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Ocean's Kingdom
McCartney’s “Ocean’s A Kingdom Proves a Tear Jerker”
Juro que el Paul McCartney es el mejor! Su sentido de la melodía nunca muere. Su sensible a la armonía y el ritmo nunca desaparece. O de…
Caiga la Noche
Los Mesoneros finds sonorous personality and takes a risk in Caiga La Noche
Almost six years ago Innkeepers made his debut with Indelible (2011) album which received four nominations Latin Grammy 2012 in the categories of…
Hot Thoughts
Spoon's New Album Cuts Like A Knife
Three years after the fantastic album They Want My Soul, Texas fantastic four has dropped Hot Thoughts, the record witnessing their return to their…
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…
Strange Cousins From the West
Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West
Clutch are a well-known stoner rock/stoner metal band from the US. They have released a long list of great and almost legendary albums, but my…
Integrity Blues
Integrity Blues Does Not Sound Integrated
Instead of integral diet, Jim Adkins and emo entourage have decided to kick off with integral blues – ones again. Those of you who are familiar with…
Love Sick
TALsounds - Dreamscapes From Foreign Places
Some fans of dream pop shoegaze and similar pop forms might shy away on the spot if they read or hear what TALsounds is doing on her new album, Love…
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…
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…
Under the Radar, Vol. 2 (Deluxe)
Robbie Williams' Second Compilation of Rarities
Under The Radar was one of the best compilation of rarities which showed that Robbie Williams has a strong team capable of delivering so many stellar…
To the End of the Sea
Does The Sea Have An End?
Another day, another Seattle band that has been around since the first part of the Eighties. And again, more of a cult, particularly among the music…
Triangular III
Aggregate Prime Is The Sh**
In jazz dictionary of Ralph Peterson lies that he is a professor on Berkley, percussionist and trumpet player. Nowadays, experienced New Yorker is…
Bang My Head (feat. Sia & Fetty Wap)
Bang on collabo!
Out of all the dance tracks that I had on my list to listen to this week, this one is my favorite. Eva Simons “Bludfire&rdquo…
Let It Reign
Better Half of The Libertines
In retrospective, The Libertines have managed to leave a mark in British indie rock with only two albums. Carl was always…
Blood Mountain (U.S. Version)
Blood Mountain by Mastodon: Schizophrenic level of awesomeness
Mastodon es una banda peculiar. Fueron uno de los pioneros de los lodos de la sabana, pero no se detuvieron allí. Continuando con el…
Volcano
Erruption of Psychedelic Pop on Temples' Volcano
It’s been three years since the talented group from England dropped their debut Sun Structures, an album that still stands as the gritty…
Why Make Sense?
Hot Chip Want You To Stop Rationalizing
UK’s finest electro band Hot Chip continues to walk the road of contagious indietronic and dance electropop with a plausible confidence.…
Circular Time
Ramleh - Circular Time
The legendary British psychedelic noise rock/power-electronics/noise band Ramleh has very recently come out with a new album after a long time. The…
Rise
Jessica93 - Rise
Jesscia93 is a fascinating French one-man band who plays a mixture of noisy psychedelic rock, krautrock, post-punk and shoegaze. Saying all this the…
Atleta del Sonido
Bostas Brain Presents: ''Sound Athlete''
Luis Quintero, better known musically as BostasBrain , is Venezuelan composer of rap. Brain has become a leader and pioneer of the movement, flow…
Love
Amen Dunes - Love
Amen Dunes is a psychedelic rock/indie rock/neo-psych band from the United States. Their most notable album to date is perhaps ''Love''…
Policies of Power EP
Policies of Power
Samantha Urbani’s debut is alt-pop with style and nuance. She coats her sound with some retro ’80s accessories, but her real emotions remain grounded…
Boxes
Dull Dull Dolls
At one point, it looked like Goo Goo Dolls could become one of the biggest mild-stream American bands. What happened? Sequence of mediocre…
a/s/l?
Hamjam - Do ham and jam go well together?
I certainly don’t know the answer to the question from the title, but I’ m not even bound to try. Doesn’t sound too appetizing. But what I did try out…
A Man Alive
The Indie-est Project Ever
This is the most independent project ever! Ergo, whether you are too cool for mainstream or crazy enthusiast or you love magnificent alt guitars, then…
Sweet Baby James
Groundbreaking Album From The Seventies
After the sixties, rock and roll was losing its power. People seemed to be exhausted with the rebellion, the war, the opposition; there was a…
Lost in the Night
Get Lost in the Night with Palace's Beautiful Debut EP
In case you haven’t heard already, Palace are the next big thing. Friends who met at school, they are Rupert Turner, Will Rhodes, Leo…
Purpose (Deluxe)
Justin Bieber with 8 Guinness records.
