Although in promo video he glorified all of his collaborators and announced something huge coming up, the spiritus movens of Foo Fighters, David Grohl…
III
Sardonis - III
The two-man Belgian sludge metal/stoner doom band Sardonis came out with a great new album this year. The album is laconically titled III and doesn&#…
So
Peter Gabriel: So
Peter Gabriel’s fifth studio album is by far one of his most accomplished. Lead single ‘Sledgehammer’ is a joyous,…
Ashes
Burning 'Ashes'
Released on February 15, 2016 the young prodigy from Denver had his album entitled “Ashes.” It was composed, engineered, produced…
Resolute
Stu Larsen - Resolute: to do good
These days it ahem there is a proliferation of singer/songwriters inspired by a similar generation from the Seventies. Like then, today’s batch can be…
Other People's Songs Volume One
Making Other People’s Songs Your Own
For some generations that are “somewhat” older, holding a physical object containing music is still an essential element of the…
On The Lam
Cavity - On The Lam
Cavity is a renowned stoner metal/sludge/stoner doom band from Miami, Florda. They have released a number of great albums through the years, but the…
Merkabah / SunInYourHead
Shaddah Tuum ooze menace on EP
Shaddah Tuum weave dark and ambient soundscapes that ripple with edgy industrial menace. Their shamanic incantations insinuate themselves into the…
Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Deluxe Edition)
Seniors Just Wanna Have Fun
Taxi, can I get I ride to the 90s? The longest way possible. I am not a fan of the people who are nostalgic, those wise braggers who have lived…
Move Like a Ghost
When Guitars Are Toys
Fun garage rock band from the punk record label who passed by my radar last year is now finally on my radar. toyGuiar is relatively new…
Over the Edge
Over the edge
Oakland “stoner violence” trio Connoisseur’s entire debut LP is about the pleasures and politics of smoking weed.&…
Atacama Dreaming
Pontiacs - Atacama Dreaming
Pontiacs are another fascinating Chilean psychedelic rock band, who mix rather melodic neo-psych and 60s psych vibe with modern day psychedelia.…
The West Against the People
Featherlight Heaviness
Ok, so you’re born in Russia, raised in Israel, you become sensitive to all that is burdening this world and want to express it through music. Where…
Dookie
Dookie
From its humble roots in the Bay Area punk scene to its massive hooks, Dookie has become one of the greatest teenage…
Īstenībā
Mona De Bo - īstenībā
The relatively obscure, but renowned Latvian instrumental drone/psychedelic rock band Mona De Bo came out with a new album in the end of last year.…
Scream
Enter Michael Jackson's Halloween
With Halloween coming around the corner, the Michael Jackson estate and Sony Music couldn’t resist releasing a new album with a scary theme…
Do-wah-diddy
COVERLAND Vol.15: Do Wah Diddy Diddy
One of the most important characteristics of a good pop song is that it’s catchy. Some unusual melody, a sound or a strange enough word that gets…
Pipe Dream
Kyle Duke Releases Debut Single Pipe Dream
Kyle Duke has just released the debut single and music video, “Pipe Dream,” from his album coming out May 4th, Snack Time. The…
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…
UGH!
Comfy Sweater, Fluorescent Neon Lights and Lots of Funky Dancing
Nope, that’s not my idea of a perfect date. That’s how I would describe The 1975’s “Ugh!”…
In The Shade
The Perfect Song for the Summer
The summer might be over (at least for those in the Northern Hemisphere), but I couldn't resist writing about this brilliant gem of a song that…
In Common
You will be surprised to hear In Common by Alicia Keys
So Alice returns to the musical arena with a new and extremely different style, trying to make space between all the leading artists today. With a…
Jones On The Phone
Jackie Moonbather Drops Mellow and Moody Video for Jones on the Phone
Jackie Moonbather's new video release 'Jones on the Phone' sees the experimental R&B singer and producer break new ground. Part of…
When I Grow Up
Exploring the Theme's of Growing Up
In the year 2009 Fever Ray released a debut album under the same name. 'Fever Ray' debuted as a self imposed idealistic world created by Karin…
Grounds for Resentment (feat. Olly Alexander)
Beauty in the Breakup
Grounds for Resentment, the second single from British musician Kele Okereke's upcoming third album Fatherland…
Row The Body (feat. French Montana)
Taio Cruz sings a new song
There was a time when Taio Cruz dominated the charts, but it’s been pretty quiet for a while now. New music that he released didn’t hit on the way…
Low Key
Lookin` through Mai`s Low Key!
Low Key chica St. Lewis hot female vocal Mai Lee just treated us with her latest work, an upgrade on her steamy single,…
Luna
What to do when you can't talk?
In the history of music, singing emerged as a form of expression of the slaves who were in America, it was his way of expressing pain, sing to nature…
Hula Hoop
Is Omi the new Taio Cruz?
Omar Samuel Pasley, better known as OMI, is just about leaving the charts with his song “Cheerleader”, while a new song &ldquo…
Monsoon
The Opposite of Guilt
Hippo Campus' youthful and exuberant brand on indie pop-rock has always been tinged with an understated melancholy that might not be detected at…
Just Got Paid
COVERLAND Vol.14: Just Got Paid
In September 2016, Gov’t Mule released an animated video for their rendition of ZZ Top’s heavy-blues piece “Just Got Paid.” Although the video is new,…
I Love My Friends
Foster The People Don't Conform, They Invent
Foster The People's newest album Sacred Hearts Club is light-hearted compared to the band's previous albums. With that being said, the band…
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…
Lo Que Dios Quiera
Fanny Lu trusts in What God Wills
After much waiting Colombian Fanny Lu has unveiled his new video. This promotional single called What God wants is almost half a year after the first…
Bounce Back
Big S With L(`s)ive!
