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Interpretations
The Ups & Downs of Charles Matthews Jr.’s “Interpretations”
This is a collection of primo R&B songs done by a long term musician in the R&B world. A deeper look into the songs on this record,…
Origin of What
Tyvek - Origin Of What
Tyvek are a pretty well-known American lo-fi garage rock/noise rock band, who have released a number of great albums through the years. Their latest…
DROGAS Light
DROGAS Light
Lupe Fiasco’s new album introduces itself with a shocking display of force: “Dopamine Lit (Intro)” is two minutes and 49 seconds of foghorn bass,…
Do Right
Komplex Kai Goes For The Crown On Do Right
When you make the claim of being the Native American 2Pac you have some pretty big shoes to fill. So don't be surprised if some not only question…
Okovi
Fifth Coming Of Zola Jesus
On the cover of her fifth album, Zola Jesus' face is covered with mask made of mud and ink. Underneath, Zola's eyes peek through and they look…
Pool
My Albums of the Year: Porches: Pool
It's amazing how quickly the musical landscape can change. Only a few year s ago I was drowning in gloomy artists talking about death and other…
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.&…
A Head Full Of Dreams
Coldplay's Head Full of Dreams
Coldplay’s latest offering, Adventure of a Lifetime, is so far from living up to its title that I nearly giggled. Perhaps I would’…
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…
Ritual Land, Uncommon Ground
How To Be Cunning and Gentle At The Same Time
Anybody remember a Britpop luminary going by the name George Nigel Hoyle? No? Well, he was a member of the Britpop second-tier band Gay Dad, but who…
Two Windows
Lali Puna - Two windows look in different directions
Lali Puna was always about the Korean born singer Valerie Trebeljahr and her pop inventions. And pop inventions that are exactly what I have in mind -…
Dark Sky Island
Sparkling Despite the Fluidity of Time
Other than our family, our friends can help shape the music we listen to as well as enjoy. It was through a friend that I first heard of Enya and her…
Natural Slumber Aid
A Time for Nature, A Time For Sleep
De acuerdo con un artículo de WebMD , los adultos como usted y yo necesitan 7,5 a 8 horas de sueño cada noche. Sin embargo, el artí…
The Silent Partner
Havoc and The Alchemist's new album: ''The Silent Partner''
Kejuan Muchita alias Havoc is a rapper and producer descent Igbo , born on 21 May 1974 in Queensbridge, famous square in the US city of New York .…
22, A Million
Avant-Garde Bon Iver
BON IVER After a five year break and huge anticipation spurred by questioning whether we are ever going to see another album of Bon Iver (due to…
Evolve
Whatever It Takes already has its own Video Clip
Garden of Ashes
Later That Night…
Somebody listening for the first time to Duke Garwood would probably react by saying that he sounds a lot like Mark Lanegan. Very late night Mark…
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
#tbt The Byrds // The Notorious Byrd Brothers
This week's throwback was the first great album of 1968, a revolutionary year in both world politics and music. As such, it has an interesting…
Slowness
Outfit grow on second release Slowness
Outfit were formed in 2011 from the embers of synthpop band Indica Ritual. Essentially a progressive, melodic and emotion-fused art-pop band, Outfit…
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Unique artist with a distinctive expression - Fiona Apple
What I absolutely love and appreciate for any artist is being a songwriter, not just a performer. One of my favourite alternative rock, jazz, art pop…
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…
The Hooten Hallers
Toot For The Hooten Hallers
To capture the magic of city Lupus, located on the coast of powerful Missouri, and its famous Chilli Fest, it is enough you play the newest album by…
Horehound
The Dead Weather: Horhound.
Speaking of Jack White one of the things that comes to mind is the number of projects and collaborations made throughout his career since he became…
Days of Exile
Vinylversus returns to his instinct in Days of Exile
VINILOVERSUS paused, moved to Miami, Florida, went into the studio, recruited a new member and today presents his fourth album Days Of Exile (2017),…
Automaton
Jamiroquai Strikes Again WithAutomaton
I am happy that I can write something about some freshly made material by Jamiroquai! For those who don't know who are Jamiroquai, this band is…
Heart Is Full
Miike Snow Heart Is Full
Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson (who is half of the EDM duo Galantis),…
Fierce Mercy (Deluxe Edition)
Colin Hay Might Be Australia's Most Prolific Musician
Fierce Mercy is the 13th album by an Australian musician Colin Hay. Wow, that sounds like a really prolific artist, doesn’t it? Still, it…
Bad Posture
On The Back Porch
Sometimes it is hard to portray your music on its album cover. For John Andrews & The Yawns, that seems to be no problem on “Bad Posture”.…
Ashes Of The Wake
Turn It Up
As an angsty teenager I fit the mould of being really pissed off for no good reason and Lamb of God were the first band that I really connected with…
Incarnate
Killswitch Engage's Beyond The Flames Is Beyond Words
Everyone who doesn’t prefer to swear in millions of GB of music on their hard disk is nostalgic about the times when bands released home videos…
Voyage
Usssy - Voyage
The Russian avant-garde noise-rock/psych rock band Usssy released their new album 'Voyage' a couple of weeks ago via the American record label…
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…
Under Cöver
Motorhead's Under Cover Underwhelms
Numerous covers Motorhead occasionally recorded in a period between 1992 and 2015 (after the death of Ian Lemmy Kilmister which kind of represented…
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…
Vessels
From Dust To Dust
Melodic Death metal is in a rut nowadays; numerous bands are playing it, and just a handful of them can be called original, quality ones, ones that…
Reluciente, Rechinante y Aterciopelado
The live return of Aterciopelados
Aterciopelados is elemental part of our Latin American cultural idiosyncrasies. The decade of the 90s has his songs as soundtrack of our lives. Since…
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…
No No No
No No No
No No No - Beirut 4th album released September 11 2015 on 4AD Overall rating: 8/10 No No No is the fourth full-length studio effort by New…
Outside The Box
Hacktivist -Outside The Box
There is something incisive about artists who use their music as a tool for political activism. I believe the final product returns to the…
Synthia
Another Generic Synth Indie
The Jezebels were formed in 2007 in Sydney when the group of students and friends decided to make music. Up until now, they have released three EPs…
Minx
Minx
I love underground music, and Anna Kitten Pie is my current favorite band. And Minx is their best album to date. Popularity is the kiss of death. Once…
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…
They Moved in Shadow All Together
Traumatic Folk
Emily Jane White es un cantante, compositor y poeta de Oakland. Este año, lanzó su quinto álbum de estudio titulado Ellos se moví…
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…
Crack-Up
Decent Comeback of Fleet Foxes
Singer and main author of Fleet Foxes, Robin Pecknold, needed six years to write and shape the material for band's third studio album titled Crack…
A Crow Looked at Me
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (Review)
“Death is real, someone’s there, and then they’re not”, echoes the beginning of Mount Eerie’s latest and long awaited album since his wife’s passing…
The Penny Collector
Carrie Elkin - The Soul Americana
That is soul as in giving it all and having a true feel for a certain music genre. It his case the folkier version of Americana. When trying…
Atomic
Emotional Mogwai
Scottish band Mogwai, one of the pioneers of post-rock genre, have eight albums in their discography, and Atomic is their fourth soundtrack. Work on…
Skylarking
XTC's Skylarking remixed by Steven Wilson
It has been 30 years now, almos to a day when XTC issued their seminal Skylarking an album that should be on practically any best of all times albums.…
For The Love Of The Rastaman
Breakout Reggae Rock Artists for the New Millenium Playlist on Spotify
Breakout Reggae Rock Artists - Fusion Reggae for the new Millenium Playlist on Spotify! The Best in Modern Rock and Reggae Fusion! Groups that are…
Devout
Devout
UK grime fixture Mr Mitch’s latest LP explores a pared-back sound. It feels polished and tactile, with themes of loyalty,…
The Far Field
Highly Anticipated Future Island Record Is Finally Here
2014 was a crossroad in the career of the famous band from Baltimore. Although they had three studio albums up until then, the commercial success came…
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…
Whatever It Takes
James Hunter is in Full Power
From the 80s of the past century, James Hunter has been making a true retro r&b. He caugh everyone's attention in the middle of the 90s…
All Hail the Yeti
#tb All Hail The Yeti's Debut
Internet, overpopulated urban areas, abundance of concert arenas and mass production of fanbases are causing ugly fight between bands for the place in…
Codex Omega
… But Codex Omega Is A Close Second
After becoming more a symphonic than death metal on their past two records (especially on Titan, an album stuffed with over-the-top compositions that…
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…
The Complete BBC Sessions
The Greatness Of Led Zeppelin Can Never Be Shaken
BBC Sessions by Led Zeppelin was originally released in 1997, and it represented a significant album back then due to the fact that their concert…
Oh Wonder
Oh Wonder of Wonders
Sticking with the theme of festive vinyl, It’s time to talk about Oh Wonder. Oh Wonder, are a London based duo, who’s …
99 Cents
Cheap Underground
99 Cents is the third studio album by Santi White, aka Santigold. The title and the cover of the album suggest a store with cheap Chinese stuff,…
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
The Greatest Living Hippie
Willie Nelson is the first country musician to receive Gershwin prize, awarded by the Library of Congress. Those who are familiar with his career know…
In America
Sammy Sadler “In America” Embodies the Country Sound of Blake Shelton And Climbs the HotDisc Top 40 chart
Country Artist Sammy Sadler’s new single, “In America”, has moved up five spots on the HotDisc Top 40 Chart this week.…
Garden of Ashes
Apocalyptic Garwood Gives His All To Warn You About The World
On his sixth album titled Garden of Ashes, multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood confronts his inner and outer demons by participating in modern events…
Waiting on a Song
You Can't Spell Auerbach Without Bach
It is impressive how some producers turn out to be remarkable solo artists. I have got my eye on few of them, and I am always happy to hear that their…
Citizen of Glass
Agnes Olsen's Perspective On Losing Privacy
Danish author Agnes Obel rewarded us with her third album in 2016. The title Citizen Of Glass refers to the concept of glaserner burger, or the…
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…
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…
Balance
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Balance
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete is a relatively well-known psychedelic rock/garage rock/shoegaze band from Guadalajara, Mexico. Their latest album '&#…
Human Performance
Yasssssss Rock!
