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AM
AM: Signature Sounds
What can be said about the already-famous Arctic Monkeys album AM that hasn't been said already? It's modern. It's uncensored. It's…
Off The Beaten Track (Live at Propolis 2014)
My Biggest Discovery Of The Year: Mother's Cake - Off The Beaten Track
How many young alternative rock bands do you now? Yes I know, there are tons of great artists and musicians, and I am glad that nowadays we can easily…
Into The Wild Life (Deluxe)
P!nk Lavigne?
Halestorm is an American rock band who spent most of their time on tours and Into the Wild Life is their third album. Listening to Halestorm, it is…
Science Fiction
A perfect and brutal goodbye from one of the best bands of the Millennium
You could be forgiven for falling away from your Brand New obsession in the years since Daisy. As the length between albums goes Brand New even beat…
Goodnight, Sweet Betty
68Creep: David Lynch's Dreams Have Found a New Soundtrack
68Creep is shady grifter rock band for those, who are open and ready to dabble in dark timeless melancholy. This music is thoughtful and…
Celtic Revival
“Celtic Revival” By The Sky Family
The songs that make up “Celtic Revival” and the performance on each one is uplifting. But the recording fidelity of the entire…
Seremonia
Seremonia - Seremonia
Seremonia are a great Finnish psychedelic rock/occult rock/doom band, who have released a number of great albums to date. The best of these albums…
Home For Christmas
Songs for the Season and Coming Home
Yes, I'm still at it. I'm still happily looking for Christmas albums that would help liven up the coming merry month of December in…
Blue Lines
Blue Lines: The birth of trip-hop
Bristol, late eighties. A couple of music lovers decided to band up together and start making some innovative tunes. Merging of hip-hop, reggae, soul…
Come Away With Me
Come Away Again with Norah Jones
Several albums and musical collaborations later, Norah Jones' debut album remains a top favorite for many who have followed her musical journey.…
Lust For Life
SundaySpotlight: Lana Del Rey
Who is Lana Del Rey? Is she a concept? Is she fake? Is she a daughter of a rich guy? Is she a product? I was never bothered by these questions, while…
Minimum - Maximum
Pioneers Of Electronic Music
Of all places in post-war Europe, Germany was probably the most depressive ambient to grow up. Artists born after Hitler’s suicide in 1945 were facing…
Brigid Mae Power
Power To Brigid
Many who would see that this self-titled album by Brigid May Power came out on the acoustic guitar-oriented label Tompkins Square will be mightily…
Shadow Expert
Shadow Expert EP
The serrated new EP from rawboned Philadelphia art rock band Palm is their best work to date, full of tensions that boil over and careen. When you…
Wild Light
65daysofstatic
What would we do without postmodernism is one thing. What would artists do without is it more important question to ask. Just as postmodernism has…
SOAR
Het Droste Effect - Soar
The well-known Dutch instrumental psychedelic rock band Het Droste Effect came out with their latest album in the middle of last year. This album…
She Can't Tell
Running on High
Brooklyn natives MOTHXR not only know how to spell a universally used word to look cool but even their music has a cooling sensation that can ease any…
Blue & Lonesome
The Rolling Stones Make Blues Standards Sounds Fresh Again
I have to admit I was a bit skeptic about the new album by the legendary The Rolling Stones. The news that their newest effort will be comprised of…
Vibe Killer
Endless Boogie, Endless Vibes
When group of workers from Matador Records started occasionally playing together at the end of the 90s, they didn't expect their sessions to…
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…
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…
This Is What You Came For
Lightning strike collabo with Rihanna
I couldn’t wait to hear this track, when I heard that it was going to be released this week. For a second serving, Calvin Harris has teamed…
A Night At The Odeon
Queen A Night At The Odeon
This week we are going to look at an iconic live performance by the beloved rock band Queen. A Night At The Odeon: Hammersmith 1975 was an exuberant…
Remixes 98-2000
Remixes 1998-2000: Remixed Soundscapes
The Cinematic Orchestra did not put their name just out of the blue. They actually are cinematic and pretty much orchestral. But this compilation of…
Direct
#tbt: VANGELIS - DIRECT
After three bizarre, yet enormously creative and conceptual albums, Vangelis had opened the new chapter in their career with the album that went on to…
Swear I'm Good At This
Swear I'm Good at This
On their debut LP, the eager duo fumbles that which makes indie pop so meaningful. It becomes a lively collection of empty gestures. The &…
Last Chance
My Take on A Killer’s Confession’s “Last Chance”
Back with a nationwide press campaign and radio campaign renowned metal music maker Waylon Reavis is making a bid for a second wind in his storied…
Your Wilderness
Emotionally Filled Atmo Rock
I first heard about The Pineapple Thief three years ago when their vocalist, Bruce Soord, worked with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia&…
Minor Victories
Mediocre Amalgam
Minor Victories are the new supergroup of people, comprising Rachel Goswell from Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai, Justin Lockey from Editors…
Head Carrier
Pixies, The Ancestors of Grunge, Make A Strong Return
Everything Pixies created between 1986 and 1993 instantly became an anachronism. The music of this cult band had an enormous impact on the development…
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…
Good
The Stevens - “Good” is simply good
It seems the Australians and New Zealanders have a special knack for good, healthy, melodious rock, or power pop, or whatever you want to call it. As…
Fax Message Breakup EP
Rodney Cromwell to release 'Fax Message Breakup' EP
Rodney Cromwell is the nom-de-plume of Adam Cresswell, founding member of indie-folktronica band SALOON (who had four entries in John Peel&…
Ellipsis
Spinning in Ellipsis; Biffy Clyro Succumbs To Repetition
Biffy Clyro, A Scottish trio, was always interesting to me based on their approach to music. Jast as Kings Of Leon, Simon Neil and Johnston brothers (…
I Forget Where We Were
Forget Where We Were - a Live Masterpiece
In June of 2015, I had the great privilege of hearing Ben Howard peform live at the Grand Arena in Cape Town. I have not stopped talking about it…
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…
Carnival of Clockwork
#tb - Cog:Sharing Space
I still remember how surprised I was when I was listening to this album for the very first time. The reason for my stun was that, before I…
÷ (Deluxe)
Ed Sheeran breaks records with Divide
No doubt Ed Sheeran is ravaging all records with its new album Divide with only 15 days after it is released each holder has captured the music press…
Move Like a Ghost
When Guitars Are Toys
Fun garage rock band from the punk record label who passed by my radar last year is now finally on my radar. toyGuiar is relatively new…
The Optimist
Anathema Continues Avoiding Metal
Liverpool's Anathema onset their career at the start of the 90s as a doom metal group, who would have thought they would profile themselves as one…
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…
Future Standards
Future Standards, now!
They don't fit. The tags, that is. The tags listing what kind of style you should designate to Howe Gelb. It is fifteen or more. Probably more,…
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…
EP II
Weekend EP Battle: Buscabulla vs Fatima Yamaha
Disclaimer: Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare, anyway. Buscabulla…
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…
Minor Victories (Orchestral Variations)
Mogwai's, Slowdive's and Editor's SuperGroup In The Purest Instrumental Form
After the eponymous debut, Minor Victories have prepared an interpretative surprise with their new release. In case you didn’t know, this is a…
Mariner
Reaching for the stars
Three years passed since Cult Of Luna released their last record, the unique, gritty, mechanical beast called Vertikal. In the meantime, they went on…
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 &#…
Anarchytecture
Anarchytecture
I love when musicians scream political messages into our passive-aggressive minds. During the 90s, Skunk Anansie have surprised the scene with an…
Guidance
A Battle Between Darkness And Light
New release from Post-rock/metal assemble Russian Circles, dubbed Guidance, is unmistakably recognized as a work made by seasoned musicians which…
Vacation Freeze
The Greatness Of the Lesser Men
Adult disoriented rock is a phrase that The Lesser Men use to describe the genre of music they are playing. As time goes by, that is exactly how I…
Every Country's Sun
Every Country's Sun
With David Fridmann producing, the latest Mogwai album contains the same bratty conviction that defined their greatest records, like there’s something…
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…
OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER DEFINITELY OK
Twenty years ago, British rock had its Annus Mirabilis. Radiohead, Verve and Spiritualized created their best works in the 90s. At the end, OK…
Not A Little Bit
K Michelle says: K’s Over It!
