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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…
The Covers Record
The Covers Record
There's something about the rich melancholy of Chen Marshall's voice that gets me hooked every damn time. Although the simple combination of…
Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
R'n'r Prophet Called Chuck
Chuck Prophet gained recognition as a member of the group Green on Red during the 80s of the last century. In 1990, he started off his solo career,…
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,…
hopeless fountain kingdom
Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
The rising pop star's sophomore album goes for experimental radio hits that are full of anhedonic drama. It's ambitious and nuanced, though…
Songs of Praise
Shame (On You) If You Judge an Album By Its Cover
It has been said many times - do not judge a book by its cover - and many times the saying turned out to be valid. In the same manner, you should not…
Love & Darkness
Israeli Folk
Noa Bentor is a pretty unfamiliar name on the scene. Last year, she released her debut Love and Darkness and even though she is not yet respected,…
IN DREAM
Editors Have Kunst and They Are Not Afraid To Use It
When their debut album The Black Room was released in 2005, it represented a true revolution of post-punk. Editors became a band everyone was taking…
République Amazone
The Sound Of Black Continent Representing
Everyone who’s been traveling around world, either as a digital nomad or just during vacation period, knows how inspiring is to hear different types…
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…
The Promised Land
BREAKING DAYS RELEASE THE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE PROMISED LAND
Breaking Days release their first music video The Promised Land with the support of the record company Castro Music Ltd. The Promised Land by…
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Two men, one of them in flames, shake hands in a studio back lot. The image of a nude woman emerges from a red veil. A diver breaks the waves of a…
Painted Ruins
Painted Ruins
The intricate compositions on the band’s fifth album are bound tighter than ever, evoking distant images and emotions that continually shift in and…
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
Mediocre Pop on John Legend ''Darkness and Light''
No matter If you are a big fan of mainstream music or not, you probably appreciate when your favorite musician makes an effort to step out of his…
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,…
Roya
Roya - Serious Pop
Anything that has something to do with the New Zealand masters The Clean will always get my attention. So when the name of Clean’s drummer Hamish…
Belong
Belong
The third album from studied Brooklyn chamber-pop ensemble San Fermin benefits from a sharper focus. But its lyrics signify depth and meaning without…
Too Dark Park
Skinny Puppy's Sonic Masochistic Masterpiece
Skinny Puppy's eighth studio album is something of a masterpiece. So dense are the sonic tapestries that it is nearly impenetrable. Produced by…
Dizzyride
A Ride That Can Make You Dizzy
Ok, so the girl (Zoe) is from Montreal and the boy (Nicola) is from Venice, where should they meet and what will the music they make sound like? Th…
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…
Murmur (Deluxe)
What's the album that clears your head?
As I’ve probably said before (and will most certainly say again), there’s nothing like music to bring you back to a specific time and place. Look at…
More Songs About Buildings And Food
What band did you finally discover in 2016?
I pride myself on being a connoisseur of classic 80s indie. From Joy Division’s Closer in 1980 to Disintegration by The Cure in 1989, and all of New…
The Gamble
Refined Experiment
Reunions of past collaborators can often be disappointing, especially when it comes to art projects. Luckily, Nils Frahm did not fall into that trap…
Pariah
Pariah
Twenty years into her career, after a hiatus of more than a decade, the Chicago footwork producer finally releases her debut album, taking apart her…
Everything You've Come To Expect
The Last Shadow Puppets Return
Duo made of Alex Turner (leader of Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals and Little Flames) does not need a special introduction, although it…
Growing Up Is For Trees
Growing Up Is For Trees
Let me get one thing straight – these guys are not from Barcelona, they are from Scandinavia. How could something so cheerful come from a…
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…
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…
Breakfast Alone
Little Bandit - Breakfast Alone
Nashville is not all about country pop and traditional country and here is a proof for it. Little Bandit offers something unique. Their album…
For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
Slow, Deep and Hard
The title of Type O Negative’s first album is a perfect describer of Subrosa’s new record, For This We Fought the Battle of Ages.…
Fourth
Soft (but powerful) Machine
Soft Machine is one of the iconic bands of British rock music. They are among the founders of the legendary Canterbury progressive rock scene. Named…
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…
Weathered Meat
Nearly Dead - Weathered Meat
Nearly Dead is a Canadian noise-rock band from British Columbia, and they have so far released a handful of fine noise rock albums. The latest of…
Thinkin Out Loud
Thinking Out Loud First Impressions
This girl never stops impressing, that`s for sure. Young, but only by numbers, this smashing sunshine of vocal enchantress, Ms.…
Pretty. Odd.
#tbt: Panic At The Disco: Pretty.Odd.
Spoiler alert: following throwback might appear more ambivalent than it really is. Emo is probably the only genre that not even those who place…
Acid Guru Pond
Bardo Pond - Acid Guru Pond
Acid Guru Pond is an interesting collaboration album between the always great and impressive Bardo Pond and the equally renowned Acid Mothers Temple…
My Darkest Hour
Noir Heroine
Jemma Nicole is potential new heroine of Gothic Americana scene. She was born in Perth, Australia and she currently resides in Melbourne, which makes…
Shadows in the Night
Dylan's Creative Block
Fallen Angels is another cover album by Bob Dylan dedicated to the evergreen American music and big Frank Sinatra. Last year, Dylan released Shadows…
Adventure Of A Lifetime
Coldplay A Head Full Of Dreams Album Review
Coldplay released their new album entitled A Head Full of Dreams on December 4th, 2015. Coldplay is a group I have been following since their very…
Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex are Like a Cigarette After Sex - Pleasurable
Cigarettes After Sex have become a YouTube sensation with the single Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby. As it goes, the views were rising, and the song…
Machine Gun: Live at The Fillmore East 12/31/1969 (First Show)
Hendrix Had a Machine Gun
When Jimi Hendrix Experience split up in 1969, Jimi Hendrix did not procrastinate for too long. He played with Billy Cox for a while, and…
Ahora
Green Valley and ''Now'' their sixth album
Six albums and hundreds of concerts later, Green Valley continues to expand its message of positivity to the four winds. '' Now &…
Cobalt Chapel
Cobalt Chapel - Where Wicker Man Resides
Remember “The Wicker Man” movie? No not the 2006 remake, but the 1973 English mystery horror classic based on the 1967 novel “The Ritual”, involving…
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…
Songs for the Ravens
#tb Sea Of Bees' 2011 Debut
Consider this throwback a sonic kiss. I am serious – this music will hug you and kiss you in all the right places. Young girl from Sacramento managed…
Take Me To The Alley
The Sparkle in Take Me To The Alley by Gregory Porter
If you haven't heard yet about Gregory Porter, and you are a fan of jazz music, then today is your lucky day! Porter is best known for his third…
Lust For Life
Lust for Life
The fourth full-length from Lana Del Rey is sincere and sublime, pushing her fascination with pop culture iconography even further while adding a…
Bressa Creeting Cake (Deluxe Edition)
Bressa Creeting Cake - A Rediscovered Golden Nugget
The importance of the New Zealand’s Flying Nun label has been quite fairly recorded, particularly through the works of such seminal bands as…
Lupercalia
I(n)diosyncratic Pop
Patrick Wolf is a love singer. From his early days, love was his biggest inspiration, whether cheerful or painful. In my opinion, Lupercalia was the…
Saint Molly
Studying At The Academy Can Make You A Saint
I’m old enough to remember the times before any Internet (yeah, that old) with what would be now considered scant information about any new and…
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Remastered Version)
Introducing David Bowie's alter ego - Ziggy Stardust
Bowie started his career with the hit “Space Oddity” in 1969, for the astronaut Major Tom who is abandoned in Space and ended with…
New Energy
5 Favorite Albums of 2017
My favorite LPs of the year, in no specific order. Arca - EPONYMOUS Same as Mutant, this album is a hybrid of different genres, only this time they…
Direct Hits
Killing It!
Just as the greatest thing about the sky is that we share it with everyone, the greatest thing about The Killers is that they shared their music with…
Live at Reading
Remembering Nirvana
Lately, I have been rediscovering my passion for Nirvana and I have found some great live albums by one the greatest bands of all time. Nirvana’s Live…
Soul Sphere
Born Of Osiris Soul Sphere Album Review
Chicago’s heavy metal quintet Born Of Osiris released their 5th full length release on October, 29th 2015. The album is based on the ancient…
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 …
Language
The Contortionist Has Their Own Language (2014)
If you are a Progressive music lover, you cannot just pass by this album or band. These guys deserve our attention; They have a message to say and…
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…
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…
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Less to go until the Sunset Roll Festival.
Despite the difficult situation that exists in Venezuela, it is a great pride for all that music festivals are still made and that may present major…
Heads Up
Warpaint's Semi-Lukewarm Return
The girls from Warpaint have released their third studio album. After numerous plays, it is plausible to conclude this is their most dance-y release…
Gone Is Gone
Gone is Gone – Gone is Gone [Review]
Supergroups. They always bring lots of promises but fail to deliver them almost every time. Anyone remembers SuperHeavy, a project consisting out of…
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’…
Hit Me Baby...
