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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…
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…
A Trip To Soda Island
Beating the Heat with Soda Island
When I complained about the heat on summer days, my mother would tell me to think about things that were really cold. So I would build a house made of…
Fax Message Breakup EP
Rodney Cromwell to release 'Fax Message Breakup' EP
Rodney Cromwell is the nom-de-plume of Adam Cresswell, founding member of indie-folktronica band SALOON (who had four entries in John Peel&…
Cherry Bomb
Tyler, The Creator Cherry Bomb Album Review
Fans of alternative hip-hop rejoice. Cherry Bomb has arrived. With very little notice, the young leader of Odd Future released his fourth studio album…
Roll With The Punches
Van Morrison May Not Deliver Masterpieces Anymore, But Who Cares, It's Still Good
Diligent ants are rarity in the history of rock. Neil Young, maybe Bob Dylan and Van Morrison were one of the few who marked each decade after 60s…
Kilt 3
Few lines on a Kilt 3
Simply Su, but certainly not simple in his creations, this real Rap game cat finally released his second studio album KIlt 3&…
October
October (1981) - a classic U2 record
This is the first record by U2 that I bought, back when I was a young music explorer (with no internet, just the good old record stores and that big…
A Moon Shaped Pool
My Albums of the Year: Radiohead: Moon Shaped Pool
Well of course Moon Shaped Pool would make the cut, since I never shut up about Radiohead. There's a lot to be said about the album, which is the…
Not Even Happiness
Not Even Happiness
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s new album has the lucidity and tactility of a healing crystal. Not unlike Phil Elverum, she …
Heba
Lowly, A Brand New Newborn of DreamPop
I want to dream that you dream about the same dreampop next to me. If I was to write a song to my loved one, this is how it would begun. Not only 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…
Alice Glass
Ex Crystal Castles Member Strives Solo
There are some bands that mark certain era and that is crystally clear to all of us on kurrentmusic. Back in the day, when I was in between high…
Language
The Contortionist Has Their Own Language (2014)
If you are a Progressive music lover, you cannot just pass by this album or band. These guys deserve our attention; They have a message to say and…
The Man of Sorrow / The Man Who Sorrows
Lwstndrds - The Man of Sorrow / The Man Who Sorrows
Lwstndrds are a two-piece powerviolence/grindcore/noise/sludge metal band from Zabrze, Poland. While usually their repertoire includes harsh, brutal,…
Highway to Hell
Super Charged on the Highway to Hell
Fueled by grittily compacted rock and backed by a raw bluesy croak, AC/DC were one of the hottest bands in the 70s and 80s. And even still – after…
Thousand Lives
Once A Tree bewitch with EP Thousand Lives
Once A Tree create music that is dark, hypnotic and poetic. A sultry fusion of chillwave, trip-hop and dubstep, that soars and glides above bass…
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz and Symphony Fantastique
Berlioz is one of the best composers of the romantic period, using fabulously sized orchestral forces to put together his magnificent opus “…
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…
Why Make Sense?
Everything You Rationalize Will Be Used Against You
UK’s finest electro band Hot Chip continues to walk the road of contagious indietronic and dance electropop with a plausible confidence.…
A Little Death
My Jerusalem: Post-Punkers Have Finally Made A Hit Rock Album
My Jerusalem is a band who caught music world’s attention instantly. Founder Jeff Klein had played with The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins…
Secret Youth
Finland’s Winter
Callisto, one of the many, many post-metal bands that used to suffer from the main post-metal syndrome “you sound like dozens of other post…
AGO
Lilies On Mars: ΔGO
Lisa and Marina began writing ΔGO immediately after returning from an extensive tour throughout Europe and America. Filled with…
VELD
Daniel O’Sullivan - Outer Space Pop
Londoner Daniel O’Sullivan seems to pop in and out of the scene in recent years. He made a studio and a live album in 2011 and a few other…
Inviting Light
Nothing Flat With The Flatliners
The Flatliners are a Canadian punk-rock dudes who are stepping back from hardcore and ska roots with their fifth album Inviting Light, and making a…
Love
Lana Del Rey returns with Love
And it was strange that the English songwriter, Lana Del Rey, has not delivered any new material since we are accustomed to always be throwing new…
Revolution Radio
Revolution Radio
Over the course of 26 years, Green Day have gone from pop punks to rock stars. Their latest, however, has little effect on their legacy and lapses…
Blood of the Saints
#tbt: Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints
Key years in career of Powerwolf occur in two year intervals, and everything started in 2003. Two years later, Return inBloodred came out, and then…
Currents
Lonerism Was Better
In a long and impressive history of rock n roll, we have heard almost every combination of genre. Big talents have mixed the unmixable,…
The Aggrovators Present: Jackie Mittoo
Jackie's Bounce
Ok, so here we have a true Reggae legend. Like Bob Marley? Well, almost. One of the things that always gets stuck in your mind when you listen to…
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…
Ultimate Care II
Matmos Presents: The Sound Of Medical Prodecures
Let me present you with an album that takes the term experimentation to the whole other level. Actually, this is not the first album of its…
The Narrows (Deluxe Edition)
Grant Lee Phillips Stromg As A Buffalo
Grant Lee Buffalo were one of those bands that never got enough recognition from the media and the audience. Their 1999 debut Fuzzy, a fusion of…
You Had Me at Goodbye
Samantha Crain - It Should Be Hello, Not Goodbye
Into her fifth album since 2009, Samantha Crain still hasn’t achieved the recognition she deserves. All the positive reviews by the critics …
En la memoria de la piel
Rosana returns overwhelming and authentic
Stay right there in the middle of the rush, wrap me in touch, kisses I gave you and let me off balance playing give you the world and make you smile,…
Sworn Virgins
Ambitious Omar Rodríguez López launches Sworn Virgins
Omar Rodriguez Lopez manages to be active constantly. Known as little dictator in The Mars Volta, brain At the Drive-In and fundamental part of…
Saxentric
Tenor Keeps The Right Note
If you are not familiar with Finland's Jimi Tenor, I guess you would probably first do a search on one of the general music sites. Among other…
The Color Of Destruction
Noir Country
Here is one underestimated female musician. Even though she has a rich discography behind her, Rykarda Parasol still does not get the attention she…
Te Amo, Te Extraño
Caibo premiered his new video: I love you, I miss you
The marabinos of Caibo presented last November 24 the video I love you, I miss you, first single from his upcoming album which will be launched in…
Emily's D+Evolution
Turning point in Esperanza Spalding’s career - Emily's D+Evolution review
Esperanza Emily Spalding has recently published her album Emily's D+Evolution(about two months ago), and I have to say... In this album, Esperanza…
Future Present Past
The Strokes Are Losing Time
It’s been three years since The Strokes dropped their full-length album. I took this intermezzo between releases to forget that the album…
Paper Gods
Fear Of Dancing With Lindsay Lohan
Million dollar question: on whose album did John Frusciante play short before he announced he is retiring from his active music career? The answer…
The Buffet (Deluxe Version)
What R. Kelly serves
It takes years to build a good reputation. It takes just a second to lose it. And while a reputation gets build on verifications, sometimes, all it…
Hurry Home
The Deslondes - The New Orleans Palette
Many try and fail to cover as much the musical palette offered by the American music, and often they fail. Basically, they have a hard time breathing…
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
James Hetfield is already thinking about the new album
A mere six days of Metallica's new album entitled have been released to the public Hardwired ... to self Destruit after 8 years of absence in…
Fly or Die
All That Jaimie Branch
Every once in a while, a man remembers that jazz music might be one of the best music genres out there. It is almost impossible to be indifferent when…
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…
7
A Track by Track Review - Seal’s 7
Boy, has this been a crazy month for album releases. It felt like the 90s again with everyone from The Corrs, Nick Carter, to Enya and Bjork releasing…
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
Mediocre Pop on John Legend ''Darkness and Light''
No matter If you are a big fan of mainstream music or not, you probably appreciate when your favorite musician makes an effort to step out of his…
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…
Path of Eight
Mouth of the Architect – Path of Eight [Review]
Three long years since post-metal juggernauts Mouth of the Architect released their last album, titled Dawning. The record was okay, not too shabby,…
Malibu
Anderson .Paak Serving His Heart
Rihanna totally threw us under the bus when she released ANTI. The world was waiting for EDM kicker, and we got a great R’n’b…
Majestic (Live)
Kari Jobe's Majestic (LIVE)
Worship singer Kari Jobe is a singer who is just dripping with the holy spirit. Many of the songs that she sings on her albums are full of the spirit…
Love Fear Choices and Astronauts
The Egocentrics - Love Fear Choices and Astronauts