OMG! How much I love this track. K Michelle dropped the audio for “Not A Little Bit” on YouTube, about 6 days ago, and I&rsquo…
Marked for Death
Emma Ruth Rundle is The Princess of Drone Folk
MUSIC REVIEW 65 Emma Ruth Rundle Emma Ruth Rundle is a female musician and visual artist from Los Angeles, California…
Daniel Bachman
To Fahey or Not to Fahey
Whenever a new name pops up among good fingerpicking guitar players on the folk/acoustic scene (check ut the excellent Imaginational Anthem album…
Because The Internet
Because The Internet Track-By-Track Review
As one of hip hop’s driest summers in years draws to a close, Childish Gambino’s sophomore effort, “Because The Internet…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande sounds dangerously good
Ariana Grande has just released her new single “Dangerous Woman” and it’s dangerously good. Initially, the song reminded…
White Winter Hymnal
#tb Fleet Foxes' Debut
Music magazines often use the term Wooden music when they want to describe the type of music that I am about to review. It stands for the following:…
Heading Up High
A new trend? Rock and dance combined
Mixing rock with dance music is not exactly a match that happens often. They are far removed from each other. Then again, a few years ago, we thought…
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…
Endless Summer
Soley - Turning Nightmares Into Dreams
It must have something to do with all those geysers in Iceland. I don’t know what else it could be that makes the modern music coming from that island…
WALLS
What’s on the other side of the “Walls”?
I have been listening to Kings of Leon ever since about 7th grade, so for around seven years now. To be fair, I didn’t really make the “dive” into…
Pasos Sincopados
Little Revenge presents its 'Pasos Sincopados'. Part II.
Small Revancha, the musical project directed and conceptualized by the duo of Claudia Lizardo (daughter of the legendary PTT Lizardo of the same…
BEYONCÉ [Platinum Edition]
When Life Gives You Beyonce, Make Lemonade
‘’When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’’ is the guiding message of Beyonce’s new album. This is…
Voyager
Wings Approved
MUSIC REVIEWS 51 I am in love. It is not an immutable love, but it is surprising and powerful. The song Six Years and a Day will be…
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
The grey areas of John Legend
I think, out of all the R&B artists out there today, John Legend would have to be the best role model you can find. I'm not a fan. I don&#…
Madonna
Madonna
The driving force of Madonna’s debut remains its palpable physicality, born out of New York dance clubs, a new pop mandate to move your body in ways…
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…
Won't Be There
Luke Reed - One For The Summer
If you tried to count the number of gifted young musicians with a thousand song ideas in their head, playing and recording them in a number of bands,…
Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles
Essential Albums: Where the Light Is...
I always seem to be asked the question as to what my favourite album is and who’s my favourite artist. For me, it’s a question…
Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Deluxe Edition)
Seniors Just Wanna Have Fun
Taxi, can I get I ride to the 90s? The longest way possible. I am not a fan of the people who are nostalgic, those wise braggers who have lived…
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…
case/lang/veirs
Folk-Country-Indie Album of 2016
When three magnificent female vocalists, such as Neko Case, k.d.lang and Laura Veirs are, come together to make an album, the result has to…
Reflection
Brian Eno Delivers an Over-Conceptual One-Track Album
We entered the new year with the 26th album in the career of Brian Eno, one of the most respected artists of the contemporary music. His work…
Thatched Roof Glass House
Thatched Roof Glass House by Alpha Cat
Alpha Cat’s new album Thatched Roof Glass House is a contradiction in terms from the title on down to the songs. It is a m…
Purple
Shock me, I needed a surprise
After two excellent albums, Baroness released Yellow and Green, an album that saw them completely (well, not completely, but close to that) changing…
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’…
im sorry
NYC's Brett Castro Stuns Listeners With His New Break-Up EP
Brett Castro is no stranger to writing beautiful lyrics that tug at your heartstrings, pulled together by captivating production and music. His…
Polaris
Polaris by Tesseract – Not really 4th dimension
I have slightly weird experience when listening to every Tesseract album for the first time. The music starts and after a couple of songs I say to…
This Old Dog
The Prince Of Indie
The ultimate idol of indie audience, Mac DeMarco, releases his new full-length album This Old Dog, almost three years after the halcyon…
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Why Florence Failed?
If Jin and Jang had a baby, it would definitely be Florence Welch. There are not a lot of musicians out there who can hold attention for so long.…
Wincing the Night Away
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: The Shins Wincing the Night Away
Garden State has a lot to answer for. Yes it’s now lazy journalism to combine Zack Braff’s directorial debut with the emergence of The Shins in pop…
Young Blood
Whoawhoawhoa
Saint Raymond is a 20 year old dude from Nottingham. This summer, he released his debut album called Young Blood. As many young authors, Saint Raymond…
Are You Alone?
Majical Cloudz Are You Alone? Album Review
The electronic-pop duo Majical Cloudz released their 6th full length on October, 16th, 2015 titled . The album features 12 original songs all written…
V
Psychobilly At Its Slowest
The album I am about to review can thanks its vocalist for the highest mark. Savitra Labensart radiates with her opera-style, obscure vocal. It is,…
In the Kingdom of Dreams
Ian Felice - Are memories just dreams?
When poets get to singing… For some it is a problem, for others, it is a blessing, Dylan, Cohen, Simon, Oberst and yes, based on his first…
Wiped Out!
The Neighbourhood Wiped Out! Album Review
On October 30th, 2015 The Neighbourhood released their sophomore album entitled The Neighbourhood is a group that has historically evoked a strong…
Return Of The Tender Lover
Return of tender smooth R&B?
People often say that real R&B is dead. Usually, when you investigate what they mean, they think today’s R&B has moved more…
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…
The Aggrovators Present: Jackie Mittoo
Jackie's Bounce
Ok, so here we have a true Reggae legend. Like Bob Marley? Well, almost. One of the things that always gets stuck in your mind when you listen to…
Harmonies
Harmonies Aplenty
Whoever thinks that it is easy making good sounding sampled music couldn’t be more wrong. First, you have to have a bottomless knowledge of music…
The Bad Testament
Obscure Blues of Scott H. Biram
Self-proclaimed one man band and one of the damned guys of outlaw country, Scott H. Biram, brings The Bad Testament, an album that comes after various…
G I R L
Review: Pharrell's 'G I R L'
Pharrell’s second solo release, G I R L, is the culmination of his year-and-a-half-long winning streak. His unadulterated happiness is…
Cloud Nine (Japan Version)
Norway Is The New Sweden
Why would Sweden be recognized for its pop-school, and Norway not? This is the question Cloud Nine puts forward. The title may sound pretentious, but…
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…
Worlds (Remixed)
Porter Robinson Takes Us Into Another Dimension With His Album 'Worlds Remixed'
As electronic music’s popularity has increased over the last few years I’ve felt an overwhelming disconnect to it. A lot of the…
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…
Sea of Noise
The Bones are doing fine, thank you
Watching the ever popular BBC show Later... with Jool Holland, of course, late at nigh, can make you doze off. Paricularly if artist playing at that…
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…
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…
Exodus
The Great Exodus by Bob Marley and The Wailers
Éxodo de Bob Marley marca su regreso a la música después de su intento de asesinato en Jamaica. Es un álbum de reggae más…
See How They Run
Do you remember when you were young?
Do you remember when you were young? Do you remember that very distinctive mixed and contradictory feeling of fearlessness and doubt, of possibility…
Art of Asian Meditation
Turning Music Into Meditation
I have recently discovered Jean-Pierre Garattoni, and I am glad that he helped me discover Asian sound in his three-part combo titled Moods of Asia.…
The Ninth Hour
Sonata Arctica Became A Band With Only One Good Song
No matter how grumpy I was when I heard the information that they are preparing the new studio material, Sonata Arctica will always be one of those…
What Dreams Are Made Of
Caribbean Hip Hop Recipe Finally Penned Down: Welcome R.City Empire
Dear most dedicated Hip Hop fans, our holy brothers, hugely mistakenly downsided, finally…
In Love with a Ghost
Daniel Land announces solo album In Love With A Ghost
Daniel Land After a three year hiatus, Daniel Land has announced the forthcoming release of his In…
A Man Alive
The Indie-est Project Ever
This is the most independent project ever! Ergo, whether you are too cool for mainstream or crazy enthusiast or you love magnificent alt guitars, then…
Born Naked
Glamazon Of The World
This might come as a surprise, but RuPaul is my spiritual guru. Two nights ago, 8th season of his show RuPauls Drag Race ended and I have realized…
Bear Bones, Lay Low
Bear Bones, Lay Low - Valléé de Dith
Bear Bones, Lay Low is a one-man psychedelic rock band of Ernesto Gonzalez from Venezuela. This relatively prolific one-man psych rock band is however…
The Getaway
RHCP At Their Most Mediocre Level
It’s been ten years since extraordinary Stadium Arcadium, seven years since crazy diamond John Frusciante left the band, and five years…
Eat the Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs
U.S. Christmas is a pretty renowned American psychedelic rock band that mixes some post-rock infused atmospheric psychedelia with space rock and…
Journey in Satchidananda
The Gates of Heaven
Why name this article The Gates of Heaven? Because that is exactly what I envisioned when I first heard the opening notes of Alice Coltrane’s 1971…
Music From Siesta
Stay Cool! Miles...
Summer is coming! Actually, summer came in Macedonia a week ago. With temperatures over 30°C (86 °F) afternoons are already becoming…
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…
The First Days Of Spring
Album or Film? Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
I would like to introduce if you haven’t heard yet of course, one of my favorite psychedelic and indie rock band named “Noah and…
DEATH MAGIC
Where Is The Noise?