This band gained my attention with their second full-length album titled Light Up Gold. It was a tasty and perplexing post pank album that…
Live At The Troubadour
Live at The Troubadour: Paying Homage to an Iconic Venue
The Troubadour is a highly regarded music venue located in West Hollywood, California that was opened by Doug Weston in 1957. This venue was so…
The Book Of Souls
The Book of Souls by Iron Maiden: Back in The Saddle!
Iron Maiden was the first metal band that I have heard, and from that moment on I was enchanted. Enchanted by metal, by the vast divergence of its…
Welkya
Welkya
“Welkya” is an album I first heard when it came out in 2006. It was around the time when I first had the chance to personally meet with Theodosii…
So
Peter Gabriel: So
Peter Gabriel’s fifth studio album is by far one of his most accomplished. Lead single ‘Sledgehammer’ is a joyous,…
Abysmal Thoughts
The Drums Finally Matured
The Drums are back with abysmal thoughts. The follow-up to Encyclopedie (2014) is their fourth album and the first album without guitarist Jacob…
Smoke Beach
Kill West - Smoke Beach
Kill West are a relatively new Argentinian stoner/psychedelic/garage rock band, who have stormed into the psych rock scene with their great new album…
Music for the Age of Miracles
The Clientele - Beating the autumn gloominess
When you start asking yourself what has happened to a certain band, missing their music, you can be certain that they have come up with something…
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…
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…
Violence
Editors Need Editing
After flirting with orchestral and electronic sound which relied on Smith's internal content on their previous album In Dreams, Editors…
La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
Experimental Happiness
Whenever I am listening to this artist, I dream about Africa. Yannick Iiunga from Cape Town is the new name on the music scene. After the successful…
Thriller
Thriller - Timeless album from the King of Pop
Yes, we often say we are all human beings and we are all the same, but in this world there are people born with a shining star and with a life purpose…
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…
Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
Missunderstood Artist - Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink (Ariel Marcus Rosenberg) decided to dedicate his eleventh studio album to unfortunate pop musician Bobby Jameson, which can be concluded…
Slow Down
On route to the Eurovision Song Contest
I’m sure to anyone non-European, this is completely foreign, but every year, around this time of year every European country goes…
Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres
Electric Six Could Really Use Some Fresh Blood
It seemed like Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die is the last album by Electric Six, but it’s not. New autumn and new album. Fresh Blood For Tired Vampires is…
The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary
A New Sound for the Times
The Velvet Underground, a quite famous yet not the most popular band. During its early years in the 60’s, the group wasn’t drawing…
Three
#tbt: Sugababes - Free
Some people were superfans of Spice Girls, others were superfans of N'Sync, but I was always a superfan of Sugababes. In my humble opinion,…
American Band
The Most Candid American Band
There are not much bands with a discography that is competitive enough to beat the description of Drive By Truckers: American Band. Over…
Interiors
The Year Of Big Comebacks
Jesus and The Mary Chain returned with Damage and Joy. Jesus and The Mary Chain are one of those bands that have a massive impact on many contemporary…
Subjective Concepts
Strange Wilds: Subjective Concepts
Hailing from Olympia, Washington and formed in 2012, Strange Wilds comprise of Steven (Vocals/Guitar), Sean (Bass) and Allen (drums). For three guys,…
Out of Time
Out Of Time Indeed
Out Of Time es otro álbum fantástico del artista electrónico y altamente ecléctico Hugo Kant. Este álbum de larga duraci&#…
Honeymoon
The Biggest Narcissist Of Them All
Estoy enamorado de mí, pero yo creo que no es mutuo. Creo que debería ser el nombre del próximo disco de Lana del Rey. Si se hubiera…
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…
American Candy
They Have Our American Candy
The Maine has been touring non stop since the release of their last album, American Candy, earlier this year. As this is their fifth album, we all…
Spirit (Deluxe)
Political Mode of Depeche Mode
Starting from the 1993’s album Songs of Faith and Devotion , the most famous Basildon diaspora known as Depeche Mode releases their albums every four…
Polygondwanaland
King Gizzard Strike Again! And Again! And Again! And Again!
No, this is not a repetitive review. I know you think it's the fourth time I am reviewing Lizzard's record. King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard…
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…
Konnichiwa
UKs Premium Grime Artist
In the second wave of British grime, Skepta released an album that goes toe-to-toe with the classic from the first wave that is Boy On The Corner by…
Kylie Christmas (Deluxe)
My new annual tradition
For me, the Christmas season really begins after December 5th. This is when radio stations turn into Christmas stations and it’s publicly…
Borders
What's up with Borders?
Lucky enough, it doesn’t happen all that often that a big news story actually makes it to my doorstep, or near enough anyway. For a few…
Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
Black Bombaim - Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
One of the most renowned Portuguese psychedelic rock bands Black Bombaim and the equally renowened German free jazz saxophonist Peter Br&…
Schmilco
Wilco Plays It Safe
After ambitious art phases, run by gut and fueled by and emotion, artistic process usually comes to the point of homeostasis. It is not a bad phase…
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…
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…
The Far Field
Furute Islands Remain On The Right Side Of The Field
Three years after they won the hearts of synth-pop and indie rock lovers, Baltimore trio Future Islands returned with their fifth album. I can freely…
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…
Paging Mr. Proust
The Most Underrated Rock Band
In a better, parallel universe, The Jayhawks would be the number one pop-rock band of the 90s. Vigorous vocal harmonies, canny cadence, mellifluous…
Good Old Underground
Ewian Combines Radiohead and Muse, and the Result Is Epic
We often have a chance to witness surprises at the most unusual places. The core of this surprise is an artist Ewian Christensen, a Latvia-…
D
#tbt: White Denim - D
Sometimes some band blasts you from the past, and you have no choice but to investigate their discography. Few weeks ago, that happened to me when I…
Hamburg Demonstrations
Everything Is Stable in The World of Pete Doherty
A little bit of Libertines, a little bit of Babyshambles, a little bit of solo work. That is how the life flows for Pete Doherty. After 2009 debut…
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…
Prisoner
The Zenith Of Ryan Adams
From the first notes of Ryan Adam’s new album, you will hear more than you have ever heard before in the career of this gifted author. What I am…
Double Roses
Karen Elson Is No Longer Jack White's Ghost
The Ghost Who Walks from 2010 was made under the mentorship of Jack White, the guy who was Karen Elson’s husband at the moment. It was Karen’s first…
Make Way For Love
Kiwi That Makes The Room War
Despite of his classical music education gained at the University of Canterbury, the eclectic music influences Marlon Williams was exposed to from his…
High Plaine
Ghost Box Orchestra - High Plaine
Ghost Box Orchestra is a psychedelic rock/neo-psych band from Boston, and their latest album ''High Plaine'' came out in the middle of…
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…
Dodge and Burn
Jack White's Dirty Gothic Blues
From all Jack White’s project, it seems to me that The Dead Weather has the most freedom and maybe that is its main problem. Horehound and…
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
Everybody expects from a supergroup like “Them Crooked Vultures” to make something really great, although there are many examples…
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…
Best of Luck in Future Endeavors
Noisy Amalgam
Savak were formed in 2015, with the band including the members of The Obits, Holy Fuck, Nation of Ulysses and The Cops. Erudite…
Out in the Storm
Waxahatchee's Best Record Yet
A lot has happened in the career of Katie Crutchfield in the past five years, the girl who is performing under the name Waxahatchee (she got the…
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.…
IIII
Papir - IIII
Papir hail from Denmark and they are a pretty well-known instrumental krautrock/psychedelic rock band. They have released a number of great albums…
Music Complete
New Order \ Old Order
They were the sh**. They were the natural continuation of Joy Division. They were pioneers of electronic and dance music combined with post punk. They…
57TH & 9TH
Sting Stings Again
One of the favorite advices artists like to give is: Do not stay in your comfort zone. Be a risk taker and investigate the unknown. So,Sting…
Platinum Hits
The Platinum Guy
Time really has flown by when you see an artist release his first greatest hits collection, but you feel like he's just started out. However, fact…
At Least For Now (Deluxe)
Benjamin Clementine: Best New Artist of 2015
Kudos!Kudos!Kudos! Why have I just discovered this man? I don’t know, but he is going straight to the top of my BEST of 2015 chart. Maybe…
The Color Before The Sun
Coheed and Cambria The Color Before The Sun Album Review
Progressive rock heavyweights Coheed and Cambria released their new album titled on October, 16th 2015. Up until this point, Coheed has only released…
channel ORANGE
Three Years Later: Channel Orange
At the forefront of R&B’s shift to moody, provocative, narrative-driven soundscapes stands Frank Ocean, one of contemporary music&…
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 …
Behind the Mountains
#tb Brutus' Second Album
It’s not that difficult to form a band who nourishes traditional hard rock, to proclaim yourself a successor of Black Sabbath and to build a career on…
A Wonderful Seed
Mysterious Ms. Sandoval Reappears, Again
So, Hope Sandoval and her mystery are back with us again. It has been 26 years since she first appeared along with former Rain Parade co-leader David…
Dum Spiro Spero
Elsa Hewitt - Hope is eternal
Electronic artist Elsa Hewitt is hitting big this year. When you are a part of Gilles Peterson’s “Future Bubblers” program, it means you probably got…
Some Things Just Take Time
Colorama - Some Things Take Time, indeed!