The Baseballs Are On The Edge Of Their Cover-Career
A cover of a song is like a panorama of the city seen through a differently colored glasses. Ergo, covers are fashionable. As we all know, fashion…
Needles into the Ground
Khost - Needles Into The Ground
''Needles Into The Ground'' features the British experimental duo Khost in collaboration with Justin K. Broadrick from Godflesh, and…
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&…
Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun
Mark Olson - Mojave desert psych
Mark Olson, one of the original co-founders of The Jayhawks is back with a new album, and although he is credited as “the head of the bill”,…
American Life (U.S. Enhanced-Non-PA Version)
#tbt: Madonna - American Life
Following does not need a big introduction, because the artists itself is so big, it does not demand an introduction whatsoever. I know, this was some…
Bedouine
Bedouine Epitomizes Her Name in Music
Under the name Bedouine hides girl born in Aleppo. Her parents moved to United States after winning green card lottery. Migration is in her blood, her…
Something More Than Free
10\10 for Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell is James Blunt for people who know what music is. Even though James Blunt’s latest album proved that he knows how to sound like…
Tomates Fritos
Fried Tomatoes arrives namesake.
After long months of waiting, the big Tomates Fritos have taken the plunge and released their new self-titled album, if, likewise, namesake.…
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Swedish indie pop trio comes back with their third release that is both exuberant and ebollient, but incosistent when it comes to genre. Do you…
Four Hands & a Heart Christmas
A Carlton for Christmas
I know it's not yet December. But in may part of the world, the Philippines, the Christmas season can begin as early as September. This month then…
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…
The Shapes
Weekend EP Battle: Miami Horror Vs Pinky Pink
Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. They are not easy to compare, anyway. Miami Horror…
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…
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…
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…
Semper Femina
Laura Marling Simply Can Not Avoid Bringing Her A Game
If someone asked me who is the most brilliant female singer in the world right now, few names would pop in my mind. The following review…
Felony Blues
Jamie Wyatt's Music From Prison
In the world of country music, prison was always one of the places from which an artist can develop perspective which would reflect in lyrics…
Lazaretto
Jack White's Lazaretto
Jack White is definitively a true superstar of his generation. What he did with The White Stripes was seminal in bringing rock’n’…
Jomsviking
Long Ships Arrive Again
Yeah, the new album from everyone’s favorite Vikings, Amon Amarth, is here. Dubbed Jomsviking, it is their first concept album, telling the…
Jei Beibi
Café Tacvba consecrates its experience in Jei Beibi
They are already 28 years of musical career and Café Tacvuba manages to show the best musical document of the moment in which they are living. A…
Can’t Go Home (feat. Adam Lambert)
Adam Lambert is taking this track home
When I heard about this latest Adam Lambert collaboration, I knew I just had to check it out. Adam has always been exploring electronic dance music in…
Scorpion
Will Johnson Is Painting With Words
Austin is a city well known for its folk and country. Support for such a notion came from Curnet Marie Andrews who released a magnificent album last…
Life...The Best Game In Town
Harvey Milk - Life...The Best Game In Town
Harvey Milk are a legendary American sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Georgia. They have released an array of great albums that pack some of the…
Ruins
Ruins by First Aid Kit Is A Contradictory Investigation of the Past
Four years after their critically praised album Stay Gold, Swedish duo First Aid Kit are back with their fourth LP titled Ruins. The record comes…
Spirit
Amos Lee, Winning Again
Amos Lee is back! Three years passed since his last album, Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song, which couldn’t match his highest…
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&…
Blues
Jimi the Bluesman
Jimi is probably the most influential musician in rock music. He changed the way rock guitar was played and gave the genre its fiery spirit. Hendrix’…
Communion
Communion Still Is The Best SepticFlesh Record...
Broken and then reunited again, SepticFlesh managed to release their best album to date, Communion, back in 2008. Embracing classical orchestrations…
Volume 1
BNQT Do a Banquet, Seventies Style
We’re getting flooded with acronyms, so why not another one? This time for a much-maligned term a “supergroup”. It had its troubles since Blind Faith…
Oferta
Electro Disgusting Spanish Girls
I never expected that my new favorite band would be from Spain. They are singing in Spanish, and I am not that fluent, but that still did not stop…
Random Access Memories
#tb The Standard of Modern Electronic-Dance
Recently, I have watched an episode of HBO’s brand new show Young Pope and in one scene, the main characters, pope, asked his advisor who does she…
Bohren For Beginners
Turning Doom Metal Into Film Noir Jazz
How do you cross from doom metal to film noir jazz? Easy, if you ask German purveyors of, as the say it themselves, doom ridden jazz music, Bohren and…
You’re Welcome
Wavves Make You Jump On The Table
Only year and a half after self-released V, and a little bit more since split-album No Life For Me, a collaboration with Cloud Nothings,…
Pleasure
Welcome back, Feist
You know when you wait for a record, and you wait, and you wait until your anticipation slowly ceases to exist. And then, when you least expect it,…
Dead Magic
Reincarnation of Diamanda Glass, miss Anna Von Hausswolff
Take what is the destiny of a human being, a thin pathetic line that marks and surrounds the neverending and the unknown silence. Right in that…
Revival
Slim Shady is Not Back
Marshall Matters, aka Eminem, returned to the music scene with Revival, a desperate collection of redundant tracks and collaborations with top-notch…
Tara Jane O'neil
Tara Jane O'Neil - Eighth Time Like The First Time
No big mystery or innuendo in the title above. Just the fact that Tara Jane O’Neil has decided to go the self-titled route only for her eighth&…
Refugium
Well-blended mixture of Styles
Anomalie is a one man piece hailing from Austria, its only member Marrok has worked with Harakiri for The Sky, and Refugium is his latest album,…
Sigillum Luciferi
Cough - Sigillum Luciferi
Cough are a no-nonsense stoner doom/sludge metal band from Richmond Virginia. They have released a series of great stoner doom/sludge albums through…
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…
Retrohash
Asher Roth RetroHash Album Review
Get ready for a wild and emotional ride through Asher Roth's new album RetroHash! His sophomore album takes you though some deep…
Annulment (Live)
Starting Form an Anulment
You couldn’t say that Mark Mulachy, the brain behind Miracle Legion is one of the luckier men in music. Didn’t look that way back in the mid-Eighties…
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…
Por Acanga
THE SURVIVAL OF THE THREE
Five years passed for the three delivered a handful of new songs in studio. After Coliumo Loose (2010), led by Alvaro Henríquez and his…
Absolution (New 09 version)
#tbt: Muse - Absolution
Let’s go back to the time when Muse were able to verify their identity. I remember buying their album Absolution, putting it in my CD player and…
Have You In My Wilderness
Baroque trip-pop
Just imagine baroque pop influenced by Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac successfully combined with jazz and trip hop. Now add emotional confidence…
AIM (Deluxe)
A.I.M
Few musicians in recent memory have worked harder to successfully — and sometimes unsuccessfully — merge social activism with their art like M.I.A.,…
Melodrama
Lorde Comes Crashing To Reality in Melodrama
Lorde is the one musician right now, activities relating to every young adult imaginable. With the anticipated release of Melodrama, fans of the…
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…
Midnight Sun
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Midnight Sun
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Here we have a big apple that fell not far from the huge tree; the tree being John Lennon and the apple…
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…
Of Monkees And Men
Monkeying With The Monkees
Scott McCaughey is no more a Young Fresh Fellow. In more ways than one. For one, this legend of the Seattle music scene is no more a spring chicken…
Love Undercover
#tb When The Corals Were on Hiatus
When The Coral went on a hiatus, its members commenced working on their solo projects. That is how Ian Skelly’s and James Skelly’s debuts…
Something's Changing
Lucy Rose Comes Back Home - To Folk
Third studio album by British author Lucy Rose was preceded by two month journey across South America, partly organized by her latino fans, so she…
Vine
Jen Gloeckner - Climbing Up The Vine
Downtempo (who still remembers trip-hop?) has become such a formulaic genre that whenever somebody lists a certain album or an artist under such a…
La Saboteuse
Yazz Ahmed - World Jazz At Its Best
Quite a number of modern jazz trumpet players are adding various tonalities from different musical styles as well as from different parts of the world…
Thru Me Again
La Hell Gang - Thru Me Again
La Hell Gang is a relatively well-known Chilean psychedelic rock band from Santiago. They have released three good albums so far, and their best album…
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&…
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…
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…
Rocket
Is Alex G Reincarnation of Elliot Smith?