Noise rockers from Los Angeles had two great albums that catapulted them into the orbit of the most intriguing noise rock bands. Enigmatic sound…
Saturns Pattern
Rock Full Of Tricks
Working class hero, ex lead singer of Jem, the creator of few truly idiosyncratic records. On his latest album, Paul Weller continues to create new…
Curve Of The Earth
Curve of Mystery Jets
Radlands by Mystery Jets is, in my opinion, one of the best albums that any British indie rock band released in the last couple of years. Curve of the…
Freetown Sound
R'N'B Iconoclast
Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange returns to showcase his creative impetus with Freetown Sound, the album that will certainly stand high on the…
The Devil's Walk
The Brilliant Electronic Apparatus of Apparat
I don’t remember that there was ever a more beautiful cover art than the one for the Apparat’s album The Devil’s Walk,…
Rhythm Nation 1814
The National Anthem We All Need
I always like to describe the best music as being timeless, all-consuming, and inspiring. Janet Jackson’s 1989 album, Rhythm Nation 1814,&…
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…
Rompiendo Fronteras
Alejandro Fernández's new album is now available
At last! It came the long - awaited day for all fans of Alejandro Fernandez, for his new studio album, Breaking Borders, it is now available for sale…
Caracal
Why So Many Duets?
Two brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence were always surrounded with music. They parents were professional musicians, they have studied classical music…
Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics
Not So Good
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, continued the tradition, typical for jazz music, although not exclusively, of updating their repertoire with…
CHANGE
Ella Mai Change Album Review
It may seem that time is sometimes simply relative, but when it comes to specific Time, from February 15th, the essense is much…
All You Zombies Dig the Luminosity
Burnt Sugar - Quite bright luminosity
Greg Tate has been at his Burnt Sugar project, one of the many he has on, for more than 18 years now. While he’s not guiding this musical conglomerate…
In Search of Harperfield
For Those Who Know How To Dig, Emma Pollock
On her solo efforts, Emma Pollock continued in the same direction she was taking with her stellar band The Delgados, one of the most influential bands…
Mowing
Nau is Now?
The current indie scene is so diversified and abundant with knew, or completely unknown names that it can be mind boggling, so you have to opt for one…
Antisocialites
Always and Forever, Alvvays
Antisocialites is my favorite album title of the year, and also a sophomore record in the discogrophy of cute indie dream-pop band from Toronto that…
Sweet Sweet Silent
Sivu - Coping With A Disease Through Music
British singer/songwriter James Page who goes under the name of Sivu has been diagnosed with Meniere disease, which causes disorder of one’s inner ear…
Mutant
Mutant is Not a Ninja
In the music world, Alejandro Ghersi is predominantly known as a great producer. He worked with Kanye West, Bjork, Kelela and FKA Twigs until he…
Unsharp Mask
uSSSy - Unsharp Mask
uSSSy is a pretty well-known Russian experimental psychedelic rock duo, who have released several great albums in the field of instrumental …
Phase
Most Hyped New Artist
Jack Garratt is the guy who scored instant success with his debut album Phase. BBC Introducing Artist Of The Year, BBC Sound of 2016, BRIT Awards…
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…
In Spades
Unstoppable Groove of The Afghan Whigs
Greg Dully and co. released their comeback album Do to the Beast back in 2014 after almost sixteen years of professional hiatus. I am one of only few…
South America
The Anatomy of Frank - Personal Anatomy of the World
Making albums about every continent of the world? Sounds a bit too ambitious and pretentious, doesn't it? Actually, it depends on who does it and…
To The Bone
In A Shocking Twist, Steven Wilson Goes Pop
To quote The Daily Telegraph, Steven Wilson is probably the most successful musician you have never heard of. After ten Porcupine Tree albums, Wilson…
Still Brazy (Deluxe)
Music Like A Bullet
As soon as he ended his successful collaboration with DJ Mustard that resulted in epic debut My Krazy Life, YG dropped an album that keeps all the…
Storm Is Coming
Darrell Kelley - Storm Is Coming
Well it’s been brewing for a while now and Darrell Kelley wants you to know that it’s coming and will be here before you can ask, “What the heck was…
The Weather
Thunder From Down Under a.k.a. POND
It seems to me that I am beginning almost every second review with the observation that many singers and bands are creating records bursting from…
Darker My Love
Darker My Love - Darker My Love
Darker My Love is a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles. They started back in the early 2000s and have produced a string of great albums filled…
50th Anniversary Collection
#tbt (sort of) : Neil Diamond 50th Anniversary Collection
Urge Overkill, UB 40, Barbra Streisand, Monkees, Johnny Cash. What is a common denominator for this musicians? Well, they have all covered at least…
Lightning At The Door
All Them Witches - Lightning At The Door
All Them Witches are a great American psychedelic stoner rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. Their music tends to be a mixture of fine low-tuned and…
One More Light
What Happened To Linkin Park?
Oh man, how many strong opinions were created when the new album by Linkin Park saw the light of the day! First of all, it is an indicator that the…
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…
Christmas Kiss (Deluxe Edition)
Austin Marolla - Christmas Kiss
Christmas Kiss begins with a warm acoustic guitar and piano, in a groove that reminds me of something from a later Tom Petty record. This song is a…
Supernature
Goldfrapp's Supernature
Formed in 1999, Goldfrapp has been putting out smooth electronic, synth driven glam rock on a regular basis ever since. The electrifying…
Yellow
Coldplay a band that describes emotions
I want to start this by writing space on the British band Coldplay, formed in London in 1996 by vocalist Chris Martin, bassist Guy Berryman,…
Like I Do
Trevor braved us up with Like I Do
After willingly fallin so deep in eclipse of Trevor`s spectacular album project In My Feelings, I instantly…
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&…
Wrong
Pop Demons Can Be Wrong Too
NAWAS is considered indie however, my own gut feeling says otherwise. NAWAS is a new form of a Hip-Hop/Drum n' Bass cross over.…
New York
New York = Love's Graveyard
Milk and Bone is a Montreal electro-pop duo (i.e. Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin) who earned critical acclaim with their debut album…
Kit Kat
Hi-Five’s Kit Kat break
I know, I know, a lot of my blogs recently are about all these R&B acts returning and yes, there’s another one. Actually, it’s one I wasn’t…
Leaving LA
Father John Misty's Leaving LA: A Portrait of the Artist as an Ironic Prophet
Five years ago, when Joshua Tillman had just ‘buried’ his music catalog under the J. Tillman moniker to start performing as Father…
I Always Knew
I Always Knew The Vaccines Had Something To Say
I Always Knew comes from The Vaccines sophomore album Come of Age. The consistency within the tracks composed by The Vaccines shows a dedicated…
King
Performance Art Fit For A King
Years & Years have been killing various music channels when it comes to their album Communion, releasing six singles, one single King…
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&…
Liberty Or Death
ThreePeace strikes chord of Support for the Troops with Liberty or Death on KUAC Alaska
ThreePeace was featured on KUAC Fm in Alaska with their song Liberty or Death. The song is a song written in support of the American Soldier who…
Gilid
Music From My Country: OPM Series (Part 1)
Gilid by Moonstar88 is still probably one of my favorite Filipino songs ever. It talks about loving from a distance. The word “gilid&…
Buzzcut Season
Buzzcut Season Was The Beginning For Lorde's Newest Album
As Lorde's newest single 'Green Light' and 'Liability' hit the radio airwaves, it only seems natural to revisit Lorde's first…
Signs
COVERLAND Vol.24: Signs
Growing up with MTV, I was a witness to many of the now-classic songs becoming what they are today - a part of music history. Among the bands that…
Kill For You
Primal Fractions
However far behind I may be on the essential grace of Skylar Grey, I may be...a concert of Grey's is happening in my area this following weekend…
Blue Light
Kelela Shape-Shifts Between Lust and Anxiety on Blue Light
Blue Light, the fourth single from future R&B singer-songwriter Kelela's critically acclaimed debut album Take Me Apart …
Deeper Than Love
Bobby Puma: Deeper Than Love
Rising electronic prodigy Bobby Puma isn't exactly a new kid on the block, but he ventures into house territory with his latest release, titled…
Falling Down
Subtle Touches By The Grace Of Falling Down
This Wild Life are a product of the Warped Tour life. Normally casted as an acoustic pop rock duo This Wild Life still have their acoustics however,…
My Smile Is Extinct
Youthful Melodrama
“My Smile Is Extinct is the second track from New Zealand singer-guitarist Kane Strang’s sophomore album Two…
Belong
Melancholic Escapism
Roosevelt makes dance music for people who don't dance because they're too depressed. It's commercial but it cuts deep, like New Order in…
Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
London Grammar unveil album details along with new single
London Grammar are fast becoming one of my favourite bands. While their first album is nothing more than fine (it's first half is excellent, then…
Lingus
SNARKY PUPPY: A Casual Listener’s Review
I will be honest: I am no musician, much less a music critic. My encounters with Jazz are limited to a few presentations of my son’s High…
Cámara Lenta
Mariana Vega premieres her single in “Cámara Lenta”
This romantic singer and Venezuelan composer had us while wanting some new tunes and finally the wait is over, as we knew had been immersed in the…
Hello
We've been waiting for Adele for three years!