The name of this Welsh band is Colorama and their sixth album is Some Things Take Time. And this is not a pun since it took Carwyn Ellis and his…
Lose Control
Glass Animals & Joey Bada$$ Lose Control
This week, experimental indie rockers Glass Animals meet New York rapper Joey Badass and create a surprisingly good collaboration track. As somebody…
7 Series
7 Series Is Almost Here : Kid Ink
Kid Ink is ready for that second EP drop, tomorrow! The 7 Series album follows Kid`s 2013 Almost…
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…
T R A P S O U L
T R A P S O U L: The Artist and The Wave
The Artist: Bryson Tiller If for some reason you spent your Summer living under a rock, or admittedly a huge Donald Trump supporter, then i have no…
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…
New Born Remixed
Sounds of Sputnik explore new vistas with their EP 'New Born Remixed'
Last year, Moscow shoegaze band Sounds of Sputnik re-released their debut LP New Born feat. Ummagma through hallmark U.S. shoegaze…
Mayhem - EP
Bedlam Jonn? Mayhem Review...
Whoo Booty man is back! From Cool Kid Cartel Collection to Heart 2 Hart, his latest EP …
Wildflower
Wildflower's debut
UK trio Wildflower (Idris Rahman on sax and flute, Leon Brichard on bass, and Tom Skinner on drums) has delivered a very promising debut with their…
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
Bob Dylan's Beef Jerky
New Bob Dylan's bootleg release puts you in a position of a fly on the wall in the period when he was recording his key albums, the…
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…
Wilder Mind
Different, Still Rockin.
The band Mumford and Sons are known for their acoustic madness as I like to call it. The band has realesed three albums; Sigh No More, Babel, and…
Ropewalk
Just Another Island Band
Even though they had success with their debut album, The View never managed to capitalize it in a right way. They are always somewhere near but they…
A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Southern Rock
STURGILL SIMPSON One of the unwritten rock rules regarding the introduction to the album is: start strongly and then just roll however you want it,…
Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
Just Whitney (Not Houston)
Chicago based band Whitney dropped their debut Light Upon The Lake last year. The debut, released under eponymous Secretly Canadian label, secured…
La Ira
Hamlet's undisputed wrath
If there was an album that drew attention in the Spanish metal was Wrath of Hamlet band. A job that was well received by the media and the public,…
LoveBlood
King Charles - Loveblood
As King Charles released a new album, New Orleans, just this week, I would like to write about the artist's 2012 release, Loveblood. This is an…
Feel Good Inc.
Feeling (really) Good with Seramic
It’s been a while since something new has made me feel the way I do when I press play on the Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk. I was not familiar with…
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…
O Holy Night
Abigail Winzer gives us a beautiful rendition of O Holy Night
What a revelation is truly is to have an artist keep the true nature of Christmas music that keeps the soul and essence of the holiday spirit. The…
NO
Meghan Trainor NO!
Meghan girl overflowing sweetness and sympathy with innocent eyes and reserved appearance, nothing exhibitionist rather sexy but with a style of the…
This Is The Last Time
Optimistic Despair
Since its inception in 1999 in Ohio, indie rock band The National has been a living example of the importance of persistence and perseverance. As…
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…
A Change Of Heart
Introducing “Matty the Clown”!
I admit that I was a bit surprised when I found out that The 1975 has released another music video and it's the song A Change of Heart. Now, in…
Casimir Pulaski Day
Magic in the Mundane
Sufjan Stevens is notoriously enigmatic in his songwriting. The kind of enigmatic that makes you feel at once that you know him and that you don&…
Making Plans For Nigel
A Haunting Bossa Nova Twist
Formed in 2004, French cover band Nouvelle Vague consists of Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, along with a host of rotating female…
Certainties
Aaron Ball Band Tours Japan, Releases “Certainties” Album And Certainties Video
Aaron Ball Band, four piece Country and Alternative Rock, has released their fourth album, “Certainties” on June 5, 2018. The album is available…
Tourner dans le vide
Afloat
Turning in the empty or tourner dans le vide, is in the terms of this song sung by Indila is treading water / staying afloat. Learning to live with a…
Planet Caravan
Planet Caravan - The Unorthodox Sabbath Song
‘Planet Caravan’ is the strangest song that Black Sabbath had ever recorded. I mean, the song is not strange at all by itself, but…
'97 (feat. Rich The Kid, Bobby Kritical & 1wayfrank)
K Slams The New `97 Trap!
ATL rap cat bangs up the Trap swag on his new single `97. He linked up with the coolest squad that he could for…
drink i'm sippin on
Yaeji Explores the Menace in the Mundane with Drink I'm Sippin On
Like fellow 88rising label-mate Rich Chigga, Brooklyn-via-Seoul singer/producer Kathy ‘Yaeji’ Lee's music videos hits you with…
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
50 ways to leave your lover
The “problem” with prolific, long-lasting careers is that music fans find it hard to listen to the artists' whole discographies. If you like Bob…
그리워해요 Missing You
SONG REVIEW: 2ne1's Missing You
2ne1's Missing You: A Masterpiece Personally I like songs that are depressing and lonely so I was so happy when I learned that 2ne1 would be…
New York
Sara Lov's Angelic Melancholy
Hawaiian-born Sara Lov (once-frontwoman of dream pop band Devics) begins her heartfelt, sentimental track 'New York' with a slowly-drawn step…
Gracious Tempest - Live
When they speak in a song
Who does not remember the intro of Never will mourn or I'll Never Break Your Heart by The backstreetboys, or in certain rap songs like I&…
Sticky Leaves
Angelic Resolution
The landscape that Linying walks through in her latest video - vast open plains bordered by a series of hills and an expansive blue sky - could not be…
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 Remastered Version
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Only lasting only five years, releasing afour studio albums and splitting up many years ago, The Smiths still have a passionate and dedicated fanbase.…
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…
Billie Jean
Rebirth of a Song
This is one of the best covers in history. Chris Cornell managed to give this song a completely new life and a deeper meaning. The lyrics that talk of…
Runnin' (Lose It All)
Running under water
Beyonce is like Rihanna's big sister. I always saw her like that. I don't really like Rihanna's or Beyonce's music, with exceptions of…
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.&…
Fast Car (Riley Remix) [feat. Dakota]
Fast Car Re-Lived by Jonas Blue featuring Dakota
On a Sunday morning, nothing is more perfect than waking up with a cup of coffee, a good read and a classic song out of the radio. Mostly played by…
My Way
Clavin Harris premieres song
The famous DJ Scot has made a surprise launch and is a song that has everyone wondering if it has something to do with his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift…
Real Deal
Is Jessie J's return the real deal
It feels like the release of a new Jessie J single, last week, got very little attention. There was just too much music news going on to keep…
Strange Or Be Forgotten
Interrogating Individuality
We're continually inundated with pressure in modern life to have to make something of ourselves and leave behind a legacy in this world. '…
Let Go
Alex Maxwell Trades Tears for Strength on Let Go
Alex Maxwell, a young singer-songwriter who happens to be the first British artist signed to Disney's Hollywood Records, has two…
Me, Myself & I
G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha: Me, Myself & I
Now, when I heard this song Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha, I immediately could relate to those nights or even days when you want to…
Mystery of Love (From the Original Motion Picture “Call Me by Your Name”)
Sufjan Stevens Scores His First Oscar Nomination for the Sublime “Mystery of Love”
Sufjan Stevens had two songs in the running for the 2018 Oscars Best Original Song award (the five shortlisted songs out of the longlist of 70 were…
DNA
DNA's Powerful Hold
Many know Lia Marie Johnson as a YouTube personality, oddly enough being ingrained into the YouTube circle has never been any concern of mine. So…
Clay
The Next Indie 'It' Girl?
