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Tomorrow Is My Turn
Rhiannon > Rihanna
Spoiler alert: Rhiannon has nothing to do with Rihanna. Ok, they both like to sing r’n’b but that is where all similarities…
Burning Bridges
Bon Jovi's Bridge Is Falling Down
The struggle is real. Rock dinosaurs Bon Jovi are persistent even though their career is not as shiny as it was in the 80s and 90s. I can freely say…
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…
The Commandments According to SCAC
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
In my opinion, the most important commandment is that you should become a better person every day. Let’s see If Slim Cessna&…
To the Highest Gods We Know
Colour Haze - To The Highest Gods We Know
Colour Haze are a renowned and well-known German psychedelic rock/stoner rock band, who have released many notable albums in their own particular…
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…
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 &…
Where Have You Been All My Life?
Honest Emotion Is a Special Effect
Every music genre is beautiful. I am the type of guy who can listen to classic music and turbo-folk music. On the other hand, every music genre is…
Sodium
Sodium
Led by drummer and lead singer Kylee Kimbrough, the noise-punk outfit Dasher deliver a murderous mix of garage-rock grime, fuzz-punk overdrive, and…
Devout
Devout
UK grime fixture Mr Mitch’s latest LP explores a pared-back sound. It feels polished and tactile, with themes of loyalty,…
Day Breaks
Norah Jones - Day Breaks [Review]
The most appropriate description of the new record by Norah Jones is “back to basics.” She ditched poppy tunes, simplified arrangements keeping just…
History of Violence
Ransom`s History Of Violence
The lyric God of raw, gangsta Rap returns with another album win. HOV aka History Of Violence is another great work from this super…
New Skin
Another Member of The Strokes Goes Solo
Nick Valensi plays in The Strokes and corroborates musically almost anyone who contacts him. Now is the time for him to start his own thing, a project…
No Rain, No Rose
Storytellers Are Back In Style
If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby…” goes the bio blurb on John Craigie’s website. Sure, you cite those favorable comments that suit you, and…
Bang My Head (feat. Sia & Fetty Wap)
Bang on collabo!
Out of all the dance tracks that I had on my list to listen to this week, this one is my favorite. Eva Simons “Bludfire&rdquo…
Push the Sky Away
Cave's Best?
It's not a Bad Seeds album. It is a Nick Cave album, but if you listened to it next to anything from the the Sexual…
II
Leather Slave - II
Leather Slave are an interesting American raw noise-rock band, whose latest album ''II'' came out back in 2015. Leather Slave are…
Heroes
One of Our Heroes
Heroes immediately departs from the attitude of Low's melancholia with The Beauty and the Beast, and this was a sign of hope for fans…
Revolution Radio
Revolution Radio
Over the course of 26 years, Green Day have gone from pop punks to rock stars. Their latest, however, has little effect on their legacy and lapses…
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…
On Our Way Home
Empire of the Sun's Visual Mind-bending Continue With Their On Our Way Home EP
It was certainly apt that Billboard's August 2017 interview with Empire of the Sun frontman Lukas Steele (which marked a…
Dandelion Sauce Of The Ancients
Terminal Cheesecake - Dandelion Sauce Of The Ancients
The legendary British noise rock/psychedelic rock band Terminal Cheesecake recently came out with a new full-length album in nearly 20 years. Due to…
State of Undress
Minimalistic Freak Folk
Minimalistic indie folk is the future of the alternative scene. Berlin based group Susie Asado (named by Gertrude Stein’s song) is one of…
Winter Thrice
Norwegian All-Stars
Ok, Vintersorg is born in Sweden, but the band is Norwegian, so, you get the picture. Now that I explained the title, let’s talk about the…
Hurry Home
The Deslondes - The New Orleans Palette
Many try and fail to cover as much the musical palette offered by the American music, and often they fail. Basically, they have a hard time breathing…
High Noon: Highlights & Rarities From 50 Years
High Noon To Be Fully Discovered - After 50 years
How do you make a meaningful retrospective of an on one side influential band, and on the other a band that, undeservedly, have never risen to the top…
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
#tbt: Earl Sweatshirt - I don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Rap album about self-awareness is jt a common product. Candor has also been absent from hip hop culture for a long time. Lyrics about prison you have…
Dave Keegan
Dave Keegan - Dave who?
When you get caught into a music style (or quite a few of them) when you’re younger, they seem to stay with you forever. Psychedelic pop,…
Back Together
is Robin Thicke getting it back together?
Not many artists have had a hit single that kept playing in high rotation for like two years straight, but Robin Thicke is among them with “…
16:11
Tross - 16:11
Tross is one of the more interesting Swedish psychedelic rock bands, whose latest album titled 16:11 was released by the great Swedish label H&…
Older
South African Treasure: Ruby Gill
While discovering new music is always an exciting event for me, there is something really special about finding musicians in my area that make music…
Expect the Best
Widowspeak as The Closure For The Autumn
We are soon going to enter the winter period, and before that happens, I have a perfect album for you to conclude the autumn behind us. Widowspeak was…
Shape Shift With Me
Post-Dysphoria Punk
After nihilistic and vulgar album Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Laura-Jane Grace went through a chatarsis and left us wondering what will…
Vulnicura
Bjork's Tryst with Virtual Reality
She has always been one of the pioneers in experimentation in the world of music. I remember when I heard my first Bjork album Debut back in my…
Spirit (Deluxe)
Political Mode of Depeche Mode
Starting from the 1993’s album Songs of Faith and Devotion , the most famous Basildon diaspora known as Depeche Mode releases their albums every four…
Turn the Sea
Cressman sure can Turn the Sea
Have you heard of Natalie Cressman? If you’re interested in jazz you should definitely check her out. There are not many videos on Youtube, and those…
Miss Understanding - Single
The Get Down Soundtrack is Not Worthy of its Awesome Show
In the late 70s, New York was not remotely similar to what it is today. Then, it was split, aggressive and broken city whose citizens were…
New Bermuda
Deafheaven New Bermuda
The California-native, black metal innovators, released their 3rd full-length album entitled on October 2nd, 2015.New Bermuda Deafheaven has the…
The Time Between Us - Split
Another Effective Collab Between Two Sergent House Artists
After the release of her third album Marked For Death last year (which allowed her to terminally prove her talent), Emma Ruth Rundle…
Hot Fuss
The Killers - Hot Fuss
As I’ve said before, it is the longevity of an album that shows its true worth. It is for this reason (and quite a few others) that I would…
Hello
Why Adele's 25 Failed To Impress Me
I will get straight to the point and write straight from the heart, without any euphemisms and decorations. I don't like Adele's new album. It…
Secular Hymns
Madeleine Peyroux Knows How To Jazz
Madeleine Peyroux released her seventh album this year, almost twenty years after her debut Dreamland. She is a female musician with a rich…
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…
If On A Winter's Night
Do you love Baroque Music? Then you must be fan of Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner Sting
Even we are in the 21st century; there are still a lot of sound fields and undiscovered magical moments left in the music by our ancestors. Sting has…
Under Stars
Why, Amy Macdonald? Why?