After a pause of three years, finally Adele has given us something to look forward to, Hello. Hello is taken from the new album coming out on 20th…
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…
Wrong Victory
Skin Deep
Skin tight latex body suits, bejeweled face cloth and golden paint. MS MR are no strangers to the weird, odd and fascinating aspects of music videos.…
Lovesick
Midnight Fusic's Lovesick Pays Melodic Tribute to the Trials of Adolescent Romance
Up-and-coming Malaysian alternative indie band Midnight Fusic have cited a wide variety of international and local predecessors as their musical…
This Town
Casual and Impressive
Niall Horan dropped an anticipated song even though the world had no idea Horan was releasing material any time soon. Although unexpected, the…
Cool Song No. 2
Confusing Complexity
Music critics have been generally divided over MGMT's experimental departures from the massive hooks and groundbreaking…
Something To Believe In
The New Respects' Something To Believe In is the Uplifting Sonic Melting Pot That 2017 Needs
After releasing their debut EP Here Comes Troublein March this year, The New Respects was profiled by Rolling Stone as one…
Sign of the Times
A Promising New Direction
The timing of ex-One Directioner Harry Styles' debut solo single Sign of the Times is strikingly apt; it was released on…
Song For You
Rhye's “Song for You” Evokes Empathetic Intimacy
LA alt-R&B outfit Rhye (Mike Milosh, sans Danish producer Ryan Hannibal) recently released “Song For You”, the…
Only Hungry for You
Vinyl shows the fangs
Separated by musical projects, rest and other caraqueños they have become bared teeth and the hunger had guardadados for their fourth full…
I Won’t Complain
Benjamin Clementine Does Not Complain
Some artists are always on your radar as you wait to give their albums the time of day, Benjamin Clementine is a musician who deserves a whole day…
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…
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…
Perfect Illusion
Gaga perfection!
Finally! Lady Gaga has released new music. The much anticipated new single, “Perfect Illusion”, was released today and even though…
Behind Your Back
Funky Furtado
It wasn’t all that long ago when I first blogged about Nelly Furtado. She has just collaborated on someone’s mixtape and I…
Don't Matter Now
George Ezra is happy to be back
George Ezra is best known to me by his major hit “Budapest”, which had a long reign on the charts since 2014 (and lasted throughout…
Ghost Reindeer in the Sky
The Carolyn Sills Combo Spreads Spirit With Ghost Reindeer in the Sky
The Carolyn Sills Combo who have been literally everywhere this year, are giving fans a holiday gift! Their new song and video for Ghost Reindeer in…
Company
T Fires That Company Dance!
New Year, new time, new days and brand new music videos curtain called are here! And who is better to start this Year with then our R`n`B&…
Bros
Are You Wild Like Me? 'Bro' Music Video
How hard is it to match a music video to the actual song or at least the lyrics imbedded in the song? Not easy but leave it to Wolf Alice to prove…
Want You Back
Haim change gears on I Want You Back
Right Now was an understated return for Haim, a song that confidently, if quietly, closed the door on a relationship that had become toxic. What Want…
Deja Vu
Leaving a Recurring Romance
A love song swirl seem to be the flavor you get with Jessica Lowndes song “Deja Vu”. It’s the situation of being in a…
Don't You Wait
Take Care For Now
Don't expect to group Cloves in with the rest. Every day it may seem like a melancholy songstress comes into view. Yet with Cloves their is a…
Makeba
Techno-Tribal World Pop
“I like to be spontaneous when I make music. I begin with beats or drums, because that’s what moves me and if I find a sound that…
Flight Attendant
Earnest Ambiguity
Travelling supposedly promises escape and self-discovery – this is probably why Josh Rouse’s “Flight Attendant&rdquo…
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…
No Horses
Orwellian Apocalypse
“No Horses”, a stand-alone single released a year after alt-rockers Garbage’s sixth album Strange Little Birds (2016), is an apocalyptic, direct and…
Lush Life
Zara Larsson uncovers her lush life
When you hear the song “Lush Life”, you can’t deny you’re thinking you’re listening to a new Rihanna…
Apartment Story
Songs that started it all: The National, Apartment Story
If there was one band that could sum up my early twenties it's The National. The song that made that possible was Apartment Story. In many ways…
Beggin & Pleadin
Brandy Gears up For Metamorphosis
Remember Brandy? Yes, precisely the one who use to be our R&B dope in the 90s. The latest news brewing on the Brandy front is a new…
Secret Love Song
The Secret Behind the Love Song
It's amusing how one song could mean differently for different people. I guess the way we interpret songs really depends on our mood, feelings,…
Victorious
Wolfmother Victorious
Hallelujah! The band that was once slated as the next Led Zeppelin”, has finally released a new track. As a long time follower of this…
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…
Loose Change for the Boatman
Loose Change For a Boatman
Whilst listening to the first stanza of King Charles’ single, Change for the Boatman, I had the revelation that Charles’ vocal…
Control
Escapist Nostalgia
I've always preferred music that’s soothing and dreamy. Hazel English, SF Weekly Oakland-based Sydney …
Hey Boy
Take That go synthpop on Hey Boy
Back in the high days of Take That’s success, I too was a fan. Altogether, I was into the light hearted bubbly pop music while growing up,…
Dreams Tonite
Sublime Melancholy
Canadian synth-pop quartet Alvvays have followed up on In Undertow with Dreams Tonite: the second glimpse of…
Wall Of Glass
Our Kid goes solo with mixed results
Any song that features one of the Gallagher brothers is guaranteed to have at least one thing: swagger. Swagger, bravado, and sheer bloody-mindedness…
Prune, You Talk Funny
Gus Dapperton's “Prune, You Talk Funny” Epitomizes the Millennial Pursuit of Self-Expression
New York-based indie pop singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton can come across as a living, breathing embodiment of the Tumblr generation. His recent guitar…
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…
Cold Cut
The Hubbards Are Back!
It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything new from Hull’s favourite four-piece, The Hubbards, but now they&…
Million Dollar Doll
Sultry Urgency
After years of being a collaborator - first as a member of the band Luna, and then as one half of the husband-and-wife duo Dean & Britta -…
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…
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…
Incondicional - TV Track Version
About how I started to like bachata
From Juan Luis Guerra, who initially to Jazz, and thanks to the sound of bachata has had a long and respectable musical career, and managed descarse…
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…
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…
Flotar
The Muse Floats Again In The Sonorous Imaginary of Chetes
Since 2012 Chetes former Zurdock not record material market launch. On that occasion he presented the EP Cardio Sapiens. So their return is…
Fetish (feat. Gucci Mane)
Fetish or obsession?
Selena Gomez has been the talk of the town last week with the release of her new song “Fetish”. Slowly, but surely, I think Selena Gomez is getting to…
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…
Love Yourself
Love Yourself- A New Perspective
“And I think it should be somethin' that I don't wanna hold back… maybe you should know that.” Personally, I…
The Girl Is Mine featuring Destiny's Child & Brandy
Cut And Paste Some Hit Potential
Ladies and gentlemen, we have so arrived in a new era of sampling. Where we used to just sample music, we now sample full vocals and mix them up with…
Awake My Soul
Awake My Soul
The dust settles and the horns fall to silent, all that is able to be heard is the screaming fans waiting eagerly for the next number. Immersed in the…
Bang Bang (DJ Fresh Vs. Diplo)
DJ Fresh & Diplo in the battle
After delivering Rita Ora onto the scene with “Hot Right Now”, I’ve only seen the name DJ Fresh pop up a few times, for just a few single releases…
Hero Of War
Have You Seen the World? What Would You Say If I Said That You Could?