The Egocentrics are a Romanian instrumental psychedelic rock band, who released their best album ''Love Fear Choices and Astronauts''…
Common Sense
Common Sense
The debut from the young East London rapper is a unique coming-of-age story that shapes the best of grime, Afrobeat, dancehall, and early ’…
Come Away With Me
#TBT: Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
This week’s review is dedicated to one of the most critically praised best-selling debuts in the 2000s. It is also dedicated to the artist herself,…
The Snow Burial
Oddo Bam: The Snow Burial
I am constantly amazed by the hidden gems of South African music. Although increasingly less hidden and deservedly so, Oddo Bam’s first EP,…
4U
Christina Milian's Liar put her back on my radar
For me, Christina Milian is a name from the past. I have not really kept up with her music since her hit single “AM to PM” in 2001…
Humanz
Gorillaz Playful Like Monkeys
They'll never forget you 'til somebody new comes along are clairvoyant words of Glenn Frey that he sang in New Kid in Town from the legendary…
Untrue
Nightspace: Untrue EP
Bailey Skye aka Nightspace is a Seattle-based musician and performer. He started producing music in the summer of 2012 and his EP…
The Sky Is A Neighborhood
The Sky Is A Neighborhood by Foo Fighters already has a video clip
Foo Fighters has been doing a good job on a musical level lately, it has been one of the groupings of the '90s that have coupled well to the…
Statues
#tbt: Moloko - Statues
Back in the 2000s, r’n’b pop was ubiquitous. There were not many pop artists who offered something else. At that time, there was one unique band. It…
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…
I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
1975 Levels Below Original
The 1975 were formed in 2002 in Manchester, UK. They are nothing but another indie rock band from the Island who is labeled as alternative…
VINYL: Music From The HBO® Original Series - Vol. 1
VINYL: The Golden Age of Music
A television show that I have been waiting for and that I think deserves a spot here on Kurrent, Vinyl premiers February 14, 2016 on HBO. The era is…
Cloud Nine (Japan Version)
Norway Is The New Sweden
Why would Sweden be recognized for its pop-school, and Norway not? This is the question Cloud Nine puts forward. The title may sound pretentious, but…
Damogen Furies
Welcome to the party, we've been waiting for you - Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
Well now. Here we are. It's taken a while, but we feel somehow like we've come full circle without ever having started walking.&…
Acapella - Acapella Christmas - Acapella Group
Enjoying an Acapella Christmas
This is such a good Christmas album. So good that I almost felt regretful that it took me 4 years after its release before finding it. All is not lost…
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Summer Deconstructed
Everyone knows the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. And I am certain that everyone knows at least one movement from Vivaldi’…
The Time Between Us - Split
Another Effective Collab Between Two Sergent House Artists
After the release of her third album Marked For Death last year (which allowed her to terminally prove her talent), Emma Ruth Rundle…
Unsharp Mask
uSSSy - Unsharp Mask
uSSSy is a pretty well-known Russian experimental psychedelic rock duo, who have released several great albums in the field of instrumental …
Harry Styles
Harry Styles
El debut en solitario del miembro One Direction rinde homenaje al rock'n'roll clásico y muestra su voz excepcional, si no su…
All the Best Songs
Punk Storytelling
Names like No Use For A Name and All The Best Song do not sound attractive. They sound snobbish until you play the record. One of the most prolific…
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…
Gumption
Leaving The Listener Behind
Taryn Miller is a young girl who releases her music under the name Your Friend. The album Gumption is her debut album. She likes to…
Look Around
The Arche-Indie Band
Look Around is a compilation bringing us the very best of Beat Happening. If you haven’t heard of them before, you should know that the…
Concrete and Gold
Foo Fighters and Justin Timberlake? Not everything is what it seems to be.
Although in promo video he glorified all of his collaborators and announced something huge coming up, the spiritus movens of Foo Fighters, David Grohl…
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:…
Uprising
BOB MARLEYS SWAN SONG
In my early teens when I started to grow my obsession with music, I got blown away by the powerful riffs of bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin,…
Retrohash
Asher Roth RetroHash Album Review
Get ready for a wild and emotional ride through Asher Roth's new album RetroHash! His sophomore album takes you though some deep…
Afro-Caribbean Mixtape
Full Blossom of Nicholas Payton
It is not always easy to follow and understand creations of 21st century jazz musicians. One of them, Nicholas Payton, has been tentative for over a…
I Tell A Fly
Refreshing As A Fly, Benjaming Clementine
Ever since Rufus Wainwright, we didn't have an author who is a triple-threat pundit, capable of having superpowers in singing, composing and…
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…
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…
More Songs About Buildings And Food
What band did you finally discover in 2016?
I pride myself on being a connoisseur of classic 80s indie. From Joy Division’s Closer in 1980 to Disintegration by The Cure in 1989, and all of New…
Journey in Satchidananda
The Gates of Heaven
Why name this article The Gates of Heaven? Because that is exactly what I envisioned when I first heard the opening notes of Alice Coltrane’s 1971…
Little by Little
Luckily, Soda is Streaming Again
I thought these guys were missing in action, Haven’t heard from them in a while. Almost forgot what they sounded like. But then, no matter how much…
Direct
#tbt: VANGELIS - DIRECT
After three bizarre, yet enormously creative and conceptual albums, Vangelis had opened the new chapter in their career with the album that went on to…
A Light in the Dark
Metal Nepotism
Mike Porntoy is your daddy, Mike Porntoy is playing the drums, Mike Porntoy is a producer. What are you doing, Max? I am playing the drums in the band…
Salvation
Salvation by Cult of Luna: post-metal bliss
I’ll say this right on the start: Salvation is probably one of my top 3 favorite albums. I never had any serious thought about that subject…
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…
A Head Full Of Dreams
Coldplay joins forces with The Chainsmokers
The British group Coldplay, always brings something up his sleeve; in this case it is a collaboration with the duet The Chainsmokeres, which have…
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…
Elephunk
Nostalgia for Elephunk
If we’re honest with ourselves, we never really got over the masterpiece that is The Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk. The 2013 release…
NO
Meghan Trainor continues her music journey through time
Just when you begin to think that Meghan Trainor has got an old musical soul, she surprises you with making things a little more recent with her new…
Supernatural Love
The organic return of a revamped Sidestepper
Before Bomba Estereo or ChocQuibTown already existed Sidestepper, the group of electro cumbia led by British DJ and producer Richard Blair in 1996,…
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…
Peace Potato
Doug Tuttle - DIY Psychedelic Pop
Her comes do it yourself man Doug Tuttle third time around as a solo artist and offers us his Peace Potato. Hot potato or not, right off, it is a very…
Cheers To The Fall
The Diva Is Born
Andra Day’s debut album has been circling around the tops of the charts for quite some time now, and it comes as no surprise why the singer…
No Shape
The Genius Of Perfume Genius
Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…
Misadventures
Misadventures by Pierce the Veil
The heart of San Diego emo-inflected post-hardcore outfit Pierce the Veil lies in two brothers, vocalist/guitarist Victor Fuentes and drummer Mike…
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…
Currents
The Impact of Currents and Track-By-Track Analysis
Before “Currents”, Tame Impala could have been labeled simply as a psychedelic rock band. However, this 2015 summer release took the project and its…
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…
Resurrection
Adina Howard brings a freak resurrection
Adina Howard is known to be surprising. Usually she just shows she has a lot of guts. To return to music was a bit of a surprise to me too. The last I…
Star Treatment
Wovenhand, The Second Phase
Wovenhand is one of those band with a cult status, thanks to David Eugene Edwards and the band that existed before Wovenhand (and that is 16…
Vulnicura
Vulnicura
Vulnicura is very personal; Bjork's vulnerability is shown from the first few lines. Although she has stated that the writing process was a way of…
Flotus
Wagner as a Mood Piece
Wagner as in Kurt, the Lambchop main-man, not Richard the Opera man. It is still a good mood piece, as in Flotus, the new Lambchop album. It has been…
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…
Ouroboros
Transcendental LaMontagne
When Bon Iver first appeared, he scored a nickname ‘dark version of Ray Lamontagne’. Meanwhile, Ray Lamontagne, the…
Jersey Devil
The Fall Of Ducktails
At the sunset of the past decade, Ducktails have become a very popular band among hipsters. First of all, they have been getting a lot of space and…
Sounds Good Feels Good
Not another “boy band”
The boys from down under are back! And they have turned into fine, young men. I'm not quite sure if that is a good thing, though. I feel like I&#…
Ritmo Revolution
The Rhythm Revolution that opened paths.