We often have this story when an artist changes the style and then we don't like it me because that's not the same artist anymore. On the…
Get Weird (Deluxe)
Boy how Little Mix have grown up
Get Weird is the third studio album from British pop-stars Little Mix (made up of Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jesy Nelson)…
ANMLS
Anger Imported From Chile: ANMLS
In the light of recent events, it could be said that the music scene is mostly not interested in confronting with the problems of the Earth. There are…
Trouble
The Dead C - Trouble
The New Zealand lo-fi avant-garde noise-rock/garage rock greats The Dead C came out with a new album this year via Ba Da Bing Records. As was perhaps…
Nowhere Everywhere
New EP by The Wanton Bishops
The Wanton Bishops are what I imagine a contemporary blues band should sound like. Their name sounds like they come from the southern parts of USA,…
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha as told by John Williams
Prior to Memoirs of a Geisha, composer John Williams had never asked to compose for a movie before. Being the resident composer for Steven Spielberg…
Life After Youth
Elizabeth Powell Overcomes Her Struggles Through Land Of Talk's Third Record
No matter how successful you are, life is full of ups and downs. To maintain equanimity and to persevere despite life's severe challenges is…
Out of Time
Hugo Kant - A Fan of Victor and Immanuel
You really have to be a daring smart ass to give yourself a nom du plume like Hugo Kant. And an intelligent one. Quentin Le Roux of Avignon, via…
American Candy
They Have Our American Candy
The Maine has been touring non stop since the release of their last album, American Candy, earlier this year. As this is their fifth album, we all…
Īstenībā
Mona De Bo - īstenībā
The relatively obscure, but renowned Latvian instrumental drone/psychedelic rock band Mona De Bo came out with a new album in the end of last year.…
Traffic (Remasters)
#tbt Traffic - Traffic
Wunderkid Stevie Winwood was only 18 when he recorded his most famous vocal section, song Gimme Some Lovin with Spencer Davis Group. He was only 20…
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…
8
The instant passed by Caramelos De Cianuro, already has a video clip
The Caraqueña group, Caramelos De Cianuro , besides being one of the most successful rock bands in the national territory, always give much to…
Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes
Jacques Loussier and the beautiful world of Erik Satie
When I first heard the music of Erik Satie I thought – well there is something I could listen to for weeks. And I did. But, when I heard…
Ritual Spirit
A Fistful of maddeningly good melodies
Massive Attack are back, and while the new EP titled Ritual Spirit contains only four songs it is just long enough to show us that they are…
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 …
...Of the Dark Light
....Of The Dark Light
Long Island death metal stalwarts bring considerable technical aptitude to an album that works within the framework of their long-established sound.…
Ouroboros
Mythic Sunship - Ouroboros
Mythic Sunship are a Danish instrumental psychedelic rock band, who just recently released their newest album through the renowned El Paraiso Records.…
Book Of Changes
Entrance - Into Poppy Territory
This might be the week of shapeshifters. Entrance or a guy that goes by the name of Guy Blakeslee can certainly fall into that category. Do…
Victorious
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll
“But I like it. Well, I like most of it. To be honest, there are some songs that I like. Now, where did I put that colossal self-titled…
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…
Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin's Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin is one of the most respected contemporary Christian artists. When listening to his music, one may find themselves immediately humbled…
As Light As Light
EP Battle: Inc.No World Vs Frabin
INC. NO WORLD With their new EP, brother duo from California, Andrew and Daniel Aged confirmed that they are top-notch neo-soul act of the modern days…
Across The Multiverse
Dent May - Multi-versing the Musical Universe
Anybody who is a fan of harmony-filled pop rock the late sixties or early Seventies, s well as any current variations of this musical theme has surely…
What If
The Jerry Douglas Band - What if, indeed!
Writing a music review should be easy, right? Sure, most of the time. All you have to do first is decide which category the album belongs to… Again,…
Ruins
Wolf People Use Mythology as A Weapon For Dealing with The World
Wolf People is a band from UK, formed in 2006. Until now, they had released four albums, and are currently promoting Ruins. Since 2009, they are…
Horn Ur Marken
The Janitors - Horn Ur Marken
The Swedish psychedelic rock band The Janitors will release a new album via the renowned Cardinal Fuzz in the coming days. The album comes 3 years…
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…
A Head Full of Moonlight
Good Tiger A Head Full of Moonlight Album Review
The newly formed super group Good Tiger, featuring ex-Tesseract vocalist Elliot Coleman, ex-The Safety Fire guitarists Derya Nagle and…
21
Adele 25
When asked to write about a single artist that shaped the month of November, at first I was stumped. So many mainstream artists have been having huge…
Stubborn Persistent Illusions
DO MAKE SAY THINK and Listen To This Album
So many comebacks this year! I am thinking there must be something in the stars. If there is, Do Make Say Think have definitely captured it. They…
The Beatles (Remastered)
#tbt The Beatles - White Album
Good boys The Beatles were anything but good on White album. Maraton recordings, changed in collaborators, departure of members, breaking of the band&…
Spades and Roses
Americana Girl
After she won American Songwriter competition, Caroline Spence released her first album Somehow back in 2015. This year, her debut got its successor…
Sourvein / Will To Mangle
Sourvein - Will To Mangle
Sourvein are one of the best stoner doom/sludge/southern metal bands of all time in my book, and their album ''Will To Mangle'' is…
B4.DA.$$
Review: Joey Bada$$'s 'B4.DA.$$'
The general consensus about Joey Bada$$ has always been that he is a remarkably talented up-and-comer with infinite promise. His devastatingly sharp…
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…
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Pivot of PERIPHERY
Only short time after the release of the double-masterpiece Juggernaut, Periphery decide to return. According to them, everything was going smoothly,…
The Gleaner
Tara Dente Comes Through
La música es aún mejor cuando se comparte. Así es como Tara Dente describe concisamente el proceso de creación de su segundo &#…
Kylie Christmas (Deluxe)
My new annual tradition
For me, the Christmas season really begins after December 5th. This is when radio stations turn into Christmas stations and it’s publicly…
2 Ynfynyty
Cherubs - 2 Ynfynyty
The Austin noise-rock legends Cherubs came out with their first album in almost a decade earlier this year. Everyone who are into noise-rock are…
The Chick Corea Elektric Band
ELEKTRIC!
The Shape of Jazz to Come is an album by Ornette Coleman from the end of the fifties, but there are several releases in jazz history that could bear…
Get Busy
Matisse refreshes his sound!