Hero of War, originally released in 2008 on the 5th studio album of the alternative/punk rock band Rise Against, was the first release with guitarist…
Gossip Girl
The Gossip Girl With Grace Vanderwaal
Never ever doubt the age of a musician, in the case of 12 year old Grace Vanderwaal this could not be any more true. Vanderwaal's name became a…
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…
Body Moves
Body Moves To The Beat
DNCE continues on the path of pure Pop mayhem. From 'Cake By The Ocean' to 'Body Moves' and 'Toothbrush'. The collective call…
Love Letter To Japan
Electro-Exotica Ear Candy
LA-based indie pop group The Bird and the Bee consist of Greg Kurstin and Inara George, who mainly rely on a winsome formula that Pitchfork&#…
Overpowered
Neuroscientific Pop
You might remember Irish singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy as being one-half of electronic pop duo Moloko, or for being a…
That's What I Like
Bruno Mars Does It Again With That's What I Like
I won't lie, Bruno Mars is the kind of artist I would love to be. True to his craft and honest about what kind of music he intends to make, Mars…
New York
Heartbreak in the Big City
As the smartest indie-rock star of her generation, St. Vincent (Annie Clark) is arguably best known for her virtuosic guitar solos (despite…
Good Girl
Lush, Emotive Ambience
Aquilo is a relatively new band, having gained attention from the BBC via the release of their first two EPs in 2014 and the use of You There in the…
Keys To The Kingdom
linkin park have finally went full on pop and it's just as dull as you think
It feels like decades since Linkin Park threatened to become a band capable of having a interesting career full of albums that experimented with the…
Andas En Mi Cabeza
Not just You walk in my head
This song Venezuelan duo Chino y Nacho has become very popular not only in the stations, nightclubs or through comments from friends, but a song that…
Have I Been A Fool
Have I Been A Fool
Jack Fabian Peñate was born in Blackheath, a fairly posh London suburb, on September 9, 1984. While still in his teens, …
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…
Yo Te Recuerdo - Version Salsa
Dynamic Duo Marc and JuanGa recreate “I Remember You”
A Living Legend Mexican beloved Juan Gabriel at this time meets the great salsa Marc Anthony for the interpretation of this song called I'll…
Moneda
Prince Royce joins Gerardo Ortiz in a new theme
Friday was officially released the video for the new theme Prince Royce, which bears the title currency is the third single from the new album of the…
Ruin
Shawn Mendes Unveils “Ruin”
After just one week of having released the video of his song Treat You Better the young Canadian, delights us with this new project. Ruin is called,…
Protection
A Knock At The Door
Call Emma Ruth Rundle a deity that could open up the gates of heaven and the pits of hell with one song. 'Protection' comes of off Emma Ruth…
Alone Together - From the musical production
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.16 - Alone Together
“Alone Together” is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz, introduced for the first time in Jean Sargent&…
Toxic
An Enchanted Gothic Cover
Toxic was made famous by none other than Britney Spears. Famous for the song and music video. However in true originality, Yael Naim crafted a…
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…
Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bomb From The Runaways Still Makes Sense Decades Later
An all female Rock/Punk band from 1970's California took on the world by storm. More so Japan where The Runaways popularity shot through the roof.…
Fool's Gold
What's Eating the Wallflower
Music listeners who stumble upon Jack River’s “Fool’s Gold” music video will probably find themselves drawing some comparisons to alt-pop chanteuse…
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`…
The Man Who Sold The World - 2014 Remastered Version
COVERLAND Vol.11: The Man Who Sold the World
There are countless covers throughout music history; some were more successful than the originals, some were not, but there aren’t so many…
HUMBLE.
Kendrick`s HUMBLE Preach!
Lo que antes era un puro asombro fuera de las fronteras de un-tales joven fenómeno tramo marcado, que ahora es sólo un derivado de la…
Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) - Dillon Francis x Jauz Remix
Lean on
While major label stars like Drake, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd continue to command the charts, an indie dance pop song featuring a…
Sign of the Times
When the music matches the look
It’s often been said that Harry Styles looks a little like Mick Jagger. In the picture of boyband One Direction, he definitely seemed a bit out of…
Road Head
Pump and Run
Road Head followed “Machinist” and “Boyish” as the third taste of Japanese Breakfast's (…
Twentytwo
Sunflower Bean's “Twentytwo”: Perseverance Against a Pessimistic View of Adulthood
Why is it about turning 22 that seems to inspire so many musicians? The alliteration? The one-year anniversary of turning into an adult?…
Jesus Of Suburbia
The Son of Rage and Love
Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia, the tenth track on their 2004 studio album “American Idiot” was the story of an…
Bored
Teenage Sensations
15-year-old LA pop singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is swiftly proving to be a precocious and promising talent in the contemporary pop…
Ghost Rider - Strange Weather EP
Calvi Calls On The Ghost Rider
Call Anna Calvi experimental, avant-garde punk, or the Italian heiress from the fortunate guitar goddesses, one thing is clear, Calvi can pay one hell…
Last Kind Words
COVERLAND Vol.16: Last Kind Words
After almost 90 years, Rhiannon Giddens revived the song “Last Kind Words” by the obscure country-blues singer Geeshie Wiley, a blues tune which was…
Certainty
The Importance of New Temples Single Certainty
One month ago, on September 26, 2016, English psychedelic group Temples released the single Certainty, their first new song since the release of their…
The Glow
Heart in Echo
With their sophomore album What Now (2016), North Carolina electropop duo Sylvan Esso claimed to have given full permission to themselves to…
Astronomy Domine
Pink Voivod
Heavy Metal (in its extreme forms) is a scary music. At least for me - all those growling litanies they call vocals, they really creep me out. But the…
Roller
Bringing More Noise
Quilt is the type of band that taps loudly by making suggestions. Their newest album Plaza shows a forward evolution into a heavier fuzz territory…
You've Got What I Need
Pop Artist Olivia Rox Drops New Hit Single Shooting Star And is Shooting Up the Top 40 Charts Alongside Taylor Swift's the 1
Olivia Rox’s new single “Shooting Star” is blasting its way up at Pop radio from her debut album “Poprox”. It’s currently on the Top 40 radio charts…
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…
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as Conducted by Dudamel
Dudamel’s presentation of Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5 is absolutely stunning in its interpretation. The first movement is…
Hard Believer
A True Milestone of Modern Blues
I personally prefer listening to albums – it gives me a wider perspective on musicians’ aesthetic visions. I was raised in the era…
Around U
Expansive Soul-Searching
LA electropop trio MUNA (Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson) are known for being an out-and-proud queer band that omit all gendered…
Perfect Places
Lorde's Perfect Place
I always try to let some time pass before blogging about the same artist again, but some artists keep releasing really good stuff in between my blogs.…
The Sound of Silence - Live on CONAN
Disturbed's Sound of silence
I know it must be a heavy frustration for many rock and heavy metal bands, but I’m one of those people who only love their ballads. There are so many…
God Is Dead?
God is Dead?
Black Sabbath… legends… cult. Iconic band… fathers of heavy metal… a lot of things can be attributed to…
As Long as Water Runs
Roan Yellowthorn EP
Daughter of famed “American Pie” song man Don McLean, singer-songwriter Jackie McLean has announced the release of her…
Love Me
Booze, Girls, Lots of Dancing, Selfie and a Snog with Harry Styles
Nope. That’s not the title of a young adult romance fiction novel. That’s how I would summarize The 1975’s “…
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…
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…
Coffee
COFFEE
True, it’s a dance we know the moves The bow, the dip, the woo Though the words are true, The state is old news I would like to talk about…
Į Venesuelą
Venezuela at the Lithuanian Music Awards MAMA?
Yes !, but not the hand of its most representative artists today as Chino & Nacho or Oscar D'León, but the song I Venesuela…
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
COVERLAND Vol.13: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Here is another song by Bob Dylan in the Coverland series, although this one is not that legendary as “All Along the Watchtower.”…
Fall For This
Jade The Moon shares haunting track Fall For This, drops new EP
Jade The Moon's newest EP comes with a video for focus single 'Fall For This' is a euphoric alt-pop track featuring singer Dani Le Rose&#…
John Wayne
Lady Gaga Embraces The John Wayne Spirit
The day Lady Gaga is not in the news or performing will be a sad, sad day. However, that is not what is happening today instead Gaga has released a…
Los Que Se Quedan, Los Que Se Van
Public Disorder sings to Those who stay, Those who leave
The legendary band of Reggae and Ska Venezuelan returns to the music scene with a new album to be called Dancing on The Ruins, which is expected to…
Bottom Dollar Baby
Nathan Wiley's Gritty Blues-Rock
Wiley suffers talent well. Concocting 11 sundry offerings from musings of hog cemeteries, pillaging bandits, the saving power of sin and revisionist…
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song From DreamWorks Animation's
Justin Timberlake and his song for ''Trolls''
Timberlake became a star in the late 90s as a member of NSYNC group, one of the most successful pop formations. There he managed to stay on top of…
Flower of the Universe - From Disney's
Sade Embodies Cosmic Maternalism on Flower of the Universe
Disney’s 100 million dollar adaptation of American author Madeleine L’Engle's 1962 Newberry Award-winning young-adult…
The Boxer
A Unique Highlight From Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
Recently, Joan Baez had a big concert to commemorate her 75th birthday. The concert was a huge turn out, featuring many Baez original compositions…
Thrill
The Sounds Gives Us A Thrill
2016 may be the year of resurgence for certain bands, The Sounds certainly are one of those bands. While hot on the heels of a new United States tour…
Stella By Starlight
Jazz Standards Vol.9 - Stella by Starlight
‘Stella by Starlight’ is a song from the 1944 Paramount film “The Uninvited,” a ghost story starring Ray…
Off My Mind
A Little Bit Folk and A Little Bit Pop Rock
One would ever guess that a banjo could sound a bit...more than a banjo. The Other Words bring their song 'Off My Mind' to a genre well…
No Drama Queen
Grouplove's Gesture Towards Drama Queens
No Drama Queen certainly adds a bite to the long list unexpected song titles. Yet, if you've ever seen Paper Towns crafted from the mind of John…
Mango Tree
Mango Lemonade
If artists would make you read song lyrics before you could actually listen to their music, you would probably hum Mango Tree with previous harmony-…
Try Again
Trying the Chef'Special
Dutch pop-rock band “Chef’Special” have just released a new single called “Try Again”. It’s been a while since I’ve heard from them. The last song I’…
Alive
SIAFIED!