With the big controversal visual that blew my mind lyrically, Big Sean announced his big comeback with the latest piece …
Gatos Oliva
No, I don't want to go
But you feel a song, but happens to you, but it affects you, you can not understand. Beyond Pop Tripi, broccoli and audiovisual material, Cats Olive…
These Streets Will Never Look the Same
A Meditation on Loneliness
Running for over 8 minutes, These Streets Will Never Look the Same is one of the longest tracks on Chromatics' critically acclaimed fourth album,&…
Bored To Death
Back In The Saddle Again
Now each friend from the 90's that you may or may not talk to but happen to be friends with on Facebook heard about Blink 182's newest single.…
Vanilla
Moody Beach's Vanilla Shines on Youth and Consequences
It makes perfect sense for Youth & Consequences, a YouTube Red original production series that has been described as a…
Come to This
Hauntingly Beautiful
In my last blog, I was quite proud of myself for stumbling upon a new/indie artist, Elias, thanks to one of the TV series that I was watching. So I…
China Girl - alt mix
COVERLAND Vol. 7: China Girl
David Bowie and Iggy Pop wrote “China Girl” together in 1977 for Iggy’s album “The Idiot.” It didn&…
New York
New York is a delicate tribute to St Vincent's Heroes
After basically tearing up her own rulebook with her 2014 self-titled album, St Vincent can do anything she wants. Except what Annie Clark wants is to…
Forever
KISS: Your “Romantic” Side
Hollywood movies have sold the idea of Perfect Kiss. They always talk about the blue prince who takes the princess, on a white horse to be happy…
Liquorice
LIQUORICE AND OTHER TREATS
While Alice Jemima’s first single off her newest work, Liquorice, was not at all what I expected, I can say with conviction, that I was pleasantly…
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…
#WHERESTHELOVE - Charity Single
#thatpower of #whereisthelove
It’s not often that I get enthusiastic about an artist re-doing one of their songs, and, indeed, when I heard that Black Eyed Peas had made…
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…
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…
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Overture
The Nutcracker: It's Music & Magic
One could not merely put aside one classical music when the holiday season is about to start. Sure, there are lots of Christmas music to choose from…
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…
A Bridge Over You - (Radio Edit)
Songs That Are Meant To Heal & Inspire
“If we got to No 1, it would be insanity but a really good version of it.” - Katie Rogerson, NHS choir member. “A Bridge…
Alarm
Anne-Marie Channels Romeo + Juliet With Alarm
If you are or have been a fan of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + Juliet 1996 film, Alarm by Anne-Marie will be an automatic favorite. Anne-Marie installed…
Chemicool
Wicked electronic experiment
I just find this release and listen this track more than 20 times on spotify. At first i was : the track is over? let's try again! and again and…
When You Die
MGMT's When You Die: Surreal Tragicomedy
Synth-pop duo MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser) appears to be making good on their promise to re-dominate our mind holes in 2017 &…
Baby
It's Pixie Baby!
If I would to be asked to describe UK singer Pixie Lott, I would probably say she’s a light version of Duffy singing teen pop songs. Somewhere in the…
Let's Hurt Tonight
One Republic are not as strong as before
I have to admit, I thought I’d be a much bigger One Republic supporter than I turned out to be. From the moment they did their collaboration…
You Ain't Gang
Street Gang Anthem!
Brandon George Dickinson aka Lil Bibby fired up his home town Chicago last year with his street Trap jam You Ain`…
Lemon
Swagger Overshadows Wokeness on N*E*R*D and Rihanna's Lemon
Lemon is Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's comeback hit as N*E*R*D, an outré funk rock side project…
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…
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…
Did You Really Say No
Did I really like this track?
Vanessa Paradis is one of those names that has popped up many times over, well, decades. I remember her as a teenager singing “Joe Le Taxi”, which was…
You Look Good
It's all good to me
Have you ever seen one of those signs in the waiting room of a doctor’s office or at the dentist that says that great care takes time. It thanks you…
Don't Mind
I Don't Trust Kent Jones' 'Don't Mind'
Trying to gauge why, exactly, Kent Jones’s “Don’t Mind” is off-putting like tracing an endless, hazy horizon; think the one beyond the…
I Scare Myself
COVERLAND Vol.6: I Scare Myself
The 80s were a decade filled with hits. But did you know that many of them were reworks of songs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s? One of those tunes that I…
The Hills
The Hills - Eminem & Nicki remixes
Somebody said that Can't feel my face is played even on Mars. Everybody knows it and everybody loves it, no doubt about it.…
She is Lost (Edit)
The Foreign Resort - She is Lost
Danish post-punk trio The Foreign Resort released their new single 'She is Lost' in April. This is the first song from the…
La Bicicleta
The Bicycle arrived on Youtube
A good rhythm has come to Youtube the song that many were waiting for Shakira and Carlos Vives, two Colombians who honor him to his land with this…
Opposite House
When It Rains Inside
Like the surrealist accompanying Jonny Look-directed music video, folk-rock crooner Cass McCombs' Opposite House is…
Back 2 Life
Letoya is back
Letoya Luckett was introduced to us as one of the four original members of the biggest girl group in history, Destiny’s Child. She left (or was…
Life
Color For The Human Conscious
Dream Rock Pop band Gypsy & The Cat not only bank on an odd name but their station on creative taste far expandes bands like MGMT. Full of…
Brand New (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Brand New TY $ign!