In the mid-90s, in the city of Valencia one of the most important musical bands of the genre Reggae and Ska in Venezuela is formed. and writing your…
In Colour
Album that makes everything else seem like a noise
Not everything is black and white. When life seems grayish, there is always music to color it. I can’t say I wasn’t skeptical when…
Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics
East Meets West
It’s an indescribably fulfilling to hear how The Heliocentrics once again adjust to the playing style and instrumentation of their collaborator. In…
Lupercalia
I(n)diosyncratic Pop
Patrick Wolf is a love singer. From his early days, love was his biggest inspiration, whether cheerful or painful. In my opinion, Lupercalia was the…
Before We Forgot How To Dream
Who is SOAK?
One thing is for sure when it comes to Irish people – they have an incredible sense for melody. They never sound like they are going to…
Spiritual Haven
New Age/World Review: Russell Suereth-Spiritual Haven
Russell Suereth is a keyboardist with a focus on New Age and world music. His new album Spiritual Haven is a combination of classic Western…
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…
Life, Love And Faith
Mister Marmelade
Serious friends of rock n roll know what it means the term brother from the south. Southern music is an intersection of country, jazz, soul, gospel,…
Alive In New Light
IAMX is Optimistic? A Miracle!
Only a year after the album Unfall, Chris Corner returned with the new record Alive In New Light. In some way, it wraps up the story started with…
Disintegrate Me
Disintegrate Me by Viniloversus already has a video clip
Caracas Viniloversus group, currently impeached in Miami, published today, the new video for her third single Disintegrate Me of what will be his…
Atacama Dreaming
Pontiacs - Atacama Dreaming
Pontiacs are another fascinating Chilean psychedelic rock band, who mix rather melodic neo-psych and 60s psych vibe with modern day psychedelia.…
Half a Century Sun
Island Music Shines
The first moment you encounter the music of Coti K.,“The Man From Managra”, a Greek guy form the Island of Tinos, you would be hard pressed to say…
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,…
Not To Disappear
DAUGHTER’S NEW WAYS: NOT TO DISAPPEAR
“I can’t be without, I just need it here” This lyric in the first track on the album on Not Disappear, New Ways,…
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.…
Albatross
Pat Keen - Experimental Pop Digest
It has been a while since I heard so many musical things going on in around 20 minutes. So around from Minneapolis comes Pat Keen with Albatross, his…
Birkin / Gainsbourg : Le symphonique
Birkin Makes Gainsbourg Proud
As far as her musical, particularly singing career goes, Jane Birkin has often been disputed. First criticism going her way was that she would have…
Hollow Meadows
Richard Hawley Marries His City
Let’s not call it a long distance relationship, let’s call it a love too big to be placed in one city. Some people are in a…
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…
Live at Reading
Remembering Nirvana
Lately, I have been rediscovering my passion for Nirvana and I have found some great live albums by one the greatest bands of all time. Nirvana’s Live…
Você
Listen to a preview of La Lucha the new from La Vida Boheme
If we talk about Venezuelan pride, no doubt will have to name La Vida Boheme, because it is one of those few bands that with his music touches the…
Bailando Sobre las Ruinas
Public Disorder returns with optimism and Dancing on Ruins
Public disorder had shown signs of a new album from the launch of its theme Everything is normal , a satire on political speech of the Venezuelan…
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…
Moon Lagoon
Co-Pilgrim - Escaping the middle ground
Listening to tons of music it is usually two groups of artists that draw your attention - those that sound incredibly good and those that sound so…
Grounders
Imago Abbei: Psychedelic Pop will never die
The canadian musical group Grounders reference Jagwar Ma, Tame Impala and the Zombies; '60s sounds, psychedelic nostalgia, woozy and …
Bamboo Diner in the Rain
The Picture is Clear - The Waves Are Covered In Light
When I first saw the cover of the new The Wave Pictures album (and there is quite a few of them), something kept nagging at me it seemed so familiar…
Harmony of Difference
Yasss, Kamasi!
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I will write it anyway. I was conflicted whether I want to do a review of KAmasi Washington's new…
Hard Love
Strand Of Oaks And The Effects Touring Can Have On Music
On his previous record Heal, Tim Showalter faced his biggest fears, all of his losses and sadness, and sublimed them into songs. It all lead to…
Hardwired
Metallica coming soon with Hardwired
After 8 years of inactivity in the creation of a record production, the ancient American band Metallica, has declared that comes with all this year…
Turbine
John Mackey's Metronomic Turbine
John Mackey’s “Turbine” is the industrial-sounding piece that sounds like an absolute beauty to play. Heavy on the…
Semper Femina
Laura Marling Simply Can Not Avoid Bringing Her A Game
If someone asked me who is the most brilliant female singer in the world right now, few names would pop in my mind. The following review…
Intoxicated Women
Harvey Covers Gainsbourg: When Reproduction Honors The Original
After twenty years, Mick Harvey decided to return to Serge Gainsbourg. The third album of covers titled Delirium Tremens came out last year, and now…
III
Sardonis - III
The two-man Belgian sludge metal/stoner doom band Sardonis came out with a great new album this year. The album is laconically titled III and doesn&#…
Greatest Hits: Pieces of Three
Michigan Based ThreePeace Reggae Rock for the Millenium! The Police, The Clash, Greta Van Fleet all rolled into a fat one!
Michigan Based ThreePeace Reggae Rock for the Millenium! The Police, The Clash, Greta Van Fleet all rolled into a fat one! ThreePeace is an American…
Volume 1
BNQT Proves Supergroups Have Superpowers
Some people have superpowers, and some people have supergroups. I love me some supergroups. All of my music expectations have a form of a supergroup.…
Field Recordings From the Sun
Comets On Fire - Field Recordings From the Sun
Comets On Fire are a psychedelic noise rock band from Santa Cruz, California. They have released a wide range of albums through the years, but their…
The Pale Emperor
Literally the Pale Emperor
It was in the late 80's that Brian Hugh Warner adopted the Marilyn Manson pseudonym and entered to the music universe, it took a long time before…
Rivers and Roads
The Song That Has My Head and Heart
This song. The first time I heard Rivers and Roads was when a friend performed it as his senior farewell. It is truly incredible. Besides…
Black And Grey
Discolor Blind tease new EP with single 'Black and Grey'
If a musician’s creative output is intrinsically linked to the journey that brought them to that point then it is hardly surprising that&…
Carry On
Carry On With Norah
Even though there is quite some time left before the soaring temperatures starts to cool down again, I feel like I’m transported to the cozy…
You Don't Know Me
Terrifying the Masses
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Calling Me
Answering The Call
Aquilo, a U.K. alternative duo consisting of Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher, are noted for quiet pondering songs that touch upon human nature.…
Thunder
Artsy video for Thunder
Every time I like a song by rock band Imagine Dragons, I think it’s a song that is so out of character for a rock band. It’s beginning to paint a…
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Stand Up for Something (feat. Common)
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I’ve had a favorite songwriter for a very long time now. She’s Diane Warren. I think she’s slightly strange, now that I follow her on social media and…
Starboy
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Just Got Paid
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In September 2016, Gov’t Mule released an animated video for their rendition of ZZ Top’s heavy-blues piece “Just Got Paid.” Although the video is new,…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Naughty Boy's Runnin' vs. Guillaume Nery's Ocean Gravity
Free diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on divers' ability to hold their breath until resurfacing. In this extreme sport, Guillaume…
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…
Lemon
Swagger Overshadows Wokeness on N*E*R*D and Rihanna's Lemon
Lemon is Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's comeback hit as N*E*R*D, an outré funk rock side project…
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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…
Infinity Guitars
Infinity Guitars Still Sounds Explosive After Seven Years
Bitter rivals are the first term that comes to mind when Infinity Guitars by Sleigh Bells comes on the radio. Recently Infinity Guitars found it's…
Have I Been A Fool
Have I Been A Fool
Jack Fabian Peñate was born in Blackheath, a fairly posh London suburb, on September 9, 1984. While still in his teens, …
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…
Talk Baby Talk
Why Can't We Just Talk About It?