There must be someone who deserves the same hype as Frank Ocean. There must be and here he is. Twenty year old author and multi instrumentalist Alex…
La Mort Du Christ
Reke Presents: La Mort Du Christ
Gustavo Ferrin (Caracas, Venezuela. 21 day of September 1982), known as Rekeson or simply '' Reke '', is a Venezuelan…
And Then There Were None...
Church Of Misery - And Then There Were None
The well-known Japanese stoner metal/doom band Church Of Misery came out with a new album recently. Church Of Misery albums always tend to build up a…
HDYNATION RADIO
Flosstradamus HDYNATION RADIO Album Review
The Chicago natives J2K and Autobot better known by their stagename Flosstradamus, released a new album this week entitled . This power duo are some&…
Porgy
Great entrance: 'Porgy' by Labyrinth Lounge a Stunning Debut
Labyrinth Lounge is a high energy and quite a lot closer to jazz with a terrific funk and hyper-Gershwin Broadway vibe laced throughout it. Vocalist…
Transformation
Transformation to an early stardom
“Transformation” is the first studio album by bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, the young prodigy who rose to fame early in her youth, playing alongside…
Majestic (Live)
Kari Jobe's Majestic (LIVE)
Worship singer Kari Jobe is a singer who is just dripping with the holy spirit. Many of the songs that she sings on her albums are full of the spirit…
Attila
The Men and The Art of Brutal Attack on The Listener
The Men, a four-member band from Brooklyn lead by Mark Perr (vocal/guitar/piano), have dropped their debut Immaculada back in 2010. It was a self-…
The Awakening
P.O.D. W.O.W.
To start your career during the 90s and create some alternative metal with rap all over it, experiencing turbulence of the new millennium and release…
in•ter a•li•a
At The Drive-In - in•ter a•li•a [Album Review]
When you release an album recognized by many as the best post-hardcore release ever, there’s not much to do than to call it quits and focus on other…
HAIZ
Hailee Steinfeld Headphones and Haiz
Where others struggle a lifetime to get a music career going, Hailee Steinfeld seems to have stumbled upon it by accident. Appearing as an actress…
Tribute to Snake Charmers Music
Holy Palms - Tribute To Snake Charmers Music
Holy Palms is a fascinating one-man psychedelic rock band from Russia. What is interesting about Holy Palms is the mixture of psychedelic…
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…
Hearts on Fire
FMLYBND: Hearts On Fire EP
In a scene dominated by button-pushing DJs encouraging fans to “put their hands up,” the energy of a live electronica …
Foreverland
Dante and James Joyce Fan Is Back
We haven't heard of Neil Hannon for quite a few years now. Five to be exact, and it is always great to have him back. Even from the early Nineties…
Acoustic
Acoustic Simple Minds
lSimple Minds have long been imprisoned in the maze of their own discography. After they resented the 80s during the decade they became famous (90s),…
The Sympathy Sigh
Problems reading? Well, Sing then!
It seems that Jamie Lockhart, the brain behind the Mi Mye monicker has problems reading because he has dyslexia. He was only able to read fully his…
Carry Fire
We Got Spoiled By Robert Plant
Robert Plant does not give up and on Carry Fire he continues with his ethnomusic excursion related to Anglo-American folklore. For those who don't…
I Can't Go Home
I can't go home
The East New York rapper’s complicated relationship with wealth, poverty, and his neighborhood fuels his debut, an album about what happens when you…
No No No
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Listening to the fifth album of Beirut, it made me wonder what the hell has happened with the band that always crafted good stuff and gave us four…
Pride & Prejudice
The Art of Speed Rapping
When I think about Korean hip-hop, one name definitely comes to mind faster than you can say rap. OUTSIDER. The first time I heard about Outsider, I…
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…
Stereolithic
311 Stereolithic Review
This a review I have been looking forward to doing for a while now. 311 has proved to be he most consistent bands from their first album &#…
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…
Days of Exile
Days Of Exile, the new vinyl verse
Undoubtedly this year, he is being one of the best in the Venezuelan musical movement, since there have been many successes of national groups. In…
Revisited
Singer/Songwriter Andy Michaels Releases Highly Anticipated New Music Video Lucretia's Eylandt
Australian singer/songwriter has just released his highly anticipated new music video Lucretia's Eyelandt off of his new album Revisited. Check it…
Hiding Place
Music For the Soul
Fresh off her month long tour for her recently released album, Hiding Place, and more recently, kicking off an Acoustic Sessions Tour 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…
Hymn For The Weekend
Coldplay gives us a taste of what they will present at SuperBowl 50 with Beyonce
With less than a week for the big show and it seems to excite the fans and leave the audience wanting more, the artists invited to celebrate the…
Whole Wide World - Unpeeled
Cage The Elephant Covers Iconic Song By Wreckless Eric
Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric had to be a monumental song while being a teenager, clear and simple. After hearing for a few days that Cage the…
Hello
After several years of waiting Adele says Hello.
As a preamble to its third full-length album entitled 25, the British singer Adele released its latest promotional single Hello accompanied by a…
I Don't Believe It
Uplifting Ballet Pop
Before New York-based singer-songwriter Rachael Sage embarked on a career in music, she attended The School Of American Ballet and danced in&…
La Vida Mejor
Music Teaches You: How to Build a Country?
Forget everything you've sense, music is part of the story and your story, and as history, is responsible for displaying the mistakes of the…
Take Off Your Shirt
Bibio's 'Anti-Party' Anthem
English music producer Stephen Wilkinson (the main man behind Bibio) has been duly noted by music critics for carving out his own genre of ‘…
Lover's Spit
The Longing in Lover's Spit
Since its release on Canadian indie rock music collective Broken Social Scene's critically acclaimed second album You Forgot It in People …
Alibi
Empara Mi's Alibi Presents Dramatic Self-Purging
“Alibi” is the latest addition to a growing body of work by Empara Mi, a singer-songwriter who has positioned herself within the…
The Logical Song
A Modern, Ironic Classic
The success of that record was basically down to its great songs. I never tired of hearing them over the entire time, and I think the album has a very…
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…
Boyish
Balladic Insecurity
La envidia y la inseguridad son, evidentemente, fuentes potentes de inspiración artística (de ahí la perdurable popularidad del é…
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…
B.M.
Kris Wu’s “B. M.” (Burberry Made): High on Style, Low on Semantics
Over a decade ago, the chief executives working for British luxury fashion house Burberry were worried that their unexpected off-brand association…
Something To Believe In
On The Wicked Side Of Belief
Young The Giant are coming back with boxing gloves on to take over the indie spectrum. This time around Young The Giant will release their third…
Chained To The Rhythm
Katy Perry's political undertone
As you know, I have a thing for lyrics. I love songs that sound like fluff, but have something to it when you pay attention to the words. BTW, with…
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…
Ugly Boy
Die Antwoord Open The Door To Ugly Boy
Die Antwoord are a bit like that horse pill you had to swallow as a child to get rid of a massive sinus infection or some other serious illness.…
Search For Your Love
Spacey Yearning
Garage space pop duo Gulp materialized due to a chance encounter: Scottish vocalist Lindsey Leven met Super Furry Animals bassist Guto Pryce…
With You
Chester Bennington: Songs that Started it All
The first time I had heard Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park it was on a borrowed CD on a cheap portable CD player that skipped songs at the slightest…
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…
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,…
Me and Michael
Will Me and Michael Prove to be the Big Song on MGMT's Little Dark Age?