Dolla bought a brand new Porsche Dolla did a cover of The Source Dolla did the XXL Dolla bought my bitch Chanel goes the insanely dope intro hook…
Chica Ideal
Sing to him! : What You Sing Is What You Think
When an artist writes a song makes thinking and feeling, is inspired by a person, his thoughts and feelings become tangible, writes on paper and…
The Spoils
Graceful Dread
Bristol-based trip hop pioneers Massive Attack have recently released an eerie, abstract and beautiful video for “The…
Crash into Me
DMB: Crash Into Me
In the past I have written about the magic that comes along with listening to some of the Dave Matthews Band music. It is very unique music in the…
Lloraré Las Penas
the latin flavor
They say that it is better not to mourn laugh. They used to say that Venezuela had the ability to laugh at their misfortunes and that helped him be…
The Smell of Us
A Take On Two Pals
Despite taking a handful of years to write a song together, the band The Dove & The Wolf developed a connection that has traveled with Lou…
Handcuffs
Orlando Victims and Youtube Stars in “Hands” Lyric Video
An extraordinarily emotional and full of all sorts of characters video they carry in their hands the message of optimism and acceptance that is…
Get Low
Get Low - James Vincent McMorrow
Get Low by James Vincent McMorrow is a song that caught me completely off guard. I make a habit of listening to some of the Apple Music curated…
Josephine - Alfa Mist Remix
Ritual's Josephine Has All The Right Vibes
The anonymous take on Josephine from Ritual featuring Lisa Hannigan throws together a lazy cold afternoon and a need to be close to another. The trio…
Red Eyes
Thomas Azier's Haunting, Retro-Gazing Electropop
Music has turned into nothing more than just a rush in the background while you are busy doing other things. I don't want to change that, but I…
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…
Enough
Drag Us Down and Let Us Live
With a band name like Counterfeit, a mixture of punk and rock should not be a surprise. However, once the music video for Counterfeit's newest…
Got Body
Lion Babe Creates A Got Body Positive Track
One of the greatest gifts I've been handed was the introduction to Lion Babe. At a New Year's Eve party where the wall was turned into a…
Sleep On The Floor
Should You Sleep On The Floor Or Not?
Have you ever wanted to runaway from it all? The Lumineers ask this question with their song 'Sleep On The Floor'. A few days ago The…
Will He
Joji Detoxifies With will he
A man in a lean panda costume sways alone, among the passed out attendees of a surreal suburban house party. A melancholic singer sits in a bloodbath…
Ain't Nothing Changed
Listen to the Change
'Ain't Nothing Changed' by Loyle Carner happens to be a highly under-rated artist. Keeping that in mind, Loyle Carner twists and glues his…
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…
Sombre Fayre - Demo
Final Fire
Look at this, a band called Neon Waltz has six people in their group. Yes, Arcade Fire can become a symphony but does that mean other bands can pull…
Gravediggin'
Western Noir
Los Angeles surf-garage quintet The Buttertones (bassist Sean Redman, guitarist/singer Richard Araiza, drummer Modesto &…
Piece By Piece - Radio Mix
Kelly Clarkson's growing up in Piece By Piece
If you were thinking that her recent collaborations, with her sort of mother-in-law Reba McEntire, meant that Kelly Clarkson was now doing Country…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Running under water
Beyonce is like Rihanna's big sister. I always saw her like that. I don't really like Rihanna's or Beyonce's music, with exceptions of…
I Took Your Picture
Forward-Looking Nostalgia
I Took Your Picture - the second single from New York-via-California indie duo Cults' upcoming third album Offering&…
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…
Don't You Wait
Take Care For Now
Don't expect to group Cloves in with the rest. Every day it may seem like a melancholy songstress comes into view. Yet with Cloves their is a…
The Youth
Kay Cola officially vid penned down The Youth
Yes, she is born songwriter. Also, yes, she is another one that nailed down the singing part too. Blessings keep on coming as we approach the end of…
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…
El Mismo Sol
Under the Same Sun by Alvaro Soler
As its catchy chorus says, we are all under the same sun, only it gives them some brighter than others. This young Spanish artist of 24 years…
Te Cambiara La Vida (Version Alterno)
Cycle 2- Venezuelan music
When you ask Venezuelan about Venezuelan music, usually they think of llanera music, a sound that emerges in the Venezuelan plains, and was…
Saturn
A Song for the Soul
In May of 2015, I moved to Ohio, and in December of 2015, it became unbearably frigid (in my opinion, of course). While my husband is perfectly…
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…
Duendecillos en la Cama
Magical Union of Víctor Muñoz and Anais Vivas
I can hardly believe that this beautiful video was recorded in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. Accustomed to traffic, buildings, informal housing,…
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…
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
Iconic French duo Air (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) have recently shared Indian Summer (a previously limited track),…
Had to Let Me Go
Liquid Cool
Had To Let Me Go is a great introduction to the beguiling, atmospheric blend of 90s R&B and contemporary…
Forgive Me
Austra's Forgive Me: The Art of Sad Dance Music
I borrowed the title of this blog post from The Guardian's review of Canadian electronic band Austra's second album, Olympia…
Roxy
Sibling Cooperation
After releasing two albums - Cults(2011) and Static(2013) - New York indie duo Cults (vocalist/guitarist…
Selfish Love
Jessie Ware Returns to Desire's Darker Side
“Wildest Moments”, British soul singer Jessie Ware’s best-known single, hinges on the dual realization that love - its…
Sativa
Jhené Aiko and Rae Sremmurd's Sativa Evokes a Beguiling Weed Trip
‘I'll keep it simple, baby’. On “Sativa”, her standout duet with Mississippi hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd,…
I Should Live in Salt
The National can't explain it any other way
The National are one of the only bands that, with every album, stay within the same sonic landscape. Each ensuing album explores this landscape…
American Pie
The Music Hasn't Died Yet
In 1971 a musician named Don McLean released one of the enigmatic songs in the history of music. In notes that accompany the sale of his original…
Your Best American Girl
The Unhinged Catharsis of Not Fitting In
2016 may prove to be the turning point for Asian American representation in popular culture, with the proliferation of social media campaigns…
Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Bohemian Rhapsody with Ten Fingers
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of the most popular songs and among the best selling singles of all times. All of this is strange because even by today’s…
Don't Be Shy
Kule T starts solo career
When the intro of Kule T’s “Don’t Be Shy” begins, you think he’s making a big statement to break away from his days as an MN8 member. The unusual…
I Have Been to the Mountain
Harrowing Injustice
“‘I Have Been To The Mountain’ is a song for those struck down by the hands of evil – senseless killings which…
On Sight (feat. Fetty Wap)
Tiff And Wap, That`s What`s Up!
