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The Deep Set
Deep Set, Deep Melodies
There are certain things that always come up to mind when you mention New Zealand and music - the first is Kiwi Rock, as a specific genre, the second…
Is This The Life We Really Want?
Should Roger Waters Retire?
In two to three years old competition comprised of collections of songs named Ratthe That Lock and Endless River, Is This The Life We Really Want by…
Every Country's Sun
Mogwai Shakes It Up A Notch
Scottish post rock veterans Mogwai created their ninth studio album Every Country's Sun as a quartet since one of the founders, John Cummings,…
V
Psychobilly At Its Slowest
The album I am about to review can thanks its vocalist for the highest mark. Savitra Labensart radiates with her opera-style, obscure vocal. It is,…
Hiss Spun
Darkness is Chelsea Wolfe's Middle Name
Californian princes of darkness dropped her sixth release at the end of September with which she knowledgeably continues to take us through the dark…
Ahora
Green Valley and ''Now'' their sixth album
Six albums and hundreds of concerts later, Green Valley continues to expand its message of positivity to the four winds. '' Now &…
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
“So I was taking a walk the other day”, begins Kendrick Lamar’s long awaited follow up to 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly, DAMN.,&…
Atleta del Sonido
Bostas Brain Presents: ''Sound Athlete''
Luis Quintero, better known musically as BostasBrain , is Venezuelan composer of rap. Brain has become a leader and pioneer of the movement, flow…
Spades and Roses
Americana Girl
After she won American Songwriter competition, Caroline Spence released her first album Somehow back in 2015. This year, her debut got its successor…
Honeymoon
The Biggest Narcissist Of Them All
Estoy enamorado de mí, pero yo creo que no es mutuo. Creo que debería ser el nombre del próximo disco de Lana del Rey. Si se hubiera…
Over the Edge
Over the edge
Oakland “stoner violence” trio Connoisseur’s entire debut LP is about the pleasures and politics of smoking weed.&…
Virgo Tendencies, Pt. II
A Raw and Honest Story
The suburban Chicago songbird has released her winter follow-up to its summer sibling Virgo Tendencies Part 1. The triple threat superstar's…
Mexico
GusGus: Mexico
Having started out nearly 20 years ago as a 12-strong Icelandic art collective creating techno tinged trip-hop and arty electronica, GusGus have…
We All Want The Same Things
How to Identify With Craig Finn
Although he is not the biggest singer songwriter of his generation, Craig Finn is certainly the best rock storyteller whose main preoccupation are…
Words Like Young
Timothy Nelson - Will Fly Far
As each year gets close to its end, I start scavenging other people’s “best of” lists to find something I’ve not heard before, something to have for…
Light Falls
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Light Falls
The relatively well-known Illinois drone/drone metal/psychedelic rock band Wrekmeister Harmonies came out with a new album recently. The seven track…
Not Even Happiness
This Byrne Can Also Make You Happy
I got drawn to listen to Julie Byrne’s “Not Even Happiness” album after a series of articles, posts, whatnot about it. The simple stark black and…
Renaissance
“Renaissance” in the twenty first century by Marcus Miller
I have been in some deep thoughts these days before I started writing this article. This album helped me to get my thoughts all together. Honestly I…
The Sweet Release of Death
The Sweet Release Of Death, Rotterdam's Finest Noise Rock
Sometimes, a name of the band can discover a lot about the band, and sometimes the name is a total flop that has nothing to do with the music the band…
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…
Moth Boys
Spector - Moth Boys
Spector, I have been expecting you. When you are expecting something for so long and you are certain of the result of your expectation, what can…
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…
Prism
Dovley's Single Prism Off Her Soon To Be Released Album Beautiful Chaos Is PHENOMENAL
Dovley's music is incredible.....a dance artist with a style all her own, she is not only gorgeous, but her talent easily rises to the top in the…
Some Twist
Michael Nau - ...And The Summer's Back
Last year I touted on these pages (it is a site, but you still have to flip the pages one way or the other) Michael Nau’s album Mowing (like the…
Hram Vybez
Pros & Cons of Hram Vybez by Prince Amine
It is the company you keep that is one of the most important lessons a person can learn in life. Prince Amine, a young Canadian artist with roots on…
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…
Unlikely Saints
Unlikely Saints Deliver Exquisite Debut
Unlikely Saints released one of the most peculiar albums of the year, and this is only their debut. The band's members are Jay (Big Pappa)…
The Original High
Getting High on Generic Tunes?
We are often seeing how talent shows give birth to stars revolving around pop and pop-rock genre. Adam Lambert is a perfect example for it. After…
Sweet Baby James
Groundbreaking Album From The Seventies
After the sixties, rock and roll was losing its power. People seemed to be exhausted with the rebellion, the war, the opposition; there was a…
E·mo·tion
Carly Rae Jepsen, “E-MO-TION,” and The Uncrapifying Power Of Pop
So, I have this really crummy day, right? I’m talking wake up too early and can’t fall back to sleep, headache all morning,…
The Light In You
Meditation for hispters and experiments for indie rockers
Favorite Americana players, known for their dreamy sounds, are finally back. Seven years after releasing the Snowlake Midnight and Strange Attractor,…
Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams (Deluxe Edition)
Cameron Avery - Garage Crooner?
It must be something in the water. Australian drinking water. Otherwise, how would acclaimed psych, garage, blues, alternative singers like Nick Cave,…
Electra Heart
Electra Heart
Marina Diamondis, aka Marina and the Diamonds, doesn't make things easy for herself. For her follow-up to 2010's excellent debut The Family…
10,000 Reasons (Live)
Bless The Lord O My Soul--On Fire for the Lord Matt Redman
Matt Redman is one of the leading worship leaders in the Contemporary Christian community. He is known for leading worship services and concerts to…
Breakfast Alone
Little Bandit - Breakfast Alone
Nashville is not all about country pop and traditional country and here is a proof for it. Little Bandit offers something unique. Their album…
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/…
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,…
Dodge and Burn
Sympathy for the Rebel - Dodge and Burn by The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is a supergroup, where the star of the band is not actually fronting the band. Yes, I’m talking about Jack White, who is…
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-…
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dreamy Freak Folk Pop
Some people can’t sleep because they are thinking about their dreams. Some people dream when they are awake. Some bands are like dreams.…
Bad Omen
The World's Greatest Goth Country Singer
When someone avoids being labeled either by genre or by appearance, then we say that someone is standing out from the sea of multiple copies that…
Phenotype
Dissonantly Extravagant
If we compare Phenotype, the album reviewed here, with recent Select Difficulty from Periphery it’s obvious Textures selected the highest…
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…
Dusk
Ultimate Painting - Dusk shines brightly
So easy for an album to be overlooked these days. Even if you are just an ordinary fan, you have piles of CD’s (still?), vinyl records or files on any…
Didn't He Ramble
Glen Hansard Does Not Ramble
Glen Hansard is a cute Irish man who conquered the world by singing the Academy award winning song Falling Slowly. The movie Once has become a classic…
Seven Swans
Asking Questions with Sufjan Stevens
Speaking of albums I keep returning to, it would be foolish not to mention Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans. While I appreciate Carrie &…
Litourgiya
Batushka - Litourgiya
Batushka is a fascinating Polish doom/black metal/post black/post metal band, who released a pretty innovative and unique album back in 2015.…
Sourvein / Will To Mangle
Sourvein - Will To Mangle
Sourvein are one of the best stoner doom/sludge/southern metal bands of all time in my book, and their album ''Will To Mangle'' is…
HAIZ
Hailee Steinfeld Headphones and Haiz
Where others struggle a lifetime to get a music career going, Hailee Steinfeld seems to have stumbled upon it by accident. Appearing as an actress…
Happy Days
I got no issues with Happy Days
Hoy en día, vamos a tomar un poco de un paseo por el lado salvaje, porque vamos a estar hablando de Brooke Candy. Brooke ha lanzado su segundo…
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…
Bedouine
Bedouine Epitomizes Her Name in Music
Under the name Bedouine hides girl born in Aleppo. Her parents moved to United States after winning green card lottery. Migration is in her blood, her…
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Review: Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late'
The endearingly sensitive and vulnerable Drake that the world had grown accustomed to is dead and gone. If You’re Reading This It…
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…
OK Computer
Ok Computer is officially 20 years old
How do you sum up the cultural impact of an album like Ok Computer? In the 20 years since its release Radiohead's third album has become a go-to…
Music Is My Life
Matt Warren Is In The House With “Music Is My Life”
House Music was an organic dance movement that has its origins in the Midwest, especially, out of Chicago. The movement sparked a sound revolution…
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,…
Motion
#tbt The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion
This week's throwback will be short but sweet as Oreo milkshake. Motion was a debut album by The Cinematic Orchestra and it was released in 1999…
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
Jay-Jay Johanson with a new EP
I only recently discovered Jay-Jay Johanson as an artist and was immediately astonished by his incredible ability to construct beautiful elegant…
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Never Mind The Bollocks..Here's The Sex Pistols
Creating a sense of chaos throughout the 70’s, the Sex Pistols are everything punk rock should be – all about image, extremely…
Of Monkees And Men
Monkeying With The Monkees
Scott McCaughey is no more a Young Fresh Fellow. In more ways than one. For one, this legend of the Seattle music scene is no more a spring chicken…
Who Is This America?