En su perfil de Q Magazine en diciembre pasado, cuando MGMT discutió su próximo cuarto álbum, Little Dark Age , Me and Michael fue…
Without Love
Alice Glass should never sound this generic
When Alice Glass left Crystal Castles there seemed to be a unofficial promise that whatever Glass did next would be 100% her, rather than her put…
Electric Blue
Electrifying Disco-Rock
There’s sort of an everything-nowness to life. I feel like almost every event and everything that happens surrounds you on all sides. Some…
Modern Act
More Than Just An Act
Band members Dylan Baldi, Jayson Gerycz, TJ Duke and Chris Brown are Cloud Nothings. A new age post punk representation from Cleveland, Ohio. So far…
Buried Alive
An underapricated gem from two New York artists
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…
Your Best American Girl
The Unhinged Catharsis of Not Fitting In
2016 may prove to be the turning point for Asian American representation in popular culture, with the proliferation of social media campaigns…
Love On The Brain
Rihanna's brainchild
I’m not the biggest Rihanna fan. There’s a side to her that I don’t like, but then there are aspects of her and her artistry that I do like. It’s…
Burn the Witch
Radiohead is back, and Burn the Witch is everything you expected and more
The wait is over, Radiohead has released their first song in five years and it’s unlike anything else you’re hearing right now.…
Sabali
Love, Jouissance and Blindness: The Doubly Poignant Use of Amadou & Mariam's Sabali in Léa Mysius' Ava
“Ava”, the debut feature film by La Femis film school graduate Léa Mysius, incorporates a…
À tout à l'heure
That Elusive Moment of Being
Every day includes more non-being than being. Yesterday for example . . . has it happened a good day; above the average in ‘being.&rsquo…
Main Title/Laura
JAZZ STANDARDS VOL.10 - Laura
“Laura” is a popular song from the mid-forties of the 20th century, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura starring…
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…
Take It To The Limit - Live Version
Eagles' Take It To The Limit
One of the first gold singles by the group and a very poignant one at that is “Take it To The Limit.” It was written right before…
Offa My Hands
On Offa My Hands, Jessica Lea Mayfield Needs Every Single DNA Strand Gone
On Sorry is Gone, the title track and lead single from Ohio country-rocker Jessica Lea Mayfield's fourth album, was a breezy, charming,…
Selfish Love
Jessie Ware Returns to Desire's Darker Side
“Wildest Moments”, British soul singer Jessie Ware’s best-known single, hinges on the dual realization that love - its…
Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)
Enjoy Chicano Batman's Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm) ahead of March release of Freedom is Free
Chicano Batman came out of L.A.; four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía…
Hallelujah
More Pentatonix Christmas
What would Christmas be without Pentatonix? They may have taken over the Internet with their evolutions of who- or whatever, or their wonderful covers…
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…
Warm Whiskey Nights
Justin Ryan warms our hearts with Warm Whiskey Nights
Everyone loves a good story, A good story will keep you interested and it will keep you really connected with the main character; to feel what it is…
Dearly Beloved
Kiesza returns to the guitar
No one has walked onto the music scene as impressive as Kiesza. With her red dancing shoes, she seemed set to take over the world, but her impression…
Sign of the Times
If It's A Sign Of The Times, Harry Styles May Be The Voice Of Reason
'Sign of the Times' is coming out at the exact right time. Once the men from One Direction decided to go there separate ways, many wondered if…
New York
Restless Impermanence
I have a particular fondness for songs that successfully embody the general zeitgeist of a location - songs that seem to encapsulate the essence of…
No Hope
No Hope As The Vaccines Idealize Coming Of Age
I could write endlessly about the band The Vaccines. Whether you love to hate or love to love the band, come on their second album Come Of Age was a…
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 Remastered Version
Timelessness and The Smiths' There is a Light that Never Goes Out
It’s unsurprising that the Smiths are referenced in two of the best indie films released in the past ten years (in my humble opinion), 500…
Working Class Heroes (Work)
Get your Next Cut with Cee Lo Green
Multi-talented superstar Cee Lo Green just released a brand new visual for his latest single Working Class Heroes (Work), …
Sea Birds
Mythic Wilderness
When was the last time you heard the Latin/scientific name of an animal species in a song? Egretta garzetta (the little egret),…
Woman
Woman’s Intellect and Confidence Against the Gloom
Rosie Lowe released her newest song, “Woman”, in January 2016 that led the way to her debut album Control in February 2016.…
Instruction
Jax and Demi's spicy instruction
I’ve not been too excited about the most recent releases by Demi Lovato in collaboration with others, but her recent collaboration with Jax…
Capitán Tapón
Captain Plug the new Alejandro Sanz
Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz comes with a new single called Captain cap, the third of his album SYRUP which already has rated Triple…
Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)
The song you won't get over
Only “Happy” from Pharrell Williams kept “Rather Be” from being the most played song of 2014. It put Jess…
The Wonder of Love
The Wonder of Gold Celeste
Gold Celeste is extremely keen at finding the right balance between psych music’s modern elements - they craft tape-saturated drum grooves…
Tigers in the Dark
Cleopatra Records releases Rachel Mason 'Tigers in the Dark' single
Renowned performance artist and musician Rachel Mason, freshly signed to Los Angeles-based Cleopatra Records, has announced her forthcoming single…
Pears For Lunch
Pears For Lunch - Girl Band
If you haven't witnessed a music video directed by Bob Gallagher, you are missing out on the volatile nature that comes with a Gallagher directed…
Lust For Life
A remix of Lust for Life proves that Trainspotting 2 doesn't have an era to soundtrack
T2: Trainspotting is a rare film sequel that is as good as the original by taking its characters to their logical conclusion. These dudes are bad…
Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes Joe (Live from Austin City Limits)
Alabama Shakes is a one-of-a-kind band that embodies an old time southern rock with a modern day instrumentation style. I had the pleasure of seeing…
God's Gonna Cut You Down
God's Gonna Cut You Down
A short time ago I published a list of contemporary blues songs I personally like the best but I haven’t heard this version of ‘…
The Less You Know
Bryan Banks Shares His Most Vulnerable Song Yet
Bryan Banks' newest song The Less You Know is the perfect follow up to his 2017 album The Sudden Sounds of Urgency. It's an emotional…
Virile
Fraternal Love
French cousins Guillaume Alric (a.k.a Mayd Hubb) and Jonathan Alric founded The Blaze before joining Bromance Records. This resulted in their…
Strangers
A Real Lesbian Top 100?
With her blue wigs, androgynous style, tri-bi identity (biracial, bisexual, bipolar) and self-made internet fame, the extramusical aspects of alt-pop…
Adicta
Maite Perroni shows herself “Adicta” in her New Video
Maite Perroni is a Mexican singer and actress who on Friday launched the world's new music single Addicted, this issue is still part of his…
October (Eric Whitacre Conducts)
Behind the Sound of Eric Whitacre's October
Out of all the seasons in a year, none is more misunderstood than autumn. While winter, spring and summer become warmer, sunnier, and livelier by the…
Bounce Back
Big S With L(`s)ive!
With the big controversal visual that blew my mind lyrically, Big Sean announced his big comeback with the latest piece …
Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind
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…
Paris 12
Private Catharsis
After gaining major global attention for her song Sticky Leaves on Spotify, Singaporean singer-songwriter Linying is well poised to release her debut…
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,…
Live And Let Die
COVERLAND Vol.8: Live and Let Die
A great song can chart several times just like “Live and Let Die” did, the first time with the original version by “…
Rings
Kap Those Rings Up!
2017 just got richer for another smash Trap banger! Young fire Kap G is raising the bar with every new drop made.…
Over And Over Again - Cahill Remix
Beyond an Everlasting Promise
When we meet our “better half”, our partner-in-crime”, or the best term of all “soulmate”, in the…
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…
Show Me How
Men I Trust Find a Calm Reassurance in an Asymmetrical Relationship in Show Me How
Montreal indie-dance/trip-hop trio Men I Trust (vocalist/guitarist Emma Proulx, guitarist Jessy Caron and pianist Dragos Chiriac) have perfected their…
Get Out
Chvrches Become Aggressively Pop with Get Out
After gaining acclaim for their first two self-produced albums - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) and Every Open Eye (2015) - Scottish synth-pop…
Me Voy
About The Meaning Of The Guava Tree And Its Types
In Venezuela, the term or the word Guayabo refers to Despecho or rupture in itself, is a colloquial word used to refer to a time of mourning, when…
Jammin' - Single Edit
Reggae Goes Smooth Jazz With A George Benson-Like Spotify Single “Jammin” By Dave Sereny
Dave Sereny releases his new single “Jammin” on Spotify, a song striking a balance between reggae and smooth Jazz with a notable George Benson…
Dangerous (feat. Joywave)
Music is a World of Big Data
Discoverability is one of the greatest perks of being able to explore the world of music without the chains of having to use a streaming service only…
4 Walls
SONG REVIEW: f(x)'s 4 Walls
4 Paredes Canción Review f (x) está de vuelta otra vez con un estilo totalmente diferente para su reaparición 2015 que es 4 paredes.…
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.…
Orchid Bloom
Tropical Electronica
Orchid Bloom is a single from Brooklyn-via-San Franscisco trio Lemonade's (Callan Clendenin, Ben Steidel and Alex Pasternak) third album&…
You Look Good
You look good
On a boat, on a beachIn the water, in the sand, in the back of a barCold beer in your hand Breaking hearts, breaking necksWhen we rolling down the…
&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…
Sunscreen
Mediterranean Vibes
The partnership between London duo JeanGa and George began at an auction, where both parties were bidding for a Roland TR-707 (a programmable…
Orion
Rodrigo Y Gabriela Spark Planetary Existence
Rodrigo Y Gabriela has been a duo for nearly two decades. No matter how one interrupts their career, Rodrigo Y Gabriela contributes a success of fully…
Rise
Katy shows us more of Rise
So as you read, on 4 August it is the date chosen for the launch of Katy official video for his song Rise, which so far has been highly touted. On…
24K Magic
Funky Bruno Mars Magic
With his Mark Ronson collaboration, Bruno Mars scored one of the biggest hits of 2015. Even though it had a retro style, it was one of those songs…
You Ain't Gang
Street Gang Anthem!