With the release of her EP HANA in March last year, Montana-based singer-songwriter Hana Pestle seems poised to become the…
I Dare You
The xx Tell Us 'I Dare You' And We Dare
As The xx cross over into a dream pop sound, their latest music video 'I Dare You' is an ode to a California romantic, teenage haze. With…
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&…
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…
Valentine
Perfect V-Day Song
Californian singer-songwriter and guitarist Kina Grannis' 2010 song Valentine might be a relatively old song, but it's still one that manages…
Up in the Hill
Quirky Alt-Pop
The title of the record came by accident. I was talking to my manager on the phone and due to the bad reception she misheard me when I said I was…
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…
Doctor Robert - Remastered
What song turned you off of a band?
The Beatles were never my cup of tea, which is saying something since I don't even drink tea. I didn't think they were bad or anything they…
buttercup
Hippo Campus' buttercup is an Ode to a Gritty Female Boxer
One month short of celebrating the anniversary of their debut album landmark (February 24, 2017), up-and-coming Minnesotan indie rock quartet Hippo…
You Are the Right One
Ironic Summer Cruisin’
Oklahoma dream pop trio Sports (Cale Chronister, Jacob Theriot and Christian Theriot) traffic in a kind of ironic coolness that rarely found in indie…
I Need A Forest Fire
James Blake & Justin Vernon Need a Forest Fire (and so do you)
A few weeks ago, I was driving home from a dinner party with a good friend, and she had James Blake’s newest album playing in her car.…
Die Young
Flipping the Script
Music - rock-and-roll in particular - has long championed a fatal fetishization of youth. Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse are probably the most famous…
My Enemy (feat. Matt Berninger)
CHVRCHES and Matt Berninger are Estranged Lovers on My Enemy
If you had called the phone number that was featured in the music video for Get Out - the lead single from Scottish synth-pop trio…
T.O.N.Y.
Classy Sass
I could make the argument that Solange (Knowles) deserves to be appreciated as an artist without being compared to her older sister Beyonc&…
Biking
Hit the pedal and bike
Recently I was asked what The Netherlands were known for abroad. We were talking about food and I couldn’t think of any meals or particular cooking…
Affection
Hauntingly Beautiful
A stage name like 'Cigarettes After Sex' evokes a specific mood and setting: a post-coital, languid, potentially sultry scene of…
Back to the Start
Reinvention
As sugary sweet Katty Besnard sings in this track 'Back To The Start', never once does the song come off as bubble gum annoyance. The french…
In Heaven
Not Your Typical Sugar Pop
As sugar filled as your favorite cereal, Japanese Breakfast fastens Pop bubblegum/dream sounds into the Indie art realm of lyrics. Even vocally,…
No Hard Feelings
Uplifting Poignancy
North Carolina folk rock quartet The Avett Brothers' (banjo-playing Scott Avett, guitarist Seth Avett, double bassist Bob Crawford and…
Will I See You
Seeing too much
On my Twitter timeline, it was kind of big news that Justin Bieber producer Boo Bear was working with Latin singer Anitta, whom I had never heard of.…
La Estrella Irregular
Afro-pop city in The Irregular Star by Cotton Egyptian
Venezuelan Ezequiel Bertho aka Cheky has while living in Mexico, from the Aztec city observes the adversities of their native country. Starts the…
Used To Love You
Heartbroken Gwen
It Was hard not to notice the whole thing that was happening in Gwen Stefani's life. It was all over media. Local and world's. It was hard to…
Tonya Harding (In D major)
Sufjan Stevens' Tonya Harding Paints the 90s Olympics Figure Skating Scandal in Elegiac Terms
Detroit singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens’ website succinctly describes his unusual artistry: &…
Bare
Bare As Skin When It Comes To Wildes
The alternative/indie scene that has grown and flourished in London never ceases to surprise me. From the singers to the instruments they are able to…
Lost Youth / Lost You
Intimacy's Miseries
In a violet-hued video for Lost Youth/Lost You, How to Dress Well frontman - Chicago-born singer-songwriter and philosophy PhD graduate Tom Krell -…
Girlhood
The Preatures Have Raw Originality In 'Girlhood'
Okay, The Preatures have technically been around since 2010 and I ask myself... how did I go this long without hearing their music? As many times that…
Gasoline
Dreams On Fire
The more Halsey releases music videos, the more the public comes to understand who Halsey is as a person. Never to be the one that was shy, talking…
It's My Brown Skin
Your Brown Skin Will Keep You Safe
“The song is about self love, thinking about my own brown skin. It’s a song I thought of as a children’s song and also…
False Alarm
The Weeknd abuses violence with False Alarm
Who remembers the virtual reality game Call of Duty, which attracted many and became the daily work of many young people just waiting to leave school…
Like A Virgin
50 Greatest Madonna Songs According To Rolling Stone
No doubt Madonna is one of those artists that although the years pass, is still news for any event or music, and there are many pages, magazines, and…
Crash into Me
DMB: Crash Into Me
In the past I have written about the magic that comes along with listening to some of the Dave Matthews Band music. It is very unique music in the…
Oh Devil
Ominous Temptations
'Oh I know, oh I know/ same old thing, same old show': LA indietronica duo Electric Guest's Oh Devil acknowledges that it has the…
The Magician
What the Wallflower Sees
The Magician is the elegant opening track of Saskatchewan singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Shauf's third album …
Seventeen
Sheer Bliss
Sjowgren is an up-and-coming Bay Area trio (three high school friends who reunited after college to make music together) who caught the…
The Youth
Kay Cola officially vid penned down The Youth
Yes, she is born songwriter. Also, yes, she is another one that nailed down the singing part too. Blessings keep on coming as we approach the end of…
Swim
DAN CROLL - SWIM / ONE OF US
I recently stumbled upon Dan Croll’s newly released single, Swim, and I was suitably impressed. Croll has managed to create something that…
Piece By Piece
Strung Together With Pieces
What would the world be like without Anna Calvi? Showing us a clear indictor of the type of musician and artist Anna intends to be or even become. &#…
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…
Runaway (feat. The Original Wailers)
About reggae and love
We all have a song to listen for a few seconds, we know the letter, who is the subject or genre. It is as if an emotion invade your whole body and…
Archie, Marry Me
Catchy Conviction
The opening lines of Canadian indie rock five-piece band Alvvays' Archie, Marry Me swiftly establishes the fact that lead singer…
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…
Schizophrenia
All and Above
Call Sonic Youth the most influencial, the prominent art rock, destory the sounds they've created type of band. Sonic Youth have had albums listed…
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. …
Thanks 4 Nothing
Nilüfer Yanya's Thanks 4 Nothing Ruminates On a Pivotal Break-Up
22-year-old London soul singer Nilüfer Yanya (who is of Turkish, Irish and Bajan heritage) may only have two EPs under her belt, but her poignant…
Holy War
Keep yourself open
I apologize for a short blog, but many things have been said about the events of today already. I don’t know about you, but my timelines on every…
Hotline Bling
Hotline Bling Was So Fire, It Started Some of Its Own.