Afrobeat for the new generations
Born in a Brooklyn warehouse in 1997, 12-piece ensemble Antibalas is credited with re-introducing Afrobeat to a wider global audience. A Brooklyn-…
Oh Wonder
Oh Wonder of Wonders
Sticking with the theme of festive vinyl, It’s time to talk about Oh Wonder. Oh Wonder, are a London based duo, who’s …
Cold Night in Soho
When Soho Gets Cold, The Tiger Lillies Get Colder
Cold Night in Soho is the first album in ten years in which The Tiger Lillies did not put focus on theater piece. They are everything but regular band…
Testimony
Robbie Robertson - The Decades of Testifying
I really hope that this is a more current picture of Robbie Robertson on this new album he put out called Testimony. Well, new in the sense that it…
Painted Ruins
Painted Ruins
The intricate compositions on the band’s fifth album are bound tighter than ever, evoking distant images and emotions that continually shift in and…
Best of Luck in Future Endeavors
Noisy Amalgam
Savak were formed in 2015, with the band including the members of The Obits, Holy Fuck, Nation of Ulysses and The Cops. Erudite…
Rot
Bed Wettin Bad Boys Can Wet My Bed
Garage punk quartet from Sydney Bed Wettin Bad Boys started off as a side project of Nic Warmock (founder of R.I.P. Society Label) and Joe Sukit,…
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,…
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Unique artist with a distinctive expression - Fiona Apple
What I absolutely love and appreciate for any artist is being a songwriter, not just a performer. One of my favourite alternative rock, jazz, art pop…
Dialectic of Ignorance
Pontiak's Dialectic of Ignorance is Demanding and That is Good
Since 2004, brothers Carney, Jennings (bass, organ, vocals), Van (main vocal, guitar) and Lain (drums, vocal), are traveling across some very…
Por Acanga
THE SURVIVAL OF THE THREE
Five years passed for the three delivered a handful of new songs in studio. After Coliumo Loose (2010), led by Alvaro Henríquez and his…
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…
For The Ages To Come
The Soundtrack of Ebbot Lundberg
All good things come to an end, just as The Soundtrack Of Our Lives released their last album a few years ago. It is crucial to recognize…
Impossible Dream
Haley Bonar Is In Seventh Heaven
With seven albums in the discography, including the latest Impossible Dream, Haley Bonar has made enough to be considered as a fertile…
EVOL
Future of Hip Hop
Hip hop and rap music are very demanding. In order to stay at the top of the game, you have to release new stuff frequently. It is a road paved by Lil…
The Getaway
They did it again
First, one confession. The Getaway is the first album from RHCP I listened to in full. Never have been a fan, always considered them as too mainstream…
Mowing
Nau is Now?
The current indie scene is so diversified and abundant with knew, or completely unknown names that it can be mind boggling, so you have to opt for one…
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…
The Veil
#tbt: Peter Gabriel - Hit
In this week’s #TBT, I am providing you with a record of an artist who always polarized general audience. In my humble opinion, If you are not…
Preoccupations
A Disinterested Listener Reacts To Preoccupations
Un oyente desinteresado reacciona a las preocupaciones por Joseph Kyle Debo admitir, que no / no tengo una opinión sobre el / la controversia…
This Old Dog
The Prince Of Indie
The ultimate idol of indie audience, Mac DeMarco, releases his new full-length album This Old Dog, almost three years after the halcyon…
Little Lies
Hilary Duff is turning a new page
Hilary Duff has recently released an EDM cover of Fleetwood Mac's Little Lies. Big mistake. Just when I thought she was really on to something…
The Unkindness Of Crows
Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows
Eagle Twin are a great sludge metal/stoner metal/doom duo from Salt Lake City in Utah. Their best album to date has probably been The Unkindness of…
Everything Now
Everything Now is too much to ask from Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire have come to a point that every iconic band reaches eventually: they are a victim of their own success. They are one of the rare acts that…
Chasing an Illusion
Chasing Illusion
Sorrowful lyrics against spirited playing create a magical crux on the experimental singer-songwriter’s latest, a powerfully maternal and spiritually…
Joanne
Gaga Goes Regular
The era of eccentric pop artist is over. Officially. Today, Lady Gaga’s new album is available for purchase and it is nothing like you are…
Wilder Mind
Different, Still Rockin.
The band Mumford and Sons are known for their acoustic madness as I like to call it. The band has realesed three albums; Sigh No More, Babel, and…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande sounds dangerously good
Ariana Grande has just released her new single “Dangerous Woman” and it’s dangerously good. Initially, the song reminded…
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 …
Unseen
Time To See The Unseen
If there was a band in recent times that could easily pick up the title of American Gothic, then it is the Handsome Family. Even more fitting is the…
Transatlanticism
My changing attitude to songs on TV shows
For many artists having their music appear on TV shows and movies can provide a big boost interms of getting new fans and awareness. There are so man…
Mountain Czar
Karma To Burn - Mountain Czar
The renowned American stoner metal/stoner rock band Karma To Burn came out with a new five track EP in February. The new EP…
América Supersónica
Okills will return home with a concert.
After a long time abroad promoting his new album titled America Supersonic, which was a resounding success in the Venezuelan radio and many abroad.…
AIM (Deluxe)
A.I.M
Few musicians in recent memory have worked harder to successfully — and sometimes unsuccessfully — merge social activism with their art like M.I.A.,…
Geography
Front 242: Geography
The 1980's was a golden period for Industrial music. During that decade I was buying everything I could on vinyl; Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Front…
Intoxicated Women
The Return of Harvey Gainsbourg
Here comes Mick Harvey again, continuing his tribute saga to Serge Gainsbourg that now spans four Albums - from “Intoxicated Man” in 1995, “Pink…
Soul Sphere
Born Of Osiris Soul Sphere Album Review
Chicago’s heavy metal quintet Born Of Osiris released their 5th full length release on October, 29th 2015. The album is based on the ancient…
My One And Only Thrill
Oh, what a Melody!
This is one of the most beautiful albums recorded in the past decade or so. My One and Only Thrill has all the elements of a good record:…
theyesandeye
Lamb Gone Folk
Music duo Lamb has been influencing electronic scene with their trip-hop and chill-out discography. As half of Lamb, Lou Rhodes took a completely…
Time Of My Life
JopauL Fighting For His Right To Party
Who doesn't love a man who fights for his right to party? Not me! Maybe it's not stated in the Constitution (even though it should be), but as…
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…
Happy Birthday
Hey Colossus - Happy Birthday
The well-known British experimental psychedelic rock/noise rock/stoner band Hey Colossus has released a large number of great albums through the years…
Harder Love
Strand Of Oaks Returns To Confessional Mode
Between 2014 album Heal that marked a breakthrough on the scene, and 2017 Hard Love, Timothy Showalter, aka Strand Of Oaks went through some personal…
Hello
Why Adele's 25 Failed To Impress Me
I will get straight to the point and write straight from the heart, without any euphemisms and decorations. I don't like Adele's new album. It…
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…
A Fever Dream
A Fever Dream
The Manchester band are attuned to the absurdity of our times. The hyperactive synth-pop of their fourth LP is full of surreal vignettes that reflect…
I Can Feel the Night Around Me
I can feel the nights around me
Dave Hartley’s latest album is his most ambitious record yet, one that takes him out of his bedroom and places him out on the open road with…
Body Language
#tbt Kylie Minogue - Body Language
Kylie Minogue was just a teenager when she became famous in her Australia. As the years have gone by, her fame was taking off to the new level, and it…
WALLS
What’s on the other side of the “Walls”?
I have been listening to Kings of Leon ever since about 7th grade, so for around seven years now. To be fair, I didn’t really make the “dive” into…
Sodium
Sodium
Led by drummer and lead singer Kylee Kimbrough, the noise-punk outfit Dasher deliver a murderous mix of garage-rock grime, fuzz-punk overdrive, and…
Abysma
Ticking to the Right Beat
It seems that Will Wiesenfeld, the guy behind Geotic (or more plainly, earthly) likes to categorize things, including the music he makes. He…
So Long Suckers
Reverend Bizarre - III - So Long Suckers
Reverend Bizarre are a legendary Finnish doom metal band, who have released a number of great doom metal albums through the years. They are not active…
Hell On Earth (Explicit)
Mobb deep - 20 years of 'Hell on Earth'
This November 19th is now 20 years since the publication of the album 'Hell on earth', the third studio album Gangstarap the famous…
Sigillum Luciferi
Cough - Sigillum Luciferi
Cough are a no-nonsense stoner doom/sludge metal band from Richmond Virginia. They have released a series of great stoner doom/sludge albums through…
One More Light
What Happened To Linkin Park?