The Mexican romantic trio, Matisse, is debuting with the release of the reissue of his album '' Go up, Summer Edition '&#…
Leave Me Breathless
When Ane Brun Does Covers, She Leaves You Breathless
Cover album is the new material by a Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun. Leave Me Breathless is her eighth album, released under her own Balloon…
Change
From B-52 To First Solo Album
Next year, B-52 are going to celebrate forty years of their career, and the prelude to this grand milestone is a solo album by its founder and main…
Uprising
BOB MARLEYS SWAN SONG
In my early teens when I started to grow my obsession with music, I got blown away by the powerful riffs of bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin,…
Citizen of Glass
Agnes Olsen's Perspective On Losing Privacy
Danish author Agnes Obel rewarded us with her third album in 2016. The title Citizen Of Glass refers to the concept of glaserner burger, or the…
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&#…
Mayhem in Blue
Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue [Review]
Hail Spirit Noir play a trippy mix of psychedelic rock and progressive black metal, with a pinch of avant-garde. Their debut record, Pneuma, was a…
Codex Omega
… But Codex Omega Is A Close Second
After becoming more a symphonic than death metal on their past two records (especially on Titan, an album stuffed with over-the-top compositions that…
Other People's Songs Volume One
Making Other People’s Songs Your Own
For some generations that are “somewhat” older, holding a physical object containing music is still an essential element of the…
Karma
Recommended: ''Karma'', Norick's new album
Braulio Norick Gamarra Norick is an MC and producer from Surquillo, Lima - Peru, a member of the group Rapper School. It has been released on the…
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Albums that turn 10 in 2017 Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys debut album, Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not was a landmark album, and perhaps the most important debut album of the first…
Jesus Calling: Instrumental Songs For Devotion
For Those Who Have Ears to Hear
I am fond of listening to instrumental music when I work. I find instrumental music relaxing and especially so if it is an instrumental cover of a…
Hozier: Deluxe Edition
On Why You Should Listen to Hozier Right Now
Es una tarea de enormes proporciones para revisar liberación homónimo de 2014 Hozier. A pesar del hecho de que es una obra prolífica,…
Good For You
Good For You
The Portland rapper’s debut album balances playful verses and cheerful wit with more revealing moments of introspection. On the cartoonish…
Can Summer Love Last Forever?
Folk Diamond For Winter Days
The story of Swedish duo Flora Cash begun with the meeting on Soundcloud, continued on Skype and it is still on. Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole…
Led Zeppelin II
Rediscover: Led Zeppelin II
In my 15 years of listening to music quasi - religious way from that When the Levee Breaks reproduced under the needle of the…
A Trip To Soda Island
Beating the Heat with Soda Island
When I complained about the heat on summer days, my mother would tell me to think about things that were really cold. So I would build a house made of…
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…
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
John Grant: Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
John Grant, formerly of alternative rock band The Czars, has a knack for re-invention and experimentation. His first album Queen of Denmark was a…
Brilliant Light
Danny & The Champions of the World - Championing Americana with a twist
When the term Americana crops up in a conversation among music fans, usually the first things that come up to mind are any country music variations,…
Scalping the Guru
El Jesus De Magico - Scalping The Guru
El Jesus De Mágico son un noise-rock banda estadounidense de rock / psicodélico de Columbus, Ohio. Se han publicado un buen número de…
Hard Love
Strand Of Oaks And The Effects Touring Can Have On Music
On his previous record Heal, Tim Showalter faced his biggest fears, all of his losses and sadness, and sublimed them into songs. It all lead to…
Motion
#tbt The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion
This week's throwback will be short but sweet as Oreo milkshake. Motion was a debut album by The Cinematic Orchestra and it was released in 1999…
A Change in State
James Yuill - Whatever happened to Folktronica?
Combining acoustic music with electronics can be a tricky thing - it either turns out great or falls flat on its behind. That may be the reason the…
Under the Red Cloud
It's Amorphis Time
Nomen est omen. The times when the term amorphis (insignificant) perfectly described this band from Finland are far behind us. From relatively brutal…
Everything Now
Mediocre Dance, That's What Arcade Fire Are Now
Over time, Arcade Fire turned from a serious band to one of the most irresponsible banda. They are full of subtle and flat jokes, and the monumental…
Ones and Sixes
Low - Ones and Sixes
Some band have years behind them; others have light years behind them. When artists create their own universe inside a music industry, they stay…
Blackbirds
Rob Jungklas - It's Been A While...
In theory, some musicians should have all the predispositions to make it - a good voice, songwriting skills, musicianship, good backup, come up with…
Love & Hate
Kiwanuka's Sophomore Album Justifies His Long Writer's Block
Five years ago, London record label Communion was presented on a CD compilation that came with the best British monthly music magazine. The label’s…
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…
Magma
Taking It Cool
After pretty unexciting L'Enfant Sauvage, Gojira are back with their newest offering called Magma. The first notable thing you’ll notice…
Chew
(Don’t) Get That Bubble Gum Off Your Shoe
You would have to search deep into the Seventies memorabilia to find the cover of the album that inspired the cover art Nashville’s The Paperhead used…
The Origin Of Love (Deluxe)
Oh, Why Did Mika Go Downward
On his debut album, Mika pleasantly surprised all us with his exuberant amd catchy tunes. The follow-up The Boy Who Knew Too Much brought perfection,…
MultiViral
Calle 13: El Residente Presidente?
Until 2009, Calle 13, a Puerto Rican band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez (lead singer, songwriter) and Eduardo José…
Off The Radar
Noga Erez Delivers One Of This Year's Best Records
It’s been couple of weeks since I have reviewed politically charged album. Shocking! At one point, I had a feeling every album I am covering is…
Not Even Happiness
Not Even Happiness
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s new album has the lucidity and tactility of a healing crystal. Not unlike Phil Elverum, she …
EVOL
Future of Hip Hop
Hip hop and rap music are very demanding. In order to stay at the top of the game, you have to release new stuff frequently. It is a road paved by Lil…
Incarnate
Still Holding The Throne
Killswitch Engage is one of the founding fathers of melodic metalcore, a metalcore subgenre that launched this bastard child of metal and HC into…
The Fall of Hearts
Sorrow Will Find You
Title above summarize new Katatonia album in a wondrous way. No matter how good you feel, how much your life is peachy, how much love you have to give…
Hammer of the Witches
Metal is a witchhunt
Everything is funny when you think about death, said a great German writer Tomas Bernhard. What’s not funny is when those who sing about…
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…
Country Grammar
Country Grammar
El debut de Nelly en el 2000 trajo la vida y el sonido de San Luis al mundo. Es un laberinto sintáctico de la cultura local que funciona como un…
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…
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
AKOUSTIC!
With his Elektric Band in full swing, Chick decided to create its perfect complement, this time on the quieter side of things: the Akoustic Band.…
Confessions On A Dance Floor (12 Reg. Tracks)
10 years of dance floor confessions
Oh man, I can’t believe how time flies! But this week sees the 10th anniversary of Madonna’s “Confessions On The Dance…
Iv
Part Chimp Turn Down The Noise
Part Chimp is a band that's been active from 2000 to 2012, and many members walked through. Since we live in times of reunions, it comes as no…
Find the Ways
Classical Appalachia?