By now the legend of SIA is pretty much apparent to us. She is the powerhouse songwriter behind successful hit numbers of many an artist including the…
Save ME
The Bangtan Boys are screaming charisma in the music video for Save Me!
The Bangtan Boys, a.k.a. BTS, are back with another surefire hit song and a brilliant music video with their patented awesome dance moves! …
Dear Wormwood
Literary Lyrics & True Folk Sounds
Texas sibling duo the Oh Hello’s has achieved a sound similar to that of Sufjan Stephens. In October of 2016, The Oh Hello’s…
Music To Watch Boys To
Lana Del Rey's Soundtrack for a Fatalistic Voyeur
I’ll confess to being a fan of the somewhat divisive Lana Del Rey ever since I first came across ‘Video Games’. What&…
Love
Vintage Dreaminess
“I made my first 4 albums for me, but this one is for my fans and about where I hope we are all headed [...] I would say [the album…
Don't You Need Somebody (feat. Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Serayah & Shaggy)
RedOne's all star line-up
RedOne’s latest release is a single of his own, though it features Enrique Iglesias, R City, Serayah & Shaggy. Known for being a top…
Let Me Help You
is Mario finally leading up to an album?
Mario seemed so set to get a massive music and movie career. As a cute kid he sang the catchy Let Me Love You straight into the global charts. He…
Dusk Till Dawn - Radio Edit
Zayn and Sia Join Forces on a Formulaic Stadium Pop Number
The prestige crime drama-inspired music video for Zayn and Sia’s power pop ballad “Dusk Till Dawn” may be mostly…
Shadow
Shadow of Hate
“Why is your hate so addicting?” begins the first track of the album Nocturne by Wild Nothing, consisting of Jack Tatum. The…
Buck Owens
In ‘Buck ‘Em,’ Buck Owens Tells His Life Story – Book Review
Buck Owens is Bakersfield. The city might have already been on the map but Buck Owens created the Bakersfield sound. He called the spare sound of…
Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes And The Never-Ending UK Problem
Can Hunter Hayes’ team please just decide on their favorite mix of ‘Light Me Up’? Generally this stuff is done before anything is released to the…
Folk Family Revival
Folk Family Revival Interview
Folk Family Revival consists of three brothers and their buddy, but they are definitely moving towards psychedelic rock rather than straight-up folk…
Grim Reaper
grim of jun konagaya
Jun Konagaya Well, hello once again. Once again back is the incredible, noise animal. These holidays and this January have made a lot of mess. I want…
Sweet
To Suicide Squat they added a little Sweet
The Sweet is a British rock band with a style glam, typical of the early 70s were recognized worldwide, but in his native country reached the success…
Coldplay
Up & Up: Surrealism and social content
Flying whales in the middle of the city, turtles floating in the middle subway station, horses galloping on the water, professional swimmers diving…
Skullwinx
The Relic a concept based metal album by SkullWinx
German EPIC SPEED METAL newcomers SKULLWINX hit hard with their second album The Relic.The band is faster, stronger and more epic than ever before.…
Sheppard
Geronimo!
I usually try to find artists to write about who either recently have released new music or where something else has been in the news about them that…
Led Zeppelin
The stairs are from Led Zeppelin
diatribe was closed: the jury finally ruled in favor of Led Zeppelin, and decided that the famous Jimmy Page riff on Stairway to Heaven (Stairway to…
Radiohead
Lollapalooza 2016
Lollapalooza music festival will be presented in Chicago from 28 to 31 July to celebrate his 25 years. Counting for the first time with four days of…
Pablo Milanés
Haydée Milanés: daughter of a cat hunts mouse
In February this year, Haydée Milanés, the daughter of Cuban singer Pablo Milanes, will announce the Latino market its first album entitled…
ABBA
Abba returns in pixels
We live in a lucky era, where technology has grown exponentially. With this you can create wonderful and unique things, enabling us to live other…
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age reveal new Villians single
Almost two months ago and after four years without presenting new music Queens of the Stone Age surprised their fans by revealing the first…
Boosie Badazz
“I’m My Generation’s Tupac” Says Boosie BadAzz
Though he has been dead for over 20 years it seems Tupac’s influence over hip hop is still alive and well. People often compare themselves or strive…
Skrillex
This is how Suicide Squad sounds
We are all waiting Suicide Squad. The trailer has us in suspense, good effects have us crazy and characters give that talk. Now, we can add one more…
Louis Tomlinson
Louis Tomlinson releases video for his first solo single
Back to You is Tomlinson's true One Direction song and promises to be a great hit for his innovative style. With a somewhat minimalist R &…
Denise Santoz
Interview: Denise Santos, Composer of Lifetime’s “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” and Death Saved My Life
Today we’re talking to Los Angeles-based film and television composer, Denise Santos. Now at Hans Zimmer and Sony/ATV's Bleeding Fingers…
Sharif
Sing and Sew deeper
In late 2015 the Spanish rapper Sharif let us enjoy his third solo album, Under The lightning that never stops. A disc that had a theme in particular…
2Pac
Immortal Tupac Shakur
Fans Rap and Hip Hop are celebrating. On April 7 it will be introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Roll gangsta rap legend Tumac Shakur.…
Rings of Saturn
Rings Of Saturn Alien Sweeping Brutality That Will Run RIngs Around You
If you have an ear to the world of Deathcore and Technical Metal, then chances are good that you have heard of Rings of Saturn for some time now on…
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon will release a new album
American rock band, Kings of Leon, will end his three-year drought and next October will present his new album. As confirmed by her label, Sony Music…
Cristian Castro
Cristian Castro brings us his new single
Cristian Castro, taking advantage of his good start to the year, presents his new song. We speak of Just You theme which is included in his latest…
Tyga
Tyga is back with a new song
One of the most successful rappers in the United States, Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, better known as Tyga, released a new song alongside the vocal…
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…
Eric Church
Eric Church ‘Record Year’ – Single Review
Eric Church, for a mainstream country artist, doesn’t follow rules. This was already apparent when he followed up his commercial…
José Luis Rodríguez
Connected to an oxygen tank, Puma gives a concert in Colombia.
Venezuelan Jose Luis Rodriguez better known as El Puma surprised his thousands of followers by appearing publicly connected to an oxygen tank.…
Martha L. Healy
Martha L. Healy ‘Better Days’ - Album Review
Born and raised in Glasgow with half-Scottish, half-Irish heritage, Martha L. Healy is perhaps an unlikely star of Americana. Yet, with the likes of…
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas and Other Tracks Create a Benchmark for Vocalists
Andrei Bocelli is one of the most prominent modern opera singers in today’s repertoire. He sings right up there with the angels. He is in…
Ty Dolla $ign
“Zaddy”: new material from Ty Dolla $ign
This time, the American rapper Tyrone William Griffin, Jr., better known by his stage name Dolla $ ign as Ty, has released a new song to the market…
Tim Kile
Tim Kile Goes the Distance on New Release
Austin, Texas-based recording artist Tim Kile just released his solo debut album and after years as a band member for groups 'Wild Light' and…
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams
At the end of 2015 it was news that Gustavo Dudamel directed parts of the soundtrack of Star Wars: The Force Awakens . The Venezuelan director was…
Whitney Houston
Oh Whitney....!
The latest music documentary about legendary singer, Whitney Houston, has definitely opened up my eyes to her life. “Whitney: Can I Be Me&…
Eagles Of Death Metal
The presentation of Eagles of Death Metal culminated in a massacre
The last thing figured the more than 1500 fans Eagles of Death Metal Friday night, was that the theater hall Le Bataclan would become a tragedy. The…
Scrop
Scrop returns with Illegal
Eugenar Palacios, caraqueño exponent of rap known as '' Scrop '' recently presented his new recording project, a…
La Vida Bohème
The Bohemians
For some years it has emerged a musical movement in Venezuela. This fills me with pride. Many of our artists have earned with their sweat, talent and…
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran withdraws from social networks and prepares his third album
The young British composer who has had enough notoriety in 2015 has decided to separate for a time of social networks, once you finish your Tour…
Aran
Bling Bling Sandugueo and Romantiqueo
Although the SAR does not allow the use of Spanglish music it makes this possible. With a musical movement or a very popular genre they may appear…
Andrés Cepeda
New salsa version of For The Rest Of My Life by Andrés Cepeda
The great Andrés Cepeda continues to surprise and now closes the year with a new song. For The Rest Of My Life theme that we already enjoy in…
Mark Alburger
Alburger's Unique Opera
The music of Mark Alburger is very astounding. It’s a completely different aesthetic than most would be used to. Mordake, the leader of a…
The Beatles
50 years since the release of Revolver
Exactly 50 years ago the world first heard Revolver, the seventh album of the Beatles. It was the August 5, 1966 when Liverpool decided revolutionize…
Clara Rodriguez
The Antonio Estévez that Clara Rodríguez showed
Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez gave a concert in tribute to composer Antonio Estévez, on the centenary of his birth. The event took place…
Carlos Vives
Tribute to Carlos Vives in Lo Nuestro Awards.