Oh man, how many strong opinions were created when the new album by Linkin Park saw the light of the day! First of all, it is an indicator that the…
Music For The Motion Picture Into The Wild
Albums I keep going back to: Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild
Aside from the fact that listening to this album brings up all the feelings I feel one of my very favourite films, there are about a million other…
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…
Pure Heroine
Our Heroine
It’s hard to believe that Lorde’s debut album was released four years ago. Aside from a very strong sentimental attachment that I have to it (it was…
A Wonderful Seed
Mysterious Ms. Sandoval Reappears, Again
So, Hope Sandoval and her mystery are back with us again. It has been 26 years since she first appeared along with former Rain Parade co-leader David…
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…
Examples
Shining Examples
Personally, I’m not a big fan of beats albums. At least, not for home listening. In a club, fine, that should be their main purpose. But at home, I…
Love Streams
Cacophony or Eclecticism?
The eight album by a Canadian electronic artist Tim Hecker is his most notable release yet. I mean, when Pitchfork gives you 8.2, you know…
Not An Apology
Bea Miller owes no apologies
She may only be sixteen but Bea Miller’s debut album, “Not An Apology”, is on par with those of artists who are both…
Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
Jazz Album Recommendation Individuality (Can I Be Me?) By Rachelle Ferrell
This is all about Rachelle Ferrell and her album Individuality (Can I Be Me?) released in 2000. Ferrell is a girl from Pennsylvania, who started…
24K Magic
24K Magic
Personally, the moment I knew Bruno Mars was for real was when he performed “Uptown Funk,” his mega hit collaboration with Mark Ronson, in curlers on…
Future Artists
The Dead C - Future Artists
The Dead C are a renowned noise-rock band from New Zealand, and their discography is quite vast and admittedly as diverse as it is vast. Their albums…
No Time For It
Fantasia's pretty generic this time
Can you believe it’s already 12 years ago, when she won American Idol?! Even though Fantasia was born into a musical family, thus it seemed…
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…
Bonny Doon
Bonny Doon - Bonny Doon
Over the past twenty years, Detroit hasn’t necessarily been a hub for folk and alt-country. Those genres have scratched the surface, but techno and…
Blurred Harmony
The Parson Red Heads - The Right Heads
So you’re missing the shimmering guitars and harmonies of Kingsbury Manx? Or, maybe, you’re quite disappointed with the new Shins album (rightfully so…
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…
The High
Behind a modeling eyes of a tomboy: The High rise of Candice Pillay
Sitting here in such an excitement and, at the same time, slight bump on my mind, trying to figure out the reason why are many of such an autstanding…
Dum Spiro Spero
Elsa Hewitt - Hope is eternal
Electronic artist Elsa Hewitt is hitting big this year. When you are a part of Gilles Peterson’s “Future Bubblers” program, it means you probably got…
Funeral
The debut albums of 2005 that defined the groups that made them
2005 was the last year when indie was a proper musical force. In the 11 years since then, indie music has been cannibalized by other genres, most…
The Echo Of Pleasure
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Return To The Right Sonic Path
Bands come and go, but their members keep on moving, especially If their music addiction is impossible to cure. There is no panacea for loving music.…
Interiors
Quicksand Join The Stream of Big Comebacks
Some of the year's best albums came from bands who made big comebacks after a two decade gap in their discography. I am primarily thinking of…
Requiem
Goat - Requiem
The Swedish psychedelic rock greats Goat have just released their new album ''Requiem''. As is usually the case, then Goat albums tend…
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Two men, one of them in flames, shake hands in a studio back lot. The image of a nude woman emerges from a red veil. A diver breaks the waves of a…
Lazaretto
Jack White's Lazaretto
Jack White is definitively a true superstar of his generation. What he did with The White Stripes was seminal in bringing rock’n’…
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…
Distance Inbetween
A Real Retro
The Coral is a band by two guys who are into retro music. They are also into adapting it to the modern, indie music. This time, they have…
These Things Take Time
Molly Nilsson and Her Noir Loneliness
No one will ever keep you company and then you die. True? Let’s ask this artist. Molly Nilsson is special for many reasons. One of them is…
Damage and Joy
The Jesus and Mary Chain Bring Joy, but Also Damage
What can I say, but to scream of joy that The Jesus and Mary Chain have return in studio format? Now, how much sense does Damage and Joy make? I…
Goodnight, Sweet Betty
68Creep: David Lynch's Dreams Have Found a New Soundtrack
68Creep is shady grifter rock band for those, who are open and ready to dabble in dark timeless melancholy. This music is thoughtful and…
Past and Future
Tisiphone
Tisiphone is a band from Lyon with the fresh debut album titled Tisiphone 1t LP. They have been dropping singles over the past three years before they…
Thatched Roof Glass House
Thatched Roof Glass House by Alpha Cat
Alpha Cat’s new album Thatched Roof Glass House is a contradiction in terms from the title on down to the songs. It is a m…
Stranger in the Alps
Debut Of the Year, Phoebe Bridgers' Strangers in The Alps
How is it possible that you are only 22 years old and you are such a poetaster? How is it possible that this is just your debut and you are already…
Devout
Devout
UK grime fixture Mr Mitch’s latest LP explores a pared-back sound. It feels polished and tactile, with themes of loyalty,…
Weightless
Giving “Weightless” Some Weight
Solo piano albums are dime-a-dozen these days, and when “Unravel” opens Alex Kozobolis’ new (second?) album “Weightless”, you might think - oh, no not…
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…
The Distance
San Cisco's Relationship Woes
Aussie indie-pop quartet San Cisco’s (guitarist/vocalist Jordi Davieson, drummer/vocalist Scarlett Stevens, drummer Josh Biondillo and bassist Steve…
Cod-Ex
Fast Fast Faster Punk
Like it the way it sounds. Playing such other music styles is not easy. Good musician. Fast dirty full-house the punk alternative way reaching the…
Gilid
Music From My Country: OPM Series (Part 1)
Gilid by Moonstar88 is still probably one of my favorite Filipino songs ever. It talks about loving from a distance. The word “gilid&…
Good Lava
Exploring a Brand New Trip
Esperanza Spalding just dropped a new single from her upcoming experimental album “Emily’s D+ Evolution” called &…
Who Are You?
Joyriding Has Us Reeling
Spring King has shone us that joyriding on a floating door can be exceptional fun. Spring Kings music video 'Who Are You?' has a power of the…
Solo Yo
Only Me the new Sofia Reyes and Prince Royce
Mexican actress and singer shared in their social networks two weeks ago the lyrics of the new song title solo, this has the support of Prince Roy,…
Like a Rolling Stone
COVERLAND Vol.22: Like a Rolling Stone
“Like a Rolling Stone” is one of the most influential songs in rock history. It’s the tune that transformed Bob Dylan…
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…
Good Girls
Californian Romancing
It’s not hard to see why LA-via-Nashville trio LANY (pronounced as Lay-Nee) have amassed a large and dedicated online following of…
Horizon
A Kaleidoscopic Trance
Horizon follows Epoch as the second single from Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho's (San Francisco-based …
The Judge
twenty one pilots The Judge: Set Me Free
Columbus, Ohio natives Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun make up the duo known as twenty one pilots (and no, they don’t capitalize their name).…
King
Performance Art Fit For A King
Years & Years have been killing various music channels when it comes to their album Communion, releasing six singles, one single King…
Cataract
Dirty Ghosts: Cataract EP
Hailing from San Francisco and consisting of Allyson Baker – Guitar/Vocals, Erin McDermott – Bass and Tony Sevener –…
Sleepover
Does Jamie Lynn put you to sleep?
For most, Jamie Lynn - sister of Britney - Spears could be seen as the Spears family member who busted the perfect family brand. Mother Spears was…
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…
Carry Us
Singer-Songwriter With An Uplifting Advantage
Singer-songwriter AFRAKITE from Montreal, Canada dances with a heart attached on a sweater sleeve and careless attitude. From the recently released…
Love's Gonna Do That
Musical Artist Leslie Cours Mather Sings About Strength and Overcoming Adversity, Inspired By Carrie Underwood’s “Cry Pretty”
“Leslie Cours Mather is back with a song to pull us together in these times of division and indecision. ‘We Are America’ should tug at the hearts of…
Messin' Around
Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias together with the video for “Messin' Around”.
This time these great artists came together to create the new video for Messin 'Around and could not expect less from them. We find a video…
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, Symphony of a Thousand Erster Teil: Veni, creator spiritus Veni, creator spiritus
Mahler’s Symphony of 1,000 (Symphony Number 8) Dazzles and Keeps It High
One of the best symphonies of the last gasp of the Romantic era is Mahler’s Symphony number 8, or Symphony of 1,000. The latter title was …
Not Discuss It
St. Beauty's “Not Discuss It”: A Tender Plea for Interpersonal Peace
“Caught”, the lead single from St. Beauty’s debut EP Running to the Sun (January 19, 2018), was the perfect introduction…
Fall Together
Radio-Friendly Grit
Melbourne indie-rockers The Temper Trap (Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, Toby Dundas and Joseph Greer) have yet to recreate the inescapable…
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…
Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
TFW Debussy Changes U
Perhaps I shouldn't have been so confident. I was eleven years old, mature enough to begin assuming responsibility for my own decisions but still…
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…
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&…
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…
Boyfriend
Real Lesbian Representation
With all the advances in legal LGBT rights in the West, gays and lesbians are no longer confined to closets and underground scenes. Part of the…
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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…
Treat You Better
Hey Ladies! He Can Treat You Better
Shaw Mendes, born to become hit-maker, successful songwriter-singer and performer from Canada has again released a new song that can melt the hearts…
Yeezy
Young Dolph Releases Yeezy Visual!