The first question that comes up to mind listening to the first collaboration between (David) Allred and (Peter) Broderick, “Find The Ways” is - what…
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…
Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave At His Most Vulnerable
Although Nick Cave postulated his career on the basis of being disgusted with this world, he is ready to confess all of his sins on his…
Future Artists
The Dead C - Future Artists
The Dead C are a renowned noise-rock band from New Zealand, and their discography is quite vast and admittedly as diverse as it is vast. Their albums…
Bad Omen
The World's Greatest Goth Country Singer
When someone avoids being labeled either by genre or by appearance, then we say that someone is standing out from the sea of multiple copies that…
Once Once
THE surprising border music of The Chamanas
Eleven. Eleven are Latin rhythms, Mexican pop of the decade of the 70's, huapango, ranchera, synth pop and electronic music, a mixture The…
Big Inner
The Big Inner of the Big White Man
Matthew E. White is an American artist that came on strong from the start, with a voice of his own and gained international following instantly. As…
Currency Of Man
Melody Gardot Is A Current Woman
Jazz lovers, fasten your seatbelts! One of the most beautiful female jazz vocals of modern era belongs to Melody Gardot. Her voice is not the only…
Fever Ray
Uniqueness at its best
Sweden is probably one of the most gifted countries in the world when it comes to music. No matter which genre you talk about the conclusion is the…
Selections From A Voice On Air (1935-1955)
Sinatra--The First LP
Frank Sinatra—The brilliant and colorful vocalist properly came into to prominence during the era of the second World War. His proper first…
Best of Luck in Future Endeavors
Noisy Amalgam
Savak were formed in 2015, with the band including the members of The Obits, Holy Fuck, Nation of Ulysses and The Cops. Erudite…
american dream
Small Letters, But Big Words from James Murphy's Pen
Recently I had a discussion with one of my friends who is also obsessed with music about significant artists who created genius music after 2000. His…
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…
Examples
Shining Examples
Personally, I’m not a big fan of beats albums. At least, not for home listening. In a club, fine, that should be their main purpose. But at home, I…
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…
Channel the Spirits
The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
The Comet Is Coming is a pretty fascinating British psychedelic rock/jazz fusion/experimental music band from London. Their latest album is titled &#…
Quentin Tarantino The Essential (Spotify Exclusive)
How Ennio Morricone Won His First Oscar
And that is how Morricone had finally won his first Oscar only two years ago. Although soundtrack for Hateful Eight is a solid one, the situation…
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 …
First Ditch Effort (Commentary)
Candid NOFX In Rearview
Can’t you see my soul, on the record sleeve, it’s going out for sale as soon as it gets saved. (NOFX – Take Two Placebos And Call Me Lame) After the…
Praying
Cathartic Comeback
In a 2013 interview, Kesha revealed that she had little creative control over her music and expressed her desire to showcase other…
Scream
An ideal world
In the audiovisual world (movies, novels, series or films) sound weigh heavily. The music drives the action, explains what happens and guides the…
18
On 18, an Epic 88Rising Multi-Collab, Joji Grounds Kris Wu, Rich Brian and Trippie Redd Grandiosity With Introspective Melancholy
Indie music label/creative agency 88rising have steadily forged their way into the mainstream by jet-fuelling the careers of Rich Brian (previously…
Nikes
Recognizing Black Genius
2009: Taylor Swift's music video for You Belong With Me beats out Beyoncé's video for Single Ladies in MTV'…
Your Type
Carly Rae Jepsen's Evolving Pop Persona
The verdict is out. As music critics and fellow blogger NMONDSCHEIN note, Carly Rae Jepsen has followed up on the success of her…
So Far Away
Carole King's So Far Away
One of the most influential and groundbreaking albums of the seventies was “Tapestry” by Carole King. Virtually every song on that record is memorable…
Vine a Buscarte
Fonseca talks about love in his song Vine a Buscate
I came to get you it comes as the third single from her fifth studio album CONNECTION. This topic is was composed by the same singer accompanied by…
Still Feel Like Your Man
John Mayer brings out his whimsical best in brand new video
There’s always a first. And, John Mayer fans are about to be treated to one such first as the singer shows off his awkward dancing skills in a fancy…
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…
Let Me Get There
All in the (Hypnotic Soul) Groove
After her guest appearance on Massive Attack's The Spoils in July last year, Mazzy Star vocalist Hope Sandoval (a noted veteran singer-songwriter…
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…
Lotus
Shaun Martin's Debut
The second video from Shaun Martin's debut album, 7 Summers. Shaun is best known for his work with Kirk…
The Sound of Silence - Overdubbed Version
Sounds of Silence—A Rare Version, A Treat for You All
In awe and surprise I give you all a rare version of a classic sixties folk rock gem, featuring Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. It was said in the title…
Rearview Mirror
Kiri T's Lush Momentum
Run your fingers on my waist/ I’ll push the pedal to it’s deepest pace: the music video for New York-via-Hong…
Crow
The Crow Has The Last Word
Okay...here is a track from a duo that instantly struck me as a band to know. 18+ created a song called 'Crow' where as a person who has a…
A Kiss From LA
Kiss, Kiss From Talisco
You don't have to be from LA to understand the appeal. Talisco may belong to a world a couple thousand miles away in Paris/Bordeaux but 'A…
Generation Why
A Hymn for Modernity
“Generation Why” is the third single and video from Weyes Blood’s (Natalie Mering's stage name) forthcoming album,…
Open
Bitter and Sweet
Rhye has a way of showing clarity and relationship ecosystems (a mouth full, I know). Rhye is a duo and not a single singer-songwriter venture (…
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…
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…
All In My Head (Flex)
Fifth Harmony Heats the networks with its New Video
When we thought we had seen the girls Fifth Harmony in her sexy side with his video Work from Home ft. Ty Dolla $ ign stuck in construction with some…
Swimming Through Dreams
Legendary producer John Fryer releases Black Needle Noise single with Mimi Page
Legendary producer John Fryer, one of the most innovative sonic architects on the music scene, is releasing new music under his new…
Soviet
Got No Motivation
Punk/Grunge/Garage what do these three genres have in common? Pure, unfiltered, raw blis when ti comes to playing loud and without hestiation. The…
Liquorice
LIQUORICE AND OTHER TREATS
While Alice Jemima’s first single off her newest work, Liquorice, was not at all what I expected, I can say with conviction, that I was pleasantly…
First Rain
Soothing Fatalism
I just have always been intrigued by that idea of creating different worlds with music. This one was a bit more of a reflection of what's actually…
Twilight Driving
Outback Yearning
I'm definitely adding Perth-based dream pop outfit Methyl Ethyl to my list of promising Australian indie acts (which also…
Polished
Prince Innocence Explore the Trophy Girl Syndrome
I've written about Toronto-based duo Prince Innocence's (Josh McIntyre and Talvi Faustmann) 'Manic' before, and…
Go Home
Lucius Show Us How To Go Home
Lucius album 'Good Grief' came out in 2016 leading to a successful sophomore return. However, it would be 'Wildewoman' their debut…
Planet
Irene Skylakaki's Planet: Sunlit Existential Introspection
After releasing two well-received albums (Wrong Direction in 2013, Before Dawn in 2014) in Greece and supporting live performances by Macy Gray,…
Clair De Lune
Flight Facilities' Claire de Lune
Flight Facilities' Claire de Lune, featuring Christine Hoberg, is one of my favourite songs. Although it spans a whole seven minutes and fourty…
It Will Come Back
Hozier Howls Along To It Will Come Back
Whether it's the end of a relationship or an unrequited love, everyone goes through the motions of waiting to end it all of else. Hozier seemed…
Lost On You
Discovery of Lost On You
I was visiting a friend of mine in Osijek, Croatia. We were just having our second glass of wine, getting ready to leave the house for a bit of fun in…
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…
High Road
Heartbreak Hotel
I don't know what the ratio actually is, but there seems to be a fair amount of songs that deal with both sides of the human courting ritual. On…
Motion Sickness
Cathartic Melancholy
After sharing the plaintive and meditative Smoke Signals in January, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers offered a second…
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'…
Breathe (feat. Melanie Munoz)
Breathe by Beat Author
East Coast production team Beat Author is back with their second single this year called Breathe. Brian Cohen and Cristofer Arthur, professionally…
Hand It Over
MGMT's Hand It Over Wraps Existential Anxiety in Psychedelic Gauze
MGMT opted for Edvard Munch’s Selvportrett ved vinflasken (Self-portrait with bottle of wine, 1906) for the artwork for…
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 …
Don't Be so Sure
Tulipomania Presents Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'
Philadelphia-based Tulipomania have announced they will release a new single, the Seahawks Remix of 'Don't Be So Sure'.…
Intervention
In Need of an Intervention?