As it is no longer surprising, the young star Justin Bieber made headlines these days for good reason, and that was awarded with eight Guinness…
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…
Angels Bend Closer
If Jane Sibbery Tells Them, The Angels WILL Bend Closer
With Robbie Robertson's Testimony already finding its way to us, the issue of Jane Siberry's album Angels Bend Closer, may make this some kind…
The World Within
Jewel of the south
Gyros, sea, islands, enormous national debt, financial crisis, orthodoxy, birthplace of Democracy, Tsipras & Syriza are just some of the…
Mutations
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble are a pretty interesting dark jazz/electronic music/doom jazz/psych rock band from Holland. Their discography is…
The Search for Everything
The Search For Everything
John Mayer suffers simultaneously from an excess of taste and an oblivious lack of it. It makes his seventh studio album neither sensitive nor scuzzy,…
At Swim
Lisa's Grand Comeback
It took a long time for Lisa Hannigan to drop her new baby, aka, record. I have been waiting for five years. The wait is over and At Swim…
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…
Hot Streak
Fresh and new, Hot Streak-album by The Winery Dogs
The legendary rock trio, The Winery Dogs” once again proved that there is still a lot more to go further in hard rock and blues rock music…
Genesis
Dreamy Threads Of Genesis
The Dream returns with his soulful thoughts and emotions sooner then we thought. After an usual high quality expressions in his …
Rise to the Out of Reach
Golden Void - Rise to the Out of Reach
Golden Void are a psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, and they have released two good full-length albums by now. Still the best release from…
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…
The Man
The Killers reappear with The Man
After the group The Killers had declared that they prepare a new album, faithful listeners have been very aware of the social networks of the band,…
Siberia
Siberia
The Swedish electronic artist Vanbot and two collaborators made this new album while journeying along the Trans-…
Big Band Holidays
Bring your Christmas magic in your home with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Happy winter holidays and New Year to all of you Kurrent Music blog readers! I hope you are having a great festive time. In addition I would like to…
Promeneur
A Stroll Through Styles - In French
If you are a fan of French popular music, Mathieu Boogaerts is probably a known quantity to you. If you think of French pop only in the terms of…
Move Like a Ghost
When Guitars Are Toys
Fun garage rock band from the punk record label who passed by my radar last year is now finally on my radar. toyGuiar is relatively new…
Unlikely Saints
Unlikely Saints Deliver Exquisite Debut
Unlikely Saints released one of the most peculiar albums of the year, and this is only their debut. The band's members are Jay (Big Pappa)…
Little Games
Good old rock. Little games by The Yardbirds.
For a while, listening to the songs by “The Yardbirds”, I thought that these were the song by “The Doors”. The…
Higher Than Here (Deluxe)
In the here and now
I love my soul vocals smooth, unless it's the old soul music, like Motown, but every time I hear the voices of people like Amos Lee and James…
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 …
Electronica 1: The Time Machine
The Father of Electronica
When you are an artist who initiated a certain art movement or discovered a specific music genre, that speaks for you. Even silence screams your name.…
Primrose Path
Dream State try to cancel out their demons with an album of complexity.
Insecurity and integrity are explored here. Beauty has been scarred deeply, and this band know firsthand the hurt that creeps up in stages. Letting go…
Instruction for Destruction
Thrash With Balls
Boys from Comaniac were formed in 2010 in Switzerland and their first name was Company Of Maniacs. You see the parallel here. After several…
Amazing Game - Instrumental Music
It is really amazing
Paolo Conte is mostly known to casual jazz fans for his languid piano and gruff vocals sung predominantly in Italian. He was able to break the…
After The Storm
Jacko Hooper - After The Storm EP
After The Storm relates to the mindset that these songs were written. Each song is a reflective viewpoint on a personal story or scenario…
Those Younger Days
Indie Family
When you believe in people, the whole world is a church. And when your family believes in you, your life is easy like indie song. Music runs in the…
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…
Resistor
Go, Lera!
American singer-songwriter received worldwide recognition with her appearance in the TV show True Detective and contribution to its soundtrack.…
HERO
A Singer Who You Can Trust
MAREN MORRIS She is driving a Mercedes with the crown on the rearview mirror and she mentions Amen and Hallelujah in the chorus.…
Need Your Light
Contagious As Always
Ra Ra Riot are born on American indie rock scene in 2006. They formed on a campus of Syracuse colleage in New York and recorded their first demo in…
Spades and Roses
Americana Girl
After she won American Songwriter competition, Caroline Spence released her first album Somehow back in 2015. This year, her debut got its successor…
Northern Shore
432 Hz Universal Tuning brings Michigan based ThreePeace Divine Energy on Northern Shore
432 Hz Universal Tuning Bring Michigan Based ThreePeace Divine Energy on Northern Shore ThreePeace finds a divine energy source using 432 hz tuning…
I.