There's a rare kind of timeless maturity in Brisbane singer-songwriter Emma Louise's vocals on Talk Baby Talk, a single from her second album&…
I'm Real
The Bronx Diva is back
Jlo is really excited, he has been insisting to their fans through their social networks waiting with many looking forward to the arrival on Thursday…
Woodstock
COVERLAND Vol.17: Woodstock
This is an unusual situation when talking about covers. “Woodstock” is a song which is hard to determine which is the original…
Hit My Line (feat. Junior)
Chrystian Lehr - Hit My Line feat. Junior (Official Video)
Hailing from Columbus, OH, singer Chrystian Lehr is bringing the heat with his new single “Hit My Line”, featuring rapper Junior from St Louis, MO. On…
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LOVE: FROM THE BALLAD TO REGGAETON
February came and went with all the pink and red, own color this season, dedicated to celebrate love. Mother's love, self-love, the love of…
Exception
Token Shows How Bullying Affects Everyone
Between Hip Hop and Rap, these two genres have always been a safe haven for anyone to voice their opinions. In the case of Token with his music video…
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…
Dipped-in-Blue
Vector_Xing: Dipped In Blue
Comprising of LA born Stevan Cablayan (vocals) and London born Cameron McLain (instruments), Vector_XING create soul and…
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…
Fuego
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I usually prefer to dedicate my time to reviewing EPs or albums. but when a publicist I’ve been in contact with for a long time now recommended I take…
We Are the People
Psychedelic Surrealism
Thanks to a well-scored Honda Civic ad, Sydney electro-glampop duo Empire of the Sun (Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore) have placed a…
I Don't Want U Back
BØRNS' “I Don't Want U Back” is a Spellbinding Kiss-Off to an Unfaithful Lover
The mere accusation of sexual infidelity can be a trigger for rage, violence, and even domestic abuse. On “I Don't Want U Back&rdquo…
Songs of Prayer 1 - Solo Piano Music for Prayer
On The Song of Prayer
Chad Lawson is a fabulous, award-winning pianist and composer that is so multi-talented that he earned more awards that most people would even dream…
Chemical Solution
Lunar Alchemy
Since its inception in 2015, The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture's side project Summer Moon has undergone a lineup change (Au Revoir…
Free.k
Leave it up to Pitbull to update an old classic
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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…
The Queen Is Dead - 2011 Remastered Version
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Never underestimated how impressionable a teenager discovering indie music is, a least the ones who only just started buying NME. That was the case…
La Bicicleta
The Bicycle arrived on Youtube
A good rhythm has come to Youtube the song that many were waiting for Shakira and Carlos Vives, two Colombians who honor him to his land with this…
Troubleman
The Long Cut
We never thought it would be a single. That was the first thing that they started playing on the radio out here, and we’re kind…
The Boxer
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Talk about a story seldom told about a poor boy that didn’t get to do much or have much. Drop it into the timeline of the sixties, complete…
Make My Love Go
Banger Hit
After selling over 18 million singlessince 2009, and his storied departure from Cash Money last year, Jay Sean is back on his home soil with…
Paul
Midnight Letter
Only a band from Brooklyn, NY could encapsulate what would be considered a 'midnight love letter' to whom ever those feelings where…
Come See Us Play
Sidestepper breaks the silence of a decade
Sidestepper has spent a decade unedited unreleased album from Continental (2006), a period in which they had little activity. Last year they released…
Losing My Head
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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…
South
Back Straight, Chest Out, Just Like a Soldier
South is the titular single from Minnesota-based indie rock band Hippo Campus' second EP, which was released in October last year. As…
Into You
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This girl nothing stops her, who would have thought you could get to be as successful as has been achieved with their new album Dangerous Woman, this…
Must Be Nice
Varsity Explores the Anxieties of Young Adulthood with Must Be Nice
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Moist
Anna Lann's Moist Presents a Surreal Eco-feminist Critique
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Goodbye Soleil
La Dolce Vita
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Ciao Adios
Ciao Adios, I'm done!
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Don't Call Me (feat. Yuna)
TOKiMONSTA and Yuna's Chilly Kiss-Off
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Young And Menace
Fall Out Boy Traces New Ground And Break Promises With Young And Menace
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Thief
Ansel Elgort Tackles A Thief
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Vitamin C
Hey you! You're losing your Vitamin C
“CAN” are one of the great classics of experimental rock. They are often considered pioneers of krautrock, but they are far more…
Unstoppable
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Another comeback
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Psycho Killer
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How to Boil an Egg
Imminent Maturity
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Becomes The Color
Stick Around for the Credits
It seems to be a bit of a pattern for me to discover new music through television and cinema. I recently watched the wonderfully creepy Stoker, and…
Million Dollar Doll
Sultry Urgency
After years of being a collaborator - first as a member of the band Luna, and then as one half of the husband-and-wife duo Dean & Britta -…
Generation Why
A Hymn for Modernity
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La Bicicleta - Versión Vallenato
Vallenatón The Flavor of Colombia with Puerto Rico
miscegenation, language, traditions and above all, the fusion of sounds that go on to become distinguished music in Latino culture. It is common to…
Boyfriend
Introverted Jubilation
Six years after releasing their debut EP regret love guilt dreams (2011), fans of San Francisco bedroom pop trio The Bilinda…
Good Morning
Playful Ecstasy
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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…
Still Feel Like Your Man
John Mayer brings out his whimsical best in brand new video
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Restless Impermanence
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Restless Impatience
My voice has definitely changed! [...] It’s dropped! I’ve always had quite a big vocal range, but for instance, the operatic note…
Hollow
The airy and fragile sounds of Hollow
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Detox
Detox Too Good
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Another funny nightmare from the minds of Radiohead
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Whipping Post - Live At The Fillmore East/1971
COVERLAND Vol.21: Whipping Post
This is one of the great anthems of rock music. The incredible riff and soul moving melody assured its place in music history. The Allman Brothers…
Disorder - 2007 Remastered Version
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I'm Into You
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On The Line
Avery LR releases new Hip Hop track, They Don't Like That
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Beauty and the Beast - From
Disney is playing it safe
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Middle of the Bed - Acoustic
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Mrs. Potato Head
A Song that Tackles Plastic Surgery
It’s not the first time songs took on social issues with finesse, but Melanie Martinez just got to a graphic and creative level with Mrs. Potato Head.…
Last Night On Earth
Ouroboros Cosmos
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Nothing Lasts
Lo-Fi Musings
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You're a Germ
Wolf Alice Throws Ill At Ease Chaos With You're A Germ
At one point no one had heard of Wolf Alice and within a two-year span, everyone was sharing a song or two from the acclaimed English band. …
Brother Wind
Garbarek's 'Brother Wind' - a journey into the Northern Lights
‘Brother Wind’ is one of the most wonderful tunes ever composed. It’s my favorite Jan Garbarek composition, and it&…
Enter Sandman
Heavy Metal with Classroom Instruments? Jimmy Fallon Did It First!