Young Dolph has been spraying around his video singles like crazy! Latest hit was a Trap banger Yeezy dropped…
Player
Tinashe: Player Review
Relationships come and go, ride up and down, all around, and any what way you wanna say. They can be fun, happy, sad, crazy, or all of it at once.&…
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…
Leadlight
Under The Spotlight
When a songstress or singer-songwriter comes out of the blues, out of the woods via SoundCloud. That magical meeting is met through the headphones of…
Real Deal
Is Jessie J's return the real deal
It feels like the release of a new Jessie J single, last week, got very little attention. There was just too much music news going on to keep…
Buzzcut Season
Buzzcut Season Was The Beginning For Lorde's Newest Album
As Lorde's newest single 'Green Light' and 'Liability' hit the radio airwaves, it only seems natural to revisit Lorde's first…
Uno Mismo
What does public transport sound like in Caracas?
Vallenato, reggaeton, but is mostly salsa and merengue, Latin sounds, including Christian music, or music Ballads 80 and 90, those with less…
Split Stones
Maggie Rogers' Split Stones: A 'Parting Gift' to Fans
After nine months of touring across North America and Europe, Maryland singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers is ready to close the chapter on her well-…
#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…
So Good
A Killer Hook
Southampton trio Band of Skulls have been mainly criticized for their lack of originality; The Guardian's Dave Simpson…
As Long as Water Runs
Roan Yellowthorn EP
Daughter of famed “American Pie” song man Don McLean, singer-songwriter Jackie McLean has announced the release of her…
Leon
Give My Heart A Break
The Japanese House, otherwise known as Amber Bain, whose choice of stage name comes with an equally interesting story that blurs the lines between…
Breathe
Just Breathe
Its been 15 years since French electronic music trio Télépopmusik debuted with Genetic World (2001), and '…
Feel Good Inc.
Feeling (really) Good with Seramic
It’s been a while since something new has made me feel the way I do when I press play on the Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk. I was not familiar with…
Make a Man
Make A Man (Music Video) - Estrons
I'd like to make a man a of you... simply lyrics yet they impact such a punch that Estrons should have been discovered way earlier. This…
Lust For Life
A remix of Lust for Life proves that Trainspotting 2 doesn't have an era to soundtrack
T2: Trainspotting is a rare film sequel that is as good as the original by taking its characters to their logical conclusion. These dudes are bad…
Hymn For The Weekend
Coldplay gives us a taste of what they will present at SuperBowl 50 with Beyonce
With less than a week for the big show and it seems to excite the fans and leave the audience wanting more, the artists invited to celebrate the…
Talk To Me
Talk To Me Issues Out Nightly Longing
Talk To Me by Nightly came as a surprise, while scrolling through Youtube searching for bands I had not come across before, lo and behold, Nightly. A…
Sympathy for the Devil
Blood, Sweat and Tears - Sympathy for the Devil
Here is an oldie. It’s a cover of “Sympathy for the Devil”, legendary song, one of the hymns of rock music, written by…
Daydreaming
Dreamers, they never learn
Dreamers / they never learn / they never learn This morning, Radiohead graced us with the second single, Daydreamers, taken from their new album to be…
Good Girl
Lush, Emotive Ambience
Aquilo is a relatively new band, having gained attention from the BBC via the release of their first two EPs in 2014 and the use of You There in the…
Kids (Ain't All Right)
Grace Mitchell Demonstrates Political Strife With Kids (Ain't All Right)
This Portland, Oregon native is throwing a mass of stones at the ocean. Let me explain that meaning, Grace Mitchell in the midst of all the Indie…
Close
Nick Jonas Teams Up With Tove Lo On His New Single “Close”
The little boy who used to sing with his brothers Jonas Brothers, has just released the first single called Close in collaboration with Tove Lo. This…
Kids in Heat
Teenage Angst
Yes. As of right now, I can hear that applauding audience within my own head, shouting bravo to Hannah Lou Clark's song Kids in Heat. Where has…
Blue Song
Where Is Mint Royale after Blue Song was released?
With many things in life, I discovered music through an oddly popular U.K. show called 'The Mighty Boosh' which essentially was a comedy…
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…
Together, Locked Safely
Electronic Melancholy
Canberra electro-pop trio SAFIA (lead vocalist Ben Woolner, drummer Michael Bell and guitarist/synth master Harry Sayers) have been stalwarts…
Stay Happy
Stay Happy Is Broken Social Scene's Best Message
With only a week out on the internet Broken Social Scene's newest track Stay Happy leaves everyone wanting more. Broken Social Scene always…
Shadow - Radio Edit
Chromatics make Twin Peaks return much cooler
La obra maestra de televisión de David Lynch y Mark Frost Twin Peaks regresó el domingo, y fue tan aterradora, hilarante, enloquecedora y…
Kill Me
Dumbfoundead's Kill Me is a Playful and Witty “Ride or Die” Anthem
Korean-American rapper Dumbfoundead (Jonathan Park) released the third song from his recently released EP Rocket Man (Dec 12, 2017) a few days ago,…
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…
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
Iconic French duo Air (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) have recently shared Indian Summer (a previously limited track),…
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…
Salut d'amour, Op. 12,
When Love's Greeting Changes Key
Elgar’s Salut d’amour (1888) is an example of a piece that underwent changes from its inception to its publication. Originally…
7 Years
7 years
Just when we thought we didn't have any more space in our life for 21st century Denmarkia, along comes another slice of Danish. This time, it'…
Cheerleader
A Cheerleader No More
Sometimes I imagine songs 'talking back' to one another, which is easy to do when different artists take on the same subject matter. In this…
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.…
Talk Baby Talk
Emma Louise's Talk Baby Talk and other positive things about the mainstream pop market
If I were to describe Emma Louise’s voice to you, you would probably imagine a sound completely different to the one she makes. The purity…
Me, Myself & I
G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha: Me, Myself & I
Now, when I heard this song Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha, I immediately could relate to those nights or even days when you want to…
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…
Woods
Over Driven By The Woods
'Woods' by Bon Iver hasn't seen the popularity like his other tracks such as 'Skinny Love' that has gained a noted audience. Bon…
Perfect Places
Perfect Places Questions the Reality of What It Means to Live In the Moment
Lorde's recent single 'Perfect Places' finds a home within the party animal in all of us. Well, on a deeper note 'Perfect Places'…
Trouble
Trouble Stays Close To The New Respects
Don't you just love when a band falls into your lap? Or happens on your television? That was the case with The New Respects elegantly racing track…
Medicine Chant
Shamanic Properties Driven From Western Canada
As Halloween approaches, leaves are falling and a mist seems to be rolling in from the mountains Anilah seemed like the perfect musician to…
Matters
Making Amends
Omaha group Twinsmith, consisting of Jordan Smith (vocals/guitar), Matt Regner (guitar/keys), Bill Sharp (bass) and Oliver Morgan (drums),…
Offa My Hands
On Offa My Hands, Jessica Lea Mayfield Needs Every Single DNA Strand Gone
On Sorry is Gone, the title track and lead single from Ohio country-rocker Jessica Lea Mayfield's fourth album, was a breezy, charming,…
It's Midnight
Palpitations For The Broken Hearted and Mistreated
Consider St. Paul & The Broken Bones the Gospel/Soul version of Arcade Fire. Mainly because the band consists of 6 multi-talented musicians.…
XXXO
M.I.A. Is Not Your Pin-up Girl
I recently came across some interesting opinion pieces by Noisey writer Kat George, each detailing her appreciation for pop stars…
Glow Like Dat
Rich Chigga and the Age-Old Appreciation vs Appropriation Question
Like Iggy Azalea in 2014, Rich Chigga (Chinese-Indonesian teenager Brian Imanuel) has earned himself a Forbes profile that charts his trajectory as…
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 Remastered Version
Timelessness and The Smiths' There is a Light that Never Goes Out
It’s unsurprising that the Smiths are referenced in two of the best indie films released in the past ten years (in my humble opinion), 500…
Ricochet
Let me be very Di-Rect with you
It’s not often that I get excited by a new single from Dutch rock band Di-Rect. For the longest time, Di-Rect have been the most popular…
Hey Boy
Take That go synthpop on Hey Boy
Back in the high days of Take That’s success, I too was a fan. Altogether, I was into the light hearted bubbly pop music while growing up,…
Call on Me - Ryan Riback Remix
Starley's overnight success
Australian singer-songwriter, Starley Hope, has been on rotation for a long time now with her song “Call On Me”. The track was originally released…
Į Venesuelą
Venezuela at the Lithuanian Music Awards MAMA?