I. - A Beautiful Haze
I often find myself drawn to certain songs because of the mood that they create. Cigarettes After Sex is such a prime example of this in each of their…
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…
Venomous Blossoms
Making Psychedelic Pop Sound Fresh, Again
Modern bands fascinated by all things psychedelic do not only listen to the ‘old masters’ but probably also what each other is doing. And that is a…
The Wall
Analyzing The Wall
Pink Floyd's the Wall is one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music. Since the studio album&…
Weather Diaries
Weather Diaries
Ride’s reunion album is the British group’s first since returning the stage in 2015. It’s promising but never quite satisfying, with modern production…
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…
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…
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,…
Saturns Pattern
Rock Full Of Tricks
Working class hero, ex lead singer of Jem, the creator of few truly idiosyncratic records. On his latest album, Paul Weller continues to create new…
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Margo Price Makes Alcohol Addiction Sound Like Ambrosia
Treinta autor de tres años con una auténtica pasada vocal e intrigante estimuló una multa bombo con la hija de su álbum debut…
Overload
Chris Luciani/Overload - A Reflection of Our Times
During this current political cycle of the 2016 presidential election the term “overload” as a summary of our collective feelings…
Hounds Tooth
Dope Lemon is Neither Dope Nor Lemon
Australian singer/songwriter Angus Stone has been around for a while and either in the duo with his sister Julia or under his own name he has been…
St Germain
The Return Of St Germain
It took him fifteen years to release an…
The Wilderness
Growth and Rebirth
Explosions in the Sky (EITS) is one of the most emblematic post-rock bands, and for good reason, their lengthy instrumental pieces with little more…
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…
Is Cary Pratt
Prairie Cat - Is Light As A Feather
Saying that Prarie Cat’s new album Is Cary Pratt is actually light as a feather can really go two ways - that it is so light that it will slip by…
Southern Blood (Deluxe Edition)
Farewell, dear Allman
On his 8th and final album Southern Blood, Gregg Allman does not write a farewell message, but a courageous note that celebrates life. It is not an…
Is This It
Impacting Music With Simplicity and Minimalism
The Strokes are an American rock band loved and listened to by many people of all ages across the world. The band was created in New York City in 1998…
Timeless
Are After 7 really timeless?
Any fan of R&B music of the 90s knows this group by one song: “’Til You Do Me Right”. It was at the height of the Babyface reign of smooth R&…
Sourvein / Will To Mangle
Sourvein - Will To Mangle
Sourvein are one of the best stoner doom/sludge/southern metal bands of all time in my book, and their album ''Will To Mangle'' is…
Songs About Jane
Maroon 5 And Their Songs About Jane Debut Album
Haven't you noticed that a lot of the world famous bands today, their debut album is their best piece of art? Maybe it is just my opinion, however…
Anthropocene
Deludium Skies - Anthropocene
Deludium Skies is a one-man psychedelic rock/noise-rock/doom band from Austria – a country that has not produced a whole lot of cool bands…
Can Summer Love Last Forever?
Folk Diamond For Winter Days
The story of Swedish duo Flora Cash begun with the meeting on Soundcloud, continued on Skype and it is still on. Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole…
Panic Stations
Affective Pop-Rock. Meh.
Motion City Soundtrack didn’t surprise, didn’t fail, but it also didn’t create a master piece. They satisfied what I…
The Soul & the Heal
More Good Licks from Morlix
For the uninitiated, listening to “The Soul & The Heal”, the new Gurf Morlix album (eighth in line), might sound like Tom Waits gone Americana…
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (Remastered)
Recommendation for all Rock Lovers - Ritchie Blackmore's R-A-I-N-B-O-W
The one and only British rock band Rainbow fellas! I am so influenced by this band that when somebody says Rainbow the first thing I think of the band…
Immortalized
Me(n)tal Disturbia
The most fascinating thing related to Immortalized is how did they manage to release the single out of nowhere and say that their new album is coming…
In The Now
Perfect Dull Xmas Present
It’s Christmas, the time of the year when it’s all about giving presents. Books and records are always a good thing to give. Some of the people in…
Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave At His Most Vulnerable
Although Nick Cave postulated his career on the basis of being disgusted with this world, he is ready to confess all of his sins on his…
East
Take a trip East with Justin Rutledge
East is the latest album from Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge. Aptly titled, East was recorded in Nova Scotia, a far cry from…
Older
South African Treasure: Ruby Gill
While discovering new music is always an exciting event for me, there is something really special about finding musicians in my area that make music…
Lotta Sea Lice
Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile's Puppet?
What can you get when you combine one of the most intriguing musicians that appeared in the past few years on Australian independent scene and…
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…
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…
More Rain
Come Back, M Ward
My brain has a special grey area. It is an area where I feel peculiar empathy for all of those great artists who suddenly start losing…
Unseen
Time To See The Unseen
If there was a band in recent times that could easily pick up the title of American Gothic, then it is the Handsome Family. Even more fitting is the…
Bash the Bishop
Boycott The Baptist - Bash The Bishop (A Smashing Good time)
I was contacted around December 2016 by the vocalist and guitarist of this power duo. Now, I check out a page called Underground Music Coalition and…
ZABA
The Mesmerizing ZABA
‘ZABA’ is one of the best debut albums released in the past decade. When I put the record on for the first time, I had no idea who Glass…
Orwell Court
Orwell Court - Hope Not George Is In Question
Listening to Gareth Dickson’s album “Orwell Court” one of the thoughts passing your mind is, that hopefully, it's not the court of George…
Triplicate (Sampler)
My Letter-Review To Bob Dylan
The masks have fallen down and now it’s clear to everyone that Bob Dylan has no inspiration left for his music releases. His creative approach over…
Magma
Gojira is Grieving
Ever since Stranded leaked, something started smelling differently. Mario Duplantier’s new obsession with simple and minimalistic…
Metals
Feist's Metals and Everything That's Golden About It.