Madonna's recent decision to share her emotional turmoil regarding her custody battle with ex-husband Guy Ritchie over her 15-year old…
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…
Sticky Leaves
Angelic Resolution
The landscape that Linying walks through in her latest video - vast open plains bordered by a series of hills and an expansive blue sky - could not be…
Each Time You Fall In Love
Lush Hypnotism
Each Time You Fall in Love follows K and Apocalypse as the third track from Brooklyn ambient pop quartet Cigarettes After Sex's full-…
Save My Soul
Just don't get hooked
A while ago, I drew a comparison, in an article on my own website, between Ke$ha and JoJo. Both, for completely different reasons, ended up being…
Touch
A Bit Of Fun With Little Mix
Little Mix does not mess around when it comes to all things girl groups should be. In case you were wondering what one of the best groups out there…
The Queen Is Dead - 2011 Remastered Version
Songs that started it all: The Smiths The Queen is Dead
Never underestimated how impressionable a teenager discovering indie music is, a least the ones who only just started buying NME. That was the case…
Happy Pills
Happy, Happy and Worth It?
Whoa, Happy Pills by Weathers has to be something of a questionable song. Maybe questionable in the sense of pure psychotic breakdown. Another L.A.…
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…
You Don't Know Me
Not your homie Jax
I have a guilty pleasure, at the moment. I get incredibly cheerful every time I hear Jax Jones’ “You Don’t Know Me”. You know, that track with the…
Quite Like You
Someone Like You
Saskatchewan singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Shauf recently released a music video for Quite Like You, the fourth track from his…
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…
Dust My Shoulders Off (feat. Timbaland)
Dust Off Your Shoulder
For those paying attention to the Top 10 songs on the iTunes download chart last week, Chengdu-born Jane Zhang's appearance appeared to come from…
Spirit of the Son
The Beatles and Bands Influenced By The Beatles on Spotify!
The Beatles and Bands Influenced By The Beatles on Spotify! Add Your Band To The Beatles and Bands Influenced By The Beatles Playlist on Spotify! &…
Introduction
Céline recovers after the loss of her husband
Celine Dion has had a difficult year, she lost her husband Rene Angelil and his brother only two weeks apart, have recently been reported in some…
Your Song
Rita's new song is your song
A few weeks ago, I’d seen Rita Ora’s name pop up on a list of expected music releases. After 4 years of waiting, it was really nice to know for…
This House Is Not For Sale
This House is not for Sale the new Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi returns to the music scene with his legendary band after three years of absence, to introduce the first single from his new album This…
Love
Nothing fancy, just Love
Oh man, where to even start with this? Aptly, Lana del Rey blessed the world with the single from her pending album in the month of love. While few…
'97 (feat. Rich The Kid, Bobby Kritical & 1wayfrank)
K Slams The New `97 Trap!
ATL rap cat bangs up the Trap swag on his new single `97. He linked up with the coolest squad that he could for…
Doctor Robert - Remastered
What song turned you off of a band?
The Beatles were never my cup of tea, which is saying something since I don't even drink tea. I didn't think they were bad or anything they…
Heathens
The Suicide Squad OST: Heathens
Whoever said “the more the merrier” clearly has not listened to Twenty One Pilots yet. But, wait-- twenty one? That’s…
Every Kind Of Way
H.E.R. Makes Us Believe in Love Everyday With 'Every Kind Of Way'
Who doesn't love an anonymous artist? Well H.E.R. is that anonymous artist we can't help but want to know more about (of course). With vocals…
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…
Stay
Mac`s Drake Type Of Sandwalk !
It`s Mac Attack with goofy dance time! American rapper Mac Miller bounces off the music industry with brand new forth studio album&…
Dilemma
Hazy Introspection
San Francisco's lo-fi duo Acid Ghost (lead vocalist and guitarist Ace Barcelon and drummer Mikey Mendoza) share an unexpected similarity with pop…
Would You Rather
Phoebe Bridgers' “Would You Rather” Traces a Silver Lining Around a Dark Childhood
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has been receiving widespread acclaim for her debut album Stranger in the Alps (Sep 2017): a collection…
About Today
Warrior gave us The National song that could not be beaten
Warrior is a complex film about the nature of family, abuse, and violence. It was billed as a sports movie but the fact that it starred both Tom Hardy…
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…
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…
I Was A Fool
Sunflower Bean's I Was A Fool Swirls in Nostalgic Woe
After a few years in the New York band circuit, an EP, a well-received debut LP, and extensive touring, Brooklyn rock band Sunflower Bean has…
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…
Junkie
Euphorically Addictive
I would say don’t be afraid to write something that’s actually catchy. I think a lot of people fear catchiness because they might…
When the Lillies Die
Geisha Goth
LA duo Io Echo (Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross) have been mostly noted for their 'new orientalism', a fusion of LA goth noir and pan-…
Yulia
The Lolita Complex
It seems fitting that Vladimir Nabokov's now iconic Lolita (1955) was first published in Paris, and then in New York in…
Solo Yo
Only Me the new Sofia Reyes and Prince Royce
Mexican actress and singer shared in their social networks two weeks ago the lyrics of the new song title solo, this has the support of Prince Roy,…
El Paraiso
Is it the year of Los Mesoneros and their Paradise?