In her latest edition, Tiff, better known as Tiffany Evans decided to drop her extra hot radio/club banger called On Sight&…
Can't Help Falling In Love - Recorded Live at Daytrotter
Can't Help Falling in Love with This and Other Things
It is an unavoidable fact that each established songwriter honed his or her craft by studying and rearranging the work of others. Most local pubs are…
Close
Getting Close With Nick Jonas Ft. Tove Lo
Nick Jonas, a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor best known as one-third of the hugely popular Disney Channel sibling pop/rock act…
Awake My Soul
Awake My Soul
The dust settles and the horns fall to silent, all that is able to be heard is the screaming fans waiting eagerly for the next number. Immersed in the…
Weekend (feat. Miguel)
Mac attack: visual Weekend
Real street Rapper Mac Miller shot the Miguel collaboration single Weekend and pinned it to his&…
Respect
COVERLAND Vol.20: Respect
“Respect” had a lot of covers since Aretha Franklin released the song as a single in 1967. Franklin's cover became a sort of a…
What Do You Mean? - Acoustic
Am I a Belieber?!
First things first. I am NOT a Belieber. I never was... but after listening to the acoustic version of this song, I cannot say I never will. I did say…
High
Behind the scenes: Rawayana High
After massive presentations in Maracaibo, Valencia and Caracas grouping Rawayana agigantando the continuous success with his recording T rippy…
Take a Walk
Let's All Take A Walk
If you have listened to Passion Pit before than you know just how great their music really is. Each song is a unique journey synthesized by the…
Million Dollar Doll
Sultry Urgency
After years of being a collaborator - first as a member of the band Luna, and then as one half of the husband-and-wife duo Dean & Britta -…
PCH
Summertime Craving
It's fitting that Ontario indie rock quartet Tokyo Polica Club (vocalist and bassist David Monks, keyboardist Graham Wright, …
the words
Christina Perri Sings the Mood
There’s just something about her voice that brings me to be caught within a trance-like consciousness. Her style of changing between soft…
Change
Waiting for a change
While I'm writing this, I’m watching Croatian soccer fans throw fireworks onto the field where their team is actually in the…
Nevermind the End
Bedroom Siren
Like Basically, Nevermind the End showcases Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi's fluid vocals and insightful…
Somebody Who
Delicate Dreamscape
The all-girl trio that make up Au Revoir Simone - Erika Forster, Annie Hart, and Heather D'Angelo - may remind you of HAIM, except for…
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…
Keep Running
Sensuous Momentum
After two well-received EPs and over 3 million Youtube views for Bassically, Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi (Valerie…
Breakin' Up
Breaking Up Never Felt So Good
Breakin' Up, a track from LA alt-rock band Rilo Kiley's (Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Dave Rock) fourth album …
Love's Gonna Do That
New Motivational Music on Spotify by Leslie Cours Mather has Contagious Positivity
I’m still obsessing over Leslie Cours Mather’s new song “Love’s Gonna Do That” . It’s just as fun to listen to now as it was the first time.…
Ain't Your Mama
Not my feminist slogan
Jennifer Lopez released the video for her latest single entitled, I Ain’t Your Mama, and I ain’t impressed. Lopez is jumping on the feminist…
Fainting Spell
Therapeutic Unease
A Sleep Party People performance can easily come across as the musical equivalent of a psychoanalyst's case study. When Danish…
10,000 Emerald Pools
Pleasure Center
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is released to give you, you know — it bathes the pleasure centers, basically. I feel like…
Freal Luv (Far East Movement X Marshmello)
Eclectic Hybridity
“When we were first starting in the music industry people were telling us to wear glasses and change our name from Far East movement because…
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…
Venus Fly
grimes feat Janelle Monáe: venus fly
It always astounds me just how long a great album can stay relevant for. Grimes fantastic album, Art Angels, blew away all comers at the end of 2015…
Live In The Moment
Portugal. The Man's “Live in the Moment” Delivers Anthemic Vagueness
“Live in the Moment”, the third single from Portland-via-Alaska indie rock band Portugal. The Man’s eighth full-length album Woodstock (2017) has 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…
Amor en el Aire (De
Children's songs? Part II
Children's songs or the first songs they hear the children are those bands that esucha one from tiny, and are the favorite of parents.…
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…
1st (Remix)
Dilated Peoples with Torii Wolf at the Rmx of ''1st''
Christopher Martin, musically known as DJ Premier (Houston, March 21, 1966), legendary producer, has co-signed Torii Wolf, supporting the acquisition…
Mystic Rose
Introducing Carolee Rainey
Carolee Rainey has set the tone again with yet another beautifully done song and video. Bringing her latest Mystic Rose video, it shows Rainey in her…
Hospital Beds
REVIEW: Florence & the Machine's 'Hospital Beds'
Florence & the Machine’s version of Hospital Beds is not just a song. It is a euphoric eulogy to times gone by, a…
Tigers in the Dark
Cleopatra Records releases Rachel Mason 'Tigers in the Dark' single