The Colombian singer Carlos Vives will receive a tribute to the excellence for his musical career thirty years during the gala of the Lo Nuestro…
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg's new album is out now!
One of the most important icons in the history of gangsta rap world, Calvin Broadus Jr. Cordozar, or better known by other names like art: DO-Double-…
Bruno Mars
Mars in Karaoke Carpool
The famous James Corden show, Karaoke Carpool that has brought together many artists as Lady Gaga, the US first lady, Michelle Obama, now brings us a…
The Front Bottoms
back on top for the first time
It’s 5 pm in New York City New York City and Brian Sella, lead singer for Front Bottoms, is sitting upstairs in Irving Plaza. It’s…
Ricky Martin
Audiovisual launch of Vente pa'ca
After the great success of his latest album to anyone who will listen, ricky_martin premiered his new single Come over here ft. maluma worldwide…
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…
Abel Pintos
Abel Pintos confesses with How I miss you
Madrid and London were the cities where the renowned Argentine singer, Abel Pintos, was working hard for two whole months (June and July) to see…
Katy Perry
Katy Perry will host the MTV Awards
Pop star Katy Perry will host the MTV Video Music Awards at her upcoming gala, AFP reported. Perry's was also the first performance…
JAY Z
All up in Jay Z's business
As a rapper Jay Z had quickly made a name for himself, but with a net-worth estimated at $610M this year (by Forbes), which means he earned $110M this…
Gurf Morlix
Gurf Morlix’s Tales From Buffalo and Austin: The Buddy & Jim Show Recap
“Even though the air was dirty back then, I think you turned out pretty good.” So said Jim Lauderdale who had just come out of…
In Flames
In Flames and their 180° turn: a case study
In Flames was my favorite band for many years. They were one of the main reasons is started to get interested in extreme metal genres, back in the day…
Avicii
Avīci part 1 of the new phase
When Avicii announced his retirement from touring, I already vlogged about how I thought this didn’t mean the end of his career, but how I…
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…
Alkilados
Alkilados will take you for a ride with La Bicicleta
One of the revelation bands of recent years has undoubtedly been alkylated. These Colombians already unveiled their new single which promises to…
Calvin Harris
My Way, a video full of glitches
The famous British producer has released the video for her latest hit, My Way. For this issue the same Calvin Harris was commissioned to sing their…
Stevie Wonder
Combining Sensibilities of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder: Meet the Next Music Sensation, Jacobi
Born and raised in Alabama, Jacobi has always had a strong love for music. Growing up singing in the church is how this R&B crooner developed…
Punk TV
The Dayoffs' Debut Album Meshes Genres in Tasty Sonic Cocktail
They say the whole world gathers in New York. It’s no wonder that such an eclectic and awesome array of music has been…
Zion & Lennox
The Z and the L breaking records again
Again Zion and Lennox take over the radios and confirm why they are one of the most successful duos of the moment urban music. With their latest…
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…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift already has a name for her next album
Finally the pop star released the name of his new album and release date. Taylor Swift, through social networks has announced that her new album…
Thirty Seconds To Mars
30 Seconds To Mars premiered lyric video for Walk On Water
The American band 30 Seconds To Mars presented the lyric video of their first single in four years since the release of their last album Love Lust…
Amelia White
Amelia White ‘Home Sweet Hotel’ - Album Review
East Nashville’s Amelia White knows all too well that the road is a harsh mistress. “Sleeplessness and miles pile on the soul. It…
Låpsley
A Stunning Debut
Låpsley (Holly Lapsley Fletcher) is a British pop musician; after a couple of EP’s, her first full-length got released a couple of…
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera prepares a new album
Attention fans of Sin Bandera! A new album is coming and we will surprise more than one. The group returned to the music scene after several years of…
Raintown
Raintown ‘Writing On The Wall’ – Album Review
I wasn’t sure about Raintown going into this album. Part of the reason for that is that I struggle with married duos; there does seem to be a tendency…
Don Omar
Don Omar returns to the big screen and prepares a tour with Daddy Yankee.
Puerto Rican reggaeton star Don Omar told Efe be prepared to restart their tour of shows, The Kingdom, with colleague Daddy Yankee, and his return to…
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…
Sting
Tickets for Sting's concert at the Bataclan sold out in less than an hour.
Tickets for the Sting concert held on the occasion of the reopening of the Bataclan theater a year of jihadist attack that caused 90 deaths, were…
Chris Cornell
The farewell letter to Chris Cornell's wife
Following the tragic news of the suicide of Chris Cornell, vocalist and leader of the iconic grunge band Soundgarden and Audioslave on May 17 at a…
Jaymes Young
I'll love the world like I should
I've been looking for some inspiration to write for few days now. And I became very sad and angry, because I've been listening to TOP 40, TOP…
Stevie Wonder
Global Citizen Festival will feature performances by Stevie Wonder and Green Day.
Stevie Wonder, Green Day, The Killers, The Lumineers and The Chainsmokers will perform at the Global Citizen Festival, a free annual event in iconic…
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is ready to release 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 did it in 2008 with his first…
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner in Round Trip
Argentine by birth but Venezuelan breeding, Hector Eduardo Reglero Montaner, better known by his stage name as Ricardo Montaner, has garnered an…
Miss Bolivia
Pantera, the new Miss Bolivia
The singer, songwriter, producer and DJ Argentina, Paz Ferreyra, better known by her stage name as Miss Bolivia, unveiled the name of his latest…
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…
Gandalf
Different Style. Different Sound.
Gandalf were an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in New York. Originally called the Rahgoos, the group…
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…
Miles Davis
For hard bob fans Miles Davis Solar review
Miles Davis is one of my favorite trumpet players of all time. If you are jazz lover, you definitely cannot ignore this genius! The music of Miles…
Los Mesoneros
Los Mesoneros announce date and name of their new album
Innkeepers is an important Venezuelan band is doing things right. Make good songs, they have a consistent harmony with their melodies, ie, sound good…
DJ Snake
DJ Snake comes with everything
William Sami Etienne Grigahcine, better known as DJ Snake and famous for producing great songs like Turn Down For What and Lean On, he confirmed…
Weezer
Weezer releases 'patriotic' track 'I Love the USA'
The rock band Weezer famous performers issues such as Pork and Beans, Hash Pipe and Buddy Holly and just recently launched on 1 April tenth plate…
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner concludes triumphant tour 2016
Venezuelan singer Ricardo Montaner, give an extensive tour that lasted 20 months in the Arena Monterrey tour that also brought great satisfaction…
Coldplay
Coldplay performs Imagine as a tribute to the victims of Paris
The British group Coldplay expressed solidarity with the victims of the bombing of Paris during a concert held at the Belasco Teather Los Angeles.…
Chino & Nacho
Nacho is already taking off with Bailame
As many already know, Nacho soon to start his solo career after leaving behind the successful duo Chino & Nacho. Both artists decided to…
Diego Torres
Diego Torres appointed ambassador for Gender Equality
On Wednesday May 25 was celebrated in Colombia, the National Day for the Dignity of Victims of Sexual Violence and, during such an important date,…
Nelly Furtado
Dreamy 'Realness'
It is hard to believe that it has been 16 years since Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado gained worldwide prominence with her debut…
Niykee Heaton
Heaton Fever
The moment my ears were blessed with the melody known as 'Bad Intentions' by the young talent Niykee Heaton, I fell in love with the song.…
Vic Mensa
Existentialism in Vic Mensa & Ab-Soul's Holy Holy
Underground rappers Vic Mensa and Ab-Soul explore the idea of leaving a legacy and living a life that truly matters on their heartbreakingly honest…
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin premiered Forgive me
The acclaimed Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin released last Friday, January 15, his new single titled Forgive me, fourth promotional theme of his…
Wonk Unit
Wonk Unit: Promo Materials Are Definition Of 21st Century Punk
When my friend from England told me how I need to check out Wonk Unit, they have become my favorite band. The sense of humor they bring to the table…
ABBA
ABBA prepares its return with virtual reality
Although it has been 35 years since their separation, the Swedish quartet ABBA continues to generate news. Through its Facebook page, the group…
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&#…
Bryant Myers
Bryant Myers is stomping with his trap
Bryant Myers is surprising and strangers with each passing day. The artist was on tour promoting his music, which is a trap style, urban subgenre…
Maluma
Maluma's Four Babies
The big hit of the night in Vina del Mar was the performance of the Colombian Maluma, and most prominent, the request of the women to sing Four Babys…
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,…
Coldplay
Coldplay will celebrate the SuperBowl 50 Halftime
the 50th edition of the famous Super Bowl or Super Bowl that is holding the championship game of the NFL (American Professional Football Championship…
Gabo Parisi
Gabo Parisi releases single and comes with everything
Gabo Parisi unveiled their new song Mine subject that expects to surpass the success of Doll played alongside Farruko and became a true smash hit in…
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan's mother dies in Miami.