We all knew that the Hotline Bling music video was going to be straight fire. And, as expected, it was. However, the…
Party Monster
The Weeknd releases new music video
If we talk about artists who glittered in 2016, certainly you have to name The Weeknd, because I knew how to make great music and captivate its…
Sabali
Global Appeal
As Pitchfork's Joe Tangari has noted, Grammy-nominated musical duo Amadou & Mariam's (i.e. Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia, who…
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…
So Young
An Apocalyptic Lull
Portland-via-Alaska indie rock band Portugal. The Man's upcoming eighth full-length album Woodstock is scheduled for…
&Run
Sir Sly Delivers Endorphin-Surging Catharsis With &Run
Los Angeles indie electronic rock trio Sir Sly recently released a music video for “&Run”, the second single from their…
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…
Easy
COVERLAND Vol.1: Easy
When Faith No More released the video for Easy, it became an instant hit and received heavy airplay on MTV back then, when the station was the main…
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…
Hot Thoughts
Hot Thoughts
Critically-acclaimed Austin indie rock band Spoon recently released the titular track of their upcoming ninth album …
Mi primer millon
American Dream, Latin Dream and Venezuelan Dream
When the eyes are closed, not only rest, but you dream, it is a time when the unconscious is released, and everything comes to light, and only you…
Liquorice
LIQUORICE AND OTHER TREATS
While Alice Jemima’s first single off her newest work, Liquorice, was not at all what I expected, I can say with conviction, that I was pleasantly…
Pop Song 2020
The System Lights Share Video + Single for Pop Song 2020
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The System Lights are spearheaded by main singer-songwriter David Rangel, alongside R.L. Lenfestey, the&…
Good Girls
Californian Romancing
It’s not hard to see why LA-via-Nashville trio LANY (pronounced as Lay-Nee) have amassed a large and dedicated online following of…
What's Up
Whats Up? a song from The Institute of Highspeedart's record Club V
Whats Up? a song from The Institute of Highspeedart's record Club V
Somebody Else
Illusion In The Mirror
The 1975 never ceases to compell and explore the hidden meaning and truth. Their music video release for 'Somebody Else' embodies a whole…
Lights Out
Lights Out Adds A Darker Promise From Royal Blood
'How Did We Get So Dark?' the latest sophomore album from Royal Blood gives us the question within the album title. Certainly 'Lights Out&…
You Know I'm No Good
Far Too Good To Not Be Good
'You Know I'm No Good' references several of Amy Winehouse's own views about herself. Self-image, emotional stability and the rocky…
Stop Where You Are
Soft Whispers of Sunshine
A positive point of view is always a better way of looking at things, obviously. It’s when music sings and teaches listeners how to do this,…
Unstoppable
Gorgeous Lianne La Havas in Unstoppable
First time I heard Lianne La Havas was when a friend suggested it who knows my taste of movies and music so well. It's easy for me just to relax…
Love On The Weekend
Love Comes Easy On The Weekend
'Love On The Weekend' was the last song I thought I would be drawn to. Especially since John Mayer has been in and out of the limelight for…
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
All Things Wonderful
It still is the most wonderful time of the year. If it weren't so, then this song first released in 1963 by Andy Williams would no longer have its…
Slide
Toronto's Ekelle drops new Hood Pop track Slide
Ekelle is a multi-genre artist and songwriter from Toronto who rhymes about what she knows best: her real-life experience. Money, sex, drama and…
Highway to Hell
Axl Rose passed the test with AC/DC.
After Brian Johnson announced he would not be present at the tour AC / DC as suffering from health problems, everything was a controversial and full…
Two Fux
Telling someone off, the nice way
Any song called Two Fux is bound to get my attention, especially when I hear the artist singing it, is Adam Lambert. Adam…
Aire
Versed goes with everything.
Versed is one of the many emerging bands of the Venezuelan rock, formed by Samuel Sanchez (guitar) and Omar Oses (Bass), this duo has had a very good…
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 “…
Brave
Let your voice be heard! Be Brave!
“Say what you wanna say and let all your words fall out. Yes, this song had topped various charts in many countries and sold millions all…
Better Love
Brit-Pop at its finest
Despite her sophomore album being pushed back to a February release, Foxes has just released its second official single, Better Love. It&…
Fruit
The Darkwave Duchess
Born in Queens, New York and raised in London, R&B singer-songwriter Abra is now based in the American rap capital of Atlanta, Georgia as the…
Animal
Tremaine`s Animal Cut!
With his latest super-adictive product Tremaine, Trey Songz takes over the global music scene once again. His soft and sexy vocal…
Agatha Chang
All About Agatha Chang
How I came across Eels' 'Agatha Chang' was from a friend who said this was one of the easiest songs to learn. That friend forgot to…
Star Roving
Celestial Dreaming
On 12 January, English shoegaze and indie rock band Slowdive released their first track in 22 years, since their third album (1995). As they…
Nothing Compares 2 U
COVERLAND Vol.3: Nothing Compares 2 U
“Nothing Compares 2 U” is another one of those songs whose cover outshined the original. Everyone knows the version by Sinead O&#…
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…
Caught In The Middle
In the middle of a comeback
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…
Switch Up
Sobae is Here to Switch Up Future R&B
The relatively narrow space that Asian and Asian American artists have carved out for themselves in the Anglophone American music market has been, for…
Into You
Ariana “Into You”
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…
Trojans
Get You Out Of My Head
Can’t get you out of my head! Isn’t that what we all say when have that person stuck in our head, playing on an endless, looping reel? Well, Atlas…
Name For You
The Shins explore a different mood on the Flipped Name for you
Las espinillas son una banda generoso. No sólo han lanzado su primer disco en lo que parece para siempre, los excelentes gusanos del corazó…
Caught up in the Tears
Vexine Gets Caught Up in New Single
Virginia mainstays, VEXINE, have shared their new piece Caught Up in the Tears. One of my personal favorites from their new album Little Sin…
If I Lose Myself - Alesso vs OneRepublic
Party All Night & Lose Yourself
In 2007, OneRepublic released their debut album, “Dreaming Out Loud”. Its lead single, Apologize, remixed by Timbaland,a huge…
American Pie
The Music Hasn't Died Yet
In 1971 a musician named Don McLean released one of the enigmatic songs in the history of music. In notes that accompany the sale of his original…
Funeral Pyre
Phantogram's Phantasmagoric Elegy
Nearly a year after its release, Phantogram’s Three (2016) offers viewers with a final music video to accompany its dark, brooding and grief…
Told You So
Miguel's Told You So Explores the Price of Pleasure
The music video for Told You So - the latest glimpse of chameleonic R&B singer-songwriter Miguel's upcoming fourth album War &…
Sorry Not Sorry
Demi's loudly not sorry
There was another major female pop singer, who had released a single last week other than Selena Gomez. Yes, Demi Lovato, whom I recently blogged…
Freal Luv (Far East Movement X Marshmello)
Eclectic Hybridity
“When we were first starting in the music industry people were telling us to wear glasses and change our name from Far East movement because…
UGH!
Comfy Sweater, Fluorescent Neon Lights and Lots of Funky Dancing
Nope, that’s not my idea of a perfect date. That’s how I would describe The 1975’s “Ugh!”…
Desire
Laws Of Desire
Let's be real for a moment, Years & Years came out of the dark and into the light. Before anyone had a chance Years & Years over…
Sunshine
Peter Salett Uses Sunshine To Possess A Single Kind Of Love
Peter Salett's acoustic number Sunshine could border on Country, however, Salett instead touches upon a more Acoustic Indie paradox. I came across…
All Night
Bringing back the original boyband
If you thought that old fashioned R&B boybands were a dying breed, than you are wrong. Recently, I already introduced you to UK’s Mic Lowry,…
Who Are You?
Joyriding Has Us Reeling
Spring King has shone us that joyriding on a floating door can be exceptional fun. Spring Kings music video 'Who Are You?' has a power of the…
Highs & Lows
Emeli`s Official Highs And Lows!
From her latest record Long Live The Angels, Emeli is back with her latest music video for the single Highs And…
In Ear Park
In Ear Park: Song Review
As I turn on Department of Eagle’s “In Ear Park”, the faint crackle of the acoustic guitar that sneaked its way into the…
Way Back (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
Kicking the game like way back
I was pretty surprised to find a new TLC track over the Easter weekend. I’ve been writing about their Kickstarter funded album several times and…
Dog Years
Maggie Roger's Counts Down Our Dog Years
The ticket prize for originality goes to Maggie Rogers. From snapping her fingers in a quiet room or drumming out a pattern on the fabric of a pair of…
Without You
Another 'Without You' Song
It's perfectly understandable to believe that no one would be able to put a fresh spin on the 'can't live without you' theme, given…
Must Be Nice
Varsity Explores the Anxieties of Young Adulthood with Must Be Nice
Chicago quintet Varsity - singer-songwriter/keyboardist Stephanie Smith, guitarists Dylan Weschler and Patrick Stanton, bassist Spencer Smith and…
Hurricane
Heart of Darkness
Hurricane is probably New York duo MS MR's (vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow) best known single, and a perfect…
Real People
Real People Together
After watching Straight Outta Compton, it’s great to look forward to watching the real Ice Cube (whose son did an awesome portrayal) on the…
Don't Call Me (feat. Yuna)
TOKiMONSTA and Yuna's Chilly Kiss-Off
While Malaysian indie singer-songwriter Yuna (Yunalis Zara'ai) is best known for Crush, her heartwarming and romantic duet with Usher,…
Caught
St. Beauty's Caught is a Sparse and Sultry Emotional Purging
As their stage name suggests, the collaboration between Atlanta singer-songwriters Alexe Belle and Isis Valentino (who have been mentored by Janelle…
Chica Ideal
Sing to him! : What You Sing Is What You Think
When an artist writes a song makes thinking and feeling, is inspired by a person, his thoughts and feelings become tangible, writes on paper and…
La Vida Se Goza
Mata Rica tells us that Life is enjoyed with this video celebrating 20 years of musical career.