This quintet of exceptional musicians formed by Luis Jimenez (guitar and vocals), Juan Ignacio Sucre (guitar), Andres Belloso (Low), Andrés…
Piece By Piece - Radio Mix
Kelly Clarkson's growing up in Piece By Piece
If you were thinking that her recent collaborations, with her sort of mother-in-law Reba McEntire, meant that Kelly Clarkson was now doing Country…
Hopeless Romantic
Defying Expectations
“I was like, wait a minute, [Jenny Lewis is] on Warner Bros., and she just made a record that sounds like the record I wanna make.…
Most Girls
Most Girls Shows How Much Respect Hailee Steinfeld Has For Us All
Hailee Steinfeld has spoken out about her newest track Most Girls. Steinfeld stated that Most Girls should be listened in a girl's bedroom, at top…
Middle of the Bed - Acoustic
Lucy Rose's Middle of the Bed
Lucy Rose increases the need to listen to acoustic indie music. Not for a designated reason because simply put...one reason can not be…
I Love You Baby, I Love You Doll
'Indian' Indie
Kolkata-based dream pop duo Parekh & Singh's (instrumentalist/vocalist Nischay Parekh and…
Get My Bang
Let Them Eat Cake
It would be fair to say that the UK has an advantage when it comes to dance hits. Not the techno kind but bands from the UK know a formula to get your…
Someone That Loves You
What Is Love? Someone That Loves You
Someone That Loves You by HONNE & Izzy Bizu ratifies a necessary element. The surprise nature of love or more importantly love at first sight.…
On Hold
No Longer On Hold For The xx
The xx continue to distribute news and upcoming information about their latest album 'I See You'. Allow 'On Hold' to be one…
So Lillies
Of Lilies and Violet Grace
Five years after being released on Californian avant-garde electronic singer-songwriter Julia Holter's critically acclaimed debut…
Pleader
alt-J Deliver Epic Poignancy With The 6-Minute Pleader Music Video
You can always expect to be amazed by an alt-J music video, but the English indie rock trio have truly outdone themselves with the recently released…
The Spoils
Graceful Dread
Bristol-based trip hop pioneers Massive Attack have recently released an eerie, abstract and beautiful video for “The…
Don't Touch My Hair
Militant Serenity
What you did indeed say is, “This is why many black people are uncomfortable being in predominately white spaces,” and you still…
A Thousand Years
Lindsay Solo Shares Her Powerful Rendition of A Thousand Years in Her Debut Album
Lindsay Solo is a talented vocalist. Her soulful and raspy voice carries any song you put in front of her. She recently released her debut album,&…
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
All Things Wonderful
It still is the most wonderful time of the year. If it weren't so, then this song first released in 1963 by Andy Williams would no longer have its…
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.…
Green Light
A Dramatic Confession for the Dancefloor
Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this…
P.O.W.A
Taking on the Tower
I could have shut up and put the glass slippers on and made millions of dollars. I could have made a ton of money and then helped build a school. But…
I'm In Love With a Monster
I'm in love with 5H
Since dropping their debut album Reflection at the beginning of the year, Fifth Harmony has been riding the waves of three…
Gaia
The Sound and the Pachamama
Have you ever came to a place and hear the sounds or music around you changed your mood? Sometimes when we go out of our thoughts everyday, stress…
Trouble
Cage The Elephant Trouble
Popular indie rockers Cage the Elephant released a new single entitled “Trouble”. The guys haven’t released much since…
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…
I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around
Stylized Moodiness
Chromatics' much-anticipated fifth album Dear Tommyis still nowhere in sight, but the electropunk-Italo disco quartet have…
Next Time
Flawed, Beautiful Ambiguity
“I started out writing Semper Femina as if a man was writing about a woman. And then I thought it’s not a man, it&…
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…
Ann Wants to Dance
Buoyancy
Is life getting you down? Trampoline, Parisian indie duo Papooz's (Armand Penicaut and Ulysse Cottin) second song from their debut album…
Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Bohemian Rhapsody with Ten Fingers
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of the most popular songs and among the best selling singles of all times. All of this is strange because even by today’s…
Body Love
IDER Transforms Heartbreak Into Emotional Growth With Body Love
North London duo IDER (Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville) began gaining attention for their delectable brand of delicate,…
Hit My Line (feat. Junior)
Chrystian Lehr - Hit My Line feat. Junior (Official Video)
Hailing from Columbus, OH, singer Chrystian Lehr is bringing the heat with his new single “Hit My Line”, featuring rapper Junior from St Louis, MO. On…
Boyfriend
Introverted Jubilation
Six years after releasing their debut EP regret love guilt dreams (2011), fans of San Francisco bedroom pop trio The Bilinda…
Row The Body (feat. French Montana)
Taio Cruz sings a new song
There was a time when Taio Cruz dominated the charts, but it’s been pretty quiet for a while now. New music that he released didn’t hit on the way…
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…
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…
Sunshine
Peter Salett Uses Sunshine To Possess A Single Kind Of Love
Peter Salett's acoustic number Sunshine could border on Country, however, Salett instead touches upon a more Acoustic Indie paradox. I came across…
On The Line
Avery LR releases new Hip Hop track, They Don't Like That
Every so often there's a music video that matches the rawness of a lyricist like Tupac and BIggie, but Avery LR shows the intensity he brings to…
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&…
Blank Tapes
Organic Lament
“Blank Tapes” is a track from Everything Feels Better Now (2016), From Indian Lakes’ fourth full-…
Will He
Joji Detoxifies With will he
A man in a lean panda costume sways alone, among the passed out attendees of a surreal suburban house party. A melancholic singer sits in a bloodbath…
Trouble
Trouble Stays Close To The New Respects
Don't you just love when a band falls into your lap? Or happens on your television? That was the case with The New Respects elegantly racing track…
Tiene Algo (Interesting Little Thing)
The simplicity of Kevin Johansen
Kevin Johansen has just released a new single entitled Has Something (Interesting Little Thing) of what will be his seventh studio album Miss America…
Carry On
Carry On With Norah
Even though there is quite some time left before the soaring temperatures starts to cool down again, I feel like I’m transported to the cozy…
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…
Hotel California
Eagles Greatest Hit Speaks Of The Dark Side Of The Music Industry
The Eagles were one of the biggest and most influential bands of the seventies, often being referred to as a “hit-making-machine”. Founders Don Henley…
Bleeding Heart
Regina Spektor Marks Her Territory
She’s been off the radar since her 2012 album (except for that one song on “Orange is the New Black), but the moment she hints at…
Tunnel Vision
Kodak Black tunnel vision
American rapper from Florida, Dieuson Octave, known in the industry as Kodak Black, with career ahead, this 19 year old is one of the most active…
Timeline
The R Train Reveal Whirlwind Single Timeline
Brooklyn-based American rock band, R Train, is about to release their newest ripping single, “Timeline.” This trio hooks you immediately with a…
Sorry
Sorry Feat. J Balvin (Latin Remix)
In a few days the Canadian singer Justin Bieber releases his new album called PURPOSE, already has two promotional singles, the first song was What…
These Bells Will Ring
These Bells Will Ring in the holidays for you with Bitter's Kiss and the Blue Stones
Allow us to dive a little deeper to the word we have come to know as something we don't want. Vulnerable: susceptible to emotional or…
Propagation
Com Truise's Propagation Asks 'What do Android Stepford Wives Dream of?'