Yes !, but not the hand of its most representative artists today as Chino & Nacho or Oscar D'León, but the song I Venesuela…
Hallelujah
Singing Hallelujah with Panic! At The Disco
I know. I knooooow. I am such a late bloomer when it comes to music. But I believe that it's NEVER too late to start liking something OR someone.…
Freak
10 Minute Freak
Lana Del Rey is not an artist I play very often. Her music can be pretty laidback, but I usually also find it to be a bit moody, and that’s…
Love My Life
That Friends And Family Life With Koache!
LA Rapper Jarromie Latie Wilkins aka Koache, is one of the many underground underrated cats with great mind vision and…
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…
Letters in Cursive, Pt. 1
Letters In Cursive (part 1) by Citizen James
Los Angeles-based singer\songwriter\producer Citizen James releases his single “Letters in Cursive part 1”. The track is a cleverly blended mix of…
You Don't Know Love
Never knew Olly Murs like this
Olly Murs first caught my attention with his retro sound. Many of his songs will always remind me of something else. For instance, Heart Skips A Beat…
Nterini
Fatoumata Diawara's Nterini is an Affecting Portrait of Migrant Hardship
In the stunning music video for Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara's recent single “Nterini” (which…
Trouble
Cage The Elephant Trouble
Popular indie rockers Cage the Elephant released a new single entitled “Trouble”. The guys haven’t released much since…
Cloud
Elias: A Hard Man To Find
Once in our lives we find ourselves asking a very important question while watching our favorite TV series: Who in the name of everything holy sang…
Lost Youth / Lost You
Intimacy's Miseries
In a violet-hued video for Lost Youth/Lost You, How to Dress Well frontman - Chicago-born singer-songwriter and philosophy PhD graduate Tom Krell -…
Sick of Losing Soulmates
The Only Song You Need on a Rainy Day and a Broken Heart
Sick of Losing Soulmates tells us an emotional story of how two people try to still be friends after a break up. This is one of Dodie Clark’…
WTF (Where They From) [feat. Pharrell Williams]
WTF MISSY?!
What the F are all these Hip Hop artists doing with all that money. THIS is how you do it! Two words: Missy Elliot. This…
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…
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…
Thinking Out Loud
Facing Frailties and Realities in June
To look back on life as it was in June 2015 is like thinking about it out loud, particularly so as I am not doing it just for myself this time but…
Good Goodbye (feat. Pusha T and Stormzy)
And it just gets worse: Linkin Park, Good Goodbye
For a band that has been globally popular for over fifteen years you wouldn't think Linkin Park would need to worry about gaining new fans. I'…
Belong
Melancholic Escapism
Roosevelt makes dance music for people who don't dance because they're too depressed. It's commercial but it cuts deep, like New Order in…
Beautiful Hell
Adna Challenges Expectation With Beautiful Hell
I'd like to issue out a statement Adna is a singer-songwriter who will move you. If tears start to roll out or if apathy decides to descend from…
La Bicicleta
Carlos Vives and Shakira came to YouTube on their bicycle
And boy has been a long wait, but it has already reached Youtube La Bicicleta the new topic of Carlos Vives in collaboration with the Barranquillera…
Play Out
Zola Blood - Play Out
Zola Blood produce lo-fi electronic music that is warm and soulful. Their sparse, analogue sound exists in a fog of sinewaves, samples and…
White Mustang
Lana Del Rey’s Retro-Futuristic Romantic Gloom
Lana Del Rey’s motivations for emulating Taylor Swift and wiping her social media backlogs clean are still unknown, but this decision has…
Billie Jean
Rebirth of a Song
This is one of the best covers in history. Chris Cornell managed to give this song a completely new life and a deeper meaning. The lyrics that talk of…
Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Mahler’s 6th And The Lucerne Festival Orchestra
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is one of those special orchestras that seems to top itself in marvels performance after performance. The strains of…
Self Destruction
Self-Distructive Comeback!
R`n`B musketeers are back toghether! American quartet, now a duo, reunites last month and brings two new hits for their thirsty fans. The two…
A Change Of Heart
Realism For A Change Of Heart
How does one dispense another's affection without breaking their spirit? The 1975 may have the answer in their recently released music video for &…
Future Politics
Austra's Promising Political Escapism
Future Politics is the breaking down of paradigms. In this video, we wanted to explore what a world might look like if our values were transformed:…
Seventeen
Sheer Bliss
Sjowgren is an up-and-coming Bay Area trio (three high school friends who reunited after college to make music together) who caught the…
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…
Photomaton
The Black Sun of Melancholy
Photomaton is French electropop trio Jabberwocky's (Camille Camara, Simon Pasquer, and Emmanuel Bretou) best known single from their…
Body Moves
Body Moves To The Beat
DNCE continues on the path of pure Pop mayhem. From 'Cake By The Ocean' to 'Body Moves' and 'Toothbrush'. The collective call…
This Mess We're In
Songs that Started it all. (3 PJ Harvey, This Mess We're In (feat Thom Yorke)
It will come as no surprise that Radiohead are responsible for a lot of my music tastes. It was through interviews with them that finally pushed me…
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…
Soy Amante De Tu Presencia
Music, Its Therapeutic Power and Its Teachings
One moment, a situation, something, someone, a person, why not let you sleep, everything, absolutely everything, the music tells you about it, makes…
Jammin' - Single Edit
Reggae Goes Smooth Jazz With A George Benson-Like Spotify Single “Jammin” By Dave Sereny
Dave Sereny releases his new single “Jammin” on Spotify, a song striking a balance between reggae and smooth Jazz with a notable George Benson…
Flip and Rewind (feat. Rashida Jones)
Time to reminisce
As the daughter of Quincy Jones, she’s mainly known as an actress, but she does sing too. So, how come you didn’t know that about…
Last Kind Words
COVERLAND Vol.16: Last Kind Words
After almost 90 years, Rhiannon Giddens revived the song “Last Kind Words” by the obscure country-blues singer Geeshie Wiley, a blues tune which was…
Make Me...
A Stronger Britney
Britney Spears has finally released the very highly anticipated new single, Make Me. Within minutes after its release, the song was featured on many…
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&…
Painting (Masterpiece)
A Technicolor Masterpiece
After gaining indie success and a record label with Columbia via the success of their first single Loud(y) in early 2015 (were reached No. 1…
So Lillies
Of Lilies and Violet Grace
Five years after being released on Californian avant-garde electronic singer-songwriter Julia Holter's critically acclaimed debut…
Born to be Blonde
Jesse Rutherford’s “Born to Be Blonde”: Ironic Dandyism For A New Generation
Californian alt-rock band The Neighbourhood have always been known for a rather dandyish obsession with their image. They famously insisted on…
Misery
Gwen brings us a new video
The new song is called Misery, and is the third single from his latest album This Is What the Truth Feels Like is inspired by the situation that has…
Treat You Better
Shawn Mendes premieres Treat You Better
Who can forget the young Canadian guy who Diola around the world with its theme Stitches, that no one was removed from the head, that subject with…
All My Life
Lasting Just Like Love
Because this month couldn't end without me being thankful to have celebrated one more year of wedded bliss, I am taking time to commend one of the…
Body Lights the Way
Skye Wallace Shares Sporty New Body Lights The Way Video
Canadian rocker Skye Wallace has just dropped the official music video for Body Lights The Way – a carefree, groove-driven song conveying a…
New York
An Emotional Vital Connection to New York Comes From St. Vincent
St. Vincent released the latest song New York while also announcing the Fear the Future Tour which starts this November. New York is incredibly…
Praying
Cathartic Comeback
In a 2013 interview, Kesha revealed that she had little creative control over her music and expressed her desire to showcase other…
Sadboy
Wolf Alice's Sadboy: A Diagnosis of Youthful Malaise
Earlier this month, North London alternative rock quartet Wolf Alice - vocalist/guitarist Ellie Rowsell, guitarist/vocalist Joff…
Still Brazy
YG Still Brazy!
American Rapper/Producer YG claims the Trap throne again! A Def Jam boy, already famous at lagre, the two-letter man kicks…
Ghost Rider - Strange Weather EP
Calvi Calls On The Ghost Rider
Call Anna Calvi experimental, avant-garde punk, or the Italian heiress from the fortunate guitar goddesses, one thing is clear, Calvi can pay one hell…
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…
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…
Slumlord
Urban Thrills
Most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More…
Intro
An Instrumental Masterpiece
When you have instrumentals as ear-catching as Intro (the opening track of The xx's self-titled 2009 album), lyrics are superfluous.…
LMK
Kelela's Electro-Soul Feminist Hookup Manifesto
In Björk collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang’s music video, LA-via-DC Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter Kelela alternates between a…
Daily
Some daily music for you
My days usually start out with my local radio station blasting on my stereo. I always hope to catch some news, the weather and the traffic situation.…
Losing My Head
Losing it to Krystl's new sound
Krystl is one of those unknown treasures of the Dutch music scene. She’s still rising even though she’s been around for several years. Her debut was…
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.…
Back to the Start
Reinvention
As sugary sweet Katty Besnard sings in this track 'Back To The Start', never once does the song come off as bubble gum annoyance. The french…
Perfect Illusion
Gaga perfection!