Brandon George Dickinson aka Lil Bibby fired up his home town Chicago last year with his street Trap jam You Ain`…
Party In The Dark
Galactic Introspection
“Party In The Dark” follows the meditative and instrumental Coolverine, offering a second teaser of Scottish post-rock quintet&…
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…
Sedona
Raucous Americana
Houndmouth, an Indiana indie-rock quartet (Matt Myers, Katie Toupin, Shane Cody and Zak Appleby), scored a breakthrough hit last year with Sedona, the…
Ride 'Em On Down
Ride 'Em On Down To Lonesome Town
The Rolling Stones are always creating new music and with the recent release of their latest album Blue & Lonesome everyone is listening.…
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.&…
Your Best American Girl
Truth Tells No Lies
Mitski clearly focus' on an all too real issue. The radical effect to be 'Your Best American Girl' campaign. Even though I reside in the…
Right Words
Cults Present a Surreal Double Feature with the Right Words, Natural State Music Video
New York indie duo Cults appear to be firmly committed to the idea of a featuring two songs in a single music video. Last September, Madeline Follin…
Man on the Moon
Zella Day's Psychedelic Dreaminess
After the release of her debut album Kicker (2015) last year, LA-based Arizona singer-songwriter Zella Day has collaborated with…
Burns Like Fire
Steven Ryan Shares new single Burns Like Fire
Steven Ryan is a pop/adult contemporary singer-songwriter from southern Ontario. His honest lyrical style and emotionally charged vocal performance…
Underdog
BANKS’ “Underdog”: An Intimate Empowerment Anthem
On “Fuck With Myself”, the lead single from Californian singer-songwriter BANKS’ (Jillian Rose Banks) critically acclaimed…
Hosanna
Perspective on Praise Music Part II
Previously I had written an article on Christian Music, to summarize; there I referred to this kind of music as an expression of religion and culture…
Boyish
Hippo Campus' Boyish Exuberance
It's hard to believe Minnesota indie rock quartet Hippo Campus have not actually released their debut album yet, given the success of their first…
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…
Angels
Transmissions in Space
Don't even doubt for a moment, that when The XX hit the scene everyone was taken back. This small band creating sexy, edgy yet intimate and…
Heartbeats
The Winter Sounds Talk New Record for 2018
The Winter Sounds are a band that has been breaking through in a major way this year, and 2018 sees no sign of slowing down. Set to release their most…
Everybody Knows
Kimbra's Everybody Knows Addresses Our Post-Weinstein Climate
When Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra announced the release of her upcoming third album Primal Heart (19 January 2018) to her fans…
Make Me (Cry)
Drop it like Noah Cyrus
Even without seeing the name, you can tell by the high cheekbones, the nose, the lips and the eyes that she is the sister of Miley Cyrus. Noah Cyrus,…
Remember I Told You
Remember that house jam
I really thought the song, “Remember I Told You” was going to be an “I told you so”-kind of a song, but Nick Jonas, Anne-Marie and Mike Posner have…
Mrs. Potato Head
A Song that Tackles Plastic Surgery
It’s not the first time songs took on social issues with finesse, but Melanie Martinez just got to a graphic and creative level with Mrs. Potato Head.…
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…
Ode To Rose
CODA FACTO Share Catchy New Track Ode To Rose
Founded by Alexander DeRoo and Jonathan Harley, CODA FACTO are a Hamilton, ON-based duo who fuse melodic Brit-Rock and Americana with modern vocals…
Make Me Like You
You Make Me Like You Gwen Stefani
So Gwen Stefani has an album soon to be released on March 18 this year which was called THIS IS WHAT FEELS LIKE THE TRUTH and this will be the third…
Boyfriend
American Pastoral
American singer-songwriter Lissie's latest track “Boyfriend operates in the same thematic territory as her critically acclaimed third…
Panda
What is the future of authenticity
Desiigner's Panda became the first New York rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Jay Z's Empire State of…
Sorry Is Gone
Gone Girl
La cantante country de Ohio, Jessica Lea Mayfield, estrenó recientemente la pista titular de su cuarto álbum de estudio (el 29 de…
Total Entertainment Forever
Father John Misty's Controversial Bedding Taylor Swift/ Every Night Inside the Oculus Rift' Lyrics Proves To Be Prophetic
After Maryland singer-songwriter Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman) performed Total Entertainment Forever on the Saturday Night Live…
Hopeless Romantic
Michelle Branch is still romantic
When you start a song with the words “I’m a hopeless romantic, I should run for my life”, you not only have my attention, but also my recognition. The…
Afterhours feat. Diplo & Nina Sky
NEW HOT JAM: TroyBoi-Afterhours ft. Diplo and Nina Sky
London naitive, TroyBoi, a one time versatile multi genre music producer and a part of a Dj duo SoundSnobz, is one hard working man machine. Currently…
Wedding
Heavily Political
As promised, Minneapolis-based synthpop band Poliça's third album United Crushers (2016) delivers music…
Season 2 Episode 3
Netflix and Mayonnaise
'My girl eats mayonnaise/ From a jar when she's gettin' blazed'. Season 2 Episode 3 appears to be the…
Love's Gonna Do That
Musical Artist Leslie Cours Mather Sings About Strength and Overcoming Adversity, Inspired By Carrie Underwood’s “Cry Pretty”
“Leslie Cours Mather is back with a song to pull us together in these times of division and indecision. ‘We Are America’ should tug at the hearts of…
Baby
It's Pixie Baby!
If I would to be asked to describe UK singer Pixie Lott, I would probably say she’s a light version of Duffy singing teen pop songs. Somewhere in the…
No Worries
Remaking Someone Like You
Since the success of Alice, music producer, remix master and plunderphonics expert Pogo (Nick Bertke) has been highly popular with animation studios.…
Rest Your Love
Teenage Wreckage
The Vamps are the newest british boy band to come out from across the pond. Now with The Vamps gaining some notoriety within the last year, seeking…
Fuego
Prince Amine “Fuego” Single
I usually prefer to dedicate my time to reviewing EPs or albums. but when a publicist I’ve been in contact with for a long time now recommended I take…
Apocalypse
Reverie After Dark
It has been five years since Brooklyn-via-El Paso ambient pop collective Cigarettes After Sex's first EP. After millions of…
I Feel You
K-Pop’s Most-Awaited Comeback
Ok I’ll admit it- I’m pretty new to K-pop. A few years ago when I was still going through my “rock phase&…
Hard to Find
Strong Asian Mothers' Hard to Find Elevates 'A Night Out' With Cosmic Urgency
If you parse through the unusual band name and their dynamic blend of hip-hop, electronic music and pop, you will find that London trio Strong Asian…
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…
Ghost - Radio Edit
Dreamy Languor
After achieving an international presence last year with I Love You Baby, I Love You Doll last year, Kolkata-based dream pop duo…
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…
Make Me Like You
Why You Had To Go And Make Me Like This?
When I heard about Gwen Stefani's plan to live record and broadcast her new video during the Grammy ceremonies, I have to admit…
Slow Hands
No slow rise
A few weeks ago, I was well impressed by the direction Harry Styles had chosen for himself when he released his debut solo single “Sign Of…
Woodstock
COVERLAND Vol.17: Woodstock
This is an unusual situation when talking about covers. “Woodstock” is a song which is hard to determine which is the original…
Makeba
An explosion of joy with Jain and Makeba
If you’re in the mood for a crazy audiovisual treat (and who isn’t?) it’s time to check this video out. I was lucky enough to stumble upon Makeba…
First Date
TEEN MUSIC
While the musicians through their lifestyle, personality and sound allow others to identify. Also, they are become a community spokesmen. Music in…
Sleepover
Does Jamie Lynn put you to sleep?
