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The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Tragic Rock Opera
After three radiant albums, Titus Andronicus are back with another radioactive material for your rock brain cells. It is not a tragedy as the title…
Throbs
The Fog Ensembles' Throbs: Subtle Atmospherics
Thessaloniki trails behind Athens’ size and global stature as Greece’s second largest city, but comes in first as the source of musical inspiration…
Black
Black
Country megastar Dierks Bentley returned last May with his eighth album Black, the most fully-formed LP of his…
Other People's Lives
Other People's Lives
First proper solo album from the Kinks legend finds him flirting with confessional singer-songwriter material and tapping into the sounds of the…
Fm
Farewell to Milwaukee From Minneapolis
In times before the Internet, it was so easy to miss a good band. You simply could not have heard of them, particularly if they went the independent…
Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
Big in Japandroids
One of the solid releases from January this year came from Canadian duo Japandroids. In 2012, they dropped Celebration Rock and generated a…
Dizzyride
A Ride That Can Make You Dizzy
Ok, so the girl (Zoe) is from Montreal and the boy (Nicola) is from Venice, where should they meet and what will the music they make sound like? Th…
Perfecto
Music For Pizza Restaurants
To make a perfect mainstream pop album is an extreme sport. There are too many parameters to satisfy, too many target audiences and music critics…
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.,…
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…
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…
The Wilderness
Emotional Explosions
Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be an emotional ride to the other side. The Wilderness is the fifth album by one of my favorite post-…
Lost Time
Surf-Pop is Not Dead
Surf-pop was sub-genre that occupied the collective mind of hipsters at the beginning of 2010s. I am writing in past tense, as the genre itself lost…
The Abbey Road Sessions
Raw Kylie In Retrospective
In 2012, Kylie was hungry for the impact Adele had made on the world and decided to follow her steps. If your are a cynic, than this is what you might…
Coming Home
Pain Is The Right Description
Peter Tägtgren’s Pain is a side-project of a death metal mastermind, the lead person behind Hypocrisy, one of the pioneers of…
Head Carrier
Pixies, The Ancestors of Grunge, Make A Strong Return
Everything Pixies created between 1986 and 1993 instantly became an anachronism. The music of this cult band had an enormous impact on the development…
She
Charity Ekeke Carries A Torch For Women’s Issues With She
Way back in 1971 at around the peak of the counterculture era an Australian singer/songwriter named Helen Reddy released a song called I Am…
La lucha
Interview with La Vida Boheme
In recent days, there has been great movement in the Venezuelan musical movement, with good recordings, undoubtedly one of the most outstanding has…
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…
Music For Listening To Music To
La Sera As December's Vitamin D
Music for Listening Music To is a fourth studio album by a Californian band La Sera and its lead singer Katy Goodman, ex bass guitarist of Vivian…
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-…
Teens Of Denial
The Complexity of Teen Rebellion
Will Toledo is an unbelievably prolific author, the one who released ten albums in a period of just six years. Albeit he has been active…
All American Made
Margo Price Is Priceless
With her debut effort Midwest Farmer's Daughter, Margo Price collected praises and accolades such as Americana Music Honor & Award for the…
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…
Puncture
Puncture
Most people are too lazy to to anything but jump on the bandwagon with the rest of the sheep. They don't make any effort at all to support small,…
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…
Synthwaves
Quaeschning & Schnauss Unveil New Album Synthwaves
Thorsten Quaeschning and Ulrich Schnauss have teamed up to create a record of pure Berlin-school bliss which pays…
Prowler
Spectral and Eerie offering from Pye Corner Audio
Martin Jenkins aka Our Head Technician aka Pye Corner Audio has offered up his latest haunted composition, Prowler. Inspired by 1970's Public…
Goose Snow Cone
Coping Mechanisms
The clinical frankness of the title of indie veteran Aimee Mann’s latest album Mental Illness (2016) is actually meant as a jab…
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…
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…
Reluciente, Rechinante y Aterciopelado
The live return of Aterciopelados
Aterciopelados is elemental part of our Latin American cultural idiosyncrasies. The decade of the 90s has his songs as soundtrack of our lives. Since…
The Promised Land
BREAKING DAYS RELEASE THE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE PROMISED LAND
Breaking Days release their first music video The Promised Land with the support of the record company Castro Music Ltd. The Promised Land by…
Vine
Jen Gloeckner - Climbing Up The Vine
Downtempo (who still remembers trip-hop?) has become such a formulaic genre that whenever somebody lists a certain album or an artist under such a…
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…
Gopro: Eagle Hunters in a New World
Film Soundtrack Done Right
Making a film soundtrack requires a double mastery. You have to make do music an additional part of the story told in images, but you also have to…
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…
Greatest Hits
Tracing Tracy Chapman's Musical Journey
Nearly three decades ago, this singer-songwriter stepped into the wider world stage after years of performing in smaller, more intimate platforms. Her…
Blue Lines
Blue Lines: The birth of trip-hop
Bristol, late eighties. A couple of music lovers decided to band up together and start making some innovative tunes. Merging of hip-hop, reggae, soul…
No Good
Noir Pop
The world of pop music is populated with so many artists who are trying to copy each other. It is not a plagiarism, it is just a promiscuous idea.…
Belong
Belong
The third album from studied Brooklyn chamber-pop ensemble San Fermin benefits from a sharper focus. But its lyrics signify depth and meaning without…
Grace
JEFF BUCKLEY’S GRACE
One of the greatest tragedies of the 00’s was the loss of the prolific and incredibly talented musician, Jeff Buckley. It is a wonderful…
I See You
I see you
Listening to the xx used to feel like eavesdropping on the most private of conversations. On 2009’s xx and 2012’s Coexist, vocalists Romy Madley Croft…
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 …
Across The Multiverse
Dent May - Multi-versing the Musical Universe
Anybody who is a fan of harmony-filled pop rock the late sixties or early Seventies, s well as any current variations of this musical theme has surely…
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…
8
Less to go until the Sunset Roll Festival.
Despite the difficult situation that exists in Venezuela, it is a great pride for all that music festivals are still made and that may present major…
Outside The Box
Hacktivist -Outside The Box
There is something incisive about artists who use their music as a tool for political activism. I believe the final product returns to the…
Striker
Striker Strikes Another Traditional Heavy Metal
Canadian heavy metal band Striker have dropped five studio albums in the past ten years, and If we dig even more in detail and observe that their…
Fast Food
Check Your Pulse When She Sings
What you get when you combine Anna Calvi and PJ Harvey? You don’t know? Well, get to know by knowing her majesty – Nadine Shah,…
Skylarking
XTC's Skylarking remixed by Steven Wilson
It has been 30 years now, almos to a day when XTC issued their seminal Skylarking an album that should be on practically any best of all times albums.…
Volver
Benjamin Biolay - Here We Go Again
Yes, you could say that! You see, Volver the name of the new album from Benjamin Biolay, a big name on the French music scene, could be translated in…
Blonde On Blonde
#tbt Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
In this week's throwback, I am continuing with Bob Dylan's albums. Blonde on Blonde is the first double studio album in the history of music…
Miman
Hyper Existential Indie Rock
Only a year after surprisingly good debut album of Nicole Saboune, we are getting another positive surprise called Miman. On the cover, we see a…
Automatic For The People
#TBT R.E.M.'s Best Of
When I can not overcome my inner demons, I just come over to my friend’s place and we listen to some evergreens. Try it out, it is more…
Lungs
How Florence And The Machine's Debut Teased Their Glorious Future
Let’s turn on our time machines and go back to the release of Florence and The Machine’s debut. Remember when you played Lungs for the very…
Heartworms
James Mercer proves that he was alway the force behind The Shins
It's been five years since the las Shins album, Port of Morrow, a middling release that had many fans wondering if the band had lost that…
Spirit (Deluxe)
Political Mode of Depeche Mode
Starting from the 1993’s album Songs of Faith and Devotion , the most famous Basildon diaspora known as Depeche Mode releases their albums every four…
Solo
The New of Los Mesoneros already has a name and date
Caracas band, currently impeached in Mexico, has been doing an exceptional job in creating new musical material. For several months, Innkeepers have…
Something More Than Free
10\10 for Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell is James Blunt for people who know what music is. Even though James Blunt’s latest album proved that he knows how to sound like…
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…
Slowdive
Slowdive Return After 20 Year Sabatical
During the first half of the 90s, British collective Slowdive established as one of the most prominent shoegaze bands, leaving three classics behind…
Bear Bones, Lay Low
Bear Bones, Lay Low - Valléé de Dith
Bear Bones, Lay Low is a one-man psychedelic rock band of Ernesto Gonzalez from Venezuela. This relatively prolific one-man psych rock band is however…
Earl Grey
Girl Ray - How To Properly Brew Earl Grey
Earl Grey is a popular but finicky tea to make. If you don’t let it stand long enough, it has a bland taste: if you let it stand too long, it becomes…
Ghost Stories Live 2014
Coldplay = Coldstop
Coldplay are about to lose the last particles of their stardust. For many years, they have been golden only because they are living on old fame. You…
The Ninth Hour
Sonata Arctica Became A Band With Only One Good Song
No matter how grumpy I was when I heard the information that they are preparing the new studio material, Sonata Arctica will always be one of those…
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…
Hoops
Hoops They Did It Again
Blues is a sound of a man who is still trying to find out who he is. Blues rock is omnipresent on today’s music scene. Many artists…
Hot Fuss (Deluxe Version)
Music and The Beautiful Life it Has
There are different tastes for everything in this world; whether it be cars, wine, food, we all have different preferences. That’s why I…
FROOT
This Froot Has Gone Off
570 five stars, out of 630 ratings, on the UK iTunes store tends to suggest that an album is going to be a great listen, right? Well after listening…
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…
Pure Comedy
Pure Comedy
Father John Misty is a consummate entertainer. On Pure Comedy, he questions the value of entertainment, capitalism, and everything…
Love Undercover
#tb When The Corals Were on Hiatus
When The Coral went on a hiatus, its members commenced working on their solo projects. That is how Ian Skelly’s and James Skelly’s debuts…
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
#tbt: Earl Sweatshirt - I don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Rap album about self-awareness is jt a common product. Candor has also been absent from hip hop culture for a long time. Lyrics about prison you have…
Polaris
Polaris by Tesseract – Not really 4th dimension
I have slightly weird experience when listening to every Tesseract album for the first time. The music starts and after a couple of songs I say to…
A Way in the Wind
Railway Gamblers Bring Their A Game Again
When someone creates a masterpiece as Railway Gamblers did at the beginning of the year with Shadow Of The Moon, many would go on…
More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me
more Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me Is Encouraging
If you are sick of studio albums of Bruce Springsteen, and you are looking for something similar but more powerful, The Smith Street Band have been…
American Band
The Most Candid American Band
There are not much bands with a discography that is competitive enough to beat the description of Drive By Truckers: American Band. Over…
Teenage Dream
#tbt Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Let's go back to times when Katy Perry was still Katy Perry, or at least she looked like one. It was the time when she was regularly in tabloids,…
Antiphon
Before Bon Iver, Thee Was Midlake
Melancholic dudes from Texas had recorded their fourth studio album when their chief and creative director Tim Smith had a breakdown and decided 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…
Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean comes more Blonde.