Enter Sandman was released in 1991 as the first song for the eponymous album of Metallica entitled “Metallica”. The song deals with the concept of a…
If I Get High
The Ache Into Infinity
Nothing But Thieves apparently have no problem with breaking a few hearts with their music video for 'If I Get High'. Which ultimately this…
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…
Take It All
Take It All
I was fortunate enough to see Kiana Ledé open for artist Jessie J on her “ROSE Tour” last October and her powerful vocals proved that she is an…
Single (feat. Mistah Mez)
Most Promising Pacific Artist Loves Being Single!
D Lewis or Donell in full is Samoan, but South Auckland born ordinary human, until he…
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…
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…
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Celine Dion has had a difficult year, she lost her husband Rene Angelil and his brother only two weeks apart, have recently been reported in some…
Epoch
Kinetic Calm
After the success of (2011) and (2014), Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) maestro Tycho (San Francisco-based …
Back to You (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals)
Louis Tomlinson Is Proving His Worth Through Music
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Close
Nick Jonas Teams Up With Tove Lo On His New Single “Close”
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Imagining My Man
Spells Will Be Cast While Listening To Aldous Harding's Imagining My Man
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Lingus
SNARKY PUPPY: A Casual Listener’s Review
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Sir Sly Delivers Endorphin-Surging Catharsis With &Run
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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…
Hungry (feat. Rick Ross)
Fergie Drops Hungry Video!
The Dutchess comes back Trappin` style! After droping the first Double Dutchess studio album…
Ya Me Enteré
Reik with Nicky Jam in ''I already found out'' remix
The Mexican band Reik, premiered the video for her new song '' Now I heard ''. After these long 5 years in which they…
Apartment Story
Songs that started it all: The National, Apartment Story
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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…
Matters
Making Amends
Omaha group Twinsmith, consisting of Jordan Smith (vocals/guitar), Matt Regner (guitar/keys), Bill Sharp (bass) and Oliver Morgan (drums),…
Keys To The Kingdom
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It feels like decades since Linkin Park threatened to become a band capable of having a interesting career full of albums that experimented with the…
Hands Of Love
After Wreking Ball comes Hands Of Love
He rose to fame and stardom with sympathy, tenderness, something of childhood and the power of television series, under the push of Disney, country…
Company
Justin reveals new video amid controversy
The Canadian singer has seen a once involved in a scandal, this time it is a street fight with a much higher than himself, and apparently was hit…
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…
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…
Is This Love - Remix
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Crystal Bell
Gothic Female Metal artist, Ayin Aleph, releases new video for Crystal Bell
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Love Yourself
Love Yourself- A New Perspective
“And I think it should be somethin' that I don't wanna hold back… maybe you should know that.” Personally, I…
Ballad of a Thin Man
Do You, Mr. Jones?
When Bob Dylan got the Nobel Prize for literature several days ago (an act that sparked many controversies), the first thing that came to my mind was…
Saturn
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In May of 2015, I moved to Ohio, and in December of 2015, it became unbearably frigid (in my opinion, of course). While my husband is perfectly…
We Are All On Drugs
A Bunch Of Happy Kids
Even though Weezer are not kids or teenagers anymore 'We Are All On Drugs' acts as a right of passage. In that complete coming-of-age…
Working Class Heroes (Work)
Get your Next Cut with Cee Lo Green
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron Seeks The Night We Met and So Do We
Upon first listening to The Night We Met, I ended up scrambling around trying to figure out where I had heard the song before. Of course, as many of…
Baby
Gothic Sultriness
Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi’s (Valerie Teicher) critically acclaimed debut album Crawl Space (…
Polterguy
Single Review: Polterguy
Native Miami rockers, Sunghosts, have proven themselves worthy of the local attention they have received with anthemic hook-filled tunes like…
Omaha
Baby Left on Omaha
'Letting go' is an emotional terrain that accomodates a wide variety of emotions: sadness, resignation, nostalgia, melancholy, anger, despair,…
Baby
It's Pixie Baby!
If I would to be asked to describe UK singer Pixie Lott, I would probably say she’s a light version of Duffy singing teen pop songs. Somewhere in the…
Stay Happy
Stay Happy Is Broken Social Scene's Best Message
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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&…
Used to Be
Majestic Nostalgia
In the beginning, I was convinced by patriarchal, white males that authenticity was a certain level of rawness and unsophisticated expression. But…
Tuve Para Dar
We give what we become
I feel that the Venezuelan society is increasingly violent. In all aspects; insecurity, treatment for family, friends and coworkers. Currently,…
Don't Be so Sure
Tulipomania Presents Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'
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Beat of the Drum
A good drum beat is the essential back bone to any song. No...every song that has ever existed on and off of the internet. If someone tells you…
Starboy
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The Weeknd has released a cinematic, action-packed clip for his new single and collaboration with Daft Punk, Starboy. The…
Boyish
Balladic Insecurity
La envidia y la inseguridad son, evidentemente, fuentes potentes de inspiración artística (de ahí la perdurable popularidad del é…
Half Truth
No half truths about good music
With his grey hair, Michael McDonald, already seemed like he was around in music for a long time, when I liked his songs in the 80s. His duet with…
Perfect Illusion
Gaga perfection!
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Back to the Start
Reinvention
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Glow Up
Catch That New Shine With Meek!
Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E did it again, and constructed fourth Meek Mill`s track, this time under the title Glow Up.…
If You Were My Girl
I'll happily be your girl...
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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…
Like A Virgin
50 Greatest Madonna Songs According To Rolling Stone
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Body Love
IDER Transforms Heartbreak Into Emotional Growth With Body Love
North London duo IDER (Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville) began gaining attention for their delectable brand of delicate,…
Wall Of Glass
Our Kid goes solo with mixed results
Any song that features one of the Gallagher brothers is guaranteed to have at least one thing: swagger. Swagger, bravado, and sheer bloody-mindedness…
Dimensiones
Revelation Artist: Laura Buitrago
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Elevator Operator
Profound Mundanity
Melbourne singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Barnett's 2016 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist propelled the Australian indie darling to a…
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Rachmaninoff Op. 23 Piano Prelude Gallops Along
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Get Out
Chvrches Become Aggressively Pop with Get Out
After gaining acclaim for their first two self-produced albums - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) and Every Open Eye (2015) - Scottish synth-pop…
Nada Es Suficiente
Nothing is enough: Salomón Ackerman's country pop bet
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Needed Me
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Together, Locked Safely
Electronic Melancholy
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La Vida Se Goza
Mata Rica tells us that Life is enjoyed with this video celebrating 20 years of musical career.
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I Was A Fool
Sunflower Bean's I Was A Fool Swirls in Nostalgic Woe
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Polished
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Fuera De Este Mundo
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Horns
Devilish Intentions
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Let Me Help You
is Mario finally leading up to an album?
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Nothing in Return
Monsune's Nothing In Return is a Euphoric Ode to Unrequited Love
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Adore
Amy Shark Pops Into The Mainstream With Adore
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The Normal Living
7 Questions For The Normal Living - New Jersey Rock and Roll Band
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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.…
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys will release a new album in November
On November 4, Alicia Keys will release their sixth studio album which will be called HERE. This new musical work will be full of different topics,…
Jory Boy
Jory premieres Behind You
Nova and Jory was definitely one of the best duos in the world of reggaeton, having become known with the theme Bien Loco and later with her …
Rihanna
Rihanna will say present at the Billboard Awards
The award-winning Barbadian singer, Rihanna, has confirmed his participation at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, to be held in Las Vegas next May 22.…
Banks
A Poignant Finale
You might love, hate or be wholly indifferent to Lena Dunham's highly polarizing and thinkpiece-baiting HBO series Girls, but it…
Aldemaro Romero
The musical wealth of Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero is one of those Venezuelan musicians who always have to talk. Not out of obligation, but because even his artistic and musical…
X-Syndrome
X-Syndrome, A Band That Slipped Through The Music Stream
- This Los Angeles, California band did not get too well known outside of California, but they had the potential to be a lot more than that in my…
Residente
Resident prepares tour of Argentina
Resident is in full stage was promoting his new solo. Singer-songwriter presented his self-titled album with great success throughout Latin America…
James Brown
That Screamer
Each artist has the ability to distinguish one from another. Especially this man named James, this legendary song, a hymn for humanity, powerful…
Last Ex
Last Ex
It is time for something cozy, experimental and noir-styled. I am talking about Canadian duo named “Last Ex”. Lovers of noir,…
La Oreja de Van Gogh
¿Grabar Un Disco En Ropa De Dormir?