Finally! Lady Gaga has released new music. The much anticipated new single, “Perfect Illusion”, was released today and even though…
When the Lillies Die
Geisha Goth
LA duo Io Echo (Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross) have been mostly noted for their 'new orientalism', a fusion of LA goth noir and pan-…
Paint It, Black
Ciara's dark side sounds good
Now that I’ve written a few blogs for Kurrent Music, you must have notice that I’m a pretty positive person. I look at Ciara as…
Without You
Another 'Without You' Song
It's perfectly understandable to believe that no one would be able to put a fresh spin on the 'can't live without you' theme, given…
Dusk Till Dawn - Radio Edit
Zayn and Sia Join Forces on a Formulaic Stadium Pop Number
The prestige crime drama-inspired music video for Zayn and Sia’s power pop ballad “Dusk Till Dawn” may be mostly…
Starving
All Guesses Point To You
Either you know Hailee Steinfeld as an actress or a Pop singer. Both ways you've heard of Hailee Steinfeld and in this case with Steinfeld's…
The Jungle Line
COVERLAND Vol.10: The Jungle Line
This article from the Coverland series is a sort of an homage to Leonard Cohen, who passed away yesterday. I am not a fan of his work, but he left his…
Jan Daley
New Smooth Jazz Music by Jan Daley this Spring
Jan Daley is going to be releasing a brand new smooth jazz album “The Way of a Woman” this March 31! The album will complete her…
Alfredo Naranjo
Alfredo Naranjo and Rafael El Pollo Brito serenade Venezuela
They call land of grace and thus from the affection felt towards the terroir, devote the space born a subject which is, above all, a declaration of…
Nina Simone
The three She-giants
There are a lot of great female artists in the history of popular music. But what does it take to be called a Diva? Usually, it is a title reserved…
Stevie Wonder
Tribute to Prince at the BET Awards
Last Sunday, in the framework of the BET Awards, established artists as Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Tori Kelly, among others, gathered to pay…
KSHMR
KSHMR releases an amazing rendition of Radiohead's Creep
“Creep” is a classic 90’s song from Radiohead that spoke about all the imperfections we have as humans and how we wish…
Sugar & The Hi Lows
Sugar & The Hi-Lows ‘High Roller’ – Album Review
Some projects are labors of love, borne of passion for a particular style or level of artistry, of recognition of the spark that comes with a magical…
Los Aldeanos
''Light'' the new album of B
Bian Rodríguez Gala (October 25, 1984, Cuba), known by his stage name '' B '' is a Cuban rapper. It became…
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode cover David Bowie's 'Heroes'
Last march of the precursors of the electrorock, Depeche Mode, they launched a new record plate titled Spirit and during their respective promotional…
Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry ‘Southern Gothic: The Definitive Collection’ – Album Review
Singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry brought a soulful, southern delta sound to country-pop in the late 1960s, when she exploded onto the country music…
Drake
Drake's 15 week dance ends
Records are made to be broken. It's just the way it is. And so, it looked like a long standing record of 25 years was about to be broken last week…
N.W.A.
Straight outta Compton, no automatic solidarities
One of the best films of 2015 is Straight Outta Compton F. Gary Gray, who manages a film that goes beyond the barriers of those who call themselves…
Underworld
Ultra Music Festival 2017 announced its poster
There is a space where the best of the electronic music world congregates and is the Ultra Music Festival which will be held from 24 to 26 March 2017…
Lady Gaga
Gaga reveals Joanne's cover
The eccentric Lady Gaga has announced new details about their upcoming album. In a recent interview in Beats Radio, the singer said that the album…
Buddy Emmons
Remembering Buddy Emmons, “The Big E” & His Heart of Steel: The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
One night steel guitarist Buddy Emmons got a call from Glen Campbell who wanted to know if was interested in cutting some Ray Charles tracks that…
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Omar Rodríguez-López will release 12 new albums before the end of the year.
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, better known as the guitarist of the acclaimed groups At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta, is also a prolific composer who has…
Bucky Covington
Bucky Covington Turned me into a Fan
I remember watching Season 5 of American Idol, and I was not really a fan of Bucky Covington. That changed when I was asked, after the season was…
Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee and Natti Natasha are in Another Thing
And many say that Daddy Yankee and Natti Natasha is a duo that is raging across the continent, and boy it is !. The reggaetonero never tires of…
The Mavericks
The Mavericks ‘Mono’ – Album Review
The Mavericks have always been coy about being pigeon-holed. Melding neo-traditional country with alternative, Tex-Mex and more, it was almost a…
Toby Keith
Toby Keith ‘Drinks After Work’ – Album Review
This has been my first time listening to a Toby Keith album because I’m not his biggest fan (FUTK anyone?). I thought since ‘Drinks After Work’ was…
NAV
NAV collaborated with Lil Uzi Vert for his new track: 'Wanted You'
NAV fans are waiting for the new song for some time and finally the big day came. His brand new song 'Wanted You' has released on Youtube in…
Tropicalísimo Apache
Apache breaks schemes with Now or Never
When talking about Venezuelan rap faces, the name of Apache certainly comes to mind, because besides being the face of Venezuelan rap, it is…
David Maslanka
David Maslanka’s Angel of Mercy
Upon listening to Angel of Mercy by David Maslanka, I find it a very pleasing read. It is a fine piece of music that has the distinction of the low…
Desiigner
Desiigner sings about the difficult life of Tiimmy Turner
The original rapper from Brooklyn, New York has won great recognition in just 19 years thanks to its success Panda and now…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift makes a dream come true
This time the artist surprised us as it made the dream of a fanatic. The story that reason Taylor was held in April, where he received a letter from…
Radiohead
The background in concert of OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Radiohead has just released the reissue of their best album: Ok Computer, which turns 20. It is an album full of jewels, no song left over in that…
Charly García
Charly García will release a new album
After severe health problems and being away for many years of studies, Charly Garcia, one of the greatest exponents of Latin American rock, back to…
Southern Family
‘Southern Family’– Album Review
Probably the most anticipated, talked about record of 2016 is ACM producer of the year, Dave Cobb’s concept record, Southern Family.…
Jason Derulo
Our First Year Kurrent Music LATAM
A week ago was the official anniversary, a year ago I joined this community and I close with this últi¿QUÉ WOULD BE DANCING WITHOUT…
Less Y Chris
Less & Chris premiere Remix of Lagrimas no mas by Guaco.
The Venezuelan duo Less and Chris, who has conquered the first places of popularity with topics like Hot Rumba and The nominee , presents this…
Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee premiered a video of La breakers hearts with Ozuna
Daddy Yankee premiered the video of La rompe cores, theme that counts on the participation of its paisano The bold eyes clear Ozuna. The audiovisual…
Banks
Banks Loves Better Than She Can
Jillian Banks, who goes by her stage name Banks, is a singer and songwriter. In May 2014, she was named by FoxWeekly, the “Artist to Watch&…
J Balvin
J Balvin hospitalized in an emergency in Los Angeles
Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, known worldwide as J Balvin, he was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles because of intense physical and mental exhaustion.…
Zakir Hussain
In case you don't know who Zakir Hussain is...
Zakir Hussein must be a proud father having a daughter that grew up to make phenomenal short films, such as this one dedicated to her father. Anisa &…
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…
Kaleo
Possession of Music
Have you heard of Kaleo? Words that have been uttered over the course of this Winter. To explain further who Kaleo happen to be...in that…
Ricardo Montaner
The Monster opens his arms to Ricardo Montaner
The beloved and feared monster of the Fifth Vergara, as it is colloquially known to the audience at the Festival of Viña del Mar, received with…
Yandel
Yandel is going to premiere
Yandel is in full promotion of his latest single My Religion. It is one of the songs that is most sounding in all radios and now it is renewed with…
Harry Styles
Harry Styles releases solo track
After the members of One Direction have decided to give themselves a temporary rest of the stages, the members have decided that it is time to start…
Raintown
Raintown ‘Writing On The Wall’ – Album Review
I wasn’t sure about Raintown going into this album. Part of the reason for that is that I struggle with married duos; there does seem to be a tendency…
Palmbomen
Palmbomen
The Sea is looking at me with hope and happiness. I don’t know why it’s so happy but I ‘m sure there is a reason for…
Ringo Starr
Millionaire auction for Ringo Starr's battery
2.2 million closed auction by a battery of legendary Beatles Ringo Starr, it is a Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl three-piece 1963, which would be used in…
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves - Roll the Bones
Shakey Graves is a charming fellow. Born Alejandro Rose-Garcia, he is an Americana musician from Austin, Texas, United States. His music is a cross…
Prince
Prince are back on YouTube
Since the singer died, representatives of the artist's heritage work to bring their music back to digital platforms, such as Spotify. Prince…
Lana Del Rey
No more sadness for Lana del Rey
Lana del Rey seems to have finally left behind that aura of melancholy and pessimism that he so successfully projected on themes such as Born to Die…
The Beatles
To The Beatles - With Love, from India!