After more than 8 times to postpone the release of their second studio album called Blonde singer of R & B, Frank Ocean, decided to publish…
Tautou
Smooth Like Marble
Even with names like Zita Swoon being tossed around among music critics, the current Belgian music scene seems to be somewhat an unknown quantity to…
Under The Red Cloud
Under the Red Cloud by Amorphis: Another home run
First, I need to say that this album was by far the toughest to review in my short career as a music reviewer. I listened to it for the whole month,…
Exitoca
Cristobal And The Sea - Everything's souped up
Disparate musical styles souped up together can only produce two types of music - one that squarely falls on its face or one that is thoroughly…
Acid Guru Pond
Bardo Pond - Acid Guru Pond
Acid Guru Pond is an interesting collaboration album between the always great and impressive Bardo Pond and the equally renowned Acid Mothers Temple…
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…
Slow Down
On route to the Eurovision Song Contest
I’m sure to anyone non-European, this is completely foreign, but every year, around this time of year every European country goes…
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
J. S. Bach: You Are Alone
The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, composed by JS Bach, are quite significant in the world of any violinist. An integral part of a violinist&…
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…
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…
Walk Between Worlds
Simple Minds Do Not Complicate It
Simple Minds have released their 18th studio album, and just when no one except for hardcore fans did not expect anything besides formulaic music,…
Brilliant Light
Danny & The Champions of the World - Championing Americana with a twist
When the term Americana crops up in a conversation among music fans, usually the first things that come up to mind are any country music variations,…
The Atlantic Years In Mono
Giant Steps
“Giant Steps” is a very important album, especially for aspiring jazz musicians. It’s the record that firmly put the so…
The Sympathy Sigh
Problems reading? Well, Sing then!
It seems that Jamie Lockhart, the brain behind the Mi Mye monicker has problems reading because he has dyslexia. He was only able to read fully his…
Youth
Fronteers' Finest Moment?
Fronteers are a Hullensian four piece making big waves in the UK's indie scene at the moment. Don't let their baby-faced appearance fool you,…
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…
My Girl
A love declaration from the Carnival Man
It was hard to imagine this - back in the days when The Fugees were the best thing that ever happened to hip hop - but the life and career of Wyclef…
Man of the Woods
My Verdict Of Justin's New Album
Fifth chapter of Justin Timberlake's solo career begins with explosive verse: If you know what's good... In FIlthy, the first promotional…
Beyond The Bloodhounds
Stuck in the South
Adia Victoria is an American author who currently resides in Nashville. She grew up in South Carolina in a strictly religious family. After…
Live At The Troubadour
Live at The Troubadour: Paying Homage to an Iconic Venue
The Troubadour is a highly regarded music venue located in West Hollywood, California that was opened by Doug Weston in 1957. This venue was so…
Shangri La
Why Jake Bugg's Shangri La Is Testament To The Talent Of Young Generation of Musicians
Saying that there is nothing interesting in today’s music, and that the old guys are making the best albums is ridiculous. There are many examples…
Late Night Tales: David Holmes
Can Late Night Tales Disappoint ?
Compilations are big business and Late Night Tales series has turned into, it seems, good business. After all, they are a label in itself. I’ve been…
Not To Disappear
A Step Too Far
Music for me has always been about hearing the emotion in a track. This is why I think that the majority of my music taste has been labelled as&…
Belong
Better Than The XX?
Raise your hand If you think that The XX will never be as strong as they were on their debut. Now raise your hand If you are confident that…
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
The grey areas of John Legend
I think, out of all the R&B artists out there today, John Legend would have to be the best role model you can find. I'm not a fan. I don…
Liquid Swords (Explicit Version)
GZA's 20 Year Journey to Platinum Status
The Wu-Tang Clan is one of the most influential groups in hip hop history. The group consists of some of the most gifted lyricists in the game, and…
Strangers
For All The Marginalized People
Marissa Nadler is a singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Besides the obvious music talent that was discovered very early in her life, Marissa also…
Interiors
The Year Of Big Comebacks
Jesus and The Mary Chain returned with Damage and Joy. Jesus and The Mary Chain are one of those bands that have a massive impact on many contemporary…
WALLS
Kings Of Generic
With refreshing garage rock, they attracted the world’s attention, whilst by commercializing their sound, Kings Of Leon have become one of…
Midnight Sun
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Midnight Sun
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Here we have a big apple that fell not far from the huge tree; the tree being John Lennon and the apple…
Best Of
#tbt: Best Summer Album Ever
There are many albums that are made for chilling nearby big waters. Some are obvious, like those records by The Beach Boys, Tame Impala, Buena Vista…
Thinkin Out Loud
Thinking Out Loud First Impressions
This girl never stops impressing, that`s for sure. Young, but only by numbers, this smashing sunshine of vocal enchantress, Ms.…
Live In Japan
George Harrison’s Live In Japan Concerts 1991
It is a once in a life-time thing it seems—to have George Harrison on Tour in any form or fashion. At the risk of being marked weird, he only came out…
Different Creatures
Circa Waves Joins The Migration Crisis Awareness Movement
Four guys from Liverpool sound more confident, mature and powerful on their second full-length album, just as the frontman Keiran Shudall wanted and…
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Albums that turn 10 in 2017 Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys debut album, Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not was a landmark album, and perhaps the most important debut album of the first…
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 …
Welkya
Welkya
“Welkya” is an album I first heard when it came out in 2006. It was around the time when I first had the chance to personally meet with Theodosii…
Call by Night
Call By Night - More Chamber Than Pop
Usually I perk up my ears for anything that comes out on the, what some people consider out there label, Sacred Bones. Wymond Miles has…
A Song I Can Live With
Chip Taylor - Another Great Waiting To Be Re-discovered
Luckily, not everybody has forgotten Chip Taylor. After all, he is to get inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For those who have forgotten&…
Beautiful Lies
“Beautiful lies” by Birdy - an emotional journey you won’t forget
Birdy is an incredibly talented and internationally recognized 20-year-old British artist that has won the Female Solo Artist International…
The First Days Of Spring
Album or Film? Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
I would like to introduce if you haven’t heard yet of course, one of my favorite psychedelic and indie rock band named “Noah and…
Victorious
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll
“But I like it. Well, I like most of it. To be honest, there are some songs that I like. Now, where did I put that colossal self-titled…
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…
Drowning Shadows
Drowning Shadows the saddest song by Sam Smith
For admirers of Sam Smith we inform you that we have excellent news. The artist recently announced that relaunched his debut album that earned him…
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…
One More Light
One More Light: Track by track
Nobody Can Save Me Much to my surprise this is actually a strong start. I groaned at the auto-tuned opening, but the track itself is an effective look…
Grand Romantic
Romantic Pop
There are no single people, only autonomous romantics. I must admit that I didn’t recognize the name Nate Rus until I have listened to Grand…
The Fall
Joshua Radin - The Ultimate John Doe of TV Show Soundtracks
Authors of the songs used in TV shows are often less known than those songs are. When we connect the artist with the song, it happens that we don’t…
Eldorado
ELO, Eldo... Eldorado
Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements, and futuristic iconography were the trademarks of the English band Electric Light Orchestra. Their fourth…
Vivir Mi Vida - The Remixes
Marc Anthony Premieres 'Vivir Mi Vida' Making A Triumphant Return To Music
Puerto Rican Salsa sensation Marc Anthony marked his return to music when he premiered his new song, “Vivir Mi Vida”, at the…
Death Index
Death Index - Death Index
Death Index are an American noise rock/garage rock/punk band who recently came out with a fine full-length self-titled album. The album packs some…
Your Move Vol. 1
Mikey Young - Hot Chip On The Autobahn
Haven't you heard of Mikey Young before? Don’t worry, most of the people haven’t. There’s an underground scene anywhere, and Australia is no…
To Make A Fool Ask, And You Are The First
Ashtray Navigations - To Make A Fool Ask, And You Are The First
Ashtray Navigations is an English psychedelic rock/experimental rock/avant-garde/drone band that has been active ever since the early 1990s. They have…
Rudest
Rude Audio - Rudest EP & Half Moon Lane Glitter (Mr. Hare Remix)
Rude Audio is Mark Ratcliff (arrangement, production and keyboards), Amanda Greatorex (vocals and lyrics), …
Pasos Sincopados
Little Revenge presents its 'Pasos Sincopados'. Part I.