Cuando el disco de Vinil, estaba en las casas de todas las personas del mundo, e incluso, en la época del Casset, las casas disqueras les…
Gran Coquivacoa
Bagpipe time: from No le para a nada to El Bachaco
It came while bagpipes season in Venezuela: the sound of drums, the Zulia, the next descent of La Chinita (November 18) bring us closer to this…
Jacob Forever
Jacob Forever makes himself felt in the remix of Súbeme La Radio
Jacob Forever has transpired throughout Latin America achieved great popularity after his collaboration with Enrique Iglesias. The artist joined Beam…
Wiley
Wiley honors P Money
East London in the house! This English Rap veteran and an incredibly skilled MC previously known as Wiley Kat, now simply Wiley, buzzed my mostly USA…
Jeezy
Trap Rules Everything Around Me
A couple of years ago if someone would have told me that a sub-genre of hip hop that relied on repetitive, slightly hypnotic, electronic beats, and…
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…
Chris Brown
Chris Brown attacked a woman in Las Vegas
TMZ celebrity news website in the US has reported that the rapper Chris Brown was involved in another scandal domestic assault. The incident occurred…
Sia
Sia shows us three new songs
Australian singer has posted on his Youtube account three new singles that will accompany their latest album, This Is Acting in the Deluxe version.…
Beyoncé
Beyonce the star of a Classic Hollywood Movie A Star is Born
It is rumored that the great singer and dancer Beyonce might be taking acting lessons in order to prepare for the lead role of what would be the…
Sia
Sia will be looking for Dory
Sia, the singer - songwriter who has us enamored by its eccentricity and compelling topics, presented his album This is Acting. This album, its…
Journey
Rock Vs Pop
There are artists and music preferences vary according to the public, and historically the Rock and Pop have been controversial among themselves. On…
Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini Breaks The Tomato Drought With A Pop Song, But That’s Okay
When Kelsea Ballerini initially came on the scene last fall with the release of her debut single ‘Love Me Like You Mean It’, I was sceptical. I didn’t…
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton's live album will be released in September.
September 30 is the date chosen for the launch of the new album by Eric Clapton, an album recorded live in 2007 in San Diego (US) for a concert that…
Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi premieres video with Daddy Yankee
This year began with a new singer Luis Fonsi theme entitled Despacito which has the support of his countryman Daddy Yankee. In the audiovisual piece…
Frankie Ballard
Frankie Ballard ‘Sunshine & Whiskey’ – Album Review
I have to admit, I underestimated Frankie Ballard. In 2013, each time a new artist hit radio it was for their copycat bro-country credentials, with…
The Rolling Stones
The Stones made Bogotá vibrate
The first few times never forget. More than 42 thousand fans can ensure that this statement is true. The Rolling Stones were presented for the first…
Mustered Courage
Mustered Courage ‘Powerlines’ – Album Review
Sometimes I feel like I’m not as familiar with bluegrass as I should be. It’s not that I have no interest in it; in fact, I greatly enjoy everything…
Prince
The Prince of Music - PRINCE
I wanted to dedicate this blog for the real Prince of the Music in this World. The legendary artist Prince (since the 70s) became a world-class icon…
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert premieres music video
While awaiting Uzi's planned Luv Is Rage 2 project, Lil Uzi Vert leaves a new music video for the song Do What I Want on a trip to the…
Ro James
Ro James releases his first studio album
The genre of R & B feeds after the singer and songwriter Ronnie James Tucker, better known as James Ro, will release their first album…
Will Smith
Will Smith flirts with Rap again
Will Smith, famous for its Hollywood blockbusters and Oscar nominated actor returns to his roots 80 rapping. Smith announced a tour with his partner…
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelley Goes Solo
Charles Kelley is one of the three vocalists in the group Lady Antebellum, but he now has had a solo album out for a couple of months. It’s…
Café Tacvba
Carl Zitelmann paints the tacubos as La Vida Bohème
Carl Zitelmann is one of the best directors of video clips in Venezuela. His work with bands such as Famasloop, Trujillo, Americania and La Vida Boh&…
The Whiskey Charmers
Introducing: ‘Ameripolitan’ Duo The Whiskey Charmers
Comprised of Carrie Shepard and Lawrence Daversa, Detroit-based duo The Whiskey Charmers have a different way of doing things to most other young…
R.E.M.
STOP! You have to stop!
The day to day, the streets, the city, stress, as robots continue the journey, and we refuse to look sideways to see what we do, what we have done,…
Chris Berardo & The Desberardos
Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos The Quintessential Americana/Roots Rock Band
Esta semana he tenido el placer de entrevistar a Chris Berardo sobre su banda de rock de gira a nivel nacional Americana / Roots, Chris Berardo y La…
Bill Callahan
All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast
Bill Callahan is one of the early proponents of lo-fi rock and folk music. He started his career at the beginning of the nineties with series of self-…
Ty Dolla $ign
“Zaddy”: new material from Ty Dolla $ign
This time, the American rapper Tyrone William Griffin, Jr., better known by his stage name Dolla $ ign as Ty, has released a new song to the market…
Oasis
Supersonic will be the name of the Oasis documentary
Each time gets closer the time to enjoy the documentary of the British band Oasis, which will be released in October 2016. Recently released the name…
Lawson
Lawson asks: show us the money
As a freelancer the topic and overall desire expressed in the song “Money” is awfully familiar. Ah, what we all could do, if we…
Nicky Jam
What if Nicki Jam doesn't read sheet music?
Absolutely nothing. Really, with that there is no problem. Musical notation, the score, which gives a graphic record of music. Today, thanks to…
Herbie Hancock
Sextant
A lot of artists are credited as being avant-garde (especially after they die), but the true innovators in music are pretty rare. Undoubtedly, Herbie…
DJ Murci
This Mysterious New Artist Is On Fire!
DJ Murci - I S L A N D S DJ Murci has easily become one of my favorite artists, but yesterday our girl just dropped 3 songs in bulk! Promising for…
Rhett May
Rockstar Rhett May Is A Perfect Fit For The Modern Day Fans Of Classic Rock
Rockstar Rhett May is a perfect fit for the modern day fans of classic rock! With experience and influences spanning the world from India to western…
Camille Bertault
Wop-boppa loo-bop da-doo-bah-dop...