For most, Jamie Lynn - sister of Britney - Spears could be seen as the Spears family member who busted the perfect family brand. Mother Spears was…
White Light
Electro Vintage Shura
Wow! I love electro pop! When I heard first sounds of Shura's newest single White Light, the mix of synth and retro rhythm made me think of Eddie…
Put a Light On
Generationals' Carpe Diem Song
Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. Gen Y and Gen Z-ers may not be too familiar with this iconic quote from…
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…
Thankful for the Day
The Police and Bands Influenced by The Police on Spotify
The Police and Bands Influenced by The Police Playlist on Spotify! Click here To Visit The Police and Bands Influenced By The Police Playlist on…
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 …
Gravediggin'
Western Noir
Los Angeles surf-garage quintet The Buttertones (bassist Sean Redman, guitarist/singer Richard Araiza, drummer Modesto &…
I Need A Silent Night
Needing That Silent Night
Fourteen evenings from now and it will be Christmas eve. And my search for Christmas songs to play for the season continues. While doing so, I came…
Superstar
Pitbull and Becky G compose the theme for the Copa América 2016
This pair has come together to create what will be the main theme of the 2016 Copa America, the song will have the title of Superstar, sung with a…
Mind Mischief
Kevin Parker's Women Troubles
Sometimes a musician embodies a particular aesthetic too convincingly, making it difficult for a listener (i.e. me) to imagine him or her…
Alarm
Anne-Marie Channels Romeo + Juliet With Alarm
If you are or have been a fan of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + Juliet 1996 film, Alarm by Anne-Marie will be an automatic favorite. Anne-Marie installed…
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…
STREET LIVIN'
The Black Eyed Peas' Street Livin' is Clinical-yet-Empathetic Diagnosis of America's Vicious Cycle of Poverty, Racism and Oppression
The Black Eyed Peas have gone back to the start, and the results are breathtaking. Most of the world was only vaguely aware of the Los Angeles…
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…
The Sounds of Silence
Be Awakened By The Sound Of Silence
This heartfelt song was originally written by Simon as “The Sounds of Silence.” “The main thing about playing the guitar…
Take Me Home
Anthony helped Jess getting back Home
Young and still fresh neverening Pop craze, lovely female vocal Jess Glynne decided to update her single Take Me Home ,&…
7 Years
7 years
Just when we thought we didn't have any more space in our life for 21st century Denmarkia, along comes another slice of Danish. This time, it'…
Magangué
Sidestepper's Theatrical Jungle
Richard Blair recently reassembled Sidestepper from his home in La Candelaria in Bogota. He took it easy and abandoned all the beats , loops and…
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus and her compromising ring.
American pop star Miley Cyrus took care to dispel doubts about her relationship with Liam Hemsworth and with a glowing ring appeared on the talk show…
Leon Bridges
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better and More Memorable Melodies
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better and More Memorable Melodies Intro: Although some melodies may come to you in a spontaneous moment of…
Lydia Loveless
When Sad Songs Say So Much: Lydia Loveless on Life and Death, Her Next Album & New Film – Interview
Lydia Loveless had barely said howdy and was just one song into her set when she had something to tell everyone. She’d just finished her fourth album.…
The Rolling Stones
Three Nights of Titans for October 2016
There is already talk in all portals of news about a festival that was even imaginable for any lover of rock especially the rock of the sixties that…
Britney Spears
Britney's little something
When someone talks about lip syncing, Britney Spears is bound to come up in conversation. I remember when “Womanizer” was just released, I went to LA…
Charly García
Charly Garcia is still hospitalized
The famous singer of will not train was taken to hospital in Buenos Aires, but the reason for admission is unknown. A few weeks ago, the Argentine…
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…
Beatenberg
The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg
Cape Town-based three piece pop band Beatenberg’s latest album, The Hanging Gardens of Beathenberg, has been a raging success. It has won…
Sona Jobarteh
The Music of Mali Vol.9 - Sona Jobarteh
In the series on Mali music, I already wrote an article that explains the Kora, one of Africa’s unique, trademark instrument. It is a 21-…
Betsayda Machado
Six women's voices sing boleros to heartbreak
There are six women, and all have dedicated their powerful voices to interpetar the most varied repertoire of Latin American letters, with a weakness…
Paul Simon
Paul Simon Geared Up To Release ‘Stranger To Stranger’
The world hasn’t heard any new music from Paul Simon since he released his last album, So Beautiful or So What, in 2011. In a few…
Tyga
Tyga releases new single
As you can see in the title, rapper Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, better known by his stage name Tyga, took a new single for the summer, entitled 1…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias and Gente de Zona get back together
The whole world was surprised by the move that brought tropical Gente de Zona two years ago with Enrique Iglesias. We all danced and formed a…
Rene Velazco
René Velazco wants to be a reggaeton player
Venezuelan singer Rene Velazco, better known as René, period, and former member of the group Salserín, published the song Who wants to be…
Japan
Kousokuya
Sinking into a swamp of vicious and dark sounds seems so easy and not painful. This mirage wraps you; it hugs you with iron tenderness. You’…
Sin Bandera
Without a flag, a group that believes that love has no borders
Although this musical duo made headlines for days by releasing his latest single What? subject included in his new album Acoustic First row One last…
Orquesta Discotheque
Cheo Pardo prepares more songs for Orquesta Discotheque
Guitarist José Luis Cheo Pardo was a week ago in Venezuela in concert to present the new songs that will be part of the EP Los Caracas, his…
Rocky Kramer
Rocky Kramer Drops New Single “Alcohol”
Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world. Rocky recently performed at the SohoJohnny Let Me…
David Bowie
Those who left in 2016
All late years are usually remember those leading figures who left this plane. However, there is no doubt that 2016 surprise humanity with the…
The Game
The Game Shows Maturity On The 'Documentary 2.5'
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a review on Game’s Documentary 2 album, and an above average project I was left with the feeling that the…
Kanye West
When lost, please don’t go west
Of course, according to Kanye himself, I’m not supposed to comment on anything he does, because of me being white and he is black. But for…
Desorden Público
5 years later, Disorder returns to the old continent.
Early last August returned to Venezuela, after a month of presentations on European soil, the legendary group Public Disorder. This new tour, the…
DJ Premier
DJ Premier Reveals That The Black Album Was Originally Meant To Be A Collab With Jay-Z
In a recent Breakfast Club interview one of the most respected hip hop producers, DJ Premier, revealed that Jay-Z’s The Black Album was supposed to be…
David Guetta
UEFA Euro 2016 now has an official theme!
The next European Championship to be played in France within a month and pulled out his official song will be in charge of one of the most emblematic…
Eddy Marcano
Violinist on the asphalt: Wuilly Arteaga
Scarlett Johansson
The Supergroup That Never Was
Back in February, Scarlett Johansson had big plans. She was creating a super-pop supergroup girlband along with: Este Haim; Holly Miranda;…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey Retires Cola, But Refrains From Full Disclosure
MTV correspondent Gaby Wilson waited until the very end of her interview with Lana Del Rey to drop the loaded question:…
Frase
FRASE releases bouncy, groove-driven new single titled Paddlin'
FRASE is a singer, producer & multi-instrumentalist who grew up in Montreal and migrated to the mountains and music scene of British Columbia…
Hailey Whitters
Hailey Whitters On Writing, Her Debut Album and Working With Matraca Berg – Interview
If you don’t know the name Hailey Whitters, it’s about time you checked her out. The Iowa-born, Nashville-living songstress is a…
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Alborán and the duo HaAsh performed in Mexico an Acoustic Sessions prior to the Latin Grammy.
As a prelude to what will be the night of Nov. 19 in Las Vegas, the Latin Recording Academy offered in Mexico a concert Acoustic Sessions where the…
Dot Dot Curve
Curve
Coming up roses Neon lights make love to my skin and flirt with my soul. They give beautiful flowers of love and anxiety to my soul. Neon lights of my…
Playing For Change
Playing For Change: Ripple
The Playing For Change Foundation is a wonderful organization that seeks to bring peace to the world through the gift of music. Playing for change is…
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd: new audiovisual
On the morning of May 22, American singer Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, better known as Lana Del Rey, released the official video for the song Lust For…
Heinz Kiessling
The Groove behind a Speech
There are tons of talented people all over the world. With the net and everything, their talents reach more audiences easier than ever. Some of them…
Jandek
Jandek
The word. The word is something weird. I could not use it, but I did. I did it. I used the word. And that was weird. I used it, but I cannot get…
Neil Halstead
Sunday Spotlight: Melodic Sadness Records
Although they say how blues music is for good people who feel bad, the same can be applied to almost any music genre out there. This is what lead Nick…
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle’s True Love
I have been a fan of Crystal Gayle my entire life. What she has done in the field of country music is awesome to a tee. On reviewing her 1982 album…
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert premieres music video
While awaiting Uzi's planned Luv Is Rage 2 project, Lil Uzi Vert leaves a new music video for the song Do What I Want on a trip to the…
Mickey Shiloh
Romance to kill with: Jason & Freddy by Mickey Shiloh
Songwriters are like producers, and we all know that real producers are guys behind the scenes, the backstage magicians without whom no…
DJ Kadel
DJ Kadel BIO
DJ Kadel He is an outstanding Cuban artist in Latin music Urbana, R & amp; B and Trap, his beginnings in music were in 2015, until now he is…
Nautilus Pompilius
Nautilus Pompilius. Russian classic rock band.
“Nautilus Pompilius” is a classic Russian rock band. It appeared in 1982 in Sverdlovsk. This band from a Russian province gained…
Roger Waters
Roger Waters releases video for Wait For Her
Starring the same flamenco dancer of the visual work for The Last Refugee, former Pink Floyd , Roger Waters , just presented the video for the most…
The Winter Sounds
The Winter Sounds Bring Stunning Video for Earth After a Thunderstorm
The Winter Sounds are back at it once again with their brilliant new video, Earth After a Thunderstorm. The group who have been garnering…
Nya Jade
Nya Jade On ‘Loveday’, Shifting From R&B To Country Music and Multi-Culturalism – Interview
Nya Jade is not your average country music up-and-comer. Born in Ghana and having lived around the world, now settling in San Francisco, she burst…
Foo Fighters
The genius of the Firefly Festival
emerging or already established bands are those that are meeting in the Firefly Festival, the only one in the world where the public chooses the…
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner premieres video dedicated to our beautiful country Venezuela.