Small Revancha, the musical project directed and conceptualized by the duo of Claudia Lizardo (daughter of the legendary PTT Lizardo of the same…
Unfinished Business
A Future Big Pop Star? Short Review of Nathan Sykes Debut Album
While I was listening to Ariana Grande’s album “Truly yours” I discovered the song “Almost is never enough” in which she is cooperating with Nathan…
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…
Oczy Mlody
The Flame Of The Flaming Lips Is Still Strong
When you have sixteen albums in your discography, three Grammys and records that shaped a generation of listeners, no one expects you to deliver…
Ennanga Vision
Ennanga Vision
Electronic beats and dub effects put a heady, psychedelic spin on traditional Ugandan Royal Court music. In the early 1980s, the meeting of African…
The Great Unknown
Sad Rob Thomas
I believe many expected Rob Thomas to become of the greatest rock stars after Smooth with Santana came out. Well, everything you expect will be used…
This Is What You Came For
Lightning strike collabo with Rihanna
I couldn’t wait to hear this track, when I heard that it was going to be released this week. For a second serving, Calvin Harris has teamed…
Feel It Break
Dark, Atmospheric, Innovative Pop
Young Canadian band Austra have been enjoying escalating success of late, mostly in Eastern Europe where they have just completed a…
First Ditch Effort (Commentary)
Candid NOFX In Rearview
Can’t you see my soul, on the record sleeve, it’s going out for sale as soon as it gets saved. (NOFX – Take Two Placebos And Call Me Lame) After the…
Sing It Ugly
Despair Never Sounded So Optimistic
It’s been only two years since Vicious Losers came out and two prophets of light, as Lonesome Wyatt and The Minister call themselves,…
Immolated EP
Are You Scared of Bugs?
South African-via-New York electronic artist Adrian Martens isn’t. Martens goes under the nom du plume Dasychira, a name given to…
Anthems for Catharsis
thisquietarmy - Anthems For Catharsis
The Canadian one-man feedback filled blackened psychedelic drone doom/shoegaze band thisquietarmy came out with a new album last year, and what a…
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
#tbt The Byrds // The Notorious Byrd Brothers
This week's throwback was the first great album of 1968, a revolutionary year in both world politics and music. As such, it has an interesting…
...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.…
Loud Hailer
Jeff Beck's Critic Of Today's Society
Although he is 72 years old, Jeff Beck still does not think he should retire his guitar, which he proves with his newest release titled Loud Haller.…
No Church On Sunday
An Agnostic Anthem
Music in 2016 is, for the most part, secular. While many vocalists - from the likes of Whitney Houston to Katy Perry to Usher to Avril Lavigne -…
We Can Swim
Swim or Die
Face+Heel is brand-new duo (lyricist and guitarist Luke Taylor, and vocalist Sinead McMillan) from North Wales, UK, who have just…
Stella By Starlight
Jazz Standards Vol.9 - Stella by Starlight
‘Stella by Starlight’ is a song from the 1944 Paramount film “The Uninvited,” a ghost story starring Ray…
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…
Pretty Girl
Queer Ear Candy
'Pretty Girl' is one of my favorite songs on my new EP, Citrine. It's an acknowledgement of all those beautiful women…
Truth Hurts
Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” Transforms Heartbreak into Empowerment
In her most recent single “Truth Hurts”, experimental hip-hop singer-rapper Lizzo acknowledges that there’s a more earthly side to balance the goddess…
Watermelon Man
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.14 - Watermelon Man
The sixties were an era when younger musicians started to write extensively, with many of the then-new compositions becoming standards in the decades…
Kitchen Door
Sweet Melodic Everything
Wolf Laren is as quite as a mouse on a Sunday morning. Don't allow that sentimental first line drive you away because Wolf Larsen has so much to…
Statuette
Ecofeminist Bossa Nova
“Statuette” is the third glimpse of Metric/Broken Social Scene singer Emily Haines’ sophomore album Choir of the Mind under the Emily Haines &…
NO
Meghan Trainor NO!
Meghan girl overflowing sweetness and sympathy with innocent eyes and reserved appearance, nothing exhibitionist rather sexy but with a style of the…
Sunshine
Peter Salett Uses Sunshine To Possess A Single Kind Of Love
Peter Salett's acoustic number Sunshine could border on Country, however, Salett instead touches upon a more Acoustic Indie paradox. I came across…
Off and On
SALES Flesh Out Exquisite Yearning with Off and On
Florida-based indie duo SALES (guitarist/producer Jordan Shih and vocalist/guitarist Lauren Morgan) recently released Off and On,…
i was all over her
Connections
One-man band Salvia Palth, in the track I Was All Over Her from melanchole, comes a title that is undoubtedly shoegaze, sings of the connections that…
Itchycoo Park
Itchycoo Park
1967 was the year when the hippie subculture and the psychedelic era reached their peak. Although the heavy use of psychedelic drugs was in the center…
Greenlight
Pitbull scores a new Hit with Green Light
Cuban-American rapper, raises interest of his new album with Green Light the third single from her tenth studio album Climate Change. This time…
Touch
Cool Touch
Kloe offers an intriguing look into a teenage craze of touching and love. Throw in a few wild parties, drinking and delightful light play...Kloe's…
Sea Creatures
What the Precocious Teenager Sees
Sea Creatures is the title track off SOAK's (i.e. Irish 18-year old Bridie Monds-Watson) debut album. The Guardian's Kate Mossman has…
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
50 ways to leave your lover
The “problem” with prolific, long-lasting careers is that music fans find it hard to listen to the artists' whole discographies. If you like Bob…
Don't Be so Sure
Tulipomania Presents Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'
Philadelphia-based Tulipomania have announced they will release a new single, the Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'.…
Madonna
Not Your Typical Madonna Statue
If the rockin' embodiment of the 1960s could fit in a red cadillac bucket seat and cruise down Santa Monica avenue...Black Honey would be…
Body Say
Demi Lovato strips naked in nets
Sex sells and Demi knows, this time the former Disney girl has posted on his Instagram account, a series of portraits of her completely naked, and…
What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude
From Groups To Soloists And Other Types Of Separations
There are many artists who started with famous groups (and still have relevance) and later solo passage opened. If any of them no longer and wrote a…
Nothing Without You
I've no worries about Simon's solo move
I mainly remember the boyband Blue for their cover songs. They are one of the few boybands that I never got into, probably because my boyband phase…
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…
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…
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&…
Sandman
Trudy and the Romance blast out ramshackled new single ‘Sandman’
Fresh from their tour with The Big Moon, Trudy and the Romance unleash new cut Sandman, a rampaging track which sees the Liverpool trio further…
call the police
Lcd Soundsystem's new songs: one melted my brain, the other did not
LCD Soundsystem have finally released new material after the much hyped reformation and both songs showcase the amazing, and self-indulgent tendencies…
Touch
A Bit Of Fun With Little Mix
Little Mix does not mess around when it comes to all things girl groups should be. In case you were wondering what one of the best groups out there…
Pieces
Saint Bernadette's Poetic, Jaded Lyricism
As a music listener, I play close attention to song lyrics; I'm always looking for those brilliant lyrical gems that stand out when coupled with…
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…
Oceans (Where Feet My Fail) - Live/Acoustic Version
Jack (Juanito) The Giant and the Beanstalk
Imagine that one day you about a person providing the answers to your problems, but you have to give everything you have, get rid of what you think…
Distance
O Drops A New Grind Vid!