Feist’s Metals is one of my favourite albums. Let me tell you why. The first few bars of the opening song, The Bad in Each Other, set the album apart…
Nyctophilia
It's Time For You To Meet NervoChaos
Twenty years of existence and hard work did not bring considerable global popularity to the Brazilian metal band from Sao Paolo called NervoChaos. At…
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…
Waiting on a Song
When Dan Takes A Break From The Black Keys
When you reach wide audiences with your mother band, it is clear that you should be careful about every step you take, because any wrong move can mean…
Tomorrow Is My Turn
Rhiannon > Rihanna
Spoiler alert: Rhiannon has nothing to do with Rihanna. Ok, they both like to sing r’n’b but that is where all similarities…
Blurryface
Perfect Sound, Average Songs
Production has cut my album in half. The songs are good; the only extra thing I need is a good production. This is just one of the many statements…
Christine And The Queens
Is The Hype Around Christine and The Queens Legitimate?
Heloise Letissier, known as Christine and the Queens, is a French musician who shook up the music scene this year. Her debut was released…
I Accept Your Apology
CEO Cleezy Delivers I Accept Your Apology
Reality is a harsh mistress. I imagine no one would know this better than CEO Cleezy. Shortly after releasing Beatrice, his first album, something…
Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
75 Dollar Bill - Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
75 Dollar Bill are a pretty interesting instrumental psychedelic rock/drone/hypnotic psych band from Brooklyn, New York. While there are quite many…
Suicide Squad: The Album
Suicide Squad Kills It
Pure adrenaline punched into fourteen hard tracks of fire is what you shall blaze while rocking to the highly ranked motion picture album, Suicide…
Ocean by Ocean
Authentic Indie Vocal
One of the bands who is strongly influenced by the 90s British rock (Radiohead and Oasis in particular) is most The Boxer Rebellion. What&…
ÆTONAL
Espen Lund - ÆTONAL
Espen Lund is an avant-garde drone doom musician from Norway that mixes the aforementioned genres with free jazz and noise. Now while saying this I…
Ruin
Shawm Mendes lets us see his new work
Today precisely is the day you can enjoy the single Ruin for the first time, Treat You Better and a few other topics, when preorders the new album by…
Collection
Soccer Mommy - Young and Fresh
Sophie Allison is obviously a very smart girl. I say, girl, since at the time Collection, her first official album is out, she’s yet to turn 20, and I…
The Bride
A Bride For a Gloomy Existence
Natasha Khan known as Bat For Lashes cease to amaze the individuals who await a new album from the songstress. Bat For Lashes as a whole concept…
Blood Moon
This is How Spending Time in Nature Sounds
Martin Craft is a composer and a producer who currently resides at Berlin, London and Joshua Tree. He is performing under a stage name M. Craft and,…
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…
Amplifier
Amplifier turn it up to eleven
Four-piece progressive rock band from Manchester, Amplifier produce expansive, reverb-washed alt-rock designed for better living. Think Soundgarden&…
Sound the Alarm
Less Than Jake Sound More Than Alarming
Ska punk boys from Florida known as Less Than Jake have once again skillfuly intersected downtempo ska rhythyms, midtempo punk=rock and…
UNDIVIDED HEART & SOUL
JD McPherson's Undivided Heart And Soul
Born and raised in Oklahoma, JD McPherson dedicated his career to revival of vintage r'n'b, blues and rock 'n' roll sound. Even though…
MASSEDUCTION
When St.Vincent Invites You To A Party, That's MASSEDUCTION
Annie Clark's fifth album could be the most critical one in her career. It was enough to follow fan comments on her Facebook page to confirm my…
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…
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…
There's a Riot Going On
Yo La Tengo Have It All
When I first encountered the music of Yo La Tengo, sometime in the first half of the 00s, they were already had a reputation of one of the most…
My Nights On the Island
Alex Southey Shares New EP My Nights On the Island
Alex Southey’s new My Nights On the Island EP offers a six song revision of a break up that breaks the mould of what one would traditionally ascribe…
Zipper Down
Zipper Down by Eagles of Death Metal: Instaparty
From the moment you hear the first song from the long awaited Zipper Down you know that Eagles of Death Metal did it again, they again released an…
Migration
The King of DownTempo Cements His Reign
Downtempo subgenre of electronic music has been experiencing a lot of success over the past years, as it develops and progresses. Besides…
Hang
Foxygen Kept It Foxy
There is something I call music depression. It is an episode that lasts for several months during which the ‘’the patient’’ is unable to find new…
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…
Stuck in the Status Quo
All-out Against The Status Quo
As of the early Nineties, Antwerp, Belgium emerged as one of the strongest rock scenes this side of La Manche Channel. And it has quite a lot to thank…
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…
So Long Suckers
Reverend Bizarre - III - So Long Suckers
Reverend Bizarre are a legendary Finnish doom metal band, who have released a number of great doom metal albums through the years. They are not active…
Everything Now
Mediocre Dance, That's What Arcade Fire Are Now
Over time, Arcade Fire turned from a serious band to one of the most irresponsible banda. They are full of subtle and flat jokes, and the monumental…
Wild Light
65daysofstatic
What would we do without postmodernism is one thing. What would artists do without is it more important question to ask. Just as postmodernism has…
For The Young
Scandinavians Folk It Better
Sweden and Scandinavia are known for their great music artists, especially in the indie area. Every day is a new chance for a new indie band to come…
Hammer of the Witches
Metal is a witchhunt