Scatting is a technique from the early ages of jazz music, brilliantly developed further by Ella Fitzgerald in the forties, and extensively used by…
Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade and her emotional compass
By Gerardo Guarache Ocque It's December 2012, Christmas eve. His manager, his family, almost everyone tells him not to do it. He has time,…
Juicy J
Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa turn a boring office into an amazing party
On October 26, rappers Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa, took the music video for his song Bossed Up. This song belongs to number 9 of the last album released…
DJ Quik
A Mid-Year Review of the Best Rap Albums of 2017
The month of June 2017 has come and gone and we’re now officially in the second half of the year. The year thus far has been a good one for hip hop…
Aldemaro Romero
Dinner in Caracas with Aldemaro Romero
A musical celebration of Caracas would be incomplete without the participation of the great Aldemaro Romero. A native of Valencia (Carabobo), he…
Yordano
Yordano comes for more
The composer and lead singer of the group Sietecuero group formed in Caracas in 1978 and subsequently step would be opened as a soloist with the…
Isabel Pantoja
Isabel Pantoja will perform in Puerto Rico on October 15
Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja will offer a concert in Puerto Rico on October 15 with her show Hasta el subre el sol. The artist will be reunited…
Aventura
Adventure returns
Good news for fans of Bachata. The renowned Aventura, once the king of bachata commanded Romeo Santos, said that will rejoin for a stellar presentaci…
Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne suffers another seizure
According to the news portal TMZ, the rapper Lil Wayne would not be going through their best health, it would have been hospitalized again after…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
The Fabulous Cadillacs shined in Chile
The important Viña del Mar International Song Festival could not start better than with the participation of Argentina band Los Fabulosos…
Prince Royce
Prince Royce's fifth album is out: Five
Bachata also sounds with Prince Royce, a New York musician -necessary Dominican roots for bachatero- touch, and the fifth album of his collection,…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer premieres video
Following the recent launch of Peace Is The Mission: Remixes, an album containing 12 songs, the group led by Diplo has posted a new video on their…
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is working on new treasures
Finally, the rumors are getting stronger and stronger that Bruno Mars will be releasing new music this year. He's had such a strong run…
Travi$ Scott
'Til The Cops Shut Us Down
“I don’t want no fucking bystanders tonight!” Travi$ Scott declares as the opening chords of his brooding track &…
Faith No More
Faith No More presents the video for “Cone of Shame”
Mike Patton and company then returned eight years in 2015, with the release of his latest album plate Sol Invictus. Even in the promotion of this…
Ludwig van Beethoven
A Piano Symphony For Finger Flying
Beethoven has another masterwork that is made for finger flying. This reviewer is just jaw-dropped upon this performance of his Piano Sonata No. 32.…
Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita will make Argentina fall in love again
The great Franco De Vita already prepared with all the enthusiasm and humility possible to visit Argentina as part of his international tour Free…
Arthur Honegger
Honegger Symphonies 1 and 2 Are Dazzling
Honegger could be said to be a mix of styles, never loosing the audience in his attempts to produce and present a piece of intelligent substance .…
The Killers
The Killers prepare new album for this year
The American group The Killers, this year come with enough material this year, as from September 2016, declared that comes are preparing new album.…
Haikai No Ku
Haikai No Ku
Haikai No Ku surprisingly hails from Newcastle and has through recent years proven itself as the pinnacle of transcendental noisy psychedelia. What…
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…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
One Man and His Life-Changing Philosophies
There is not an iota of doubt that Bob Marley is and will remain one of the most influential musicians of all time. And even after all these years…
Los Amigos Invisibles
The Invisible Friends premiere video
Los Amigos Invisibles returned with their gozadera to celebrate his 25 year career. Caracas band formed in 1991 wanted to close the year with the…
Julia Michaels
Julia Michaels premiered video of Uh-uh
Julia Michaels made a name for herself this year thanks to her first single called I ssues , even last week announced the release of her first mini-…
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar releases unexpected album
After the many awards received for his previous album To Pimp a Butterfly, fashion rapper, Kendrick Lamar, she surprised everyone with the release of…
David Bowie
David Bowie dies at the age of 69.
The legendary British musician David Bowie, author of classics like Starman and Space Oddity has died at age 69 of cancer, reported Monday its…
Bradford Loomis
Bradford Loomis & Beth Whitney ‘The Banner Days’ – EP Review
Sometimes, the best records are the biggest accidents. Bradford Loomis and Beth Whitney began writing together with no expectations in mind, but two…
The War On Drugs
The War on Drugs announce new album and introduce Holding on
The indie rock band The War on Drugs , a few weeks after presenting their first new material after the release of Lost in A Dream in 2014, Thinking…
Mermelada Bunch
Jam Bunch celebrates with new album
Jam band Zulia Bunch published his new album, a CD and a DVD entitled Mermelada Bunch, 15: The concert, which was recorded during the celebration of…
Reykon
Paparazzi Inside The Songs!
Blackmail or Gossip although urban-type songs with different composers and performers, (Shakira Featuring Maluma Reykon one hand and on the other)…
Camila Moreno
Camila Moreno breaking borders
There is a generation of Latin American songwriters that are changing the rules of music. Do not take the stage for fame; but to expose a well-…
Jeremy Nathan Tisser
Jeremy Nathan Tisser: The Man Behind the Sounds of Raw Data
The massively popular wave and story based sci-fi shooter “Raw Data” has finally come out of its early-access phase receiving an official launch on…
The Moody Blues
Days of Future Passed
When progressive rock is discussed almost everyone points King Crimson as the inventors of the genre. They surely were among the pioneers of the…
The Police
The Legendary Trio
The legendary 70s trio made one hell of an impact when they exploded into the scene in 1977. Breaking into the industry around the same time punk…
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 &…
Snow In Mexico
Snow In Mexico: Juno Beach
Snow In Mexico are Andrea Novelli and Massimiliano Cruciani; formed in Rome in 2008 as a shoegaze/dream pop band they released their first self-…
Laura Guevara
Laura Guevara rejects the illegal use of her music
Venezuelan singer Laura Guevara denounces the illegal use of her song We Want to Live in Peace , by the TV program Zurda Konducta , broadcast by…
Punk TV
The Dayoffs' Debut Album Meshes Genres in Tasty Sonic Cocktail
They say the whole world gathers in New York. It’s no wonder that such an eclectic and awesome array of music has been…
Rihanna
Weapons, transparencies and homicides in Rihanna's new video
Violence is a common theme in recent productions singer Rihanna. The artist, born in Barbados, presented his new video and he, as usual, the…
Maurice Ravel
Dafnis et Cloe--A Choreographic Symphony
Ravel’s seemingly most famous work Dafnes and Cloe is very mind-blowing. I love the whole-tone scales combined with the detailed imagery of birds…
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin returns to Detroit for her retirement.
Aretha Franklin plans to retire in her native Detroit and open a nightclub in the city. The Queen of Soul told the Detroit Free Press that she will…
Zac Brown Band
Zac Brown Band ‘The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1’ – EP Review
I’ve not been particularly familiar with Zac Brown Band’s music over the years. While I have always respected their musicianship, their sound is…
Kevin Johansen
My Americas Vol. ½, the new Kevin Johansen
June brought to the Southern Cone countries, the arrival of winter, and with it the presentation of Americas My new album Argentine singer Kevin…
Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Wilson ‘Christmas In My Heart’ - Album Review
Country music and Christmas music have a long-standing partnership, and each year sees several major artists releasing their collections of standards…
Chris Brown
Making the best of a bad situation
Last week, Chris Brown has proven that you can take any situation and turn it into shameless self-promotion for new music. If you’ve been…
Maddie & Tae
Has The Simplistic, Banal Nature of Bro-Country Affected How Fans Interpret Lyrics?
Or, perhaps more accurately, has bro-country brought in fans who don’t hold the intellectual capabilities to read beyond the surface? A contentious…
The xx
The xx Release Video For “On Hold”
British indie pop band, The xx, recently announced the release of their second album for January 13th. This , which is called, I See You, next to the…
Nate Rogers
Nate Rogers ‘All Roads Lead To Here’ - Album Review
Nate Rogers began writing songs at the tender age of 10. He has a deep and abiding love for music, as is so often found among those who…
Conor Maynard
Conor Desiigned A New Panda!