Long time since this sexy R`n`B superstar dropped some new flavor for our eyes. Two days ago, Omarion`s latest…
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…
Hotel California
Eagles Greatest Hit Speaks Of The Dark Side Of The Music Industry
The Eagles were one of the biggest and most influential bands of the seventies, often being referred to as a “hit-making-machine”. Founders Don Henley…
Endless Beauty
Back Again and Here To Stay
Soviet Soviet has been around for some time, recently releasing a new track titled Endless Beauty. First off anytime a band that has stayed together…
Sentir Zuliano
ETERNAL GAITA CAROLS MADE IN VENEZUELA
Given this Christmas Eve, as good Venezuelans, never missing our carols. While we eat hallaca, chicken salad, ham, bread, ham, black cake, sweet…
Cheap Thrills
The Sia Formula
With the release of 1000 Forms of Fear (2014), 40-year old Australian music veteran Sia Furler stepped out of the shadows of…
Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes is a one-of-a-kind band that embodies an old time southern rock with a modern day instrumentation style. I had the pleasure of seeing…
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!”…
Alibi
Empara Mi's Alibi Presents Dramatic Self-Purging
“Alibi” is the latest addition to a growing body of work by Empara Mi, a singer-songwriter who has positioned herself within the…
Caught In Time, So Far Away
Nocturnal Nostalgia
Canadian dream-pop duo You'll Never Get to Heaven's (Chuck Blazevic and Alice Hansen) ghostly EP Adorn (2014) bears some…
Good Morning
Playful Ecstasy
Good Morning is a track from LA pop-rockers Grouplove's (lead vocalist and guitarist Christian Zucconi, lead vocalist and keyboardist…
Love Don't Feel Right
The Cairos' Dreamy Unease
Is there something in the water Down Under? There seems to be an influx of stellar Australian indie acts gaining international prominence in recent…
Straight, No Chaser
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.13 - Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk was undoubtedly among the geniuses of jazz and music in general. He left us many tubes that are now considered standards, “Straight,…
So Sad, So Sad
Timeless Indie Pop
I draw inspiration from my daily life but also snippets of things I hear and then I write down. When I come back to them later,…
Easy
Super easy to get into
At the beginning of this year, I blogged about Bonnie McKee’s inner wild child when she released the track “Wasted Youth” with a party hardy video.…
Crash
Usher surprises with two releases in one week
The famous R & B singer Usher in the summer of this year will be premiering which would be his eighth album which called Flawed, which comes…
Apocalypse
Reverie After Dark
It has been five years since Brooklyn-via-El Paso ambient pop collective Cigarettes After Sex's first EP. After millions of…
D.O.A. (Dead Or Alive)
SONG REVIEW: HIGH4's Not spring love or cherry blossom
The intro begins with IU singing. Her voice is sweet and airy. She is accompanied by a guitar. The strums of the guitar stop everytime she sings a…
Juntos
What Does Latin Love Sound Like?
The sounds are always with us; heartbeat, breathing, for example, are natural sounds that are within us, and that usually do not listen. Sometimes we…
Subways
Quirky Psychedelia
As AllMusic's Tim Sendra aptly notes, Australian plunderphonics experts The Avalanches are masters at creating new melodies out…
Girlhood
The Preatures Have Raw Originality In 'Girlhood'
Okay, The Preatures have technically been around since 2010 and I ask myself... how did I go this long without hearing their music? As many times that…
Agree
POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e's Agree is a Plaintive Ode to the Persistent Need for Intimacy
When Samantha Cameron was “outed” as a fan of Minneapolis synth-pop band POLIÇA in 2015, British tabloid newspaper The…
Bottom Dollar Baby
Nathan Wiley's Gritty Blues-Rock
Wiley suffers talent well. Concocting 11 sundry offerings from musings of hog cemeteries, pillaging bandits, the saving power of sin and revisionist…
El Instante Pasó
Caramelos de Cianuro celebrates the human face in the video for The instant passed
Caramelos de Cianuro premiered the music video for the song El momento passed, directed by singer Asier Cazalis and edited by his guitarist El Enano.…
Nameless, Faceless
Courtney Barnett's Nameless, Faceless is an Off-Handed Feminist Anthem for Our Times
With “Nameless, Faceless”, the first glimpse of her upcoming sophomore album Tell Me How You Really Feel (May 18, 2018), Grammy-nominated Australian…
Won’t Let You Go
Hallucinatory Desperation
In 2016, Angus Stone - who is best known as one half of the folksy Sydney brother-sister duo Angus and Julia Stone - began recording music…
Attack
Fifi Rong Flips the Video Game Script with Attack
London-via-Beijing singer-songwriter and electronic music producer Fifi Rong's recent single Attack arrives on the heels of the titular…
Looking for Signs
A Hidden Gem
Discovering new artists is a great feeling. Discovering a great new artist is something else entirely. Over christmas, that’s exactly what I…
Loše Vino
COVERLAND Vol.23: Loše vino
“Loše vino” (Bad Wine) is one of the best songs ever written by Goran Bregović, the guitarist and principal leader of…
Already Gone
Brett Dennen's Already Gone Finds Exhilaration in Elusiveness
Northern Californian singer-songwriter Brett Dennen comes across as the most amiable of rebels. His brand of easy-listening folk-pop has earned him…
Imperfection
Evanescence's “Imperfection”: Urgent Anti-Nihilism
Thirteen years ago, Amy Lee explored the perils of living in a society saturated with plastic images of perfection on “Everybody’s…
Celestica
Celestica Empowers Crystal Castles Into New Regions of Mainstream
Crystal Castles flew out of Toronto, Canada as a swarm of locusts landing on the headphones of every teenage/young adult individual across the United…
El Paraiso
Is it the year of Los Mesoneros and their Paradise?
This quintet of exceptional musicians formed by Luis Jimenez (guitar and vocals), Juan Ignacio Sucre (guitar), Andres Belloso (Low), Andrés…
Underdog
BANKS’ “Underdog”: An Intimate Empowerment Anthem
On “Fuck With Myself”, the lead single from Californian singer-songwriter BANKS’ (Jillian Rose Banks) critically acclaimed…
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…
The Ballad Of Mona Lisa
Da Vinci’s great artwork “Mona Lisa”
This is the first single by Rock band Panic at the Disco's third album, Vices & Virtues. The song was released on February 1,…
Venus Fly
Calling Out the Male Gaze
You might have concluded that Grimes had run out of her music video-making budget after she released the DIY The Ac!d Reign Chronicleslast…
Blackout
Cinematic Minimalism
British singer-songwriter Charlotte OC recently released Blackout as a teaser for her upcoming full length debut album from Harvest Records,…
Magallanes Sera Campeon
the eternal rivals
No. I do not like baseball in a frantic way, but in Venezuela is baseball tradition, something peculiar as the arepa, hallacas and mises, something…
Bored
Teenage Sensations
15-year-old LA pop singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is swiftly proving to be a precocious and promising talent in the contemporary pop…
In Undertow
Jangly Uncertainty
Canadian indie quintet Alvvays have released the first taste of their sophomore album Antisocialities (8 September), which seems…
First Date
TEEN MUSIC
While the musicians through their lifestyle, personality and sound allow others to identify. Also, they are become a community spokesmen. Music in…
Sweet Tooth
Munk Duane Contemplates Funk & Fidelity With New Single “Sweet Tooth”
Munk Duane’s Sweet Tooth is a soulful and sexy, Alt-R&B funk banger detailing a story of “temptation” in the face of…
Be Apart
Heavy Synth, Let's Watch Porches
As stated in the title, a heavy synth intro is all apart of the band Porches song Be Apart. While taken from their new album 'Pool' due out…
Waltz For Debby
Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans performed by Tony Bennett
The composer of this beautiful jazz standard is Bill Evans. Personally one of my favorite American jazz pianists and composers. Evans is born in New…
Fetish (feat. Gucci Mane)
Fetish or obsession?
Selena Gomez has been the talk of the town last week with the release of her new song “Fetish”. Slowly, but surely, I think Selena Gomez is getting to…
Tonya Harding (In D major)
Sufjan Stevens' Tonya Harding Paints the 90s Olympics Figure Skating Scandal in Elegiac Terms
Detroit singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens’ website succinctly describes his unusual artistry: &…
T.O.N.Y.
Classy Sass
I could make the argument that Solange (Knowles) deserves to be appreciated as an artist without being compared to her older sister Beyonc&…
Alive
SIAFIED!