This time the Argentine-Venezuelan Ricardo Montaner sings presents his new production, which is called: Although now you're with him, begins…
Gualberto Ibarreto
Around 70 years of life of Gualberto Ibarreto
Several times we have referred here to this important artist of Venezuelan music scene: Gualberto Ibarreto, whose voice has traveled the geography of…
The Beatles
The Beatles streaming
Christmas is the time of gifts, and fans of the Beatles and got them yours. For the first time, the songs of the most famous band in history will be…
Bonnie McKee
Bonnie McKee And Her Inner Wild Child
Even if you don’t know her, you have heard her work. Bonnie McKee is the co-writer of many of Katy Perry’s hits, like “…
David Bowie
David Bowie in 7 Videos
David Bowie was so many different things to so many people it is testament to his creative brilliance and chameleonic energy that he was able to…
Synthetic Epiphany
Metronic Underground
Illusion A big metallic beast from the depth of the underground kingdom is creeping through the city streets in search of something… The…
Unlike Pluto
We Sound Strange has the inside scoop on the new Monstercat release of Unlike Pluto's Everything Black
If you haven't already heard the new Monstercat release of Unlike Pluto's Everything Black, it's sure to get you in the weekend mood, even…
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony will be honored at the 2016 Latin Grammy Awards
How all the years in the Latin Grammys tribute will be made to the person of the year. This time it was the American-born singer Marco Antonio Mu&#…
Emmaline Muchmore
Up Close and Personal with Emmaline Muchmore
Emmaline Muchmore is a profound singer-songwriter who takes center stage in 2017. Her newest single Solid has been making waves throughout the…
Lil Supa
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Simon & Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel’s Concert In Central Park 1981
After about 11 years of being broken up, Simon and Garfunkel finally launched on a successful show and following tour of the 1980s. The starting point…
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart announced tour of Latin America
Its name means the god of the sky, lightning, thunder and rain according to Hindu mythology. Devendra Banhart, composer and musician estadounidense-…
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber does it again at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards
In the most recent MTV Europe Music Awards held in the city of Milan, Italy. Justin Bieber was one of the most outstanding artists of the big event,…
Taylor Swift
Tylor Swift at #mannequinchallenge
The popular teen singer taylorswift never neglects the challenges of fashion. This time the artist joined the #mannequinchallenge, challenge of the…
PARTYNEXTDOOR
It's PND and Zayn time
After my blog about Drake, just yesterday, I thought it was time to talk about the first artist that got signed to his label: PARTYNEXTDOOR, PND in…
Reynaldo Armas
How much do you know about Venezuelan music?
The question is not only directed at non-Venezuelans. Many Venezuelans know little of his music, and often circumscribe their meeting llanera music.…
The Rolling Stones
On The Meaning Of Eighty
Each era has a pop (popular) sound that was highlighted and that listening to the present can recognize the era, especially the 50s, 70s, 80s and 90s…
David Guetta
David Guetta premieres song with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne
Since the 80's David Guetta is intruded into the world of electronic music. It began as DJ for important clubs and 90s was already known and…
BTS
Bangtan Boys: Young Forever
The Bulletproof Boys are back! BTS, a.k.a. 방탄소년단, a.k.a. Bangtan Boys, have just dropped the bomb by releasing the last part of their The Most…
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera is premiere
After a more than successful international tour that took to Sin Bandera visiting for several Latin American cities, the duo released the first…
Franz Ferdinand
Nick McCarthy splits with Franz Ferdinand
In a year so full of comebacks, reunions and meetings that strange news this week is the announcement by the British Franz Ferdinand declaring that…
Selena Gomez
Legendary And Tonic Of Immortality
Transcending, become legend, is all he wants an artist. Some achieve it after his physical disappearance, others are and do not know, it happens…
SND
SND - Atavism
SND - Atavism I truly believe that the music generated by SND is and forever will be relevant for an objectivist and honest music explorer.…
James Bay
Just Be You James Bay
Just recently, I explained how I have a weak for raspy soul vocals, like Amos Lee and James Morrison, but now I’ve discovered we have our…
Syd Barrett
Dare to Be Different?
Born on January 6, 1946, Roger Keith Barrett was raised in Cambridge England. He was given the nickname Syd as a youngster, while attending the city&#…
Joaquin Sabina
Sabina's new album will be released early.
The twelve songs I deny everything, the new album to be published Joaquin Sabina, can be heard a day before through an itinerary that will cross all…
Perturbator
Perturbator
Sexualizer in action I feel so hot right now. Of course, you wanna know why, right? Even if you don’t I’m gonna tell you anyway.…
Pentatonix
Why don't they have a grammy...
Sincerely, grant awards to a number of artists who claim to be singers when they do is make edits in autotunes or other editors ... These singers…
Angela Easterling
Angela Easterling ‘Common Law Wife’ - Album Review
Angela Easterling’s new record ‘Common Law Wife’ (due August 14) is something of a coming-of-age album. Her fifth studio effort (after ‘Earning Her…
David Maslanka
David Maslanka “Give Us This Day” for Band
I have been noticing throughout my studies on David Maslanka’s music is the fact that many of his titles are references to God’s…
Michael Jackson
The King of Pop in documentary
More than 6 years of death (which occurred in June 2009), the King of Pop is just as effective. On January 24 world premiere a new documentary on the…
Jarabe De Palo
Palo syrup arrived in Colombia
Jarabe de Palo will offer a concert in Colombia on October 6th . The Spanish group will be presented in the country in the framework of the tour with…
Gualberto Ibarreto y C4 Trío
All 10 of C4 Trio on DVD.
The Latin Grammy winning group C4 Trio launches the DVD entitled 10 C4, which is included its latest promotional single Feeling Nacional who play…
Monica
Ring the alarm: Monica’s Code Red is on fire!
Just after writing an article about Akon’s new music for my own website, I actually ran into my favorite (reasonably) new “Akon…
Pixies
Um Chagga Lagga
Boston’s rock n’ roll scene changed a great deal back in 1986 when our beloved Pixies formed and began to build an alt-…
DJ Snake
First album out
The long-awaited album Snake DJ is finished and announced the French on his Twitter account a few days ago. Although this DJ and producer has carved…
Louis Berry
Old Soul
My songs are about real experiences. People getting shot, people dying. People dealing with drug addictions in my family, and outside my family.…
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters and U2 cancel concerts after Paris attacks
Figures from the world of music also have sympathized to the events in Paris last Friday. Recognized rock bands U2 and Foo Figthers this weekend…
KMFDM
KMFDM
Something Special forever and a day Oh how much I missed some true and real things. Fresh water on my skin and in my body. Fresh water everywhere.…
Valeriy Stepanov
A Russian-Ukrainian Chicken
In one of the previous articles, I said that I’m not a big fan of show-off techniques and empty virtuosity. But when it is combined with an…
Pharaoh's Dream
Pharaoh’s Dream Covers Classic Single “Sunny”
Many people know the song “Sunny”, composed and recorded by Bobby Hebb, and can identify the song by its pop infused jazzy style.…
Bruce Springsteen
Songs for Christmas Eve
Greetings. Here I give you a choice of several Christmas songs tonight can enjoy while dining, drinking and sharing. Guarachando Christmas Vol . 1 -…
Tan Frío el Verano
So Cold Summer premiered the single Vuelven los Muertos
So Frío el Verano is one of the most important Venezuelan alternative bands of the moment. His creative and musical ability makes him perhaps…
Alicia Keys
The Champions League final will feature the voice of Alicia Keys
For the first time, and although many do not believe, the most important level football event will feature the presentation of a quality artist…
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…
Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles arrives in the most EuroPop style.