Everything is funny when you think about death, said a great German writer Tomas Bernhard. What’s not funny is when those who sing about…
Because The Internet
Because The Internet Track-By-Track Review
As one of hip hop’s driest summers in years draws to a close, Childish Gambino’s sophomore effort, “Because The Internet…
Room For Squares
JOHN MAYER’S ROOM FOR SQUARES
Although John Mayer’s later work is somewhat lacking in originality, Room for Squares remains a high point in his musical career. In 2014,…
A Seat at the Table
Record Of The Year
Let me get one thing straight: Beyonce might be a bigger star, but Solange is way more special. I have been a huge Solange fan ever since her debut…
After Robots
African Psychedelia
I first heard about BLK JKS sometime during 2010, I think it was during the world cup (one of their songs was featured on Fifa 10, If I remember right…
Giros
Giros, the thirtysomething album by Fito Páez
There was a time when Fito Paez made good records. It began exactly 30 years ago with Twists, the album currently the singer pays tribute with a…
Thunderbitch
Thunderbitches Better Beware
It’s Thunder, bitch! The name of the new Brittany Howard’s (Alaba Shakes) project speaks for itself. Earlier this year, we had an…
Blaak Heat Shujaa
Blaak Heat Shujaa - Blaak Heat Shujaa
Blaak Heat Shujaa are an interesting psychedelic/stoner rock band from Los Angeles, who have released several notable psych rock/stoner…
Evolve
Whatever It Takes already has its own Video Clip
Requiem
Goat - Requiem
The Swedish psychedelic rock greats Goat have just released their new album ''Requiem''. As is usually the case, then Goat albums tend…
Body Language
#tbt Kylie Minogue - Body Language
Kylie Minogue was just a teenager when she became famous in her Australia. As the years have gone by, her fame was taking off to the new level, and it…
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…
The Getaway
They did it again
First, one confession. The Getaway is the first album from RHCP I listened to in full. Never have been a fan, always considered them as too mainstream…
Testimony
Robbie Robertson - The Decades of Testifying
I really hope that this is a more current picture of Robbie Robertson on this new album he put out called Testimony. Well, new in the sense that it…
Jones On The Phone
Jackie Moonbather Drops Mellow and Moody Video for Jones on the Phone
Jackie Moonbather's new video release 'Jones on the Phone' sees the experimental R&B singer and producer break new ground. Part of…
Next Time
Flawed, Beautiful Ambiguity
“I started out writing Semper Femina as if a man was writing about a woman. And then I thought it’s not a man, it&…
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…
Gamble for a Rose
King Charles: Gamble for a Rose
The title track, Gamble for a Rose, has been released as the single off King Charles’ soon to be released album. It is best described as a…
Nostalgia
NAO`s Funky Nostalgia Returns The Oxygen!
Are you breathing unselfishly and listening humbly? New soulful Funky wave is going to leave you out of breath again. …
Boyfriend
American Pastoral
American singer-songwriter Lissie's latest track “Boyfriend operates in the same thematic territory as her critically acclaimed third…
Estoy Afuera, Sal
memory = love
Who did not face an impossible love to forget? That person you're trying to discard, but does not work and try more remains embedded in your…
Stay Happy
Stay Happy Is Broken Social Scene's Best Message
With only a week out on the internet Broken Social Scene's newest track Stay Happy leaves everyone wanting more. Broken Social Scene always…
Deja Vu
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Me and Michael
Will Me and Michael Prove to be the Big Song on MGMT's Little Dark Age?
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Hair
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Oceans
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Victory
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Lloraré Las Penas
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They say that it is better not to mourn laugh. They used to say that Venezuela had the ability to laugh at their misfortunes and that helped him be…
We Come Running
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Cigarettes After Sex Drives A Hopeful Melancholy
Besides the typical indie genre Cigarettes After Sex drift (literally) towards a more ambient soundscape. Take the latest single 'K.' for…
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What He Wrote
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As critics have noted, English folk songstress Laura Marling’s critically acclaimed I Speak Because I Can (2010) is mostly sung in first…
Caught In The Middle
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It's been a while since Anastacia has released new music. Her latest album was a collection of lesser known gems performed live and chosen by fans…
Heathens
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Whoever said “the more the merrier” clearly has not listened to Twenty One Pilots yet. But, wait-- twenty one? That’s…
Painting (Masterpiece)
A Technicolor Masterpiece
After gaining indie success and a record label with Columbia via the success of their first single Loud(y) in early 2015 (were reached No. 1…
Moonlight on the Water (Instrumental)
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We wanted something that was honest and straightforward. We both wanted to be super vulnerable… Because of the stripped down…
Lost Boys
Boys in the Twilight Zone
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High
Druggy Quirkiness
LA indie rock trio Sir Sly (vocalist Landon Jacobs and instrumentalists Jason Suwito and Hayden Coplen) have recently released High, their…
Diamonds & Rust
The Iconic “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez
This iconic song is a beautiful piece of poetry that is full of descriptive detail and flowing rhymes that just capture the heart. The song was even…
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…
Are You Sure? (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
Are You Sure about Conor Maynard?