By now the legend of SIA is pretty much apparent to us. She is the powerhouse songwriter behind successful hit numbers of many an artist including the…
Breakin' Point
Gaining Perspective
Swedish indie pop/rock trio Peter Bjorn and John (Peter Morén, Björn Yttling and John Eriksson) are best known for their 2016…
&Run
Sir Sly Delivers Endorphin-Surging Catharsis With &Run
Los Angeles indie electronic rock trio Sir Sly recently released a music video for “&Run”, the second single from their…
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…
Roller
Bringing More Noise
Quilt is the type of band that taps loudly by making suggestions. Their newest album Plaza shows a forward evolution into a heavier fuzz territory…
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…
New York
Heartbreak in the Big City
As the smartest indie-rock star of her generation, St. Vincent (Annie Clark) is arguably best known for her virtuosic guitar solos (despite…
Nothing in Return
Monsune's Nothing In Return is a Euphoric Ode to Unrequited Love
The lyrical substance of “Nothing in Return”, the debut single from 20-year-old Toronto-via-Ontario singer-songwriter,…
Dear Life
Beck's Psychedelic Existentialism
Veteran idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Beck poses a dreary existential question in the chorus of “Dear Life”, the fourth track…
Girlfriend
Busta back in rhymes
It’s not that often that a single cover gets my attention, but Busta Rhymes’ latest single, “Girlfriend”, featuring Tory Lanez and Vybz Kartel has a…
La Jetee
The Vryll Society - La Jetee
Psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society released La Jetee back in April and firmly established themselves as one of Liverpool&…
Whole Wide World - Unpeeled
Cage The Elephant Covers Iconic Song By Wreckless Eric
Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric had to be a monumental song while being a teenager, clear and simple. After hearing for a few days that Cage the…
Stardom
Pushing the Right Buttons
Uncovering an international band is equivalent to finding your long lost twin. If that is too overly melodramatic, well that's how it feels. Lust…
Adiós
La Toma also bets on the bolero
Decision is not all you hear on his records, his power lies in vivo. Its ability to explore and expose different rhythms, makes him one of the most…
Shine a Light
Heavenly Transcendence
“Shine a Light,” the lead single from Seattle art-rapper Shabazz Palaces’ Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines double…
Back To Back
Top 10 Songs of 2015
For rap fans, 2015 was nothing but excellent. A new mixtape from Drake and Future, new artists on the rise, and overall just a great vibe…
Woman
Woman’s Intellect and Confidence Against the Gloom
Rosie Lowe released her newest song, “Woman”, in January 2016 that led the way to her debut album Control in February 2016.…
Buckshot (feat. KRS-One & DJ Premier)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Buckshot Review
“Buckshot” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring KRS-One and DJ Premier is my own choice of hot song at the moment. I…
Say It
Do more than just say it
I’m pretty predictable when it comes to rap music. I usually get into it, when there’s a well balanced out mix of rap and singing.…
Hotline Bling
Cool Groove Hotline Bling
Almost all have heard it, and many love it! R&B music is one of the most listened genres especially of today’s pop culture. With its…
John Wayne
Lady Gaga Embraces The John Wayne Spirit
The day Lady Gaga is not in the news or performing will be a sad, sad day. However, that is not what is happening today instead Gaga has released a…
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…
About Today
Warrior gave us The National song that could not be beaten
Warrior is a complex film about the nature of family, abuse, and violence. It was billed as a sports movie but the fact that it starred both Tom Hardy…
Lazarus
Does Lazarus Go Down in History?
On 7th of January David Bowie released a new music video for his song Lazarus, just three days before he passed away. The song that is now…
Lost In The Static
After The Burial Lost In The Static
After the Burial is a progressive metal band from Twin Cities, Minnesota. After much mainstream success, they recently lost one of their guitarists in…
Sign of the Times
A Promising New Direction
The timing of ex-One Directioner Harry Styles' debut solo single Sign of the Times is strikingly apt; it was released on…
Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy)
RedOne's all star line-up
RedOne’s latest release is a single of his own, though it features Enrique Iglesias, R City, Serayah & Shaggy. Known for being a top…
Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)
When Shakira dyed her hair blonde.
Although hair color has nothing to do with talent, part of the image of an artist. Shakira is undoubtedly one of the most famous Latin American…
Bobo
Bobo the new J Balvin
J Balvin recognized for its exitaso with Ginza and awarded the Latin artist of the year, today premiered by all music platforms her new single which…
Cave Me In
R&B Looks East
After earning critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination (Best Urban Contemporary Album) for his debut album Ology (2016), Maryland singer-…
Your Type
Carly Rae Jepsen's Evolving Pop Persona
The verdict is out. As music critics and fellow blogger NMONDSCHEIN note, Carly Rae Jepsen has followed up on the success of her…
Urbanología
Urbanology, 9 minutes from Nach
Ignacio Fornés Olmo was born in 1974 and grew up in Alicante. His artistic beginnings took place in the nineties, with a music full of social…
Art Deco
Ghetto Art Deco
Art Deco, a track from Lana Del Rey's fourth studio album Honeymoon (2015), has long been rumored to be about her music scene…
Lime Habit
POLIÇA 3.0: United Crushers
With the announcement that experimental synthpop band Poliça's third album United Crushers will be released…
Over And Over Again - Cahill Remix
Beyond an Everlasting Promise
When we meet our “better half”, our partner-in-crime”, or the best term of all “soulmate”, in the…
Jesus Of Suburbia
The Son of Rage and Love
Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia, the tenth track on their 2004 studio album “American Idiot” was the story of an…
Music To Watch Boys To
Lana Del Rey's Soundtrack for a Fatalistic Voyeur
I’ll confess to being a fan of the somewhat divisive Lana Del Rey ever since I first came across ‘Video Games’. What&…
Must Be Nice
Varsity Explores the Anxieties of Young Adulthood with Must Be Nice
Chicago quintet Varsity - singer-songwriter/keyboardist Stephanie Smith, guitarists Dylan Weschler and Patrick Stanton, bassist Spencer Smith and…
Polished
Prince Innocence Explore the Trophy Girl Syndrome
I've written about Toronto-based duo Prince Innocence's (Josh McIntyre and Talvi Faustmann) 'Manic' before, and…
Real
Is This Real Enough For You?
Real the track from Years & Years will strike a chord within you. Maybe it will be sutble, yet it will be effective. Released as the first…
3 Things
When Your Life is Falling Apart, Listen to Jason Mraz
I found this song last year when my teacher recommended it to me. I found out I had anxiety, I was so stressed with school and my personal life. I…
The Magician
What the Wallflower Sees
The Magician is the elegant opening track of Saskatchewan singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Shauf's third album …
Air
Airy Inertia
Juno and Hanna are a Malaysian synth-pop duo that consist of siblings Hanif (production) and Hanna (vocals). With the release of Air last year (from…
My Funny Valentine - Live
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.5 - My Funny Valentine
“My Funny Valentine” is a song composed as a show-tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1937 Broadway show “…
Yulia
The Lolita Complex
It seems fitting that Vladimir Nabokov's now iconic Lolita (1955) was first published in Paris, and then in New York in…
Cruel Ways
Cruel Intentions
The Drowners have come back with their sophomore album On Desire. So it only makes since that the first single off of On Desire would be the semi-…
Dimensiones
Revelation Artist: Laura Buitrago
Searching and searching I found this girl who apparently started in the popular video network better known as Youtube, doing cover songs of the…
Kit Kat
Hi-Five’s Kit Kat break
I know, I know, a lot of my blogs recently are about all these R&B acts returning and yes, there’s another one. Actually, it’s one I wasn’t…
Saint Ivy
Subtle Politicization
Brooklyn drag superstar Merrie Cherry was instantly sold on the idea of appearing in the music video for Brooklyn indie rock band Beach…
Crystal Bell
Gothic Female Metal artist, Ayin Aleph, releases new video for Crystal Bell
Hollywood based, but European raised, Ayin is at the confluence of classical music and heavy rock, combining Baroque influences (massive choirs) and…
Tailwhip
Men I Trust's Tailwhip: Mindful, Meditative Bliss
Since their formation in 2014, Montreal indie-dance/ trip-hop band Men I Trust has expanded from a duo (guitarist Jessy Caron and pianist Dragos…
Infierno Cielo
''Hell and Heaven'' Reke's most recent video
Gustavo Ferrin (Caracas, Venezuela. 21 day of September 1982), known as Rekeson or simply '' Reke '', is a Venezuelan…
Pero Me Acuerdo de Tí
The Same Sentiment In Another Language
Many know music as a universal language, and yes, that does represent meolodía human emotions can transcend language barriers and make music…
CRZY
Kehlani - Official Vid For CRZY !
After the wonderful, artistically made lyrical video, Kehlani`s boy, Art Director Stix joined forces with the Boss of…
Holy War
Keep yourself open
I apologize for a short blog, but many things have been said about the events of today already. I don’t know about you, but my timelines on every…
Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
London Grammar unveil album details along with new single
London Grammar are fast becoming one of my favourite bands. While their first album is nothing more than fine (it's first half is excellent, then…
Find Me
Porches' 'Find Me': Intractable Melancholy
Find Me, the second taste of Porches' upcoming album The House, proves that Aaron Maine is still interested in making songs that people…
Christmas Time Is Here
November came December
The carols and Bagpipes are sounds that capture the spirit of Christmas, a global tradition, where the arrival of the hope of mankind is celebrated.…
Restart
The year of the restart
Say, do you remember that year that Beyonce had taken off? I don't. I remember hearing about her planning it, but then it was followed by the…
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…
Unstoppable
Gorgeous Lianne La Havas in Unstoppable
First time I heard Lianne La Havas was when a friend suggested it who knows my taste of movies and music so well. It's easy for me just to relax…
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Que Sera, Sera Is As Important As Ever
Call it irony or radio DJ's know exactly what they are doing. As the United States elections have come to a close and the states will be left with…
Reigns (Every Night)
The jazz rebel of the Estefan family
If you’re the daughter of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, it’s not all that strange that you would start a music career of your own. It…
Horizon
A Kaleidoscopic Trance
Horizon follows Epoch as the second single from Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho's (San Francisco-based …
Scuse Me
Unapologetic Body Positivity
“'Scuse Me' celebrates the BODY. I wrote this song to immortalize my curves”. Lizzo, Twitter Detroit born and…
Dreams Tonite
Sublime Melancholy
Canadian synth-pop quartet Alvvays have followed up on In Undertow with Dreams Tonite: the second glimpse of…
Happy Pills
Happy, Happy and Worth It?