In the stylish and ominous music video for American electronic musician Com Truise’s “Propagation”, Will Joines and…
This House Is Not For Sale
Bon Jovi still rocks the house
I stand corrected. For some reason, I expected the new Bon Jovi material to be mellow. Maybe it’s because I was confronted with a picture of…
In A Feeling Like This
What Feeling is This?
A man makes a checkers move that will probably be fatal. A young couple lie next to each other in bed, the woman twirling a flower. A doe-eyed…
Talk Baby Talk
Why Can't We Just Talk About It?
There's a rare kind of timeless maturity in Brisbane singer-songwriter Emma Louise's vocals on Talk Baby Talk, a single from her second album&…
Skyline
Epic Lushness
Canadian indie music collective Broken Social Scene recently released Skyline, the third single from their upcoming LP …
Sister
Angel Olsen Uses the Track Sister To Bare All The Uncertainty Within Ourselves
Personality is a given with Angel Olsen. Not only can I not stop writing about Olsen, Olsen's album MY WOMAN, and how this extraordinary…
Detox
Detox Too Good
I know I know, you're probably saying, but Aaron, you just wrote an article about Skepta last week! You'd be correct by saying this, however I…
Come See Us Play
Sidestepper breaks the silence of a decade
Sidestepper has spent a decade unedited unreleased album from Continental (2006), a period in which they had little activity. Last year they released…
Dear Life
Beck's Psychedelic Existentialism
Veteran idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Beck poses a dreary existential question in the chorus of “Dear Life”, the fourth track…
Clementine
Her Name isn't Clementine?
I had no inkling of who Sarah Jaffe was when I clicked on a link to ‘Clementine’ (it was a recommended video on my Youtube account…
Drove U Crazy (feat. Bryson Tiller)
It Drove Me Crazy (In a Good Way)
Since Gucci Mane's release from prison I feel like he's been unstoppable. He's released album after album and had hit after hit. Some say…
PCH
Summertime Craving
It's fitting that Ontario indie rock quartet Tokyo Polica Club (vocalist and bassist David Monks, keyboardist Graham Wright, …
Ici & Maintenant (Here & Now)
The Art of Now
After three albums and crazy intense touring over the world, we felt we needed to pause...to be connected to the present. Here and Now. That&rsquo…
Together, Locked Safely
Electronic Melancholy
Canberra electro-pop trio SAFIA (lead vocalist Ben Woolner, drummer Michael Bell and guitarist/synth master Harry Sayers) have been stalwarts…
Shut Up and Dance
Shut Up and Dance With Me!
If that title doesn’t spark your curiosity, I don’t know what will. Once again, as part of my “music journey”…
Nevermind the End
Bedroom Siren
Like Basically, Nevermind the End showcases Brooklyn-via-Argentina singer-songwriter Tei Shi's fluid vocals and insightful…
Focus
Ariana Grande- In Focus
Ariana Grande… When I hear this name I always look back to the times when she was singing “Hey yeah yeah hey yeah yeah, if we…
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…
The Judge
twenty one pilots The Judge: Set Me Free
Columbus, Ohio natives Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun make up the duo known as twenty one pilots (and no, they don’t capitalize their name).…
The Pretender
The Pretender: One Of The Most Brutally Honest Songs
“The Pretender” is an extremely amazing, sad, and truthful song written by Jackson Browne in 1976 for his album with the same exact name. This song is…
Always Sad
For their new single Jesus and Mary Chain state the gloriuosly obvious.
TGIF everyone the Jesus and Mary Chain have released another single from their upcoming album Damage and Joy. Amputation felt like the band dusting…
Get Lost
Late Night Party Vibes
Chillwave pioneer Washed Out (Georgia-based singer, songwriter, and record producer Ernest Greene) recently released Get Lost, his first…
Needed Me
The Sadness of Revenge
The music video for Rihanna's third single Needed Me has been gaining a fair amount of media attention for its Tarantino-esque visual feast of…
Perfect Illusion
Lady Gaga tells us how she lived a Perfect Illusion
Perfect Illusion is the title that brings the new issue of extravagant Lady Gaga, who until recently we had confused making us ask where they had…
Never Be the Same
Can Camila Cabello Score a Continuity of Hits with “Never Be the Same”?
Ex-Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello days as a pop underdog are over. Her debut solo single Crying in the Club may have been lackluster,…
Body Work
Thoughtful Workout Music
'Body Work' is the result of a collaboration between American progressive and electro house DJ Morgan Page and Canadian pop duo Tegan and Sara…
6 String Drag
6 String Drag Interview
Kenny Roby (previously featured here) and Rob Keller disbanded 6 String Drag at the top of their game, nearly 15 years ago. The first new album from 6…
Germein Sisters
Germein Sisters ‘Because You Breathe’ - Album Review
With an insatiably well-crafted pop sensibility, an intriguing element of electronicism, and the kind of organic roots that only sibling harmonies and…
Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth released his second single How Long
Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé's guests on his MTV Unplugged
This May 12 will record the MTV Unplugged Miguel Bosé in the City of Mexico, whose address is in charge of the Argentine musician and producer…
Michael Ray
Michael Ray – Album Review
I haven’t been all that impressed with Michael Ray up to this point. I felt his lead single, ‘Kiss You In The Morning’, was generic and boring, with…
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll ‘Lovers & Leavers’ – Album Review
I was first introduced to Hayes Carll through my great love of Lee Ann Womack. Being the writer of ‘Chances Are’, one of the real…
Julieta Venegas
The strength and consistency of Julieta Venegas
In fact, Julieta Venegas was born in Long Beach, California but has Mexican nationality. The 46-year-old singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,…
Jarred Pierce
Jarred Pierce ‘It’s Going Down’ - EP Review
Jarred Pierce’s latest EP ‘It’s Going Down’ has kind of an unfortunate title. To all intents and purposes it implies a mindless collection of bro-…
Nate Green
Nate Green ‘Road Map’ – EP Review
Country music’s newest resident closeted artist Nate Green released his debut EP ‘Road Map’ this week, off the back of single ‘Wild and Free’ and…
Keeana Kee
Digging Deep with Keeana Kee
Keeana Kee is gearing up to be one of the HOTTEST artists this Summer. A series of bangin' singles this year brings the artist to the…
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga at the VS Fashion Show 2016
This November 30 was celebrated the long-awaited Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris, France. As our knowledge, every year the angels of…
Twenty One Pilots
Twenty One Pilots' Suicide Squad video
Ready, go to the best grain. You came to read this news just because he said Suicide Squad or Twenty One Pilots is a combination of names that can…
Thomas Rhett
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Samy Hawk makes everyone dance with his new song
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Richard Marx the true balladeer
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Crosby Lights the Way with Lighthouse digital release
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Migos Releases Audiovisual for “Get Right Witcha”
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Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie Develops Platform for Managing Followers/Supporters
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Samuel Barber's Breathtaking Adagio for Strings
The music of Samuel Barber is monumental—especially the Adagio for Strings—a little later translated into an Agnus Dei. …
lostprophets
music is music; guilty is guilty
I do not know how many people still know there was a band, called Lostprophets. Since the front man - Ian Watkins was found guilty of child rape, the…
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Low-Fi pipe dreams
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Until Dawn: the new Nicky Jam
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Everyone Everywhere
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Ariana Grande
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Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee keeps breaking it
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Coral Campopiano
He wants to conquer Buenos Aires!