Conor Maynard is a well-known YouTube singer whose covers reached a large audience and ultimately led to him getting a record deal. When his debut…
Wrong
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NAWAS is considered indie however, my own gut feeling says otherwise. NAWAS is a new form of a Hip-Hop/Drum n' Bass cross over.…
Forgive Me
Austra's Forgive Me: The Art of Sad Dance Music
I borrowed the title of this blog post from The Guardian's review of Canadian electronic band Austra's second album, Olympia…
Imagining My Man
Spells Will Be Cast While Listening To Aldous Harding's Imagining My Man
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My Smile Is Extinct
Youthful Melodrama
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Goodbye Soleil
La Dolce Vita
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Banana Brain
One Banana, Two Brains
A duo you either hate or love, I for one can not help but be attracted to the bizzare, twisted videos Die Antwoord release. Usually their songs are…
Ocean Drive
Dream-haze Highway
Whether The Weeknd opened a door for certain tracks containing an effervescent vibe or not, it would be clear that Duke Dumont may have taken a note…
Hopeless Romantic
Defying Expectations
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Ten Miles High
Ungrounded
Irish singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy appears to be taking her craft to idiosyncratically stratospheric hights with the…
Shadow
Shadow of Hate
“Why is your hate so addicting?” begins the first track of the album Nocturne by Wild Nothing, consisting of Jack Tatum. The…
Caravan - 2001 Remastered Version
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Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December 1936. The recording entered the pop charts…
Porgy and Bess: Act 1: Scene 1: Summertime
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Sane
Existential Malaise
In 2014, Fear of Men - a collaboration between two British art students, guitarist and vocalist Jessica Weiss and guitarist Daniel Falvey -…
Roses
A Not-So-Typical Love Song
When people hear music that is deemed as a love song, most of them associate such compositions as having soft-sounding melodies and ultra-clich&…
Panda
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Summer
Courtneers Experience Summer as a Fling to Remember
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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…
Runaway
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One Second
Dark Vibes
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All Day
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Breakin' Up
Breaking Up Never Felt So Good
Breakin' Up, a track from LA alt-rock band Rilo Kiley's (Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Dave Rock) fourth album …
How Far
Palpable Physicality
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The Thaw
Hold Me Close From This Thaw
Woodes predispositions a hidden boat of talented new comers. One who goes by the name Woodes a.k.a. Elle Graham of Melbourne, Australia constructed…
Night Walk
Mysterious Energy
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My Moon My Man - Boys Noize Remix
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On Hold
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The Man Who Sold The World - 2014 Remastered Version
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In The Night
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Hollow
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There are some songs you could write an elaborate review blog about, but when it comes to this song, I could actually make this short and sweet, and…
Beautiful People
Elegiac Ambience
“The original instrumental to Beautiful People is a personal song about loss, hopelessness and chaos, but the message is love and hope.&…
Who Are You
Aquilo's Who Are You Conjures Interpersonal Urgency
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Play That Song
Catching the Train
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Trouble
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Time Travelling
“Think of what’s going on now. Where am I going to get my inspiration? I couldn’t think of a thing today…
Shut Up and Dance
Shut Up and Dance With Me!
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Second Hand Heart
A Second Hand Heart
This is a song by English recording artist Ben Haenow, from his self-titled debut studio album, Ben Haenow …
Breathe (feat. Melanie Munoz)
Breathe by Beat Author
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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…
Letter of Intent
In Concrete Fantasy
Taking a solo project with a name inspired by Disney's DuckTales television series seriously might seem like a stretch, but&…
Hand It Over
MGMT's Hand It Over Wraps Existential Anxiety in Psychedelic Gauze
MGMT opted for Edvard Munch’s Selvportrett ved vinflasken (Self-portrait with bottle of wine, 1906) for the artwork for…
Hula Hoop
Is Omi the new Taio Cruz?
Omar Samuel Pasley, better known as OMI, is just about leaving the charts with his song “Cheerleader”, while a new song &ldquo…
Handcuffs
Orlando Victims and Youtube Stars in “Hands” Lyric Video
An extraordinarily emotional and full of all sorts of characters video they carry in their hands the message of optimism and acceptance that is…
Nothing Better
Forget Chainsmokers, this is the duet of former lovers you should be listening to.
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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…
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…
3WW
Three Little Words
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Fashion Week (feat. G-Eazy)
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Buried Alive
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Out of all the bands that were part of the early 2000s New York scene Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the most consistent. Other bands, like Interpol, and The…
Shine A Light
A Grand, Soulful Empowerment Anthem
Initially known as Raines, Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Mike Nelson changed his stage name to BANNERS with the release of Shine the Light - 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…
Talk Baby Talk
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Someone That Loves You
Forbidden Love
Boy meets girl; boy already has a girlfriend. Romantic friction and emotional turmoil ensures. This is the simple but effective premise of “…
Nancy (With The Laughing Face) - 78rpm Version
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.6 - Nancy (with a Laughing Face)
I decided to continue the series on jazz standards with a less known composition (in terms of its not-so-frequent use by jazz musicians) called &…
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…
Last Kind Words
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After almost 90 years, Rhiannon Giddens revived the song “Last Kind Words” by the obscure country-blues singer Geeshie Wiley, a blues tune which was…
Incondicional - TV Track Version
About how I started to like bachata
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In The End
Cosmic Freedom
Portland indie rock band STRFKR ('Starfucker', basically an ironic name choice to signal their 'anti-pop' distance from the music…
Siberian Nights
The Kills release new album.