Whoa, Happy Pills by Weathers has to be something of a questionable song. Maybe questionable in the sense of pure psychotic breakdown. Another L.A.…
Lingus
SNARKY PUPPY: A Casual Listener’s Review
I will be honest: I am no musician, much less a music critic. My encounters with Jazz are limited to a few presentations of my son’s High…
Oh Devil
Ominous Temptations
'Oh I know, oh I know/ same old thing, same old show': LA indietronica duo Electric Guest's Oh Devil acknowledges that it has the…
Million Reasons
Gaga's reasons to rise above
It is never my objective to write about an artist several times over. I do try to variate in my blog topics as much as possible, but I’m…
Wade Bowen
Wade Bowen ‘Then Sings My Soul… Songs For My Mother’ – Album Review
Texas country singer Wade Bowen released his first Gospel album Then My Sings My Soul… Songs For My Mother earlier this month.…
Juanes
Juanes will perform at the Nobel Prize ceremony
This Dec. 11, the Colombian singer Juanes will sing at the concert that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos who was elected as Nobel Peace Prize…
Alice Jemima
Alice Jemima's Breezeblocks
There is something magical that happens when an artist takes an existing song and completely re-imagines it in their own unique style. There are so…
Weezer
Weezer Debuts Song “Feels Like Summer”
Weezer is a band of Californian alternative rock that takes 25 years in the world music scene. In his career they have made 10 studio albums, 6 EP…
Enrique Iglesias
Have they already uploaded the radio to Enrique Iglesias?
No doubt it is already becoming the song with more rage in all radios in Latin America. Beam me up The Radio by Enrique Iglesias with Descemer Good…
Juaninacka
'Juan Nobody' by Juaninacka
Juaninacka is the artistic pseudonym of Juan Ignacio Guerrero Moreno born in 1978, it is a Spanish emcee proveniete of Gerona, Sevilla. Juaninacka…
Astro Lasso
Does Love Sell Records?
Love is the ideal songwriting formula, probably not easy, able, it is easier to talk about heartbreak. Precisely because it is an emotion which has…
Simon & Garfunkel
The Dynamic Duo: Simon and Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel was an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and …
Chino & Nacho
Chyno and his solo career
As many already know, recently the separation of one of the most successful duos of urban music, Chino & Nacho became official. Now, both…
Shakira
Shakira and her new song are something to talk about
Colombian star continues seizing the radio rankings across the continent with his new hit I Fell. This song, dedicated to his current partner Gerard…
Sia
Sia with a new theme and with it pays a great tribute.
This time Sia debuts new track with Kendrick Lamar which is called The Greatest, this new production comes hand in hand with a video which makes it a…
James Franco
James Franco releases album for his band Daddy
It is not the first time we see a famous actor enter the world of music. Now it is the turn to the great James Franco to break into this industry…
George Harrison
Commentary on George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord”
George Harrison’s iconic tune from 1971 was a massive hit for those who are and aren’t religious. There is a positive vibe that…
Ozuna
Nuno Is A Lulo Candy
Lima, lemon yellow and grape-flavored, those rare candies and little found. That was for the time of the launch of Me Voy Enamorando by Chino and…
Linkin Park
Linkin Park release video for their ballad One More Light
After a few weeks after the dramatic death of Chester Benington, the lead singer of the iconic band Linkin Park, the group finally reacted to the…
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband ‘Three Red Feathers’ - Album Review
Hard workers, excellent musicians and passionate about performance – that’s one way to describe The Blackberry Bushes Stringband. Another is to revel…
Calvin Harris
My Way, a video full of glitches
The famous British producer has released the video for her latest hit, My Way. For this issue the same Calvin Harris was commissioned to sing their…
Michael Jackson
Still in the headlines
As far as I know it's not been a particular special anniversary year of Michael Jackson's death, but nevertheless, the singer has been the…
Jill Savre
Jill Savre Brings a Touch of Brilliance on New LP
Jill Savre's impressive record, Nothing Up My Sleeve is one of the music mainstays for 2016. Prominently creating a name for herself, the…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift among the highest paid celebrities according to Forbes.
Singer Taylor Swift became famous with more revenue from the Forbes list in the last year, which brings together the 100 best paid celebrities in the…
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…
Vela Rosa
Vela Rosa Heats Up the Summer with New Release
Vela Rosa oozes the musical musk of classic rock behemoths like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Aerosmith,…
Timbaland
The Emperor OF Sound by Timbaland
Timberland lo hizo en el impacto de culture`s Hip Hop desgaste, lo que `Timbaland hizo en un lado de la música. Una revolución completa de…
Shakira
What does a mother sound like?
After three years, Shakira launches this eleventh album, El Dorado, a golden cover and a huge photograph of the singer as emerging from a lake.…
Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey talks The Who and Axl with AC/DC
This week with the London Free Press frontman of The Who, Roger Daltrey made statements about the tour in development of the newly reunited band,…
Richard Strauss
Strauss’s Zara Alla Thrustra
This is one of Straus’s most famous works that starts with an iconic opening that has been used to decorate many advertisements and films…
Tribalistas
Brazilian trio Tribalistas release their second album after 15 years
The Brazilian trio Tribalistas, a worldwide music phenomenon in the early 2000s, today released the second album of its history, 15 years after its…
Meishi Smile
Cold Beauty of Meishi Smile
Cold, cold beauty of a sharp knife This music is a smile of a knife. This music is a sharp smile. This music is like cutting a terrible hole in a…
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age reveal new Villians single
Almost two months ago and after four years without presenting new music Queens of the Stone Age surprised their fans by revealing the first…
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…
Maluma
Maluma premieres Corazón, his version of the song by Nego do Borel
Corazón is Maluma's new song, which is inspired by the popular Portuguese song Você Partiu Meu Coração by Nego do Borel…
Céline Dion
René Angélil, husband and former manager of Celine Dion, dies
Rene Angelil, 73, died this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle with cancer. His family asked that the family privacy…
José Luis Rodríguez
Together José Luis Rodríguez and Chayanne.
It is no secret the delicate state of health which is the Venezuelan singer Jose Luis Rodriguez El Puma which suffers from an incurable disease for…
LCD Soundsystem
Back From The Dead, LCD Soundsystem Goes Back To Coachella
...To Tell The Truth This Won't Be The Last Time...” sang James Murphy to a crowd of tens of thousands in front of them during the…
Dirty Snowman Society
Dirty Snowman Society Go Snowblind
Dirty Snowman Society has finally released their first official EP, “Snowblind.” They’re off to a strong start, with powerful rock music and strong…
Adrivn
How to make music in Venezuela? Part I
Yes, here in Venezuela, in this land that borders the Caribbean Sea, music is made, and go how. At first, the process is as everywhere in the world,…
Céline Dion
Sparkling at Billboard Music Awards 2017
You know you missed something big when you see the most unlikely people (ike gangster style hip hop rappers) like pictures of Celine Dion's…
Kanye West
Kanye West presents us his new video “Famous”
In last night kanye presented at the Forum in Los Angeles the video for Famous and as expected it performed in a way in which I manage to capture the…
Marcus & Martinus
SundaySpotlight: Marcus and Martinus
Music phenomenons of the past 2 decade are an interesting topic that should be diligently explored. Why do some bands attract so much attention, and…
Dan Zalles
Guitarist Dan Zalles Releases Versatile New Album, Resting Place
Dan Zalles is the indie music scene’s one man show. With titles like songwriter, vocalist, guitar enthusiast, music and video producer (his Youtube is…
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…
Stevie B
Shining some light back on Stevie B
It’s the pigheadedness of the Spotify phone app that actually led me to a surprise. I wanted to listen to the new EP by R&B singer Case, on…
Olga Tanon
The return of a diva
Olga Tañón is back! The singer is preparing for the great launch of Olga Tañón and Punto , which will be available for sale on 12…
Andrea Zonn
Andrea Zonn & The Friends She’s Made Along The Way: The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Andrea Zonn remembers the first time she met Alison Krauss. She was ten and Alison was eight and the two were introduced at the Champaign Festival in…
Shakira
Shakira was redheaded again
At least for some of the 3 minutes and 16 seconds that lasts the video clip of his theme Perro Infiel, duet with Reggaetonero Nikky Jam. In this…
Rod Picott
Rod Picott ‘Fortune’ - Album Review
Rod Picott’s eighth studio album ‘Fortune’ takes a dramatic about-turn from his usual style, but it’s not as evident in the sonics of the 12-track…
The Beatles
A short brief on The Beatles and their work in film
In the mid-60’s, well before the invention of music videos as we know them today, it was common practice for a band to capitalise on their…
Chris Brown
New production of Chris Brown
The famous singer Christopher Maurice Brown, better known as Chris Brown, has announced its eighth album titled Heartbreak on a Full Moon. The R &…
Mstislav Rostropovich
Universal Bach
The German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, is commemorated by this time, since the date of his birth is March 21, 1685, it means that just…
John Debney
John Debney's Passion of the Christ
The 2004 film The Passion of The Christ is a shatteringly picturesque movie of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, set to brilliantly colorful music by none…
Wonk Unit
Wonk Unit: Promo Materials Are Definition Of 21st Century Punk
When my friend from England told me how I need to check out Wonk Unit, they have become my favorite band. The sense of humor they bring to the table…
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Alborán does not retire
The Spanish singer Pablo Alboran decided to cut with rumors root. After appearing in several news media that the Malaga-born artist retired from…
Cole Swindell
Cole Swindell ‘Let Me See Ya Girl’ – Single Review
Ahh Cole Swindell, reinforcing his reputation as the Creepy McCreeperson of Music Row. As if being a mini Luke Bryan and snatching his fan base wasn’t…
Vic Mensa
The Return: Vic Mensa
Around this time last year, the Vic Mensa hype was at an all time high. Coming off a huge Kanye co-sign and feature, as well as the privilege of…
Jeremih
Jeremih channels Michael Jackson on “I Think of You feat. Chris Brown and Big Sean.