The Venezuelan group of Ska and Reggae Mata Rica as part of its celebration of 20 years of musical career, after two years of launching its fourth…
Keep Running
Sensuous Momentum
After two well-received EPs and over 3 million Youtube views for Bassically, Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi (Valerie…
Mood Rider
Jesus and Mary Chain: Mood Rider
The first thing I noticed about the video for Mood Rider is how well Jim Reid has aged out of the public eye. How very un-Scottish of him, especially…
Siren Call
Heeding the Siren's Call
Little Daylight is a Brooklyn-based alternative band consisting of Nikki Taylor, Matt Lewkowicz and Eric Zeiler. Taking their band name from the story…
Summer
Courtneers Experience Summer as a Fling to Remember
Indie Rock has made its bed and for the time being it is here to say. Now some people may feel that this statement can go and curl up somewhere and…
Get Lucky
COVERLAND Vol.25: Get Lucky
Let's move the Coverland series to present day. This time I’m gonna present you the cover of Daft Punk’s 2013 international…
Tunnel Vision
Kodak Black tunnel vision
American rapper from Florida, Dieuson Octave, known in the industry as Kodak Black, with career ahead, this 19 year old is one of the most active…
Can't Get Enough Of Myself (feat. B.C)
Santigold Can't Get Enough Of Myself (feat. B.C)
The talented singer songwriter Santigold released a new single entitled Can't Get Enough Of Myself on November 4th, 2015. Santigold delivers a…
Lazarus
Does Lazarus Go Down in History?
On 7th of January David Bowie released a new music video for his song Lazarus, just three days before he passed away. The song that is now…
Stir It Up
Stir it Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers Cover by ThreePeace from Marleyfest
Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers Cover by ThreePeace from Marleyfest feat. Jeff Warner - Live at Churchill's October 14, 2017…
Huey Lewis & The News
Huey Lewis and the News With Jamie Kent At Tanglewood
The unseasonable weather did not stop people from filling the grounds at Tanglewood in Lenox Massachusetts on a Sunday afternoon when Huey Lewis and…
Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne and his Downfall
Lil Wayne, what happened? The man has absolutely fallen off of the Earth when it comes to music, in fact…. has he even tweeted lately?…
Travis Scott
Travis Scott Announces New Record Label & “Bird’s Eye View” Tour
Travis Scott seems to be a very busy man as of late. He recently announced that he’ll be embarking on a 32 date tour this summer which will see him…
Eagles
The final goodbye of The Eagles
The presentation made by the American band The Eagles in the 2016 edition of the Grammy Awards was considered by its members as the farewell show.…
Adele
Adele Says She Won't Do Another Theme for a James Bond Movie
British singer said that he would never make a theme for a film Agent 007, fearing not exceed their success Skyfall. Following the completion of…
Pravada
In Talks with PRAVADA
Pravada is a band that has been on our radar for a number of years. With their catchy hooks, infectious brand of rock n' roll and buzzing…
Mogwai
Spaceships Over Glasgow
Take Me Somewhere Nice is a brooding, moody and reflective ballad from Scottish post-rock quintet Mogwai's third album&…
Franco De Vita
I sing for Ecuador
It was no small thing. 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale and its aftershocks practically reduced to nothing the coast of equatorial country. The aid…
Divine
Divine
Native Love Divas are everything. They turn on the lights and tell us when to love and when to pass out being too drunk of their love. Divas are…
Gustavo Elis
Shout this word to the world
They're boyfriends They're boyfriends Boyfriends Son Son Boyfriends In the most normal childhood bullying it happens when two…
The Smiths
The Queen is Dead. 30 years being immortal
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Ariana Grande
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Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga prepares for her new tour
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Yandel
Yandel returned to the music scene As Before with Wisin
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Silvestre Dangond
Silvestre Dangond and his successful tour
Silvestre Dangond continues to tour and does so with great success. The Colombian has visited the Pepsi Center WTC of Mexico City and the Domo Care…
Rick Ross
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Carly Rae Jepsen
Boy Problems never sounded like so much fun
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Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert's new album is here!
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Foyone
Foyone: #RapNoCut XXVIII
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff's Dazzling Piano Concerto No. 3
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Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam, Maná and Daddy Yankee will perform at the Los Dells Festival
A new Latin music festival debuts this summer in the Midwest with the participation of artists including Maná, Nicky Jam and Daddy Yankee. The…
Katrina & The Waves
Walk firmly and with steps of light
This song will save you the following words. It's cold? You feel bad? Can not you walk? There are people who have a do not know what makes…
Caibo
Caibo sings to the fallen in Venezuela
Fallen soldier is the title of the most recent issue published by the Venezuelan group Caibo. This duo, made up of Simón Toto Ruiz and…
Dead by April
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Something that gives me shivers. Music that may seem to sound ordinary and predictable, but it’s not like that at all. The band’s…
Jim White
Jim White Interview
Jim White’s songwriting and visual art are some of the tangible fruits of his sometimes dark thoughts, but he is not the tortured Southern…
Julia Michaels
Julia Michaels premiered the video for Issues
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Ringo Starr
Millionaire auction for Ringo Starr's battery
2.2 million closed auction by a battery of legendary Beatles Ringo Starr, it is a Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl three-piece 1963, which would be used in…
Pop Dogg
Pop Dogg To Headline UMP Festival
Summer time is officially in full swing in Malawi and much of Southern Africa. Summer brings with it a myriad of music and arts festivals in the…
Béla Bartók
Bartok’s Concerto For Orchestra (1943)
This concerto opened other doors of sound than other pieces in the literature before it. It combined equal amounts of dissonance with mathematical…
Don Omar
Don Omar and Daddy Yankee come together in a great show
Veterans of urban music and rivals Daddy Yankee and Don Omar decided to come face to face in the city of Las Vegas at the MGM Grand hotel where the…
Martina McBride
Dear Country Radio – Here Are My Two Cents and a Few Home Truths
First off, I should say that I do not work in radio and do not claim to have any first-hand knowledge of how scheduling works. I do, however, know…
Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles ‘That Girl’ – Album Review
It would be an understatement to say that country fans were waiting for this for a long time. Jennifer Nettles’ first solo album released non-…
Davy Knowles
Spielberg’s Ready Player One Nightclub Meets Its Match with Davy Knowles Release of VR Interactive 360 Mobile App Of His Live Concert
“Modern-day Blues Man” Davy Knowles has paired up with Florida based 360 VR company 1:9 Technology LLC to bring music and VR fans alike a new app. He…
International Show
A Hard Hitting Release for Hard Times by International Show!
“Rise” is the latest release by International Show to hit the streaming platforms along with a brand new music video on July 31st.…
Lecrae
Lecrae: The Rising Light in Hip Hop
Rap has changed and evolved in many ways throughout the years. According to one’s liking, that could be good or bad. Interestingly…
Morodo
''Friends'' video clip of Shotta and Morodo
Ignacio Gonzalez Rodriguez, artistically known as Shotta, is a Spanish rapper 36 years of age from Andalusia. He is the brother of ToteKing, also…
Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel: a current Diva with a heartbreaking voice
A heartbreaking voice, hoarse, melodies with tears, letters full of love and lovelessness: a face with arched eyebrows, with closed eyes, gestures…
The Soil Bleeds Black
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Delicate female feet on a cold floor – it’s so beautiful, telling and enthralling. So many feet are ready for the ritual dance and…
Paulo Franco
Paulo Franco Shares the Eclectic The Last Card
Paulo Franco has definitely proven to be one of the most standout acts of 2016. Recently releasing his new album, The Last Card, …
Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell dies at 72
Bernie Worrell, keyboardist of Parliament and Funkadelic bands and whose role was very important in the birth and expansion of funk, died at age 72…
Trenton P
In Talks with Rising Hip-Hop Star, Trenton P.