I was almost squealing with happiness when I came to know I’d be writing about The Beatles! There were over a hundred things I wanted to…
Neil Young
SundaySpotlight: Neil Young
Ready for SundaySpotlight? Who could I cover after Bob Dylan? You can only guess once :) Neil Young is a famous Canadian musicians and one of the best…
Shakira
Shakira returns with El Blackmail with Maluma
Colombian singer Shakira has been talking a lot in the last year on a new production, and having announced just over a month ago now premieres could…
Brandy Clark
Brandy Clark ’12 Stories’ – Album Review
I knew before I even listened that I was going to love this album. Brandy Clark is one of my favorite people in country music right now, for her dark,…
Vinyl on HBO
Playlist: 'Vinyl', a vintage moment in 2016
Just a couple of days ago HBO aired the last episode of the 1st season 'Vinyl' , the ambitious dramatic and musical series that…
Dana Immanuel
Dana Immanuel ‘Dotted Lines’ - Album Review
Dana Immanuel is the victim and perpetrator of her own rollercoaster. She’s the sad demise and the psychoanalyzed runaway, a mix of contradictions…
New Medicine
I Think We All Need Some New Medicine
These hard rockers hail from Minneapolis and incorporate a perfect mix of hard rocking riffs, classic rock inspired solos, rebellious lyrics and pop…
Casey James
Casey James
Casey James was on American Idol, during Season 9, where he came in at 3rd place. I was rooting for James to win from the moment…
Jan Daley
Tony Bennett Fans, Make The Addition Of Jan Daleys Smooth Jazz Christmas Album To Your Holiday Playlist
Want to have a ”Swingin’ Christmas” this year? Well if it wasn’t too obvious from that small plug that we&…
Narcosatanicos
Narcosatanicos
Now here is a band from Denmark, whose self-titled album was arguably the best noise rock album of 2014. Not only in Denmark. In the World. Here is a…
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke 2016
One of the modern greats (the modern great?) fiddle player, Irish of course, former member of the popular traditional Bothy band, Kevin Burke is still…
Nashville Cast
Nashville Cast ‘Christmas With Nashville’ – Album Review
Seeing as the country music community appears to be pretty obsessed with the Christmas season (one only has to look at the plethora of festive country…
Beyoncé
Lemonade de Boyonce was consecrated best album 2016 according to Rolling Stone
Each time gets closer the end of 2016, and for this reason the famous Rolling Stone, toured what they say, it is the top 50 of the best albums of the…
Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson: Know Where to Run
Finally! The light is on. The light is everywhere. We shine and love. We’ve got a place for two. We’ve got our place. We know…
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Is Lauryn Hill Dropping A New Album?
I’ve been an avid fan of hip hop since the early 90s. The first hip hop song I can clearly recall listening to is Vanilla Ice’s &…
Molotov
Molotov Group denounces theft of its equipment.
The music band Molotov reported the theft of his instruments and work equipment on a highway in the State of Mexico when he was taken to a concert in…
Justin Bieber
Bieber pleads with his ex-girlfriend
Justin Bieber may have canceled a world tour, been expelled from China and issued a public confession of his mistakes, but still wants to be friendly…
Antonio Estévez
The plain according to Antonio Estévez
The piano insists with initial notes. He answers the orchestra, especially the flutes. Follow the piano with his feverish melody, while the wind-…
DTW
Rock made in Atotonilco
DTW is a band of Atotonilco el Alto and shaped by Naomi Emmanuel and Rodrigo, which seeks to cool the tapatía scene with a young and honest…
Gary Moore
The Original Skid Row
Everyone who’s been watching MTV in the 90’s knows about the American Skid Row, with the pretty blond guy on vocals (Oh somebody…
Maná
The strange join between Maná and Nicky Jam
Rock and reggaeton are undoubtedly opposite poles, but collaboration between these talented artists give much to talk about. It is the Mexican group…
Gente De Zona
People of the Zone want Something With You
The moment stuck Cuban group presented its new audiovisual production which has surprised all his fans. His new single Algo Contigo accompanied by a…
Logic
Logic leaves a message against suicide in new song
Eddy Marcano
With the violin of Eddy Marcano
About the concert violinist Eddy Marcano will offer on Saturday September 24 at 5:00 pm in the spaces of the Metropolitan University (Caracas), it is…
Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt's Breaking Up in a Small Town
Sam Lowry Hunt is an American Country Singer/songwriter with a unique style that literally blows the barn doors off of traditional country…
Alan Vega
Alan Vega
Ugly Words for Ugly People (Special Someone) I don’t feel like suicide, I feel like Vega, though, it was a hard and pretty…
The Confederate Dead
The Confederate Dead
The Confederate Dead are an interesting psychedelic rock/neo-psych band from Portsmouth, England. What makes this particular band unique is that they…
Dr. Dre
''Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & me''
After the great success obtained NWA biopic, Straight Outta Compton . , A film that chronicles the life of the R & B singer Michel'le…
Néstor Zavarce
When a song is tradition
I remember every 31 December, my mother turned on the radio 15 or 5 minutes before the fair at midnight marking the beginning of a new year cannonade…
Joey Montana
Joey Montana presented his fourth record production
Joey Montana is in a great moment. A few days ago released its fourth album, Back To The Roots Picky. As if that were not enough, he presented the…
Dizzee Rascal
4 Artists Who Made Major Contributions to Grime Music
Grime music has been around for a while and it’s most popular in the UK where it was born. Over the years various artists have come and gone but of…
Pietro Milanesi
Interview with Pietro Milanesi
Pietro Milanesi is an LA-based composer, originally from Torino, Italy; a rising talent in film scoring, he worked on several high profile productions…
Fanny Lu
For Fanny Lu Crying Is Madness
Fanny Lu does not want to waste time and already released his new single Mourn is crazy. This theme is a motivation to empowerment, personal…
Gilli Moon
Gilli Moon is Delightful on Beautiful Mess
Gilli Moon is an Australian singer-songwriter that has built an amazing, award-winning discography. Since the year 2000, she has released 8 full…
Neil Young
Neil Young released new album
Neil Young is a universal benchmark in the history of music. Since 1960 he has been writing songs and their influence still much in the 90s was…
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin premiered Forgive me
The acclaimed Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin released last Friday, January 15, his new single titled Forgive me, fourth promotional theme of his…
Michael Jackson
Children are not afraid
It is likely that when you were 5 years I liked all the music you placed your parents and family. It is also possible you to dance any sound you…
Rae Sremmurd
Visually Rae Look Alive
Mississippi brothers strike back with a fresh and smash new single Look Alive from the upcoming second studio album Sremm…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney in 360 degrees
Years pass and Paul McCartney remains in force. The trick: his undoubted musical quality and stay always updated with new trends. Following this line…
Teresa Carreño
Teresa Carreno's film
Valga image of Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez, to bring up the news is already in production the film Teresita and piano of Andreina Gomez, on…
Deadbolt
Deadbolt
You don’t wanna know me Imagine a dark, dark night with the Moon watching you in attentive silence. You’re on an empty highway…
Wisin
Tricks And Secrets To Fall In Love
If it's just you and me ... Escape with me. So be simple that it is soft and slow, or also try to write a song to dedicate it. Of the rest,…
The Beatles
Eight Days a Week
60’s music enthusiasts, Beatles fans and film fanatics great ready… The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The…
Sex Pistols
Sex Pistol manager Malcolm Mclaren's son burned £5m worth of band memorabilia
Joe Corre, fashion designer and son of Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of the Sex Pistol, burned more than five million pounds in memorabilia…
Pitbull
Pitbull's gamble
Pitbull does not go unnoticed. They may say they hate it, but some of his songs has probably hovered in the head of anyone who crucify in talks. For…
Bijelo Dugme
Meet the Yugoslav Beatles - Bijelo Dugme
It is about time to share with you guys a band from my local region that has been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal…
Norah Jones
“Day Breaks”, the new Norah Jones
Day Breaks is the name of the sixth album of the famous American, Norah Jones, singer to be released during the next October as confirmed by the New…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty honored by the Grammy Awards.