On 2 February, the singer from Chicago, Jeremiah Felton, better known as Jeremih, released a new song with Chris Brown and Big Sean, which is…
Hunck
Though not Hulk, Hunck is still a monster sound
London based band HUNCK release their new awesome Psychedelic Indie single 'I'll Wait' on October 16th, a wonderful mixture of dream-pop…
Bruno Mars
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Accused of Plagiarizing for 'Uptown Funk'
It has been reported this week that the producer Mark Ronson, and pop singer Bruno Mars have been sued for plagiarizing the band electro funk 80&…
Linkin Park
Likin Park's Chester Bennington commits suicide at 41
Today at his home in Los Palos Verdes State, California, at 9:00 am found the body of Chester Bennington , lead singer of the rock band Linkin Park .…
The Orphan Brigade
The Orphan Brigade: Ancient Ghost Stories With A Modern Twist
Octagon Hall is a Civil War-era plantation house in Franklin, Kentucky, built by Confederate sympathizer Andrew Jackson Caldwell in the mid-19th…
Belly
Belly practices her Spanish with Consuela
On 22 March, belonging to musical / label group called XO Belly, Canadian rapper took the official video for the song number six from his last album,…
RE:AKTOR
Re:aktor's, Zero Order, Um Conto Preventivo?
I first heard of this Portuguese band, Re:aktor, from their track Damage Zone on the compilation Monsters of Metal Vol. 2 on Nuclear…
Hélios González
Helios Gonzalez premieres video clip of Llegar A Ti...
The Puerto Rican singer and composer, Helios Gonzalez, premieres the videoclip of his most recent musical work Llegar A Ti. The track, the first…
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet's Back!!!! The famous group meets in Las Vegas
That emotion must have fans of this group of boys who swept the top spots in all music charts in the 90s and 2000, after a long period offstage and…
DNCE
DNCE is the ultimate party band
So, by now, you know that I usually get introduced to chart music when I’m in my car. It’s that moment in the day, in which I…
Emeline Michel
Beautiful music video release of Angel by Emeline
Oh boy, Emeline drops a new uphoric experience in a music video.She will soon climb the charts to challenge the stars of today and the future. Of…
2Cellos
2Cellos: the passion for music in serious sounds
Cellists duo formed by Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, continuing their concert schedule, which began with presentations -in 2016- in the United…
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…
Foreigner
Will they say yes?
I Wanna Know That Love Is (Foreinger) belongs to the few songs that feel sincere, for their lyrics, the ability to convey that feeling, which is a…
Fonseca
Fonseca does not want to leave for anyone
Colombia continues to reap fruits and ends the year with the joy of being recognized for his artistic work. As you know, recently nominations this…
Melanie Taylor
Award Winning Popstar Melanie Taylor Drops Free Download Of New Summer Single $$$$$ (Money)
Award winning popstar Melanie Taylor has just released a free download of her new summer single “$$$$$ (Money)”. Melanie is…
Fonseca
Fonseca collaborates with Alexis and Fido
The fusion of folk rhythms and pop music production defined Colombian singer Fonseca. Now the 37-year musician dabbled in urban music, without losing…
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Alborán and the duo HaAsh performed in Mexico an Acoustic Sessions prior to the Latin Grammy.
As a prelude to what will be the night of Nov. 19 in Las Vegas, the Latin Recording Academy offered in Mexico a concert Acoustic Sessions where the…
Farruko
Farruko and his controversial message in Don't Let Go
Farruko now bet on his new song to a theme rather than hot. The reggaetonero sends a message to all Latinos and against the new US president Donald…
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Palestrina Takes Early Sacred Works Over the Top
Strolling down Memory Lane, we come across the gorgeous Palestrina and his great work from one great mass (Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and…
Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam, Maná and Daddy Yankee will perform at the Los Dells Festival
A new Latin music festival debuts this summer in the Midwest with the participation of artists including Maná, Nicky Jam and Daddy Yankee. The…
Pantha Du Prince
Pantha du Prince
Pure Vulnerability The skies of glass are so clear and bright! The hands of glass touch my body and make me relax. These hands have dozens of fingers…
Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles ‘Unlove You’ – Single Review
Jennifer Nettles seems to be on an amazingly creative roll lately. The singer seems to have found her niche in both music and acting, and might I say,…
Tomates Fritos
Everything is almost ready so we can listen to the new Fried Tomatoes
Oriental countrymen Tomates Fritos already have a talking about the release of his new album time the successor of Hotel Miramar bearing the same…
Coldplay
Expectations before new Coldplay album
A six-sided figure made up of multicolored circles enough to spark the curiosity of fans of the British band Coldplay. Users of social network…
Adele
Brit Award Winners 2016
This week held the Brit Awards 2016 ceremony which rewards the best of British and international music. The event featured live performances of Adele…
James Hetfield
James Hetfield Says Metallica Won't Wait Too Long To Release Their Next Album
The American band Metallica just made all his fans delirious and metalhead public with their new album Hardwired ... to Self Destruit. The disc has…
D.A.R.K.
DARK the new project by Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
The Super Groups continue to break the patterns of music. The craving to experience new sounds and open to new musical ideas have always reinventing…
Prince Royce
An overdose killed Prince
more than a month ago the world of music had to face the hard loss of great Pop icon Prince. After several reports and police investigations they…
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…
Boards of Canada
Sunday Spotlight: BOARDS OF CANADA
Duo Boards Of Canada, brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin, is among the most respected and the most original authors of electronic music and…
The National
Entering The Throne Of Castamere
The National create darkly serious and lush indie rock that reached critical mass with the group's fourth album “Boxer” in…
Little Mix
The Relationship Of Music And Purple Hair
The image is part of the art reflects what the artist wants to convey. As he sees, it is part of their identity. For some time it is common to see…
Death In Vegas
Death In Vegas
Dirt matters no more. There is no more any sense in it. Dirt on a floor. Dirt in our hearts and souls. We all get lost in this dirt. We look at the…
Gustav Mahler
Mahler's Symphony Number 5
Gustav Mahler is often known for his often brash conducting style and wildly serious nature in rehearsal. It carries over to much of his compositional…
Paul Kelly
If You Haven't Seen Paul Kelly Live...
What are you doing? With the death of B.B. King this year I had a sudden revelation: People don't last forever (to my knowledge anyway). I…
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Alborán fell in love with Viña del Mar
Ballads and romantic songs of Spanish singer Pablo Alboran were greeted with tears and applause by the public of the Fifth Vergara, during his…
Wisin
Wisn's wife interview
For the first time, after months of very unfortunate loss of her third daughter, Yomaira Ortiz, Christian woman, wife, Wisin urban artist, he talked…
Elvis Costello And The Roots
A shock between ghosts
On the one hand, a music monster in general; one of the forerunners of the British pub rock scene, with good influence in the London punk explosion of…
The 1975
Fangirl Chronicles: The 1975 in Manila
Those were the humbled words of the vocalist of the English Indie rock band, The 1975. And it was one of the most memorable moments…
Céline Dion
Celine Dion Will Sing at the American Music Awards to the Fallen in Paris
The popular Canadian artist Celine Dion tonight would provide an emotional tribute to all victims of the terrorist attack on the night of November 13…
The Delta Bell
The Delta Bell ‘Bow Out of The Fading Light’ – Album Review
Over a year since The Delta Bell released her debut single ‘Wasted’, the sultry vintage songstress has finally set a release date for her…
Linkin Park
Linkin Park cancels US tour
The American band Linkin Park will not tour the United States after the unexpected bite of the vocalist and leader of the group. Chester Bennington.…
Juan Vicente Torrealba
The centenary of a living master: Juan Vicente Torrealba
It sounds easy: one hundred years. It is best that the teacher Juan Vicente Torrealba still alive, very much alive, lucid. A living heritage of the…
Juanes
Discover the beautiful Ingrata of Juanes
Colombian singer Juanes today released their second single thankless Beautiful, which is part of his latest album. The issue, according to what I…
Led Zeppelin
Was “Stairway To Heaven” plagiarized?