Gloria Fajardo, mother of Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, died Tuesday afternoon in Miami (USA) at age 88, the artist said in her Twitter…
Shakira
Something is brought Maluma and Shakira
For days this pair sharing Colombian nationality has revealed itself in their social networks a few pictures of them together in a studio, to the…
Bacalao Men
Domingo en Llamas releases four new albums
The official statement of the Caracas band reads as follows: Attention! Last minute! In the coming weeks we will publish several albums in which we…
Migos
Migos Releases Audiovisual for “Get Right Witcha”
The song Get Right Witcha performed by the Rap / Trap group, Migos, was released to the market under the musical production of Murda on June 27, as…
Bob Dylan
#tbt Bob Dylan: John Wesley Hardling
This week I am taking you back to the record that witnessed Bob Dylan turning his back on countercultural scene for whose construction ge was majorly…
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello releases her first solo single
Camilla Cabello premiered her first single, Crying In The Club which was co-written by singer Sia, along with Camila and Benny Blanco, who has worked…
Luis Fonsi
The secrets behind Despacito
One of the most popular and successful songs of the moment is, without any doubt, Despacito. Both Luis Fonsi as Daddy Yankee have consolidated a…
The White Stripes
Why the White Stripes Are More Important than the Strokes
Before you quickly dismiss this article, note that I am not necessarily comparing the two bands for their similar sounds. The differences are blatant,…
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden plane crashed in Chile
The Boeing 747-400 of the English band, Iron Maiden, suffered an accident at the Arturo Merino Benitez of Chile, moments before the group undertook…
S.m.S
Your New Favorite Musician is an Alien, S.m.S
Brand new on the scene, and a completely unique artist, S.m.S. is an escaped alien from the mysterious Area 51. He crash landed on Earth and…
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes releases lyric video for his latest single There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Canadian Shawn Mendes released his new single There's Nothing Holdin 'Me Back just before starting their Illuminate World Tour.…
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&…
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…
Dub War
Dub War
The sun is shining like your eyes. The sun sounds like a fat dub bass. The sun looks fantastic almost like you. You are gorgeous and beloved; so…
Lindsey Harper
Lindsey Harper is a Class Act with New Release
Whether she’s holding notes with the strength of a suspension bridge, or lightheartedly singing falsetto tones of love; Lindsay Harper is simply…
Shakira
the first Latin artist to participate in Beats 1 Radio is Shakira
On May 26 Shakira launches her next album, El dorado, which is very little known. So far it is known, according to the two songs that he has released…
The Strokes
The Strokes release lyric video for Oblivius
Graphics and special effects can be observed for nearly five whole minutes that the new video released by the New Yorker band, The Strokes, for the…
Grateful Dead
The Music Never Stopped
Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well 50th Anniversary Concerts continue tonight July 3rd in Chigago at the famed Soldier Field Stadium. This is the first of…
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono suffers from severe flu and dehydration.
Japanese artist Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon, was hospitalized on Friday February 26 at age 83 in a hospital in New York by strong flu symptoms and…
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart premieres video for “Saturday Night”
Just a few days ago , the indie singer - songwriter, Venezuelan / American origin, Devendra Banhart, published his last full - length, Ape In Pink…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The new Red Hot Chili Peppers is out
The rock band / Californian funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, returns to the fray with the launch of her new single Dark Necessities. The group currently…
Britney Spears
In the Fit Zone
I'll warn you upfront. This will be the most shallow music blog I probably have ever written. It's not even really about music, but you will…
Steve Moakler
Steve Moakler – EP Review
Steve Moakler is one of the latest buzzy acts gracing Music Row, but he’s actually been around much longer than you’d think. He…
Idina Menzel
A Lion, a Dentist and a Douche
I admit it, I am an avid fan of the Wizard of Oz and Wicked the Broadway musical which, as much as you want to hide it or deny it, gave us the best…
Sir Samuel
The future of portable music + bonus
On Tuesday, Intel sent to the USB-IF , the consortium of manufacturers by standardizing USB connections, architecture to leave behind the famous 3.5…
Molly Nilsson
Deep Nostalgia
I couldn't help but compare Swedish-born, Berlin-based indie synthpop artist Molly Nilsson's 1995 with Bowling for Soup's popular…
Vocokesh
Vocokesh
Vocokesh started out at the beginning of the 90s in Wisconsin, when F/i's Richard Franecki formed the band. Their debut album Ispepnaibara came…
Viktor Tsoy
Russian rock legend. Viktor Tsoy.
Viktor Tsoy was the leader of Russian rock band “Kino”. Beside the music, he participated in cinematograph. He played the leading…
Pylon
Pylon Reenactment Society new EP brings the goods on vinyl
Pylon Reenactment Society will release their 6-song 'Part Time Punks Session' EP on Chunklet Industries,&…
John Legend
John Legend and Metallica to perform at the 2017 Grammys
John Legend, Metallica, Adele, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban are some of the artists that February will be presented at the 59th Grammy awards.…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1
Rachmaninoff’s Symphony Number one marks the beginning of his best work for the orchestra. Some people like it. Some people thought he was…
Vocal Song
Vocal Song nominated for the Gardel Awards in Argentina
The Venezuelan group was nominated for the Gardel Awards, considered the most important awards in Argentina, in the category Best Group Album Quartet…
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives will receive another recognition
Carlos Vives will add another recognition in his artistic career. The Colombian will be honored by The Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (The Hall of…
ZAYN
Zayn Malik with Swift!
Before Christmas Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik disclose the subject they recorded together for the new movie Fifty Shades Darker The song was…
The Rasmus
The Rasmus release new single
After four years of absence, the Finnish band The Rasmus returned to the ring with the release of a new single. Paradise is the name of the theme by…
Joan Baez
When Joan Baez went religious
Joan Baez is an artist we usually get to see with a guitar in her hands, mesmerizing with her powerful voice all around her. She’s an icon…
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley - Gone Not Forgotten
Elvis Presley is the King of Rock and Roll. That is a fact that is hard for anyone to deny. I have to wonder what would Rock and Roll music be like,…
Jeremy Camp
To Caesar What Is Caesar's, And to God?
Actually, I like to write about something other than the situation of Venezuela, to talk about happy things, beaches and Venezuelan landscapes, which…
Rihanna
Rihanna, one of the surprises at the 2016 Coachella Festival
As you know, since the first weekend of Coachella Festival which results in Indio, California (USA) was held. This is considered one of the most…
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…
Primal Scream
Primal Scream and Chaosmosis
Feeling like a Demon Again I am eating a big apple at the moment. A fruit of seduction and the endless pleasures. Oh, I love myself! I’m…
Melendi
Melendi and Ha*Ash cover “Destiny or Chance”
Melendi and Ha * Ash teamed up to release a super temazo. The sisters along with the Spanish bring us Destino or Chance, third single that comes from…
Charlie Worsham
Charlie Worsham On His Sophomore Record, His Inspirations And Songwriting – Interview
We were lucky enough to be front and centre during the press conferences at the recent C2C Festival in London. Charlie Worsham stopped by to talk…
Chuck Berry
In Memoriam: Gone in 2017
Every time a musician leaves this planet, a part of our souls eviscerate. To find out that some artist who helped you with his/her music is not with…
Stevie B
Shining some light back on Stevie B
It’s the pigheadedness of the Spotify phone app that actually led me to a surprise. I wanted to listen to the new EP by R&B singer Case, on…
Helios
Feature : Helios
If you’re looking for something really refreshing to listen to, you should definitely check out Helios. Take atmospheric classical piano…
Paul Baloche
Baloche's Song Heals
Paul Baloche is one of the foremost Christian music artists ever to grace the landscape. He has written so many worship songs that are forever a part…
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer Brief Biography
It is the legend. It is the magic of cinema. From to the among the many others that he has done in the last 26 years. His music encompasses several…
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson suspends world tour due to emergency surgery
In October the famous sister of Michael Jackson, Janet released an album after 7 years of absence from the stage, his new album is titled Unbreakable…
Wiz Khalifa
Fast and Furious 8 with Wiz Khalifa
The rapper, who on Saturday is presented in Stereo Picnic, launches Gang Up. After the success of Wiz Khalifa achieved with See You Again song that…
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz receives homage by Spanish musicians.
The Spanish pop master has been knee-deepening in front of one of his uncontested pillars, Alejandro Sanz, and Spain's best-selling album, M&…
Paul Desenne
Paul Desenne's Butterfly Hypnosis
Composer and Venezuelan cellist Paul Desenne (Caracas, 1959) is one of the authors whose work, Hypnosis Butterfly symphonic glosses based on the song…