Tom Petty, the rocker who has been behind hits like American Girl, will be recognized at a gala evening before the ceremony of the Grammy Awards next…
Bomb The Bass
Bomb The Bass
My heart is a beating drum. My heart is an eternal explosive. My body, my mind and my soul are the fire of love. I’m a boy – I need a girl / I’m a…
León Larregui
Voluma and León Larregui's vision of the future
The birth of his son marked a new stage in the way of thinking and composing the Mexican musician Leon Larregui. Recently, the singer, lead singer of…
Gualberto Ibarreto
Around 70 years of life of Gualberto Ibarreto
Several times we have referred here to this important artist of Venezuelan music scene: Gualberto Ibarreto, whose voice has traveled the geography of…
Modern Blossom
Modern Blossom
Like my Dead Friend My yellow cup is full of coffee and milk – the substance is scary and alive. My grey street is full of spring &…
Kanye West
What's new from Wolves
The controversial Kanye West has a new music video. We had to give play because every action, theme or video of the singer gives to talk about. No…
The Strokes
The Strokes, like good bread
It's hard to disappoint with three songs, and even less if they are parts of a band like the Strokes. However, worth writing a few lines…
Megadeth
Dave Mustaine pays tribute with Megadeth to Chris Cornell
Today, March 18, during a concert in Tokyo, Japan, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine paused in his usual repertoire to pay tribute to vocalist and…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey's Cinematic Jailbait
The buzz surrounding Lana Del Rey’s recently released fifth studio album Lust for Life(2017) may be dying down (after debuting at…
The Beach Boys
Hearing the Beach Boys in 20/20 vision
Forget everything you know about the Beach Boys. Done? Well, that didn’t take long. Now that we’re working with a clean slate here, I highly advise…
Pitbull
Pitbull hits the walk of fame
This artist of Cuban origin has been characterized by taking out the best heat of the moment and given the tupe of being accompanied by great artist…
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Top Five Folk Singers of the Sixties
The sixties were in one aspect the same as the decades before - if you wanted to be a musician, especially a singer than you had to be goddamn good.…
Reykon
Reykon's Gossip
Reggaetonero Colombian Andres Felipe Robledo Londono, better known as Reykon, presented the official video for his new song Gossip , which,…
Radiohead
Radiohead played Creep after 7 years
Radiohead is one of the most innovative bands in the world. Since its inception has been characterized for it. And at every concert they do. If you…
Shawnee Kilgore
Shawnee Kilgore and Joss Whedon Captivate with Break the Skin
Joss Whedon & Shawnee Kligore share intimate behind the scene footage of their single Break The Skin recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank,…
Christopher Rouse
Christopher Rouse's Fourth Symphony--A Brief Review
Christopher Rouse is a very colorful composer who is known for his excellent orchestral work. I’d like to bring our attention to his Fourth…
Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo on a couch above the clouds
By Gerardo Guarache Ocque // @ stuttering It did not sound like a guitar. It was like the howl of a primitive bird. Gustavo Cerati used his pedalera…
Carlos Vives
You live on the edge of love with Miss Universe
After the success of The Bicycle, a song in which he participated, along with Vives, Shakira. Return the artist most beloved Colombians The Edge of…
Ashley Monroe
Ashley Monroe On New Music, The Future of The Annies, Her Recent Wedding & The Place Of Women On Country Radio – Interview
Ashley Monroe, for those who aren’t familiar, is one third of the power all-female country trio the Pistol Annies, a songwriter with a string of hits…
Toby Keith
Toby Keith ’35 MPH Town’ – Album Review
Toby Keith soared to fame in the 90’s with hits like “Should Have Been A Cowboy” and “How Do You Like Me Now?”. Since then he has put out a steady…
AJ Guel
AJ Guel ‘Real No One’ - Album Review
You might initially think AJ Guel is another kind of strident male singer like Jason Aldean or some kind of rugged guy that’s gonna…
Angela Easterling
Angela Easterling’s Carolina Honeymoon: The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Angela Easterling started to talk about her new album Common Law Wife when she recalled a journalist’s recent question. “He asked…
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode release new album
On March 17, Depeche Mode released their new album called Spirit. This would be the fourteenth album of the band, features 17 new songs and was…
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu and her life lessons
Why the video of Erykah Badu’s surprise visit to a high school is double shocking It’s easy to mistake Erykah Badu for a one hit…
J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise
JJ Hairston Carries It Home With You Deserve It
There is another great artist who is a heavy hitter in black gospel music of the contemporary kind. His name is J.J. Hairston. I just discovered this…
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley ‘Black’ – Album Review
After the personal emotional outpouring of ‘Riser’ that was the perfect mainstream album, I, and many others, were curious and…
David Adam Byrnes
David Adam Byrnes ‘Tell Me I Won’t’ - EP Review
If you’re looking for some light country listening as the summer comes to a close, look no further than David Adam Byrnes’ ‘Tell Me I Won’t’ EP. The…
Daya
Definitely not sitting still
Not all that long ago, I considered writing about Daya when she had released ‘Hide Away’, but I think someone else here at Kurrent…
Dave Holland
The Magical Jazz Unit
If you want to be a jazz musician in the big league, then you’d have to be a superb instrumentalist, but also a good teammate and a…
Genevieve Pasquier
Genevieve Pasquier
It’s about time to meet a gorgeous, sophisticated woman with sharp teeth and a glassy electro. She’s got to be “handled…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire will release a live DVD
Arcade Fire is the only band that has won its first and only Grammy Award for best album of the year in history. That did it in 2008 with his first…
Dame Daniels
Who the F*ck is Dame Daniels?!
Daniel Stephen Hernandez ( Born May 28, 1985), better known by his stage name, “Dame Daniels,” is an American hip hop artist from…
Chloe x Halle
The Kids Are Alright
If you happened to watch the pre-Superbowl festivities and caught a wonderful rendition of “America the Beautiful,” or the “Where is the Love”…
Sia
Cheap Thrills!
Cheap Thrills is an infectious and fun electro pop tune song recorded by Sia, who is an Australian recording artist. Composed…
Alfonso Terán
The new bet of Alfonso Terán
Alfonso Teran is preparing for all new projects that lie ahead. Until now, his new single You and started playing on the radio in Venezuela (his…
Coldplay
ColdPlay's colorful tour of the United States kicked off-
Coldplay began his tour of stadiums United States with a colorful show that included fireworks, paper and mixed with American pride, solidarity with…
Camille Peruto
Camille Peruto sings Crooked Roads beautifully
Who ever in here has ever felt that they need some guidance to follow the right path in their life? The feeling that we are just drifting through our…
Roxanne Shante
Hip Hop Film about Roxanne Shante “Roxanne Roxanne” Nearing Theatrical Release
Every year comes with it a number of hip hop films which document, satirize or dramatize the culture, or all of the above or in many cases just…
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne announces his last world tour
People keep asking me when I retire, Osbourne, 68, said in a statement. This will be my last world tour, but I can not say I will not do some acting.…
Leb I Sol
Leb i Sol 2
This is the second album by the Macedonian supergroup “Leb i Sol” released in 1978. It was a true revelation back then (the band…
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…
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin Release Video For Cover Of What Is And What Should Ever Be
To debut the new edition of the Sessions BBC Led Zeppelin have it presented a promotional video for the version of What is And What Should Ever Be…
Steve Reid
#tbt Steve Reid: Nova
When I was younger, my friend and I shared a frustration: How are we ever going to read all the books in the world? It's impossible. Nowadays, I…
Beatenberg
The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg
Cape Town-based three piece pop band Beatenberg’s latest album, The Hanging Gardens of Beathenberg, has been a raging success. It has won…
Natalie Cole
An Everlasting Love – Remembering Natalie Cole
An offspring of a legend has great shoes to fill…. But Natalie Cole, daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole, managed to transcend all of…
JAY Z
Is Tidal Working?
Jay Z may be one of the undisputed kings of the music industry, but does his Midas touch extend to the streaming service Tidal? After spending two…
Pixies
Lollapalooza is coming to Paris
Lollapalooza is one of the largest and most important in the world. The first was held in 1991 in the United States by Perry Farrell, lead singer of…
Mumford & Sons
Live: A Beautiful Collision
Have you ever looked back on your past and thought “I wish I wasn’t like that”? In the present you feel liked a changed…
Los Pericos
The reinvention of Los Pericos
After the death of saxophonist Horace Avendano, the rest of the group came as a kind of silence ... that is already broken and already sounds like…
Eric Frisch
Eric Frisch spreads good vibes with new music video The Light Ahead
The feel good song for the holidays is already among us. Eric Frisch has released the most light-hearted and fun music video that we can watch over…
So-Cal Rocket Dynamics
So-Cal Rocket Dynamics Take Over the World
So-Cal Rocket Dynamics is a heavy neo rockabilly band from the Los Angeles Area. Thier catchy and aggressive sound was born in the west coast car…
Willodean
Willodean Unveils Sweet Autumn Music
Willodean is a Los Angeles-based trio that combines indie rock, power-pop and American roots with string arrangements. It echoes the melodic smarts of…
Mic Harrison
Mic Harrison Interview
Mic Harrison & The High Score started as the merging of a backing band for Harrison’s solo work, but has become a band in itself…
Axl Rose
Axl Rose debuted against AC/DC with a leg injury
Sitting on a wheelchair with his leg in plaster because of an injury, Axl Rose appeared on his debut as a temporary lead singer of the rock band AC /…
The Weeknd
The Weeknd releases a short with his new songs
The Weeknd recently released his new album, and in turn, also presented Mania, an audiovisual short sound in which some of the songs from the new…
The Blue Throne Poets
The Blue Poets say hello with Goodbye
Let us be the first to tell you that blues rock has recently been climbing back into our musical shuffle. The revival began with bands such as The…
John Mackey
John Mackey’s Aurora Awakes Awakens the Spirit
Want to wake up your spirit? Do your ears a favor and listen to John Mackey’s Aurora Awakes for concert band. Talk about golden ear candy! It’s so…
Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters emerged from the ashes of Nirvana, but the band's true roots lay in the years of personal recordings made by leader Dave Grohl.…
Aerosmith
Aerosmith announces their separation.
As there is good news about music, we also heard bad, and certainly this is the worst, because the legendary band Aerosmith announced their…