An acoustic and subtle sound grows gradually to become a strong and enigmatic mix of electronic beats, reaching her vocal climax with the refrain:…
John Wetton
The void left by John Wetton
John Wetton was a very important figure in the progressive rock. His legacy will endure for many years in his songs and from his death will be a…
Ed Sheeran
Complex lyrics and difficult flows
How the times have changed When I started writing lyrics for other artists, I think around 2004, I was told once that my lyrics were complex and…
Lana Del Rey
No Grammy Nod for Honeymoon?
As Billboard.com and other news sites have noted, Lana Del Rey is one of the artists who have been 'snubbed' by the 2016 Grammy Nominations&…
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus and The Flaming Lips will strip for a video
In November introverted pop diva Miley Cyrus and psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips will begin a tour as part of promoting her LP Miley Cyrus and…
Axel Boy
Axel premieres Let's Cheer Up
The Argentine singer Axel announced the departure of his new single Que Nos Animemos, being the first preview of his new album of study. The winner…
Chyno Miranda
Chyno Miranda with successful start
Chyno Miranda revealed a few weeks ago that his new single, Stay With Me , has become a real hit. It was recently revealed that he debuted at the top…
David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie is one in a billion. Crowned the chameleon of world rock n’ roll, despite his inability to really fit into one labelled formula,…
Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam wants to conquer Europe
Nicky Jam prepares for his landing in several European cities. Successful urban music star will come to Barcelona and Tenerife in April and, although…
Tomates Fritos
I don't listen to music in Spanish
I think I've lost count of how many times I have had to hear that phrase, or even how many times myself repeated it when I started to dabble…
Reverend Beat-Man
Reverend Beat-Man
Welcome to the Church of Herpes Something Reverend and Hot this way comes. It’s like a park of the wasted dinosaurs walking around,…
Demonic Death Judge
Demonic Death Judge
Demonic Death Judge are a Finnish stoner/sludge band, who released their debut album Kneel back in 2010. In a world with a lot of average and frankly…
Babasónicos
The Babasonics Replenishment of Faith
There was a time when good rock bands came to Venezuela. One of those groups that visited the country was Babasónicos. Meanwhile, those who want…
Kendrick Lamar
A White Man, Some Black Music, and A Car Ride Home: A Day after the Election
It was quiet in the parking lot as I walked to my car after work. The people I passed outside my job seemed unemotional, and vacant; I felt that way…
Queen
The Show must go on, but…
I have a confession to make: I am probably even less a fan of the latest Adam Lambert-Brian May-Roger Taylor new Queen’s adaptation than…
Boosie Badazz
“I’m My Generation’s Tupac” Says Boosie BadAzz
Though he has been dead for over 20 years it seems Tupac’s influence over hip hop is still alive and well. People often compare themselves or strive…
Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade pays tribute to Agustín Lara with I saw you pass
Natalia Lafourcade is a divine woman who claims the identity of Latin American folklore with her music that reaches the soul and sensitizes the…
Phoebe Ryan
Phoebe Ryan is chronically diverse
The name Phoebe Ryan has been popping up on my web searches all week. She caught my eye, because I think she looks a bit like Selena Gomez on the…
Tito "El Bambino"
Tito El Bambino dedicates his new single to all his fans
Puerto Rican artist Efrain David Fines Nevares, artistically known as Tito El Bambino, presented his first single in 2016 entitled Shalala theme that…
Brother Spellbinder
Catching Up with Our New Favorite Band: Brother Spellbinder
Brother Spellbinder is a group that you need to know now! Their infectious new EP We Were Once Children Yesterday, is a breath of much-…
Blondie
Great Collaborators on Blondie's New Album
The well - known American band Blondie is working on a new musical project, which will involve the collaboration of big names in the music industry…
Chris Brown
“Grass Ain't Greener”: video available now
On August 26, the American singer of pop, hip hop and R & B Christopher Maurice Brown, better known by his stage name as Chris Brown, has…
Mooger Fooger
New release by Mooger Fooger
“Mooger Fooger,” another of the bands from the Macedonian alternative scene that I already introduced to the readers, released…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Latin Grammy 2016 Rock and Alternative Forecasts
Alternative rock and have a special place for the undersigned, let's be honest, the academy is not that taken into account as other mass…
That 1 Guy
ONE-MAN BANDS Vol.2: That 1 Guy
If you’ve visited festivals like Wakarusa, Electric Forest or Big Day Out lately, then you’ve probably seen that one guy, with…
James Bay
James Bay: The Modern Singer-Songwriter
The last ten years or so has produced some great pop and rock music, but if we’re being honest with ourselves, the digital and electronic world is…
Renny
Ay Amor What's new from Renny
Mario Alfredo Donoso known as Renny joins forces with the Panamanian singer Joey Montana in her new single Oh Love. With this theme Renny plans to…
Kanye West
Review: Kanye West, 'The Life of Pablo'
Four album titles, three years, two children, and one Adidas deal later, Kanye West’s seventh solo album has finally come to fruition. The…
Miley Cyrus
When The Voice judges are showing off
I normally wouldn't choose to write about a performance, especially one that's been on The Voice, but today I did hit the play button on the…
Mater Suspiria Vision
Mater Suspiria Vision
They all are wearing black shapeless garments. Faces are veiled and their voices are strained and delayed. They all speak a mixture of different…
Lilly Hiatt
Lilly Hiatt Interview
Lilly Hiatt released Royal Blue, to the surprise of fans of her singer-songwriter styled debut a couple years ago. For those who have seen her live…
Rayland Baxter
Rayland Baxter Interview
RayLand Baxter shaved his mustache and put the chicken down for his latest release, Imaginary Man. As he has grown as a songwriter and performer since…
Shawn Mendes
Artist's Review
Shawn Mendes, a very talented young, Canadian artist just released his second studio album “Illuminate” last September 23, 2016.…
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-…
Elton John
An attack on an Elton John concert would be planned by a teenager.
A young radical Islamist admitted Thursday before a London court that he planned a bomb attack in London, as possible targets including a concert by…
Sin Bandera
Musical marriages and divorces
Wisin y Yandel, Chino (now Chyno) and Nacho, Visitor and Resident (Calle 13), and of course Noel and Leonel de Sin Bandera, among others, are musical…
Miley Cyrus
Why does a concert become a movie?
Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers and Justin Bieber were the artists that masificaron the Youth Pop Boom to turn their concerts into something…
Alexander Scriabin
Scriabin’s 7th Piano Sonata
Scriabin, the composer with synesthesia (who could see colors with hearing pitches) comes back with a triumphant but dark (I mean, really dark) piano…
Bahari
The Wild Ones Lure to Surrealism
The song has listeners obviously wanting more. A style that breathes smooth and relaxing, this group can without a doubt be on your list of…
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel to jail
Singer Luis Miguel did not appear Monday at a hearing in a court in Los Angeles where he filed a lawsuit against William Brockhaus, his exmanager,…
Miss Bolivia
Pantera, the new Miss Bolivia
The singer, songwriter, producer and DJ Argentina, Paz Ferreyra, better known by her stage name as Miss Bolivia, unveiled the name of his latest…
Eagles
The Hotel California is sued by the Eagles group.
The band The Eagles sued the owners of the Mexican Hotel California, as they claim to take advantage of their famous song with the same name. Rockers…
My Chemical Romance
Celebrating 10 years of ''The Black Parade''
A few days ago, the American band My Chemical Romance surprised his followers after a tweet that made rumorar about his possible return. However, a…
Missy Elliott
Missy Drops Super-Huge I`m Better Remix!
Missy Elliott bombards again! After WTF and I`m Better, Missy drops an official I`m Better&…
Stephanie Urbina Jones
Stephanie Urbina Jones ‘Fiery Angel’ - Album Review
If you find yourself yearning for an album that is positive, dynamic, hopeful and celebratory, then Stephanie Urbina Jones’ latest record ‘Fiery Angel…
Stromae
Stromae calls it quits
Stromae is the biggest musical surprise that Belgium has ever produced and by far, he’s their biggest star. With “Formidable”, he conquered the world,…
Café Tacvba
Café Tacvba premieres the video for Future
The second single will be the next album of the Mexican band Cafe Tacuba is torn between darkness and self-help. Released an official video at the…
Tom Waits
Singing Is Not What You Think It Is
I think that the difference between instrumental and vocal (meaning lyric-based) music is a strength and a weakness for both sides. Using words allows…
9th Wonder
Industry-built vs. Internet-made: Battle of the Producers
Industry-built vs. Self-made: Battle of the Producers Technology and the Internet have changed many things in the music industry over the…
Flume
Flume features Beck's collaboration on the song Tiny Cities
The short wagon Australian musician and producer Edward Harley Streten, better known as Flume has been a real revelation. With 21 years of age, the…
Eduardo Marturet
Eduardo Marturet and his ten years in front of the Miami Symphony
After a major race in Venezuela and Berlin, among other places, the Venezuelan conductor Eduardo Marturet received in 2005 the witness, by the Cuban…