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This Is What You Came For
New Hit “This is What You Came For”
New Video has come to networks, the music is so good that and imagine ringing everywhere is called This is What You Came For, and is a collaboration…
Just Got Paid
COVERLAND Vol.14: Just Got Paid
In September 2016, Gov’t Mule released an animated video for their rendition of ZZ Top’s heavy-blues piece “Just Got Paid.” Although the video is new,…
Birds
“Birds” Coldplay brings us their new video
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Ain't Your Mama
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Jennifer Lopez released the video for her latest single entitled, I Ain’t Your Mama, and I ain’t impressed. Lopez is jumping on the feminist…
Line Of Sight (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair)
The Future Of ODESZA Means A More Mature Ambient Sound
All the cross over musicians who are combining electronica, indie, and ambient noise are dictating one focus, the advantage of channeling atmosphere…
Midnight - Single Version
Power of Love
That moment when we breach the threshold; when a crush turns to love and when our deepest desires are awakened, what do we do? Most people would…
Femme
Francophone Chic
“Honestly, we’re no Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel or Félix Leclerc ... As artists who sing in French, I feel like…
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…
You're in Love With a Psycho
Highs and Lows
It is hardly suprising that English rock band Kasabian music video for their new single You’re In Love With A Psycho (from their…
Crave You
Dripping in Gold, Craving You
First off Crave You featuring Giselle by Flight Facilities...literally plays in my head every other weekend. A catchy intimate dance number that…
When I Grow Up
Exploring the Theme's of Growing Up
In the year 2009 Fever Ray released a debut album under the same name. 'Fever Ray' debuted as a self imposed idealistic world created by Karin…
Dimensiones
Revelation Artist: Laura Buitrago
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Freak
A Freak For Lana Del Rey
Once a photograph of Father John Misty and Lana Del Rey was released, showing that the two would be starring in the music video together for '…
Hallelujah
More Pentatonix Christmas
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Dearly Beloved
Kiesza returns to the guitar
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Venus Fly
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It always astounds me just how long a great album can stay relevant for. Grimes fantastic album, Art Angels, blew away all comers at the end of 2015…
Heavy (feat. Kiiara)
A fnas reaction to Chester Bennington
This week Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington hit back at fans, this one included, that have accused the band of selling out with their new pop…
Green Light
Turn On Lorde's Green Light To A New Album
You've heard Lorde's newest release? Which means Lorde is coming out with a brand new album after what seems like years? Yes, the dark horse…
Ghost
“Ghost” by Ella Henderson
Henderson's powerful voice, personal lyrics, and stylish look inspired by the vintage fashion with which she had been enchanted since childhood,…
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&…
Major Tom
Hard-hitting American dramas want you to like this song
Whoever has seen both shows can agree that Breaking Bad and The Americans are two of the best dramas of the last ten years. Both shows are firmly…
Holy War
Keep yourself open
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Best Fake Smile
Don't Be Fake Simply Said
Just like James Bay says, “No you don’t have to wear your best fake smile” in his song “Best Fake Smile&…
Stop Playing With My Heart
Timeless Anguish
What kind of music would you expect a former US marine and drum corps member to produce? A stage name like Avid Dancer or the retro-inflected…
Can't Do Without You
Caribou and Other Things I Can't Do Without
I don’t remember the first time I encountered this song, but I feel like it’s been playing on the jukebox in my head on repeat…
Desire
Dilly Dally's first single Desire doesn't dissapoint
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Wild Things
The Queen of the Uncool, Rebellious, Misfits
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Art Garfunkel Serenades Glastonbury with Classic S & G Hit
This video was filmed at the Glastonbury festival where the famous Art Garfunkel was closing the end of his show out with a fabulous acoustic version…
Clementine
Her Name isn't Clementine?