The blissful future of R`n`B lies in the mesmerising vocals of our youth. The new lifetime of urban music brough some enthusiastic…
Hillsong United
This Is Living
The song “This Is Living” is a song from the album of Hillsong Young & Free. Hillsong Church is a megachurch in Sydney,…
Ozuna
Start of new tour and more nominations
ozunapr Rican urban singer-songwriter is in a great moment, he is nominated for the Youth Awards in the Artist Revelation category. The young man is…
Delia Derbyshire
White Noise
How does love sound? How does adoring sound? Of course, any sound in this Universe is a sound of love. Or, at least, any sound can be interpreted so,…
Sonny Rollins
The shape of jazz that was... only better
When Sonny Rollins disconnected from the scene and took his saxophone up to the Williamsburg Bridge to practice alone for almost three years,…
Michelle Lewis
Michelle Lewis ‘The Parts of Us That Still Remain’ - Album Review
Michelle Lewis, with her folk/pop lilt and incredibly personal, storytelling narratives, is the true definition of a songwriter; as her press pack…
Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita presents Pídeme
Venezuelan singer presents her new song Ask me, with which it hopes to capture all the radios of the continent. This theme is part of his latest…
Big & Rich
Big & Rich (feat. Tim McGraw) ‘Lovin’ Lately’ – Single Review
In the ‘Gravity’ album era Big & Rich have made a habit of releasing solid, radio-friendly love songs set to a modern…
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley - The Album Collection
We all love Elvis Presley. Even as a kid, I loved his flamboyant flair, his style, and charisma. He was “the man” of…
The Infamous Stringdusters
The Infamous Stringdusters ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ – Album Review
In case you haven’t heard of them, the Infamous Stringdusters are a bluegrass band comprised of Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar),…
The War On Drugs
The War on Drugs return with intimate epic Thinking of a Place
The last War on Drugs album, 2014s Lost in a Dream, was the best reviewed album of that year. Its towering soundscapes created through masterful…
Chuck Berry
Top 5 Chuck Berry Songs
Chuck Berry to meet there ue listen to your music. The father and pioneer of Rock and Roll died last March 18 because of a heart attack mientra was…
Morrissey
Morrissey returns to South America
After three years of absence, Morrissey returns to South America, to the delight of all fans. His last stay in southern lands, had to be canceled,…
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert ‘Sweet By and By’ – Song Review
I’ve been a fan of Miranda Lambert since the first time I heard “Gunpowder and Lead”, when I was about 15/16 years old.…
American Idol
American Idol says goodbye, who will idolize them?
And after fifteen seasons, the program Fox was fired. The reason? low audience, perhaps because of the emergence of other versions of the program.…
Trent Dabbs
Trent Dabbs ‘Believer’ – Album Review
“Old friends, old lovers, some records skip more than others. It’s the same song that we’re all looking for, to be nobody’s stranger anymore.” – Trent…
The Carter Family
Before Ralph Peer, What Was There In Country Music? “The Short Answer Is Nothing”
As he sat onstage in the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ralph Peer II could talk about his global publishing empire that spanned…
Danny Elfman
SundaySpotlight: Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman...hm, sounds familiar. Is that a guy who makes music for Tim Burton? This is the first association everyone haves when you say Daniel…
Coldplay
Coldplay sends message of support to Ecuador
On Monday, the band sent a message of support to the victims of the earthquakes that rocked Ecuador and Japan recently. '' We are…
Alicia Keys
Dear Alicia Keys
When I’d heard that Alicia Keys had written a letter saying she’d taken a stand against wearing make up, - I had already noticed…
Sixto Rein
There's Green Light for another big hit
With a new song that promises to give that talk comes Sixto Rein. The singer released Green Light, his new single in which has the participation of…
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…
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 dresses up as Pokemon in his new video
Yesterday, the American band Maroon 5 released the new theme viedeoclip with rapper Kendrick Lamar whose work is called Do not Wanna Know which was…
Muse
Muse is still in the air with Drones
Muse is a band formed in England in 1997. The British are known for their eclectic style and mix different musical genres, like their videos that are…
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner concludes triumphant tour 2016
Venezuelan singer Ricardo Montaner, give an extensive tour that lasted 20 months in the Arena Monterrey tour that also brought great satisfaction…
Fergie
Fergie doubles her chances
Last year, it looked like Fergie was really coming back. She dropped “M.I.L.F.$” and a couple of trailers. There were reports of her filming videos…
Chris Young
Chris Young ‘I’m Comin’ Over’ – Album Review
Chris Young has one of the sexiest voices in country music, reminding me of melted chocolate and smooth cappuccino with added Bailey’s,…
Lizzie Wilson
Lizzie Wilson – EP Review
Although the team at FTCR are prone to the sticking the boot in when Kid Rock and Florida Georgia Line releases pretty much anything, we’ve…
Franco De Vita
Libre Franco De Vita's new album
The successful Venezuelan singer Franco De Vita premiere this October 14 both in physical and digital format your new discrografico material. As we…
Gilli Moon
Gilli Moon Shares Hot New Video
Australian Singer-Songwriter, Gilli Moon, has just released her highly anticipated music video for Fire, a song off of her recent album, Beautiful…
Bryson Tiller
Bryson Tiller premieres audiovisual
On May 25, R & B singer Bryson Tiller premiered the video for the song Somethin Tells Me produced by T-Minus. This topic is about Bryson…
6LACK
4 Emcees to Lookout for in 2017
The music industry moves really fast, especially in these days where artists can reach their fans directly via social media and various Internet-based…
Nicky Scarola
Rock from nostalgia: Nicky Scarola
There are musicians who are like a shadow, without this being in any way offensive. They are musicians who are behind the sounding of those in the of…
Heavenwood
Portugal’s Finest Gothic Band
No, it’s not Moonspell, they lost the title couple of releases ago when deciding to go over the top and become some sort of gothic Opeth.&…
Metallica
The window that Master of Puppets opened in a teenager
Much of those born after the fall of Marcos Perez Jimenez grew up with a family member who praised the military life. A cousin or grandparent speaks…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Immortalizing Bob Marley
I believe there’s a great divide in music as an artistic medium. There’s artists who use music as a basic formula to express an…
Prince
Crying a river of purple tears
Today, music has suffered another great loss. Prince has been found dead, very unexpectedly, at his house and studio complex, “Paisley Park&…
Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan releases new solo single
It's only about 15 days before Billy Corgan's second studio effort as a solo artist titled Ogilala, which as recently revealed will…
The Coral
The magic of The Coral
The band The Coral was rated by critics as the first English band resurgence of groups guitars (guitar group revival). Its beginnings started in 1996…
Dee-1
The Role of Artistic freedom, Cursing and Lyrical Responsibility In Music
Hip hop is hated by many people because it’s often looked at as street and thug music which is a poor influence on children and society as a…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias and Servando Primera write Heart hurts
The Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias recorded the song Duele heart, which was written with the Venezuelan singer Servando y Florentino with the…
Maroon 5
A Case of Maroon 5 Syndrome
Nowadays, it seems as though there are more artists trying to make their way into the world of music than ever before. And unfortunately, with this…
Striking Matches
Striking Matches & Parker Millsap’s Nashville Skyline – The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
Striking Matches can count all of their songs that have appeared on the television show Nashville. There’s already been eight and…
Gran Coquivacoa
Great Coquivacoa shaking Venezuela
Tuesday November 22, the ensemble bagpiper gran coquivacoa shocked Venezuelans with the music video for their single My heart is Venezuela where…
Hindi Zahra
The Essential Hindi Zahra Playlist
Be it her live performances or her exotic videos, Hindi Zahra isn’t quite short of a dream. Her mesmerizing voice, phrasing and vibrato…
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are preparing a new album
Keith Richards said that very, very soon the Rolling Stones will record new material and although he did not explain what kind of music it will be,…
Loalwa Braz
Brazil mourns the death of Loalwa Braz
Brazil mourns the death of the popular artist, who in life was the interpreter of the famous song La Lambada when he was the leader of the group…
Ricardo Montaner
The Round Trip presented by Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner great is back with new songs to continue conquering the hearts of their fans. The singer just to publicize their new album that is…
Sia
Sia's electropop journey
As an invitation to dance, which asks listeners to tune the radio and get carried away at night, the new issue of Australian singer Sia is a fusion…
2Pac
F. Whitaker joins 2pac and Biggie movie
The actor and producer Forest Whitaker act in the new film based on real facts about the murders of rappers Tupac and Notorious BIG legendary.,…