Three years after the last album Los Amigos Invisibles and after the departure of José Luis Cheo Pardo and Armando Figueredo, guitarist and…
B.o.B
A Personal Adventure
By a show of hands, who here remembers 2010 fairly well? Alright, obviously a rhetorical question, but I assume many of us do. In 2010, I was but a…
Nicolas Bacri
Nicolas Bacri Tonal and Nontonal Music
Paris born composer Nicolas Bacri has a collection of solo strings and string quartets that are almost comparable to Olivier Messien. I can hear some…
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem announced the name of their next album
LCD Soundsystem was born great. At the turn of the century, its creators James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy were New York music lovers working as DJs…
All Saints
Second Innings for 90s Girl Band Culture
2016 ya está en plena marcha por delante, y por el aspecto de la misma ... que va a ser de un año interesante para la música. De todas…
The Mavericks
The Mavericks ‘Mono’ – Album Review
The Mavericks have always been coy about being pigeon-holed. Melding neo-traditional country with alternative, Tex-Mex and more, it was almost a…
The Weeknd
Watch the Party Monster that The Weeknd brings
The Weeknd promised and fulfilled. It premiered the video for her latest single Party Monster, directed by BRTHR, and is great. He shows us a lot of…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
The Fabulous Cadillacs shined in Chile
The important Viña del Mar International Song Festival could not start better than with the participation of Argentina band Los Fabulosos…
Manolo Ramos
Manolo Ramos is making his premiere
Manolo Ramos presents his new studio album. This is 631 , which was edited by Sony Music . It is now available for download on all digital platforms…
Isabel Palacios
Ancient music in contemporary times
The old passion for making music is something modern. An oxymoron right? But actually it is. Until late in the nineteenth century, both the musicians…
Roomie
You’d Wish Roomie Was Your Roomie
Here I am again with another article about a YouTube artist. I found out about Roomie just like how the rest of the world probably did—from…
Everything But The Girl
Everything but the Girl
And I miss you like the deserts miss the rain It’s like watching a beautiful face through the glass. No raindrops on it or some pathetic…
Miguel Bosé
A grant from Miguel Bosé for Ernesto Núñez
Ernesto Núñez is a Dominican bass player, who at age 22 won the Miguel Bosé Grant to study at the prestigious Berklee Music School,…
Jaimeo Brown Transcendence
Jaimeo Brown - Transcending the Genres
Trying to look back at this heavy year (in every respect), I was trying to remember the good jazz music. Somehow, most of it pointed at reissues. Not…
Metallica
Metallica goes on tour and will give 23 concerts
The heavy metal band Metallica was not the best night of the Grammys, on Sunday 12 February. However, not everything is so negative because the…
Yordano
The return train. The best songs
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…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire releases new single and video, Signs of Life
Everything Now , the new work of studio of the Arcade Fire Canadians, has already presented / displayed the promotional cut that gives name to the…
J Blast
New York Artist J-Blast Releases New Mixtape!
Rapper J-Blast releases new mixtape G-Pack 2 featuring new music. The project has had heavy rotation on the web, hosted by Galafati Music Group and…
Nana Mouskouri
The voice: Nana Mouskouri
Rarely seen in the world talents like the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. At nearly 82 years old, his artistic quality prevails in the musical world.…
Mandolin Orange
Mandolin Orange @ The Borderline, London, UK | November 17, 2015 – Review
It was a very windy night in London when Mandolin Orange were due to grace the city, but that didn’t stop the flurry of people that filled…
Chino & Nacho
And no... they don't separate
We are all clear that Chino & Nacho is one of the most successful duos in Latin America, right ?. Their songs sound in all radios and their…
Temples
Temples
Temples are my new favorite band! I discovered them today and immediately wanted to pass on the word. Not that they are obscure or little known but…
Justin Quiles
The promise
10 days left the first preview of the new album reggatonero Justin Quiles finally yesterday was posted on YouTube and launched for sale exclusively…
Banks
A Poignant Finale
You might love, hate or be wholly indifferent to Lena Dunham's highly polarizing and thinkpiece-baiting HBO series Girls, but it…
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson might be out of AC/DC
It is never too late to change. And under this premise, the members of the heavy metal band AC / DC have apparently dismissal vocalist Brian Johnson…
David Maslanka
A Band Piece for The Ages--Concerto for Alto Sax and Concert Band by David Maslanka
Nearly all the music from American Composer David Maslanka is purely uplifting and astounding, but there is one piece in particular that really stands…
Carlos Vives
Vives will be inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame
Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives will enter the Hall of Fame of Latin Composers from next October in conjunction with the gala of the awards…
Lizzie Wilson
Lizzie Wilson – EP Review
Although the team at FTCR are prone to the sticking the boot in when Kid Rock and Florida Georgia Line releases pretty much anything, we’ve…
Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey: The Once and Forever Detroit Kid
The most vivid memory I have of Glenn Frey, the co-founder of the Eagles who passed away this year, is the time he came within a few feet from me. I…
Jerry Goldsmith
Rudy the underdog
Rudy, the movie about an undersized and dyslexic kid whose dream was to play football at Notre Dame, holds a special place in my heart. The film&…
Peter Kowald
THE LOW END Vol.8: Peter Kowald
We’re gonna dedicate this volume of The Low End series to a somewhat lesser-known master of the double bass, Peter Kowald, one of the most…
Café Tacvba
Café Tacvba and its couple of places
Four years of waiting. Cafe Tacuba song released last week, which will be part of its eighth studio album. The song is called A couple of places…
Boef
From thug to vlog, to global fame
I’ve tried to convey the message several times in my blogs here, but this week it has become clearer then I could’ve ever blogged: Dutch teenagers who…
Cañoneros Del Valle
This is Caracas
This is Caracas is the title of the latest album of The Gunners, group celebrates 30 years of artistic career, deciding that his Aniversary party was…
The Psychic Paramount
The Psychic Paramount
Ok, here is the group named “The Psychic Paramount” and they are really psychic. While listening to their music I think of Russ…
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…
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…
Drake
What I Want - Views From The Six
It’s January, and all I want is for Views from the Six to drop. Drake has been teasing us all with pictures of him in the studio, grinding…
Hundred Handed
Thanks to Dr. Phil I found Hundred Handed
I was watching Dr. Phil recently, it was a rerun, but it was one that I had not seen before. When he was done with the guests, he had a surprise for…
Charly García
Charlie was discharged!
Argentine rock musician Charly Garcia, 65, was discharged from hospital Saturday after spending three days in hospital for a medical checkup by high…
Chris Janson
Chris Janson ‘Buy Me A Boat’ – Album Review
I, like most people, first heard of Chris Janson after Bobby Bones backed his song ‘Buy Me A Boat’ which ended up being one of the…
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…
Jacob Thomas Jr.
Jacob Thomas Jr. ‘Original Sin’ – Album Review
At a time when surface emotions, clichéd lyrics and over-complicated, electronically-perfected production are rife in country music and popular…
Ricardo Arjona
Acoustic Arjona
The Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona released Nothing is like you, the first single from his forthcoming acoustic album. For his album Turn off the…
Lawrence watson
Lawrence Watson Releases new album Prescriptions
Lawrence Watson releases new CD Prescriptions I have known Larry for many years, collaborating and …
Vanilla Ice
Flip it and Do It Yourself
For my own website, I occasionally write about design news and I have, so far once, written about Robert van Winkle. Perhaps you still know him better…
Rodney Atkins
VIDEO: Rodney Atkins ‘Eat Sleep Love You Repeat’
We haven’t heard a whole lot from “If You’re Going Through Hell” singer Rodney Atkins lately, but don&…
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias released a new version of: The heart hurts
In recent years, Enrique Iglesias has reinvented itself in all possible ways to stay on top of the music charts. The mixture of Latin sounds, hip hop…
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…
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Page sings from the south the music of his own experiences
Wanting to sing to freedom; the desire to find a space in society and get away from what you do not like or simply let go, Page appears, a band made…
Fonseca
“I want people to see that Colombia is a diversity of rhythms, lyrics and sounds”
The Bogota singer will present the new edition of his fifth album + Conexión in three concerts in Spain and one in France, places in which he…
JAY Z
Jay Z Gives a Message on “The Story of OJ”
The Story of OJ is a new song composed by American rap veteran Jay Z, who returned this year with a new album titled 4:44, this album counts as his…
Jack Garratt
Jack Garratt and the new formula of pop music
I know if the rock is dead, but I hope not. I long to be at a roadside resting and returning energy to renew and demand for cultural relevance once…
Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Sangalo replaces Ariana Grande in Lisbon.
American singer Ariana Grande had to cancel his concert at the Rock in Rio Lisbon today for health reasons and will be replaced by Brazilian Ivete…
Drinking Electricity
Drinking Electricity
Good Times Spring has come. Though it’s February now, spring is all around: everything is so pulsating, deep and anticipating. Everything is…
Adele
Adele showed us a bit of her ''Send My Love'' video
Already on digital platforms the third single from the album '' 25 ''. This theme comes after ''…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire announced the tracklist for their new album
Arcade Fire is the only band that has won its first and only Grammy Award for best album of the year in history. That was achieved in 2008 with his…
The Beatles
The Sound of the Beatles: Still Here, There and Everywhere
Almost four decades ago, the songs of the band from Liverpool made their way to my ears here in the Philippines. This was not because I chose to but…
The Rolling Stones
10 years later, The Rolling Stones announce new album
After a decade of silence, the British quartet announced through a statement posted on its website that their new studio album will be called Blue &…
Big & Rich
Big & Rich (feat. Tim McGraw) ‘Lovin’ Lately’ – Single Review
In the ‘Gravity’ album era Big & Rich have made a habit of releasing solid, radio-friendly love songs set to a modern…