Trenton P. is one of the hottest upcoming Hip Hop artists to release music in the past year. This Spring we see him rising to stardom even more so…
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Meet the artsy and edgy CUT_
I welcome anyone to tell me who to watch when it comes to upcoming talent, but in the middle of all the well-intended suggestions, I do feel like the…
Cody Cooke and the Bayou Outlaws
Cody Cooke & The Bayou Outlaws On Being “Country With A Kick” – Interview
Raised on the Texas-Louisiana state line, Cody Cooke IS country music. His music offers hints of his favorite influences from Hank 1, 2, & 3,…
Gabriela Montero
A Grammy for the Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero
The musical passion has a name: Gabriela Montero. Hear her play classical works is a privilege, but it's even listen to improvise. In those…
Marius Billgobenson
Splendid New Release Tribes in Mind from Marius Billgobenson
The track “Tribes In Mind” is Marius Billgobenson’s latest release. Billgobenson, clearly a man of many passions and skills, is a Swedish musician and…
Chris Stapleton
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards – Country/Americana Winners
Last night the 58th annual Grammy Awards took place live from Los Angeles on CBS, and there were plenty of country and Americana artists on hand to…
Eric Selby
Do, Baby. By Eric Selby
We got the oppotunity to catch up with Eric Selby about his insprations and muscial endeavors a few weeks ago. Since then, he has released his long-…
Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi prepares new single with Daddy Yankee
Luis Fonsi Puerto Rican is making the video for her first single Despacito which has the support of the urban artist Daddy Yankee. Through its…
Bomba Estéreo
What's new from Bomba Estéreo
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Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt's Breaking Up in a Small Town
Sam Lowry Hunt is an American Country Singer/songwriter with a unique style that literally blows the barn doors off of traditional country…
Katy Perry
Katy Perry premieres music video for Swish Swish
Katy Perry today released the official Swish Swish video for her third single from her fifth album Witness , which features the special participation…
David Bowie
King-Queen Was Also A Movie Star
In the times of paradox, when musicians don’t really care about their video presentation, and the music is predominantly listened via…
Gerardo Ortiz
Gerardo Ortiz releases his new album
The moment that many fans were waiting for has finally arrived. Gerardo Ortiz released his new album, Comeré Callado Vol. 1. This album went on…
Edvard Grieg
Listen to This Piece for Peace!
Here we go again with Edvard Grieg. One of his most famous works after Peter Gunn or Gynt, is the serene, beautiful “Morning Mood.” This is one of…
Raleigh Ritchie
This Game Of Thrones actor will surprise you with his musical talent
The actor and singer Jacob Anderson, better known as Worm Grey (Grey Worm) in the hit TV series Game of Thrones, has a side that few know. is not…
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband ‘Three Red Feathers’ - Album Review
Hard workers, excellent musicians and passionate about performance – that’s one way to describe The Blackberry Bushes Stringband. Another is to revel…
Mario
More Need From Mario !
Baltimore`s sexy R`n`B vocal Mario keeps pushing those hot buttons, trying to steam some more swag into his…
Katy Perry
The MTV Music Awards already have a date
This time Katy Perry will be pleased to be the presenter of the 2017 MTV Music Awards, which will take place in Inglewood, California, on August 27th…
Sun City Girls
Sun City Girls
Run To the Sun This cold is so annoying. Seems like it’s never gonna end. And it makes me pissed and angry; I just go crazy not knowing what…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney sang with Beck
Music is life for the soul, and Paul McCartney, his life translates into making music, despite his 73 years, the most successful British musician and…
Caitlyn Smith
Caitlyn Smith ‘Everything To You’ – EP Review
I’d been keeping my eye on Caitlyn Smith ever since I discovered the hit songwriter on Twitter; it turned out that despite being relatively unknown…
Prince Royce
Prince Royce and a duet that promises success
2017 is projected as one of the best years of Latin music, for it came a new pair that certainly promises to give that talk. We talk about Shakira…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's Best Song from 1989
Taylor dropped the music video of Out of the Woods, her sixth single from her fifth album 1989, during Dick Clark's 2016 New Year's Rockin Eve…
Alabama Shakes
2016 Grammy Winners
The wait is over for the great artists in the music industry thanks to the completion of the 58th Grammy Awards 2016 Awards, positioning the singers…
John Mackey
John Mackey’s Foundry Has Awesome Rhythm
This piece is a fantastic rhythmic adventure that starts of with a full percussion suite banging away a straightforward rhythm that is quite danceable…
Lilacs & Champagne
Lilacs & Champagne
(Special Someone) We are setting forth on the island of drunken birds and sweet tainted treasures. Far beyond the champagne waters of sirens'…
Codie Prevost
Canadian Country Artist Codie Prevost
I love social media. Whether it is Twitter, Facebook, or countless other social media outlets there are great benefits to social media. One such…
The Kathy Kallick Band
Kathy Kallick Band ‘Foxhounds’ - Album Review
Bluegrass singer Kathy Kallick is not only known through her work with the Kathy Kallick Band, which has been one of the premiere bluegrass bands in…
Jennifer Lopez
Jlo resumes relationship with Casper Smart
Bronx diva recently attended an interview at the famous Ellen DeGeneres Show, which features get good information to artists, letting them exposed…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney in 360 degrees
Years pass and Paul McCartney remains in force. The trick: his undoubted musical quality and stay always updated with new trends. Following this line…
Coldplay
Coldplay release lyric video for their song Aliens
Brits from the Coldplay band have released their Aliens single, a new charity track because all their proceeds will be donated to an international…
SARABETH
SaraBeth’s Christmas Traditions Past and Present – Interview
When I last saw SaraBeth, it was on the 4th of July weekend 2015 and she, Glen Mitchell and Christen Cole had just been onstage at one WFRE’…
Jose Alejandro Delgado
José Alejandro Delgado premiered the video clip of Better that you leave
Jose Alejandro Delgado is a young singer-songwriter who to tip talent and effort has been made a space in traditional Venezuelan music. It is more…
French Montana
French Montana premieres new song with The Weeknd
A lie is the title of the new musical production of French Montana, which features The Weeknd in the chorus and the first verse, Montana in the…
The Bronzed Chorus
The Bronzed Chorus Shimmers with New Album Release
The Bronzed Chorus is an alternative,instrumental rock duo, consisting of Hunter Allen (Percussion, Keys)and Adam Joyce(Guitar)These two…
Don Henley
Don Henley ‘Cass County’ – Album Review
Don Henley, best known as the founding member of the Eagles, has released a solo country album, Cass County. This album is Henley’s first solo project…
Liam Payne
Liam Payne, in another direction
He was a member of the youth band One Direction and successfully began his solo career with the single Strip That Down. Now it revolutionizes the…
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney on Valentine's Day with Skype
The Beatles were masters in making short but catchy songs, now her former member Paul McCartney writes letters to accompany briefer smilies.…
DTW
Rock made in Atotonilco
DTW is a band of Atotonilco el Alto and shaped by Naomi Emmanuel and Rodrigo, which seeks to cool the tapatía scene with a young and honest…
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath say goodbye to their last world tour.
The British group Black Sabbath, a pioneer of heavy metal, closed on Saturday his last world tour before finally leaving with a concert in Birmingham…
Michael Jackson
SundaySpotlight: MJ
Thursday, 25th of June 2009. The king of pop has left us because his heart couldn't go on anymore. It is the same heart that got through his…
Jimmy Valentime
Laughing For The Wrong Reasons Press Release
The title comes from a famous story of Dave Chappelle exodus from his hit Comedy Central show. As a visiting executive laughed a little two hard at a…
David Bowie
David Bowie may not return to the stage
Never more. With those words the agent legendary English musician David Bowie referred to the possibility that the artist returned to act in a new…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes premieres the video for I see myself without you
2016 continues to be a great year for the Venezuelan oriental band Tomates Fritos. In February this year announced their new song I see myself…
Madonna
Forever a rebel heart
Madonna’s “Ghost Town” has recently been voted as the number one best songs of 2015 by Rolling Stone readers…
Nadia Ali
Electronic Heartache
Nadia Ali is somewhat like the unicorn of the EDM scene: she's female, of Pakistani descent, a prominent vocalist in a DJ-dominated…
Gualberto Ibarreto
Gualberto Ibarreto: genuine voice of the people
Sure, sometimes it is hateful to talk about the voice of the people, especially when the connotations towards politics is obvious. But in the case…
Simply Red
A simply red symphonica
This last week held a surprise. It was announced that Simply Red would be next year’s main act to perform at the Symphonica In Rosso concert series in…
The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s Mum States That She Knows Who Killed Her Son
March 9th is always a busy day in hip hop because it’s the day that The Notorious B.I.G. died. This year marked the 20th anniversary of his death and…
Nathanael Philip Mosher
Nathanael Phillip Mosher Pens Heartfelt Song
A jack of many trades and master of some, 25-year-old Filipino-American artist Nathanael Philip Mosher is one of a kind. His lifelong love for writing…
Álex Ubago
The return of Alex Ubago
And get good news from Spain for fans of Alex Ubago. The singer confirmed that he is working on his return to music after several years of absence.…
Birocratic
Chill Hop
You may have already been introduced to Birocratic's (New York-by-New Jersey producer Brandon Rowan) intriguing genre of…
Bencoolen
BENCOOLEN Take Over the 9:30 Club
Bencoolen has been one of the most noteworthy bands of 2016, and 2017 is gearing up to be just as accomplished. Sharing their new…
Logic
Logic releases first track from upcoming studio album
On 30 March, the American rapper Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, better known by his stage name as Logic, released the first song from her next studio…