Renowned performance artist and musician Rachel Mason, freshly signed to Los Angeles-based Cleopatra Records, has announced her forthcoming single…
Bassically
Tei Shi's Intimate Power Struggle
Tei Shi is the stage name for Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter and producer Valerie Teicher, who hails from Buenos Aires. Since the release…
tonite
Tonite Throws Reflective Notions Orchestrated By LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem has come back around this time with new single and music video Tonite, where a 1980's heavy laden vibe is vocal. This dance floor…
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer
Talk about a story seldom told about a poor boy that didn’t get to do much or have much. Drop it into the timeline of the sixties, complete…
Hot Thoughts
Hot Thoughts
Critically-acclaimed Austin indie rock band Spoon recently released the titular track of their upcoming ninth album …
Take My Pain Away
The Human in the Machine
Moullinex means attention to detail. A careful craft of melodies, a strong sense of human touch in machine-based music, the melodrama of swirling…
Runaway (feat. The Original Wailers)
About reggae and love
We all have a song to listen for a few seconds, we know the letter, who is the subject or genre. It is as if an emotion invade your whole body and…
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.…
Nice Night
Baroque Meanderings
Mass Gothic's Nice Night starts with an arresting restraint in Noel Heroux's melodious voice. A hint of ominousness hangs in the air…
Messin' Around
Pitbull premieres song with Enrique Iglesias
Pitbull has joined once again with Enrique Iglesias and not to play, the duo apparently chemistry abundance because it is not the first time together…
Somebody Else
Guilty Jealousy
Somebody Else is the fifth single from Manchester alt-rock quartet The 1975's (lead singer and guitarist Matt Healy, drummer…
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Gloomy Clarity
Four years after the release of their debut album Ministry of Love(2013), Los Angeles duo IO Echo is back with an airy…
ILYSB
ILYSB Means More Than You Know To LANY
ILYSB or I Love You So Bad for those of us that prefer to type out each word. LANY confuses Pop for Indie and Hip-Hop sectors for Pop references. But…
Sticky Leaves
Angelic Resolution
The landscape that Linying walks through in her latest video - vast open plains bordered by a series of hills and an expansive blue sky - could not be…
West End Blues
West End Blues from North Carolina
I am always in the mood for a good old traditional blues. Even when it comes from a 21st century band such as the Carolina Chocolate Drops. I…
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…
Nothing Compares 2 U
COVERLAND Vol.3: Nothing Compares 2 U
“Nothing Compares 2 U” is another one of those songs whose cover outshined the original. Everyone knows the version by Sinead O&#…
A Kiss From LA
Kiss, Kiss From Talisco
You don't have to be from LA to understand the appeal. Talisco may belong to a world a couple thousand miles away in Paris/Bordeaux but 'A…
Are You Sure? (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
Are You Sure about Conor Maynard?
Conor Maynard is a well-known YouTube singer whose covers reached a large audience and ultimately led to him getting a record deal. When his debut…
If Only
Million Miles' If Only Offers a Grounded Romantic Optimism
In November 2017, London-via-Paris soul singer Million Miles (singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sophie Baudry) released her…
Chris Tomlin
Holy Is The Lord
Chris Tomlin does it again with his song “Holy Is The Lord.” Indeed, the Lord is very holy. He is the holiest of holy. Tomlin does…
2 Chainz
2 Chainz To Release New Solo Album This Year, Discusses ‘ColleGrove’ Project With Lil Wayne
2 Chainz recently told Rolling Stone that he’s dropping a new “in-depth” album this year which will contain more emotion…
Vercetti Technicolor
Vercetti Technicolor
“Don’t turn around… Don’t walk faster. Just keep on walking down this empty street of a night city you hate.…
David Bowie
Bowie’s dotcom vision
When asked to write about David Bowie, I initially couldn’t think of what to write. I wasn’t a fan. I liked his pop days with Nile…
Rings of Saturn
Rings Of Saturn Alien Sweeping Brutality That Will Run RIngs Around You
If you have an ear to the world of Deathcore and Technical Metal, then chances are good that you have heard of Rings of Saturn for some time now on…
The Misfits
Dave Lombardo will be the drummer at The Misfits reunion
The creators of horror punk and hardcore punk pioneers, The Misfits, now led by Jerry Only, announced a few months ago a meeting with the original…
Rihanna
Rihanna, one of the surprises at the 2016 Coachella Festival
As you know, since the first weekend of Coachella Festival which results in Indio, California (USA) was held. This is considered one of the most…
Maluma
And filled the Polyhedron!
This Saturday 22 October, Juan Luis, better known as Maluma, fulfilled one of his greatest dreams, said the artist, filling the majestic polyhedron…
CNCO
CNCO triumphs at the Tu Mundo Awards
The youth group CNCO was today the winner of the Tu Mundo Awards, having won three awards, including Favorite Pop Artist, in the middle of a night…
Aerosmith
Steven Tyler confesses that Aerosmith will say goodbye in 2017.