I had no inkling of who Sarah Jaffe was when I clicked on a link to ‘Clementine’ (it was a recommended video on my Youtube account…
Kill Me
Dumbfoundead's Kill Me is a Playful and Witty “Ride or Die” Anthem
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Only For You
Rock Your Heart Out
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Back To Back
Top 10 Songs of 2015
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Aire
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Nevermind the End
Bedroom Siren
Like Basically, Nevermind the End showcases Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi's fluid vocals and insightful…
Let's Hurt Tonight
One Republic are not as strong as before
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Daily
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Rachmaninoff Op. 23 Piano Prelude Gallops Along
Stepping even further into the world of piano music we have Rachmaninoff’s G Minor Prelude which is triumphant and yet overshadowed piece of music. It…
Slumlord
Urban Thrills
Most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More…
Nowhere
The Black Fever Drops new track Nowhere
The Black Fever is a post-punk band based in Toronto, composed of Shoe (vocals, guitar), Pat Bramm (bass, back-up vocals), and Dan Purpura (drums).…
Matters
Making Amends
Omaha group Twinsmith, consisting of Jordan Smith (vocals/guitar), Matt Regner (guitar/keys), Bill Sharp (bass) and Oliver Morgan (drums),…
Try Everything - From
Shakira premieres the theme song for the Disney movie Zootopia
Shakira surprised us once again, the Colombian artist is now part of one of the most recent Disney film deliveries, Zootopia is expected to hit…
Liberty or Death (Remastered)
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The Rolling Stones and Bands Influenced By The Rolling Stones on Spotify! Add Your Song To The Rolling Stones and Bands Influenced By The Rolling…
Before I Do
Sevyn Streeter slows it down on new single
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Ultralight Beam
Small Moments of Clarity with Kanye West
There are some days that are just made to be shitty. I was late to work for my afternoon shift of personal training, and like all days in which a…
I Took Your Picture
Forward-Looking Nostalgia
I Took Your Picture - the second single from New York-via-California indie duo Cults' upcoming third album Offering&…
Gettin to It
Get To This Club Banger With Clyde!
Oakland rapper Clyde Carson slams his new jam Getting To It featuring Keak Da Sneak …
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…
Treat You Better
Shawn Mendes premieres Treat You Better
Who can forget the young Canadian guy who Diola around the world with its theme Stitches, that no one was removed from the head, that subject with…
Bloom
Brahny's Bloom is an Intergenerational Ode to Romance
Toronto-based contemporary soul/R&B singer-songwriter Brahny (Brian Han) admitted that there is not much rhyme or reason to his stage name (a…
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A Lynchian Atmosphere
Dear Tommy, Chromatics' highly anticipated fifth album, is still nowhere in sight despite all the recent musical activity from Johnny…
The Body Is a Blade
The Hazy Catharsis of Japanese Breakfast's The Body is a Blade
After the otherworldly escapades in the music videos for Machinist and Road Head, Japanese Breakfast (Oregon singer-songwriter and guitarist Michelle…
Smile
Lily Allen Still Brings On A Smile
Describing Lily Allen is hard to do. That may be a fact itself however, Allen has proved nothing is quite sacred on a comical note. Also the year 2006…
Wild Thoughts
Wild copy or wild creation?
There’s something bugging me about DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts”. The song has been causing a stir from the moment the video was dropped with Rihanna in…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Runnin' Through the Charts
As an avid Beyoncé fan, I have always anxiously awaited for anything she sings on. When Runnin' dropped, I felt an instant sense of…
Hello
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In case you have been living in a bubble, Google “Hello” by Adele and read the results. Besides the numerous links of fans sharing…
Sympathy for the Devil
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Here is an oldie. It’s a cover of “Sympathy for the Devil”, legendary song, one of the hymns of rock music, written by…
Ophelia
Shakespearean Folk-Pop
After toiling in obscurity for years, New York-via-Denver trio The Lumineers scored a breakthrough hit with 2012's Ho Hey: a fun, sweeping,…
En la Noche Te Perdí
One more year without Americania but its music does not die
Americania was formed by Italo, Armando and Alvaro, three impressive musicians with talent to spare, who won the intercollegiate New Bands ... in…
I'm Done
The Julie Ruin’s Answer to Internet Haters – “I’m Done”
Honest Lyrics –Check Socially Relevant Art – Check Pure Punk Gold – Check Trust Kathleen Hanna to call a…
Smooth Sailin'
Class Has Come Back In The Form Of Smooth Sailin'
Leon Bridges may just be the biggest name you'll hear about in Texas. If you don't hear his name uttered around every major city, come across…
The Rolling Stones
To the rhythm of the blues, The Rolling Stones could sound on a new album.
The Rolling Stones are working on a new album blues, with new songs and classic versions, which could be published before the end of the year, as…
Futuristic
Futuristic and Devvon Terrell in TMSTIDK
Tell Me Something That I Don`t Know, is the latest title given for the brand new hit single owned by the magical Hip Hop duo …
Nights Amore
New Nights Amore Album is on Fire!
I have written very many articles on Nights Amore in the past and I keep coming back to them and how touching their music is. They are an artist to…
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,…
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Taylor Swift swept the I HEART RADIO AWARDS 2016
On Sunday April 3 in the city of Angels prizes I Heart Radio Awards 2016 where young talent was demonstrated as the singer Taylor Swift swept all…
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…
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Corimusic with his new hit
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen announces new album
Chapter and will be the title of the next studio album the legendary American musician Bruce Springsteen. The material comes four years after his…
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Last week the album was presented in Venezuela The train returns, in which 10 Latin American artists pay tribute to Yordano. Everyone was free to…
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Talent is a strange thing. When it comes with the “genes-package” it comes in full force, diverse, ready to develop from an…
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Don Omar continues to demonstrate his quality
The King of Reggaeton started 2017 on a high. Puerto Rican continues to show the world once again why it is one of the most outstanding figures of…
NKOTBSB
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I've only been to a few concerts. But THIS was definitely the most epic. “All you people can&rsquo…
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