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Tinashe
Companionship To Joyride ! ! !
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Kym Simon ‘Mirror’ - EP Review
Feisty Alberta native Kym Simon has a personality as vast as the prairies and musical potential as high as the Rocky Mountains. A dynamo onstage and…
Julio Iglesias
Alleged son of Julio Iglesias will file a paternity lawsuit
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Chino & Nacho
Pepsi Music 2016 is here
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Enrique Iglesias released a new version of: The heart hurts
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Jason Achiles Mezilis Stuns with “Schizmatique No. 2”
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Rels B
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Weezer releases new song, The Last Days of Summer
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Pinegrove
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Britney Spears
Britney censored.
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Woman of my Life new video by Gustavo Elís and Oscarcito.
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Bunbury releases Unplugged album
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Long Live Jidenna The Chief
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Elton John wears Prada (like the devil)
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Jacob Thomas Jr. ‘Original Sin’ – Album Review
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About a Sad Party
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Special Bunbury song files will be edited.
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Vives will be inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame
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Bucky Covington Turned me into a Fan
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Olivier Messien’s Nature Music Captivates Audiences
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Travis returns to Buenos Aires
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Short Movie Clip For A Long Movie Screen
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Keep It Ruff - New Audiovisual
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Reykon's Gossip
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Danny Barnes
Danny Barnes Interview
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La Pantoja with Maluma were crowned as the kings of Viña
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The Nobel to Dylan. What Blades, Sabina and Joselo think
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Polar Bear goes chamber
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Foo Fighters
Surprise Foo Fighters release new single
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Kevin Parker: Perfect Manipulation
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More than a rock concert in Cuba
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Judas Priest presents Battle Cry
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Gorillaz
Gallagher and Albarn covered Gorillaz live
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Pusha`s remix spits on R.I.C.O !
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She Wants Revenge
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Gera mxm ''I don't see I don't feel''
One of the most promising Mexican exponents, belonging to the collective Mexamafia, just publcar a new audiovisual on the YouTube channel ofiial…
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My reason: Gran Rah and Quique Neira
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Amazing Jessie Ware
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The R Train
The R Train's Dear Mr. Fantasy Video Takes Us Back To The 60's
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Despacito domination
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Natasha Bedingfield is the pop prom girl
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Marc Anthony
Spotify premieres documentary about Marc Anthony and his father.
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Jimmy Fallon
10 moments of Jimmy Fallon and Rock & Roll
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Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande from singing now to Musical theater.
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Maná
The strange join between Maná and Nicky Jam
Rock and reggaeton are undoubtedly opposite poles, but collaboration between these talented artists give much to talk about. It is the Mexican group…
Seasurfer
Seasurfer
Another band that makes me wet. And one of a kind band to me. I think I remember the way it was, the first time I’ve heard their sounds. It…
Mata Rica
Mata Rica announces the next video for the song Cásate Conmigo and a new reggae version for 2016.
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Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade celebrates the triumph of Hasta la Raíz
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Mike Zito
Mike Zito Interview
Mike Zito talked with Country Fried Rock just before the announcement that he was leaving Royal Southern Brotherhood — a departure with no…
The Oak Ridge Boys
Oak Ridge Boys ‘Boys Night Out’ – Album Review
The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the most legendary groups of country and gospel music. With a list of studio albums and #1 hits I dare not count, their…
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The musical wealth of Aldemaro Romero
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Russian rock legend. Viktor Tsoy.
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One Direction
Is One Direction over?
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden's bittersweet visit to Chile
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Entering The Throne Of Castamere
The National create darkly serious and lush indie rock that reached critical mass with the group's fourth album “Boxer” in…
Willodean
Willodean Unveils Sweet Autumn Music
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Shakira
Shakira claims to be like Miró
For the past decade Shakira has been accused of selling herself to the basics of the music industry. With the explosion of the reggaeton, the…
Bushman'S Revenge
Bushman's Revenge
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Frank Vieira
Frank Vieira ‘Three Little Words’ – Album Review
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Kendrick Lamar
We Gon' Be Alright!
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Joey Stylez
Joey Stylez shares new track, Super Power
From the time he started his creative journey, to the present, he has always made music a tool to express his individuality. The Stylez part of his…
Will Smith
Will Smith flirts with Rap again
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Felix Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn's Music Not Just for Weddings
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Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj, Drake & Lil Wayne together again
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Cole Swindell ‘Let Me See Ya Girl’ – Single Review
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Boef
From thug to vlog, to global fame
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Thalía
Thalía: Mexican Love
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Jesse & Joy
Jesse and Joy premiere song with people from the area
The brothers Jesse and Joy return to the music scene accompanied by the Caribbean group Gente de Zona, at the world premiere of the single 3 AM The…
Tom Rosenthal
Save America, Melania!
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The Police
The Legendary Trio
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My Americas Vol. ½, the new Kevin Johansen
June brought to the Southern Cone countries, the arrival of winter, and with it the presentation of Americas My new album Argentine singer Kevin…
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Will Adam Lambert succeed in replacing Freddie Mercury?
Commenting on the recent concert rock band Queen gave in Barcelona (Spain), it is worth asking if Lambert's voice fills the void left by the…
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro acoustic tour
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Laura Pausini
Next door: the new Laura Pausini
The award-winning Italian singer Laura Pausini, returns to the top of the music scene to release the song In the next door, the second single from…
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven lives in the fifth dimension!
It is no secret that the three dimensions traditionally known are height, width and depth. Albert Einstein here from the fourth dimension, time is…
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The Dandy Warhols present the video for “Thick Girls Knock Me Out (Richard Starkey)”
To celebrate the Beatles and juvenile fever this week Dandy Warhols have presented a new single and video called Thick Girls Knock Me Out (Richard…
Charliepapa
Charliepapa with two nominations for the Latin Grammys 2015
On September 23 nominees were announced in 48 categories of the Latin Grammy Awards, where the rock band Venezuelan Charliepapa, will compete in the…
Manuel Medrano
Manuel Medrano triumphing at the Latin Grammys
The Colombian singer has already started gaining when he received the news that he was nominated for 'Best New Artist' and '…
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift releases lyric video for her third single Gorgeous
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The complexity of buying concert tickets
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Miguel Bosé
Back in Colombia, Miguel Bosé.
The Spanish singer Miguel Bosé returned to Colombia in May with her I will, in which he will present his latest musical work Bosé MTV…
Pablo Milanés
Andrea Imaginario offers an album full of affection
The themes that have marked the various moments of his life, either by the magic of his melodies or the depth of his lyrics, were selected by the…
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Cheap Thrills!
Cheap Thrills is an infectious and fun electro pop tune song recorded by Sia, who is an Australian recording artist. Composed…