This week Steven Tyler lead singer of the legendary rock band, Aerosmith, was talking with the iconic announcer Howard Stern on his radio show to…
The Decemberists
January. Sharing it with everyone
At the very beginning of each year, I tell myself (I almost sing to myself) to remember how I can accomplish everything that I want because sky is the…
Ozuna
The Occasion REMIX is out
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Franco De Vita
I can't get on a platform in Venezuela, I can't say a word, it's inopportune
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Major Lazer
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Michael Grimm
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Out of the gate Michael Grimm is one of the most impressive emerging artist I have heard in quite some time. He won the America’s Got Talent…
Björk
Björk approaches virtual reality with her latest album
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Hailey Whitters
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JAY Z
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Ricardo Montaner
Latin Grammy for Excellence for Ricardo Montaner.
The Latin Recording Academy Award distinguished with the Spanish group Musical Excellence Consortium (Mocedades), Eugenia León Mexican,…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey officially announces the release of a new album
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Clean Bandit
Clean Bandit is back
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Danni Nicholls
Danni Nicholls ‘Mockingbird Lane’ - Album Review
With a British heart and a Memphis soul, Bedford-born Danni Nicholls has been carving out her own niche in the Americana scene ever since she dropped…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift surprised everyone in Nashville
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OMI
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Guns N' Roses
Mexico already has a date for the Reunion
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Daughter
Daughter presents the video for “No Care”
Daughter, British pop band indie. in January he gave us new music from the hand of his second album Not To Disappear maintaining the energy and…
Jason Derulo
Jason Derulo and his new single
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Shakira
Shakira jokes on Twitter about Goal in Eurocup
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J. Cole
J. Cole Goes x2 Platinum With Zero Guest Artists
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J.Antonette
Lollipops, daggers and no labels
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Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen's European tour kicks off in Spain.
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Andrés Calamaro
Calamaro again touring Colombia
The artist returned to Cali and will be first in Barranquilla and Manizales next June, as part of his tour License to Sing. Andrés Calamaro,…
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…
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash ‘Out Among The Stars’ – Album Review
As many of you know, Johnny Cash’s latest posthumous album ‘Out Among The Stars’ was found by his son John last year, tapes put into storage, airing a…
Ricardo Montaner
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Edvard Grieg
Listen to This Piece for Peace!
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Temple Of The Dog
Temple of the dog returns after 25 years
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La Femme
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On March 1, 1973 the British band Pink Floyd released the album The Dark Side of the Moon, his eighth studio recording and one of the best rock…
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I love’em, I love’em, I love them. “David Cronenberg's Wife” is a name of the band I’m…
Molly Nilsson
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Joaquin Sabina
I deny everything Joaquín Sabina's first single.
Joaquin Sabina launch next Thursday, January 27th, the title track and serves as first advance on their new album, I deny everything, which will…
Arkano
24 hours improvising, Arkano's record
More than 24 hours without a break improvised rhymes is the challenge that has exceeded the alicantino Arkano proves that the renowned Spanish rapper…
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
The controversial new theme of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
The duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had time out of the music market, specifically since the release of the topic Downtown earlier this year.…
Britney Spears
Britney, Rihanna and Kanye: ready for the VMAs
The Video Music Awards (VMA) MTV back with the batteries recharged. The next Sunday, August 28, in the city of New York, will be held the contest…
Los Amigos Invisibles
The Friends and David Byrne
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Okills
Okills keeps going up
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The Rolling Stones
On The Meaning Of Eighty
Each era has a pop (popular) sound that was highlighted and that listening to the present can recognize the era, especially the 50s, 70s, 80s and 90s…
Radiohead
Glastonbury 2017
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Beyoncé
Lemonade de Boyonce was consecrated best album 2016 according to Rolling Stone
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Sia
Finally Mainstream!
I like her Videos more than her music. But the more I listen to her music, I like it better. And it becomes very familiar with time and easy to listen…
Chris Stapleton
The Travels of Chris Stapleton
When Chris Stapleton moved to Nashville, he’d sit up all night in the garage basement apartment he rented, playing fiddle tunes and carrying…
Caibo
What will be El Regalito that Caibo brings?
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The Cramps
Songs The Lord Taught Us
This is one of the greatest rock 'n' roll albums ever released. The Cramps don't pummel and you won't pogo. They throb... you'll…
Justin Bieber
Listen to Justin Bieber's version of One Dance
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Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes releases album
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones flirt with the blues on their next album
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Gloriana
Gloriana ‘Three’ – Album Review
Gloriana seem to have had a somewhat turbulent start to their musical careers with their first two albums both peaking at 2 on Top Country…
Fergie
Fergie back
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The Strokes
The Strokes release lyric video for Oblivius
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Taylor Swift
The Murder of Taylor Swift's Squeaky-Clean Image
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Sixtwoseven
Sixtwoseven Come Alive with New Video; Record Release this Week!