Frankie Ballard
Frankie Ballard + Charlie Worsham @ Hoxton Square, London, UK | March 17, 2016 – Review
I have a few highlights of C2C Festival and its subsequent ‘Introduces’ shows, but one that I did not expect was the sheer…
Phyzix
Album Review: ‘Captain Long John’ by Phyzix
Several weeks ago Malawian rapper Phyzix went on a marketing tirade of sorts releasing single after single, week in week out from his sixth studio…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias prepares to release his new song
Less than a month for the long - awaited premiere of Beam me up The Radio, the new issue of Enrique Iglesias. It is estimated to be available on…
Amaia Montero
Amaia Montero sings “100 meters”
The renowned Spanish singer Amaia Montero recently premiered her new music single titled 100 meters, which is also the official soundtrack of the…
Ralph Vaughan Williams
R. Vaughan Williams’ Does A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
As we keep doing these reviews of concertos for two pianos and orchestra, I tend to see that this is actually a common concerto in the late Romantic…
Belinda
Belinda supports urban music
After the experience of recording a duet with artists like Pitbull, J Balvin, Vein and Juan Magan, Belinda still betting on urban Latin music on his…
Coldplay
The Superbowl Halftime Show 2016
From afar, the Levi Stadium was a spectacle of pastel fantasy madness with three of the most anticipated artists of this time. When I saw the line-up…
Hillsong Worship
Know the Other Meaning of Fire
He says the word God speaks all languages, because he created them, and the music is so universal. In any part of the earth, all people of all ages…
Calle 13
Resident without Calle 13
Through their social networks Rene Perez Joglar, known as Residente, provides details of what will be his new musical production, the first without…
Jenni Rivera
They revive Jenni Rivera with a hologram
A concert held in the framework of the Day of the Dead was the strange scenario used to present back to life of the late Mexican singer Jenni Rivera.…
Scott Wesley Brown
Scott Wesley - EP Review
Illinois native Scott Wesley was into music from an early age, writing his first songs at age five on an old upright piano. By his teens, he was…
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill: The Queen Of All Divas
No musician dead or alive can be compared to Lauryn Hill. She is a unique talent and in my opinion the ultimate diva. Now, before I go any further I…
Fey
Amo, Fey's daring video clip
Controversial. This is the word that defines the new video for the Mexican singer Fey, titled Master. It Discover what we can do for love , was…
Enrique Iglesias
The battle for the biggest summer hit
In most of Europe, it’s pretty normal to link the Spanish language to the feeling of summer, and more importantly, the feeling of a summer holiday. So…
Ty Herndon
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Fight For Gay Acceptance In Country Music
It’s been a strange few weeks for the face of country music. On November 5, 2014, Kacey Musgraves’ cult single ‘Follow Your Arrow’ won the CMA for…
John Mayer
How John Mayer Has Stayed Relevant In Our Ever-Changing Music Industry
We have all heard John Mayer's music at one point in time. In fact, it's safe to assume that most of us once have had a tune or two of his…
J Balvin
New J Balvin album will have great collaborations
The artist J Balvin, has reaped several successes in the last couple of years in the genre of reggaeton; in fact last year I danced everyone with his…
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez shows us part of her next work
This time Jennifer Lopez gave us know the next material that will surprise us this time coupled with Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda, this pair of…
Dax Riggs
Southern madness: Paegan Terrorism Tactics by Acid BAth
Before venturing into his solo career, Dax Riggs was a vocalist of one cult band: Acid Bath. They are so underground that they aren&…
Artists for Grenfell
Music can build bridges
The UK, and especially London, has been hit so hard on several occasions, lately, and each time I'm amazed at…
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle Interview
Justin Townes Earle ended up moving to Vagrant Records and surprised his fans with not one, but two, new albums within a year. The companion pieces,…
The Amazing
The Amazing
The Amazingis a Swedish Indie progressive rock band consisting of Reine Fiske, Crhistoffer Gunrup, Anna Jarvinen, Fredrik Swahn, Alexis…
Green Day
Green Day in Colombia this year!
The US group Green Day will be back in Colombia in a single concert on Friday, November 17, 2017 in the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogota as…
ZAYN
Zayn Malik never tires of creating new material
Former One Direction, Zayn Malik, has shown that his talent is not only the spotlight with his former group, because since their separation has made…
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters wanting to record more
Foo Fighters is one of those legendary bands that years pass and still stand, making good music, and so, the band 's drummer, Taylor Hawkins,…
Nights Amore
A Beautiful Discovery: Nights Amore
There is this artist who I just found who is so to-the-heart and the music is so inspiring. It’s Nights Amore. In just discovering their music, the…
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…
Frank Vieira
Frank Vieira ‘Three Little Words’ – Album Review
If you’ve been reading the site for some time, you may remember that we featured Frank Vieira in our first ever Stray Plectrums post…
Bob Marley & The Wailers
It was 36 years since the death of Bob Marley
Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981 after losing the battle against a cancer that was diagnosed in September of 1980 when on tour, he fainted in full…
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…
Hazel English
Contemplative Escapism
Bay Area-via-Sydney singer-songwriter Hazel English is poised to release a double EP, Just Give In / Never Going Home (May 12,…
Teresa Carreño
Two centenarians: Teresa Carreño and Antonio Lauro
This year 2017, two outstanding Venezuelan musicians are commemorated and honored in the best possible way: always playing their music. First,…
Justin Bieber
Bieber on the pitch with Barcelona
The pop idol Justin Bieber is present in activities of all kinds. The young Canadian took advantage of his stay in Barcelona to share an afternoon…
Gentle Giant
The complex but Gentle Giant
Progressive rock or prog-rock was the rockers version of the fusion wave that began when jazz musicians started to take interest in rock music. It…
Ilan Chester
The Caracas of Ilan Chester
Ilan Chester is Canto al Avila, a song that became the anthem of Caracas in the 80s. It was natural, for those years, to go quietly from Petare to La…
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
What's new from Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
The icons of hip hop: Cameron Jibril Thomaz, better known as Wiz Khalifa, and Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., better known as Snoop Dogg, back together…
Austra
Trust
Everything’s based on trust. Trust is essential. Of course, you can demand for facts and proves, recheck everything, but there is always a…
Mason Ashley
Mason Ashley ‘Into The Song’ - EP Review
16-year-old Mason Ashley is wise beyond her years. The Magnolia, Texas native has had a way with music since she was a young child, being able to play…
Phil Collins
Phil Collins reappeared
After spending nearly six years away from the stage, Phil Collins left everyone speechless with surprise appearance at the opening of the US Tennis…
Taylor Swift
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…
Okills
Okills will perform alongside Paramore and Cultura Profética.
No doubt Okills is one of the Venezuelan groups that is having a resounding success abroad, in this case the Okills are in Mexico, which meant that…
Brandy Clark
Brandy Clark ’12 Stories’ – Album Review
I knew before I even listened that I was going to love this album. Brandy Clark is one of my favorite people in country music right now, for her dark,…
Isao Tomita
Father of electronic music Isao Tomita dies at the age of 84.
The Japanese composer, pioneer of electronic music and amateur use of synthesizers Isao Tomita died at age 84 of heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo…
Soley
Dreaming with Soley
One afternoon I let Youtube choose music for me. I started with first song, and it took me to Soley's Pretty Face. I was hypnotized, literally. I…
Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns--A Great Live Worship Experience?
If you are looking to get close to God, this is a live worship experience that you could pursue. The music has some of the elements of Jesus and his…
Pulp
Sunday Spotlight: Pulp
Initially called Arabacus Pulp, Pulp is a British indie-pop group that, following the insecure beginning and frequent member departures, managed to…
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande and John Legend are working on a song for Beauty and the Beast
The anticipated film Beauty and the Beast soon to be released this year, will have an excellent duet on the soundtrack composed by John Legend Ariana…
Miss Bolivia
Miss Bolivia has El Paso
Paz Ferreyra, better known as Miss Bolivia, has one of the songs that will be included in his upcoming album Pantera. Thus, fans of the singer,…
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…
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3
On 13 March, the rapper Lil Uzi Vert launched a short subject with the title XO TOUR Llif3. This song was produced by JW Lucas & TM88. The…
Nicky Jam
Until Dawn: the new Nicky Jam
Nicky Jam continues to dominate the scene of Latin American urban music. This time, with the hashtag #ConNickyHastaElAmanecer, Puerto Rican invited…
Rels B
let's look at each other
Almost a month after the publication of his latest single, skinnyflakkk brings us to the third advance after Re-Menber and Made in Taiwan '…
Desiigner
Desiigner sings about the difficult life of Tiimmy Turner
The original rapper from Brooklyn, New York has won great recognition in just 19 years thanks to its success Panda and now…
P!nk
Pink in Wonderland
When I first heard Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” (that was around the time I was 15 years old) it changed the way…
B.Knox
B.Knox Unveils Prominent Debut
B.Knox is far from your average singer-songwriter. Making waves in a major way, he brings to life his new and debut song DEEP DARK LOVE, for the…
Pharmakon
Pharmakon
Margaret Chardiet I wanna sniff some glass; I wanna try some distorted pleasure of the aural trips. I wanna see how the mad injects drug made of…