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Rihanna will say present at the Billboard Awards
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The Cains
The Cains – EP Review
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McKlopedia
Mcklopedia and Foyone: A Thousand Eyes
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Cher
Cher returns to the scene with James Corden
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Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez leaves premiere
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Flatbush Zombies
The Heart & Sole of Converse
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2 Chainz
2 Chainz and Gucci Mane sing together on The Tonight Show
In the latest edition of The Tonight Show, hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon, musical guests were acclaimed rappers 2 Chainz and Gucci Mane who came…
David Bowie
There's a star man waiting in the sky
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Maggie Rogers
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Honeypot
Honeypot Reveal Epic Single and Video for Fake News
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Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert - The Most Interesting Person In Country Music Right Now
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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2 The Ressurrection
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Ryley Walker
Ryley Walker: Live and The Golden Sings that Have Been Sung
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Juan Magán
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Spanish producer and DJ Juan Magan was successfully presented at the first concert of the festival Electro Beach Oasis Cancun in which their Latin…
Juanes
The Martian Juanes says My plans are to love you
And finally appeared the seventh album of Colombian singer Juanes entitled My plans are amarte: twelve songs that tell a love story, a journey, a…
Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas
Follow: the new Illya Kuryaki
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Arthur Honegger
Honegger Symphonies 1 and 2 Are Dazzling
Honegger could be said to be a mix of styles, never loosing the audience in his attempts to produce and present a piece of intelligent substance .…
Psychic Temple
Psychic Temple - A Good Place For Worship
Chris Schlarb, the man behind Psychic Temple seems to be doing what Bill Laswell was doing in the first part of the Eighties with his Material and…
Alexis & Fido
One in a million, Colombian Remix
This topic has been ringing everywhere for a few months, and that Alexis & Fido do not stop perrología create hits. While this song is a…
Geoff Alpert
Open Your Heart by Geoff Alpert is a Work of Passion and Dedication
Geoff Alpert is truly one of the most remarkable musicians in the smooth jazz scene today. He took a 30 year hiatus from music to be an…
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…
The Rolling Stones
After a decade without releasing albums, the Rolling Stones announce Blue & Lonesome.
The legendary British rock group The Rolling Stones tomorrow will bring to market a new album, Blue & Lonesome his first studio album in over…
Jack White
The not so official biography of Jack White will be released in October.
With 300 pages and 16 color photos biography of Jack White one of the most influential rock artists in our times has published for October 4 and…
Cyndi Lauper
Latinize music in English?
I looking at Youtube a song in English, I found a version bachata that same topic, it was so tasty to listen and retained its essence, said the same…
Hillsong United
It's Not A Song It's A Praise (Thank You)
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Rick Rubin
Star Wars made disco by Rick Rubin
Producer Rick Rubin music prepares an album based on versions and remixes of the soundtrack, sound effects and dialogues of the films Star Wars,…
Andrew Malandre
Andrew Malandre Releases From Lao To Lao
Andrew Malandre premieres the official video of his single De Lao A Lao which was directed by LALINDAFILMS and distributed by the record company…
Gabriel Parisi
Gabriel goes Against the Current
Gabriel brings several surprises on his new studio album. The singer released Contra Corriente , a record label which includes the hit single Pa &…
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer Brief Biography
It is the legend. It is the magic of cinema. From to the among the many others that he has done in the last 26 years. His music encompasses several…
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato is temporarily retiring
The singer Demi Lovato will take a break in 2017, and communicated it in his Twitter account with the message: '' So excited to 2017.…
Geoff Alpert
The Newest Jazz Funk Album From Geoff Alpert Will Wow Any Music Lover
Being a self taught trombone player, Alpert spent many years perfecting his sound. He played tirelessly for years, but then took a break from his…
Emily Reid
Emily Reid ‘Drifter’ - EP Review
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Blondie
Blondie releases My Monstrer new single from his latest album
The Blondie band, led by singer Debbie Harry, sharing a preview of the new theme of his next album. This time they brought to light My Monster which…
Mariana Vega
Mariana Vega premiered the video La Marea
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J Balvin
J Balvin makes history with Mi Gente
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Ms. Lauryn Hill
Kehlani & Nas to Join Lauryn Hill on ‘Diaspora Calling!’ Tour
Earlier this year Lauryn Hill launched a three-day art and music event called Diaspora Calling which celebrated the African Diaspora. The event…
The Pretenders
The Pretenders present their album Alone in concert
The Portuguese EDP Cool Jazz festival will be the scenario in which the Anglo-American group The Pretenders present his latest album. Alone, as the…
Tommy James & The Shondells
Listen to Paul McCartney and Tommy James 70sTop Songs-Another Day and Draggin’ The Line on Spotify
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Gentle Giant
The complex but Gentle Giant
Progressive rock or prog-rock was the rockers version of the fusion wave that began when jazz musicians started to take interest in rock music. It…
T.I.
Black Man TIP!
It`s all about political stand these days in USA, the Black America wave is flooding the States and taking some action on the…
Sam Lewis
Sam Lewis ‘Waiting On You’ - Album Review
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Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent ‘The Trackless Woods’ – Album Review
Iris DeMent, an American singer and songwriter whose musical style includes elements of the country and folk music genres, has released her 6th studio…
Olivia Rox
Olivia Rox Encourages Young People to “Go Vote” With Her Newest Hit Pop Single -- Listen on Spotify and YouTube!
Pop star Olivia Rox encourages young people to “Go Vote”. Who says young people can’t have a voice in politics?! Olivia Rox is reminding her…
Paramore
Jeremy Davis leaves Paramore.
Bassist Jeremy Davis left the popular American rock band Paramore, which was one of its founders, according to a statement from the band posted on…
Gustavo Elis
Shout this word to the world
They're boyfriends They're boyfriends Boyfriends Son Son Boyfriends In the most normal childhood bullying it happens when two…
Gloria Trevi
She Was The Rock Diva Of Love And Now?
His look, performance, singing lyrics and irreverent excelled in his first stardom as the best reference Hispanic Female Rock. Still it continues to…
Freezepop
Pop Goes Meta
At its worst, pop music is stereotyped as being commercially-driven, overly commoditized and produced, inauthentic, monocultural, superficial,…
Calle 13
The new sound of Residente.
The Puerto Rican artist Residente presented his mix of world music in the floating stage of Lanuza, in the Spanish province of Huesca (northeast),…
James Brandon Lewis
James Brandon Lewis On The Rise
Personally, watching James Brandon Lewis Trio live at last summer's North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam was a cathartic experience. I thought…
Lana Del Rey
Off To The Races
Another classic Lana love song, even more perverse than her other songs, “Off to the Races” gives Lana her credibility as a free-…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire will release a live DVD
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George Harrison
George Harrison’s Somewhere In England
At a time when George’s commercial forces began to wain, he still had to produce an album at the insistence of his contract with Warner Bros…
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz will sing forever I will live
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Cher
SundaySpotlight: My Favorite Roles of Musicians
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CNBLUE
Blue Moon in Manila: A dream come true
I thought I'd go down memory lane and relive one of the best KPOP concerts I've attended. ~CN BLUE Live in Manila~ I’m proud to…
Britney Spears
A man bursts onto the stage at a Britney Spears concert
A concert of the American singer Britney Spears had to be interrupted momentarily by the irruption of a spectator in the scene. Spears, 35, was…
Naturally 7
Fixing you with smooth vocals
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Emmanuel
Emmanuel celebrates 40 years of career with an MTV Unplugge
The Mexican artist premieres this Thursday the acoustic concert in which, accompanied by Ana Torroja, Julión Álvarez, Kinky, Mijares, Nacho…
La Quinta Estacion
things that don't come back
Groups that were separated or duets became soloists. Rarely happens on the contrary, it is uncommon for soloists or duos decide to form a larger or…
Aaron Watson
Aaron Watson ‘The Underdog’ – Album Review
I knew little about Aaron Watson before listening to this album, and yet now I feel like I perfectly understand him. That is, in essence, what an…
Metallica
Metallica and The Strokes headline Lollapalooza Chile 2017
This year's Lollapalooza festival was serving 25 years, there is no reason because in the beginning he supported groupings driven alternative…
Viniloversus
Vinylversus in English with ''Only Hungry For You''
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Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey reveals her collaboration with The Weeknd: “Lust For Life”
As promised a day earlier, yesterday's most popular pop artist of the genre dream, Lana Del Rey published his subject in collaboration with…
Justin Bieber
Every human needs some space.
Justin Drew Bieber is a 22 year old singer from Canada, he has achieved more fame than ALOT of legends and even lost his childhood to it.…
La Pequeña Revancha
Little Revancha premieres live video of its new song El Aliento del Cobarde
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Pharaoh's Dream
Pharaoh’s Dream Covers Classic Single “Sunny”
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Sia
Sia shows us three new songs
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Post Death Soundtrack
Post Death Soundtrack terrifies your mind with Our Time Is Now
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Shakira
Shakira will receive New Year in Colombia with her family.
Shakira and Spanish footballer Gerard Pique arrived in the city of Barranquilla, in northern Colombia, with his two sons, Milan and Sasha, to spend…
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy still got it!
Fall Out Boy is one of my favorite modern rock bands. Their big comeback in 2013 with their album Save Rock and Roll is my favorite album from them. I…
Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship Song Fullness and the Nature of New Worship
Take a break and hear gasps from God’s people and chants of glory. In this song, you can feel the holy spirit touching every part of you, healing you…
Artemis Burr
Empowering Debut Release The Lion's Heart From The Elusive Artemis Burr
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi visits Cuba
The American rocker Jon Bon Jovi is visiting Cuba, adding to the list of celebrities who want to know the island after the thaw with the United…
Blabbermouf
Keep It Ruff - New Audiovisual
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Paty Cantú
Paty Cantú: Facts Not Words
Coming from Guadalajara, singer-songwriter Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco, best known in the artistic world as Paty Cantú, with her…
Rawayana
Rawayana's third album is coming.
The Venezuelan band of trippy pop Rawayana premiered two new songs from their third album. Come along I and Come along II, which were also presented…
Three 6 Mafia
Hustle & Flow: From The Street to the Silver Screen
Everyone loves a rags to riches story or at the very least a story about a character who’s trying to make a better life for him/herself.…
Kevin Johansen
Kevin Johansen presents the video for Folky with Pity Álvarez
The Argentine singer Kevin Johansen introduced mid last 2016 a new studio work, as is customary in the company of the group The Nada. Called Miss…
Lil Supa
Lil supa keep on 'SERIOUS'
A few days ago the Venezuelan exponent aka Marlon Morales Little Supa 'introduced a new single of the content of his first concept…
Madilyn Bailey
Battle of the Covers: Madilyn Bailey VS. Boyce Avenue
You know how a song is so awesome that you don’t think it could be even more awesome? Well, there comes a time when a ‘cover&…
O'G3NE
O'G3NE doesn't clown around
From the moment they stepped into the blind audition at Holland’s The Voice, two years ago, these three musically skilled sisters have been…
Coldplay
Chris Martin showed solidarity with Venezuela during a concert
Chris Martin, vocalist of the British band Coldplay, sent a message of solidarity to the Venezuelan people in the face of the serious crisis. During…
Calle 13
Residente will release a solo album
The Puerto Rican rapper Rene Perez, aka Residente, shook networks with a video posted from your Facebook account, in which he admitted he was working…
Sia
Cheap Thrills!
Cheap Thrills is an infectious and fun electro pop tune song recorded by Sia, who is an Australian recording artist. Composed…
David Bowie
David Bowie artwork to be auctioned
Within the monetary fortune left after David Bowie died last January 10, 2016, it is an important collection of paintings valued at $ 13.2 million…
Amaia Montero
Amaia Montero sings “100 meters”
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Claudio Conti
Claudio Conti 'Garnet Dusk' LP Merges Trash Can Sinatras with Tim Buckley
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Rihanna
What I've Learned From Rihanna As A Young Woman
On September 8th, 2017 Rihanna released a new beauty line dedicated to showing the diverse types of foundations, concealers, and even lipsticks for…